1 00:00:03,033 --> 00:00:04,567 - REALLY? 2 00:00:04,567 --> 00:00:05,800 WHAT DID HE SAY? 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,000 - HE SAID IT'S TIME TO GET OFF THE PHONE. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,133 - OH, HE'S SO FUNNY. 5 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:11,467 - COME ON, SWEETIE. I NEED YOUR HELP. 6 00:00:11,467 --> 00:00:13,433 - IN A MINUTE. HE'S REALLY CUTE. 7 00:00:13,433 --> 00:00:15,267 - NOT IN A MINUTE. NOW. 8 00:00:15,267 --> 00:00:17,200 - ALL RIGHT. LOOK, I GOT TO GO. 9 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,600 MY MOM'S FREAKING OUT AGAIN. SEE YOU. 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,067 - [sighs] 11 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:27,667 COULD YOU SET THE TABLE, PLEASE? 12 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,200 - JEEZ, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,033 - MY PROBLEM? 14 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:35,233 WHAT IS MY PROBLEM? 15 00:00:35,233 --> 00:00:37,133 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT MY PROBLEM IS? 16 00:00:37,133 --> 00:00:39,067 YOU AND I NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE TALK. 17 00:00:39,067 --> 00:00:41,467 - HEY, CRINKLE CUTS. 18 00:00:41,467 --> 00:00:42,800 - DADDY! 19 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,000 - HEY! 20 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,200 AW. - LET ME TAKE THAT FOR YOU. 21 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,133 - SURE. WHAT A NICE GIRL. 22 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:52,967 COULD WE GO FOR TWO NICE GIRLS? 23 00:00:52,967 --> 00:00:54,867 - I ASKED YOU TO SET THE TABLE. 24 00:00:54,867 --> 00:00:56,433 - OH, BOY. 25 00:00:56,433 --> 00:00:59,633 AH, WHAT'S THAT I SMELL? MY FAVORITE, LEMON CHICKEN. 26 00:00:59,633 --> 00:01:03,367 - HEY, HOLD IT. 27 00:01:03,367 --> 00:01:05,733 WHAT DO YOU GOT THERE? - IT'S PERSONAL. 28 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,200 - CAN I SEE IT, PLEASE? 29 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,733 - WELL, I MEAN, DEB, IF IT'S PERSONAL, THEN-- 30 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:12,067 DO WHAT YOUR MOTHER SAYS. 31 00:01:17,967 --> 00:01:20,033 OH, IT'S FROM THE SCHOOL. 32 00:01:20,033 --> 00:01:21,367 - WHAT IS THAT, YOUR MIDTERM GRADES? 33 00:01:21,367 --> 00:01:24,867 - I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. - STOP. 34 00:01:24,867 --> 00:01:27,067 - ENGLISH, "A." 35 00:01:27,067 --> 00:01:28,933 HISTORY, "B." 36 00:01:28,933 --> 00:01:31,667 PHYS. ED., "B." THESE ARE VERY GOOD. 37 00:01:31,667 --> 00:01:33,300 THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE MY GRADES, 38 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:36,900 EXCEPT FOR THE "A"s AND "B"s. 39 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:38,600 SCIENCE, "B," 40 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,967 MATH, 41 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:42,700 "F". 42 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:45,067 - "F"? 43 00:01:45,067 --> 00:01:47,167 YOU'RE GETTING AN "F" IN MATH? 44 00:01:47,167 --> 00:01:49,900 - WHY DO YOU ALWAYS JUST LOOK AT THE NEGATIVE? 45 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:51,967 - EXCUSE ME, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO? 46 00:01:51,967 --> 00:01:53,400 - I GOT GOOD GRADES TOO. 47 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,033 - YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM. 48 00:01:55,033 --> 00:01:58,800 - OKAY, HEY, WHY DON'T WE DROP THE HIGH AND THE LOW 49 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:06,300 AND THEN SINK OUR TEETH INTO SOME SWEET LEMON CHICKEN? 50 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:07,833 - ALLY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MATH? 51 00:02:07,833 --> 00:02:09,767 - NOTHING. 52 00:02:09,767 --> 00:02:11,333 I HATE MR. PUTNAM. 53 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:12,600 - WHY DO YOU HATE HIM? 54 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,167 - I JUST DO, OKAY? HE'S SO MEAN. 55 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:15,867 - OH, COME ON. 56 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:17,667 - HE IS MEAN! TAKE HIS SIDE, WHY DON'T YOU? 57 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:19,633 - I AM NOT TAKING ANYONE'S SIDE, 58 00:02:19,633 --> 00:02:23,233 BUT I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT REAL THRILLED WITH YOUR ATTITUDE. 59 00:02:23,233 --> 00:02:24,767 - IT'S JUST A MIDTERM, OKAY? 60 00:02:24,767 --> 00:02:26,667 IT'S ONE STUPID GRADE, AND I'M GONNA PASS! 61 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:30,167 GOD, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO OVERREACT? 62 00:02:35,867 --> 00:02:38,267 - SHE'S NOT COMPLETELY WRONG. 63 00:02:44,133 --> 00:02:46,233 - HELLO. YOU MUST BE THE BARONES. 64 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:47,267 HAVE A SEAT. 65 00:02:47,267 --> 00:02:48,800 - OH, HI, MR. PUTNAM. 66 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,233 WE WERE JUST COMMENTING 67 00:02:50,233 --> 00:02:52,733 ON HOW NEAT AND WELL-ORGANIZED YOUR ROOM LOOKS. 68 00:02:52,733 --> 00:02:54,267 - THANK YOU. 69 00:02:54,267 --> 00:02:56,833 I ASSUME YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALLY'S MATH GRADE. 70 00:02:56,833 --> 00:02:58,933 - UH, YES. THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH US. 71 00:02:58,933 --> 00:03:00,133 I--WELL, WE-- 72 00:03:00,133 --> 00:03:01,500 - I HOPE YOU'RE NOT HERE 73 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:03,233 TO TRY AND CONVINCE ME TO CHANGE THE GRADE. 74 00:03:03,233 --> 00:03:04,467 I CAN'T CHANGE GRADES. 75 00:03:04,467 --> 00:03:05,800 - NO, NO, NO. IT'S NOT THAT. 76 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,067 - ALL MY DECISIONS ARE FINAL. 77 00:03:10,067 --> 00:03:11,400 - UH, I UNDERSTAND. 78 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,100 NO, WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, 79 00:03:13,100 --> 00:03:15,267 WHAT SHE COULD DO TO IMPROVE. 80 00:03:15,267 --> 00:03:16,567 - WHAT SHE COULD DO TO IMPROVE. 81 00:03:16,567 --> 00:03:19,533 WELL, LIKE I TELL THE OTHER 30 KIDS I HAVE 82 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:24,067 TIMES FIVE CLASSES A DAY, TIMES FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 83 00:03:24,067 --> 00:03:27,400 "PLEASE PAY ATTENTION." 84 00:03:32,733 --> 00:03:34,500 - WOW. SO MANY KIDS. 85 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:36,100 I HAVE TROUBLE WITH JUST THE ONE. 86 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:37,767 - AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU 87 00:03:37,767 --> 00:03:42,400 THAT MATH ISN'T THE MOST POPULAR SUBJECT WITH THE KIDS. 88 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,400 - I ALWAYS HATED IT. 89 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:50,467 - RAY. 90 00:03:50,467 --> 00:03:53,400 - NO. NO, BELIEVE ME, I UNDERSTAND. 91 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,600 THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING ME, YOU KNOW, 92 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,800 "WHEN AM I GONNA NEED THIS?" 93 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,867 I DON'T KNOW, BUT COULD YOU NEED IT JUST RIGHT NOW, 94 00:04:00,867 --> 00:04:05,400 JUST TO GET ME THROUGH THE DAY? 95 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,033 UH, WOULD--WOULD YOU LIKE A THROAT LOZENGE? 96 00:04:09,033 --> 00:04:12,833 - MR. PUTNAM, WE'RE REALLY GONNA CRACK DOWN ON HER HOMEWORK. 97 00:04:12,833 --> 00:04:14,533 - OH, IT'S NOT JUST HOMEWORK. 98 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:17,467 YOU CAN'T DO THE HOMEWORK IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION. 99 00:04:17,467 --> 00:04:20,000 YOU SEE, THE THING ABOUT MATH IS, 100 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,667 NUMBERS ARE CONSTANT. 101 00:04:22,667 --> 00:04:24,667 THEY'RE CLEAR. 102 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:27,700 THEY'RE LOGICAL. 103 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,200 THEY'RE ORGANIZED. 104 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,500 13-YEAR-OLDS ARE NOT. 105 00:04:36,267 --> 00:04:39,500 - BELIEVE ME. I UNDERSTAND. 106 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:40,633 - THANK YOU. 107 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:42,467 I'M SURE ALLY'S A VERY BRIGHT GIRL, 108 00:04:42,467 --> 00:04:44,933 BUT SHE DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION. 109 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:46,100 NOTHING I SAY... 110 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,800 - SINKS IN? - RIGHT. 111 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,000 - YEAH, EVERYTHING I READ SAYS THAT'S TEENAGERS. 112 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,800 - I USED TO TEACH SECOND GRADERS. 113 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,167 OH, SURE, YOU HAD 114 00:04:55,167 --> 00:04:58,067 THE OCCASIONAL PEEPEE ACCIDENT IN CLASS, BUT... 115 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,933 THEY-- THEY WERE SO... 116 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:04,433 - SWEET. - YES. 117 00:05:04,433 --> 00:05:06,767 AND APPRECIATIVE. - YES. 118 00:05:06,767 --> 00:05:07,800 - MM. 119 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,600 - YOU TWO MET BEFORE, OR... 120 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:18,200 - NO. BUT WE UNDERSTAND. 121 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,600 YOU KNOW, I WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE LOZENGES. 122 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,100 - PLEASE. 123 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:24,167 - AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON ALLY. 124 00:05:24,167 --> 00:05:25,533 - WELL, IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU. 125 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:26,900 I HAVE TO GO. 126 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,533 IT'S PARENT-TEACHER NIGHT AT MY SON'S SCHOOL. 127 00:05:29,533 --> 00:05:32,233 I HATE THOSE. 128 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:36,633 - WELL, 129 00:05:36,633 --> 00:05:42,133 IF "X" EQUALS LAME, THAT GUY IS 4 TIMES "X." 130 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:51,933 - COME ON. YOU GOT TO FEEL BAD FOR THE GUY. 131 00:05:51,933 --> 00:05:53,933 - WHAT? HE'S THE TEACHER. 132 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:55,300 - SO? 133 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:57,600 - WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS HIS JOB, 134 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,867 AND HE GETS PAID GOOD MONEY TO DO IT. 135 00:06:01,867 --> 00:06:03,333 - GOOD MONEY? 136 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:05,267 - PLUS HE'S GOT A TEACHER'S LOUNGE, A GYM, 137 00:06:05,267 --> 00:06:10,567 THE TETHERBALL-- HE'S GOT A SWEET DEAL HERE. 138 00:06:10,567 --> 00:06:12,233 YOU KNOW, I KNOW TEACHERS LIKE THIS. 139 00:06:12,233 --> 00:06:14,100 HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND CHILDREN. 140 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,300 - OH, AND YOU DO? 141 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:16,833 - I KNOW WHY ALLY HATES MATH. 142 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:18,267 - WHY? 143 00:06:18,267 --> 00:06:21,467 - BECAUSE THIS GUY THINKS MATH IS THE WHOLE WORLD, 144 00:06:21,467 --> 00:06:23,667 AND HE TAKES IT OUT ON THE KIDS 145 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:25,700 WHEN THEY HATE IT LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 146 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:28,667 - LOOK, HE'S A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER 147 00:06:28,667 --> 00:06:31,133 WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS DAY TO TALK TO US. 148 00:06:31,133 --> 00:06:32,567 - YEAH, RIGHT. 149 00:06:32,567 --> 00:06:35,067 YOU LOVE HIM SO MUCH, WHY DON'T YOU MARRY HIM? 150 00:06:35,067 --> 00:06:38,433 - WOULD YOU JUST STOP IT? 151 00:06:38,433 --> 00:06:39,733 GROW UP. 152 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,533 - LOOK, ALL I'M SAYING IS, ALLY DOESN'T-- 153 00:06:41,533 --> 00:06:44,767 - NO, ALLY NEEDS TO LEARN THAT NOT EVERY SUBJECT IS FUN. 154 00:06:44,767 --> 00:06:48,467 SHE HAS TO FOCUS, AND YOU NEED TO BACK ME UP ON THIS! 155 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:54,833 - MATH. 156 00:06:54,833 --> 00:06:56,367 I'LL GIVE YOU MATH. 157 00:06:56,367 --> 00:07:00,367 THIS MINUS THIS EQUALS NOTHING. 158 00:07:07,033 --> 00:07:08,367 - WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? 159 00:07:08,367 --> 00:07:10,267 - I WANT YOU TO STAY IN YOUR ROOM AND STUDY. 160 00:07:10,267 --> 00:07:11,533 THAT'S WHAT I WANT FROM YOU. 161 00:07:11,533 --> 00:07:14,233 - FINE! - OH, AND THERE'S NO TV. 162 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:15,567 I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MUSIC, 163 00:07:15,567 --> 00:07:17,233 AND I'M KEEPING THIS PHONE! 164 00:07:17,233 --> 00:07:19,367 [door slams] 165 00:07:21,667 --> 00:07:25,967 - IT'S GOING WELL. 166 00:07:25,967 --> 00:07:27,367 - YOU KNOW, 167 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:30,567 EVERY CHILD GOES THROUGH THIS REBELLIOUS PHASE. 168 00:07:30,567 --> 00:07:31,933 I DID. 169 00:07:31,933 --> 00:07:35,267 ONE TIME IN CHURCH CHOIR, WE WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO SING 170 00:07:35,267 --> 00:07:37,767 "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS," 171 00:07:37,767 --> 00:07:39,500 AND MY FRIEND AND I SANG, 172 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:43,300 "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN CHEESES." 173 00:07:57,933 --> 00:08:01,367 - SEEMS LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY ALLY WAS SO NICE-- 174 00:08:01,367 --> 00:08:05,033 YOU KNOW, CUTE LITTLE SMILE, LITTLE BLONDE CURLS. 175 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:07,500 - I HAVE BLONDE CURLS. 176 00:08:14,867 --> 00:08:18,367 - YEAH, YOU DO, MA. YOU DO. 177 00:08:18,367 --> 00:08:20,400 - SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? HOW YOU GONNA HANDLE THIS? 178 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,133 - WELL, SHE'S BASICALLY GROUNDED. 179 00:08:22,133 --> 00:08:23,367 THERE'S NO TV, THERE'S NO PHONE, 180 00:08:23,367 --> 00:08:24,933 NO CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD 181 00:08:24,933 --> 00:08:26,700 UNTIL SHE GETS HER MATH GRADE UP. 182 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:28,567 - COMPLETE LOCKDOWN, HUH? - YUP. 183 00:08:28,567 --> 00:08:31,900 - YOU KNOW, IN THE BIG HOUSE, SOLITARY CAN GO EITHER WAY. 184 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:34,533 SOMETIMES THEY COME OUT AND THEY'RE NICE AND DOCILE, 185 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:36,800 AND OTHER TIMES, YOU OPEN THE CELL AND... 186 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,733 [shouts] 187 00:08:50,433 --> 00:08:54,333 I'D HATE TO SEE ALLY GO THAT WAY. 188 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:58,067 - I MEAN, I JUST FELT SO SORRY FOR MR. PUTNAM. 189 00:08:58,067 --> 00:09:00,233 KIDS HAVE NO RESPECT TODAY. 190 00:09:00,233 --> 00:09:02,633 - I GOT HIS LOZENGES. 191 00:09:12,367 --> 00:09:14,100 - YOU KNOW, MR. PUTNAM IS THE TEACHER. 192 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,867 HE SHOULD GET RESPECT AUTOMATICALLY. 193 00:09:16,867 --> 00:09:18,267 - YOU KNOW, DEBRA, 194 00:09:18,267 --> 00:09:22,600 NOW, DON'T TAKE THIS AS A CRITICISM. 195 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,567 - BUT BRACE YOURSELF JUST IN CASE. 196 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,900 - YOU CAN'T EXPECT 197 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:32,300 TO IMPOSE DISCIPLINE 198 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:37,333 ON CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER HAD ANY. 199 00:09:37,333 --> 00:09:39,167 YOU HAVE TO TEACH THEM WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG. 200 00:09:39,167 --> 00:09:41,133 THAT'S HOW THEY LEARN RESPECT. 201 00:09:41,133 --> 00:09:45,167 - YOU DENY THEM WATER. 202 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:53,600 IF YOU'RE THEIR SOURCE OF WATER, THEY RESPECT YOU. 203 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,467 - YOU KNOW, WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THAT RIGHT AWAY, 204 00:09:55,467 --> 00:09:56,833 SHE TOOK THE TEACHER'S SIDE. 205 00:09:56,833 --> 00:09:59,433 - OH, ALLY'S "F" IS THE TEACHER'S FAULT? 206 00:09:59,433 --> 00:10:01,867 - WELL, SHE'S GETTING GOOD GRADES IN ALL HER OTHER CLASSES. 207 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:05,067 WHY CAN'T YOU ACCEPT THAT MAYBE IT'S HIM? 208 00:10:05,067 --> 00:10:06,433 YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW THIS MR. PUTNAM, 209 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:07,967 HE'S NOT A GOOD TEACHER. 210 00:10:07,967 --> 00:10:09,467 IT'S--IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM. 211 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:12,600 "MATH IS GREAT. KIDS ARE BAD." 212 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,467 - IT'S NOT THE TEACHER'S FAULT. IT'S ALLY. 213 00:10:15,467 --> 00:10:16,267 - NO! 214 00:10:16,267 --> 00:10:17,667 NO, TEACHERS ARE FINE, 215 00:10:17,667 --> 00:10:19,900 BUT SOME TEACHERS CAN'T RELATE TO KIDS. 216 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,567 REMEMBER THAT FRENCH TEACHER I HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL? 217 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:24,700 - OH, YOU MEAN MONSIEUR LEFEVRE? 218 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,900 - YEAH. 219 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:30,567 UH-HUH. 220 00:10:30,567 --> 00:10:31,667 YEAH. 221 00:10:31,667 --> 00:10:36,033 EXCEPT HIS REAL NAME WAS MR. LEFKOWITZ. 222 00:10:36,033 --> 00:10:37,500 THAT'S RIGHT. 223 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:42,067 HE MADE EVERYBODY CALL HIM MONSIEUR LEFEVRE. 224 00:10:42,067 --> 00:10:43,767 TERRIBLE TEACHER. 225 00:10:43,767 --> 00:10:45,133 - WHY? 226 00:10:45,133 --> 00:10:47,867 - WHY, BECAUSE HE-- HE THOUGHT HE WAS SO-- 227 00:10:47,867 --> 00:10:49,000 - FRENCH? 228 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,833 - YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 229 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:52,300 HE WAS A PHONY. 230 00:10:52,300 --> 00:10:54,533 I HATED HIM, AND HE HATED ME. 231 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:56,267 WE HAD TO MEMORIZE THESE FRENCH DIALOGUES 232 00:10:56,267 --> 00:10:57,733 FROM RECORDS, 233 00:10:57,733 --> 00:11:00,400 AND AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE, IT WOULD GO, "BEEP!" 234 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,133 AND YOU HAD TO REPEAT THE SENTENCE. 235 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:05,000 YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, "OU EST SYLVIE?" 236 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,333 BEEP. 237 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,267 "A LA PISCINE." BEEP. 238 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:15,067 SO ONE DAY I GO, "MONSIEUR LEFEVRE! 239 00:11:15,067 --> 00:11:19,100 DO FRENCH PEOPLE REALLY BEEP LIKE THAT?" 240 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:26,167 YEAH. HE GOT MAD. 241 00:11:26,167 --> 00:11:28,367 YOU KNOW WHY? 'CAUSE IT GOT A BIG LAUGH. 242 00:11:28,367 --> 00:11:29,633 - BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY. 243 00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:31,133 - WELL, THEN, WHY DID PEOPLE LAUGH? 244 00:11:31,133 --> 00:11:32,467 - NOBODY LAUGHED. - YES, THEY DID! 245 00:11:32,467 --> 00:11:34,300 - YOU WERE NEVER FUNNY. - YOU WERE NEVER FUNNY! 246 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:35,600 - HOW'D THAT CLASS WORK OUT FOR YOU? 247 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,233 - I FAILED! - THAT'S FUNNY! 248 00:11:43,533 --> 00:11:47,033 - PULLED THEIR ASSES OUT OF TWO WARS, THE FRENCH. 249 00:11:54,667 --> 00:11:56,267 WHAT DID THEY GIVE US? 250 00:11:56,267 --> 00:11:59,300 A DISGUSTING WAY TO KISS. 251 00:12:04,933 --> 00:12:08,733 - WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO, DAD? 252 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:10,833 - YEAH, WHERE WAS THAT ATTITUDE WHEN I NEEDED IT? 253 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:12,300 YOU COULD'VE DEFENDED ME. 254 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:15,433 - WHAT, AND WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL? 255 00:12:15,433 --> 00:12:20,167 I WASN'T PUTTING ON PANTS FOR THAT. 256 00:12:20,167 --> 00:12:21,433 - YEAH, YOU NEVER STUCK UP FOR ME. 257 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:22,833 YOU ALWAYS TOOK THE TEACHER'S SIDE. 258 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:25,933 AND YOU TOO, MA, JUST LIKE DEBRA'S DOING NOW. 259 00:12:25,933 --> 00:12:30,400 THAT'S RIGHT. SAME. 260 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,700 - EXCUSE ME, RAYMOND. 261 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,333 I WAS NOT LIKE DEBRA. 262 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:39,100 I DID DEFEND YOU WITH MONSIEUR LEFEVRE. 263 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:41,000 - WHAT? WHY, WHAT'D YOU DO? 264 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,333 - I WENT DOWN TO THAT SCHOOL, 265 00:12:42,333 --> 00:12:43,900 AND I GAVE THAT MAN A PIECE OF MY MIND, 266 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:47,000 EVEN THOUGH YOUR BEHAVIOR IN THAT CLASS WAS DEPLORABLE 267 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,433 AND IS THE REASON THAT YOU AND I CANNOT CONVERSE IN FRENCH TODAY. 268 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:58,067 - YOU DID THAT? WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME? 269 00:12:58,067 --> 00:13:00,000 - BECAUSE YOU SHOULD RESPECT TEACHERS. 270 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,633 PLUS, ROBERT WOULD'VE WANTED ME TO DO IT FOR HIM. 271 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,433 - WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO IT FOR ME? 272 00:13:07,433 --> 00:13:09,033 HOW ABOUT WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, 273 00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:13,333 AND MY BASKETBALL COACH CALLED ME "THE USELESS GIRAFFE"? 274 00:13:15,767 --> 00:13:17,467 - YOU WERE 6'5". 275 00:13:17,467 --> 00:13:20,667 YOU COULDN'T GET A COUPLE OF REBOUNDS? 276 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,833 - YOU SEE THAT, DEBRA? YOU STICK UP FOR YOUR KIDS. 277 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:30,133 - YOU MEAN, LIKE YOUR KID 278 00:13:30,133 --> 00:13:31,600 WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE UP IN HER ROOM 279 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,833 DOING HER MATH HOMEWORK 280 00:13:32,833 --> 00:13:36,233 AND WHOSE MATH NOTEBOOK IS DOWN HERE ON THE TABLE? 281 00:13:36,233 --> 00:13:37,633 LOOK AT THE SCRIBBLES ON THIS. 282 00:13:37,633 --> 00:13:40,100 "TOMMY AND ALLY FOREVER." "I HEART TOMMY." 283 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,700 "ALLY SANDERS." 284 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:44,600 - OH, YOU SEE? THAT'S NOT EVEN ALLY'S NOTEBOOK. 285 00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:51,000 - I'M THINKING THAT'S TOMMY'S LAST NAME. 286 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,467 - OH, MY GOD. 287 00:13:52,467 --> 00:13:56,067 WELL, WHO'S-- WHO'S THIS TOMMY SANDERS? 288 00:13:56,067 --> 00:13:57,700 - MUST BE SOME BOY AT SCHOOL. 289 00:13:57,700 --> 00:13:59,700 - WELL, HE'S NOT JUST SOME BOY. 290 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:02,300 I THINK HE'S THE BOY. 291 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,467 - WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? 292 00:14:05,467 --> 00:14:07,800 - ALLY TOLD ME ABOUT HIM. 293 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,000 HE HAS LONG BROWN HAIR, AND HE'S REALLY FUNNY, 294 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,467 AND HE'S NOT STUCK-UP AT ALL. 295 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,200 - CALL THE POLICE. 296 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,833 - WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE. 297 00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:30,967 ALLY TALKS TO YOU? 298 00:14:30,967 --> 00:14:33,400 - YEAH, BUT JUST ABOUT THIS. 299 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,867 AND I'M NOT ANY HELP AT ALL. 300 00:14:35,867 --> 00:14:39,133 BUT I THINK MAYBE ONE REASON 301 00:14:39,133 --> 00:14:40,767 THAT ALLY'S NOT DOING WELL IN MATH 302 00:14:40,767 --> 00:14:43,367 IS BECAUSE TOMMY'S IN THAT CLASS. 303 00:14:43,367 --> 00:14:45,067 BUT PLEASE DON'T TELL HER I TOLD YOU, 304 00:14:45,067 --> 00:14:48,867 BECAUSE I PINKY-SWORE. 305 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:51,600 - GOD, I WISH SHE HAD TOLD ME. 306 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,833 - YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY, 307 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:57,733 IT'S VERY UPSETTING THAT ALLY WOULD CHOOSE TO TALK TO AMY 308 00:14:57,733 --> 00:15:01,533 INSTEAD OF HER OWN GRANDMOTHER. 309 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:06,633 [knocking at door] 310 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:09,900 - EXCUSE ME. 311 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,233 - UH, YES, HELLO? 312 00:15:11,233 --> 00:15:13,133 - HI, IT'S ME AGAIN, DEBRA BARONE. 313 00:15:13,133 --> 00:15:15,433 - OH, YES. HI. SORRY. HOW ARE YOU? 314 00:15:15,433 --> 00:15:17,133 - I'M GOOD, AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP 315 00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:18,900 ON OUR GREAT DISCUSSION FROM YESTERDAY. 316 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:20,333 - OH? - YEAH. 317 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,233 I THINK WE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, 318 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:23,733 AND IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT. 319 00:15:23,733 --> 00:15:26,200 IT SEEMS THAT ALLY HAS A LITTLE CRUSH 320 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,833 ON TOMMY SANDERS, 321 00:15:27,833 --> 00:15:31,067 AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN DISTRACTING HER IN CLASS. 322 00:15:31,067 --> 00:15:32,333 I COULDN'T GO TO HER ABOUT IT, 323 00:15:32,333 --> 00:15:34,167 BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT I KNOW. 324 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:36,500 SHE TOLD MY SISTER-IN-LAW AMY 325 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,433 INSTEAD OF ME, 326 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:41,100 I GUESS BECAUSE, UH, AMY IS SWEET AND NICE 327 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:42,433 AND NOT JUDGMENTAL, 328 00:15:42,433 --> 00:15:45,467 AND I'M JUST THE MOTHER. 329 00:15:45,467 --> 00:15:48,333 ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALLY. 330 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:49,833 I JUST THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO KNOW. 331 00:15:49,833 --> 00:15:51,000 - OH. 332 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,400 OH, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? 333 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,667 - SURE. - I DON'T CARE. 334 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:06,367 - EXCUSE ME? 335 00:16:06,367 --> 00:16:08,767 - I DON'T CARE WHAT HER PROBLEM IS. 336 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,400 YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW ISN'T THE ONLY ONE 337 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,467 THAT KNOWS THAT ALLY LIKES TOMMY SANDERS. 338 00:16:12,467 --> 00:16:13,600 EVERYBODY KNOWS. 339 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,333 ALLY LIKES TOMMY, AND SUZY LIKES TOMMY, 340 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:18,700 AND BLAH-BLAH LIKES BUCKY, AND WHO-WHO LIKES BEE-BEE, 341 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:23,533 AND NONE OF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MATH! 342 00:16:23,533 --> 00:16:26,767 THEIR HOME LIVES AND THEIR LOVE LIVES 343 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:29,300 AND THEIR SOCIAL LIVES ARE NOT MY PROBLEM. 344 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:34,033 THAT IS MY PROBLEM, AND THE ANSWER IS PI. 345 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:37,900 YOU SEE? 346 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:39,867 NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE WORK, 347 00:16:39,867 --> 00:16:43,800 EVEN THOUGH THAT IS THE BUSINESS OF THIS CLASSROOM. 348 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,867 - OKAY, I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED. 349 00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:48,600 - I'M NOT. 350 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,200 I'M NOT. 351 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,300 - I UNDERSTAND. I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT HELP. 352 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:54,567 - IT DOESN'T. 353 00:16:54,567 --> 00:16:55,533 ANYTHING ELSE? 354 00:16:55,533 --> 00:16:57,667 I HAVE 30 DISTRACTED CHATTERBOXES 355 00:16:57,667 --> 00:17:02,500 ON THEIR WAY IN HERE TO GET THIS WRONG! 356 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:05,000 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP, 357 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,967 BE A PARENT AT HOME, 358 00:17:06,967 --> 00:17:10,800 AND LET ME BE THE TEACHER HERE. 359 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,200 - OKAY. 360 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,833 I HEAR YOU. YUP, GOT IT. 361 00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:18,300 CAN I SAY ONE THING? - YES. 362 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:20,767 - YOU ARE MEAN, AND I WOULDN'T MARRY YOU. 363 00:17:28,367 --> 00:17:31,233 - WHO TOOK MY LOZENGES? 364 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:38,267 - SO I'M ALL, "NO WAY," 365 00:17:38,267 --> 00:17:41,100 AND SHE'S LIKE, "I WOULD TOTALLY BUY IT." 366 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:42,633 - HI. 367 00:17:46,167 --> 00:17:47,833 - I WAS GETTING SOME WATER. IS THAT OKAY? 368 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,467 - UH, WAIT A MINUTE. 369 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,767 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. 370 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,733 I SAW MR. PUTNAM TODAY. 371 00:17:54,733 --> 00:17:56,000 - AGAIN? OH, MY GOD. 372 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,067 - ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON A MINUTE. 373 00:18:00,067 --> 00:18:03,933 I SEE YOUR POINT ABOUT HIM. 374 00:18:03,933 --> 00:18:05,700 - WHAT? 375 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:07,767 - HE IS A LITTLE MEAN. 376 00:18:07,767 --> 00:18:09,267 AND I THINK HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND 377 00:18:09,267 --> 00:18:11,600 ALL THE STRESSES THAT KIDS ARE UNDER TODAY. 378 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,167 AND I SEE NOW IT'S NOT JUST A BLACK-AND-WHITE ISSUE, 379 00:18:14,167 --> 00:18:18,367 AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. 380 00:18:18,367 --> 00:18:20,767 - WHOA. 381 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,400 THANKS, MOM. 382 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,433 - I MEAN, THIS DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN FORGET ABOUT MATH. 383 00:18:24,433 --> 00:18:25,933 YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR MATH. 384 00:18:25,933 --> 00:18:29,833 - OH. 385 00:18:29,833 --> 00:18:31,167 - BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, 386 00:18:31,167 --> 00:18:33,400 IF YOU EVER NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT 387 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,600 OR IF THERE'S EVER A SITUATION OTHER THAN MATH 388 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,800 THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, 389 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:44,533 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO ME. 390 00:18:44,533 --> 00:18:46,733 - OKAY. 391 00:18:46,733 --> 00:18:49,967 - OKAY. 392 00:18:49,967 --> 00:18:52,000 YOU WANT A SNACK OR SOMETHING? 393 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,800 - SURE. 394 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,567 - WE HAVE SOME, UM, 395 00:18:56,567 --> 00:19:00,667 PRETZELS, POTATO CHIPS, YOGURT BALL THINGS-- 396 00:19:00,667 --> 00:19:02,567 - ARE ALL BOYS STUPID? 397 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,633 - YES. 398 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:18,667 WHY? 399 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:21,867 - THERE'S THIS BOY IN MY MATH CLASS. 400 00:19:21,867 --> 00:19:24,767 - OH, REALLY? 401 00:19:24,767 --> 00:19:27,067 - YEAH. TOMMY SANDERS. 402 00:19:27,067 --> 00:19:29,600 - OH. 403 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,033 - WELL, HE TOLD SUZY HE LIKED ME, 404 00:19:33,033 --> 00:19:35,433 AND I THOUGHT HE DID. 405 00:19:35,433 --> 00:19:37,533 AND THEN I SAW HIM TALKING TO SUZY LIKE HE LIKED HER, 406 00:19:37,533 --> 00:19:42,067 AND NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 407 00:19:42,067 --> 00:19:44,100 - WELL, 408 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:47,533 TALKING ABOUT IT IS GOOD. 409 00:19:47,533 --> 00:19:50,933 I MEAN, THIS IS JUST ALL A PART OF GROWING UP. 410 00:19:50,933 --> 00:19:53,333 DOES HE STILL TALK TO YOU? 411 00:19:53,333 --> 00:19:54,700 - YEAH. 412 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:58,067 - WELL, MAYBE HE'S TALKING TO SUZY ABOUT YOU TOO, 413 00:19:58,067 --> 00:19:59,867 THOUGH IT'S HARD TO TELL WITH BOYS. 414 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:03,833 I HAVE TO SAY, THEY'RE WAY MORE SHY THAN WE ARE. 415 00:20:03,833 --> 00:20:05,100 - WELL, MAYBE. 416 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:07,067 I MEAN, WHEN I LOOK AT HIM IN CLASS, 417 00:20:07,067 --> 00:20:08,367 HE DOES SMILE AT ME. 418 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:09,833 - SEE? THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 419 00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:12,000 SO MAYBE, NOT DURING CLASS 420 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,633 BUT AFTER CLASS, YOU COULD TALK TO TOMMY. 421 00:20:14,633 --> 00:20:17,133 AND MAYBE YOU AND TOMMY AND SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS 422 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,633 COULD GO OUT SOMETIME. 423 00:20:18,633 --> 00:20:22,500 - WAIT A MINUTE! 424 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:26,300 - HI, RAY. 425 00:20:26,300 --> 00:20:30,367 - WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THAT MATH CLASS? 426 00:20:30,367 --> 00:20:31,800 - AFTER MATH CLASS. 427 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,300 NOW, TOMMY'S A NICE BOY, AND ALLY JUST-- 428 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:38,767 - NA-NA-NA-NA-BA-BA-BA-BAH! 429 00:20:38,767 --> 00:20:42,500 YOU ARE IN SCHOOL TO LEARN, YOUNG LADY, OKAY? 430 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,533 AND MATH CLASS IS FOR MATH, NOT BOYS, 431 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:45,967 SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING OVER HERE, 432 00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:47,467 YOU'RE NOT LOOKING OVER THERE. 433 00:20:47,467 --> 00:20:50,833 THE ONLY BOY YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS MR. PUTNAM. 434 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,400 THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY? 435 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,100 SO NONE OF THIS BOY TALK. 436 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:55,400 [phone ringing] 437 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,000 [scoffs] 438 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,267 I MEAN, YOU'RE 13 YEARS OLD. 439 00:21:01,267 --> 00:21:03,367 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SCHOOL? 440 00:21:03,367 --> 00:21:05,667 I DON'T NOW, BUT MAYBE THE PRINCIPAL SHOULD KNOW. 441 00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:07,567 AND--AND-- 442 00:21:11,867 --> 00:21:14,200 HELLO? WHO IS THIS? 443 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,300 OH, TOMMY! 444 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:22,400 YEAH, YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD HIDE IN THE FRIDGE. 445 00:21:26,233 --> 00:21:29,633 IT MAKES PLENTY OF SENSE. 446 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:31,300 NO, SHE'S DOING HER MATH HOMEWORK, 447 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:32,933 AND I SUGGEST YOU DO THE SAME. 448 00:21:32,933 --> 00:21:34,333 THANK YOU. 449 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:43,033 LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHER! BACK ME UP ON THIS!