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* Sometimes the world
looks perfect

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* Nothing to rearrange

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* Sometimes you just
get a feeling

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* Like you need
some kind of change

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* No matter what
the odds are this time

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* Nothing's gonna stand
in my way

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* This flame in my heart

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* Like a long-lost friend

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* Gives every dark street
a light at the end

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* Standing tall

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* On the wings of my dream

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* Rise and fall

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* On the wings of my dream

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* The rain and thunder
the wind and haze

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* I'm bound for better days

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* Oh oh

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* It's my life and my dream

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* And nothing's going
to stop me now *

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Fourteenth President?

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Franklin Pierce.

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Term?

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Term?

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Ow.

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Oh, you're still here?

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Cousin, I have to go to bed.

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Balki, all you have
to do is get an A

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on your history final
and you'll graduate high school

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at the top of your class.

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we've been studying for hours

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and I'm scraping the bottom
of my bucket.

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Well, scrape a little deeper.

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Balki, nobody
in the family has ever

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graduated at the top
of the class.

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I came close.

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All I needed was a 96
on my geometry final.

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But Mr. Blanchard threw
in a trick question

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I only got a 94.

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I came in second to that
little tramp, Becky Jo Quinn.

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Cousin, my history final
is in four hours

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and if I don't get some sleep

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my brain isn't going
to be worth babbasticki.

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Balki. Don't you understand?

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You could be the first
in the family

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to be a valedictorian.

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Well, I... I don't
think so, cousin.

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I... I enjoy
eating meat so much.

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No, no, Balki,
a valedictorian is the person

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who is number one
in his graduating class.

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And he gets to make
the big speech

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at the graduation ceremony.

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And all we need to do

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is get a 100
on the final tomorrow.

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But, cousin,
getting a perfect 100

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on the history final is like, uh

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swimming across Lake Mypos
without getting a single leech.

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Balki, anything worth doing

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is going to be hard.

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Now...

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Concentrate.

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Ow!

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Fifteenth President?
James Buchanan.

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Term?
1857 to 1861.

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Wife's name?
He wasn't married.

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Why not?
Who the heck knows?

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Cousin, I'm going to bed.

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Balki.

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into that graduation
valedictorian

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number one, numero uno.

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Are you gonna let a little thing
like sleep get in you way?

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Yes. Now, cousin, I'm sorry

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but I am not studying anymore
tonight and that's that.

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Oh, that's that, is it?

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That is exactly what that is.

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I'm not studying
any more tonight.

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My brain is exhausted

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and besides I know everything
in the book.

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You know everything in this?
Yes, I do.

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You do
I do. I do.

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You do?
I do.

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Jefferson Davis.

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Who is the vice president
of the Confederacy?

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Alexander Stephens.

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He was from Georgia.

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He weighed under
a hundred pounds.

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Who is the publisher
of your history book?

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You're a sick man, cousin.
Oh, you don't know, do you?

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Do you
You don't know!

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Well, it's
the Warren Weber Company

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of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Cousin, my teacher's not
going to ask that.

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No. And I thought my teacher
wasn't gonna ask

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how many pages there were
in the textbook.

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But he did!

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The only person
who knew the answer

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Now, are you going to be

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Balki Barotkomous,
valedictorian?

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Or a nobody?

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Valedictorian?

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Or a nobody?

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all right, cousin,
let's go for the mold!

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That's the spirit.

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"Chapter one..."

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Balki.

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Balki.

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What time is it?

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BALKI: It's "Howdy Doody" time.

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Oh, my Lord! We fell asleep.

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It's 10 o'clock.

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Balki.

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Your history exam.
It started an hour ago.

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Really

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Coats, coats. Get the coats.
Get the coats.

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Door. Door. Open the door.

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Door.

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Uh, Mr. Jones,
I finished with the test.

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I think you'll enjoy it.

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the extra credit question.

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Don't know it, huh?
Uh, that too.

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Mister... Mister... Mister Jones

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I can explain why I'm late.

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and then I fall asleep
and then I didn't wake up

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until this morning
when Cousin Larry

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knocked me off the couch
and then

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knocking my head against
the banister with each step.

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Just between you and me,
it's a lucky thing

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I don't have a percussion.

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Can he still take the test?

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Well, sure, but I'm afraid

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he only has 20 minutes
to complete it.

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It would take me 20 minutes
just to read this.

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Don't read it.
Go on instinct.

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Balki! Listen to me.

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You can do it.

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You know the answers.

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But you're going to have
to work fast, very fast.

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Ahem. He also has to work alone.

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I'm out of here.

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Oh, good, the seventh President
was Andrew Jackson.

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I... I couldn't think whether
it was Andrew or Jermaine.

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Uh, Balki, I have to turn
these papers in by noon.

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Oh! Okay, I'm sorry.

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Well, Balki, congratulations.
You got a 100.

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Yes. Yes!

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Uh, Cousin, I did it. I...
Oh.

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Now.
Cousin!

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Now we're so happy,
we do the dance of joy.

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* Dai dai dai dai
dai dai dai dai

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* Hey hey hey hey
hey hey hey hey *

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Well, you should be happy, Balki

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Second?
What do you mean second?

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We got a 100. We're number one.
We're number one.

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Uh, I don't know what you are

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but Balki finished second
in the class.

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You see, Henry Fong also got
a 100 on the test.

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And his overall average is one
point higher than Balki's.

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Oh!

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Oh, cousin, I... I'm sorry,
I did the best I could.

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No, a 100 is nothing
to be ashamed of.

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Wait a second. You didn't answer
the extra credit question.

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I didn't see an extra
credit question.

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Well, I gave Henry a chance.

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So I'll give you a chance
to answer it.

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I must warn you it's kind
of a trick question.

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Naturally.

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But if you get it right

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you will be number one
in the class.

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Okay, now.

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Who was the publisher
of our history book?

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Balki. You know this.

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Oh, cousin. Oh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

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Oh, I see it. I see it.

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It's... It's right
on the tip of my brain.

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It's... coming closer. It's...

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I see it. I see it. It's...

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It's... gone.

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Well, don't feel bad

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nobody's ever gotten one
of my extra credit questions.

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I'm sorry, cousin.

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I let you down.

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I should have remembered

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The Warren Weber Company
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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He said it, he said it.

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Congratulations, Balki.

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This means that you graduate

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with the highest average
in the class.

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Oh, thank you, Mr. Jones.

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Oh, I'm going to be so proud
when I get up

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in front of everybody
to make my speech.

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Come on, cousin,
I want to go buy

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an underarm deodorant
that won't fail me.

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MR. JONES:
Well, uh, hold on a minute.

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What speech are you talking
about, Balki?

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Oh, the speech that I make
at the graduation ceremony.

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Uh, there is no
graduation ceremony.

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There isn't?

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Then... Oh-oh, I make
my speech at the prom

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before all the promming starts?

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Uh, there's no prom, either.

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I suppose you're gonna tell me
there's no class picture.

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No graduation

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No class picture?
What is this

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It's night school.

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You'll get your diploma
in the mail.

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You mean I don't get
to make a speech?

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It's a school policy.

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Well, the policy stinks.

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Oh, no, cousin,
it's... It's all right.

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Mr. Jones, I really enjoyed
having you as a teacher.

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Thank you very much.

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Goodbye, Balki, good luck.

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Bye-bye.

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I'm sorry, Balki.

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I had no idea,
everybody gets a graduation.

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No, cousin, it's all right.
It's really all right.

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Um, but if you don't mind
I'm going to walk home

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I just... I wanna be alone
for just a moment.

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It's not fair.

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Night school students
work... Work harder

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than anyone to get
their diplomas.

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They didn't do it the easy way
like you and I did.

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Living at home, going to school
during the day

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having all night to do homework.

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No, no. They have to go
to classes in the evening

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because they have jobs
during the day.

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They study whenever
they can find the time.

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On the bus, on the way
to work, on the weekends.

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And what do they get from you?

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Can you spare the postage?
Uh, listen, uh...

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No, no, no! Hear me out!

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These people earn
their diplomas.

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If anyone deserves
a graduation, they do.

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My summer camp had a graduation.

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Even dog obedience school
has a graduation.

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And all they have to do is
learn to go on the paper.

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If you have any decency,

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any compassion,

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any sense of justice

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you will see
that these people get

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their own graduation ceremony.

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That was very moving...

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But I don't work
here anymore.

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After I turn these papers in,
I'm finished for the semester.

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Aw, come on.

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Can't you do something?

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Well... I guess we could
go talk to the principal.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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And try not to grovel.
She'll eat you alive.

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Cousin.
Balki.

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I have to talk to you.
I have to talk to you too.

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Me first.
I spoke to Mr. Jones and he...

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Cousin, cousin, cousin,
please, please.

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Look, I've been walking
around the windy city

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for two hours feeling
sorry for myself

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and then just before my lips

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were chapped beyond
recognition,

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I say to myself "Balki,
what the matter with you is?"

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Not only did I graduate from
high school, but thanks to you

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I graduate number one
in my class.

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Well, wait till you hear
what I have...

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I mean, let's be real!

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I didn't know about any
graduation ceremony

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or giving a speech

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or going to a prom
until you told me.

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So why, why should I feel like

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my heart has been torn out
by the roots?

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I am a high school graduate.

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I can cope.

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You mean you really don't care

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whether you have
a graduation ceremony or not?

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Oh, cousin, I'm past that.

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Cousin... This is a mature,

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adult Balki you're talking to.

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So, if I told you that Mr. Jones
and I spoke to your principal

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and your class is going to have

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a graduation ceremony
you would say...

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Cowabunga!

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This is the happiest day
of my life.

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And you did it! You did it!

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Balki! Balki! Balki!

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If you don't put me down

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Oh, oh, oh.

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Cousin, I'm sorry.

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I'm... I'm just... I'm so happy.

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I get to have
a graduation ceremony.

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And I get to give a speech.

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I hope my lips heal in time.

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Cousin, I can't believe this.

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How can I ever thank you?

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Just give a great speech.

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If you need any help

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you can always use the one
I wrote, but never got to use

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because of that little tramp,
Becky Jo Quinn.

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Cousin...

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You're going to have
to let that go.

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Graduation. Boy, does
this bring back memories?

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You know, I was voted
most likely to succeed.

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Well, we all have our
little disappointments.

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Larry's such a sweet guy to go
to all this trouble for Balki.

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I'm so excited.

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I have never known anyone

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We've got to move this along.

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Traffic school meets
here in an hour.

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It's time.
Let's take our seats.

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What a coincidence. They
played that at my graduation.

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I wanna thank you
all for coming.

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Before I hand out
the diplomas, we'll hear

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from our valedictorian,
Mr. Balki Bartokomous.

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Thank you.

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I'm a little nervous.

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The last time I spoke
to a group this size

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they were grazing
on a hillside.

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I... I don't know
how to make a speech.

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But I can tell you what I feel.

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Right now, I'm so happy
that it's like

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skyrockets are going off
inside my heart.

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There goes one now.

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You know, just a short while ago

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I was tending sheep
on the hillsides of Mypos

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and my only possessions
were the bearwood staff

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that my grandfather give me

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and my heavy wool blanket

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to keep out the cold and

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and, of course, my Sony Walkman.

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I didn't even know
what a valedictorian was

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and now...

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I am one.

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I keep thinking any minute

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somebody's going to walk
through the door and say

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"Hey you!
What you think you're doing?

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"You think you really get
to live in this nice place

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"and have a nice job

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"and have wonderful friends
and get an education?

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"Get real, farm boy."

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But... It is real.

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I live in America.

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I have a job.

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I... I get to pay taxes.

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I even have a Visa card
with a $200 limit.

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And in just a minute

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I'm going to have
a high school diploma.

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That's really something special.

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I think that my fellow graduates

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and I are going
to make you very proud.

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We have a... Big curiosity

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to learn things
and a big feeling

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of how lucky we are
to live in America

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and a... A big wish

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that we can make America...

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As happy as America makes us.

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That's all that's in there.

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I'm finished now.

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Cousin, I don't understand

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We've been driving around
for an hour.

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Balki, it's tradition.

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You graduate,
you drive to Evanston.

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Everybody does it.

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Welcome to your prom.

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Congratulations, baby.

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May I have this dance?