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Aah!
Oh, I'm so sorry.
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I am just so happy to be back.
[ Chuckles ]
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Um, I did this.
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Parted my hair
on a different side.
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But, oh, yeah,
you asked how my summer was.
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Um...
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Well, I broke up with Tariq,
as you know, which was...
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You know, break-ups are hard
for anyone.[ Engine starts ]
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[ Rapping ]
♪ ...then rock wit' it♪
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♪ Do it to it, do it to it,
we gonna rock wit' it♪
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I took it as an opportunity
to grow--
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not physically, of course,
because I can't reach
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the top shelves in my apartment.
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Tariq used to get the plates.
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But, ultimately, I was just so
excited to start the new year.
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Breaking up with Tariq was
so much the right choice that,
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you know, I was basically able
to fast-track that break-up.
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No crying, no depression,
"wah-wah."
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And no more bringing my problems
into school.
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That was old
right-sided-part Janine.
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I'm a fully formed adult,
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and this year
is gonna be... different.
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[ Hip-hop music playing
in distance]
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What the...?
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What in the world?
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[ Scoffs ]
Woman: Go, Eagles!
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Ava!
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♪ That's how we do♪
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Why is a man cooking ribs
in my parking spot?
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What is happening?
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It's game day, baby!
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It's Development Week.
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Here's a development-- You
either gotta park on the street
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or give me $50
for your spot.
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I'm making extra money.
For the school.
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So put out or back out.
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It's 8:30!
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Who even eats barbecue
this early?
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Let me get the beef tips.
I don't eat no pork.
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Hey, Janine!
Hey.
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Ay, this year's
gonna be different.
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Because the Eagles
got A.J. Brown!
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We back, baby!
[ Laughs ]
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Another year.
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[ Maker's "Hold'em" playing ]
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♪
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Ava, I see you.
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I saw you see me
make three trips.
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You couldn't
have helped me?
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I could've.
That was an option.
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[ Sighs ]
Oh, God. Jacob.
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Oh, I missed you.
Please never go to Peru again.
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You not having service
was the worst.
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Oh, it's so nice to be called
Jacob again.
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After teaching abroad
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and being called
el diablo blanco every day,
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I really started
to feel like basura.
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-Oh.
-Did somebody say "trash"?
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Welcome back, dorks!
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And welcome back,
Abbott Elementary staff!
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Let's have a great
Development Week.
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I'll see you guys
in the auditorium at 9:00.
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Woman: We'll be there.
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Janine: Most people think school
starts when the kids get here,
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but it actually starts now,
at Development Week.
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Teachers prep for the year.
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We get ready,
get our curriculum,
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we research our students,
make plans.
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It's the calm before the storm.
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It's very zen, actually.
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[ Boxes thud ]
Aah!
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[Bleep]
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[ Gasps ] Barbara!
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[ Exhales sharply ]
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I missed you so much.
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[ Laughing ] Oh, my gosh.
I'm gonna give you a hug.
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Let me put these boxes d--Ah-ah-ah!
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I had a fantastic summer.
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After my cruise to Jamaica--
all-inclusive--
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I worked with Ava to properly
appropriate the funds
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that we got
from the grant last year.
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And I found out in early July
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that I would be welcoming
a student who uses a wheelchair,
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so I was very excited to be able
to use part of that grant money
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to get a new ramp installed.
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My next goal is to get that
student the appropriate desk...
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and follow up on the shoes
I lost on the cruise.
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I was very inebriated.
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Oh!
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Sea Barbara is different
than Land Barbara.
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[ Chuckles ]
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Hurry up.
Quiet down.
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Be silent in the presence
of greatness.
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How was y'all's summer?
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Oh, it was good. I--Rhetorical.
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Let's get into it.
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Oops!
[ Laughs ]
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Gregory.
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I said, "Oops."
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Oh.
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I'm a full-time teacher now.
I'm excited about that.
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I spent time
going over the materials,
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so really got it down,
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so I'm ready
to take the year on.
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These first-graders
won't know what hit 'em.
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I mean that in a positive way.
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[ Scattered applause ]
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Ava: It's all in the knees.
[ Chuckles ]
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So, while in Peru,
I took level-one ASL courses.
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I wouldn't say I was inspired
by "CODA," per se,
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but it did--
it did have an impact on me.
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Look, here's the thing--
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words cannot express
my excitement
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to teach the others
the knowledge I have gained.
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So let me sign it.
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Me and Gary,
the vending machine guy,
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we spent the whole summer
down at the Jersey Shore.
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Nothing like the smell
of cigarettes and vinegar.
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I don't smoke or nothin'.
Just, I like being around it.
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It reminds me
of my childhood.
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Ava: This week, we'll have some
entry-level planning meetings,
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a mental-health
maintenance session,
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a session
on wrap-around introduction,
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an ASL course--Taught by me.
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And a mixer
held by Ms. Teagues.
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May we not pass out
from boredom.
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Because of teacher shortages,
some classes will be combined.
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Guys, the mixer's actually
going to be great.
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I've ordered Danny Wok's
and Dunkin' Donuts,
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so take your pick.
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Ooh!
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And also, I've added
a new segment,
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"Wisdom Swap,"
where more senior teachers
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can give advice
to the younger teachers.
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Sweetheart,
that'll never work.
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Yeah,
-it's a waste of time.
-Mm.
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I disagree.
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I'm positive
having something like this
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when I started out
would've really helped, and...
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And I don't have
to change your minds,
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because it's mandatory.
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So I will see you there.
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Looks like somebody
got it together this year.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.
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This is exactly what I want
for myself this year.
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Like, what break-up?
I'm a hundred percent.
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And I'm happy
they're noticing.
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Even if they aren't noticing
my part change. Yet.
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Ava: Hey.
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Y'all have something
you want to share with
the rest of the group?
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As a matter of fact, Ava,
I do.
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Um, in addition
to a "wisdom swap"
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at today's mixer,
I have another little surprise.
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She pregnant.
I knew it.
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After making
many phone calls
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and pretending to slip on
a beer can at the Flyers' arena,
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I've managed to get
the only celebrity that matters
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to come surprise our kids
on the first day of school.
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America's favorite
orange, furry sweetheart...
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[ Crowd gasping ]
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...Flyers mascot Gritty!
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[ Cheers and applause ]
Yes!
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-Yes!
-You should've said that
as soon as you stood up.
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No need for
those other words you said.
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Yes, Janine!
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The kids
are gonna love this.
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-Yes!
-I know, right?
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I don't get Gritty.
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What's not to get,
Gregory?
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He just doesn't make sense
to me.
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Like, my dad's landscaping
business' mascot is a bush.
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Because "bush"...
"landscaping."
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So, Gritty...
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It's Gritty.
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Hockey, Philadelphia, America.
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Penalty boxes.
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I think you should let it go, man.
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I'm chillin'.
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Good job, Janine.
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Very good job, Janine.
Hell yeah!
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[ Laughing ] Yes!
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[ Cellphone vibrating ]
Um...
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Oh. Who is that?
Is that Gritty?
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Is his area code 215
or 267?
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Um, no, no, no, no.
It's no one. It's spam.
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Melissa?
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Yeah?
Some news for you.
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You're gonna have
a combined
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second- and third-grade class
this year.
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What?
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Charter school
up the street
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took all our third-graders
with high test scores,
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and there aren't enough kids for
another full third-grade class.
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How many extra kids?
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10.
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[Bleep]
I mean, great.
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I can get you an aide.
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No, thanks![ Bag thuds ]
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My summer was great.
Thanks for asking.
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I got a hookah flavor
named after me-- Ava-lade.
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Notes of malt liquor
and marmalade.
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This first-grade curriculum
is nuts.
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They expect us to get through
all this in one school year?
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Are they for real?
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Sweetheart, it happens
like this every year.
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The school district decides
what we are capable of
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if we use every minute
of the day.
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It is completely theoretical.
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Don't want my students
to fall behind.
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If this is what
they expect of us,
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then it can't be unrealistic.
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Welcome to the Philly
public school system,
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where you never have
what you need.
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Who you on with?
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The district has been giving me
the runaround about that desk.
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Oh!
Pray for me.
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And if I don't get that desk,
pray for the district.
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Oh, I think
I got somebody!
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Man:
[ Echoes ] Yello?
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Hello?
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Somewhere around 2003,
my phone number got mistakenly
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entered into several places in
the school district's directory.
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I never said anything
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because I like to help out
wherever I can.
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Man:
So can you get us a replacement
fire extinguisher or not?
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One sec.
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No.
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[ Sighs ]
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Knock-knock.
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Or as we say in ASL...
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Uh...
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But that's sound.
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Yeah, well, we didn't
really work on entrances.
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Hey, for my presentation,
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it's looking like
I could use a partner,
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somebody to pretend to know
nothing about ASL, unlike me.
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Uh, what do you say?
You want to do it?
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Yeah.
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Ooh, I should add an
interactive portion to my mixer.
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Something hands-on,
something, um--
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Oh! You know what you could do
to jazz it up?
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Remember that "36 Questions"
from The New York Times?
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I mean, it's all about
falling in love, but--
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But that's what I want
the teachers to do anyway.
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Oh, my God. That would make
a great icebreaker!
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I got you.
Let me look it up.
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Oh! Yes.
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[ Computer chimes ]
252
00:09:18,035 --> 00:09:21,256
Is everything okay?
Re: your rent?
253
00:09:21,299 --> 00:09:22,431
[ Chuckles ]
254
00:09:22,474 --> 00:09:24,215
Is that, uh,
one of the questions?
255
00:09:24,259 --> 00:09:25,565
Seems kind of specific.
256
00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:27,262
No, no.
This e-mail.
257
00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:30,047
Um...
258
00:09:30,091 --> 00:09:31,266
Yeah, no,
everything is fine.
259
00:09:31,309 --> 00:09:33,311
Like, everything's
completely okay.
260
00:09:33,355 --> 00:09:36,053
It's just that Tariq and I
used to split the rent 80/20,
261
00:09:36,097 --> 00:09:38,012
and now that 20's
in Bushwick.
262
00:09:38,055 --> 00:09:41,232
But it's totally okay.
Ignore that.
263
00:09:41,276 --> 00:09:43,757
Um, yeah, just find
the liberal love thingy.
264
00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,672
Just don't worry about it.
265
00:09:46,673 --> 00:09:48,979
[ Computer chimes ]
266
00:09:59,686 --> 00:10:01,165
Hey...
267
00:10:01,209 --> 00:10:02,819
Oh.
268
00:10:03,777 --> 00:10:04,865
What is this?
269
00:10:04,908 --> 00:10:06,344
I mapped out
the entire school year
270
00:10:06,388 --> 00:10:08,216
so I can meet every one of
the district's mandated goals.
271
00:10:08,259 --> 00:10:09,870
I scheduled everything
down to the hour.
272
00:10:09,913 --> 00:10:11,306
Now, I didn't allot
for this conversation,
273
00:10:11,349 --> 00:10:13,438
so if we could wrap this up
in the next... two minutes,
274
00:10:13,482 --> 00:10:14,570
that'd be very helpful.
275
00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:18,966
Well, I am very...
276
00:10:19,009 --> 00:10:22,447
Gregory, what if something
goes wrong
277
00:10:22,491 --> 00:10:25,755
and you a get
a millisecond off of
278
00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:27,844
this very...
impressive map?
279
00:10:27,888 --> 00:10:29,280
I accounted for that.
280
00:10:29,324 --> 00:10:30,673
Imagining the worst thing
that could possibly happen
281
00:10:30,717 --> 00:10:32,240
is one of
my best qualities.
282
00:10:32,283 --> 00:10:34,242
But what if one of the students
understands the lesson
283
00:10:34,285 --> 00:10:35,635
and another one doesn't?
284
00:10:35,678 --> 00:10:37,375
What if a cold runs through
the classroom
285
00:10:37,419 --> 00:10:40,204
and several students
are out for a few days?
286
00:10:40,248 --> 00:10:42,076
What if
there's a snow day?
287
00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:45,732
Oh, and I see that
you are getting Samir.
288
00:10:45,775 --> 00:10:47,211
I had him last year.
289
00:10:47,255 --> 00:10:50,040
Lovely student.
Very intelligent.
290
00:10:50,084 --> 00:10:51,738
Have you allotted for
the nosebleeds
291
00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:53,653
that he gets
when he's excited?
292
00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:57,134
Will this work as a desk
for your student, Mrs. Howard?
293
00:10:57,178 --> 00:11:01,399
Mr. Johnson, that is a dining
table from the cafeteria,
294
00:11:01,443 --> 00:11:03,488
and you are a fool.
295
00:11:03,532 --> 00:11:05,099
Oh!
296
00:11:05,142 --> 00:11:07,275
No luck on the desk,
-I'm assuming. Yeah.
-No luck on the desk.
297
00:11:07,318 --> 00:11:09,712
And you would think that the
school would be ready for this.
298
00:11:09,756 --> 00:11:13,063
We've had students
that use wheelchairs before.
299
00:11:13,107 --> 00:11:14,978
Mrs. Howard, Gregory,
I'm glad you're in one place.
300
00:11:15,022 --> 00:11:16,066
I have an emergency.
301
00:11:16,110 --> 00:11:17,024
What's up?
What's wrong?
302
00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:18,721
Well, here is the thing...
303
00:11:18,765 --> 00:11:20,027
You know
I'm outta here.
304
00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:22,029
I'm not playing with that boy
this year.
305
00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:23,900
Janine might be
getting evicted,
306
00:11:23,944 --> 00:11:25,946
but she kind of pretended
like it wasn't a big deal.
307
00:11:25,989 --> 00:11:27,599
Really?
Yeah.
308
00:11:27,643 --> 00:11:30,037
And as someone who has
been asked to leave
a hostel in Lisbon,
309
00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,995
I know it is
a very big deal, okay?
310
00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:33,997
I don't want her to experience
anything like that.
311
00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:37,522
Do you have like five minutes
to just talk to her?
312
00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:39,786
[ Whirring ]
Gregory: Hey.
313
00:11:39,829 --> 00:11:40,874
You about to get evicted?
314
00:11:40,917 --> 00:11:43,528
Uh, buy a lady dinner first,
geez!
315
00:11:43,572 --> 00:11:45,835
Look, I know you went through
a lot at the end of last year,
316
00:11:45,879 --> 00:11:47,881
so I'm just trying
to be a good... friend.
317
00:11:47,924 --> 00:11:50,535
-We both are.
-Good friends
with big mouths.
318
00:11:50,579 --> 00:11:51,885
Well,
I had to tell Gregory
319
00:11:51,928 --> 00:11:53,669
because you lied to my face
about that e-mail.
320
00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,018
I forgive you.
321
00:11:55,062 --> 00:11:58,065
Also, I may have told Barbara
and Ava and Melissa.
322
00:11:58,108 --> 00:11:59,762
But, again,
you lied, so...
323
00:11:59,806 --> 00:12:00,850
[ Whirs ]
Okay.
324
00:12:00,894 --> 00:12:03,374
I did not lie.
I have a plan.
325
00:12:03,418 --> 00:12:05,594
My landlord and I
have a repartee.
326
00:12:05,637 --> 00:12:06,856
I don't pay the rent,
327
00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:08,075
he says, "You need
to pay the rent."
328
00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:09,337
I say, "The check
is in the mail,"
329
00:12:09,380 --> 00:12:10,817
he says, "You need
to pay online."
330
00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:12,253
-It's what we do.
-Look, I'm-- I'm assuming
331
00:12:12,296 --> 00:12:14,081
that paying is harder because
you don't have Tariq--
332
00:12:14,124 --> 00:12:17,867
Guys, you see how I'm hanging up
this bulletin board with ease?
333
00:12:17,911 --> 00:12:21,566
See how I got the Gritty to come
for the first day of school,
334
00:12:21,610 --> 00:12:22,959
despite his packed schedule?
335
00:12:23,003 --> 00:12:24,961
I'm doing fine.
336
00:12:25,005 --> 00:12:26,267
I'm breezing through
this break-up
337
00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:28,225
and handling it
like any adult would.
338
00:12:29,705 --> 00:12:31,663
[ Indistinct conversations ]
339
00:12:31,707 --> 00:12:36,712
Well, Janine, I must say,
I am thoroughly impressed.
340
00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:37,800
Mm-hmm.
Oh!
341
00:12:37,844 --> 00:12:39,062
[ Laughs ]
Thank you so much.
342
00:12:39,106 --> 00:12:40,890
And, guys, we are
just getting started.
343
00:12:40,934 --> 00:12:43,719
Um, yeah, I've got
a killer icebreaker planned.
344
00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,112
Most infamous parties
in history?
345
00:12:45,155 --> 00:12:47,592
Donner, Boston Tea,
and, uh, this one.
346
00:12:47,636 --> 00:12:48,680
[ Chuckles ]
347
00:12:48,724 --> 00:12:49,681
You need any, um...
348
00:12:49,725 --> 00:12:51,031
Oh, no, no, no.
349
00:12:51,074 --> 00:12:54,425
I got it, because I am
killing today. [ Chuckles ]
350
00:12:54,469 --> 00:12:55,426
Damn it.
351
00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:56,993
Look, let me help you, alright?
352
00:12:57,037 --> 00:12:59,213
Okay, so do me a favor--
pull this through.
353
00:12:59,256 --> 00:13:01,258
Over there.
Mm-hmm.
354
00:13:01,302 --> 00:13:04,566
-So this is going well.
-Yeah, it is.
355
00:13:04,609 --> 00:13:05,915
And you're good?
356
00:13:05,959 --> 00:13:09,571
Yeah, so good.
I'm, like, yeah, so...
357
00:13:09,614 --> 00:13:11,965
Um, so... Alright.
358
00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:14,881
How, um-- How's, uh,
the Taylor thing?
359
00:13:14,924 --> 00:13:16,926
The thing with, uh, Taylor?
How's that?
360
00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:18,623
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah.
It's good.
361
00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:19,929
Good.
It's good, yeah.
362
00:13:19,973 --> 00:13:21,409
-I'm so happy to hear that.
-It's good, yeah.
363
00:13:22,584 --> 00:13:24,847
And, um, are you dating
anyone new, or...?
364
00:13:24,891 --> 00:13:26,196
Nope. [ Chuckles ]
Great.
365
00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,807
'Cause I'm just focusing
on the school year, right?
366
00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:29,678
I feel you. Yeah.
You know,
just want to make sure
367
00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:33,551
I am killing... it.
368
00:13:33,595 --> 00:13:37,947
Guys! Now it is time
to get this party started.
369
00:13:37,991 --> 00:13:41,298
Hey there!
Anybody drive a beat-up sedan?
370
00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:46,347
Okay, what about a silver one
with a bumper sticker that says,
371
00:13:46,390 --> 00:13:48,131
"If you can read this,
thank a teacher"?
372
00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:50,481
Oh, that's mine.
Why?
373
00:13:50,525 --> 00:13:52,527
Because your car is about to get
a boot put on it.
374
00:13:52,570 --> 00:13:53,876
[ People murmuring ]
375
00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,399
-Melissa: Janine.
-What?!
376
00:13:57,967 --> 00:13:59,577
Uh, um, excuse me.
377
00:13:59,621 --> 00:14:02,276
Hi! What's happening?
I'm not even in the red.
378
00:14:02,319 --> 00:14:05,192
No, but you have seven
outstanding unpaid
parking violations.
379
00:14:05,235 --> 00:14:07,281
Oh, those are my ex's, yeah.
380
00:14:07,324 --> 00:14:09,761
I used to pay them for him,
but in an act of maturity,
381
00:14:09,805 --> 00:14:12,808
I haven't since we split,
so those are his responsibility.
382
00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:14,157
Oh, no, Janine.
383
00:14:14,201 --> 00:14:16,159
The tickets are on your car--
your tickets.
384
00:14:16,203 --> 00:14:17,465
That's how it works.
385
00:14:18,553 --> 00:14:20,120
Um, hey, don't you have,
like, a guy
386
00:14:20,163 --> 00:14:21,338
in parking enforcement
or something?
387
00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:23,340
No, I got a guy
in enforcement,
388
00:14:23,384 --> 00:14:25,473
but that's like
a last-resort kind of call.
389
00:14:26,778 --> 00:14:29,869
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
Please don't do this.
390
00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:31,522
I can't afford to pay
those tickets,
391
00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:32,828
and I really need my car.
392
00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,351
I'm a teacher at that school,
393
00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:37,789
and normally we have spots,
but... the Eagles...
394
00:14:37,833 --> 00:14:38,878
Please don't do this.
395
00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:40,096
Sorry,
it's out of my hands.
396
00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:41,706
It's literally
in your hands.
397
00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:42,925
[ Metallic clanking ]
398
00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:44,231
You know what?
I have a solution!
399
00:14:44,274 --> 00:14:46,015
-I'll just move my car. Yeah.
-Barbara: No!
400
00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:47,495
No, I'm just gonna move it.
401
00:14:47,538 --> 00:14:48,975
-You can't boot a moving car!
-No, Janine, sweetheart.
402
00:14:49,018 --> 00:14:50,628
-That would be crazy!
-That's a bad solution.
403
00:14:50,672 --> 00:14:52,543
Gregory: No, no, Janine. Janine.
No, no.[ Engine starts ]
404
00:14:52,587 --> 00:14:54,328
-Stop!
-Barbara, back up!
Barbara, back up!
405
00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:55,546
Back up, back up, back up.
406
00:14:55,590 --> 00:14:57,548
[ Engine revs,
tires screeching ]
407
00:14:57,592 --> 00:14:58,593
[ Clanking ]
408
00:14:58,636 --> 00:15:00,856
Stop, stop, stop!
Stop!
409
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:01,901
What?
410
00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:02,945
[ Engine stops, door opens ]
411
00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:05,905
What?
412
00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:07,080
What the hell, Gritty?
413
00:15:07,123 --> 00:15:09,212
You're supposed to be here
next Monday!
414
00:15:09,256 --> 00:15:10,518
What are you doing here?
415
00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:16,002
Okay. He says he's scheduled
for today.
416
00:15:16,045 --> 00:15:18,265
What?
No.
417
00:15:18,308 --> 00:15:21,398
[ Cellphone clacking ]
418
00:15:21,442 --> 00:15:23,139
I got my days wrong.
419
00:15:23,183 --> 00:15:27,361
I told the Flyers the first day
of school for us, not the kids.
420
00:15:27,404 --> 00:15:28,971
[ Squeaking ]
421
00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:30,364
Okay, and I'm just
paraphrasing here,
422
00:15:30,407 --> 00:15:32,496
but he says that because
of his tight schedule,
423
00:15:32,540 --> 00:15:34,629
he probably won't be able
to come back next week.
424
00:15:36,631 --> 00:15:37,458
[ Thuds ][ Squeaks ]
425
00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,025
Oh!
426
00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:40,287
You okay?[ Cellphone camera clicks ]
427
00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:45,422
Mm.
He says, "Poor Janine."
428
00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:49,949
Janine, what is going on?
429
00:15:49,992 --> 00:15:51,385
Unpaid parking tickets,
430
00:15:51,428 --> 00:15:53,865
landlord troubles,
this outfit?
431
00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:55,650
Okay, that's normal.
432
00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:59,306
But the rest of this,
it just doesn't feel like you.
433
00:16:00,785 --> 00:16:03,788
I didn't want my break-up
to interfere with my life,
434
00:16:03,832 --> 00:16:06,356
but I can't pay my bills.
435
00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,967
And I'm sad.
436
00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:11,144
I hate to admit that,
but I'm sad.
437
00:16:11,187 --> 00:16:14,408
When the water company
called about my bill,
438
00:16:14,451 --> 00:16:17,585
I was more upset about
how I miss yelling at Tariq
439
00:16:17,628 --> 00:16:19,108
for taking
two-hour showers.
440
00:16:19,152 --> 00:16:20,370
In this climate?
441
00:16:20,414 --> 00:16:22,503
I thought coming into work
a full adult
442
00:16:22,546 --> 00:16:25,288
would be my solution,
but I'm drowning.
443
00:16:25,332 --> 00:16:28,813
Janine,
you've had a break-up.
Yeah.
444
00:16:28,857 --> 00:16:30,076
They are hard.
445
00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:32,295
But they're part of
becoming whole,
446
00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:34,123
and if you let it,
447
00:16:34,167 --> 00:16:36,996
it's part of becoming the adult
you want to be.
448
00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:39,215
I've been through it.
449
00:16:39,259 --> 00:16:41,696
Melissa's on her journey,
and Ava, she's--
450
00:16:41,739 --> 00:16:44,481
Don't put them glizzies
too close to my rack, oldhead!
451
00:16:44,525 --> 00:16:47,354
Okay, look, what Barbara
is trying to say is,
452
00:16:47,397 --> 00:16:50,226
you just got to go through it,
not over it.
453
00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:53,360
And you're at the beginning,
not the end.
454
00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:56,711
[ Gasps ]
455
00:16:56,754 --> 00:16:59,105
[ Indistinct conversations ]
456
00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:03,892
Aww.
457
00:17:03,935 --> 00:17:05,415
[ Laughs ]
458
00:17:08,375 --> 00:17:10,116
[ Cellphone camera clicks ]
459
00:17:10,159 --> 00:17:11,682
I'mma have to Photoshop Janine
out of this,
460
00:17:11,726 --> 00:17:13,597
but this is
a cute picture, though.
461
00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:18,211
[ Footsteps approaching ]
462
00:17:20,561 --> 00:17:21,649
You all right?
463
00:17:21,692 --> 00:17:25,479
Everything is chaos.
And we all lose.
464
00:17:25,522 --> 00:17:26,915
Okay.
465
00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:29,483
That Janine-Gritty-boot
fiasco
466
00:17:29,526 --> 00:17:31,050
made me lose a whole mod
of scheduling.
467
00:17:31,093 --> 00:17:33,182
I don't know what I'm gonna do
when the year starts.
468
00:17:33,226 --> 00:17:34,618
Gregory...
469
00:17:36,403 --> 00:17:39,710
Being a teacher is being asked
to do the impossible
470
00:17:39,754 --> 00:17:41,277
year after year.
471
00:17:41,321 --> 00:17:45,281
And our only solution
is to show up every day
472
00:17:45,325 --> 00:17:47,022
and try our best.
473
00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,894
But it shouldn't be that way.
It's like we're set up to fail.
474
00:17:49,938 --> 00:17:51,548
But what are
we supposed to do?
475
00:17:51,592 --> 00:17:53,420
Throw out
all of our efforts?
476
00:17:53,463 --> 00:17:56,988
Take my situation,
for instance.
477
00:17:57,032 --> 00:18:01,123
Looks like I won't be getting
that desk for my student.
478
00:18:01,167 --> 00:18:03,125
But I did get the ramp.
479
00:18:04,953 --> 00:18:06,433
That's true.
480
00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:08,174
Mm-hmm.
481
00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:12,874
And, Gregory...
482
00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:14,049
Hmm?
483
00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:16,312
Take all of this down
484
00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:19,707
before someone gets worried
and calls the police.
485
00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:21,448
Mm!
486
00:18:31,371 --> 00:18:33,286
[ Indistinct conversations ]
487
00:18:33,329 --> 00:18:35,418
Janine: I've picked up
things fast my whole life.
488
00:18:35,462 --> 00:18:39,118
Fast walker, fast talker,
fast reader.
489
00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:43,774
Not a fast healer, though.
Some things can't be rushed.
490
00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:46,473
I have to be willing to admit
that I miss Tariq.
491
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:48,779
And that I need
to pay my bills.
492
00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:51,695
So thank goodness Jacob
was able to loan me some money.
493
00:18:51,739 --> 00:18:54,959
I gave her the money I was gonna
use for my student-loan payment.
494
00:18:55,003 --> 00:18:57,745
President Joey B's gonna cancel
the rest of that debt
495
00:18:57,788 --> 00:18:59,834
like any day now.
496
00:18:59,877 --> 00:19:01,488
[ Indistinct conversations ]
497
00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:06,319
Is everybody excited
for the first day of school?
498
00:19:06,362 --> 00:19:08,321
You have a good summer?
Everyone have fun?
499
00:19:08,364 --> 00:19:11,193
Gregory got his dad to let us
borrow this costume.
500
00:19:11,237 --> 00:19:13,848
I'm no Gritty,
but these kids don't care.
501
00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:15,197
And Gregory paid me.
502
00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:16,459
You know what they say--
503
00:19:16,503 --> 00:19:19,636
$20 in my hand
is worth me in a bush.
504
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,986
Barbara: Straight line,
straight line, straight--
505
00:19:22,030 --> 00:19:23,988
Oh, welcome!
506
00:19:24,032 --> 00:19:26,208
Good morning.
Thank you.
507
00:19:26,252 --> 00:19:28,645
[ Indistinct conversations ]
508
00:19:29,777 --> 00:19:31,039
[ Softly ] Hello.
509
00:19:31,082 --> 00:19:34,825
My name is J-A-C-O-B.
510
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:42,485
Oh, nice to meet you, Imani.
511
00:19:42,529 --> 00:19:44,705
We're looking for
Ms. Schemmenti?
512
00:19:44,748 --> 00:19:46,620
-That's me.
-Third-grade teacher?
513
00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:48,230
Oh. Yeah.
514
00:19:48,274 --> 00:19:49,840
Okay.
How many we got?
515
00:19:49,884 --> 00:19:51,320
Okay.
Just line up.
516
00:19:51,364 --> 00:19:55,150
Follow Ms. Schemmenti.
Everybody follow Ms. Melissa.
517
00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,630
Let's go.
518
00:19:56,673 --> 00:19:57,979
Everybody...
519
00:19:58,022 --> 00:20:01,635
There we go. Alright.
520
00:20:04,072 --> 00:20:06,205
Barbara had mentioned that
there were once students here
521
00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:07,771
who needed ADA desks,
522
00:20:07,815 --> 00:20:09,469
and I doubted that somebody
had just thrown those away,
523
00:20:09,512 --> 00:20:11,862
so I asked Mr. Johnson
if there was storage here.
524
00:20:11,906 --> 00:20:15,518
He said, "Yeah, I forgot
because I'm a custodian
525
00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:18,434
and not some lil'
storage-ass ho."
526
00:20:18,478 --> 00:20:20,828
Anyway, I went down
to the school's basement
527
00:20:20,871 --> 00:20:21,916
and I found that.
528
00:20:24,484 --> 00:20:25,833
Mrs. Howard was right.
529
00:20:25,876 --> 00:20:28,879
We may not be able
to do it all...
530
00:20:28,923 --> 00:20:30,794
but we'll do what we can.
531
00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:32,448
-Janine: Come on, guys.
-Okay, guys.
532
00:20:32,492 --> 00:20:34,058
Let's wait.
It's gonna be
a great year.
533
00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:35,364
It is, isn't it?
534
00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:37,061
Oh, I like what you did
with your hair.
535
00:20:37,105 --> 00:20:38,933
The part?
It's nice.
536
00:20:38,976 --> 00:20:41,414
[ School bell rings ]
537
00:20:42,893 --> 00:20:43,894
[ Chuckles ]
538
00:20:43,938 --> 00:20:45,374
Go ahead,
y'all.
539
00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:48,943
Together: Gritty!
540
00:20:48,986 --> 00:20:50,901
Oh![ Laughter ]
541
00:20:50,945 --> 00:20:52,207
Ava:
Ain't he cool?
542
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,774
Look at him picking
that belly-button lint.
543
00:20:53,817 --> 00:20:55,993
Celebrities!
They're just like us.
544
00:20:56,037 --> 00:20:57,952
Grittay! My man!
545
00:20:57,995 --> 00:20:59,258
Your mom doing all right?
546
00:21:02,304 --> 00:21:03,479
[ Squeaks ]
547
00:21:16,971 --> 00:21:21,323
I get it now.
I'm not not a fan.
548
00:21:23,804 --> 00:21:25,284
[ Squeaks ]