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- Hey.
- Hey.

- Ugh! Disgusting.
- Alright.

Wow, we're just not biting
our tongues anymore?

This is vintage. Okay, no.

There's a green bubble
on the group chat.

I have an iPhone, but
I left the group chat

after Mr. Johnson
started that soup thread.

Uh, it's me, okay?

I-I got a new phone. A droid.

Wait, there's a group chat?

Look, it's not easy
being green, okay?

Android discrimination is one
of the last acceptable forms

of hate in this country.

There was a pothole
on 50th Street.

I tried to warn you about it.

Yeah, well, I hit it

because I couldn't
read your stupid text.

I just don't have time for this.

Go back to the blue bubble!

Life is hard enough as it is.

Now I got two classes
worth of grades to finish

and a tire to replace.

You know what?

I would like to see
your phone survive that.

Let me in the group chat. No.

I tried, but they say
you "ha ha" every text...

That's not fair,
and that's not true.

Breaking news, y'all.

You let another camera
crew onto school property?

Seriously? We're
from Channel Six.

Rolling. Action news.

The Chief Education Officer

for the Philadelphia Board
of Education is here,

Elizabeth Washington, with a
special announcement.

Every year, the
Philadelphia school district

shines a light on an
educator that represents

what it means to be an
exceptional educator.

And this year, the
award goes to...

Gregory Eddie.

Oh! Oh!

Oh!

This Gregory Eddie? Me?

Yeah, you, with your
fine, silly ass. Ah!

Could we get some B-roll
ahead of the interview

with our Mr. Eddie? Of course.

We have everything you need

for a motivational
yet emotional package.

Sad kids, mad kids,
happy kids, new kids.

Ignore that kid.

I didn't like that.

Oh!

Congratulations, Gregory.

Thanks, I guess.

This is weird, right?

How can I be
Educator of the Year

if I haven't even been
a full-time teacher

for the whole year?

Well, typically, the award
has been about optics.

And by awarding you, it might
encourage other young Black men

to become elementary
school teachers.

Besides, it makes
them look good.

It's not merit-based at all,

but who wants to live
in a meritocracy?

I don't get it.

I'm also very uncomfortable
with the extra attention.

I'm uncomfortable
in general, but...

Alright. You guys are
killing it, truly.

So, what is the
capital of Alaska?

Tasia. Juneau.

That's right... Juneau,

which is also a
very funny movie.

Alright, let's
move on to the Aloha state.

Ohh, I hate geography.

Deshaun, please.

Shut up!

Ooh!

That's Deshaun.

Deshaun's been having
difficulties all year,

but lately, it's
been getting worse.

I tried talking to him,
incentivizing him with rewards,

but nothing's
really worked. Yet.

So, I'm gonna be using my
not-so-secret secret weapon,

a parent meeting.

Come on. Enjoy your recess.

And please don't eat any dirt.

I just added new fertilizer.

Oh, I'm just going
to the bathroom.

You don't need to follow me.

Good. Yeah.

Barbara, this came for you.

I have to go to court?

Oh, wait. This is a
cease-and-desist for me.

Coleman Camping
Supplies seems to think

that they're the only Colemans
that can sell camping supplies.

I got lanterns, too.

You didn't complete

your continuing
education requirements.

Every five years,
every schoolteacher

must take continuing
education classes,

as mandated by the
school district,

which means that
after all these years,

I must prove to them
that I can still teach.

It is preposterous.

I'm sure I completed them all.

Well, the school
district says otherwise,

'cause you're one course short.

You'll have to complete it,

or you will lose
your teaching license

and you'll be out
on the streets.

Why can't you be
more like Gregory?

Have more
educator-of-the-year energy.

Hey, Ava? Sorry.

I have something pressing.

Can I get your
permission to move up

a parent-teacher meeting
from next week to today?

I'm having... Sounds lovely.

I have an announcement to make.

Go bananas.

Okay.

Alright.

Now, remember to keep sounding
out those vocab words,

and you did really good
on that last quiz, okay?

And cut! That was beautiful.

Actually, Brayden,
I'll give the notes.

So, can we just try another one

where you give him a high five?

I didn't do that
for the cameras.

Oh, I know that's clear.

But this one's
gonna be delightful.

Delightful.

You can sit down, man.

Um, do you guys think
you have enough?

Like, are we done here?

You're not what I would
call a natural, but yeah.

So, I think we are
done filming, guys.

Great. Awesome.
You can head out.

Right this way.

So... Oh, my bad.
You're the doc crew.

You're the one with the
bird tattoo, not the snake.

You can stay.

But y'all can dip
like guacamole.

Come on, now. There it is.

Okay.

The door is right
down this hallway.

I'm gonna...

Okay. And we'll see
you at the ceremony.

Ceremony? What?

Well, there's a
ceremony, of course.

There's food, drinks,
spoken-word poem,

children's choir...

From Abbott? Oh,
God, I hope not.

Oh, bonus...

We have one of your
fellow teachers

who's gonna present the
award to you herself.

Mm. Who are you talking about?

Ms. Schemmenti to deliver, uh,

a speech about your
outsized accomplishments,

which I'm sure... Um, could we
get another teacher to do it?

Like, literally anybody else?

Or maybe I could even
present it to myself.

Attention, Abbott!

After school in
the gym... Oh. Shh!

We'll be having the Educator
of the Year ceremony

for the slim, the sensual,
the strange Gregory Eddie.

He'll receive said award
from everyone's favorite

neighborhood Italian,
Melissa Schemmenti.

Gaba gootz!

Ladies free before 3:00 p. m.

Sponsored by Bone
Town. Oww, oww!

What the hell's going on?
Melissa, I'm sorry. I had no idea.

Okay, why me?

So, we like to have a
diverse, kaleidoscopic POV

to bridge the gap between
culture and education.

What this white lady is saying

is they want a
white lady to do it

because y'all been
acting up this year.

Yes! Thank you so
much. That's right.

Trust me, you don't want to
get on the district's bad side.

- Ms. Schemmenti!
- Ms. Schemmenti!

- Ms. Schemmenti!
- Ms. Schemmenti!

- Ms. Schemmenti!
- Ms. Schemmenti!

Hey, Mr. Educator
of the Yeeeear!

Don't
do that.

Uh, how's it going
with Deshaun today?

Oh, it's...

it's going.

Yeah, let's just say I'm happy
I'm talking to his mom today.

So, you ready to get the
keys to the city yet?

I hate to break up
this little love-fest,

but I don't have much time.

What love? There's
no love here.

Gregory, intro!

Bye.

So, apparently,
I'm supposed to say

some nice things about you,

so why don't you just
tell me some of the things

you think you accomplished
over the year,

and I'll whip it
up into an intro?

Okay, have a seat.

Alright. Uh, okay.

I feel like we've made
progress on identifying shapes,

although a lot of them got
hexagons and polygons confused.

And then one of them thought a
polygon was the Pentagon, and...

Okay, just give me something,

anything you thought
you were good at... go.

I-I don't... I
don't really know.

I feel like I'm below average
at teaching language arts,

which, like, what does
that say about me?

How about I say
you are punctual?

And all the kids love you.

To be completely honest,
I don't know that they do.

But some of them like me.

How about this?

I'm just gonna do,
like, a regift speech.

I'll just repurpose
some of the compliments

I've gotten over the years.

Okay?

Jacob, I'm going to
ask you something,

and I only want a "yes"
or a "no" response.

Can you help me... Oh, my God!

Lord, build me a
fence. Yes. What is it?

Calm down.

I need help signing into a
continuing education class.

Okay, well, let's
take a look-see.

Looks like a lot of
goofy acronyms so far.

Mm. A complete waste of time.

NAP... Nodding and Praising.

I only praise the Lord.

MUD... Meeting Under Duress.

Mm, I came up out of the mud.

FART... Facilitating
A Reading Tyke.

Seems like they
wanted to do that.

And look, most of
the seats are taken.

Uh, okay, got one.

Boom! IGAL...
Intergenerational Active Listening.

What'd you say?

IGAL for My Gal.

Put it in your cal, pal.

Oh! Yurrr!

There he is,
Educator of the Year!

Ashley. What are
you doing here?

I thought you were at
another school now.

I was. And
then another one after that,

and then another one after that.

And then they gave me
Teacher's Aide of the Year!

Look at us.

Two young guns,
killing awards season.

Pew pew!

♪ La la la la la la la ♪

This feels like a bit much.

♪ La la
la la la la la ♪

That was my first school ID.

I forgot to smile.

♪ La la
la la la la la ♪

Your award put the
spotlight on Abbott,

so we have to make the most
of it before the news moves on

to a cannibal celebrity or
some new Frisbee dog champion.

Now, get onstage and tell me
if these lasers blind you.

Hey, Pink Floyd,

since you gave me nothing to work with
for your intro... ♪ La la la la la la la ♪

I thought maybe I'd just go with
the quickest dinner grace I know,

but I thank you
instead of Jesus.

Uh, Melissa. What's up?

How do you feel about all this?

Yeah, you know, it's
all bit showy and goofy,

but I do like that giant gift certificate
to Bone Town. ♪ La la la la la la la ♪

I like that sort of thing.

You know, food.

The wind
beneath our...

Wings!

Gregory Eddie, a
Black man with a plan.

Ain't that fly? ♪ La
la la la la la la ♪

Some may go low, but
he won't go get...

High!

Er learning with a hue
and sense of humor.

Take him down?

Nah, son. ♪ La la
la la la la la ♪

His name ain't Nas, but he's...

God's son!

♪ Did you ever knowwww that
you're my herrrrrooooooooooo? ♪

Oh, hi.

Ms. O'Neill, please come in.

Cassandra. Alright.

Nice to meet you,
Ms. Cassandra.

Just Cassandra works fine.

Alright. Please have a seat.

First of all, thank you
so much for coming in.

I know it's difficult to do
in the middle of a work day.

Oh, it's fine. I just
had someone pick up

the rest of my shift on
short notice, but I'm here.

I respect that, so I'll
get right into it. Mm-hmm.

So, you know, I've been
dealing with some issues

with your son Deshaun since
the beginning of the year,

minor issues, and I've
been managing them,

but as the year has gone on,

it's just gotten
progressively worse.

Worse? How?

Well, it started off
with, like, small things,

like him calling out the answers
without raising his hand.

But, you know, now it's
started to escalate

to him throwing books and...

The right answers or
the wrong answers?

Well, right or wrong,

it's just disruptive
to the other students.

Mm-hmm, I see.

And look, I know we both
want what's best for Deshaun.

So what do you want from me?

Well, I thought...

Thought what, exactly?

This wasn't my first
option, by the way.

As I've said, his behavior

has been getting
progressively worse,

and I've been
trying to make sure

he's having a successful
time at school.

And nobody's stopping
you from doing that.

He's kind of stopping
me, actually.

He's 7. You can't
control a 7-year-old?

Cassandra, it's
not about control.

You know, we're setting him up

to be the best
student he can be,

and you know, we're
a team in this.

We're not a team.

And I don't see how he
could be the best student

that he could be with
a teacher like you.

Um, excuse me?

And now
my boss is calling.

I took time out of my
day, away from my job,

to come down here to hear
you complain about my son,

and you're not even
doing your job.

I'm doing the best
I can with your son.

If this is the best
that you can do,

you are the worst teacher
that I've ever seen.

You know, and you're right.

Call me Ms. O'Neill.

Down here wasting my damn time.

Janine? Ah.

What's wrong?

Um,
Deshaun's mom, uh...

she called me a bad
teacher, and it was just...

I don't even know why
I'm crying right now.

Look, look.

She doesn't know what
she's talking about, okay?

You're a good teacher, Janine.

Janine?

Who am I going to have

an intergenerational
conversation with?

Oh.

What happened? A
parent yelled at her.

I'm trying to help, but I think
I'm making it worse. It's okay.

Paging
Educator of the Year, Mr. Eddie.

Your essence is needed at
the award presentation,

so bring that punim to the gym!

Gregory, you go on
ahead. I can handle this.

Knock if you need me.
I'll be in my classroom.

Okay. Go on.

Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Uh, so she comes in,

and I told her about
her son's acting out.

You know, I'm trying to
have a conversation...

Cool, calm, where we figure
out what to do. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

I offered solutions.

I was patient.

I told her we're a team.

And...

she
just destroyed me.

She called me the worst
teacher she's ever seen.

Janine, do you believe
you're the worst teacher?

I don't know.

I've done everything
I can for Deshaun,

and it's not enough, so maybe.

So, what you're gonna
do is pick yourself up,

dust yourself off,

come back here tomorrow,
and do your job.

But I didn't solve the problem.

I am failing him.

I have been called a
bad teacher more times

than I can ever
remember.

People have thrown
dirt on my name.

Others have given
flowers.

But it's all a garden to me.

Barbara, I've never
seen you fail a child.

You always find a
solution. Oh, please.

I do not always have the answer.

In fact, there are some
issues and problems

that are just too
difficult for anyone,

even me, to solve
in one school year.

But if you come back here
tomorrow ready to do your job,

having not given up on
yourself or that student,

well, that is not failure.

Sometimes, that's what
success looks like.

So, how long do you think
that conversation was?

You know, let's just
round it up to 15 minutes.

Now, I am going to need
you to initial and sign

my IGAL worksheet.

Oh, okay. Yeah.
See? There you go.

Oh, and if you see
any more weeping millennials

roaming the hallway,
please, send them my way.

Okay. Um, thank you so much.

Thank you, baby.

Hey!

What are you doing in here,
Mr. Educator of the Year?

The ceremony's out this way.

Look, I don't think I can go
up there and accept this award.

What?

They set up the
whole gym for you.

I wrote you this great speech.

Well, I landed on a
Jalen Hurts tribute post

that I repurposed, but still.

Honestly, I feel ridiculous.

Like, I don't
deserve this award.

With everything that
Barbara does for the school,

and you teaching two
grades, and... and...

And Janine getting
yelled at by a parent,

I feel like I'm the last
person who should get this.

Yeah, you're definitely not the
best teacher in Philadelphia.

Or, you know, this school.

Or your grade. Or
even this classroom.

Is there a point? Like,
where are we going?

Gregory, you don't deserve
to be Educator of the Year.

Still waiting for that point.

But I've seen you stick it out
and improve week after week.

You work really hard to
get better, and you care.

So maybe someday, you'll grow
into deserving this award.

But you know what?

They're not gonna
give it to you then.

'Cause you can't choose
when people acknowledge you.

This is your moment.

So just, hey, think of it like
you accept the award early.

Okay.

Maybe I'm like
"Rookie of the Year."

Yeah.

Well, the thing is, you are
still an important member

of this team, so
get in the game.

Yeah! Let's go, Slugger!

Finally, I'd like to send a
shout-out to all the schools

I haven't had to
soft quit this year.

Not me
being so good at my job

they always tell me I
don't have to come back.

Thank you.

Wow...

so beautiful to
see a LatinX aide

share her why with us.

Now, please welcome to the stage

Italian-American teacher
Melissa Schemmenti,

who will introduce
our marquee award,

Educator of the Year.

Okay, even for me, this seems
incredibly performative.

You got this, girl!
Do it for Italy!

Got it, Ashley. Okay.

I'm here to present
Educator of the Year

for some God-forsaken reason.

This trophy gets
handed out every year

to some random jabroni,

and this year, it's
going to... an underdog.

When he came off
the bench last year,

we all wrote him off,

like some 53rd overall draft
pick in the second round.

Yes, we did.

But week after week, this
young man stepped up.

And this year, he is
Abbott's first string.

Hell, he's Offensive
Player of the Year.

Educator. Educator
of the Year!

We're happy to have
him on our team,

and with him, we
can go all the way

to the Super Bowl of learning!

Ladies and gentlemen,
your Educator of the Year,

Gregory Thompson Eddie!

Wow, t-thank you, Melissa, um...

I'm actually a Ravens fan.

Go to hell.

Uh, this is surreal, um...

But realistically, I
can't accept this award.

Cameras down.

I'll accept on his behalf.

I can't fully accept this award
because I'm still learning.

Cameras back up.

As teachers, we all are.

But every day I can
come in here and teach,

I'm being held up
by some of the most

incredibly deserving
teachers here at Abbott.

This profession isn't
about being the best,

it's about doing your best.

Being a constant
for your students

on the good days, the
bad, the terrible.

It's the showing up that counts.

Uh, so I'd like to
dedicate this award

to all the teachers
here at Abbott

who show up every day
and give their best.

It's an honor to walk
through those doors

with you every morning.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And please, please give a hand
to this wonderful Black man.

Whoo!

How you doing?

Better now.

Today was tough.

Definitely don't feel
like Teacher of the Year.

You know, funny
enough, neither do I.

Ah. Aide of the Year!

Mm. Yeah.

I know that we've always had

a will-they-won't-they
thing going,

but I appreciate how you've
remained professional.

My heart is with Benito.

Who's she talking about? Mnh.

Ah!

Oh, okay. Oh, wow.

Delicious.

Qué rico, qué rico, qué rico.

That award is ugly as hell.

I mean, an apple? You think?

I'm pretty sure they
got it from Dollar Tree.

I bet it cost

tree dollars.

Shabba!

Oh, Gregory,
I am so proud of you.

Thank you, Janine.

I am proud of you.

My heart is full of love

even though my pockets
are full of lint.

Oh, Gregory, our
love is so pure.

Actually,
I'm gonna go home.

We were killin' it!

Mm. Alright, you're all logged
in for your first class.

Make friends and learn lots.

Alright.

Let's see who's teaching
this.

Okay.

Hello, everyone.

I'm your teacher, Dr. Johnson.

Welcome to Intergenerational
Active Listening,

also known as iGal. Okurr?

The active listening class
that hits different, no cap.

I'll be your teacher,
but not your friend.

And I'm low-key deadass.

You don't like it,
then hop off, bro.

Feel free to chime in

if someone hasn't
understood the assignment.

Ya feel me, stupid?

Stupid?

Did I say that right?

Oh, Lord.

Deadass.

Dea...