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Look at him.
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Look at that smug look on his smug face.
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He thinks the presidency
is his birthright,
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like he's the heir to the throne.
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I don't care who your mother is.
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You just want to ruin my chances
of getting into Harvard, don't you?
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Like when you brought in the governor
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to upstage
my kindergarten graduation speech.
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But I'm not gonna let you get in my way,
not this time.
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God, do I detest you.
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I loathe you, Bennett Russell.
I despise you, Bennett Russell.
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- I abhor you...
- Isn't that right, Lona?
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I'm sorry?
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Isn't your president
usually decided by a vote?
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Yes, but since we have an even number
of members, we cannot have a vote.
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- Well, how many members do you have?
- Two.
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- Uh, she and I.
- Her and I.
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- Her and myself.
- Him and me, myself and I. We, two!
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- I got it.
- He gets it.
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Therefore,
seniority should take precedent.
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- I'm a month older than she is.
- No, seniority, not age.
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I've participated and placed
in more total events than he has,
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including the state tournament.
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I've also raised more money
than she has for our program,
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and for our school
and for that lovely building...
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You don't get to buy your way
to the top with your mother's Rolodex.
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Isn't this ultimately
Mr. Johnson's responsibility?
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Absolutely.
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But he said that if he made the decision,
it would cause tension in our club.
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- Principal Nelson, this is our...
- Co-presidents!
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Co what?
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Co-presidents!
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Therefore, unlike years past,
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the two of you will finally learn
how to work together.
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No! Co-presidents goes against the purpose
of even having a president.
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Fine. No president.
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No president?
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No president, co-president,
I don't give a damn.
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A year from now,
I'm gonna be in the south of France,
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sipping something strong,
sweet and expensive, capiche?
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No capiche.
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Lona, I don't have the energy,
I don't have the time.
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Frankly, I've already forgotten
what club you're here...
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- Debate!
- Debate!
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Go. Out. Scram.
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Shoo!
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Go talk to Kathy.
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Principal Nelson knows
how much we hate each other.
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- What is he trying to accomplish?
- Maybe it'll teach you a lesson.
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What lesson?
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I don't know. Just sounded like
the kind of thing I should say.
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Kathy, this is a vehement hatred.
There's nothing that we agree on.
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- You both don't like the arrangement.
- Besides that.
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- And you both hate each other...
- You're not helping.
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You are now one of the presidents.
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Put that in your little Harvard
application and move on.
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- To what?
- To whatever your heart desires.
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Kathy, my heart is a muscular organ
that pumps blood through my body,
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and, although romanticized,
has no bearing on my love life
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- or my moral decision-making.
- All right.
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Let me rephrase.
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You ask anybody to Homecoming yet?
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No.
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I'm not a social person.
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So what? You think I waited around
for some guy to ask me out?
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No, sir.
I got things done on my own terms.
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And look at me, I did great.
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Sorry.
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My greatest skill is arguing with people.
That's not date material.
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If you show up at that dance
wearing a tux,
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you're gonna be approached by more ladies
than that guy on that sexist TV show,
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I can never remember the name.
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What's it called,
the one with the bachelor?
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- The Bachelor.
- That's the one.
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I mean, but why have a relationship
in high school?
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You wind up at different colleges,
and then it was all a waste of time.
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Why do you guys take Calculus
when you're not gonna become engineers?
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Because Calculus teaches you to...
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Whatever it teaches you,
it doesn't matter.
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It gives you tools, right?
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So your argument
is that I'll become a better kisser?
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No! My argument...
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Well, yes. Wait, yes!
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I was gonna talk about lasting
relationships, but kissing is better.
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Forget Yale.
Focus on becoming a better kisser.
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- Are you writing this down?
- You want me to write it?
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The world needs good men
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who know how to kiss.
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I'm dead serious.
Are you writing this down?
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- No!
- Well, you should,
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because Research Connection
is the gold standard!
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You can't even do
a date-specific search on that site,
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- and it's a hundred dollars more...
- It's $50 more.
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Yeah, easy for you to say
when you wipe your ass with $50 bills.
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But for those of us who don't have
the opportunity to have that luxury...
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Stop!
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Not my tempo.
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"Not my tempo."
Come on, from Whiplash.
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Really? Nobody saw it? JK Simmons.
He won an Academy Award.
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Mr. Johnson, as I was saying...
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The extra 50 bucks
is within our budget, Lona.
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And furthermore,
there's no reason you should ever mention
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your fellow student's estimated wealth
and whether they can or cannot afford
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to wipe their butts
with any type of currency.
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Mr. Johnson, it's a terrible site.
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We only get to buy a subscription
to one research database per year,
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and it should be East Law.
It's ranked number one.
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- By you and your mom?
- By U.S. News Report.
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And besides,
we have to conserve our funds,
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so that Taylor and Tucker
have the resources they need to learn.
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Who?
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Taylor and Tanner
joined our club this afternoon.
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And they deserve to have an opinion.
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Democracy is democracy.
It doesn't matter if they're uneducated.
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- New. She means new.
- Same difference.
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She means new.
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We don't even know
what a research database is.
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You both are going to do great.
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Now, first of all,
this team needed some new faces,
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and apparently a new attitude.
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Second of all,
if we're gonna get anywhere this year,
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you two have gotta agree
on something, anything,
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or I swear
I'm gonna make the twins co-presidents.
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Bennett said he raised money?
Am I to assume he went door to door?
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'Cause his mother's an ATM with lipstick
who releases 50s every time she farts.
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She's a very popular senator.
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Please.
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Julia's a state senator.
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And to me, she's still the teenage robot
who lived in the library.
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Hey! I live in the library.
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- Yeah, you're different.
- Different how?
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You're just different.
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Listen, tomorrow you're gonna win
another trophy
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and the Harvard application
isn't due for another week...
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Four days.
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Shit! Four days?
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Okay, well, did you write it in?
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Yes. Lona Skinner, co-president...
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...of the Hemlock Prep Academy
Debate Club.
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You should be proud of that.
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What?
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You earned it, and you are qualified,
and you are my son.
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One second, baby.
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Julia Russell.
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Listen, I was in D.C. last week.
I'm going to D.C. next week,
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so you tell those wrinkled old bags
that I am not coming to D.C. this week,
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and if they lose their shit
I will buy each of them a diaper.
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As a first-generation college student,
I know the importance of higher education,
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which is why I started this foundation
that hands out scholarships.
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I'm hanging up on you now.
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Sorry, baby.
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No, it's just that
being co-presidents is ridiculous,
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- because Lona is impossible to work with.
- Oh!
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Forget about her and her mother.
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You just need to focus
on that good-looking dude in the mirror
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that's getting into Yale. Am I right?
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Right? Next month,
you'll qualify for the state tournament
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and Harvard will give you a full ride,
just like Hemlock did.
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Because we're poor.
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No. Because you're smart.
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And you're a hard worker.
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And you're a kick-ass debater.
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And because we're poor.
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I'm just glad it'll all be over soon.
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I'll be at Harvard and Bennett
will be at Yale, and that will be that.
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You're right.
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Good luck today, sweetie.
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Oh, my God. It's not about luck, Mom.
We've been through this.
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This isn't a sport, where the ball drifts
in and out of play
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depending upon the weather.
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This is a skilled event based on research,
memorization and execution,
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where I am in charge of my own destiny.
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- It's not about luck.
- Obviously.
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I'm gonna go jump in the coffee
and make some shower.
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Ladies and gentlemen, debaters and guests
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welcome to the 51st Montague Classic.
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The first round will be starting
in approximately ten minutes.
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- Amy!
- Senator.
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Senator? Please! Come on.
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You know it's Julia. How are you?
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I'm really well.
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My daughter is the co-president
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of the Hemlock Prep Academy
Debate Club, so...
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How silly was that?
Co-presidents?
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Well, I'm just glad
it all worked out in the end.
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Actually, I don't think it worked out.
I think Lona deserved it.
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And that's what makes you
such a great mom.
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We should all feel that way
about our kids, right?
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No, I think the fact
that she's the school's
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only three-time state qualifier
makes her the best choice.
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Well, sometimes we just gotta let
the system work, don't we?
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It's good to see you, uh, Amy.
Good luck to your daughter.
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It's not about luck, Julia.
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Hello, I'm Bennett.
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- Hey, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
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All right, it's time. My name is Zach.
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I'm gonna be your judge
for today's debate.
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As previously assigned,
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Hemlock Prep is gonna be arguing
for the affirmative
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and Western for the negative.
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- Any questions?
- How's Princeton?
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It's going great. Thanks, Lona.
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How are you?
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I'm just glad you're judging
and not sitting over there.
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All right, you're up.
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Is anyone not ready?
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I affirm the costs of a college education
are outweighed by the benefits.
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As of 2011, student loan debt and credit
card debt topped one trillion dollars...
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In the evidence previously mentioned,
the numbers suggest that we...
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That is why you must vote aff.
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Is anyone not ready?
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I negate that the costs of
a college education outweigh the benefits.
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...has effectively become the threshold
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for middle class and family income.
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In 1970 almost 60%
of high school graduates, um,
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were in middle school
but that number plummeted...
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That's why you must vote neg.
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I'm voting with the affirmative,
Hemlock Prep.
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Is anyone not ready?
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I negate the costs of a college education
outweigh the benefits.
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One: during times of economic depression
college educations are vital.
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Given the uncertain nature of the economy
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a college education can function
as an insurance policy.
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First, the demand for college degrees
is rising.
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Getting a college education
is more important than ever.
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...significant amount of gains associated
with higher lifetime earnings.
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If people have more money in their pockets
they're able to spend that money...
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The labor report we provided predicts
job openings will soon increase
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as the Baby Boomer generation
continues to retire.
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Therefore, we should encourage
college graduation
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to ensure people have enough
disposable income
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to contribute to national
and global economies.
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A college education remains
the best option...
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And that is why you must vote neg.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the awards ceremony
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of the 51st Annual Classic.
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These are some of the biggest statuettes
I've ever seen.
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And we did that on purpose.
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Okay, I have a stupid question.
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- There are no stupid questions.
- Just stupid people.
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00:13:44,865 --> 00:13:47,493
Uninformed. She means uninformed.
What's your question?
242
00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:48,970
Why do you talk so fast when you debate?
243
00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:51,806
A few years back, they changed the rules
so we only have eight minutes per round.
244
00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:54,225
And then everyone started speaking faster
to get more points.
245
00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:55,167
The more arguments you make,
246
00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:57,331
the more arguments your opponents
have to respond to.
247
00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:58,855
But you can't understand
what you're saying.
248
00:13:58,879 --> 00:13:59,879
- You can't.
- You can?
249
00:13:59,963 --> 00:14:00,964
Nobody can.
250
00:14:01,005 --> 00:14:03,567
Everyone emails judges and opponents
everything right before the debate.
251
00:14:03,591 --> 00:14:04,426
So everyone's reading.
252
00:14:04,509 --> 00:14:06,386
And that's a good tip for all of you.
253
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:10,182
When you're debating, don't get bored
by the sound of your own voice.
254
00:14:10,265 --> 00:14:12,893
Be bored by the other person's voice.
255
00:14:12,976 --> 00:14:13,811
Are you guys done?
256
00:14:13,894 --> 00:14:15,580
Shouldn't there be one more round
of debates?
257
00:14:15,604 --> 00:14:17,289
- What about the finals?
- That's a great question.
258
00:14:17,313 --> 00:14:19,292
But the last two standing
are from the same school.
259
00:14:19,316 --> 00:14:20,626
You can't debate against your own school.
260
00:14:20,650 --> 00:14:22,711
- Stupid rule.
- So what happens then?
261
00:14:22,735 --> 00:14:27,115
Co-champions, ladies and gentlemen,
from Hemlock Prep Academy,
262
00:14:27,198 --> 00:14:29,326
Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell!
263
00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,878
- Lona, congratulations.
- Thank you.
264
00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,648
- Bennett, congratulations.
- Thank you.
265
00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:23,923
Are you sure we filled out
the financial part correctly?
266
00:15:24,005 --> 00:15:26,216
Well, you're going to community college
if we didn't.
267
00:15:26,299 --> 00:15:27,676
Mom!
268
00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:30,428
It's fine. I took it to an H&R Block guy.
269
00:15:30,511 --> 00:15:33,264
And that guy says you're getting in.
270
00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:34,642
And he went to Brown University,
271
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:38,604
which I think
is also an Ivy League school.
272
00:15:40,605 --> 00:15:41,605
No?
273
00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:45,443
It is. Brown University! Right?
274
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,043
It's good, Lona. It really is.
275
00:16:02,126 --> 00:16:04,797
- I only have one question.
- What?
276
00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:06,465
Is it all true?
277
00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:11,135
I mean, in my day if I mowed one lawn,
I put down "landscape architect."
278
00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:15,099
I saw one black and white movie,
the thing said "cinematic historian."
279
00:16:15,182 --> 00:16:16,892
It's okay. You can tell me.
280
00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:18,059
It's all true.
281
00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:19,852
Right answer.
282
00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:21,187
Is anything missing?
283
00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,691
Honestly, yes.
284
00:16:24,399 --> 00:16:25,859
- One thing.
- What?
285
00:16:25,942 --> 00:16:26,942
What?
286
00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,654
My lucky stamp.
287
00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:33,826
Your application
is now guidance counselor-certified
288
00:16:33,908 --> 00:16:36,161
and gets my stamp of approval.
289
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:37,162
It's a tradition.
290
00:16:37,245 --> 00:16:38,998
What's the success rate of your students?
291
00:16:39,081 --> 00:16:42,500
One hundred percent of my students
end up at the institution
292
00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:43,836
where they're meant to be.
293
00:16:43,918 --> 00:16:45,837
Oh, God.
294
00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:47,588
Oh, what are you worried about?
295
00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,967
Who did your mom get to write you a letter
of recommendation to get into Yale?
296
00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,654
- Someone who went to Harvard.
- Just someone who went to Harvard.
297
00:16:53,678 --> 00:16:54,554
Barack Obama.
298
00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:56,974
- Barack Obama.
- He's a family friend.
299
00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,058
Family friend, Barack Obama.
300
00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:00,620
He also used to be
President of the United States.
301
00:17:00,644 --> 00:17:02,687
Yeah, I know. I voted for him.
302
00:17:02,770 --> 00:17:04,355
And I went to school with him.
303
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,691
And I dated his brother-in-law.
304
00:17:05,773 --> 00:17:08,443
That's two truths and a lie.
You pick the lie.
305
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,488
- So you'll mail it out for me?
- Oh, no, no.
306
00:17:11,571 --> 00:17:13,824
You have to take this down
to the school mailbox
307
00:17:13,906 --> 00:17:14,741
and mail it yourself.
308
00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:16,410
Because when you're my age,
309
00:17:16,492 --> 00:17:19,997
all your high school memories
blend in together.
310
00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:21,999
Except for a very few moments.
311
00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:24,460
And 50 bucks says this is one of them.
312
00:17:34,177 --> 00:17:35,177
Don't worry.
313
00:17:36,387 --> 00:17:38,557
- Take your time.
- Of course.
314
00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:41,894
It's just, you know, Harvard.
315
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,895
That's a very good school.
316
00:17:45,146 --> 00:17:46,731
I'm sure you'll be very competitive.
317
00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,567
I'm going to Yale.
318
00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,987
- Oh, that's a good one, too.
- Thank you.
319
00:18:11,923 --> 00:18:12,923
Thank you.
320
00:18:13,383 --> 00:18:14,383
All right.
321
00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:40,535
What are you doing?
322
00:18:41,161 --> 00:18:43,955
- What does it look like?
- Yeah, but you need to be getting ready.
323
00:18:44,038 --> 00:18:45,767
I have plenty of time.
This is more important.
324
00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:48,585
I have the regional qualifier
for the state tournament tomorrow.
325
00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:52,256
It's your senior year.
One dance will not kill you.
326
00:18:52,338 --> 00:18:53,757
It might.
327
00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,925
It's Homecoming. You're going.
328
00:18:56,509 --> 00:18:59,304
- You're meeting up at a friend's house?
- Yes, I have friends, Mom.
329
00:18:59,387 --> 00:19:00,508
Then you'll all go together?
330
00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:03,724
Mom, you won, okay?
I'm going to Homecoming.
331
00:19:03,808 --> 00:19:05,519
You don't have to know every detail.
332
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,648
- Pick one. I'll return the rest.
- No, those are not my style.
333
00:19:11,357 --> 00:19:12,442
And what is your style?
334
00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,818
What's wrong with this?
335
00:19:15,069 --> 00:19:17,405
You're not going to homecoming
dressed like an accountant.
336
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,575
I thought you said
I was pulling off Diane Keaton.
337
00:19:20,616 --> 00:19:21,616
Did I?
338
00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:25,413
Sweetie, you're a teenager.
339
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:28,541
Would it kill you to dress
like Taylor Swift for one night?
340
00:19:29,417 --> 00:19:33,087
Here. Try this on. If it fits, it's yours.
341
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,590
Please?
342
00:19:46,809 --> 00:19:48,228
Sweet Jesus.
343
00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,022
You don't think it's too revealing?
344
00:19:51,105 --> 00:19:52,566
You gotta give 'em a little taste.
345
00:19:52,648 --> 00:19:53,648
Mom!
346
00:19:54,108 --> 00:19:55,027
You look beautiful.
347
00:19:55,109 --> 00:19:57,069
You look elegant.
348
00:19:57,153 --> 00:19:58,153
Is that better?
349
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:02,659
It's expensive and the money should be
going to my college fund...
350
00:20:02,742 --> 00:20:04,286
Going to this.
351
00:20:04,368 --> 00:20:07,038
I would take seven side jobs if I had to.
352
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:10,416
You've been the cheapest teenage daughter
a mother could have.
353
00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,711
No jewelry.
354
00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,380
No makeup. No pregnancies.
355
00:20:15,463 --> 00:20:17,715
No jail time that I know of.
356
00:20:18,799 --> 00:20:20,719
Honestly, I can't believe you're my kid.
357
00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:23,387
I want this for you.
358
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:25,891
I want this for me.
359
00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:30,144
You know, this is one of those
360
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,605
mother-daughter special moments,
don't you?
361
00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:35,442
What, my inability to breathe?
362
00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:39,195
Well, I think the goal is to get out
of the dress as quickly as possible.
363
00:20:39,278 --> 00:20:40,572
I'm kidding.
364
00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,395
? A bird without a swing
365
00:22:28,596 --> 00:22:29,431
Oh!
366
00:22:29,513 --> 00:22:31,682
- Watch where you're...
- Sorry.
367
00:22:39,523 --> 00:22:41,108
Uh... Theater Two?
368
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:43,359
Huh.
369
00:23:36,539 --> 00:23:37,958
Shoot.
370
00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:50,219
Um...
371
00:23:51,846 --> 00:23:54,266
I'm just glad I'm not the only one
who still gets dressed up
372
00:23:54,348 --> 00:23:55,474
to go to the movies.
373
00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,269
I don't want to talk about it.
374
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,189
Um...
375
00:24:01,272 --> 00:24:02,440
Do you want a ride?
376
00:24:07,528 --> 00:24:08,989
I can walk.
377
00:24:09,071 --> 00:24:10,071
Lona, it's...
378
00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,740
It's cold outside.
379
00:24:14,869 --> 00:24:16,913
That's a keen observation.
380
00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:19,249
Well, we got the regional qualifier
tomorrow, so...
381
00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:20,332
Is it tomorrow?
382
00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:22,961
God, I better start preparing. Hmm.
383
00:24:33,930 --> 00:24:35,807
You'll take me straight home?
384
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:43,064
Let me get a number four
with a large fry and a vanilla shake.
385
00:24:43,856 --> 00:24:44,691
Do you want something?
386
00:24:44,773 --> 00:24:46,651
You were supposed
to take me straight home.
387
00:24:46,734 --> 00:24:48,569
I don't even understand why we're here.
388
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,740
- She'll have a chocolate shake.
- I'm not drinking that.
389
00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,575
I saw a documentary
about places like this
390
00:24:53,657 --> 00:24:55,911
called Fast and Furious:
On Your Intestines.
391
00:24:55,993 --> 00:24:58,579
Sure, it goes down easy.
But you'll be curled over...
392
00:25:10,424 --> 00:25:12,105
They said it was supposed to rain tonight.
393
00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:14,970
It might.
394
00:25:15,888 --> 00:25:18,182
Why are you even eating here? Hmm?
395
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:19,934
Is your personal chef on holiday?
396
00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,560
He's vacationing in Belize.
397
00:25:23,771 --> 00:25:25,022
I don't have a chef.
398
00:25:25,773 --> 00:25:28,151
Well, you should,
because this crap will kill you.
399
00:25:28,234 --> 00:25:31,528
I don't know how anyone could make
the conscious decision to eat here.
400
00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:33,615
I'm not drinking it.
401
00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:36,785
Right? Yeah?
402
00:25:36,867 --> 00:25:39,663
This time, dip a fry inside.
403
00:25:40,829 --> 00:25:42,874
That's disgusting.
404
00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,750
Everything's better with fries.
405
00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:48,003
I mean, sweet and salty perfection.
406
00:25:48,087 --> 00:25:49,087
Here.
407
00:25:50,173 --> 00:25:51,173
Try it.
408
00:26:06,105 --> 00:26:07,941
No, thank you.
409
00:26:08,023 --> 00:26:09,067
It's just a jacket.
410
00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:35,801
Thanks for the shake.
411
00:26:42,683 --> 00:26:44,352
Don't be late tomorrow.
412
00:26:57,699 --> 00:26:59,742
Hi, Bennett. It's your mother.
413
00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:01,536
I know you're inside,
414
00:27:01,744 --> 00:27:04,622
but I know today is also the day
for the qualifiers,
415
00:27:04,705 --> 00:27:06,624
so I wanted to wish you luck
416
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,794
because I know you are going to qualify
and be at that state tournament.
417
00:27:09,877 --> 00:27:14,007
I also wanted to let you know
that in anticipation of that excitement,
418
00:27:14,089 --> 00:27:17,426
I reserved us two rooms at that hotel,
the one with the waterfall.
419
00:27:17,509 --> 00:27:18,635
I can't wait.
420
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,306
Anyway, have a great day, honey.
Oh! And before I forget,
421
00:27:21,388 --> 00:27:25,727
I laid on your bed that outfit
that I think is just so damn charming.
422
00:27:25,809 --> 00:27:27,770
I'm so excited. I love you!
423
00:27:30,356 --> 00:27:33,942
So do you like arguing the con side
or the pro side?
424
00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:37,197
It's called "aff" for affirmative
and "neg" for negative.
425
00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:39,199
That's what I meant, aff or neg.
426
00:27:39,281 --> 00:27:42,160
- It doesn't matter.
- No, I know, but...
427
00:27:42,242 --> 00:27:44,621
That's why we have
the same debate topic all year long,
428
00:27:44,703 --> 00:27:47,289
so that we get to know
both sides intimately.
429
00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:50,085
But which one are you hoping
that you get to argue?
430
00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:53,380
That sort of thinking
is a loser's mentality.
431
00:27:53,462 --> 00:27:57,634
Totally. It was a test. Oh, shit!
I left my phone in the car.
432
00:27:57,717 --> 00:27:58,916
- I'll meet you inside.
- Okay.
433
00:28:12,773 --> 00:28:15,442
- Oh! Hi, Amy.
- Julia.
434
00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:17,778
Baby, I'll see you inside.
435
00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,243
Bennett tells me
Lona's applied to Harvard.
436
00:28:24,326 --> 00:28:25,161
That's right.
437
00:28:25,244 --> 00:28:27,579
That is incredible.
438
00:28:27,663 --> 00:28:30,503
You gotta dream big, you know.
You can't listen to what the critics say.
439
00:28:30,541 --> 00:28:33,044
If you want to do something, you do it.
440
00:28:34,461 --> 00:28:36,147
- Bennett's applying to Yale?
- Yeah.
441
00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,317
I mean, obviously,
I would've been happy if he went anywhere
442
00:28:38,340 --> 00:28:40,009
but he just fell in love with it, so...
443
00:28:41,135 --> 00:28:42,511
Like mother, like son.
444
00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:43,595
Right.
445
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,519
Oh, did you want to get something
from your car?
446
00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:52,855
Oh!
447
00:28:53,272 --> 00:28:55,750
I was going to grab something
but then we started talking, so...
448
00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:57,652
You can get it
and then we can go in together.
449
00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:58,736
No, it's no big deal.
450
00:29:01,029 --> 00:29:03,741
I'm sorry? It's no big deal
and you don't need anything,
451
00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:06,286
or it's no big deal
and you don't want me to wait?
452
00:29:06,368 --> 00:29:08,888
I would have to look for it
and you would just be standing there
453
00:29:08,954 --> 00:29:11,583
and I didn't want it to be awkward, so...
454
00:29:16,128 --> 00:29:17,130
I'll see you inside, Amy.
455
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,032
What was that back there?
456
00:29:45,115 --> 00:29:46,796
Everyone found out their first assignment.
457
00:29:46,867 --> 00:29:48,619
Who they're debating, what time and where.
458
00:29:48,702 --> 00:29:49,953
- Even you two?
- Yep.
459
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,790
- Why didn't you look at your phones?
- It's a sign of weakness.
460
00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:54,625
So you guys think you're gonna win again?
461
00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:58,462
At a regional qualifier,
there's no winner.
462
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,257
The top four contestants will move on
to the state tournament.
463
00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:03,318
The costs of a college education
are outweighed by the benefits.
464
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:06,029
A college education is a strong, positive
predictor of economic mobility...
465
00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:08,253
Consider why the costs of a college
education are way...
466
00:30:10,849 --> 00:30:13,853
People don't learn anything
substantial in college...
467
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,775
In 1970, almost 60 percent
of high school graduates...
468
00:30:20,026 --> 00:30:22,837
The fact that such a high number
of students need to be re-taught skills
469
00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,589
learned in high school
prior to commencing collegiate study
470
00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,334
demonstrates people are ending up
in college who should not be there.
471
00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:43,549
Is anyone not ready?
472
00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:46,528
I affirm the costs of a college
education are outweighed by the benefits.
473
00:30:46,552 --> 00:30:49,180
It's always important
to scout potential opponents.
474
00:30:49,263 --> 00:30:50,825
But you don't have any more debates today.
475
00:30:50,848 --> 00:30:52,808
We're scouting opponents
for the state tournament.
476
00:30:58,397 --> 00:30:59,857
This is his opening statement
477
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:02,402
- which is why he's being so...
- Cute?
478
00:31:02,484 --> 00:31:05,529
Well, I was gonna say vague, but sure.
479
00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:07,990
We do that here
and that is why you must vote aff.
480
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,000
Is anybody not ready?
481
00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:23,964
Whether or not college is worth
the price of admissions
482
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:26,009
is not the debate
we should be having today.
483
00:31:27,634 --> 00:31:29,136
Let me tell you a story.
484
00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:33,766
Both of my parents have to work two jobs
to provide for my family.
485
00:31:33,849 --> 00:31:36,310
And they don't have the luxury of funding
486
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:39,480
the test prep courses,
essay coaches and tutors
487
00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:42,232
that many of my peers have access to
in order to get a leg up...
488
00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:44,545
- Why is she talking so slow?
- Shh!
489
00:31:44,568 --> 00:31:46,320
Pay attention.
490
00:31:46,403 --> 00:31:48,364
...the admissions process is desirable.
491
00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:51,576
Better yet, appropriate,
or even necessary,
492
00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:56,163
given the significant social
and financial pressures that it places
493
00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:59,208
on individual students and their families,
494
00:31:59,291 --> 00:32:02,753
especially those
from low-income households
495
00:32:02,836 --> 00:32:05,148
- like the one I grew up in.
- Is debating like this even allowed?
496
00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:08,675
The rules state you're supposed to offer
evidence to argue aff or neg.
497
00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:11,971
But the evidence you use
is, well, debatable.
498
00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:13,263
I don't get it.
499
00:32:13,347 --> 00:32:16,017
Okay, if I was going to argue
water is wet,
500
00:32:16,099 --> 00:32:19,019
my evidence would be scientific data
that proves on Planet Earth,
501
00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:23,441
throughout history, time and time again,
water has always been proven wet.
502
00:32:23,523 --> 00:32:25,544
- And I would cite my references.
- Because those are facts.
503
00:32:25,567 --> 00:32:29,029
And it's way more convincing
than if my evidence was water is wet
504
00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:30,365
because I touched it once.
505
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,950
Because you can't touch the evidence.
506
00:32:32,032 --> 00:32:34,786
- No. Because it's anecdotal.
- It's what?
507
00:32:35,494 --> 00:32:38,455
It's what Jasmine was doing
and what she does every debate.
508
00:32:38,538 --> 00:32:40,875
She talks about her personal experiences,
anecdotes.
509
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:42,335
And she can do that?
510
00:32:42,417 --> 00:32:44,836
Sure, she can do it but it's risky.
511
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,464
Her slow pace keeps her from being able
to make as many points.
512
00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,484
Therefore, in order for her
to win a competition...
513
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:50,550
Which she never has.
514
00:32:50,634 --> 00:32:52,988
...Jasmine would have to show
that her own personal experiences
515
00:32:53,011 --> 00:32:55,222
are, for some reason,
more important than facts.
516
00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:58,851
Always stick to the facts.
Jasmine's fighting a losing battle.
517
00:32:58,934 --> 00:33:00,560
Maybe she doesn't care if she wins.
518
00:33:03,397 --> 00:33:05,125
In just a moment, I'll be announcing
519
00:33:05,148 --> 00:33:07,109
the names of our four finalists
520
00:33:07,192 --> 00:33:10,113
who will go on to compete
for our state tournament this year.
521
00:33:10,195 --> 00:33:13,074
But first,
we have a special guest speaker.
522
00:33:13,156 --> 00:33:14,409
Ladies and gentlemen,
523
00:33:14,491 --> 00:33:19,413
a few words from a debate mom
and our state senator, Julia Russell.
524
00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:26,461
Thank you.
525
00:33:26,503 --> 00:33:30,674
I know you've been debating the pros
and cons of higher education all day,
526
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:31,925
and so I will be brief,
527
00:33:32,009 --> 00:33:35,096
since I don't want to steal the spotlight
from the kids.
528
00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,682
Yet she's literally stealing
the spotlight from the kids.
529
00:33:37,765 --> 00:33:41,935
The Yale Alumni Association helped me
get my first job practicing law.
530
00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:44,521
And so I started this foundation
531
00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:48,151
so that I might be able to help others
with their start.
532
00:33:48,233 --> 00:33:52,238
And today, our donors
include Oprah Winfrey...
533
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,950
...Bono, Mark Zuckerberg.
534
00:33:56,034 --> 00:34:01,329
And everyone who gets involved
always says the same thing.
535
00:34:01,413 --> 00:34:03,958
Stop dropping so many names?
536
00:34:04,041 --> 00:34:08,045
They say that their success
started with a work ethic
537
00:34:08,128 --> 00:34:10,505
that began when they were your age.
538
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,967
The costs of listening to this woman
outweigh the benefits.
539
00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:16,387
- As you become more involved...
- Mom, stop it.
540
00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:19,849
Sorry, it seems like there is
a distraction somewhere in the audience,
541
00:34:19,931 --> 00:34:22,893
which probably means
I'm taking up too much time.
542
00:34:23,769 --> 00:34:26,230
My apologies, Senator.
I should've raised my hand.
543
00:34:26,313 --> 00:34:27,190
My God.
544
00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:31,360
I was just curious if you could give us
your definition of success.
545
00:34:32,778 --> 00:34:33,778
That's a great question.
546
00:34:33,820 --> 00:34:36,990
But, unfortunately, this is not a Q and A.
547
00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:40,952
It's just the people you just listed
are all multi-billionaires.
548
00:34:41,036 --> 00:34:45,625
So are you saying that type of wealth
is the best way to measure success?
549
00:34:48,835 --> 00:34:50,295
Full disclosure, everyone,
550
00:34:50,378 --> 00:34:53,257
Amy Skinner and I
are old high school friends,
551
00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:57,094
and so we like to jest with one another
from time to time.
552
00:34:57,677 --> 00:34:59,097
Isn't that right, Amy?
553
00:34:59,179 --> 00:35:01,139
I'm just asking about success.
554
00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,391
Oh! And I have a great idea.
555
00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:05,186
Why don't you come up here
556
00:35:05,268 --> 00:35:08,231
and share with everyone
your success story?
557
00:35:08,313 --> 00:35:10,775
I'm sure that these students
would love to hear all about it.
558
00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:15,320
I mean, forgive me, I'm not entirely clear
on all the details myself, so...
559
00:35:15,403 --> 00:35:19,199
No, thanks. I wouldn't want to steal
the spotlight from the kids.
560
00:35:22,536 --> 00:35:24,181
They were the reason we didn't qualify.
561
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,626
After Amy and Julia went at it,
the judges stopped the awards ceremony
562
00:35:28,708 --> 00:35:31,838
and took five minutes to talk
before they announced the qualifiers.
563
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:33,088
It's not fair.
564
00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:36,092
Have you ever considered the possibility
that sometimes you lose?
565
00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:39,762
The same thing happened
in middle school. Twice.
566
00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:41,429
Or sometimes you lose.
567
00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:42,722
Not often.
568
00:35:42,806 --> 00:35:45,101
Mr. Johnson said you have another shot
next month.
569
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,768
That's just for teams.
570
00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,896
- And?
- And I don't have a partner.
571
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:49,980
Go with Lona.
572
00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:52,440
You're high on chocolate right now.
573
00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:55,110
When I come to work high,
you'll know it.
574
00:35:55,193 --> 00:35:56,570
Ask Debbie in Accounting.
575
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,197
We'd kill each other.
576
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,074
No. There is no possible way
that I'm gonna debate alongside the guy
577
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,679
who in the seventh grade
ripped pages out of my biology textbook
578
00:36:03,702 --> 00:36:04,847
so I couldn't do my homework.
579
00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:08,206
It's a fact that he is a dick to everyone
every day all the time.
580
00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:10,501
That's a line we don't cross.
The dick line.
581
00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:11,751
Don't cross the dick line.
582
00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:15,630
We both should've qualified
as individuals. It's not fair.
583
00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:18,092
- Or sometimes you lose.
- You know what I mean.
584
00:36:18,175 --> 00:36:20,344
You should've seen
how dumb some of those kids were.
585
00:36:20,427 --> 00:36:23,097
I'm sure they're talented.
Talented in their own way.
586
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,474
One of them didn't know
the capital of New Mexico.
587
00:36:25,557 --> 00:36:26,976
Oh, that's embarrassing.
588
00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,768
- Albuquerque.
- Santa Fe.
589
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:29,769
I know.
590
00:36:29,853 --> 00:36:32,440
Listen, you're the two best debaters
in the county.
591
00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:35,193
Together, you could qualify for State
and that's another thing
592
00:36:35,275 --> 00:36:38,445
you can send off to Harvard, right?
593
00:36:38,528 --> 00:36:41,648
- You're wasting your time. We lost.
- Can you let me finish?
594
00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,367
- The deadline passed.
- But we have the twins' slot.
595
00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:46,054
- What happened to the twins?
- They dropped out.
596
00:36:46,077 --> 00:36:47,454
- Of the tournament?
- Of the club.
597
00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:51,833
Lona, stop.
598
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:56,922
I need this for Yale.
And you want to get into Harvard.
599
00:36:57,005 --> 00:36:59,634
We already turned in our applications.
600
00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:02,302
Come on, we both know
that the admissions office
601
00:37:02,385 --> 00:37:04,472
will take into consideration
any honors we receive
602
00:37:04,554 --> 00:37:06,724
while they're making their decisions.
603
00:37:06,806 --> 00:37:08,934
- We wouldn't qualify.
- Yes, we would.
604
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:12,396
- No, you have extremely bad habits.
- You disrespect your opponents.
605
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,606
- You disrespect the judges.
- You have bad breath.
606
00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:17,108
- You have... Stupid face!
- A stupid face.
607
00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:19,778
I think you meant to say
you have a stupid face.
608
00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:22,864
No, actually,
I meant to say that you're a dick.
609
00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,619
Do you... Do you think I want this?
610
00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:28,461
- I certainly don't.
- Neither do I.
611
00:37:28,536 --> 00:37:29,681
Out of everyone in this school,
612
00:37:29,704 --> 00:37:31,784
you're literally the last person
I want to work with.
613
00:37:31,831 --> 00:37:34,460
- The very, very last.
- Thank you.
614
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,670
You're egocentric,
you speed through crossfire
615
00:37:36,753 --> 00:37:38,338
and you refuse to flow rounds.
616
00:37:40,340 --> 00:37:41,884
I flow every single one of my rounds.
617
00:37:41,967 --> 00:37:45,096
And for your information,
when you speed through crossfire,
618
00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,574
you get through more questions
and you make the other team nervous.
619
00:37:47,597 --> 00:37:49,516
No, I think you're right,
we wouldn't qualify.
620
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:52,061
- You're just not good enough.
- Oh, please.
621
00:37:52,143 --> 00:37:54,414
I could carry us both through qualifiers
and state championship.
622
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,416
- You think we'd win?
- Yeah, if you got out of my way.
623
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,315
- Prove it.
- I will.
624
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,420
So it's agreed. You'll prove me wrong,
we'll play as a team, qualify next month,
625
00:38:00,443 --> 00:38:01,612
and win the state tournament.
626
00:38:01,695 --> 00:38:03,530
We'll start studying after school
at my place.
627
00:38:10,829 --> 00:38:12,224
I'll give the opening statement.
628
00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:14,583
No, I'm gonna give the opening statement.
629
00:38:14,666 --> 00:38:16,394
Bennett, the round is one
of the first five minutes.
630
00:38:16,418 --> 00:38:19,170
You make too many arguments
and don't impact any of them.
631
00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:22,007
So we lose the round because of that.
In addition to that...
632
00:38:22,090 --> 00:38:23,735
If you did your work
for the amount of time
633
00:38:23,759 --> 00:38:25,695
- you spend arguing with me...
- I'm already done.
634
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,929
I'm already done.
I already finished page two.
635
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:31,141
- Well, start page three.
- There is no page three.
636
00:38:34,686 --> 00:38:36,521
No. No.
637
00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:37,606
- No, no.
- Stop.
638
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:38,523
Excuse me.
639
00:38:38,606 --> 00:38:39,483
- What?
- No.
640
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,253
Ask any teacher, they will tell you
that when you write something physically,
641
00:38:42,277 --> 00:38:44,715
it sticks to your brain better
than when you do it on your computer.
642
00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:47,365
Excuse me. Thank you.
643
00:38:47,449 --> 00:38:49,427
- Condescending tone?
- Which the judges do not appreciate.
644
00:38:49,452 --> 00:38:51,911
And besides,
it sets the tone for the entire round.
645
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:55,583
My judges appreciate my tone.
I have a very welcoming tone.
646
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,730
Okay, enough, Picasso.
I'll make these last changes
647
00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,481
- and email them to you.
- Or I can do it.
648
00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:21,483
- No, I can do it.
- I can easily do it.
649
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:23,818
Yeah, you can easily do
a lot of things, Bennett.
650
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,739
Look, I'll make the changes
and see you tomorrow.
651
00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:30,576
We're gonna do great.
652
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,213
I know I've said it a thousand times,
but I really am sorry.
653
00:39:43,797 --> 00:39:45,757
- It's fine, Mom.
- No, it's not.
654
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,469
I let Julia get under my tits,
and then I made it worse.
655
00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:50,887
If I had just kept
my hilarious mouth shut,
656
00:39:50,971 --> 00:39:52,610
you would've already qualified for State.
657
00:39:52,639 --> 00:39:54,099
Or maybe I just lost that day.
658
00:39:54,182 --> 00:39:56,936
Are you kidding me? Did you see
how stupid some of those kids were?
659
00:39:58,228 --> 00:39:59,228
Talented.
660
00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:01,356
In their own way.
661
00:40:03,442 --> 00:40:06,195
Whoa! Take it easy with that stuff.
They won't even recognize you.
662
00:40:07,905 --> 00:40:09,697
Look, I'm just... I'm flustered, okay?
663
00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:11,074
We have no chemistry.
664
00:40:11,157 --> 00:40:14,036
We disagree in strategy,
we have opposite routines and I just...
665
00:40:14,119 --> 00:40:15,454
I don't know how it's gonna work!
666
00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,351
I just wanted to tell you
that I spoke to the debate leadership
667
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:20,793
on the county and state levels
668
00:40:20,876 --> 00:40:24,588
about Amy's primal impulses
and that unfortunate altercation.
669
00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:27,215
And they assured me
that I was in the right, of course,
670
00:40:27,298 --> 00:40:29,427
and that you would be judged fairly.
671
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:31,429
- Whatever.
- Well... No.
672
00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:33,764
This is good news, Bennett.
673
00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,452
You are going to qualify
for the state tournament today
674
00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:40,228
and you are going to win
the state tournament.
675
00:40:40,311 --> 00:40:42,731
And you will go to Yale in the fall.
676
00:40:42,815 --> 00:40:44,876
But first, I have to compete
in the debate tournament
677
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,235
with a brand new partner
whom I've hated my entire life.
678
00:40:47,318 --> 00:40:49,864
We all know who's carrying this team.
679
00:40:50,989 --> 00:40:52,240
Goodbye, Mom.
680
00:41:25,773 --> 00:41:27,067
- Excuse me.
- Would you...?
681
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,536
We negate that the cost of college
education is outweighed by benefits.
682
00:41:35,784 --> 00:41:38,704
We affirm the costs of a college
education are outweighed by the benefits.
683
00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:43,876
That's the right height.
684
00:41:43,958 --> 00:41:45,436
Look at the difference of the height.
685
00:41:45,460 --> 00:41:47,271
...indicates college graduates
are more likely to earn higher salaries
686
00:41:47,295 --> 00:41:49,172
pay more taxes, taxed at a higher rate...
687
00:41:53,385 --> 00:41:54,820
- This is our area.
- Get it out of my area.
688
00:41:54,844 --> 00:41:56,429
We're on a team. This is our area.
689
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,393
Without college educations, prospective
employees will be ill-equipped...
690
00:42:03,728 --> 00:42:05,105
That's why you must vote neg.
691
00:42:14,197 --> 00:42:15,865
Is anyone not ready?
692
00:42:17,909 --> 00:42:20,579
Our high school is inferior to yours.
693
00:42:23,748 --> 00:42:25,501
We'd bet you money, if we had any.
694
00:42:25,583 --> 00:42:27,503
We have no fancy research databases,
695
00:42:27,585 --> 00:42:29,338
no personal laptop computers.
696
00:42:29,420 --> 00:42:32,882
No debate coaches with
national championships on their r�sum�.
697
00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:36,010
No, our debate coach works at Sears
on the weekends
698
00:42:36,094 --> 00:42:37,679
because he needs the money.
699
00:42:37,762 --> 00:42:39,974
So the moment that timer starts,
700
00:42:40,056 --> 00:42:42,893
we're already ten steps behind
and are forced to play catch-up.
701
00:42:42,976 --> 00:42:44,894
Well, we don't have to worry about them.
702
00:42:44,978 --> 00:42:46,771
What? Why not?
703
00:42:46,855 --> 00:42:48,523
They're good, really good.
704
00:42:48,606 --> 00:42:52,235
This approach rarely wins. Replacing
feelings for facts is not debate.
705
00:42:52,318 --> 00:42:53,612
The judges will see through it.
706
00:42:53,695 --> 00:42:55,780
- Have you ever debated against it?
- Have you?
707
00:42:55,864 --> 00:42:58,492
Jania Santos. Want to hear her story?
708
00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,969
She was top of her high school class.
709
00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,079
Went to a fancy liberal arts school
on the East Coast
710
00:43:02,161 --> 00:43:04,623
and graduated
with a BA in European History.
711
00:43:04,706 --> 00:43:06,306
And guess what she's doing now?
712
00:43:07,333 --> 00:43:08,168
Sears.
713
00:43:08,251 --> 00:43:10,253
She's working at Sears
with our debate coach!
714
00:43:10,336 --> 00:43:12,231
You know, what are these colleges
really offering
715
00:43:12,255 --> 00:43:14,007
if they're not offering careers?
716
00:43:14,090 --> 00:43:15,800
- It's bullshit!
- It's bullshit!
717
00:43:15,884 --> 00:43:19,221
All I'm saying is how do we prepare
to debate someone's personal experiences?
718
00:43:19,304 --> 00:43:20,990
There's no way
to anticipate what they'll say.
719
00:43:21,014 --> 00:43:23,614
No. We dismiss it as contrary
to the framework of the debate topic
720
00:43:23,684 --> 00:43:26,161
and the judges will agree
that what they're saying is meaningless.
721
00:43:26,186 --> 00:43:28,480
You think what they're saying
is meaningless?
722
00:43:28,563 --> 00:43:30,858
I think that the facts will always win
and you do, too.
723
00:43:40,742 --> 00:43:42,036
See what I told you?
724
00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:44,472
Honestly, they shouldn't even
give a trophy for a qualifier.
725
00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:45,414
You can have it.
726
00:43:45,496 --> 00:43:47,333
You earned it. Give yourself a break.
727
00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:50,293
- I don't have time for breaks.
- You're nervous, aren't you?
728
00:43:50,376 --> 00:43:52,795
- About State?
- No, about getting into Harvard.
729
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:53,963
It's this Friday.
730
00:43:54,047 --> 00:43:55,650
- You told them you qualified?
- Yeah, I did.
731
00:43:55,673 --> 00:43:58,427
You're a four-time qualifier.
That's amazing!
732
00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:00,094
Yeah, but am I gonna get in?
733
00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,655
- You'll do great.
- You don't know that.
734
00:44:01,679 --> 00:44:02,847
They'd be lucky to have you.
735
00:44:02,931 --> 00:44:04,534
Look, Harvard has a five percent
acceptance rate.
736
00:44:04,557 --> 00:44:07,353
That means that there's a 95 percent
chance that I don't get in.
737
00:44:07,436 --> 00:44:09,188
- Maybe you're different.
- Maybe I'm not.
738
00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:10,391
Maybe I'm not any different.
739
00:44:10,438 --> 00:44:13,567
Maybe I'm just another robot
who spends too much time in the library.
740
00:44:13,650 --> 00:44:16,653
- Is that really what you think?
- I don't know and neither do you.
741
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:21,239
Okay.
742
00:44:22,076 --> 00:44:23,661
Fine.
743
00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:24,744
You're right.
744
00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:29,248
It doesn't look good.
In fact, it looks pretty shitty.
745
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:32,710
We're talking about Harvard, so the odds
are clearly stacked against you
746
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:34,672
and it's more than likely
you'll be rejected.
747
00:44:36,047 --> 00:44:37,507
Is that better?
748
00:44:37,590 --> 00:44:39,885
Lona, I don't have a clue
where you're gonna end up.
749
00:44:39,967 --> 00:44:41,219
Not in a year.
750
00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,639
Not ten years from now.
751
00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:45,891
We don't know what's gonna happen.
Nobody does.
752
00:44:48,518 --> 00:44:50,978
No matter where you go,
will you promise me something?
753
00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:52,231
What?
754
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:53,898
You're not gonna like it.
755
00:44:55,608 --> 00:44:59,987
In fact, many extremely successful people
will completely disagree with me.
756
00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:04,534
I don't know. I hesitate
to even bring it up. Maybe I'll just...
757
00:45:04,617 --> 00:45:05,818
Where are you going with this?
758
00:45:09,081 --> 00:45:10,706
When I started working here,
759
00:45:11,916 --> 00:45:12,916
that wall was empty.
760
00:45:16,088 --> 00:45:18,132
That bookcase was empty.
761
00:45:20,675 --> 00:45:23,679
And then kids like you left.
762
00:45:24,637 --> 00:45:28,182
And they got into their dream school,
or they didn't.
763
00:45:29,434 --> 00:45:32,019
But all of them went on to do stuff.
764
00:45:33,188 --> 00:45:34,231
Make stuff.
765
00:45:35,231 --> 00:45:36,692
And so they sent me stuff.
766
00:45:38,860 --> 00:45:42,364
And I'm not sure
but I think that's a life.
767
00:45:47,619 --> 00:45:49,204
Wherever you end up, kiddo,
768
00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:51,498
have fun.
769
00:46:25,532 --> 00:46:26,532
Now. Now.
770
00:46:28,911 --> 00:46:30,579
Okay, let's type in my password.
771
00:46:36,626 --> 00:46:38,795
Okay, here we go.
772
00:46:38,878 --> 00:46:41,547
No matter what happens,
I love you and I'm so proud of you.
773
00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:42,673
Your father would be, too.
774
00:46:45,844 --> 00:46:46,844
All right.
775
00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,108
Here it is. Here it is.
776
00:48:28,070 --> 00:48:28,989
I'm sorry.
777
00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:30,657
I thought you were already up.
778
00:48:51,385 --> 00:48:53,387
Well, he's the valedictorian of his class
779
00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:57,559
and a living president
wrote his letter of recommendation.
780
00:48:57,643 --> 00:48:59,853
Look, I'm not saying
that you made a mistake,
781
00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:02,146
but I wouldn't be surprised if you had.
782
00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:05,358
No, I'm not trying to tell you
how to run your institution,
783
00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:08,695
but as an alumnus, I'm saying
I'm exceptionally disappointed
784
00:49:08,778 --> 00:49:10,072
by your decision.
785
00:49:10,155 --> 00:49:14,617
Well, obviously, you're forgetting
that I contributed $100,000...
786
00:49:15,409 --> 00:49:17,329
- Are you out of your mind?
- Bennett.
787
00:49:17,411 --> 00:49:20,206
- You're not helping.
- You know what? You're right.
788
00:49:20,289 --> 00:49:23,835
Why don't we fly out there again
and have another in-person interview?
789
00:49:23,918 --> 00:49:25,795
- They've made up their minds.
- No.
790
00:49:25,878 --> 00:49:27,588
It's not that simple... Bennett.
791
00:49:27,672 --> 00:49:30,425
Bennett, it's never that simple.
792
00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:31,717
I know these people.
793
00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,762
Sometimes you just have
to bend their arm...
794
00:49:33,844 --> 00:49:36,139
No! There's no bending.
795
00:49:36,222 --> 00:49:38,684
They saw the application,
and it wasn't good enough.
796
00:49:38,766 --> 00:49:40,434
End of story. Sometimes you lose.
797
00:49:40,518 --> 00:49:41,936
Lose?
798
00:49:42,019 --> 00:49:43,521
What are you...?
799
00:49:43,605 --> 00:49:44,856
No.
800
00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:49,235
We still have plenty of time for me
to call my friend who owes me.
801
00:49:49,318 --> 00:49:52,079
The only thing I should focus on
is that dude in the mirror, remember?
802
00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:53,447
This is different.
803
00:49:53,532 --> 00:49:55,677
You have to start considering a world
where I don't go to Yale.
804
00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:56,719
This is your future, Bennett.
805
00:49:56,742 --> 00:49:58,744
I'm gonna need you
to take it a bit more seriously.
806
00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:00,454
You don't think I know that?
807
00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:02,809
You know how much time
I've spent trying to get in?
808
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,543
How many classes I've taken?
809
00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:06,253
How many nights I've gotten no sleep?
810
00:50:06,335 --> 00:50:09,005
I wanted it bad. But so what?
811
00:50:09,088 --> 00:50:11,257
Will I not have a future
if I don't go to Yale?
812
00:50:11,340 --> 00:50:13,009
Not as bright a future.
813
00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:18,681
Wow!
814
00:50:18,764 --> 00:50:19,764
So it's all bullshit?
815
00:50:19,807 --> 00:50:20,934
What?
816
00:50:21,016 --> 00:50:22,202
You give out college scholarships
817
00:50:22,226 --> 00:50:23,746
- to poor kids who can't afford it.
- Bennett.
818
00:50:23,769 --> 00:50:26,416
They're not going to Yale or Harvard.
You send them to public school.
819
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,818
- Why do you do it if it's such a waste?
- Because they have nothing!
820
00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:33,447
We give them something to hold on to.
821
00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:34,364
You...
822
00:50:34,447 --> 00:50:37,159
Bennett, you come from everything.
823
00:50:37,242 --> 00:50:39,869
And you expect everything!
824
00:50:39,952 --> 00:50:41,579
And anything less is a disappointment.
825
00:50:41,663 --> 00:50:43,831
- No.
- No. That's what you're saying.
826
00:50:43,914 --> 00:50:45,101
The expectations are so high...
827
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:48,128
Yale made it possible for a girl like me
who comes from nothing
828
00:50:48,210 --> 00:50:50,505
to make something of herself.
829
00:50:50,588 --> 00:50:52,840
- So it's Yale or nothing?
- That's not what I'm saying.
830
00:50:52,923 --> 00:50:54,134
Then what are you saying, Mom?
831
00:50:54,842 --> 00:50:56,052
Hmm?
832
00:50:57,387 --> 00:50:58,972
Yeah. That's what I thought.
833
00:50:59,972 --> 00:51:00,972
Bennett.
834
00:51:41,597 --> 00:51:43,766
Good morning.
What do you have for me?
835
00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,686
- Here you go.
- Thanks.
836
00:51:53,485 --> 00:51:55,152
Can I help you guys?
837
00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,197
I was just waiting to see Kathy.
838
00:51:57,739 --> 00:51:59,114
Yeah, me, too.
839
00:52:03,577 --> 00:52:04,579
I'm sorry. Uh...
840
00:52:05,996 --> 00:52:07,958
Kathy passed away.
841
00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:12,838
Kathy, the guidance counselor.
The candy...
842
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:18,342
Kathy was in an accident...
843
00:52:18,425 --> 00:52:20,887
after school on Friday.
844
00:52:23,222 --> 00:52:24,222
I'm...
845
00:52:28,018 --> 00:52:30,396
...about to make the announcement
to the rest of the school.
846
00:52:32,815 --> 00:52:33,815
I'm so sorry.
847
00:54:13,458 --> 00:54:16,670
On the way over, I sort of thought
we were gonna see Kathy here.
848
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:19,380
I know that doesn't make any sense.
849
00:54:19,463 --> 00:54:23,677
But, I mean,
it's, like, her funeral, and so...
850
00:54:24,552 --> 00:54:26,429
she should be here, you know?
851
00:54:28,097 --> 00:54:29,097
Yeah.
852
00:54:29,974 --> 00:54:31,893
I felt that way about your dad's service.
853
00:54:33,978 --> 00:54:35,771
You remember my dad's service?
854
00:54:37,856 --> 00:54:38,858
We were six.
855
00:54:40,735 --> 00:54:42,903
It was the first funeral
I had ever been to.
856
00:54:44,739 --> 00:54:46,865
Yeah, mine, too.
857
00:54:56,583 --> 00:54:57,583
Hey, uh...
858
00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:00,170
I watched that fast food documentary.
859
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:03,007
You were right.
860
00:55:03,090 --> 00:55:06,344
Eating that junk food
could seriously damage your organs.
861
00:55:06,427 --> 00:55:07,971
I told you.
862
00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,806
Yeah. Milkshakes are no good.
863
00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,182
And fries.
864
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:27,239
Did you get in?
865
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:30,159
No.
866
00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:32,411
You?
867
00:55:34,664 --> 00:55:35,664
No.
868
00:55:42,755 --> 00:55:44,048
What did we do it for?
869
00:55:46,175 --> 00:55:47,635
What?
870
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:48,719
Everything.
871
00:55:50,137 --> 00:55:52,556
I mean, I don't think
we were ever really high schoolers.
872
00:55:53,391 --> 00:55:56,478
Are you telling me that I dreamed up
all those classes and tests?
873
00:55:56,561 --> 00:55:57,896
No, I'm saying we never...
874
00:56:00,065 --> 00:56:01,775
How many football games did you go to?
875
00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:05,277
I don't believe in football.
876
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,030
Neither do I. How about parties?
877
00:56:08,614 --> 00:56:10,449
I believe in them even less.
878
00:56:10,532 --> 00:56:12,494
What about goofing off in class?
879
00:56:12,577 --> 00:56:14,536
Or passing stupid notes?
880
00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,414
Or laughing at a joke so hard
that you start crying?
881
00:56:17,998 --> 00:56:19,458
Is that high school to you?
882
00:56:19,541 --> 00:56:20,541
I don't know.
883
00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:23,420
I was too busy with...
884
00:56:23,505 --> 00:56:28,384
with homework, tests and debate.
885
00:56:28,467 --> 00:56:29,885
Yeah, that's high school.
886
00:56:31,679 --> 00:56:34,641
Okay, if it is,
how come you don't have tons of friends?
887
00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:41,438
Shut up. You don't know me.
888
00:56:52,992 --> 00:56:53,992
Hey.
889
00:56:55,829 --> 00:56:56,746
If you're anything like me,
890
00:56:56,829 --> 00:56:59,039
Kathy was the only person
you could really talk to.
891
00:57:02,418 --> 00:57:05,713
What if everything we went through
will be the exact same in college?
892
00:57:08,465 --> 00:57:09,467
You think so?
893
00:57:11,677 --> 00:57:14,179
I'm pretty sure the Ivy League
has football games and parties,
894
00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:18,684
and there's always gonna be someone
passing stupid drawings.
895
00:57:24,398 --> 00:57:26,108
What's your point?
896
00:57:27,693 --> 00:57:29,027
I wish I had one.
897
00:57:34,701 --> 00:57:36,452
We could really use Kathy right now.
898
00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:40,998
Yeah.
899
00:57:50,550 --> 00:57:52,719
...and what makes this table so expensive
900
00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:54,596
is it's made of desert ironwood
901
00:57:54,679 --> 00:57:58,766
from a perennial flowering tree
of the Fabaceae family.
902
00:57:58,849 --> 00:58:01,393
Desert ironwood? Are you sure?
903
00:58:01,978 --> 00:58:04,521
You don't come across
desert ironwood every day, so yes.
904
00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:08,233
Don't get me wrong, it's really nice
having you here on the couch,
905
00:58:09,610 --> 00:58:10,987
but it's just not you.
906
00:58:14,615 --> 00:58:16,701
State tournament's in a few weeks.
907
00:58:18,286 --> 00:58:19,304
I'm sorry it's with Bennett...
908
00:58:19,329 --> 00:58:21,289
Is there anything that you like
about Julia?
909
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:24,458
What?
910
00:58:25,793 --> 00:58:27,128
Anything at all.
911
00:58:38,514 --> 00:58:43,978
Her first ever campaign slogan
was "Julia Russell is the right stuff."
912
00:58:44,061 --> 00:58:45,646
Never mind.
913
00:58:45,730 --> 00:58:49,358
Come on!
New Kids on the Block? That's amazing.
914
00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:55,072
We ran against each other
for class president and I kicked her ass.
915
00:58:55,155 --> 00:58:57,951
That's right. The cheerleader
took down the bookworm.
916
00:58:58,784 --> 00:59:01,829
It was brutal, though. We were vicious.
917
00:59:03,456 --> 00:59:04,958
Still bugs her.
918
00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:09,461
I'll tell you a secret.
919
00:59:12,422 --> 00:59:13,590
I vote for her.
920
00:59:15,134 --> 00:59:16,385
She gets things done.
921
00:59:17,844 --> 00:59:21,224
She was on every Top 30 Under 30 list.
922
00:59:22,474 --> 00:59:24,226
And then she adopted Bennett.
923
00:59:24,309 --> 00:59:26,061
And then she became a senator.
924
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,733
And she seems to balance it all
on her own.
925
00:59:33,485 --> 00:59:35,320
She's a great mom. It's very annoying.
926
00:59:38,657 --> 00:59:39,951
I'm gonna finish my show.
927
00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:42,536
Leave me alone.
928
00:59:49,251 --> 00:59:53,880
So, after four years
of not agreeing on anything,
929
00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:57,427
the first thing you both agree on
is to not compete in the state tournament.
930
00:59:59,344 --> 01:00:00,847
So you both agree for the first time
931
01:00:00,929 --> 01:00:03,141
and now you're both silent
for the first time.
932
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,315
Since when are you two the quitting kind?
933
01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:16,528
So, you didn't get
into your dream schools.
934
01:00:16,612 --> 01:00:20,032
There are greater tragedies in this world.
935
01:00:21,074 --> 01:00:23,702
What, were you trying to prove
to your moms that you... what?
936
01:00:24,954 --> 01:00:26,331
Prove what?
937
01:00:27,081 --> 01:00:30,251
Oh, you two are so full of crap.
938
01:00:30,335 --> 01:00:32,711
You're five-foot nothing.
You're a hundred and nothing.
939
01:00:32,795 --> 01:00:35,047
You hardly got
a speck of athletic ability.
940
01:00:35,130 --> 01:00:37,233
And you hung in with the best
college football team in the land
941
01:00:37,257 --> 01:00:38,257
for the past two years.
942
01:00:38,300 --> 01:00:40,010
And you're both about
to walk out of here
943
01:00:40,094 --> 01:00:43,389
with a degree
from the University of Notre Dame.
944
01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:46,702
Mr. Johnson, what are you talking about?
945
01:00:46,726 --> 01:00:49,561
Oh, come on.
Don't tell me you've never seen Rudy.
946
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:53,690
That is one of the best, most recognizable
motivational speeches in all of film.
947
01:00:53,775 --> 01:00:55,777
Everybody loves Rudy.
948
01:00:56,485 --> 01:00:57,862
What's your point?
949
01:00:57,945 --> 01:01:00,614
If you add state champions
to your r�sum� next month,
950
01:01:00,697 --> 01:01:02,659
that's only gonna help
your chances everywhere.
951
01:01:03,617 --> 01:01:05,994
I guarantee there won't be
a week in your life that goes by
952
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:10,458
that you won't regret walking out
and letting them get the best of you.
953
01:01:11,416 --> 01:01:13,460
Do you hear me clear enough?
954
01:01:14,211 --> 01:01:17,547
"I rode the bench for two years.
955
01:01:17,632 --> 01:01:20,217
I thought I wasn't being played
because of my color."
956
01:01:20,300 --> 01:01:21,469
Is this that movie again?
957
01:01:21,552 --> 01:01:24,429
I am honestly nailing it here
but I'd like to go from the beginning,
958
01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:25,806
- uninterrupt...
- Just stop.
959
01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:30,436
I do things by myself.
960
01:01:30,519 --> 01:01:33,563
I've always done things
by myself my whole life.
961
01:01:35,148 --> 01:01:38,443
I want to win so bad
that it physically hurts.
962
01:01:40,112 --> 01:01:42,572
Maybe it'll help me get into school,
maybe it won't.
963
01:01:45,367 --> 01:01:47,202
I just... I want to win.
964
01:01:48,496 --> 01:01:50,206
What are you saying?
965
01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:53,458
I'm saying that we should play football.
966
01:01:55,961 --> 01:01:56,961
Then let's play.
967
01:01:58,213 --> 01:02:00,632
Okay. Rudy from the top.
968
01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:05,072
Mom, Bennett and I are gonna be
working in here for a while.
969
01:02:05,096 --> 01:02:06,472
- Okay.
- Hi, Mrs. Skinner.
970
01:02:06,972 --> 01:02:08,391
Wait, what?
971
01:02:09,016 --> 01:02:10,393
Whoa!
972
01:02:13,103 --> 01:02:15,940
- Thank you for having me, Ms. Skinner.
- Of course, Bennett.
973
01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:24,990
Mom, you should put on some pants.
974
01:02:26,909 --> 01:02:29,244
You could focus on aff.
I could focus on neg.
975
01:02:33,039 --> 01:02:35,126
Can I get you something to eat, Bennett?
976
01:02:35,208 --> 01:02:37,085
Uh, no, I'm okay.
977
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:39,672
We're okay.
978
01:02:39,755 --> 01:02:40,757
Something to drink?
979
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:44,260
- We've got water, juice, soda, beer.
- Beer?
980
01:02:45,177 --> 01:02:47,929
I'm fine. Thank you.
981
01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:49,213
Well, I made cookies yesterday
982
01:02:49,264 --> 01:02:51,851
so I'll go get some of those
and, um, some milk.
983
01:02:56,481 --> 01:02:58,483
I'm sorry.
Can you please give me a second?
984
01:03:01,610 --> 01:03:04,947
- What's the matter with you?
- You didn't tell me he was coming over.
985
01:03:05,030 --> 01:03:07,784
- I'm allowed to bring someone over.
- But him?
986
01:03:08,784 --> 01:03:12,871
The last thing we need is Julia knowing
what this place looks like.
987
01:03:12,954 --> 01:03:14,539
Or my exercise regimen.
988
01:03:15,666 --> 01:03:16,876
Or my lack of pants.
989
01:03:16,958 --> 01:03:20,128
- He doesn't care about that stuff.
- Yeah, well, she does.
990
01:03:20,213 --> 01:03:24,382
Tell him the dining room table
is desert ironwood
991
01:03:24,467 --> 01:03:27,594
from the penal flowering tree
of the Fibonacci family.
992
01:03:28,929 --> 01:03:31,389
- You're being ridiculous.
- No, I'm not.
993
01:03:31,474 --> 01:03:32,307
Get back out there.
994
01:03:32,391 --> 01:03:34,577
You don't want him to think
we're talking about him behind his back.
995
01:03:34,601 --> 01:03:35,811
I'm not. You are.
996
01:03:41,108 --> 01:03:42,108
Thank you.
997
01:03:45,362 --> 01:03:46,364
Wow.
998
01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:48,824
Hmm.
999
01:03:51,536 --> 01:03:52,411
Mm.
1000
01:03:52,494 --> 01:03:54,079
Wow.
1001
01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:56,916
They're my mom's recipe.
I'm sure you've had better.
1002
01:03:56,998 --> 01:03:58,918
No, I don't think so.
1003
01:04:00,710 --> 01:04:04,673
I like to let the cookie soak in there,
you know. It enriches the flavor.
1004
01:04:06,675 --> 01:04:07,675
You're weird.
1005
01:04:16,601 --> 01:04:18,478
For our guest.
1006
01:04:20,188 --> 01:04:21,773
Oh, thank you.
1007
01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:23,900
Whoa!
1008
01:04:24,485 --> 01:04:25,862
Thanks.
1009
01:04:25,945 --> 01:04:26,945
Try it.
1010
01:04:29,407 --> 01:04:33,119
Not... No, no, no.
Not a dip. Dunk it.
1011
01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:35,389
- Dunk it and hold it. Hold...
- I did dunk it.
1012
01:04:35,413 --> 01:04:36,413
Oh, my God.
1013
01:04:41,085 --> 01:04:43,963
- No. No.
- Yep.
1014
01:04:44,045 --> 01:04:44,880
Studying over.
1015
01:04:44,963 --> 01:04:47,007
- Special for you.
- Take a break. Take a break.
1016
01:04:54,764 --> 01:04:56,224
Yeah.
1017
01:04:56,309 --> 01:04:58,768
This is so good. What's in it?
1018
01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:01,646
You got milk on these.
1019
01:05:03,190 --> 01:05:04,400
Let's dry it off.
1020
01:05:06,152 --> 01:05:07,152
- Ready?
- Ready.
1021
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:10,840
We affirm that the costs of a college
1022
01:05:10,864 --> 01:05:12,505
education are outweighed by the benefits.
1023
01:05:15,494 --> 01:05:16,329
Trade schools...
1024
01:05:16,411 --> 01:05:17,246
Trade schools are far better option...
1025
01:05:17,329 --> 01:05:19,039
Can you switch out the two?
1026
01:05:22,043 --> 01:05:22,960
...college education system.
1027
01:05:23,043 --> 01:05:24,503
I'll share.
1028
01:05:24,586 --> 01:05:26,172
- Nice.
- I'm feeling nice today.
1029
01:05:28,715 --> 01:05:30,092
Finally.
1030
01:05:39,059 --> 01:05:41,353
That is why you must vote aff.
1031
01:05:44,981 --> 01:05:46,733
You guys, I'm going to bed.
1032
01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:50,737
Bennett, if you're too tired to drive
home, feel free to crash on our couch.
1033
01:05:50,820 --> 01:05:53,490
I left out a, um, pillow
and a blanket for you.
1034
01:05:54,492 --> 01:05:55,492
Thanks, Ms. Skinner.
1035
01:05:56,661 --> 01:05:57,994
Don't stay up too late.
1036
01:05:58,536 --> 01:06:00,498
- Good night, Mom. Love you.
- Love you.
1037
01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:06,503
You think we're good?
1038
01:06:07,295 --> 01:06:09,673
I've never prepared this much evidence
for a tournament.
1039
01:06:11,175 --> 01:06:12,175
Me neither.
1040
01:06:15,846 --> 01:06:17,347
You think we can win this thing?
1041
01:06:20,934 --> 01:06:21,934
Me, too.
1042
01:06:24,896 --> 01:06:25,896
All right.
1043
01:06:27,565 --> 01:06:29,402
We make a good team.
1044
01:06:33,822 --> 01:06:37,284
- You should take these.
- I'll take...
1045
01:07:06,438 --> 01:07:07,690
The debate is this weekend.
1046
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:11,818
Right.
1047
01:07:11,902 --> 01:07:13,320
Uh, um...
1048
01:07:14,612 --> 01:07:15,655
We should...
1049
01:07:15,739 --> 01:07:19,159
I should take every... Well, everything.
1050
01:07:19,242 --> 01:07:20,242
Yeah.
1051
01:07:20,661 --> 01:07:21,661
Bennett, I...
1052
01:07:23,079 --> 01:07:24,873
Tomorrow. Yeah.
1053
01:07:44,684 --> 01:07:46,269
Next!
1054
01:07:47,103 --> 01:07:48,773
Oh!
1055
01:07:49,773 --> 01:07:52,251
- Sorry. I'm such a klutz.
- It's okay. I can do it for you.
1056
01:07:52,275 --> 01:07:54,503
- Just focus on the customers.
- I can do it here. I've got it.
1057
01:07:54,527 --> 01:07:57,072
I wasn't saying you couldn't do it.
All I was saying was...
1058
01:07:57,155 --> 01:07:59,157
Got it. Customers.
1059
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:00,951
How can I help you?
1060
01:08:04,496 --> 01:08:07,750
You were really out of line
at the regional qualifier.
1061
01:08:09,126 --> 01:08:13,422
I mean, they just asked me to speak,
and you obviously wanted to sabotage me.
1062
01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:15,757
I'm sorry.
1063
01:08:17,051 --> 01:08:18,344
What can I get you?
1064
01:08:18,426 --> 01:08:20,470
Chai tea latte with milk.
1065
01:08:21,805 --> 01:08:22,806
4.50.
1066
01:08:23,849 --> 01:08:25,725
- Anything else?
- Also...
1067
01:08:26,769 --> 01:08:29,896
Bennett has been spending
a lot of time at your house...
1068
01:08:29,979 --> 01:08:32,149
I know. I'm sorry about not wearing pants.
1069
01:08:32,233 --> 01:08:33,859
- What?
- What?
1070
01:08:34,984 --> 01:08:36,112
Okay, you go.
1071
01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:38,279
Well...
1072
01:08:39,114 --> 01:08:40,216
He doesn't like my desserts,
1073
01:08:40,240 --> 01:08:43,618
and he can't seem to stop talking
about your damn cookies.
1074
01:08:44,494 --> 01:08:48,832
- Really?
- Yes, really. And it is very annoying.
1075
01:08:49,416 --> 01:08:50,416
But...
1076
01:08:51,417 --> 01:08:53,462
Well, I just thought that, um...
1077
01:08:56,798 --> 01:08:58,300
Is it possible to get the recipe?
1078
01:09:00,261 --> 01:09:02,637
Yeah. Sure.
1079
01:09:03,889 --> 01:09:04,889
It's not...
1080
01:09:06,891 --> 01:09:09,979
If you can hang for a few minutes,
I'm about to be on break.
1081
01:09:10,895 --> 01:09:11,896
Okay.
1082
01:09:11,980 --> 01:09:13,524
Chai latte.
1083
01:09:16,109 --> 01:09:17,109
Sorry about that.
1084
01:09:21,364 --> 01:09:22,364
Well played.
1085
01:09:26,953 --> 01:09:28,497
- Everything okay? We good?
- Yep.
1086
01:09:28,581 --> 01:09:29,707
Okay. All right.
1087
01:09:33,085 --> 01:09:36,255
Shakespeare didn't write
the first Romeo and Juliet story
1088
01:09:36,337 --> 01:09:39,507
but he wrote the best
Romeo and Juliet story.
1089
01:09:39,591 --> 01:09:43,220
Take the confidants...
the friar, the nurse, you see,
1090
01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:45,471
things out of Shakespeare...
1091
01:10:04,324 --> 01:10:05,783
- Yeah.
- Okay.
1092
01:10:33,436 --> 01:10:36,814
? You fill my ears with the songs I love
1093
01:10:37,524 --> 01:10:38,817
Hey.
1094
01:10:39,609 --> 01:10:40,444
Um...
1095
01:10:40,527 --> 01:10:42,988
Did you get my email with the revisions?
1096
01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:45,323
Yeah, they're good,
but I'm making my tweaks.
1097
01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:47,201
I'll email them to you in the morning.
1098
01:10:48,243 --> 01:10:50,078
Here are the essays we were looking for
1099
01:10:50,162 --> 01:10:52,372
about higher education
at the turn of the century.
1100
01:10:53,414 --> 01:10:55,376
It's not a great argument, but...
1101
01:10:56,292 --> 01:10:58,002
Just in case our opponents bring it up.
1102
01:11:02,173 --> 01:11:04,134
I'll see you in the morning, okay?
1103
01:11:04,217 --> 01:11:07,262
Listen, about what happened
last night, I...
1104
01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:13,894
I'm supposed to hate you.
1105
01:11:13,978 --> 01:11:16,396
- Lona, I...
- No, my whole life I've hated you.
1106
01:11:18,148 --> 01:11:20,109
Not because I knew you, but because...
1107
01:11:23,820 --> 01:11:25,154
I thought you hated me, too.
1108
01:11:27,865 --> 01:11:30,034
But this other thing,
1109
01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:34,581
this thing where we study together
and eat cookies...
1110
01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:38,668
Well, I just don't think
that's what I'm good at.
1111
01:11:38,752 --> 01:11:40,188
- I disagree.
- Of course you disagree.
1112
01:11:40,212 --> 01:11:42,171
Disagreeing is what we do best.
1113
01:11:46,010 --> 01:11:47,511
I'll see you tomorrow, okay?
1114
01:12:02,192 --> 01:12:06,322
? You fill my ears with the songs I love
1115
01:12:19,417 --> 01:12:21,377
Hey. Hey.
1116
01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,173
Huh?
1117
01:12:25,256 --> 01:12:26,550
I think it's time for bed.
1118
01:12:28,217 --> 01:12:29,470
What time is it?
1119
01:12:29,552 --> 01:12:32,096
It's late. I texted you,
but your phone was off.
1120
01:12:32,180 --> 01:12:33,180
Oh.
1121
01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:36,810
Oh, my gosh.
1122
01:12:36,894 --> 01:12:38,770
Where did you get these?
1123
01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:39,854
What?
1124
01:12:40,146 --> 01:12:41,398
Oh.
1125
01:12:41,481 --> 01:12:42,815
I made them.
1126
01:12:42,899 --> 01:12:44,359
At that French bakery you love?
1127
01:12:45,944 --> 01:12:48,238
No. I made them.
1128
01:12:48,322 --> 01:12:51,617
- You ordered them online?
- No, I made them, okay?
1129
01:12:52,618 --> 01:12:55,537
Just... don't go in the kitchen.
It's a mess.
1130
01:12:56,412 --> 01:12:57,412
Oh.
1131
01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:04,796
Mm.
1132
01:13:07,925 --> 01:13:08,925
Thank you.
1133
01:13:17,684 --> 01:13:18,684
You're welcome.
1134
01:13:46,171 --> 01:13:47,189
...affirm the costs
of college education...
1135
01:13:47,213 --> 01:13:48,483
[girl 1 ...are outweighed by the benefits.
1136
01:13:48,506 --> 01:13:50,025
College graduates earn more
over their lifetime...
1137
01:13:50,050 --> 01:13:52,890
Those with a college education
fare better than high school graduates...
1138
01:14:02,479 --> 01:14:04,039
While our opponents
will try to argue future innovations
1139
01:14:04,064 --> 01:14:05,731
in the system should be encompassed...
1140
01:14:10,362 --> 01:14:11,947
Who is helping me? Who is helping us?
1141
01:14:12,029 --> 01:14:14,408
Where is the priority
of getting low income...?
1142
01:14:28,796 --> 01:14:31,591
...to national and global economies.
That is why you must vote neg.
1143
01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:39,850
All right.
1144
01:14:39,932 --> 01:14:40,932
Is anyone not ready?
1145
01:14:42,101 --> 01:14:43,371
- We negate the costs...
- We affirm the costs...
1146
01:14:43,395 --> 01:14:45,274
...of a college education
outweigh the benefits.
1147
01:15:07,502 --> 01:15:09,903
- That is why must vote neg.
- That is why you must vote aff.
1148
01:15:11,381 --> 01:15:12,798
In a two-to-one decision,
1149
01:15:13,382 --> 01:15:16,720
from Hemlock Prep Academy,
Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell.
1150
01:15:22,434 --> 01:15:24,228
Good evening, everyone.
1151
01:15:24,810 --> 01:15:26,813
Welcome to the final debate.
1152
01:15:26,896 --> 01:15:29,774
Who will be named
the best team in the state?
1153
01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:31,944
You're about to find out.
1154
01:15:32,027 --> 01:15:36,657
First, from Hemlock Prep Academy,
Bennett Russell and Lona Skinner.
1155
01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:45,623
And from Washington High,
Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.
1156
01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:50,744
Good luck to you both.
1157
01:15:51,837 --> 01:15:53,631
And now, let's begin.
1158
01:16:04,184 --> 01:16:05,810
Is anybody not ready?
1159
01:16:08,229 --> 01:16:10,291
Do you know what I did this morning?
I pinched myself.
1160
01:16:10,314 --> 01:16:11,149
I know, right?
1161
01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:15,028
It's a clich�, but I thought I was
dreaming. We shouldn't be up here.
1162
01:16:15,112 --> 01:16:17,989
Take a look around the room,
and then look at us.
1163
01:16:19,865 --> 01:16:21,326
We shouldn't be here.
1164
01:16:21,409 --> 01:16:23,244
No, we deserve it,
but we shouldn't be here
1165
01:16:23,328 --> 01:16:25,122
because we should be working.
1166
01:16:25,204 --> 01:16:29,251
The truth is we can't afford to be here
and we don't want to be here.
1167
01:16:29,333 --> 01:16:32,712
I mean, honestly,
do any of you really want to be here?
1168
01:16:32,796 --> 01:16:36,132
Do you actually enjoy giving up
your Saturdays to debate public policy?
1169
01:16:36,216 --> 01:16:37,216
Hell, no.
1170
01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:40,095
But since you were born into privilege,
you're expected to, right?
1171
01:16:40,177 --> 01:16:41,823
That's just messed up,
1172
01:16:41,846 --> 01:16:43,055
both for you and me.
1173
01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:45,225
So, what do we affirm?
1174
01:16:45,309 --> 01:16:46,935
Our aff is that this process, no,
1175
01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:50,814
this business of college admissions
outweighs the benefits.
1176
01:16:50,896 --> 01:16:52,106
And it is so overbearing
1177
01:16:52,189 --> 01:16:55,109
that it's turning young people
into robots,
1178
01:16:55,193 --> 01:16:59,488
forcing us to make critical decisions
about our future at the age of 16.
1179
01:16:59,573 --> 01:17:01,283
Are you kidding me?
1180
01:17:01,365 --> 01:17:04,536
I mean, just think about it.
I can't vote or drink,
1181
01:17:04,744 --> 01:17:07,456
and yet my entire adult life
1182
01:17:07,538 --> 01:17:11,667
is dependent upon my GPA,
AP courses, and community service?
1183
01:17:11,752 --> 01:17:13,045
You know our story by now.
1184
01:17:13,127 --> 01:17:16,547
You know that our families
actually need the money.
1185
01:17:16,631 --> 01:17:19,467
You're asking me if college is worth it.
1186
01:17:19,551 --> 01:17:22,679
The better question is,
"Who is helping me? Who is helping us?"
1187
01:17:22,762 --> 01:17:26,807
Where is the priority of getting
low-income students through high school?
1188
01:17:26,891 --> 01:17:28,976
- Because we don't see it.
- We don't see it.
1189
01:17:50,247 --> 01:17:52,250
Hey, Bennett,
can I have the notes, please?
1190
01:17:52,333 --> 01:17:53,333
Thanks.
1191
01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:01,801
Is anyone not ready?
1192
01:18:12,020 --> 01:18:13,872
Bennett and I negate
the costs of a college education
1193
01:18:13,896 --> 01:18:15,231
outweigh the benefits.
1194
01:18:15,314 --> 01:18:18,234
Our first contention is that
our opponents, in their opening statement,
1195
01:18:18,318 --> 01:18:21,154
have shown complete disregard
for the topic, and thus, the frame...
1196
01:18:21,238 --> 01:18:22,465
the framework in which we debate.
1197
01:18:22,488 --> 01:18:24,740
Their blatant disrespect...
1198
01:18:35,836 --> 01:18:37,337
Oh.
1199
01:19:00,735 --> 01:19:01,735
You know what?
1200
01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:04,655
Jasmine and Dana are right.
1201
01:19:06,615 --> 01:19:07,951
We are robots.
1202
01:19:09,828 --> 01:19:12,538
Let me tell you a story.
1203
01:19:14,541 --> 01:19:17,168
Getting into college sucks.
1204
01:19:17,252 --> 01:19:20,337
Well, I shouldn't say that
because I haven't gotten in yet.
1205
01:19:20,421 --> 01:19:26,927
But I've spent the last 18 years
researching, writing, and debating
1206
01:19:27,011 --> 01:19:29,305
both sides of every argument.
1207
01:19:29,389 --> 01:19:34,519
I can speak at 400 words per minute
and cram as many facts as humanly possible
1208
01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:37,021
into each round
before that buzzer goes off.
1209
01:19:37,730 --> 01:19:41,818
I did everything I thought
I needed to do, and...
1210
01:19:45,279 --> 01:19:46,279
what happened?
1211
01:19:48,283 --> 01:19:54,331
It resulted in a big fat rejection letter.
1212
01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:59,085
Facts over feelings, right?
1213
01:20:00,252 --> 01:20:01,587
Is that a good idea?
1214
01:20:04,882 --> 01:20:06,134
I'm at a loss.
1215
01:20:08,052 --> 01:20:09,930
I am.
1216
01:20:10,012 --> 01:20:13,809
Because maybe I will be a politician
or a lawyer someday
1217
01:20:13,891 --> 01:20:15,560
and these Saturdays
will have provided me
1218
01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:19,523
with some skill set that I could not
attain anywhere else, but...
1219
01:20:22,567 --> 01:20:23,944
what if I'm unable to...
1220
01:20:31,493 --> 01:20:35,372
What if I'm unable
to form a human connection?
1221
01:21:02,815 --> 01:21:04,752
Raise your hand
if you can articulate the arguments
1222
01:21:04,775 --> 01:21:06,903
that Lona and I have been arguing today.
1223
01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:19,248
Now raise your hand if you can understand
what Jasmine and Dana have been saying.
1224
01:21:28,591 --> 01:21:30,719
They've been doing this all year,
just like us.
1225
01:21:32,511 --> 01:21:33,721
But they're nothing like us.
1226
01:21:35,681 --> 01:21:38,851
Because they didn't choose to focus
on the pressure to win that we did.
1227
01:21:39,603 --> 01:21:41,323
Instead they chose
something more important,
1228
01:21:42,396 --> 01:21:43,606
communicating.
1229
01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:48,194
Next year scares the shit out of me.
1230
01:21:50,154 --> 01:21:51,795
I don't know where I'll end up,
1231
01:21:51,864 --> 01:21:55,784
or what I'm going to do,
or what I'll become.
1232
01:21:56,953 --> 01:21:58,412
But as of right now...
1233
01:21:59,413 --> 01:22:00,664
I'm happy to be here.
1234
01:22:01,875 --> 01:22:04,002
And maybe it was all worth it,
1235
01:22:04,085 --> 01:22:08,047
just to see you two come in here
and free the robots.
1236
01:22:11,801 --> 01:22:14,179
So that we would stop
talking at each other,
1237
01:22:14,762 --> 01:22:16,347
and start talking to each other.
1238
01:22:33,864 --> 01:22:34,864
Thanks.
1239
01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:05,939
Thank you, everyone. This is it.
1240
01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:09,984
In a 2-1 decision,
1241
01:23:10,694 --> 01:23:12,237
your state champions,
1242
01:23:12,319 --> 01:23:16,908
from Washington High,
Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.
1243
01:23:24,289 --> 01:23:25,542
Sometimes we lose.
1244
01:23:42,766 --> 01:23:45,979
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Debate Club.
1245
01:23:46,061 --> 01:23:51,359
The first rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.
1246
01:23:51,443 --> 01:23:56,864
The second rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.
1247
01:23:56,948 --> 01:23:59,783
The third rule is,
if someone yells "stop",
1248
01:23:59,868 --> 01:24:03,246
goes limp, or tags out,
the debate is over.
1249
01:24:03,328 --> 01:24:05,164
- Brad Pitt.
- In Fight Club.
1250
01:24:05,247 --> 01:24:07,708
Thank you, Taylor and Tanner.
1251
01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:08,877
Once more from the top.
1252
01:24:10,045 --> 01:24:13,672
The first rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.
1253
01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:39,615
I can feel you watching me, Mom.
1254
01:24:39,698 --> 01:24:41,909
Sorry for being excited for you.
1255
01:24:41,993 --> 01:24:45,829
- It's just another dance.
- It's your last dance.
1256
01:24:45,913 --> 01:24:46,913
It's prom.
1257
01:24:47,748 --> 01:24:51,252
I know you've been all grown up
ever since I gave birth to you,
1258
01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:53,921
but I hate to tell you this,
1259
01:24:54,005 --> 01:24:57,382
life after high school
is just a series of disappointments.
1260
01:24:57,466 --> 01:24:59,802
You always know just what to say.
1261
01:25:00,636 --> 01:25:01,887
'Cause I love you.
1262
01:25:01,970 --> 01:25:04,724
I love you, too.
Now let me finish getting ready, please.
1263
01:25:10,188 --> 01:25:12,815
The day has arrived
1264
01:25:12,899 --> 01:25:14,734
Fresh off the ironing board.
1265
01:25:16,319 --> 01:25:19,197
Oh, my gosh. Let me take a look at you.
1266
01:25:22,992 --> 01:25:24,452
Take pictures, okay?
1267
01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:27,497
- For you or your campaign?
- Hey.
1268
01:25:27,579 --> 01:25:29,623
Very funny. For you.
1269
01:25:32,210 --> 01:25:35,255
This is one of those life moments, right?
1270
01:25:35,337 --> 01:25:38,550
You're going to college for four years,
and two years of law school,
1271
01:25:38,632 --> 01:25:40,913
and then you're gonna be working
14-hour days in your 20s,
1272
01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:42,220
so you really just got...
1273
01:25:42,302 --> 01:25:44,264
Relax.
1274
01:25:44,346 --> 01:25:45,346
Relax.
1275
01:25:45,765 --> 01:25:46,765
Exactly.
1276
01:25:46,975 --> 01:25:48,225
Uh...
1277
01:25:48,309 --> 01:25:49,328
You want me to call a limo?
1278
01:25:49,351 --> 01:25:50,703
- Then you can have a driver.
- No.
1279
01:25:50,728 --> 01:25:52,539
- You could stay out all night.
- I don't need a limo.
1280
01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,649
I have a car that works.
1281
01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:56,233
I know.
1282
01:25:57,860 --> 01:25:59,362
I'll be home by midnight.
1283
01:26:01,405 --> 01:26:03,323
One o'clock is fine.
1284
01:26:04,783 --> 01:26:05,783
12:30.
1285
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:33,354
Here you go.
1286
01:26:34,814 --> 01:26:36,399
And congratulations.
1287
01:26:39,610 --> 01:26:40,528
You look good in red.
1288
01:26:40,612 --> 01:26:42,279
- It's crimson.
- Oh, shut up.
1289
01:26:42,947 --> 01:26:44,266
Congratulations to you.
1290
01:26:44,323 --> 01:26:46,408
I always thought
you were a bit of a Bulldog.
1291
01:26:46,492 --> 01:26:48,203
I didn't even know what their mascot was.
1292
01:26:48,286 --> 01:26:50,829
You're gonna go
to so many football games.
1293
01:26:50,913 --> 01:26:52,748
And so many parties.
1294
01:26:54,042 --> 01:26:55,710
Nah, not really.
1295
01:26:56,752 --> 01:26:58,337
One popcorn, one soda.
1296
01:26:58,421 --> 01:27:02,300
And during this evening's performance
will you be enjoying some candy?
1297
01:27:03,426 --> 01:27:08,055
Yes. We will have
some Reese's Pieces, please.
1298
01:27:08,139 --> 01:27:09,390
- And Milk Duds.
- And Whoppers.
1299
01:27:09,474 --> 01:27:11,809
- And let me get a KitKat.
- And Twizzlers.
1300
01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:14,645
- Let me get the Good and Plenty.
- And some Jolly Ranchers as well.
1301
01:27:14,729 --> 01:27:16,605
And that Mr. Goodbar.
1302
01:27:19,108 --> 01:27:20,108
Wait for it.
1303
01:27:24,863 --> 01:27:26,990
No. I am not eating
out of that sweaty hat
1304
01:27:27,074 --> 01:27:28,451
that's been on your sweaty head.
1305
01:27:28,533 --> 01:27:29,618
My head is not sweaty.
1306
01:27:29,702 --> 01:27:31,787
Your head is sweaty, and so is your hat.
1307
01:27:31,871 --> 01:27:34,916
- And now our candy is contaminated.
- Contaminated?
1308
01:27:34,998 --> 01:27:37,460
Absolutely,
at least on a microscopic level.
1309
01:27:37,542 --> 01:27:40,337
So by that rationale
we should never hold hands.
1310
01:27:40,421 --> 01:27:42,131
You don't want that.
1311
01:27:43,382 --> 01:27:45,301
No. You don't want that.
1312
01:27:47,220 --> 01:27:48,429
Look at him.
1313
01:27:49,012 --> 01:27:52,015
Look at that smug look on his smug face.
1314
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:53,518
He thinks that we're a couple.
1315
01:27:55,060 --> 01:27:57,145
He thinks we have a thing going.
1316
01:27:57,229 --> 01:28:00,733
He has no sense that in just a few months
we'll go our separate ways,
1317
01:28:00,817 --> 01:28:02,902
probably lose contact,
gain the freshman 15,
1318
01:28:02,985 --> 01:28:05,529
and jump head first back into studying.
1319
01:28:05,613 --> 01:28:09,408
He thinks I actually like him.
Don't you, Bennett Russell?
1320
01:28:09,993 --> 01:28:11,327
You think I like you?
1321
01:28:13,537 --> 01:28:14,538
Well, damn it.
1322
01:28:15,914 --> 01:28:17,041
You might be right.
1323
01:28:19,543 --> 01:28:21,087
- Mm?
- Mm-hm.
1324
01:28:21,170 --> 01:28:23,756
- Yeah, I know. It's awesome.
- You want some?
1325
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,091
I actually do want some.
1326
01:28:26,301 --> 01:28:27,342
Shut up.
1327
01:28:27,426 --> 01:28:29,095
Oh.
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