1 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:07,173 Okay, so, if the store has 10 potatoes, right, 2 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:09,092 and you take away two of them, 3 00:00:09,092 --> 00:00:11,636 how many potatoes would the store have left? 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,346 I don't like potatoes. 5 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:15,682 Let's not focus on that part of it. 6 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:17,350 You have eight potatoes. 7 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:19,978 Marie, we know that you know. 8 00:00:19,978 --> 00:00:22,063 I was asking Sydnee. 9 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:24,399 Why don't you go sharpen up some colored pencils? 10 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:25,483 That'd be fun. 11 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:27,944 I have a lot of kids in my class, 12 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,655 and, uh, some of them are pretty smart potatoes. 13 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:33,950 So I try to get creative with the ones who finish early 14 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,828 with some special projects. 15 00:00:36,828 --> 00:00:38,997 I'm done with the pencils, Ms. Teagues. 16 00:00:38,997 --> 00:00:42,459 Okay. Then why don't you... 17 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:45,211 help me grade some of the other students' worksheets, okay? 18 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:46,755 Just don't tell anyone. 19 00:00:49,257 --> 00:00:52,344 Okay, so, if you don't like "potato" potatoes, 20 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:54,346 what if we say they are sweet potatoes? 21 00:00:54,346 --> 00:00:56,514 I really don't like sweet potatoes. 22 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:59,142 You've really got to work with me, Sydnee. 23 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:00,185 Janine, what did I say 24 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,145 about taking my potatoes from the lunchroom? 25 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:04,147 But visual learning is so much better! 26 00:01:04,147 --> 00:01:05,774 Well, guess what. 27 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:09,152 Now you have zero potatoes. 28 00:01:09,152 --> 00:01:10,862 Yay! 29 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:13,448 (Maker's "Hold'em" playing) 30 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:23,249 ♪ 31 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:24,667 - AVA: Good morning, y'all. - Morning. 32 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:27,587 Please allow me to introduce our newest student, Malcolm. 33 00:01:27,671 --> 00:01:28,713 He just moved to the area. 34 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:30,924 He went to that smart private school, Elway Academy, 35 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:32,592 with the orchestra classes and everything. 36 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:34,302 So he's like baby Beethoven. 37 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:37,847 My parents wanted me to go to a school with other Black kids. 38 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:40,433 Well, you are in luck, because we are swimmin' in Black kids. 39 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:41,976 Malcolm got straight A's, 40 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:43,770 and he was in the gifted program and everything. 41 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:45,188 Welcome, Malcolm. 42 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:47,065 Yes. Welcome to Abbott, Malcolm. 43 00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:48,566 I was in the gifted program, too. 44 00:01:48,650 --> 00:01:50,527 What were you gifted at? Being annoying? 45 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:51,569 (laughs) 46 00:01:51,653 --> 00:01:52,696 No. 47 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:54,989 Anyway, Malcolm has a bright future. 48 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:56,825 I can already see him at the White House, 49 00:01:56,825 --> 00:01:58,493 thanking Ms. Ava Eva Coleman 50 00:01:58,493 --> 00:02:00,870 for turning him into the Oprah of Science. 51 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:03,164 All you ever have to be is the Malcolm of Science, 52 00:02:03,248 --> 00:02:04,290 and that will be enough. 53 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:05,333 - JANINE: Mm-hmm. - Thank you. 54 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:07,502 Malcolm, would you like to get breakfast with the other kids? 55 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:10,213 Yes! Go get whatever your super brain needs. 56 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,048 We have fish oils or whatever. 57 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,800 Make way! Smart kid coming through. 58 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,178 Don't look at him with your regular I.Q.s. 59 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:18,930 (telephone ringing) 60 00:02:19,014 --> 00:02:20,807 This is trash. 61 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:25,270 Wow. He really is brilliant. 62 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,439 You know, Ava, I really wish you wouldn't talk 63 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:29,107 about the kids like that in front of them. 64 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:31,192 We have a lot of smart kids here at Abbott. 65 00:02:31,276 --> 00:02:32,610 - Always have. - Mm-hmm. 66 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:35,030 I got a kid in my class bartering Happy Meals 67 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:36,072 for friendship. 68 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,574 Mm! 69 00:02:37,574 --> 00:02:39,409 Hey. (gasps) 70 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:41,953 You know what? We should have a gifted program here. 71 00:02:42,037 --> 00:02:44,080 I mean, I need something for the kids in my class to do 72 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:45,582 other than grade papers and... 73 00:02:45,582 --> 00:02:47,792 I'm kidding. 74 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:49,085 But seriously, 75 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:51,338 I loved the gifted program I was in growing up. 76 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,923 I learned so much, and those experiences were priceless. 77 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:55,467 I was in one, too. Yeah. 78 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:58,428 I got to write my own musical rap parody about Monsanto. 79 00:02:58,428 --> 00:03:01,806 It was called "Mo' Santo, Mo' Problems." 80 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:03,141 Yo, check it. 81 00:03:03,141 --> 00:03:04,184 My youngest, Gina, 82 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:06,519 she participated in a young-engineers program. 83 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:07,812 - It did wonders for her. - JANINE: Mm. 84 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:10,106 Looks good on a college application, too. 85 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,316 Mm-hmm. 86 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:13,735 Hey, Gregory, what do you think? 87 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:15,779 Oh, I think I've been here for like five minutes, 88 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:17,030 so I don't really have a say. 89 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,741 You need to have more opinions. 90 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:21,826 We used to have a gifted program, Lollipop Guild, 91 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:23,328 - but then, you know -- - Oh, let me guess. 92 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:25,413 - "We don't have the money." - Oh, no. We have the cheddar. 93 00:03:25,497 --> 00:03:27,457 It's sitting in an account. We just can't touch it. 94 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:29,542 Believe me, I tried. 95 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:33,254 To use it for...arithmascience. 96 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:34,923 Anyway, the problem is, 97 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:36,675 there's no one to teach the gifted program. 98 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:38,218 You guys are in your classes all day. 99 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:39,260 MELISSA: It's true. 100 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:41,638 By the time we take attendance, it's practically lunch. 101 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:42,681 Who's got time? 102 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:45,475 - (school bell rings) - Ooh. 103 00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:49,979 It'd be easy to just give up and not have a gifted program, 104 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,691 but there was an acronym I learned in the one I was in -- 105 00:03:52,691 --> 00:03:56,361 PIE -- Perseverance, Ingenuity, and Effort. 106 00:03:56,361 --> 00:03:57,862 I love PIE. 107 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,489 Even though I can't eat it, though. 108 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,241 Hurts my tummy. (chuckles) 109 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,118 But I did try for many years. 110 00:04:03,118 --> 00:04:04,536 That's the perseverance part, 111 00:04:04,536 --> 00:04:07,122 which is why we should have a gifted program. 112 00:04:07,122 --> 00:04:08,790 It's a foot facial. 113 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:10,792 It's like a facial, but for your feet. 114 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:12,752 Oh! See, I'd go for that. 115 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:15,088 Mm-hmm. 116 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:17,007 - Hey, Gar. - Hey. 117 00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:19,342 So, what? No raspberry iced teas for me this week? 118 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:20,468 You holding out on me? 119 00:04:20,552 --> 00:04:22,971 No. I got another box on the truck. 120 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:24,014 Oh. 121 00:04:24,014 --> 00:04:27,767 I was, uh... keeping 'em safe for you. 122 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:30,061 Don't miss me too much while I'm gone. 123 00:04:30,145 --> 00:04:31,896 - Pshh. You wish. - (laughs) 124 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:34,357 Girl, that man likes you. Ask him out. 125 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:35,942 No. 126 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:38,319 My ex was a firefighter, and if he taught me anything, 127 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:39,612 it's no men in uniforms, 128 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:42,115 'cause somehow you wind up making their car payments 129 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,867 and sleeping at your sister's after a fight. 130 00:04:43,867 --> 00:04:47,412 My Gerald wears a uniform, and he's a good man. 131 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:49,664 Come on. You deserve a little fun. 132 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:51,833 (door opens) 133 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:55,420 This fell off the truck for you. 134 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,505 (chuckles) 135 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:01,509 So, basically, all we need to make the gifted program work 136 00:05:01,593 --> 00:05:03,970 is someone enthusiastic who has a lot of free time. 137 00:05:04,054 --> 00:05:05,138 And I think I know someone. 138 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,265 ♪ Yo, yo, and that's how it go ♪ 139 00:05:07,349 --> 00:05:09,893 Just say no to Monsanto ♪ 140 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:12,020 Hey! ♪ And that's just the hook. 141 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:13,813 (laughs) 142 00:05:13,897 --> 00:05:15,982 I found someone to teach the gifted program. 143 00:05:16,066 --> 00:05:18,151 - (exhales deeply) - Why you breathing so hard? 144 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,152 I'm excited. 145 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,154 Well, it's weird. You should get that checked out. 146 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,238 Okay. 147 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:25,116 Well, Jacob is going to teach the gifted program 148 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,785 during his free periods. 149 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:29,120 I would love to till the fertile soil 150 00:05:29,204 --> 00:05:30,622 and grow the minds of tomorrow. 151 00:05:30,622 --> 00:05:32,791 I'll be like, um, that guy in that movie. 152 00:05:32,791 --> 00:05:33,792 - Um... - Um... 153 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:35,627 - Coach Carter. - No. Um... 154 00:05:35,627 --> 00:05:37,295 - Jiro Dreams of Sushi. - No, no. 155 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,672 What's that rock-climbing movie? Wait. Don't tell me. 156 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,298 - No, none of these. It's... - Don't tell me. Don't tell me. 157 00:05:40,382 --> 00:05:42,592 Hey, um, Ava? What do you think? 158 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,970 A chance to make more Science Oprahs? 159 00:05:46,054 --> 00:05:47,847 27 Hours. That's the name of the rock-climbing movie. 160 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:49,307 - I knew it. I knew it. - No. 161 00:05:49,391 --> 00:05:51,559 - Hey, Ava. Ava. - AVA: With the... 162 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:54,020 - Right. Gifted program. - Yes. 163 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:56,523 You know, my sorority sisters are always bragging 164 00:05:56,523 --> 00:05:59,609 about how they have these smart kids they gave birth to. 165 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,361 I could be like Charles Xavier with legs, 166 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,114 with hundreds of smart kids that I didn't give birth to, 167 00:06:04,114 --> 00:06:06,408 obviously. (chuckles) 168 00:06:06,408 --> 00:06:08,451 Go ahead and start your little mutant academy. 169 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:10,578 Yes! Thank you. 170 00:06:10,662 --> 00:06:12,122 (chuckles) 171 00:06:12,122 --> 00:06:14,082 Take that, Crystal. 172 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:16,960 (school bell rings, children shouting) 173 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,128 So, I called to book it, 174 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:19,963 and they told me they don't do a foot facial. 175 00:06:19,963 --> 00:06:23,466 - They said it's just a pedicure. - That's not what Dr. Oz said. 176 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:24,634 There she is. 177 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:28,221 You know, I look forward to every Thursday, 178 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:31,099 and it's not just about restocking half-full Funyuns. 179 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:34,310 "Half-full." The man's an optimist. 180 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:37,272 So, uh, what's your deal, Gary? You got dreams or... 181 00:06:37,272 --> 00:06:39,441 I own and operate a vending-machine business. 182 00:06:39,441 --> 00:06:40,483 I'm living it. 183 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:42,610 Yes to living your dreams. 184 00:06:42,694 --> 00:06:45,447 So, remember how you brought me that iced tea? 185 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:48,658 I'm thinking what if I let you buy me dinner to go with it? 186 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:50,410 This -- This is gonna be amazing. 187 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,495 I'm gonna take you out for a night on the town 188 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:53,705 you'll never forget. 189 00:06:53,705 --> 00:06:56,166 I'm thinking you, me, Dave & Buster's. 190 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,669 Y-You know what? I just... 191 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,379 I think I'm really busy these days. 192 00:07:01,463 --> 00:07:03,673 Maybe we just scratch this entire date idea. 193 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,134 (whispering) I tried. 194 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:09,471 Look, I've learned to spot a red flag when it's flying. 195 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:11,306 A guy suggests a dump for a first date, 196 00:07:11,306 --> 00:07:13,016 eventually, you're gonna have to dump him. 197 00:07:13,016 --> 00:07:15,310 My ex suggested a strip club. 198 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:17,937 ♪ 199 00:07:18,021 --> 00:07:19,981 It's Smart Kids Time! 200 00:07:20,065 --> 00:07:23,526 I'm gonna need Tyrel, Nadiyah, and Daniel. 201 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,820 - What are you talking about? - For the gifted program. 202 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:28,073 Those are the only kids who talk in my class. 203 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:29,574 Sucks to be you. (laughs) 204 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:33,161 All aboard the brain train! Choo-choo! 205 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:35,747 ♪ 206 00:07:35,747 --> 00:07:37,415 GREGORY: What do I think of the gifted program? 207 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:39,876 I mean, look, if everyone's into it, then great. 208 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:41,795 I just think the kids are gonna miss the end of the movie. 209 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,296 But who needs the end of the movie? 210 00:07:43,380 --> 00:07:45,548 You know, movies are all about the beginning 211 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:48,093 and then the middle and... 212 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:51,388 Okay, guys. Let's settle down. Settle down. 213 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:53,598 Let's do some math problems to steady our minds. 214 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:55,350 Ronald, what's 9 times 10? 215 00:07:55,350 --> 00:07:56,810 - SYDNEE: Chicken! - What? 216 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:59,354 Chickens in the library! 217 00:07:59,354 --> 00:08:00,480 (chicks chirping) 218 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,400 The chicken has an ovary and an oviduct, 219 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,235 and as the female reaches maturity, 220 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:08,279 these ova develop a few at a time into yolks. 221 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:10,281 And when they hatch, what do we get? 222 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:12,409 We get breakfast. Am I right? 223 00:08:12,409 --> 00:08:14,202 Served "ova" easy. 224 00:08:14,202 --> 00:08:16,287 It's happening! They're hatching! 225 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:17,414 (gasps) 226 00:08:17,414 --> 00:08:18,581 Aww! Look at that. 227 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:19,833 They're seeing that chickens 228 00:08:19,833 --> 00:08:22,085 don't just come from Crown Fried Chicken. 229 00:08:22,085 --> 00:08:25,213 ♪ I'm comin' out of retirement to save the environment ♪ 230 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:27,090 ♪ I like farms 'cause they're rustic ♪ 231 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:28,925 But GMOs -- Don't trust it ♪ 232 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:32,095 Ms. Teagues, I'm smart. Can I go to the chicken school? 233 00:08:32,095 --> 00:08:34,014 CHILDREN: Me too! 234 00:08:34,014 --> 00:08:35,473 - JACOB: Franken -- - CHILDREN: Food! 235 00:08:35,557 --> 00:08:36,641 - JACOB: Franken -- - CHILDREN: Food! 236 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:37,726 JACOB: Very good. 237 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,061 (breathing heavily) Okay, guys. 238 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:42,522 So, I know we're all on board with the gifted program. 239 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:44,107 (grunts, wheezing) 240 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:46,568 There you go sounding like an old locomotive. 241 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:49,529 Honey, you've got to walk at a normal pace. 242 00:08:50,488 --> 00:08:52,991 I think some of the kids who aren't in the gifted program 243 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:54,784 - are feeling left out. - GREGORY: Agreed. 244 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:57,245 And they took all the talking kids, so now I have to talk. 245 00:08:57,245 --> 00:08:59,330 Well, this is nothing we can't fix. 246 00:08:59,414 --> 00:09:00,999 We just need to make sure all the kids 247 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:03,084 who aren't in the program are still on track 248 00:09:03,168 --> 00:09:06,254 to be successful, you know, go to college, do great things. 249 00:09:06,338 --> 00:09:08,131 You don't have to go to college to be successful. 250 00:09:08,131 --> 00:09:10,508 No. Oh, my God. No. I didn't mean that. 251 00:09:10,592 --> 00:09:12,218 - I'm just saying -- - I, for one, love the program. 252 00:09:12,302 --> 00:09:15,430 I feel like a blend of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society 253 00:09:15,430 --> 00:09:17,599 and, well, Robin Williams in Patch Adams. 254 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:19,601 Didn't all those kids in Patch Adams die of cancer? 255 00:09:19,601 --> 00:09:21,478 Well, the real cancer is ignorance. 256 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:23,897 Mm, the real cancer is cancer. 257 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:27,025 Look, there's nothing wrong with the gifted program itself. 258 00:09:27,025 --> 00:09:28,777 We just need to organize it better 259 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:30,195 so that the regular kids -- 260 00:09:30,195 --> 00:09:34,282 Ooh. Uh, the ungifted kids -- Mm. 261 00:09:34,366 --> 00:09:36,284 The regifted kids... 262 00:09:36,368 --> 00:09:38,828 - Let's lift up the other kids. - Yes. That. 263 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:41,581 Look, if the program is making the kids feel bad, 264 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:42,957 I don't think it's worth it. 265 00:09:43,041 --> 00:09:46,044 Guys, there has to be a way to improve the experience 266 00:09:46,044 --> 00:09:47,629 for the other kids, you know? 267 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:49,005 Make them feel special too. 268 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:51,341 I'm sure you'll figure it out, Janine. 269 00:09:51,341 --> 00:09:53,426 You were in the gifted program, right? 270 00:09:53,510 --> 00:09:54,761 I was. 271 00:09:54,761 --> 00:09:55,762 (beeping) 272 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:58,181 I don't know. Maybe try restarting it? 273 00:09:58,181 --> 00:10:00,225 You don't think I would've tried that, Geek Squad? 274 00:10:00,225 --> 00:10:03,311 Hey, Ava...and Malcolm. 275 00:10:03,395 --> 00:10:04,562 Shouldn't you be in class? 276 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:06,439 That's what I keep saying! 277 00:10:06,523 --> 00:10:08,983 Ava, we need more discretionary funds. 278 00:10:09,067 --> 00:10:10,735 I want to get chickens for my class, 279 00:10:10,819 --> 00:10:13,321 since my kids had to sit and watch Jacob hatch eggs 280 00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:15,281 - in the gifted cl-- - Janine, are you new here? 281 00:10:15,365 --> 00:10:16,908 That smart money is for the smart kids. 282 00:10:16,908 --> 00:10:19,494 You think if I had more money, I would give it to you for eggs? 283 00:10:19,494 --> 00:10:20,495 (laughs) 284 00:10:20,495 --> 00:10:22,414 Hey, Malcolm, why don't you come with me? 285 00:10:22,997 --> 00:10:24,958 All right. Gonna get you to class. 286 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,127 - MALCOLM: Mm-hmm. - JANINE: Okay. 287 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:29,879 Are you excited for your inspiring lesson from Mr. Hill? 288 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:31,506 - Yes. - Yay! (chuckles) 289 00:10:31,506 --> 00:10:33,466 - Okay. - "O, Captain! My Captain!" 290 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:34,509 Mm! 291 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:38,930 Fire bar from MC Walt Whit, but you can call me Cap'n Hill. 292 00:10:39,014 --> 00:10:40,598 All right? No cap'n. 293 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:43,268 Huh? Get out your books. 294 00:10:43,268 --> 00:10:44,936 - Thank you, hubby. - Mm-hmm. 295 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:46,438 Aww, you're so cute together. 296 00:10:46,438 --> 00:10:48,398 - Mm-hmm. - Well, for lunch, madames, 297 00:10:48,398 --> 00:10:50,984 we have a burrito with light-to-smedium sour cream. 298 00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:52,360 Thank you very much. 299 00:10:52,444 --> 00:10:54,029 A capicola sammich. 300 00:10:54,029 --> 00:10:55,822 - My favorite. - GERALD: Mm-hmm. 301 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:59,451 And nacho chips -- because they're my chips. 302 00:10:59,451 --> 00:11:01,161 MELISSA: (laughs) Now, that's a man. 303 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:03,038 I'm not gonna settle for less than that. 304 00:11:03,038 --> 00:11:04,289 That's the bar right there. 305 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:06,124 See that, baby? I'm the bar. 306 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:08,084 Well, let me tell you something about Gerald. 307 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,920 This is not the man I first met. 308 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:13,006 Such a player and a flirt. 309 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:15,800 Trusting this one was a risk. 310 00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:18,970 But it is a risk I'm glad I took. 311 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:21,973 Girlfriend, sometimes you just got to take a leap of faith. 312 00:11:22,057 --> 00:11:23,308 Barbara, thank you. 313 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:27,395 I know you're trying to help, but I'm -- I'm not you. 314 00:11:27,479 --> 00:11:30,565 I'm a divorced, none-your- business-year-old woman. 315 00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:34,152 I -- Maybe this is it for me. 316 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:42,827 Am I interrupting? 317 00:11:42,911 --> 00:11:45,413 What do you think of Gary, the vending-machine guy? 318 00:11:45,497 --> 00:11:48,500 Oh. Oh, my God. I love that he stocks Gushers. 319 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:50,126 Aren't you like 25? 320 00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:52,379 And three-quarters, yes. (laughs) 321 00:11:52,379 --> 00:11:54,673 So, when I first got the ball moving on the gifted program, 322 00:11:54,673 --> 00:11:55,840 - I said, "Janine --" - Okay. 323 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:57,175 Skip this part. What do you want? 324 00:11:57,175 --> 00:11:58,927 Some chicken eggs that will hatch for my class. 325 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:01,554 I want to teach them about their reproductive systems. 326 00:12:03,431 --> 00:12:05,392 Gimme a week. 327 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:11,523 (indistinct conversations) 328 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:14,150 Okay, so, when the cloud fills with water droplets, 329 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,610 - then what does it do? - (cracking) 330 00:12:15,694 --> 00:12:17,862 Ms. Teagues, one of the eggs is breaking. 331 00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:20,115 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! The eggs are hatching! 332 00:12:20,115 --> 00:12:21,574 Okay, everybody. Come on. Come on. 333 00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:23,827 Gather 'round. Everyone gather 'round. 334 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:25,870 It's happening! (laughs) 335 00:12:25,954 --> 00:12:27,372 Watch closely, everyone. 336 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:29,416 The miracle of life is happening. 337 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,959 See? Isn't this cool? 338 00:12:30,959 --> 00:12:33,545 We can do fun stuff right here in our class. 339 00:12:33,545 --> 00:12:35,213 Ew! It's wet. 340 00:12:35,213 --> 00:12:37,132 Yes. That would be the amniotic fluid. 341 00:12:37,132 --> 00:12:38,883 It creates a pillow around the fetus. 342 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:39,968 It protects it. 343 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:41,803 Ew! And it's scaly. 344 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:45,265 Yes, it's scal-- It's scaly? 345 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:46,808 - (gasps) - BOY: It's a snake! 346 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:49,644 (all screaming) 347 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,939 (gasping) 348 00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:56,568 Back up! 349 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:59,821 Right on. Seize the day, cap-i-tan. 350 00:12:59,821 --> 00:13:01,031 Aah! 351 00:13:02,657 --> 00:13:05,201 Fly free, little birdie. 352 00:13:05,827 --> 00:13:07,829 (splat) 353 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,207 (sighs) Thank you so much. 354 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,375 It's my job. 355 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:14,669 By the way, this is actually an endangered species. 356 00:13:14,753 --> 00:13:16,546 Can I ask where you got these? 357 00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:21,509 Um...it was a pop-up shop on 52nd Street. 358 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:22,927 Not there anymore. Gone. 359 00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:24,637 Can't track it. (chuckles) 360 00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:26,222 Yeah. I heard about the snakes. 361 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,516 So, what happened was I got a guy named Chicken for snake eggs 362 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,851 and a guy named Snake for chicken eggs. 363 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:31,019 I called Chicken for snakes 364 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:33,146 when I should have called Snake for chickens. 365 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,439 Whoops. 366 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:36,149 Look, snakes are scary, 367 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,902 but I think there's a great lesson in this. 368 00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:41,696 Even for me, a teacher of gifted students. 369 00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:44,115 Don't you have a table to go stand on? 370 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:47,202 Mm. 371 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:53,249 Yes. Okay. Was this a bigger setback than I thought? 372 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,250 Sure. 373 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:57,420 But was it a setup for something great? 374 00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:59,381 Look, I can appreciate what you're trying to do here, 375 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,508 Janine, but it's not working. 376 00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:03,968 I think we should get rid of the gifted program. 377 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:07,222 Gregory, I can't believe you're saying this. 378 00:14:07,222 --> 00:14:09,015 I thought you liked the gifted program, 379 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:10,684 like earlier, when you s-- 380 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:13,311 Well, I guess you never said you liked it. 381 00:14:13,395 --> 00:14:16,648 Well, look, you know, I tried to give the kids 382 00:14:16,648 --> 00:14:19,442 not in the gifted program a little bit more attention, 383 00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:20,694 and it didn't work out this time. 384 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:23,530 But I still feel that if we nurture our most gifted minds -- 385 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,240 Janine, when I was a kid, 386 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,242 I didn't get into the gifted program. 387 00:14:27,242 --> 00:14:29,577 Like, not even close. 388 00:14:29,661 --> 00:14:31,705 It made me feel like school was only for kids 389 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:34,791 who were good at taking tests, which I was not. 390 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,001 So I checked out. 391 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:40,839 I don't know what to say. 392 00:14:40,839 --> 00:14:44,592 The point is, when you give some kids chickens, 393 00:14:44,676 --> 00:14:47,470 other kids are gonna get snakes. 394 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,222 And if you get snakes for long enough, 395 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:51,016 that's what you think you deserve. 396 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:56,604 And no one deserves snakes. 397 00:14:57,355 --> 00:15:00,025 I get it. So then what do we do? 398 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:03,445 I'm just saying that there's more than one way to be gifted. 399 00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:05,113 Have you ever heard of Howard Gardner's theory 400 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:07,282 of multiple intelligences? 401 00:15:07,282 --> 00:15:09,909 Okay. So, look. Like, this kid here, right? 402 00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:11,161 He may not be good at math, 403 00:15:11,161 --> 00:15:13,538 but he may have naturalistic intelligence, 404 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:14,706 which means he's good with nature. 405 00:15:14,706 --> 00:15:16,541 - Okay. - And this girl, 406 00:15:16,541 --> 00:15:19,169 she may have musical intelligence. 407 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:21,796 And this kid -- Okay. She's asleep. 408 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,673 - Yeah. She's out. Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. 409 00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:25,759 And look at that. 410 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,094 This kid has custodial intelligence. 411 00:15:29,387 --> 00:15:31,306 You said there was eight eggs, right? 412 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:33,600 - Yeah. - Well, we got six snakes. 413 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,353 That leaves two snakes. 414 00:15:36,353 --> 00:15:38,730 Yes, Sydnee. That's correct. 415 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:39,856 Great job. 416 00:15:41,816 --> 00:15:42,734 Hi. 417 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,611 Melissa, it's Thursday. 418 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,696 Are you ready to see your man? 419 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:48,490 Oh, come on, Barb. Let it go. I'm not ready. 420 00:15:48,490 --> 00:15:51,493 Melissa Ann Schemmenti, I know you, 421 00:15:51,493 --> 00:15:52,744 and you are not ready 422 00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:55,705 because you are telling yourself you are not ready. 423 00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:58,500 But okay. Do what you want to do. 424 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:02,712 Hey, you. 425 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:04,255 JOE: You callin' about the timeshare? 426 00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:05,423 I was gonna use it in June. 427 00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:07,342 Yeah. No, no, no, no. It's something else. 428 00:16:07,342 --> 00:16:09,260 But that's fine. I prefer July anyway. 429 00:16:09,344 --> 00:16:13,807 So, listen, um... you know after we got divorced 430 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:17,477 and you started, you know, seeing Nina or whatever? 431 00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:19,562 Weren't you... 432 00:16:20,522 --> 00:16:22,065 Weren't you, like, just so afraid 433 00:16:22,065 --> 00:16:24,317 it was just gonna wind up like we did? 434 00:16:24,401 --> 00:16:25,568 Of course I was. 435 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:28,029 It's hard to get near a stove once you've been burned. 436 00:16:28,113 --> 00:16:30,782 Why? You thinking about cooking? 437 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,619 I'm thinking about trying out a new recipe. 438 00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:37,163 Look, we were young, and I was an idiot. 439 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:40,542 You deserve a chance at something better. 440 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:42,085 Geez, you got soft. 441 00:16:42,085 --> 00:16:44,337 Ha ha. I hate you. 442 00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:46,131 I hate you more. 443 00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,550 See ya, Joe. 444 00:16:50,969 --> 00:16:53,054 And that's why I don't think 445 00:16:53,138 --> 00:16:55,390 there's a more respectable bird than the sea gull. 446 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:56,558 It survives. 447 00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:58,601 - Agreed. - (chuckles) 448 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,020 Well, well, well. 449 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,771 If it isn't the one who ran away. 450 00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:03,690 Yeah. That wasn't my best moment. 451 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:05,942 Ah! I've seen worse moments. 452 00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:07,152 Yeah. Well, I'm sorry. 453 00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:08,361 Listen, I get it. 454 00:17:08,445 --> 00:17:10,530 You're a beautiful woman. 455 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:11,740 A Philly 11. 456 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:13,742 - (laughs) - You deserve options. 457 00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:15,076 I get options -- 458 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,955 baked chips, classic chips, cupcakes, sour candy, granola, 459 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:20,665 local, big names. 460 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,543 The world's your vending machine. 461 00:17:24,461 --> 00:17:26,671 Well, I would still like to go out for dinner, 462 00:17:26,755 --> 00:17:27,922 if you're interested. 463 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,758 Oh, hell yeah. How about this? 464 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:32,177 Me, you, Scannicchio's? 465 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:33,762 Oh. Yeah. 466 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:37,098 That's where my ex proposed that we, you know, get a divorce, 467 00:17:37,182 --> 00:17:38,433 so, you know, not there, 468 00:17:38,433 --> 00:17:40,477 but we'll -- we'll figure out a place. 469 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:43,605 I knew that chip metaphor would work. 470 00:17:43,605 --> 00:17:45,523 (laughs) 471 00:17:45,607 --> 00:17:48,860 Oh, you know, speaking of options, I would love it 472 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:53,031 if some SnackWell's could find their way back into Row E. 473 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:54,032 Please. 474 00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:55,325 I'll see what I can do. 475 00:17:55,325 --> 00:17:56,409 All right. 476 00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:58,661 (cart rattling) 477 00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:03,833 Yeah, he'll get 'em. I'm a Philly 11. 478 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,627 (snaps fingers) 479 00:18:05,627 --> 00:18:07,045 You so smart. 480 00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:09,631 My little Science Oprah goin' crazy in the botanies. 481 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:11,132 Do you mean botany? 482 00:18:11,216 --> 00:18:13,218 That's what I said. 483 00:18:13,218 --> 00:18:15,637 Anyway, my friend Crystal is always bragging 484 00:18:15,637 --> 00:18:17,597 about how her kids are so smart. 485 00:18:17,681 --> 00:18:20,642 Obviously, I have the smartest kids. 486 00:18:20,642 --> 00:18:21,893 Maybe you can make a video 487 00:18:21,893 --> 00:18:23,937 memorizing the periodic table or something. 488 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:25,188 Send that to Crystal. 489 00:18:25,188 --> 00:18:26,523 What do you do here? 490 00:18:26,523 --> 00:18:27,565 I'm the principal. 491 00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:29,776 But you don't do anything. 492 00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:33,071 (telephone ringing in distance, copy machine clicking) 493 00:18:40,328 --> 00:18:42,706 We shuttin' this down. He gettin' too smart. 494 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:44,332 Oh. No. Wait. 495 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:46,334 Actually, we were all just talking about 496 00:18:46,418 --> 00:18:48,294 the gifted program, and we have a solution. 497 00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:49,546 Oh, good. 498 00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:51,923 'Cause Black Bobby Fischer is killin' me right now. 499 00:18:52,007 --> 00:18:53,091 Okay. 500 00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:56,011 Um, well, we thought instead of a few kids 501 00:18:56,011 --> 00:18:58,179 getting to do something special every week, 502 00:18:58,263 --> 00:19:00,473 what if every kid got to do something special 503 00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:01,516 every few weeks? 504 00:19:01,516 --> 00:19:02,976 This way, no kid feels left out. 505 00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:05,061 We consider all the intelligences they could have. 506 00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:06,771 We get everyone excited about learning. 507 00:19:06,855 --> 00:19:08,606 And, you know, Jacob will still teach. 508 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,066 - We'll help. - Yes. 509 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:11,943 "O Captain! My Captain!" for everyone. 510 00:19:12,027 --> 00:19:15,488 So if everyone's special, then no one's special. 511 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:18,408 Works for me. 512 00:19:21,619 --> 00:19:23,580 What do you normally do after school, anyway? 513 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:24,914 Work out, watch Jeopardy! 514 00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:26,750 - Work out and watch Jeopardy!? - Yeah, at the same time. 515 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,126 It stimulates the body and the mind. 516 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:29,127 That's cool. 517 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,378 - GREGORY: Um... - JANINE: Oh. 518 00:19:30,462 --> 00:19:32,172 - Are you okay? - Yeah, yeah. 519 00:19:32,172 --> 00:19:34,966 I, um... I can't open the door or they'll escape. 520 00:19:35,050 --> 00:19:36,509 Who will escape? 521 00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:38,345 I found the seventh and eighth snake, okay? 522 00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:39,596 They were -- They were in my bag. 523 00:19:39,596 --> 00:19:42,223 - JANINE: Oh, no. - And, um... 524 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:44,059 - now they're in my car. - JANINE: Oh, God. 525 00:19:44,059 --> 00:19:46,561 - Um... - Uh... 526 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:50,482 That man teaches the gifted program. 527 00:19:50,482 --> 00:19:52,901 - (laughs) - Mm-hmm. (chuckles) 528 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:55,862 That sucks, how you had to come up, 529 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:57,572 like, not thinking you're special. 530 00:19:58,281 --> 00:20:01,368 I mean, I really hope you don't carry that with you, 531 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:03,495 because I think you're gifted. 532 00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:05,872 - Just not as gifted as me. - (laughs) 533 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:07,707 Oh. Oh, is that so? Okay. 534 00:20:07,791 --> 00:20:09,417 That is. It is so. 535 00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:14,881 Um, but in all seriousness, Gregory... 536 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:17,634 I was just thinking, um... 537 00:20:17,634 --> 00:20:19,552 do you need me to back your car out for you? 538 00:20:19,636 --> 00:20:20,679 Because I can do that. 539 00:20:20,679 --> 00:20:21,971 You know, I have the brain that it takes to -- 540 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:23,848 All right, now. You have a good night. 541 00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:24,849 (both laugh) 542 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,560 - All right. See you later. - I'll see you. 543 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,192 I'm really happy Gregory's opening up. 544 00:20:34,192 --> 00:20:36,152 I mean, he's great, 545 00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:40,281 and it's really nice to have another friend at the school. 546 00:20:42,450 --> 00:20:44,202 What? 547 00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:48,581 Today I learned that snake eggs and chicken eggs look alike. 548 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,793 We never got to do fun stuff at my old school. 549 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:52,794 (screams) 550 00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:55,505 Oh, God! Aah! 551 00:20:55,505 --> 00:20:58,675 I like Principal Coleman. She's like a big kid. 552 00:20:58,675 --> 00:21:01,511 She's silly, and she doesn't have a job. 553 00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:04,055 (telephone ringing in distance) 554 00:21:04,139 --> 00:21:06,224 (candy, plastic clattering) 555 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:11,146 There's one area of giftedness that always goes overlooked. 556 00:21:11,146 --> 00:21:14,149 I've started a gifted custodian program. 557 00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:17,193 It's like reverse Good Will Hunting. 558 00:21:20,655 --> 00:21:22,532 You see a genius cleaning. 559 00:21:22,532 --> 00:21:25,326 I see a cleaning genius. 560 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:30,415 - Captions by VITAC --