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I thought I told you to knock before you come in here.

I didn't want to wake you.

Are you just coming in from a date?

No. What time is it?

Six by five.

Well, I'm supposed to sleep until 7 -0 -0.

I don't want to be late. It's the first day of school.

First day of school.

Put on something that's more understated, all right, dear?

But I want to wear this.

No, no, you look like a fortune teller. You don't want to dress like this. We'll

save this later for when you go to the prom, all right?

You like that?

Huh? Okay. Then put on something, and you're going to take off all the

Put on something without lace. Bye -bye.

Bye -bye.

Bye -bye.

Claire. Claire.

Claire.

Claire. Claire.

It's the first day of school.

First day of school.

Oh, we get the house back.

We made it through the summer.

And now all we have to do is get them out of the house. And if you and I are

good about it, we can get them out in ten minutes. Come on.

These are our children now. We can't just chase them out of the house. We've

to give them breakfast first.

Hey, we fed them all summer, didn't we?

Now, come on. I'll tell you what.

I will fix breakfast.

You get up. him dressed no no i won't fix breakfast you get him dressed no no

no dear i am going to fix the breakfast and you get him dressed i know why you

want to change it around because you know how difficult it is to get a child

on the first day of school if it's your turn see i got him up on the last day of

school the last day of school all you did was you went out into the hallway

you said last day of school and children next door were jumping out

ruin somebody, are you?

Vanessa?

I'm up.

Prove it to me. Come in.

All right. Well, now, look at who looks so beautiful here.

Thank you. I've been up since five.

Oh, yeah? Well, don't worry about that. Somewhere...

Along the school year, you'll make up for it. Daddy. Yes, dear.

Dress.

Looking good.

Dad, do you know for every class in junior high, you have to go to a

room? Mm -hmm. Well, don't worry about that, because if you get lost, you can

just ask somebody. Daddy.

Yes, dear.

How's this?

Just lovely. Keep it moving.

People are nervous. Don't worry about it.

It's your father.

Hi, Daddy.

Who's in here?

I don't know.

Nobody's in there. Can you remember if you've already used it or if you're

waiting to use it?

I'm waiting to use it. Oh, good. Then it's your turn. That's all right. Dear,

you better wake up because if you make a mistake in there, you could drown.

Come to die.

Is this an auction?

Oh, now, son, come on. You have to get up.

Come on, Dad. I'm just coming off vacation.

Right. Vacation?

I think you don't understand.

A vacation, son, is something you get when you have a job.

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying you didn't work hard this summer,

because you did work hard. I've never seen anyone work harder at begging.

for pizza, begging to stay up late to chase little girls who didn't love you.

Son, I'm telling you now, you get a chance to rest now.

You're going to start school.

Learning, mind, education.

Aren't you excited?

I'm excited. No, no, get excited, my boy. Come on.

Excited? Say you're excited.

Let me see you get excited.

I'm excited.

Stand up.

This is very good.

Do you know I was married to your father for years before I could spell Hudson?

want your lunch? I made it already.

Well, you had a busy day. You got up, dressed yourself, wrote your name, made

your lunch.

I didn't make it today.

Well, when did you make it? You bought me a lunchbox.

Rudy, that was two weeks ago. What did you make?

Tuna fish.

Well, how's it going?

Well, Rudy has made her own lunch. Well, that's wonderful.

Tuna fish.

bubbling did you put salsa in it she made it two weeks ago oh don't move dear

don't move jack we've got to get rid of this boy oh man

now listen rudy the next time you

make a tuna fish sandwich you eat it the day you put it in this lunchbox or else

it could spoil and you could get very thick And don't worry about a thing

because Dad's going to make you a brand new sandwich.

I'll eat it right away.

Well, that's all right, honey. You can wait until lunchtime.

Morning, Mom.

Well, good morning, Vanessa.

She was in front of the mirror forever.

I was not. I think it's boys.

It's not.

I think that Vanessa's correct.

It has nothing at all to do with boys.

I agree. re -review. I think it has to do with wanting to look good for the

teachers. Right.

And if boys happen to notice, I can't help it.

Okay. Professor can start now. The senior has arrived.

We're going to have a whole year of this.

Hey, this happens to be a very important day for me. Not only am I a senior, but

it's the first time in high school without my braces on.

You think anyone will notice? They better.

I really think my social life suffered when Mom and Dad made me get them on.

Oh, we made you get the braces?

Getting braces for you was not a form of punishment.

If we hadn't, your mother and I would now have a bigger house.

And you would have teeth growing out of your ears.

Morning.

How you doing? Uh, son?

Get out.

Is that the shirt that we bought?

Yeah. Well, didn't it have sleeves when we bought it?

Well, the sleeves didn't want to come down this year.

See, Dad, I cut them off.

This is how everybody's wearing it this year.

Son, when we went to the store, you picked that shirt up, and you said, Dad,

I've got to have this shirt for the first day of school.

And I looked at the price of it, and I said, this is very expensive for a

sweatshirt. And then I looked at those brown eyes of yours, and I said, well,

son wants it, and I'll buy it for him.

Now, if fashion dictates that you cut those sleeves off, make some

that's fine with me. But somehow, somewhere in this lifetime, you're going

wear those sleeves.

Goodbye. Bye, Daddy. Have a good time. All right.

Bye -bye.

I'll be right there, Rudy.

Cliff,

as soon as I drop Rudy off, I'm coming right back here.

Before. Well, I'm going to pick up a little French pastry and a little

cappuccino and we're going to have a first day of school celebration. No, no,

can't do that, dear, because I have a new patient first thing this morning.

Ogawa? How'd you know?

Because I am Mrs.

Ogawa.

Denise? Yeah?

I'm down in my office, and there's about 40 girls in a 68 Valiant honking the

horn. I know. Yeah? For me, I'm leaving.

Well, have a good time.

And? And what?

Come on, Daddy, whenever I go at you, I say, where are you going, and don't do

anything stupid.

Well, you're a senior in high school.

You're a very mature person now, and I know that you can handle your

responsibilities.

So there's no need to pay that. So, hey, this is kind of a historic moment for

me, huh? Mm -hmm. And me.

Why? Because you didn't ask for any money.

If only I could use my back.

So where are you going? And don't do anything stupid.

Okay.

Dad, there's a car full of girls out there honking at me.

I'd like to say it was fine, but it was a nightmare.

I know.

You went to school today, and all the kids had sleeves on their sweatshirts.

No, Dad.

You see, all summer, I've been worried about something.

And today, it happened.

What?

I got Miss Westlake for math.

want miss westlake no she's the worst teacher in the school all the kids hate

her you're kidding what makes her so bad well first of all she loves to call on

kids who don't have their hands up

you mean to tell

me that this woman thinks just because this is her class she can call on any

whether they raise their hand or not yeah and if the bell rings and she's in

middle of something She makes the whole class stay till she's finished.

You're kidding.

You mean to tell me that class is over and because she hasn't finished her

statement, you have to stay and listen to her?

Yes.

Why do you think they keep this woman around?

I bet you she's got something on her principle.

Does she give you any homework?

Dad, it's unbelievable.

It's only the first date, and she gave us a thug. Well, this could cut into

leisure time.

I know.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to do something drastic.

What? I'm going to call the school tomorrow and ask if I can talk to this

Westlake. And what are you going to tell her?

I'm going to ask her if she will adopt you.

Oh, look who's here.

First day in first grade.

Fine. And how did the lunchbox go over?

Fine. And how was your teacher?

She's fine.

And what is her name? And don't tell me Mrs. Fine.

Harper.

Daddy?

Uh -huh? You said you had to fill this out. I have to fill this out? You go to

school and I get the homework?

So what is this?

Well, what's an emergency?

The teacher has to call your mommy if I get sick or hurt.

I see. That's right.

Daddy? Uh -huh? I don't want to go back.

You don't?

Why? I hate it.

Oh, come here now. Tell me.

Why do you hate it?

This boy James called me a name.

Really?

What did he call you?

Rudy.

Well, when he said your name, how did he say it? Did he say it nice like, hello,

Rudy Huckleberry, or did he say, you ain't nothing but a Rudy Huckleberry?

He said, Rudy Huckleberry, Rudy Huckleberry.

Well, I don't think you have anything to worry about there, you see, because

there are some kids who like to just go around making up names for people, you

see. So he looked you over, and he couldn't find anything wrong with you.

had you a pair of ears sort of like this, then he might have said to you,

trophy head.

You know what I mean? But he couldn't find anything wrong with you, so all he

could come up with was Rudy Huckleberry, Rudy Huckleberry. That happened to me

all the time when I was a kid.

Did they make fun of your nose?

much later.

So, come on now.

We're going to fill this card out.

Emergency parents' name.

Doctor? Mm -hmm.

And Mrs.? Mm -hmm.

Huckleberry.

Mom,

what do you think, Rudy?

No.

Are you yelling?

Now, why don't you just go find the child? She's in the house somewhere.

Denise!

Mom, have you seen Denise? She's in the kitchen.

Denise!

It's necessary to yell.

Why don't you just walk in the kitchen and talk to her?

Oh, okay.

Sorry, Mom.

With the face. Come here.

Now, what is your problem?

Nothing. Why are you yelling?

I'm trying to find Theo. He just went into the kitchen. Don't you scream.

Now, you just walk in there quietly and talk to him.

to get.

Claire.

Claire!

What do you want?

What is the matter?

Noise.

There has been nothing but noise.

This is what's wrong with school. These kids go to school and they hold it all

in until they come home.

You can't have it! No, no, no!

No, no, no!

No!

It's just the noise of autumn, dear.

Children in school all day, so you just have to learn how to speak their

language, that's all.

Give it back!

You just have to know how to talk their language.

past 10 o 'clock.

No, I cannot take a message.

I am her father.

I'm a doctor.

I graduated from medical school.

All right?

Thank you for calling. This is a live voice.

I'm telling you, this child is coming down with it.

What? It's got all the signs of being a teenager.

Well, stop.

And now Theo and Denise are in the middle of it. And, look, I don't know if

house can take another teenager.

Well, you know, the problem I think we got is that we had the children close

together.

Yeah? We should have had them 20 years apart.

Well, then I'd have been 108 by the time we had Rudy. And the last thing I want

to do when I get to be 100 is change somebody's diaper.

Yeah, but I think by that time, dear, they're going to be self -cleaning.

I'm just going to turn the light out. Well, that's okay. I can turn the light

out. What happened to Mrs.

Ogawa? Oh, she went home.