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Aah! Oh, I'm so sorry.

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I am just so happy to be back.
[ Chuckles ]

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Um, I did this.

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Parted my hair
on a different side.

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But, oh, yeah,
you asked how my summer was.

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Um...

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Well, I broke up with Tariq,
as you know, which was...

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You know, break-ups are
hard for anyone. [ Engine starts ]

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[ Rapping ]
♪ ...then rock wit' it ♪

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♪ Do it to it, do it to it,
we gonna rock wit' it ♪

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I took it as an opportunity
to grow...

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Not physically, of course,
because I can't reach

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the top shelves in my apartment.

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Tariq used to get the plates.

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But, ultimately, I was just so
excited to start the new year.

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Breaking up with Tariq was
so much the right choice that,

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you know, I was basically able
to fast-track that break-up.

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No crying, no depression,
"wah-wah."

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And no more bringing my problems
into school.

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That was old
right-sided-part Janine.

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I'm a fully formed adult,

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and this year
is gonna be... different.

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[ Hip-hop music playing
in distance ]

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What the...?

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What in the world?

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[ Scoffs ] Woman: Go, Eagles!

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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Ava!

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♪ That's how we do ♪

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Why is a man cooking ribs
in my parking spot?

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What is happening?

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It's game day, baby!

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It's Development Week.

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Here's a development... You
either gotta park on the street

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or give me $50 for your spot.

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I'm making extra money.
For the school.

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So put out or back out.

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It's 8:30!

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Who even eats barbecue
this early?

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Let me get the beef tips.
I don't eat no pork.

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Hey, Janine! Hey.

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Ay, this year's
gonna be different.

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Because the Eagles
got A. J. Brown!

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We back, baby! [ Laughs ]

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Another year.

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[ Maker's "Hold'em" playing ]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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Ava, I see you.

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I saw you see me
make three trips.

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You couldn't have helped me?

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I could've. That was an option.

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[ Sighs ] Oh, God. Jacob.

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Oh, I missed you.
Please never go to Peru again.

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You not having service
was the worst.

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Oh, it's so nice to be called
Jacob again.

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After teaching abroad

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and being called
el diablo blanco every day,

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I really started
to feel like basura.

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Oh. Did somebody say "trash"?

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Welcome back, dorks!

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And welcome back,
Abbott Elementary staff!

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Let's have a great
Development Week.

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I'll see you guys
in the auditorium at 9:00.

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Woman: We'll be there.

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Janine: Most people think school
starts when the kids get here,

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but it actually starts now,
at Development Week.

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Teachers prep for the year.

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We get ready,
get our curriculum,

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we research our students,
make plans.

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It's the calm before the storm.

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It's very zen, actually.

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[ Boxes thud ] Aah!

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[Bleep]

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[ Gasps ] Barbara!

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[ Exhales sharply ]

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I missed you so much.

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[ Laughing ] Oh, my gosh.
I'm gonna give you a hug.

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Let me put these boxes d...
Ah-ah-ah!

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I had a fantastic summer.

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After my cruise to Jamaica...
All-inclusive...

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I worked with Ava to properly
appropriate the funds

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that we got
from the grant last year.

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And I found out in early July

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that I would be welcoming
a student who uses a wheelchair,

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so I was very excited to be able
to use part of that grant money

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to get a new ramp installed.

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My next goal is to get that
student the appropriate desk...

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and follow up on the shoes
I lost on the cruise.

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I was very inebriated.

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Oh!

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Sea Barbara is different
than Land Barbara.

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[ Chuckles ]

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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Hurry up. Quiet down.

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Be silent in the presence
of greatness.

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How was y'all's summer?

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Oh, it was good. I...
Rhetorical.

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Let's get into it.

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Oops! [ Laughs ]

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Gregory.

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I said, "Oops."

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Oh.

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I'm a full-time teacher now.
I'm excited about that.

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I spent time
going over the materials,

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so really got it down,

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so I'm ready
to take the year on.

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These first-graders
won't know what hit 'em.

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I mean that in a positive way.

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[ Scattered applause ]

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Ava: It's all in the knees.
[ Chuckles ]

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So, while in Peru,
I took level-one ASL courses.

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I wouldn't say I was inspired
by "CODA," per se,

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but it did...
It did have an impact on me.

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Look, here's the thing...

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Words cannot express
my excitement

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to teach the others
the knowledge I have gained.

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So let me sign it.

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Me and Gary,
the vending machine guy,

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we spent the whole summer
down at the Jersey Shore.

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Nothing like the smell
of cigarettes and vinegar.

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I don't smoke or nothin'.
Just, I like being around it.

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It reminds me of my childhood.

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Ava: This week, we'll have some
entry-level planning meetings,

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a mental-health
maintenance session,

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a session
on wrap-around introduction,

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an ASL course... Taught by me.

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And a mixer held by Ms. Teagues.

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May we not pass out
from boredom.

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Because of teacher shortages,
some classes will be combined.

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Guys, the mixer's actually
going to be great.

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I've ordered Danny Wok's
and Dunkin' Donuts,

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so take your pick.

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Ooh!

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And also, I've added
a new segment,

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"Wisdom Swap,"
where more senior teachers

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can give advice
to the younger teachers.

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Sweetheart, that'll never work.

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Yeah, it's a waste of time. Mm.

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I disagree.

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I'm positive
having something like this

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when I started out
would've really helped, and...

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And I don't have
to change your minds,

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because it's mandatory.

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So I will see you there.

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Looks like somebody
got it together this year.

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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This is exactly what I want
for myself this year.

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Like, what break-up?
I'm a hundred percent.

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And I'm happy they're noticing.

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Even if they aren't noticing
my part change. Yet.

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Ava: Hey.

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Y'all have something you want
to share with the rest of the group?

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As a matter of fact, Ava, I do.

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Um, in addition
to a "wisdom swap"

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at today's mixer,
I have another little surprise.

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She pregnant. I knew it.

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After making many phone calls

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and pretending to slip on
a beer can at the Flyers' arena,

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I've managed to get
the only celebrity that matters

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to come surprise our kids
on the first day of school.

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America's favorite
orange, furry sweetheart...

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[ Crowd gasping ]

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...Flyers mascot Gritty!

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[ Cheers and applause ] Yes!

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Yes! You should've said
that as soon as you stood up.

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No need for
those other words you said.

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Yes, Janine!

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The kids are gonna love this.

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Yes! I know, right?

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I don't get Gritty.

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What's not to get, Gregory?

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He just doesn't make sense
to me.

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Like, my dad's landscaping
business' mascot is a bush.

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Because "bush"... "landscaping."

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So, Gritty...

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It's Gritty.

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Hockey, Philadelphia, America.

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Penalty boxes.

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I think you should let it go,
man.

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I'm chillin'.

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Good job, Janine.

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Very good job, Janine.
Hell yeah!

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[ Laughing ] Yes!

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[ Cellphone vibrating ] Um...

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Oh. Who is that? Is that Gritty?

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Is his area code 215 or 267?

189
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Um, no, no, no, no.
It's no one. It's spam.

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Melissa?

191
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Yeah? Some news for you.

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You're gonna have a combined

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second- and third-grade class
this year.

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What?

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Charter school up the street

196
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took all our third-graders
with high test scores,

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and there aren't enough kids for
another full third-grade class.

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How many extra kids?

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10.

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[Bleep] I mean, great.

201
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I can get you an aide.

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No, thanks! [ Bag thuds ]

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My summer was great.
Thanks for asking.

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I got a hookah flavor
named after me... Ava-lade.

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Notes of malt liquor
and marmalade.

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This first-grade curriculum
is nuts.

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They expect us to get through
all this in one school year?

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Are they for real?

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Sweetheart, it happens
like this every year.

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The school district decides
what we are capable of

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if we use every minute
of the day.

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It is completely theoretical.

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Don't want my students
to fall behind.

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If this is what
they expect of us,

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then it can't be unrealistic.

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Welcome to the Philly
public school system,

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where you never have
what you need.

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Who you on with?

219
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The district has been giving me
the runaround about that desk.

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Oh! Pray for me.

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And if I don't get that desk,
pray for the district.

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Oh, I think I got somebody!

223
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Man: [ Echoes ] Yello?

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Hello?

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Somewhere around 2003,
my phone number got mistakenly

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entered into several places in
the school district's directory.

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I never said anything

228
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because I like to help out
wherever I can.

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Man: So can you get us a
replacement fire extinguisher or not?

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One sec.

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No.

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[ Sighs ]

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Knock-knock.

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Or as we say in ASL...

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Uh...

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But that's sound.

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Yeah, well, we didn't
really work on entrances.

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Hey, for my presentation,

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it's looking like
I could use a partner,

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somebody to pretend to know
nothing about ASL, unlike me.

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Uh, what do you say?
You want to do it?

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Yeah.

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Ooh, I should add an
interactive portion to my mixer.

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Something hands-on,
something, um...

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Oh! You know what you could do
to jazz it up?

246
00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:03,352
Remember that "36 Questions"
from The New York Times?

247
00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:05,304
I mean, it's all about
falling in love, but...

248
00:09:05,328 --> 00:09:07,773
But that's what I want
the teachers to do anyway.

249
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Oh, my God. That would make
a great icebreaker!

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00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:10,776
I got you. Let me look it up.

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Oh! Yes.

252
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[ Computer chimes ]

253
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Is everything okay?
Re: Your rent?

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[ Chuckles ]

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00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:22,488
Is that, uh,
one of the questions?

256
00:09:22,512 --> 00:09:23,956
Seems kind of specific.

257
00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,565
No, no. This e-mail.

258
00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:28,527
Um...

259
00:09:28,551 --> 00:09:29,729
Yeah, no, everything is fine.

260
00:09:29,753 --> 00:09:31,864
Like, everything's
completely okay.

261
00:09:31,888 --> 00:09:34,533
It's just that Tariq and I
used to split the rent 80/20,

262
00:09:34,557 --> 00:09:36,502
and now that 20's in Bushwick.

263
00:09:36,526 --> 00:09:39,805
But it's totally okay.
Ignore that.

264
00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:42,224
Um, yeah, just find
the liberal love thingy.

265
00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,833
Just don't worry about it.

266
00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:47,187
[ Computer chimes ]

267
00:09:58,047 --> 00:09:59,492
Hey...

268
00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:01,000
Oh.

269
00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:03,179
What is this?

270
00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:04,597
I mapped out
the entire school year

271
00:10:04,621 --> 00:10:06,732
so I can meet every one of
the district's mandated goals.

272
00:10:06,756 --> 00:10:08,317
I scheduled everything
down to the hour.

273
00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,785
Now, I didn't allot
for this conversation,

274
00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:11,787
so if we could wrap this up
in the next... two minutes,

275
00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:12,922
that'd be very helpful.

276
00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:17,510
Well, I am very...

277
00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:20,830
Gregory, what if something
goes wrong

278
00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:24,200
and you a get
a millisecond off of

279
00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:26,302
this very... impressive map?

280
00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:27,520
I accounted for that.

281
00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:29,054
Imagining the worst thing
that could possibly happen

282
00:10:29,078 --> 00:10:30,439
is one of my best qualities.

283
00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,525
But what if one of the students
understands the lesson

284
00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,009
and another one doesn't?

285
00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:35,928
What if a cold runs through
the classroom

286
00:10:35,952 --> 00:10:38,714
and several students
are out for a few days?

287
00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:40,323
What if there's a snow day?

288
00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,203
Oh, and I see that
you are getting Samir.

289
00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:45,738
I had him last year.

290
00:10:45,762 --> 00:10:48,541
Lovely student.
Very intelligent.

291
00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,159
Have you allotted for
the nosebleeds

292
00:10:50,183 --> 00:10:52,001
that he gets when he's excited?

293
00:10:53,336 --> 00:10:55,648
Will this work as a desk
for your student, Mrs. Howard?

294
00:10:55,672 --> 00:10:59,718
Mr. Johnson, that is a dining
table from the cafeteria,

295
00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:01,837
and you are a fool.

296
00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,222
Oh!

297
00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:05,808
No luck on the desk, I'm
assuming. Yeah. No luck on the desk.

298
00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:08,127
And you would think that the
school would be ready for this.

299
00:11:08,151 --> 00:11:11,547
We've had students
that use wheelchairs before.

300
00:11:11,571 --> 00:11:13,465
Mrs. Howard, Gregory,
I'm glad you're in one place.

301
00:11:13,489 --> 00:11:14,500
I have an emergency.

302
00:11:14,524 --> 00:11:15,501
What's up? What's wrong?

303
00:11:15,525 --> 00:11:17,102
Well, here is the thing...

304
00:11:17,126 --> 00:11:18,487
You know I'm outta here.

305
00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,573
I'm not playing with that boy
this year.

306
00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:22,358
Janine might be getting evicted,

307
00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:24,410
but she kind of pretended
like it wasn't a big deal.

308
00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:26,061
Really? Yeah.

309
00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:28,564
And as someone who has been
asked to leave a hostel in Lisbon,

310
00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:30,482
I know it is
a very big deal, okay?

311
00:11:30,506 --> 00:11:32,434
I don't want her to experience
anything like that.

312
00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:35,921
Do you have like five minutes
to just talk to her?

313
00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:38,207
[ Whirring ] Gregory: Hey.

314
00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:39,208
You about to get evicted?

315
00:11:39,232 --> 00:11:42,111
Uh, buy a lady dinner first,
geez!

316
00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:44,246
Look, I know you went through
a lot at the end of last year,

317
00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:46,332
so I'm just trying
to be a good... friend.

318
00:11:46,356 --> 00:11:48,918
We both are. Good
friends with big mouths.

319
00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:50,102
Well, I had to tell Gregory

320
00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:52,021
because you lied to my face
about that e-mail.

321
00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:53,305
I forgive you.

322
00:11:53,329 --> 00:11:56,559
Also, I may have told Barbara
and Ava and Melissa.

323
00:11:56,583 --> 00:11:58,127
But, again, you lied, so...

324
00:11:58,151 --> 00:11:59,295
[ Whirs ] Okay.

325
00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:01,931
I did not lie. I have a plan.

326
00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:03,933
My landlord and I
have a repartee.

327
00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:05,017
I don't pay the rent,

328
00:12:05,041 --> 00:12:06,318
he says, "You need
to pay the rent."

329
00:12:06,342 --> 00:12:07,486
I say, "The check
is in the mail,"

330
00:12:07,510 --> 00:12:08,621
he says, "You need
to pay online."

331
00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:10,289
It's what we do.
Look, I'm... I'm assuming

332
00:12:10,313 --> 00:12:12,575
that paying is harder because
you don't have Tariq...

333
00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:16,562
Guys, you see how I'm hanging up
this bulletin board with ease?

334
00:12:16,586 --> 00:12:19,949
See how I got the Gritty to come
for the first day of school,

335
00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:21,400
despite his packed schedule?

336
00:12:21,424 --> 00:12:23,419
I'm doing fine.

337
00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:24,803
I'm breezing through
this break-up

338
00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:26,446
and handling it
like any adult would.

339
00:12:28,031 --> 00:12:30,259
[ Indistinct conversations ]

340
00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:35,047
Well, Janine, I must say,
I am thoroughly impressed.

341
00:12:35,071 --> 00:12:35,965
Mm-hmm. Oh!

342
00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:37,499
[ Laughs ] Thank you so much.

343
00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:39,301
And, guys, we are
just getting started.

344
00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:42,071
Um, yeah, I've got
a killer icebreaker planned.

345
00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:43,656
Most infamous parties
in history?

346
00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,991
Donner, Boston Tea,
and, uh, this one.

347
00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:47,026
[ Chuckles ]

348
00:12:47,050 --> 00:12:48,010
You need any, um...

349
00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:49,178
Oh, no, no, no.

350
00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:52,731
I got it, because I am
killing today. [ Chuckles ]

351
00:12:52,755 --> 00:12:53,732
Damn it.

352
00:12:53,756 --> 00:12:55,150
Look, let me help you, alright?

353
00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:57,703
Okay, so do me a favor...
Pull this through.

354
00:12:57,727 --> 00:12:59,788
Over there. Mm-hmm.

355
00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:02,875
So this is going well.
Yeah, it is.

356
00:13:02,899 --> 00:13:04,376
And you're good?

357
00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,863
Yeah, so good.
I'm, like, yeah, so...

358
00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:10,189
Um, so... Alright.

359
00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:13,352
How, um... How's, uh,
the Taylor thing?

360
00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:15,387
The thing with, uh, Taylor?
How's that?

361
00:13:15,411 --> 00:13:16,972
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah. It's good.

362
00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,057
Good. It's good, yeah.

363
00:13:18,081 --> 00:13:19,716
I'm so happy to hear that.
It's good, yeah.

364
00:13:21,117 --> 00:13:23,212
And, um, are you dating
anyone new, or...?

365
00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,380
Nope. [ Chuckles ] Great.

366
00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:25,965
'Cause I'm just focusing
on the school year, right?

367
00:13:25,989 --> 00:13:28,017
I feel you. Yeah. You
know, just want to make sure

368
00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:32,121
I am killing... it.

369
00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:36,408
Guys! Now it is time
to get this party started.

370
00:13:36,432 --> 00:13:39,502
Hey there!
Anybody drive a beat-up sedan?

371
00:13:41,804 --> 00:13:44,867
Okay, what about a silver one
with a bumper sticker that says,

372
00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:46,635
"If you can read this,
thank a teacher"?

373
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:49,004
Oh, that's mine. Why?

374
00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:50,839
Because your car is about to get
a boot put on it.

375
00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:52,308
[ People murmuring ]

376
00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:53,666
Melissa: Janine. What?!

377
00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:58,130
Uh, um, excuse me.

378
00:13:58,154 --> 00:14:00,749
Hi! What's happening?
I'm not even in the red.

379
00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:03,686
No, but you have seven
outstanding unpaid parking violations.

380
00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:05,771
Oh, those are my ex's, yeah.

381
00:14:05,795 --> 00:14:08,357
I used to pay them for him,
but in an act of maturity,

382
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:11,143
I haven't since we split,
so those are his responsibility.

383
00:14:11,167 --> 00:14:12,428
Oh, no, Janine.

384
00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:14,646
The tickets are on your car...
Your tickets.

385
00:14:14,670 --> 00:14:15,705
That's how it works.

386
00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,567
Um, hey, don't you have,
like, a guy

387
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:19,852
in parking enforcement
or something?

388
00:14:19,876 --> 00:14:21,920
No, I got a guy in enforcement,

389
00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,730
but that's like
a last-resort kind of call.

390
00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:28,243
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
Please don't do this.

391
00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:29,778
I can't afford to pay
those tickets,

392
00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:31,163
and I really need my car.

393
00:14:31,187 --> 00:14:32,915
I'm a teacher at that school,

394
00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:36,135
and normally we have spots,
but... the Eagles...

395
00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:37,102
Please don't do this.

396
00:14:37,126 --> 00:14:38,604
Sorry, it's out of my hands.

397
00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:40,105
It's literally in your hands.

398
00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:41,106
[ Metallic clanking ]

399
00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:42,524
You know what?
I have a solution!

400
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,443
I'll just move my car. Yeah.
Barbara: No!

401
00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:45,711
No, I'm just gonna move it.

402
00:14:45,735 --> 00:14:47,429
You can't boot a moving car!
No, Janine, sweetheart.

403
00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:48,847
That would be crazy!
That's a bad solution.

404
00:14:48,871 --> 00:14:51,100
Gregory: No, no, Janine.
Janine. No, no. [ Engine starts ]

405
00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:52,801
Stop! Barbara, back
up! Barbara, back up!

406
00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:53,986
Back up, back up, back up.

407
00:14:54,010 --> 00:14:55,821
[ Engine revs,
tires screeching ]

408
00:14:55,845 --> 00:14:56,905
[ Clanking ]

409
00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:59,208
Stop, stop, stop! Stop!

410
00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:00,292
What?

411
00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:01,310
[ Engine stops, door opens ]

412
00:15:01,334 --> 00:15:04,279
What?

413
00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:05,314
What the hell, Gritty?

414
00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:07,699
You're supposed to be here
next Monday!

415
00:15:07,723 --> 00:15:08,758
What are you doing here?

416
00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:14,473
Okay. He says he's scheduled
for today.

417
00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:16,809
What? No.

418
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:19,661
[ Cellphone clacking ]

419
00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:21,797
I got my days wrong.

420
00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:25,584
I told the Flyers the first day
of school for us, not the kids.

421
00:15:25,608 --> 00:15:27,403
[ Squeaking ]

422
00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:28,771
Okay, and I'm just
paraphrasing here,

423
00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:31,023
but he says that because
of his tight schedule,

424
00:15:31,047 --> 00:15:32,932
he probably won't be able
to come back next week.

425
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:35,727
[ Thuds ] [ Squeaks ]

426
00:15:35,751 --> 00:15:37,429
Oh!

427
00:15:37,453 --> 00:15:38,504
You okay?
[ Cellphone camera clicks ]

428
00:15:40,756 --> 00:15:43,693
Mm. He says, "Poor Janine."

429
00:15:47,029 --> 00:15:48,290
Janine, what is going on?

430
00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:49,875
Unpaid parking tickets,

431
00:15:49,899 --> 00:15:52,194
landlord troubles, this outfit?

432
00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,196
Okay, that's normal.

433
00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:57,523
But the rest of this,
it just doesn't feel like you.

434
00:15:59,308 --> 00:16:02,187
I didn't want my break-up
to interfere with my life,

435
00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:04,606
but I can't pay my bills.

436
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:06,308
And I'm sad.

437
00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:09,595
I hate to admit that,
but I'm sad.

438
00:16:09,619 --> 00:16:12,881
When the water company
called about my bill,

439
00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:16,118
I was more upset about
how I miss yelling at Tariq

440
00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:17,569
for taking two-hour showers.

441
00:16:17,593 --> 00:16:18,871
In this climate?

442
00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:21,039
I thought coming into work
a full adult

443
00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:23,742
would be my solution,
but I'm drowning.

444
00:16:23,766 --> 00:16:27,112
Janine, you've had
a break-up. Yeah.

445
00:16:27,136 --> 00:16:28,530
They are hard.

446
00:16:28,554 --> 00:16:30,732
But they're part of
becoming whole,

447
00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:32,568
and if you let it,

448
00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:35,387
it's part of becoming the adult
you want to be.

449
00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,673
I've been through it.

450
00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:40,259
Melissa's on her journey,
and Ava, she's...

451
00:16:40,283 --> 00:16:42,961
Don't put them glizzies
too close to my rack, oldhead!

452
00:16:42,985 --> 00:16:45,831
Okay, look, what Barbara
is trying to say is,

453
00:16:45,855 --> 00:16:48,717
you just got to go through it,
not over it.

454
00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:51,594
And you're at the beginning,
not the end.

455
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:55,023
[ Gasps ]

456
00:16:55,047 --> 00:16:57,266
[ Indistinct conversations ]

457
00:17:00,203 --> 00:17:02,231
Aww.

458
00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:03,623
[ Laughs ]

459
00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:08,587
[ Cellphone camera clicks ]

460
00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:10,205
I'mma have to Photoshop Janine
out of this,

461
00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:11,864
but this is
a cute picture, though.

462
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,352
[ Footsteps approaching ]

463
00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:20,165
You all right?

464
00:17:20,189 --> 00:17:23,719
Everything is chaos.
And we all lose.

465
00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:25,270
Okay.

466
00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:27,973
That Janine-Gritty-boot fiasco

467
00:17:27,997 --> 00:17:29,641
made me lose a whole mod
of scheduling.

468
00:17:29,665 --> 00:17:31,610
I don't know what I'm gonna do
when the year starts.

469
00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:32,868
Gregory...

470
00:17:34,870 --> 00:17:38,016
Being a teacher is being asked
to do the impossible

471
00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,768
year after year.

472
00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:43,739
And our only solution
is to show up every day

473
00:17:43,763 --> 00:17:45,240
and try our best.

474
00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:48,277
But it shouldn't be that way.
It's like we're set up to fail.

475
00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:50,062
But what are we supposed to do?

476
00:17:50,086 --> 00:17:51,947
Throw out all of our efforts?

477
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:55,567
Take my situation, for instance.

478
00:17:55,591 --> 00:17:59,555
Looks like I won't be getting
that desk for my student.

479
00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:01,280
But I did get the ramp.

480
00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:04,676
That's true.

481
00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,319
Mm-hmm.

482
00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:11,166
And, Gregory...

483
00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:12,384
Hmm?

484
00:18:12,408 --> 00:18:14,770
Take all of this down

485
00:18:14,794 --> 00:18:17,990
before someone gets worried
and calls the police.

486
00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:19,682
Mm!

487
00:18:29,792 --> 00:18:31,753
[ Indistinct conversations ]

488
00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,872
Janine: I've picked up
things fast my whole life.

489
00:18:33,896 --> 00:18:37,759
Fast walker, fast talker,
fast reader.

490
00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:42,281
Not a fast healer, though.
Some things can't be rushed.

491
00:18:42,305 --> 00:18:45,000
I have to be willing to admit
that I miss Tariq.

492
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:47,352
And that I need to pay my bills.

493
00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:50,222
So thank goodness Jacob
was able to loan me some money.

494
00:18:50,246 --> 00:18:53,558
I gave her the money I was gonna
use for my student-loan payment.

495
00:18:53,582 --> 00:18:56,011
President Joey B's gonna cancel
the rest of that debt

496
00:18:56,035 --> 00:18:58,130
like any day now.

497
00:18:58,154 --> 00:18:59,705
[ Indistinct conversations ]

498
00:19:02,325 --> 00:19:04,786
Is everybody excited
for the first day of school?

499
00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,788
You have a good summer?
Everyone have fun?

500
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:09,574
Gregory got his dad to let us
borrow this costume.

501
00:19:09,598 --> 00:19:12,144
I'm no Gritty,
but these kids don't care.

502
00:19:12,168 --> 00:19:13,612
And Gregory paid me.

503
00:19:13,636 --> 00:19:14,946
You know what they say...

504
00:19:14,970 --> 00:19:18,150
$20 in my hand
is worth me in a bush.

505
00:19:18,174 --> 00:19:20,385
Barbara: Straight line,
straight line, straight...

506
00:19:20,409 --> 00:19:22,304
Oh, welcome!

507
00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:24,589
Good morning. Thank you.

508
00:19:24,613 --> 00:19:26,866
[ Indistinct conversations ]

509
00:19:28,017 --> 00:19:29,378
[ Softly ] Hello.

510
00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:33,072
My name is J-A-C-O-B.

511
00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,989
Oh, nice to meet you, Imani.

512
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:43,241
We're looking for
Ms. Schemmenti?

513
00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:44,860
That's me. Third-grade teacher?

514
00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:46,595
Oh. Yeah.

515
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:48,096
Okay. How many we got?

516
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,765
Okay. Just line up.

517
00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:53,502
Follow Ms. Schemmenti.
Everybody follow Ms. Melissa.

518
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:54,920
Let's go.

519
00:19:54,944 --> 00:19:56,288
Everybody...

520
00:19:56,312 --> 00:19:59,865
There we go. Alright.

521
00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:04,579
Barbara had mentioned that
there were once students here

522
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:05,947
who needed ADA desks,

523
00:20:05,971 --> 00:20:07,916
and I doubted that somebody
had just thrown those away,

524
00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,435
so I asked Mr. Johnson
if there was storage here.

525
00:20:10,459 --> 00:20:14,022
He said, "Yeah, I forgot
because I'm a custodian

526
00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:16,892
and not some lil'
storage-ass ho."

527
00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:19,094
Anyway, I went down
to the school's basement

528
00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:20,202
and I found that.

529
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,349
Mrs. Howard was right.

530
00:20:24,373 --> 00:20:27,202
We may not be able
to do it all...

531
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,321
but we'll do what we can.

532
00:20:29,345 --> 00:20:30,622
Janine: Come on, guys.
Okay, guys.

533
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:32,374
Let's wait. It's gonna
be a great year.

534
00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:33,492
It is, isn't it?

535
00:20:33,516 --> 00:20:35,394
Oh, I like what you did
with your hair.

536
00:20:35,418 --> 00:20:37,279
The part? It's nice.

537
00:20:37,303 --> 00:20:39,588
[ School bell rings ]

538
00:20:41,140 --> 00:20:42,150
[ Chuckles ]

539
00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:43,526
Go ahead, y'all.

540
00:20:45,861 --> 00:20:47,305
Together: Gritty!

541
00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:49,174
Oh! [ Laughter ]

542
00:20:49,198 --> 00:20:50,475
Ava: Ain't he cool?

543
00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:52,294
Look at him picking
that belly-button lint.

544
00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:54,296
Celebrities!
They're just like us.

545
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,298
Grittay! My man!

546
00:20:56,322 --> 00:20:57,406
Your mom doing all right?

547
00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:01,677
[ Squeaks ]

548
00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:19,478
I get it now. I'm not not a fan.

549
00:21:22,031 --> 00:21:23,399
[ Squeaks ]