1 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,549 - Ooh, pretty. - Oh, thanks. 2 00:00:07,549 --> 00:00:09,342 One of my students gave me this for some reason and -- 3 00:00:09,426 --> 00:00:11,177 Hey, that's a nice sweater. 4 00:00:11,261 --> 00:00:12,971 Oh. Thank you, Myles. 5 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:15,223 Uh, wow. A compliment, 6 00:00:15,223 --> 00:00:16,933 and it wasn't a set up for a punchline. (chuckles) 7 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,560 I know. I was waiting for, "Nice sweater. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,103 Didn't know Bert and Ernie had a yard sale." 9 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:23,189 But the kids have actually been really cool lately. 10 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:25,442 And, like, excited to learn? 11 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:28,486 Yeah. No, same. No misbehaving. The grades are up. 12 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:30,864 And I'm getting flowers, apparently. 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,824 - Like, are we awake? (laughs) - You know what? 14 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:35,910 I think we have finally earned their enthusiasm and respect. 15 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:38,288 (scoffs) Well, enthusiasm I hoped for, but respect? 16 00:00:38,288 --> 00:00:39,748 One can only dream. 17 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:42,667 Hey, Vick, what's Gucci? 18 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:45,295 - Ayy! - And great job on your quiz. 19 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:46,713 Somebody's been putting in the work. 20 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:49,049 Anything for you, Mr. C! 21 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,842 That was so cute. 22 00:00:50,842 --> 00:00:52,927 Wait. Who is Mr. C? 23 00:00:53,011 --> 00:00:54,721 I don't know, but I'm not gonna push it. 24 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,514 I don't want to ruin what we have by, like, 25 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:58,308 asking a lot of questions, right? 26 00:00:58,308 --> 00:01:00,060 AVA: Oh, there you are, Jacob. 27 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,770 My auntie's dog needs her sweater back. 28 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,272 (laughs) 29 00:01:04,356 --> 00:01:06,232 Got 'eem. 30 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:11,571 (Maker's "Hold'em" playing) 31 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:20,080 ♪ 32 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,874 Great job, guys! 33 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:24,167 All A's and B's! 34 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:25,835 We're all superstars in this class. 35 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,212 - (school bell rings) - Oh. All right, guys. 36 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:29,297 Quietly and safely. Quietly and safely. 37 00:01:29,381 --> 00:01:32,300 It's been a long year with lots of ups and downs, 38 00:01:32,384 --> 00:01:34,386 but it was all worth it to get here. 39 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:37,389 Looks like someone finally has this teaching thing figured out. 40 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:38,973 Okay. 41 00:01:40,392 --> 00:01:41,810 (chuckles) 42 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:43,895 Looks like someone forgot where the floor was. 43 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:46,398 (chuckles) Let me get some paper towel and clean that up. 44 00:01:48,650 --> 00:01:51,403 Wait. What... 45 00:01:51,403 --> 00:01:53,446 What the...? 46 00:01:53,530 --> 00:01:55,740 Who did this? 47 00:01:59,202 --> 00:02:00,495 And I told my neighbor, I said, 48 00:02:00,495 --> 00:02:02,205 "If you call 311 on a native tree, 49 00:02:02,205 --> 00:02:03,832 they are gonna rip it out 50 00:02:03,832 --> 00:02:07,085 without so much as even consulting an arborist." 51 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:08,503 And the hilarious thing about all this -- 52 00:02:08,503 --> 00:02:10,213 Nope. 53 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:13,550 The hilarious things is, the number for 311 isn't even 311 -- 54 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:15,552 Jacob, please. Stop. 55 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:18,513 I'm sorry. It's not you. 56 00:02:18,513 --> 00:02:19,806 Not me. 57 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:21,808 "Jacob, stop" could have meant, like, any Jacob. 58 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:25,270 It's just, I had the whole, um, principal job 59 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:27,105 as my only goal for awhile, 60 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:29,232 and finding out that that's not happening anytime soon 61 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:30,817 has got me thinking about a lot. 62 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,485 No. I get it. 63 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:34,029 Yeah, not in the mood for a story. 64 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,780 Got it. 65 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:38,575 Hey. You guys want to hear something weird? 66 00:02:38,575 --> 00:02:39,868 Janine, read the room. 67 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:42,287 We are not in the mood for that. 68 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:43,329 Okay, well, then I won't tell you 69 00:02:43,413 --> 00:02:44,664 I found shoe prints on my desks. 70 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:45,874 Wait, no. 71 00:02:45,874 --> 00:02:48,376 You found shoe prints on your desks? 72 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:49,836 Yeah. That's weird, right? 73 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,504 - Yeah. - Wait, hold up. 74 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:53,465 I found some shoe prints on my desks, too. 75 00:02:53,465 --> 00:02:55,133 I paid it dust. 76 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:57,093 It's not the weirdest thing I've found on my desks. 77 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,345 Yeah. I found some, too. 78 00:02:58,345 --> 00:03:00,055 I thought I was going crazy. 79 00:03:00,055 --> 00:03:01,389 Wait, so other people have found shoe prints 80 00:03:01,473 --> 00:03:02,432 - in their classrooms? - Yeah. 81 00:03:02,432 --> 00:03:03,933 - Yeah. - Yeah. 82 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:06,061 Well, nothing's going on in my classroom. 83 00:03:06,061 --> 00:03:08,229 My desks are as clean as a whistle. 84 00:03:08,313 --> 00:03:09,481 So, wait, if this is happening to everybody 85 00:03:09,481 --> 00:03:11,191 except Barbara, then what's going on? 86 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:13,068 - It's weird. - I mean, no idea. 87 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,570 I know what's going on, and it's bad. 88 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:18,782 In fact, I've been praying that it wouldn't breach our walls. 89 00:03:18,782 --> 00:03:20,784 - Ghosts. - It's called desking. 90 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:21,951 It's a new online challenge 91 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,079 where kids jump from desktop to desktop. 92 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:27,415 Heard about it last week through the custodial network. 93 00:03:27,499 --> 00:03:28,792 Mm. 94 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:32,796 (children shouting) 95 00:03:32,796 --> 00:03:34,255 These videos are everywhere. 96 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:36,883 Mr. Ronson over at West Adams Elementary 97 00:03:36,883 --> 00:03:38,802 said he's been cleaning desks for weeks. 98 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:40,512 - Ohh. - Oh, geez. 99 00:03:40,512 --> 00:03:42,305 STUDENT: Go! Go! Go! You got this! 100 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:44,015 Oh, my God! There's hundreds of these! 101 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:45,433 This is horrible! 102 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:47,310 This can't be what's happening here, though, right? 103 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:49,521 I mean, our kids respect us too much. 104 00:03:49,521 --> 00:03:51,648 (laughs) 105 00:03:51,648 --> 00:03:53,566 Someone could really get hurt here. 106 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:54,984 I've already been hurt. 107 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,319 I know about every Internet trend. 108 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:57,946 How did I not find out about this? 109 00:03:57,946 --> 00:04:00,156 (sighs) We need to get to the bottom of this. 110 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,492 You know what? I bet you I can get a shoe print. 111 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:03,993 Did you clean your desks off yet? 112 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,954 - No. - Nasty. 113 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:08,248 Okay, does anybody know shoes? 114 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:13,253 My boyfriend, Zach, is a total sneaker-head. 115 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,088 He -- He loves shoes more than anything. 116 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:18,174 Well, except ya boy. (chuckles) 117 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,051 That's me. I'm "ya boy." 118 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:23,388 Okay. It doesn't look like anything I can find online. 119 00:04:23,388 --> 00:04:25,265 When's your shoe guy get here? 120 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,225 Uh, he is on his way. 121 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:29,060 So this Zach, he lives with you? 122 00:04:29,144 --> 00:04:30,895 Yeah. He just moved in last month. 123 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:32,313 And that's going well? 124 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:34,232 Yep. He's so great. 125 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:37,736 So he knew you and was like...more? 126 00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:41,489 Well, I think he sounds like a really neat guy, right? 127 00:04:41,573 --> 00:04:43,408 - Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. - Sure. Yeah. 128 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:46,119 - Heyyy. There's my guy. - Black?! 129 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:48,747 It's actually pronounced "Zach." You must be Ava. 130 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:50,915 You were all thinking it. 131 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:52,083 I see you. Don't look at me like that. 132 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:53,835 We always look at you like this. 133 00:04:53,835 --> 00:04:55,253 It's very nice to meet you, Zach. 134 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:57,756 (chuckles) Well, if it isn't my pizza crust queen. 135 00:04:57,756 --> 00:04:58,798 (both laugh) 136 00:04:58,882 --> 00:05:02,844 We went out to eat last week and I ate all his pizza crust. 137 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:04,012 I don't like to waste food. 138 00:05:04,012 --> 00:05:05,513 Wait, is this our desker? 139 00:05:05,597 --> 00:05:06,598 Yes. 140 00:05:06,598 --> 00:05:07,932 Huh. 141 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:10,143 Huh? What -- What do you mean by "huh"? 142 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,269 It looked smaller in the pic. 143 00:05:11,353 --> 00:05:13,480 This is way too big to be a second grader. 144 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,899 - They laughing in our faces. - Mm-hmm. 145 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:17,984 If this was a small adult sneaker, 146 00:05:18,068 --> 00:05:21,404 it increases the make and model options significantly. 147 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,199 He's so smart. (chuckles) 148 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,659 We came in 3rd at trivia night last week over at Oscar's. 149 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:27,702 You know, down by Rittenhouse. 150 00:05:27,786 --> 00:05:29,245 We were eliminated on a technicality, 151 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,622 but Sri Lanka, if you didn't know -- 152 00:05:30,622 --> 00:05:32,832 Honey, where is this story going? 153 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:35,043 Are we focusing on the task at hand? 154 00:05:35,043 --> 00:05:37,754 Mnh. No, we're not. I'm so sorry. Please continue. 155 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:40,715 Did he just stop Jacob from being...himself? 156 00:05:40,799 --> 00:05:42,967 Can we put him in glass and break in case of emergency? 157 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:44,636 All right, let's get to work. 158 00:05:44,636 --> 00:05:47,013 They say the first 48 hours are the most important. 159 00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:48,556 Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. 160 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,850 Are those the black and grey asymmetric midsoles? 161 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:55,146 I decided to be adventurous and wear sneakers today. 162 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:56,356 Sick. 163 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,982 (snaps fingers) 164 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,693 - All right. - Okay. Thank you. 165 00:06:01,403 --> 00:06:03,029 - I like him. - Mm. 166 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:04,614 Still don't know how he lives with Jacob. 167 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,825 You think his neck gets tired from all the nodding? 168 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:08,785 Mm-hmm. 169 00:06:08,785 --> 00:06:10,203 (school bell rings) 170 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:12,539 Just got an e-mail from Zach. Subject: "You're welcome." 171 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:13,790 - Ooh. - Oh. 172 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,917 Oh, we about to bust this case wide open. 173 00:06:15,917 --> 00:06:17,627 Uh...okay. 174 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,630 He says that while he initially leaned Jordan 5s, 175 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:21,840 the faint line at the mid-arch 176 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,384 indicates a swoosh and not the Jumpman logo -- 177 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:25,677 Okay. Scroll. Scroll. 178 00:06:25,677 --> 00:06:28,054 - Is there a picture? - Yeah. 179 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:29,889 - Oh. - Ooh. 180 00:06:29,973 --> 00:06:31,099 Okay, well, this is great. 181 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:32,642 All we have to do is look at the kids' feet, 182 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,853 which is something I would say we normally wouldn't do, but... 183 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:36,312 No. We don't. 184 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:37,981 'Cause I've only seen those on two kids -- 185 00:06:37,981 --> 00:06:39,524 Brianna and Stefon. 186 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,651 Yeah, but let's not rush out and make accusations. 187 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,820 AVA: I'm coming for you! 188 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:50,535 Okay, let's split 'em up and make 'em sing. 189 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:52,704 Two of you take Stefon, the other two take Brianna. 190 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:54,372 Right. Good cop, bad cop. 191 00:06:54,456 --> 00:06:56,458 You know, it's interesting that they say "good cop, bad cop," 192 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:58,585 because policing in this country is so broken, 193 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:00,378 it's really just "bad cop, bad cop." 194 00:07:00,462 --> 00:07:02,756 - Janine, you're with him. - Got it. 195 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:04,883 Look, Stefon, I get it. 196 00:07:04,883 --> 00:07:06,760 I was a kid once. 197 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,762 But you and I both know this is gonna end, 198 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:10,347 and when it does, you don't wanna be the one 199 00:07:10,347 --> 00:07:11,598 left holding the bag. 200 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:13,058 'Cause that's exactly what's gonna happen 201 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:16,061 when your friend over there starts talking. 202 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:17,103 I bet she ratting you out right now 203 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:18,396 like a little Fredo Corleone. 204 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,607 So I would talk if I were you. 205 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:22,150 'Cause you don't want me sending you over to 206 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:23,943 Ms. Teagues and Mr. Hill. 207 00:07:24,027 --> 00:07:26,738 I don't think you'd like what's going on in that room. 208 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:31,368 Look, sometimes, sometimes, the right thing is fun. 209 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:32,494 (chuckles) 210 00:07:32,494 --> 00:07:34,704 So why don't you tell us who started this 211 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,664 and who's doing it? 212 00:07:36,748 --> 00:07:38,249 You know, doesn't that sound fun? 213 00:07:39,793 --> 00:07:41,169 Okay, kid. 214 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,797 First one to talk, first one to walk. 215 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,340 How'd those shoes get on that desk? 216 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:47,759 - Name names! - Yeah, name names. 217 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:49,552 TikTok, Twitch, Discord? 218 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:50,845 Just tell me where they setting them trends 219 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:52,347 - and you can leave. - Yeah. 220 00:07:52,347 --> 00:07:53,932 No. We got to get a confession. 221 00:07:53,932 --> 00:07:55,975 Squeal, and you can Dipset like Cam'ron. 222 00:07:59,938 --> 00:08:01,314 You know what? One second. 223 00:08:01,398 --> 00:08:04,275 (quietly) Okay. She's not talking. 224 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:06,236 Okay. Uh, let me try something, okay? 225 00:08:06,236 --> 00:08:07,904 Um... (chuckles) 226 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:10,407 You look a little thirsty. 227 00:08:10,407 --> 00:08:12,659 Oh, look what I found. 228 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:15,578 A nice, cold, refreshing juice. 229 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:16,788 I bet you'd like some juice. 230 00:08:16,788 --> 00:08:19,082 - I'm fine. - Oh, okay. 231 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:21,710 'Cause me? I'm thirsty. 232 00:08:25,714 --> 00:08:28,008 (quietly) I can't get it in. 233 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,759 You -- You have to twist it. 234 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,970 Yeah. No. I can -- I can do it myself. 235 00:08:33,263 --> 00:08:34,431 Ah. 236 00:08:34,431 --> 00:08:36,349 Oh. 237 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:40,270 I'm sorry, you tired? 238 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:41,855 Want some coffee? 239 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:43,982 'Cause I can do this all day, kid. 240 00:08:43,982 --> 00:08:46,484 I got all the time in the world. 241 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:47,944 No, we don't. 242 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:50,113 Tell me who started this viral sensation, 243 00:08:50,113 --> 00:08:51,406 or I swear to God... 244 00:08:51,406 --> 00:08:53,783 - Boy, if you test me. - Okay, Ava, let's go outside. 245 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,702 - Don't you play with me, boy. - Now, Ava. 246 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:59,456 Can't believe neither of them talked. 247 00:08:59,456 --> 00:09:00,582 I'm actually sort of proud. 248 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:03,376 All right, let 'em out. 249 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:05,086 All right, let's go. 250 00:09:07,756 --> 00:09:09,716 We're gonna figure this out, you guys. 251 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:11,301 Yeah. Somebody's gonna slip up. 252 00:09:11,301 --> 00:09:12,719 It's out of your control, oldhead. 253 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:15,138 Abbott's gonna be number one in this challenge. 254 00:09:15,138 --> 00:09:17,766 Wait. You're trying to be number one in all of Philly? 255 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:21,144 - In all of the United States. - Of America. 256 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:22,896 It's bigger than you can imagine. 257 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:24,647 Bigger than me. Bigger than you. 258 00:09:24,731 --> 00:09:26,524 You'll never stop this. 259 00:09:26,608 --> 00:09:28,234 - Okay. Get back to class. - Yeah. 260 00:09:28,318 --> 00:09:29,486 No problem. 261 00:09:29,486 --> 00:09:30,820 (whispering) That's where the desks are. 262 00:09:34,449 --> 00:09:35,867 Okay, since none of the kids are talking, 263 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,952 we gotta catch one of them in the act. 264 00:09:38,036 --> 00:09:41,289 Then we flip that kid, follow it up to the top. 265 00:09:41,373 --> 00:09:42,791 Who wants to go fishing? 266 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:44,209 Okay. 267 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:46,461 Well, nobody is jumping up on my desks, 268 00:09:46,461 --> 00:09:49,381 so this is feeling like y'all's problem. 269 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:51,466 I could do a 21 Jump Street kind of thing. 270 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,551 If I put on the right hat, I could pull off 13. 271 00:09:53,635 --> 00:09:55,011 I don't think so. (chuckles) 272 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,304 How about we get you some platform shoes 273 00:09:56,388 --> 00:09:57,889 - and you can pull off 12. - Okay. 274 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,474 I can catch one of 'em. 275 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,685 Haven't done this kind of fishing in a minute. 276 00:10:01,685 --> 00:10:03,353 Let's go. 277 00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:05,313 I didn't volunteer. 278 00:10:05,397 --> 00:10:07,732 A stakeout needs two people. Think, boy. 279 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:09,234 Who's gonna watch all the crime stuff 280 00:10:09,234 --> 00:10:10,944 while the other one eats a hoagie? 281 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,405 - I... - (door opens) 282 00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:14,531 We're going about this all wrong. 283 00:10:14,531 --> 00:10:15,907 You know, you don't build a dam 284 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:17,409 in the middle of a rushing river. 285 00:10:17,409 --> 00:10:19,619 You build it before the water comes. 286 00:10:19,703 --> 00:10:20,662 That is so wise. 287 00:10:20,662 --> 00:10:22,080 What the hell are you talking about? 288 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,541 If we talk to the younger kids about the dangers of desking 289 00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:26,292 and how it actually isn't cool beans, 290 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:28,461 then we stop the desking before the flood. 291 00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:29,921 And I think they'll listen to us, 292 00:10:30,005 --> 00:10:33,133 because they don't look at us as teachers and students. 293 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:36,344 We've built bonds this year that are deeper than that. 294 00:10:36,428 --> 00:10:37,846 - Oh, please. - That's not gonna work. 295 00:10:37,846 --> 00:10:40,181 - I think that's a great idea. - Not in a million years. Okay, 296 00:10:40,265 --> 00:10:42,058 - we get a kid to rat, okay? - BARBARA: Uh-huh. 297 00:10:43,351 --> 00:10:46,062 I FaceTimed my own iPad from my phone 298 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,023 and left my phone in Janine's room 299 00:10:48,023 --> 00:10:50,275 - so we could survey the scene. - Ah. 300 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:52,318 This ain't my first rodeo, hombre. 301 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:55,655 (chuckles) I've staken out before. 302 00:10:55,739 --> 00:10:56,823 You stake out other classrooms? 303 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,908 No, you creep. 304 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:01,119 I did private investigator work back in the day. 305 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:03,204 You were a private investigator before a custodian? 306 00:11:03,288 --> 00:11:05,999 No, before I worked at the rodeo. 307 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,042 Oh. Sorry. 308 00:11:07,042 --> 00:11:08,877 I just -- I thought that, you know... 309 00:11:08,877 --> 00:11:11,004 What, that I've been a custodian my whole life? 310 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:12,505 No, man. 311 00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:13,923 I worked as a pipe fitter, 312 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:16,509 a minor league baseball bunting coach, 313 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:20,597 a tastefully nude model, sold RVs for summer. 314 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:23,058 Might find a new path after this. 315 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,644 Wait, you never dreamed of just doing one thing? 316 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:28,438 Sure, I have. 317 00:11:28,438 --> 00:11:30,106 But a dream can be a distraction 318 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:32,108 just as easy as it can be a goal. 319 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,405 We got movement! 320 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:39,616 Show yourself, coward! 321 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:42,285 Aw, man, it's just Janine and Jacob. 322 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:43,870 Let's go. 323 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:46,289 No one's gonna go desking with teachers in the room. 324 00:11:49,084 --> 00:11:51,586 JANINE: All right! 325 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:55,423 Interesting. 326 00:11:55,507 --> 00:12:00,804 So, we have gathered you here today, dearly B-students... 327 00:12:00,804 --> 00:12:02,639 (chuckles) Get it? 328 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:04,474 Okay. Keep going. We knew it was 50/50. 329 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:07,852 Yeah. We are here today to talk about desking. 330 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:09,646 What's desking? 331 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:10,980 Ah, good question. 332 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:14,651 Desking is getting from one side of the classroom to the other 333 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:16,653 by hopping on the tops of desks. 334 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:18,154 I never heard of it. 335 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,447 I wanna do it! 336 00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:20,907 Is she messing with you, 337 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:22,367 or are we just teaching more kids what it is? 338 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:23,493 No, no, no, no. 339 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:26,621 Look, is desking cool beans? 340 00:12:26,705 --> 00:12:28,665 Sure, it is. Right? 341 00:12:28,665 --> 00:12:30,083 But me and my dawg here... 342 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,334 (barks) 343 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:32,669 ...are not here to lie to you 344 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:35,255 and pretend that desking isn't cool. 345 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:38,675 But guess what's maybe even more cool? 346 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:40,552 Huh? 347 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:43,263 (cheers and applause) 348 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:46,016 Okay! Are you hearing this? 349 00:12:49,227 --> 00:12:51,354 - Teamwork! - Teamwork! 350 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:54,858 (cheers and applause) 351 00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:57,736 - It went great! - It really did. 352 00:12:57,736 --> 00:12:58,778 I mean, I'm surprised, 353 00:12:58,862 --> 00:12:59,988 - but also not surprised. - (cellphone rings) 354 00:12:59,988 --> 00:13:01,990 - The kids were so invested -- - Hello. 355 00:13:01,990 --> 00:13:04,159 Hey, I'm sending you a video that you need to watch. 356 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:06,411 Wait, wait. Why are you FaceTiming me? I'm at work. 357 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:07,495 'Cause I want to be referenced in the story 358 00:13:07,579 --> 00:13:08,705 when you tell it later. 359 00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:11,291 - - - Love you, bye! - Uh... 360 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,960 Oh, my God. Zach has been so great during all of this. 361 00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:16,004 I know. He can get a little obsessive, but... 362 00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:18,298 - Well, so can you. - Me? No. 363 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,592 No, Zach calls me "lovingly over-passionate." 364 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:23,094 You know what? That's wonderful. 365 00:13:23,178 --> 00:13:25,930 Oh, my God, it's a video of you and me from just now. 366 00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:27,098 Oh! Oh, my God. 367 00:13:27,182 --> 00:13:28,516 Like two minutes ago? That's so cool. 368 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,227 The kids are already spreading our message! 369 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,480 (cheers and applause) 370 00:13:38,068 --> 00:13:41,488 Yep, there they are, spreading your message. 371 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:43,740 AVA: Aw, man. Why am I not getting these videos? 372 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,033 I've done everything I possibly can 373 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:46,409 to make my phone think I'm 22. 374 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,578 I haven't used capital letters in years. 375 00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:50,080 My God. I cannot believe they betrayed our trust. 376 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,581 Okay, all right, we need -- we need to just 377 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,041 make sure that this is an isolated incident and -- 378 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:54,334 - (door opens) - Yeah. 379 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:57,379 Sweet baby Jesus, and the grown one, too! 380 00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,297 My desks have been desked! 381 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:01,049 - They got you? - Mm-hmm. 382 00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:02,550 Oh, this is bad. 383 00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:03,968 - Mnh! - Their fault. 384 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:05,303 They went on a desking promotional tour. 385 00:14:05,387 --> 00:14:08,014 - No, uh -- - What have you done? 386 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,810 - All right. - Guys? 387 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:15,689 They have made fools of us. 388 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:16,898 I really thought that they looked at us 389 00:14:16,898 --> 00:14:19,275 as more than just teachers but, like, friends. 390 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:21,236 Maybe that's the problem. 391 00:14:21,236 --> 00:14:22,904 They like us so much, 392 00:14:22,904 --> 00:14:24,698 they've forgotten that we're authority figures. 393 00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:27,117 Whoa. 394 00:14:27,117 --> 00:14:29,202 We're actually too cool for school. 395 00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:31,121 Mm-hmm. And now this thing is spreading everywhere. 396 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:32,956 - We are losing control. - We're out of moves. 397 00:14:32,956 --> 00:14:34,708 You lose Barbara, you lose the war. 398 00:14:38,003 --> 00:14:39,629 We might have one move left. 399 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:41,089 We can tell the school district. 400 00:14:41,089 --> 00:14:42,799 This is happening all over the city. 401 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:44,426 - Of Philadelphia. - Yeah. 402 00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:46,302 So they will bring that hammer down 403 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:47,721 and put an end to all this. 404 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:48,972 (inhales sharply) 405 00:14:48,972 --> 00:14:50,765 Do we really want to become narcs? 406 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,519 I prefer "heroes." 407 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:57,313 - So they were receptive? - Oh, very receptive. 408 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:58,356 They don't want to be sued 409 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,025 if some kid slips and falls on a desk. 410 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:02,652 Hey, Ally, what -- what are you doing? 411 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:03,695 You ain't hear? 412 00:15:03,695 --> 00:15:05,530 The school district's making us take all our desks 413 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:08,324 - out of our classrooms. - AVA: Somebody snitched. 414 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,952 Told the school district that we have some dangerous viral trend 415 00:15:11,036 --> 00:15:13,413 that could leave the city at risk for "legal culpability." 416 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:15,832 All because I wasn't trying to solve the problem at all. 417 00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:18,126 What idiot thought the school district was gonna help? 418 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,962 Huh. What -- Yeah, what well-intentioned idiot? 419 00:15:21,046 --> 00:15:22,172 Get all your desks to the gym 420 00:15:22,172 --> 00:15:23,548 until this whole thing blows over 421 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:25,091 or there's some new trend that I don't hear about 422 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:27,927 because life is a joke, people. 423 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:29,137 Come on. Hurry up. 424 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:30,764 Who knows when those kids'll start arriving. 425 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:32,432 They get here at 7:30. 426 00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:36,061 Every day? That's wild. 427 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,565 Janine, how many times is tattling 428 00:15:40,565 --> 00:15:43,234 gonna bite you in the culo before you quit being a narc? 429 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:46,654 Mm. I am too old to be doing all of this. 430 00:15:46,738 --> 00:15:48,990 At least you guys are on the same floor as the gym. 431 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:54,245 Look, guys, I know this is a minor inconvenience, 432 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:55,538 but at least we stopped desking. 433 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:58,917 - Right? Yay! - Mm. 434 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,795 Or we've created the greatest desking arena ever known to man. 435 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,218 What fresh hell is this? 436 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:10,553 Oh, Janine. 437 00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:15,308 It's like desking Six Flags! 438 00:16:15,392 --> 00:16:18,728 We are just leading the children into temptation, like Satan. 439 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:19,771 Mm-hmm. 440 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:22,524 Is it that bad? 441 00:16:22,524 --> 00:16:24,734 I think if I was a young person who was interested in desking, 442 00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:27,487 it might, you know, call to me. 443 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:29,364 Relax, y'all. I've been refreshing all my feeds, 444 00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:30,407 and we're in the clear. 445 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:31,825 There's no way the kids know about this. 446 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:34,077 You sure about that? 447 00:16:34,077 --> 00:16:36,454 (electronic voice) By the end of the week, 448 00:16:36,538 --> 00:16:40,291 I will desk the Abbott Elementary Gym. 449 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:41,418 (door squeaks open) 450 00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:43,294 - Oh, nooooo. - No! 451 00:16:43,378 --> 00:16:45,797 Okay, look. No, no, no. No. 452 00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:47,549 Don't worry, don't worry, because we'll just take turns 453 00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:49,175 - guarding the entrance. - No! 454 00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:51,011 Why is my Internet not sending me anything cool? 455 00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:54,055 I should have gotten that video before Mr. Johnson. 456 00:16:54,139 --> 00:16:55,098 No offense, boo. (chuckles) 457 00:16:55,098 --> 00:16:56,766 It is not your phone, Ava. 458 00:16:56,850 --> 00:17:00,020 You are not one of them. You are not a Jojo Sea-bass. 459 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,188 You mean JoJo Siwa? 460 00:17:02,272 --> 00:17:03,440 I don't know what I mean, Janine. 461 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,899 That's the point. 462 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:07,110 But I do know that you all need to stop pretending 463 00:17:07,110 --> 00:17:09,112 like you can relate to these children. 464 00:17:09,112 --> 00:17:12,407 Because when you do, it just seems sad, desperate, 465 00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:13,825 and embarrassing. 466 00:17:13,825 --> 00:17:15,952 Mm. 467 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,580 You heard Barbara. Y'all are embarrassing. 468 00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:27,255 I know your plan. Move it along. 469 00:17:27,339 --> 00:17:30,300 That face don't work on me. 470 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:34,846 Need a partner for this shift? 471 00:17:34,846 --> 00:17:36,598 Oh, no. I'm good. 472 00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:39,267 Just need two men for a stakeout and a foot chase. 473 00:17:39,351 --> 00:17:41,936 Right. 474 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:43,938 All right, what do you want? 475 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:45,315 You remember what you were talking about? 476 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:47,108 - Nope. - (chuckles) 477 00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:49,152 About having a lot of jobs. 478 00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:51,905 You ever have an experience where you wanted a different job 479 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:53,448 than the one you were at? 480 00:17:53,448 --> 00:17:55,533 You liked the one that you were at, 481 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:58,661 but since it's not the one that you thought you wanted, 482 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,330 you're a little conflicted? 483 00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:02,582 If you think I'm some sort of Black Yoda... 484 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:06,002 Hmm, then correct you would be, Padawan. 485 00:18:06,086 --> 00:18:08,755 You got to be open for what life brings you. 486 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:10,840 If I'd kept aiming for that one job 487 00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:12,967 I wanted so much when I was your age, 488 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:17,013 you'd be looking at a very unfulfilled operations manager 489 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,849 at Uncle Bradley's Baked Beans. 490 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,518 Damn, I wanted that job. 491 00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:23,186 Must have had some good benefits. 492 00:18:23,186 --> 00:18:24,896 And a ladder straight to the top. 493 00:18:24,896 --> 00:18:26,690 - Yeah. - But, hey, 494 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:28,858 without that rejection, 495 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,486 I never would have found out the stuff that I love. 496 00:18:31,486 --> 00:18:34,322 Yeah, man. I really wanted to be principal. 497 00:18:34,406 --> 00:18:36,199 (chuckles) 498 00:18:36,199 --> 00:18:38,868 Then it didn't happen and... 499 00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:41,037 and now I think I'm mad. 500 00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:43,707 You got plenty of time, youngin'. 501 00:18:43,707 --> 00:18:45,208 JANINE: Attentions, please! 502 00:18:45,208 --> 00:18:47,127 (chuckles) 503 00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:50,547 I really felt like I was bonding with these kids 504 00:18:50,547 --> 00:18:52,549 and that they liked me, 505 00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:55,218 and as much as I felt that, 506 00:18:55,218 --> 00:18:58,930 and as much as Ava wants to be cool, 507 00:18:59,014 --> 00:19:00,890 Barbara was right. 508 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:03,309 Kids will always think teachers are lame. 509 00:19:03,393 --> 00:19:08,023 Can't fight that, but we can use it. 510 00:19:08,023 --> 00:19:12,235 Once I do this and those kids see it, 511 00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:15,155 desking will be corny and over. 512 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:17,824 Jacob, we rolling? 513 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:19,784 - (rhythmic clapping) - MELISSA: Kill it! 514 00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:21,244 You got this, Janine. 515 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:22,996 - Whoo! (whistles) - Don't -- Don't say that. 516 00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:24,539 - I don't believe that she does. - No. She's got it. 517 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:26,416 - She's not very coordinated. - She's gonna kill it. 518 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:27,459 - Oh! - (thud) 519 00:19:27,459 --> 00:19:29,502 - God. - And she's down. 520 00:19:29,586 --> 00:19:31,921 Oh. Oh. I'm okay. No. Ow. I'm okay. 521 00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:34,507 Ow. No, no, no. I can still do this. 522 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:37,052 You know, this is my Kerri Strug moment. 523 00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:38,762 No, it's your "stay down and let me get you some ice" moment. 524 00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:40,221 Okay? Y-Your ankle's blowing up. 525 00:19:40,305 --> 00:19:42,474 You're not gonna be walking, let alone desking. 526 00:19:42,474 --> 00:19:43,683 But someone has to do this. 527 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,852 Someone the kids will think is really lame. 528 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:53,234 - You got this, Jacob. - Yes. 529 00:19:53,318 --> 00:19:54,694 Come on, man. 530 00:19:54,778 --> 00:19:56,905 Hey. I got your sneakers. 531 00:19:56,905 --> 00:19:59,074 I've been begging him to wear these. 532 00:19:59,074 --> 00:20:00,367 These are the Honeydews. 533 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:02,827 Now, some people think that this color is sea glass, 534 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,371 but that's completely ignoring the history of the entire -- 535 00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:06,081 Babe, babe, task at hand. 536 00:20:06,081 --> 00:20:07,957 Ah. You're right. I'm doing it again. 537 00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:11,461 Anyways, the point is these were built for comfort and speed. 538 00:20:11,461 --> 00:20:13,713 Also, I brought your shorts. 539 00:20:13,797 --> 00:20:15,674 Oh, thanks, babe. 540 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:18,301 So, just out of curiosity, how'd you guys meet? 541 00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:20,553 Ohh, I was in a late night line for sneakers, 542 00:20:20,637 --> 00:20:23,431 and he was there protesting the inhumane work conditions 543 00:20:23,515 --> 00:20:24,974 of the place making the sneakers. 544 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:29,104 I got the limited edition - Smokey- - Foams and a man that day. 545 00:20:29,104 --> 00:20:31,314 Oh. I get it now. 546 00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:33,650 I forget that Black people can also be annoying. 547 00:20:33,650 --> 00:20:36,069 - What'd you say? - (chuckles) 548 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,320 (indistinct conversations) 549 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,864 Hey, what's everyone watching? 550 00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:41,908 Yo, some white boul desked the gym! 551 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:43,576 - - - Check it! - STUDENT: Whoa! 552 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:45,662 He's wearing the Honeydew suedes. 553 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:47,122 (breathing heavily) 554 00:20:47,122 --> 00:20:50,166 Abbott Ultimate Desking Challenge. 555 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,752 Done! Teacher style. 556 00:20:52,836 --> 00:20:54,087 - Whoa, what the -- - - - Whew! 557 00:20:54,087 --> 00:20:56,339 Is that Mr. C? 558 00:20:56,423 --> 00:20:59,050 Desking's deaded. 559 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,933 I can't believe the video worked. 560 00:21:07,017 --> 00:21:09,602 Yeah. Those kids do not want to be us. 561 00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:11,479 You know, the fact that we are doing this well 562 00:21:11,563 --> 00:21:14,607 without clout propping us up is some good old-fashioned 563 00:21:14,691 --> 00:21:16,484 being-pretty-darn-good- at-our-jobs. 564 00:21:16,568 --> 00:21:17,819 Yeah. You're right. 565 00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:19,612 But imagine what it'll be like 566 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:22,782 when we actually do get them to think we're cool. 567 00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:33,251 - Captioned by VITAC --