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Synced and corrected by Katniss Everdeen
www.addic7ed.com

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- Where's Garaboski?
- Uh-oh.

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- Did we do it?
- Did we finally break him?

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You broke him.

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Quiet! Mr. Garaboski retired yesterday.

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Quiet! The guy survives
Vietnam and Mrs. Garaboski,

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and he can't get past you.

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Now, he left a letter here
that expressed his feelings.

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"Dear you
little..."

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okay, I can't read this.

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He always talked about the
good old days before 1985.

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What happened in 1985?

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That was the year the New York board of education
said you couldn't hit a kid with a ruler.

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"Bored" of education? I do believe I am.

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Well, now you're gonna
need a new English teacher.

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That's okay, thanks.

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Uh, I don't know, Maya. You
may want to consider this one.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please
welcome Ms. Harper Burgess.

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You got a bike that goes with that outfit?

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1800 cc twin cam fat
Bob fuel tank wide glide.

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What do you ride?

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He rode a sheep.

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62-pound quad hoof white fleece, kind
you count before you fall asleep. Baa baa.

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Wanna race?

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No.

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Ms. Burgess is here to teach you
about great books and great ideas.

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Please give her the same
respect that you give me.

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Oh, we could do better than that.

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<i>Frank Miller, the dark night returns.</i>

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This is Batman.

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A future Batman.

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What's the difference?

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This story is the continuation based
on an original series of characters.

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Do you guys know what that means?

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Yeah.

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Um, aren't you supposed to be
teaching us the important books?

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Mmm, this graphic novel was as
important to its style of literature

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as any book you can think of.

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What's it about?

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It's about a world that's become so
tough that Batman fights superman.

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You will tell me why he does that.

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You're gonna start by teaching us
a comic book, miss motorcycle?

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Yeah, and you're gonna start
by not calling me miss anything.

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You can call me Harper.

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- Harper?
- Yes?

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I just wanted to see if it would work.

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Farkle?

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You know my name, Harper?

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I know all of your names.

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Mr. Matthews told me all about you.

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When is this due, please?

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Hi, Riley.

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Hi.

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How do you like having him here?

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It's terrible.

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It's wonderful.

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My father gave me my love of books.

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He did?

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He's why I became a teacher.

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It's why he named me Harper.

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You'll figure it out.

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Riley, stop me right now.

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- From what?
- I can't like a teacher, I'm Maya.

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It's a good day, Maya.

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School got better and now nothing
bad is ever going to happen again.

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So, I'm passing by your classroom
on this, your first day,

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and I can't help noticing that
somebody has a comic book...

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that everybody has a comic book.

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They're graphic novels.

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Pipe down, Farkle.

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I think Harper's trying to
teach us something important.

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Oh, Harper is?

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Hm? Well, she's not.

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It isn't literature, it's comic books.

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Which are against school
policy, miss Burgess.

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And so is calling miss
Burgess by her first name.

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You will gather these up, and you
will teach something important.

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<i>To kill a mockingbird?</i>

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Are you familiar with this?

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I know this book.

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Then teach it, miss Burgess.

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So...

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<i>The dark knight returns.</i>

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Read it tonight, and tomorrow we
will learn something important.

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Ah, stop it.

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You're not supposed to like a teacher.

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You're Maya.

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Oh, no, what are you doing to me?

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Girls, slow down. What is the rush?

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Dinner is keeping us from our homework.

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The new English teacher
wants us to read this.

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Well, this looks like a comic book.

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Yes.

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Didn't we have a
teacher who taught us...

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yes.

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Tell me more about this
new English teacher.

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- Motorcycle.
- Leather jacket.

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Sounds familiar.

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Weren't you on the committee
to hire the new English teacher?

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Yes.

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Principal Yancy doesn't like her very much.

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She's a young idealist.

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You think she's gonna win him over.

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I'm just looking for a little action.

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Not all history repeats, Cory.

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Why, what happened to you guys?

107
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Well, we had a pretty cool teacher once.

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Feeny!

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No, we actually had one other teacher.

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Did that teacher get
along with the principal?

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Feeny was the principal.

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Feeny taught you every year
and was also your principal?

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Yes.

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That would never happen today.

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We'll see.

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Our principal won't let her teach us this.

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But she is anyway?

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It's a more complicated world now.

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Heroes and villains aren't
as easily recognized.

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Maybe it takes different teaching
methods to tell them apart.

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She thinks this will help, and I
like that she believes in something.

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But Cory, the world isn't so
different that the principal

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doesn't still make the final decision.

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Yeah, that's interesting, isn't it?

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Yancy has a lot of power.

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He's like...

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Who's a guy with a lot of power, girls?

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Superman.

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Whoa.

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- Then Harper's like...
- Batman!

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Whoa!

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What's the difference between the two?

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Well, one has superpowers and one doesn't.

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Well, how can that be a fair fight?

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I mean, that's like a
fight between you and me.

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I know.

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You know, I don't want Harper...

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- Batman.
- ...To lose.

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Well, maybe you should do your
homework and find out what happens next.

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Yeah, like they're gonna run...

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this is gonna be real
trouble, isn't it, Cory?

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I hope so.

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Can good change?

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Good is good.

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Can evil change?

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It seems like just when we think
we've seen the worst that there can be,

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somebody comes up with something.

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Why do you suppose that is?

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Because it's evil that fascinates us.

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But doesn't good have to win in the end?

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Does it?

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So I'm passing by your classroom
on this, your second day,

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<i>and I see no mockingbird.</i>

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But I still see comic books.

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Yes, we're studying the
nature of good and evil.

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I don't care.

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- Class dismissed.
- Excuse me?

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Study hall, all of you!

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Except Farkle. You...
Go sit in a garbage can.

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Yay!

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Leave now.

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Go.

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- Riley.
- Yes.

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If I may explain my lesson plan.

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Oh, there's no need, miss
Burgess. You're fired.

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You are brand-new, kid.

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You think there are heroes
and villains? There aren't.

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There are only kids who come and go.

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You really think that
you've affected anybody?

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Uh...

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What's going on here?

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I've been fired.

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I want to thank you for believing in me.

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You're welcome.

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Oh, wait.

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That hasn't changed.

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Uh...

178
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How can you possibly fire
someone like her, Yancy?

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Go back to your class, Matthews.

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You're right, this isn't
history, this is English, but...

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You know what history has in
common with the great books?

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It turns out there are
heroes and villains.

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All through them.

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And the villains will always cause trouble.

185
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But there's always gonna
be heroes to fight back.

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You ruined my entire lesson.

187
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She was hired to teach
literature, but she's not.

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She rides a motorcycle and
she teaches comic books.

189
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How is that a teacher?

190
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That can be a great teacher.

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A passionate teacher who doesn't
believe that kids just come and go.

192
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And if you let her go, then...

193
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You have to be prepared
to let me go as well.

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<i>Let you go?</i>

195
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Well, I wasn't prepared for that at all.

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Just give me a second...

197
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okay, I'm good. You're fired, too.

198
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How was everybody's day today?

199
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It was a good day and then
my friends treated me nicely

200
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and then my teacher measured me,

201
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and I'm growing, and
then Jenny Lewis loves me.

202
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Wait a minute, this already happened.

203
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Yeah, I'm out of stuff.

204
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He's right. Nothing new happened at all.

205
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Dad got fired today.

206
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Well, there's that.

207
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You know how you thought
there might be trouble

208
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between Yancy and the new teacher?

209
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The young idealist who
was gonna win him over?

210
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She didn't... so much.

211
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But you defended her?

212
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- I did.
- So Yancy fired you?

213
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So much.

214
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Yancy can't fire you.

215
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According to statue 3028, teacher
dismissals have to come from the state.

216
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Mom, do you know everything?

217
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Yeah.

218
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So Mr. Matthews is safe?

219
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Aw, Maya... you care?

220
00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:07,532
No, I just haven't spoken yet.

221
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I've met principal Yancy.

222
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He can be pretty stubborn.

223
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Yeah, he's gonna pursue this.

224
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What will we do next?

225
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Well, he has to take it to his boss.

226
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He has to take it to the
superintendent of schools.

227
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Doesn't that make you guys nervous?

228
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Um, they don't seem nervous.

229
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Today's lesson.

230
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Okay.

231
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So I've learned it's more difficult
to get rid of rabble rousers

232
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than I thought.

233
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Too bad for you, I've
got a great relationship

234
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with the superintendent of schools.

235
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How's your relationship, Matthews?

236
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Okay, so why do I have to do anything?

237
00:12:02,421 --> 00:12:04,289
Mr. Turner and I go back a bit.

238
00:12:04,291 --> 00:12:07,459
So, I hear you want to dismiss
a couple of educators, Yancy?

239
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She's here one day, and
she's teaching comic books!

240
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<i>Yeah, my first day I taught the X-Men.</i>

241
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That's funny.

242
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Oh, no!

243
00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:24,142
Now, why would I do that, I wonder?

244
00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:24,918
Matthews?

245
00:12:24,949 --> 00:12:28,012
Well, you took characters
we already loved to show us

246
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that good and evil wasn't
always so black and white.

247
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How come?

248
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So we'd understand it better
when you taught us real books.

249
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Cory, you were listening.

250
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How could I not?

251
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I mean, you wore a leather
jacket to work every day.

252
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You taught comic books and you
rode to work on a motorcycle.

253
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Right up until the day the
bike and I both got totaled.

254
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But things happen for a
reason. I married my nurse.

255
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Aw.

256
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You fell in love with her?

257
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Nah, in case it ever happens again.

258
00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,279
I...

259
00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:06,518
there's a pretty cool bike parked
next to your sensible sedan.

260
00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,053
What, did you buy that from Feeny?

261
00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:13,024
Well, it only had four Miles on it.

262
00:13:15,661 --> 00:13:17,962
The roll-up windows are a real workout.

263
00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:24,102
Hey, Burgess, you be careful
on that bike, okay?

264
00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:25,558
Thank you, sir.

265
00:13:25,589 --> 00:13:31,406
<i>Jon, I just wanted her to
teach to kill a mockingbird.</i>

266
00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:33,978
Your mom or your dad?

267
00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,047
My dad.

268
00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:37,348
What about him?

269
00:13:37,350 --> 00:13:39,484
He named her Harper Lee Burgess.

270
00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:42,086
I figure she'll get around to it.

271
00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:44,422
Isn't this the one about understanding

272
00:13:44,424 --> 00:13:47,492
that people turn out pretty
good if you give them a chance?

273
00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:49,427
Don't ask me, I read comic books.

274
00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:57,101
Look, Yancy, I'll observe Harper's
class, I'll make my decision then.

275
00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:59,470
I already made my decision
on Matthews long ago.

276
00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:03,107
I hired him, you know?

277
00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:06,044
I did not know that.

278
00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,646
I withdraw my objection.

279
00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:10,281
Too late for that.

280
00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:11,350
Too important.

281
00:14:11,381 --> 00:14:15,650
What a kid is taught is what a kid
becomes. That's the job we have.

282
00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:19,490
You ask me to see how it's
being done, and I will.

283
00:14:22,661 --> 00:14:24,295
Hmm.

284
00:14:25,497 --> 00:14:27,198
Interesting lesson.

285
00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:29,567
Let's see what comes of it.

286
00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:39,077
We have some special
guests in our classroom.

287
00:14:39,079 --> 00:14:40,745
Please behave as you normally would.

288
00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:42,046
- Hi.
- Hi.

289
00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:43,481
We love Harper.

290
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,149
Do you understand, Uncle jon?

291
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:47,185
Real Uncle, or do you just call him that?

292
00:14:47,187 --> 00:14:49,153
He comes over like a
million times a week...

293
00:14:49,155 --> 00:14:50,946
I withdraw my complaint.

294
00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:54,826
You got them calling
you by your first name?

295
00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:58,129
<i>Sir, I wanted them to put together
the mockingbird thing</i>

296
00:14:58,131 --> 00:15:01,266
to see how much I care
about what I'll be teaching.

297
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:05,169
All right, does anybody understand
the significance of Harper's name

298
00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:08,172
<i>in regards to the author
of to kill a mockingbird?</i>

299
00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:11,276
Harper's first name is Charles twain!

300
00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:15,346
You're doing a bang-up
job with her, Matthews.

301
00:15:16,677 --> 00:15:19,117
Look, she was told by the
principal not to teach us something,

302
00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,119
but she did anyways.
That's gotta mean something.

303
00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:23,121
Psst, will you stop helping us?

304
00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,190
Yeah, it means something.

305
00:15:26,192 --> 00:15:28,393
Now, may I see what you've learned?

306
00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:31,396
Because that's what means everything.

307
00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:33,464
Farkle goes first,
Farkle always goes first!

308
00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,768
Stuart Minkus' kid?

309
00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:38,136
- Yeah.
- Super genius?

310
00:15:38,138 --> 00:15:39,470
- Outer space.
- Real human boy?

311
00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,605
We're not sure yet.

312
00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:42,106
Sit down.

313
00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:44,676
I'll make the presentation.

314
00:15:44,678 --> 00:15:46,244
You like this teacher?

315
00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:47,478
I like both of these teachers.

316
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,813
Are you familiar with the material?

317
00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,682
Me? No, I never saw this thing before.

318
00:15:50,684 --> 00:15:52,283
I never saw this thing before in my life.

319
00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:54,786
Yeah, I read it. I read
it, actually, a lot.

320
00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:58,289
Thanks for telling the truth.

321
00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:01,326
Yeah, I can't help myself.

322
00:16:01,328 --> 00:16:04,562
Now, I prefer someone who is
unfamiliar with the material.

323
00:16:04,564 --> 00:16:09,334
Someone who is notoriously unteachable.

324
00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:12,904
How you doin'?

325
00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:17,575
Not you, Riley.

326
00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:18,910
I only looked at the pictures.

327
00:16:18,912 --> 00:16:20,211
I read the words.

328
00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:21,546
It's a duet.

329
00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:24,349
I hope you learned something, girls.

330
00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:26,317
I learn something all the time.

331
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,880
I come here because my apartment leaks.

332
00:16:28,787 --> 00:16:29,921
Come here.

333
00:16:29,923 --> 00:16:31,322
Yes...?

334
00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,326
I know you just say this stuff.

335
00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:38,262
I know you're a lot smarter
than you want us to know.

336
00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:39,464
Shh.

337
00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:42,233
We got this.

338
00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,634
I hope so.

339
00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:45,303
Our future's in your hands.

340
00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:56,180
<i>In Frank Miller's the dark night
returns</i> the keyword is dark.

341
00:16:56,182 --> 00:17:00,418
He doesn't write heroes or
villains that you are used to.

342
00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:04,922
You have to really think about
what's right and what's wrong.

343
00:17:04,924 --> 00:17:07,291
The pictures make you work, too.

344
00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:10,361
You have to look up,
down, across, and sideways,

345
00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:14,265
but I believe he's trying to get us to
look at what our own world has become.

346
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:17,268
Up, down, across, and sideways.

347
00:17:18,303 --> 00:17:22,629
Heroes that should be friends with a
common goal, fight each other instead.

348
00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:26,744
One hero was trying to inspire his
old friend to take a look at the world,

349
00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,379
and realized that it's changed.

350
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:30,782
So, he needed to change, too.

351
00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:34,986
But he wouldn't, so he
fought against him.

352
00:17:34,988 --> 00:17:38,456
Which was hard to look at,
because the world is dark enough

353
00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:40,658
and heroes are supposed to bring light.

354
00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:45,396
Everyone in this room knows
that someone with real power

355
00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,900
doesn't need to hit a kid with a
ruler to get the kid to want to learn.

356
00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:51,769
Because this is a new world,
and we don't do that here.

357
00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:57,308
Frank Miller turned a comic
book into... what's the word?

358
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,242
You know the word.

359
00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,610
Literature.

360
00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:06,484
And Harper here, is named after
someone who gave us a great story.

361
00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:13,324
Which her father taught her to appreciate,
and it means everything to her

362
00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:15,393
that her father taught her.

363
00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:17,595
She's taught me so much already.

364
00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,264
You did that in two days?

365
00:18:20,844 --> 00:18:23,000
They're smarter than they want us to know.

366
00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:24,702
She did that in two days!

367
00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,304
Shape up, Matthews.

368
00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,474
Yes, sir.

369
00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:33,010
Jon, comic books are against school policy.

370
00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:36,881
Yeah, and you can hit a kid
with a ruler in 19 states.

371
00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:46,724
Hey, Matthews, I know it was you
that chose Harper for these kids.

372
00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:51,362
Is that because maybe she,
uh... reminded you of someone?

373
00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:54,298
- No.
- Okay.

374
00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:01,439
Riles?

375
00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:02,640
Yeah?

376
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,408
What do you want to be when you grow up?

377
00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:07,011
I don't know yet.

378
00:19:07,013 --> 00:19:08,479
Is that okay?

379
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:09,614
Yeah.

380
00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:17,054
Am I supposed to ask you now?

381
00:19:17,056 --> 00:19:19,824
That would certainly keep this going, so...

382
00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:22,760
- Maya?
- Yes!

383
00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:26,430
Do you have any idea what you
want to be when you grow up?

384
00:19:26,432 --> 00:19:27,732
No.

385
00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:31,536
But being a teacher might
be cooler than I thought.

386
00:19:31,538 --> 00:19:33,337
You know what else is cool?

387
00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:37,534
Uncle Jon used to take care
of Shawn when he was younger.

388
00:19:37,565 --> 00:19:38,809
You don't say.

389
00:19:38,811 --> 00:19:39,805
I do say.

390
00:19:39,836 --> 00:19:43,811
And my dad said that they were
really good for each other.

391
00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:51,756
<i>Okay, Riley, I finished this
Archie comic you gave me.</i>

392
00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:56,427
I wanted to start him on
the road to good books.

393
00:19:56,429 --> 00:20:00,431
Well... this dark-haired
girl and this blonde girl

394
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,700
both like the same boy and
they all stay best friends.

395
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,135
Could that really happen?

396
00:20:04,137 --> 00:20:05,670
- No.
- Okay.

397
00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:11,976
Good morning.

398
00:20:11,978 --> 00:20:14,111
Before we begin today,

399
00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:18,983
a decision has been reached. Now, I know
you're all going to remain quiet and calm.

400
00:20:18,985 --> 00:20:20,651
We love her!

401
00:20:24,856 --> 00:20:25,770
Thank you.

402
00:20:25,801 --> 00:20:29,427
We appreciate it when
students are fond of a teacher.

403
00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:33,464
I mean, it factors into a decision,
but it cannot be the first priority.

404
00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:34,765
Uh-oh.

405
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:41,072
That has to be preparation that a
teacher puts into a lesson plan,

406
00:20:41,074 --> 00:20:42,940
and what the students take from it.

407
00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,542
Cory, what are you teaching today?

408
00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,844
I don't know. I'm probably
making something up.

409
00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:52,416
All right, now Ms. Burgess
went against school policy.

410
00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:55,553
The principal decided what he saw fit.

411
00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:59,156
Right and wrong can be
difficult to identify sometimes.

412
00:20:59,158 --> 00:21:01,092
That's what you just read in English class.

413
00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:02,627
But this is history.

414
00:21:02,629 --> 00:21:04,762
And what does history teach us. You?

415
00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,864
When it's a struggle
between right and wrong,

416
00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:09,166
that's when the real hero fights hardest.

417
00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:14,639
So... For the greater
good of this school,

418
00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:19,510
it has been decided
that someone had to go.

419
00:21:20,879 --> 00:21:23,948
So I would like to introduce
you to your new English teacher.

420
00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:24,982
No!

421
00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:27,018
Why is it worth learning anything

422
00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:29,058
if we can't change the
world for the better?

423
00:21:29,089 --> 00:21:32,590
How are we supposed to be heroes if
we can't do anything about anything?

424
00:21:32,592 --> 00:21:33,924
Hi!

425
00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:39,530
Wow!

426
00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:41,599
Sometimes you can beat superman.

427
00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:43,034
Very good, Maya.

428
00:21:43,036 --> 00:21:44,468
You get an a.

429
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:47,004
This new teacher's out
to ruin my reputation.

430
00:21:53,512 --> 00:21:55,479
He was one of your teachers, mommy?

431
00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:58,215
Yeah, Mr. Turner helped
me learn everything I know.

432
00:21:58,217 --> 00:21:59,817
She knows everything.

433
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:01,252
I know.

434
00:22:01,254 --> 00:22:03,120
Was my daddy a good student?

435
00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:04,655
He was a wonderful student.

436
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,257
Why would you lie to my kid?

437
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:10,194
He tried his best.

438
00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:11,629
Why would you lie to my kid?

439
00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:16,567
He was so bad, he became a teacher
so he could go back to school again.

440
00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:23,007
So... word has it you
took care of Shawn Hunter?

441
00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:24,608
Yeah, I did.

442
00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:26,977
His dad was a little off and on.

443
00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:28,512
No kid should have that.

444
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:29,547
Yeah.

445
00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:31,615
Did you care about him, though?

446
00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:33,084
You weren't his real father.

447
00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:34,552
No, I wasn't.

448
00:22:34,554 --> 00:22:36,787
But was it possible for you to...

449
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:38,522
yes, Maya.

450
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:39,890
I loved him like a son.

451
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,094
I still do.

452
00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:45,830
That's good.

453
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,232
Dad?

454
00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:49,266
Yeah?

455
00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:50,668
Thank you for being a good teacher.

456
00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:52,203
Yeah, thanks.

457
00:22:53,638 --> 00:22:56,198
Boy, there's nothing better than
hearing that from your students.

458
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:01,011
Mr. Turner.

459
00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:02,980
Thank you for being a good teacher.

460
00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:04,882
Yeah, thanks.

461
00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:09,887
You gave me an a-minus once.

462
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,088
Topanga.

463
00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:14,225
- Topanga.
- I want you to change it.

464
00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:17,094
Okay.

