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Okay, let's move on to "ard."
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All: Ard.
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Right, which means "alright."
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So, the kids here use
a lot of Philadelphia slang,
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or as we call it,
"Philly slang."
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So I like to incorporate it
as sight words,
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which are words that
kids recognize
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without sounding them out.
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For instance,
"boul" means "boy,"
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so I'd say like,
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"Ooh, I have a crush on boul."
[ Laughs ]
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Or, "Boul Meets World"
is my favorite show.
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Janine: "Cheesesteak."
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Children: Cheesesteak.
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And let's go to "boul."
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Boul.
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Right.
Sometimes it's spelled B-U-L,
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which is interesting.
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What is going on
in this classroom?
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Hey, Mrs. Howard.
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I'm just teaching the kids
some sight words.
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[ Chuckles ]
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It's a helpful teaching tool,
because these kids use these --.
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Children: Jawns.
...jawns all the time.
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You're abandoning
the phonics principle
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that these children need.
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This is a classroom,
not a hoagie stand.
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Oh, boom. Hoagie.
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Hoagie.
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We had it on the board, so...
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Hm.
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Okay, kids.
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Let us move on to
"oldhead," one word.
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Children: Oldhead.
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Young bouls are
so disrespectful.
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Mm.
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[ Maker's "Hold'em" playing ]
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♪♪
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Melissa: They said that --
Oh, they do. Look.
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Excuse me. Excuse me. What
it do, Abbott teaching crew?
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Damn, the last time
I was up this early
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was to cuss out the mailman.
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I don't need
all them bills coming.
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Uh, I thought breakfast
was being provided.
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Don't act like you don't see
these little boxes of cereal
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right here.
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So, listen up.
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Your favorite HBIC, AKA me,
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has acquired some
new learning technology
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that will help our little ones
with their reading.
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Well, the school district
mandated it.
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It's a city-wide push.
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[ Cereal rattling ]
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What are you doing here?
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This isn't for
6th through 8th grade teachers.
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I'm just here for
the camaraderie,
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and this tasty breakfast.
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You guys, I have been
reading up on this,
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and our students are gonna get
a huge boost
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from this software.
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I mean, our kids
are gonna be reading
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at the speed of light.
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Well, I, for one, prefer
the tried and true methods
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over whatever the latest
doohickey is.
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I mean, I have yet to see
the program
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that can do what I do
by, you know, teaching.
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Well,
old-school teaching is great,
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but the latest doohickey
can be a helpful addition.
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Yeah, tech has its place.
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Like when you haven't been
with a man for a few years.
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Um, are subs gonna
have to do this?
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I thought I'd mainly be
showing Pixar movies.
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You guys, all I'm saying is,
we should keep an open mind.
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There was a great website
called AtoZOneTwoThree
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that taught me how to read
when I was a kid.
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My parents certainly
weren't around to do it.
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[ Laughs ]
I had to potty-train myself.
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Overshare.
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Well, I do not need some
young Zuckerburn -- Zuckerberg.
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Pimple-faced kid
fresh from the Smart Bar --.
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Genius Bar.
...telling me how to teach!
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Good morning.
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You're the tech teacher?
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Sure am.
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Can't keep us old folks down,
right?
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Alright, what I'm
providing you with today
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will revolutionize
your classrooms.
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It not only helps in
teaching students how to read,
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it delivers up-to-the-minute
data on their progress
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that will be analyzed
at the end of each day.
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And the better the results,
the more funding we get,
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so this is good, y'all. Mm-hmm.
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Each of you will
get one of these.
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New tablets! [ Chuckles ]
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[ Whispering ] Yeah!
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Okay, who do you got to bang
to get into the analytics annex?
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It's really very easy.
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Just use the highlight tool
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to pinpoint
the pronunciation mistakes,
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create a word cloud,
output a ranks list,
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see the percentage of your
students that missed that word,
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and that'll determine whether
it becomes a "TAI,"
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or "Targeted Area
for Improvement."
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Easy-peasy, keep it breezy! Oh.
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[ Tablet beeping ]
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Hey. How's it going, Barb?
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Oh. Easy-peasy. Mm-hmm.
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[ Beeping ]
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Yeah, sure.
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I am so excited
that Barbara is so confused,
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because it means I get to
help her with something.
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I need her help every day,
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so if I can return the favor
just once,
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it means I'm no longer
a newbie --
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I'm her peer. [ Laughs ]
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Gregory. Broseph. Brotato.
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Yeah, I'm still, uh --
still finding that.
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What's up, man? I'm just looking
for some creamer.
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Listen, you're the new guy
here. I've been here a month.
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I am the second-year vet.
I figured I would, you know,
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show you a few things
around here.
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No, I'm just, uh, looking for --.
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So, we've got
Ms. Cooper over there.
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I've been here
a year and a half.
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She's been pregnant
the whole time.
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I don't ask questions.
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I'll even take powdered creamer.
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That's Mrs. Robertson.
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Watch out,
she will talk your ear off.
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And, uh, oh, you know Melissa,
of course.
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She's, uh -- you know,
the Southern Philly type.
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'Scuse me?
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You talking about me?
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Yeah, uh -- I was --
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I was saying you are a, uh --
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a -- a Southern Philly Type.
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South Philly. Right. Right.
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That's what I said. Right.
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Honestly, it's like --
it's like the best part
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of our beautiful city.
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I love how you guys
will just, like, park anywhere.
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Yeah, okay.
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You know, I'm actually
teaching a lesson right now
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about the unions in the city
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and how many of them
started in South Philly.
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Oh, no way.
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I know some guys
that were part of that.
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I'm glad you're
teaching that to the kids.
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Good job.
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[ Door closes ]
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Just like I said...
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she is a shady lady. Mm.
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That's why you and me,
we got to stick together, man.
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You know?
Like coffee and creamer.
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Alright, in.
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[ Tablet chimes ]
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Ugh. Teach the children
to read with this?
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I can hardly read this.
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[ Camera shutter clicks ]
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Now, who took
that picture of me?
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[ Sing-song ] Barbara.
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Oh, sorry.
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Hey, how's it going
with the new program?
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Oh, it's, uh,
a little hard to understand,
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but I'm getting the hang of it.
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Okay, yeah.
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Just wanted to check in
in case this was tricky for you.
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You know,
I grew up with this stuff
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and it gets me sometimes. Okay.
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I somehow lost my crypto wallet.
[ Chuckles ]
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But you come from
a different generation,
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and so it would be
totally understandable
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if you were
having trouble with it.
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Are you kidding me?
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I'm Miss Tech, you know.
I love tech.
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Shop at the App Store.
Got a Hotmail.
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I once even rode in a Tesla.
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I'm already ahead on
the first couple of lessons.
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Wow. Yeah.
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Well, that's great. Can I see?
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No. Oh.
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Janine,
you're disturbing my students.
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I'm -- I'm whispering.
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It's just your...
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overall presence,
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so if you wouldn't mind
just excusing yourself?
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I'm a little behind
on my Hotmail correspondences.
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Okay.
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Barbara says she's doing well,
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but this program is really hard.
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She just has a ton of pride,
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so I'm gonna wait for her
to come and ask me for help.
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Oh, I can't wait.
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And that is how union
and non-union workers
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came together and worked as one
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to help solve the labor crisis
in South Philly, okay?
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Alright, we are going to have to
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grab a noun from
the Noun Pool --
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I don't get this.
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Sweetheart, neither do I.
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Barbara: Okay, so here's what
I'm going to do.
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I'm going to continue teaching
my students how to read
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like I have been for 30 years.
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I'll input whatever information
I need to into that program,
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and then I'll just keep doing
what I have been doing,
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and everybody else
will just have to back off.
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Hey, Hill.
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That lesson, that was garbage.
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That's not what happened.
Okay, well,
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I've read several books
on the subject.
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I think I know the history
of the lesson.
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Well, me and my family lived it,
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so I think we know the history.
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I've also listened to
several podcasts.
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Look, how about this?
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I know a guy who was actually
a captain back in the day.
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How about I hook you up,
he can come to the class
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and do like an eyewitness
account for the kids?
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Unexpected, but I am so happy.
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Melissa's bringing in
a police captain.
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He's gonna be able
to talk to the kids
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about how this is done
peacefully.
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I'm just really happy Vinny,
the strike captain,
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is out of jail
so he can do this.
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It's also gonna count towards
his community service.
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Just 100 more hours,
and his record's cleared.
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[ School bell rings ]
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Barbara: Good morning.
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Come on down.
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You ready for a good day?
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That's what I'm talking about.
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Ava: Morning,
Abbott Elementarians!
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It turns out one of our
teachers is just too good!
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According to
our new reading program,
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Mrs. Howard's kindergartners
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are reading at a
4th grade level! No.
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Mrs. Howard, you are,
once again, that girl.
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Barbara?
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No. No. No. Okay. Thank you.
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No. Okay, that's enough.
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When I say "Mrs.,"
you say "Howard."
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Mrs... All: Howard!
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Mrs... Howard!
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Mrs... Howard!
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Mrs... Howard!
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[ Tablet chimes ]
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Hey, Barbara.
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I just wanted to say that
I'm sorry.
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You clearly knew
what you were doing,
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and I arrogantly assumed --
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or hoped, rather --
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that you would need my help,
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but once again, I need yours.
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You are officially Yoda
with better edges.
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Okay, which one of you
Young Sheldons
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is gonna get me to Mars
257
00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:10,526
witcha little smart
reading selves?
258
00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:12,737
There's actually no need
for all of this.
259
00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:14,321
I'm just doing my job.
260
00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:15,364
But don't forget,
it was your girl
261
00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,116
that brought in
that dope program.
262
00:09:17,140 --> 00:09:19,035
Oh, my God. Look at me,
not even taking credit
263
00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:21,287
for something I had
so much to do with. [ Laughs ]
264
00:09:21,311 --> 00:09:24,915
Barbara, you know what?
Since so many of us need help,
265
00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:26,709
what if you put on, like,
a little presentation
266
00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,335
for the rest of us?
267
00:09:28,359 --> 00:09:29,670
You're thinking too small,
Janine.
268
00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:31,338
We should have an assembly
and have
269
00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:33,340
one of Barbara's students read
to the whole school.
270
00:09:33,364 --> 00:09:35,217
Show these little illiterate
fools how to literate.
271
00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,428
Yes! Not the second part. Yes!
272
00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:38,888
Okay.
273
00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,681
We can have Khalil read.
274
00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:41,891
No, not Khalil.
275
00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:43,684
Everybody knows
that little dork can read.
276
00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:45,895
I was thinking him.
Boy: Whoo-hoo!
277
00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,355
[ Speaking indistinctly ]
278
00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:50,524
5 years old,
reading at a 4th grade level?
279
00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:52,592
You performed a damn miracle
on that boy.
280
00:09:54,552 --> 00:09:55,988
That was a pretty
tough time for me -- Hey.
281
00:09:56,012 --> 00:09:57,198
He's here. He's on his way in.
282
00:09:57,222 --> 00:09:58,699
Oh. Oh.
That's fantastic, Melissa.
283
00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:00,284
Okay, let me, um,
set him up for the --.
284
00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:01,327
Uh, students. [ Door closes ]
285
00:10:01,351 --> 00:10:03,329
We are about to hear from
286
00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:06,916
a heroic, upstanding
citizen of this city, okay,
287
00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,542
who helped to peacefully
end one of -- [ Door opens ]
288
00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:11,337
Kids, meet Vinny Romano.
[ Door closes ]
289
00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:13,113
Call me The Tire Iron.
290
00:10:16,074 --> 00:10:18,719
Uh, hello, Mr. Iron.
291
00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:22,890
Um, is there anything else
we could call you?
292
00:10:22,914 --> 00:10:23,998
Nope.
293
00:10:26,709 --> 00:10:28,521
Okay, come on now. Here we go.
294
00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:30,856
I don't think Will is
ready to read just yet,
295
00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,025
but I have read from this book
so many times,
296
00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:35,361
he practically has it memorized.
297
00:10:35,385 --> 00:10:37,613
I'm sure he'll have no problem.
298
00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,825
[Slowly] "Jack...
and... Jill..." Yes.
299
00:10:40,849 --> 00:10:44,745
"...went up the..." The.
300
00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:50,292
Okay, Will,
it's your name with an "H."
301
00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:51,961
Hilliam!
302
00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,504
No.
303
00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:56,048
Barbara, can I borrow
some gold stars?
304
00:10:56,072 --> 00:10:57,383
I gave all mine out
this morning.
305
00:10:57,407 --> 00:10:59,426
My kids are amazing.
Uh, I'll even take red.
306
00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:00,511
Oh, sure.
307
00:11:00,535 --> 00:11:02,012
Thank you.
308
00:11:02,036 --> 00:11:05,474
Oh, well, if it isn't Abbott's
brightest little reader.
309
00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:07,935
Are you excited to
show the school your skills?
310
00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:09,127
Yeah?
311
00:11:13,214 --> 00:11:16,110
Here you go. Hmm.
312
00:11:16,134 --> 00:11:18,237
Is he okay? Oh,
he's fine. [ Chuckles ]
313
00:11:18,261 --> 00:11:19,905
This child has just gained entry
314
00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,991
into the magical world of books,
315
00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:25,661
so please, Janine,
allow him time to celebrate.
316
00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:28,038
Okay. Yeah.
317
00:11:28,062 --> 00:11:30,023
Good morning, kids.
318
00:11:31,983 --> 00:11:34,360
Good morning to you all,
as well.
319
00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,090
Subbing here has been...
320
00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:39,258
fine.
321
00:11:39,282 --> 00:11:40,593
[ Stammers ]
322
00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:42,553
I haven't even gotten past
teaching the kids my name,
323
00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:44,805
let alone that
confusing reading program.
324
00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:47,099
I'm hoping once they learn
those things,
325
00:11:47,123 --> 00:11:49,542
then we can just
start watching movies.
326
00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,813
Hey, Gregory. Hey.
327
00:11:52,837 --> 00:11:54,148
Hi.
328
00:11:54,172 --> 00:11:56,025
Um, how are you settling in?
329
00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:57,026
It's going well. Yeah?
330
00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:59,028
I'm figuring out
where everything is,
331
00:11:59,052 --> 00:11:59,821
who everyone is.
332
00:11:59,845 --> 00:12:01,447
Yeah. Well, I'm Janine.
333
00:12:01,471 --> 00:12:03,723
That I know. [ Chuckles ]
334
00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:07,143
Hmm...
335
00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:10,414
Uh, my gosh. How are you doing
336
00:12:10,438 --> 00:12:11,957
with this new reading program?
337
00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:13,459
Oh. [ Scoffs ]
I'm not gonna lie.
338
00:12:13,483 --> 00:12:14,668
It's got me even more confused
339
00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:16,003
than I already was
teaching here.
340
00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:18,881
I cannot get past a single
lesson without an error message.
341
00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,507
It's really annoying.
342
00:12:20,531 --> 00:12:22,509
Why don't we get together
after school... Mm-hmm.
343
00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:23,844
...and we can figure it out?
344
00:12:23,868 --> 00:12:26,472
Um, I would love that.
345
00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:28,015
You kidding me? [ Chuckles ]
346
00:12:28,039 --> 00:12:29,183
Oh, my God, but, shoot.
My boyfriend
347
00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:30,684
is picking me up
after school today.
348
00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:31,727
Oh.
349
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,270
You know what?
You can come hang with us.
350
00:12:33,294 --> 00:12:35,022
I mean,
we're just going to IKEA.
351
00:12:35,046 --> 00:12:37,441
You can help us pick out a bed.
352
00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,485
Oh, okay. Yeah, um...
353
00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:41,445
Oh, God. Um...
354
00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:43,614
I actually have somebody
picking me up after school. Oh.
355
00:12:43,638 --> 00:12:44,657
She's a girl... Oh.
356
00:12:44,681 --> 00:12:45,658
She's a woman, I mean.
357
00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:47,368
Like, it's a car
full of women and...
358
00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:49,203
What?
359
00:12:49,227 --> 00:12:51,330
Nothing.
360
00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:54,792
Oh. Okay, well, see you later.
I'll see you around school.
361
00:12:54,816 --> 00:12:56,377
Yeah, yeah. Alright, you, too.
362
00:12:56,401 --> 00:12:57,378
Hey, enjoy the bed.
363
00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:59,421
Oh, we will. Ha!
364
00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:01,298
Uh, I was just kidding.
But see you later!
365
00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:03,116
Uh-huh. Bye.
366
00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:07,846
So hundreds of us
come piling off this bus, right?
367
00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:09,306
And the punk firefighters,
368
00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:11,558
they didn't even show their
pretty little faces, you know?
369
00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:14,853
And the pigs, they were mad
'cause we were throwing rocks.
370
00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:16,730
It's like, hey, just relax.
371
00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:18,023
They're just freakin' rocks,
you know?
372
00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:19,316
[ Laughs ]
373
00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,027
So, anyway, we tell that, uh,
lousy, stinkin'...
374
00:13:22,051 --> 00:13:23,279
Melissa: He's great, right?
375
00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,072
[ Whispering ]
Why did you bring him here?
376
00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:26,865
Uh, didn't we agree to this?
377
00:13:26,889 --> 00:13:28,659
I thought you were bringing
a police captain. [ Scoffs ]
378
00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:30,786
Someone to talk about how the
union worked together in peace?
379
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,663
That's not the real story.
This is the truth.
380
00:13:32,687 --> 00:13:34,999
He's giving them an
eyewitness account to history.
381
00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,126
Eyewitness? I think
the term is "accomplice."
382
00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,420
This is the problem I have
with people like you.
383
00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:41,213
You want to romanticize
this city,
384
00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,756
but you won't acknowledge
the truth.
385
00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,258
Like, you want to run up
the Rocky steps,
386
00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,301
but you can't take
a punch in the face.
387
00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:47,553
I can take a punch in the face.
388
00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:48,929
What -- What --
What are you saying?
389
00:13:48,953 --> 00:13:51,432
I'm some kind of, like,
hipster poseur?
390
00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:54,560
Look, I care, okay?
I am here, teaching, every day.
391
00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:56,603
No, I'm saying you can't
teach the kids right
392
00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:58,731
if you don't respect
where they're from.
393
00:13:58,755 --> 00:14:00,607
It's about respect.
394
00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:02,735
[ Footsteps ]
395
00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:04,278
Me and the rest of the class
are going on strike
396
00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:06,321
until there are no more
pop quizzes.
397
00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,182
[ Indistinct conversations ]
398
00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,493
Lights. [ Chuckles ]
399
00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:12,870
[ Indistinct conversations ]
400
00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:16,123
We are here to celebrate
Barbara's genius kindergartners.
401
00:14:16,147 --> 00:14:18,709
This is a tremendous opportunity
for this school.
402
00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:21,754
Before we begin, I would like
to detail all the ways
403
00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:24,298
that I personally made this happen. Will: Jack
and Jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
404
00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:25,966
It all started when I was
watching "Coach Carter"
405
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,217
for the 17th time. Now... Jack
fell down and broke his crown,
406
00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:30,095
and Jill came tumbling after.
407
00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:31,430
Perfect!
408
00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:33,849
Now, when we get up on stage,
409
00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,561
you're gonna do it
just like that, okay?
410
00:14:37,585 --> 00:14:39,772
No. And no dancing.
411
00:14:39,796 --> 00:14:43,233
But that's what I do,
Ms. Howard!
412
00:14:43,257 --> 00:14:44,443
Hey, Mrs. Howard.
413
00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:45,944
Hey, after the assembly,
414
00:14:45,968 --> 00:14:48,030
do you think you can
come help me with the program?
415
00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,823
My kids are struggling,
416
00:14:49,847 --> 00:14:51,450
and I know I ask you for help
all the time,
417
00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:52,534
but what can I say?
418
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:53,827
You're the best. [ Chuckles ]
419
00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:55,120
Janine -- Sometimes I wonder
420
00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:56,538
if I put you
on too high a pedestal,
421
00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,165
but then I think
it's not high enough.
422
00:14:58,189 --> 00:15:00,459
I say, "Janine,
she's just a person like you --"
423
00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:03,170
Ava: Anyway... You know
what? I'm sorry, I'm rambling.
424
00:15:03,194 --> 00:15:04,338
You make --
425
00:15:04,362 --> 00:15:05,798
[ Voice breaking ] I'm sorry.
426
00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:08,032
You make me want to be
a better teacher.
427
00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:12,012
Okay. [ Chuckles lightly ]
428
00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:14,181
I'm starting to
forget the words.
429
00:15:14,205 --> 00:15:15,599
Oh, gotta go!
430
00:15:15,623 --> 00:15:16,850
Ava: Like, look at this guy
get a whole movie about him.
431
00:15:16,874 --> 00:15:19,103
I've done more for this school
in one year
432
00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:20,771
than he did for the whole movie,
so I --.
433
00:15:20,795 --> 00:15:23,482
Okay, thank you.
Oh, I guess it's time to go.
434
00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:25,442
That kid's a reading fool.
435
00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:27,528
Good afternoon, Abbott.
436
00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:28,862
My student, William,
437
00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:32,241
will be reading "Jack and Jill."
438
00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,493
Oh! [ Laughs ] Change of plans.
439
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,495
My copy of Michelle Obama's
book just came in,
440
00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:39,206
and since Will reads at
a 4th grade level,
441
00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:40,249
that shouldn't be a problem.
442
00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:41,250
Oh, no. I really think
443
00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:42,668
that Will
would prefer to read --.
444
00:15:42,692 --> 00:15:44,545
Don't nobody want to hear about
pails and water and whatnot.
445
00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:46,547
We want to hear what
"Michelle O" got to say.
446
00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:47,840
I hope there's
a section in there
447
00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:50,050
about her meet cute
with my man, Barry Hussein.
448
00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:52,010
Man: Alright.
449
00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:53,220
[ Crowd clearing throats ]
450
00:15:53,244 --> 00:15:54,930
[ Horns honking in distance ]
451
00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:59,584
[ Gulps ] Okay. Here goes.
452
00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:04,106
Okay, that's enough.
[ Chuckles ]
453
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,984
Everybody, um, my student, Will,
454
00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:11,530
is a wonderful student
and dancer,
455
00:16:11,554 --> 00:16:14,825
but he cannot read this book
just yet.
456
00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:18,120
The truth is, I was actually
able to log into the program,
457
00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:20,914
but, um, I was just
pushing buttons.
458
00:16:20,938 --> 00:16:22,666
I did not mean to say
459
00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:26,211
that they could read
at a 4th grade level.
460
00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:29,965
I know how to
teach these kids how to read.
461
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,117
I just can't use that program.
462
00:16:34,619 --> 00:16:36,412
So I lied.
463
00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:41,125
I can't believe Barbara
lied to me.
464
00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:44,229
Normally, I encourage cheating,
but, girl,
465
00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:46,148
you gots to let me know.
[ Laughs ]
466
00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:47,506
Barbara. Who would have thought?
467
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:53,846
Hey, Barbara. Another great
Abbott Elementary assembly.
468
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,910
Um...
469
00:16:57,934 --> 00:16:59,912
Why wouldn't you
let me help you?
470
00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:02,039
I was handling it
the best way I could.
471
00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:04,374
By lying instead of
letting me help you?
472
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,210
That is not what this is about.
473
00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,295
Then what is it about?
Because I don't get it.
474
00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,488
[ Sighs ]
475
00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:16,053
I am good at this job,
and I know how to do it well,
476
00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:18,972
but admitting that I couldn't
figure this program out,
477
00:17:18,996 --> 00:17:22,893
it was like I was saying,
"I am getting too old."
478
00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:25,437
And you don't know
what that feels like --
479
00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:28,649
all these new people
and this new tech.
480
00:17:28,673 --> 00:17:30,108
[ Sighs ]
It just made me feel like
481
00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:31,968
I was being pushed out to sea.
482
00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:36,281
Okay, well, if you're
being pushed out,
483
00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:40,285
then I'm being pushed out, too,
because it's hard for me.
484
00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:42,829
It's hard for all of us,
even the kids,
485
00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,957
and they come out of the womb
selling NFTs.
486
00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:48,335
See? I don't even know
what that is.
487
00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,546
So I guess I'm just an oldface.
488
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,382
Oldhead. And that, too.
489
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,425
I don't know what NFT means,
either.
490
00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:56,993
Hm.
491
00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,346
[ Breathes deeply ]
492
00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:04,500
What if we figured out
this stuff together?
493
00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,337
I'd like that.
494
00:18:10,172 --> 00:18:12,008
Okay.
495
00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:15,845
Are we having a moment
right now?
496
00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:19,265
Are those jelly beans
on your belt?
497
00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,746
I wanted to teach Barbara
something so bad
498
00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,982
that I never considered
what she might be going through.
499
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:31,253
But we did have a little
bonding moment back there.
500
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,380
I ruined it, but it happened.
501
00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:34,697
You got that, right?
502
00:18:35,489 --> 00:18:36,592
[ Knock on door ]
503
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:37,884
Hey.
504
00:18:37,908 --> 00:18:40,596
I brought you some lasagna
as a peace offering.
505
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,097
You know, I don't just
eat Italian,
506
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,682
or am I a stereotype to you?
507
00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:46,018
Oh, my God, no. Of course not.
I'll -- I'll throw it out.
508
00:18:46,042 --> 00:18:48,044
Hey, hey. What am I, an idiot?
Give it to me.
509
00:18:51,213 --> 00:18:53,650
Oh! Um.
510
00:18:53,674 --> 00:18:55,861
Melissa, I...
511
00:18:55,885 --> 00:18:59,698
I made some dumb assumptions
about you, about South Philly.
512
00:18:59,722 --> 00:19:03,076
I was condescending.
Basically, I was a jerk.
513
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:05,704
I wish my ex-husband
could ever admit that much.
514
00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:07,831
Well, I'm really sorry.
515
00:19:07,855 --> 00:19:10,125
Listen, you're trying to
sanitize this place
516
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,460
and its history --
it doesn't need it.
517
00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:14,588
This is who we are,
the good, the bad, and the ugly.
518
00:19:14,612 --> 00:19:16,840
Tire Iron, of course,
representing the ugly.
519
00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,468
Well, I wouldn't say that...
to his face.
520
00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:22,095
Hey, I know you mean well, hon.
521
00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:23,847
You want the best for your kids.
522
00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:26,642
Just next time, have a more
open mind, that's all.
523
00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:29,061
I will. And -- And thank you.
524
00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:31,021
My students got a lot
out of what Vinny had to say.
525
00:19:31,045 --> 00:19:32,981
Oh, good.
They collectively bargained,
526
00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:34,358
and they all have pensions now.
527
00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:35,776
[ Chuckles ]
528
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,486
Solid. [ Chuckles ]
529
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,821
[ Indistinct conversations ]
530
00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,740
But... There you go!
531
00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:43,075
[ Laughs ] Yes! Yes!
532
00:19:43,099 --> 00:19:46,370
It can be daunting when a new
technology is introduced
533
00:19:46,394 --> 00:19:48,580
and it's changing the way
you do things,
534
00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,624
but this is the future.
535
00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:52,834
I got in. I've mastered it.
536
00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,294
Girrrrllls...
537
00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:55,837
And Young Idris.
538
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:57,964
Turns out the software
we've been using
539
00:19:57,988 --> 00:20:00,300
was invented by
the Pennsylvania Penal System
540
00:20:00,324 --> 00:20:02,302
to collect data for prisons.
541
00:20:02,326 --> 00:20:03,345
Prisons?
542
00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:04,763
Something about the correlation
543
00:20:04,787 --> 00:20:06,139
between lower reading levels
544
00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:07,849
and the amount of prison beds
they're supposed to build?
545
00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:08,850
Oh, my God.
546
00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:10,310
Apparently, it's illegal.
[ Scoffs ]
547
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:14,314
I am just as disgusted
as you all are.
548
00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:16,692
Disgraceful.
549
00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:18,193
You're gonna sell those,
aren't you?
550
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,177
And what would you rather I do,
Melissa?
551
00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:22,614
[ Scoffs ]
552
00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:25,492
That's a shame.
I really liked that feature
553
00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:29,788
where I could teach a whole
class on just one letter.
554
00:20:29,812 --> 00:20:31,331
You know what?
555
00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:34,751
I think I might know something
we can use instead.
556
00:20:34,775 --> 00:20:36,253
It's pretty simple.
And then... Very.
557
00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:37,838
...the fun thing
about this is...
558
00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:40,841
"At 54, I'm still in progress,
559
00:20:40,865 --> 00:20:43,826
and I hope I always will be."
560
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,762
Did he just -- Oh, my God.
561
00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:47,389
You -- You just read!
You just read!
562
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:48,724
Both: He just read!
563
00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:49,725
You're a baby genius!
564
00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:50,767
Yes!
565
00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:51,561
Wow.
566
00:20:51,585 --> 00:20:53,186
Ooh, yes!
567
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:54,896
Oh, my goodness!
568
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,106
[ Laughs ]
569
00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:57,715
Yes, yes!
570
00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:01,987
"Failure is a feeling
571
00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:06,199
long before it becomes
an actual result."
572
00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:07,659
Mm. I know that's right.
573
00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:08,952
Can I have a break?
574
00:21:08,976 --> 00:21:10,811
No, keep reading.
It's just getting good.
575
00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:14,416
Mnh-mnh-mnh.
576
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,002
Absolutely not. Let's go.
577
00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:18,569
Come on, Barbara! Come on.
578
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:22,907
You owe me
an Audible membership!