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Oh, maybe I didn't go to the party
because I had something else to do.

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Maybe I had more fun last night than any
teenager should be allowed to have.

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Yeah, anyway, it was the greatest party
that I have ever been to. And you missed

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it. You're just saying it was a great
party because some guy probably asked

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to dance. Yeah.

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Rick Levin.

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Hi, Carol. Hi, Deb. Oh, I just felt like
Carol was too missed last night.

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Absolutely the worst party I've ever
been to.

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What? The only guy who asked me to dance
the entire night was that wimp, Rick

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Levin.

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You don't think he's a fox? The man has
no self -esteem. He'll dance with

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anybody.

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Speaking of last night, I spent the
entire evening with Bobby, so... Big

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So you were studying.

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Oh, yeah, sure, okay. We were studying.
Believe that.

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What are you saying?

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Oh, I really shouldn't say any more.

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Carol!

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Well, let's just say that it was hard to
read by the lights in the dashboard of

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this car.

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Which, by the way, was parked out on Old
Johnson Road.

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Good morning, people.

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Class, I woke up this morning with a
renewed interest in the teaching

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profession. It came to me in my sleep.

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I had planned a discussion period on the
great Gatsby assignment.

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A prank.

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Open exchange of perceptions.

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And then I thought, nah, pop quiz.

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A quiz?

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Essay questions.

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Complete answers.

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None of you chuckleheads gets away with
those two -word answers like Gatsby's

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loaded.

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Carol, quick, tell me what the great
Gatsby's about.

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I don't know.

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Come on, Carol, you always know. You're
always prepared.

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I told you I didn't study.

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Well, why not?

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Because I was...

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That smile.

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Don't waste.

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believe this is our final session, Dr.
Seaver, but I feel strong. I feel ready.

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Thank you.

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No, no, no, no. Thank you, Grace. You've
worked very hard.

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I just guided you. I offered some
observations and insight.

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Well, I wouldn't have been able to...
Oh, wow!

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I just realized that by not coming here,
I'm going to save $100 every week.

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Well, I'm not in this primarily for the
money, you know. I like helping people.

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So maybe you could give me all my money
back.

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What, are you crazy?

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Bad choice of words.

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Chad, touching you now is just as
exciting as it was on our wedding night.

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Ben, what are you doing?

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Unwinding after a hard day.

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Well, I'm fine outside.

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But Dan...

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You told me that if I studied really
hard and applied myself, I'd get

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grades? Yeah.

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Well, you were so right.

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Look at this.

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A C minus.

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Well, congratulations, Mike.

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Must feel great to finally not be the
guy with the lowest grade in class.

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Well, I didn't say that.

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Thank God you're here.

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You talking to me?

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failure.

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Oh, definitely.

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Mike, I flunked a test.

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Yeah, right.

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My perfect record is blemished.

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Blemished?

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Oh, no, no. You're setting me up for
some kind of zip joke, right?

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No, I'm serious. I got an F.

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Let me see it.

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Well, I don't have the test back yet,
but all the while I was picking it, I

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didn't know one single answer.

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So we're talking an Official F here?
Yes.

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I can count on this.

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Oh, what am I talking to you for? This
is absolutely the worst thing that could

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ever happen.

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Not really.

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You got a better grade than I did.

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Hey, don't worry, Kelly. You don't have
to tell Mom and Dad you went belly up. I

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will.

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Mike, Mom and Dad could seriously be
hurt by this.

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They're not young people.

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Well, maybe you should have thought of
that before you came in here spilling

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your guts to me.

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I mean, did you really expect me to keep
such great news private? I mean, come

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on, Carol, this is Mike Xavier dealing
with this.

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Can I take off my coat first? If you
hurry.

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Please, Ben, this isn't for your ears.
What about that dollar you owe me? It's

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in my wallet, hidden up there. I know
where it is.

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Honey, what is it? I don't know.

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What's the big announcement you wanted
to make?

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You should sit.

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Now, you both know that I love you. Oh,
my goodness.

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I just want to know, does this have
anything to do with going steady with

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said he was wrong.

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Honey, we've talked about boys. I blame
myself. No, I'm just as much to blame as

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you.

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When did this happen?

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Today in English class.

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What? In English class, Jason.

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Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Are we
talking about the same thing?

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Well, what are you talking about? No,
what are you talking about?

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Well, my English quiz. I didn't study
because I was out with Bobby.

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Boy,

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you really had us going there.

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What'd you think I meant? Nothing I ever
want to talk about again.

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Hello, Mother. Excuse me, Father.

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Carol? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm interrupting
something.

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Now, honey, what's the problem?

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This is absolutely the worst day of my
academic life.

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I flunked my English quiz, I wasn't
prepared, and I spoiled my perfect

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Sweetheart, don't be so hard on
yourself.

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If I might jump in here with some happy
news.

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Carol, it's not the end of the world.

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Dad, I've never flunked anything.

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Mom, is this where you put the grades
that you're so proud of, or is it the

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freezer side?

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In a minute, Mike. Carol, nobody is
perfect.

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Don't you see? I was. I was your 4 .0
daughter.

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You won't call me that.

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Honey, you're losing all perspective
here. In time, you'll see.

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I am speaking of see.

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I think you'll get a real kick out of
this.

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It's one out of hundreds, honey.

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It's infinitesimal.

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We don't care about one grade. We care
about how you do overall.

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Yeah, you're right.

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One grade is not anything to get too
excited about.

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Speaking of which, I believe my custom
news.

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Has it ever occurred to you people how
many trees had to be murdered to make

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these sheets of paper?

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Well, it occurred to me last night when
I graded him.

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How do you people live with yourself?

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I would just like to apologize for my
performance yesterday and say that it

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never happen again.

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I'm ashamed.

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Thank you.

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What the heck are you doing?

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If you have to apologize for your grade,
then Horowitz over there has to shampoo

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my pit bull.

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What? Here you go, Steven.

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As for the rest of you, you disgust me.

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I actually got a name prompt.

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Fear me the dramatic.

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No, look at this. Go ahead.

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Rub our noses in it.

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I don't know. I guess I must have read
Gatsby in elementary school and forgot.

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Maybe I don't have to read it.

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Maybe I just know everything.

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Yeah, well, maybe the dashboard light in
Bobby's car is a lot brighter than you

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said. If you've ever been in his car.

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Yeah.

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your soap opera. Oh, great.

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Isn't it a fantastic day, Dad?

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Hey, you're in a fine mood.

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Yeah, I don't even mind being related to
Mike today.

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Mike? What?

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I have something to show you.

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Yeah, I got something to show you, too.

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Mike, get down here.

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This better be important.

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Mike, I got my test back. today.

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Oh, yeah?

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Just seeing that great writing reminded
me of what I am.

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Remind me?

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I just can't. Oh, yes, yes, you can't.
Come on, I'm your brother.

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Okay.

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Hey, plus rid it of me.

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My perfect record isn't blemished, which
is more than I can say for your face.

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Hey, look, come on, you said you didn't
even study for this.

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Yeah, well, some people don't have to
study. Don't be that.

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The psychological ramifications of
Gatsby's predicament are more

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within the subtext than any within the
text itself.

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What is this supposed to mean?

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It means A . Wait a minute.

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Look, you know, you just double -talked
your way through this, the same as I do.

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I did not.

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Hey, look, Carol, I may not know much,
but I know that psychological

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ramifications doesn't answer anything.

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Yeah, well...

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Well, yeah, you can't even spell
psychological.

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So? I didn't spell fertilizer.

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I need my check back. Oh, certainly. Oh,
sure. I'm sure you're going to want to

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file that with all the rest of your
bogus A -pluses.

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And what's that supposed to mean?

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Well, if that one's phony, then all the
rest of them could be, too.

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Yeah, well, I've earned every grade that
I've ever gotten.

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Oh, yeah?

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Why are you sweating?

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I'm not sweating. I'm glistening.

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I'm glistening like a pig.

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Fifth grade English.

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While the language of the play is truly
beautiful and rich, the plot is

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nonetheless predictable and the ending
more than a bit depressing.

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It is my judgment that Hamlet cannot be
considered one of Shakespeare's major

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efforts.

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So wrong.

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Carol, while I may disagree with your
conclusion, your paper is excellent.

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A plus.

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Definitely didn't deserve.

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Carol, are you being punished for
something?

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No, why?

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Well, you've been up here since dinner.
You didn't even eat your dessert.

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I'm just up here thinking about my whole
sham of a life and what it means.

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Though I'm not really Carol the Brain
after all.

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Except my life is a meaningless void.

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So you don't want your dessert?

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Life is so simple for you, isn't it,
Ben?

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Depends on whether or not you want your
dessert.

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Go ahead, you can have it. Thanks.

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Ben, I'm glad you're as simple as you
are.

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Thanks. At least I know that you won't
change how you feel about me. When word

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gets out, I'm not who I seem.

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Who are you?

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Somebody who's been living a lie.

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Somebody who is really tired of it.

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Someone who's ready for the truth.

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Do you understand?

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Just tell me, were you lying when you
said I could have your dessert?

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You're home early today.

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You see, Fawn, that hospital nurse was
none other than your mother.

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What did you say?

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Why are you home so early today?

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Not now.

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And she was the very same nurse who
switched us at birth.

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I should turn this off. No.

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Now, if you want to watch that stuff, go
ahead.

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Oh, thanks. I mean, it's not often I get
home early enough to see it.

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You are home early today.

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Oh, Chad, can't you see that it doesn't
matter to me whether you have a

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birthmark or not?

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It's you I love. But you see, my darling
Fawn, it can never be.

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You see, that nurse, your mother, was my
mother as well.

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I'm your brother.

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Do you mind if I turn this down?

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Huh? I don't watch these things.

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Hello?

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Yes, Coach Lubbock, I remember you.

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Carol?

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No, that can't be.

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Yes, yes, of course.

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Thank you.

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Jason, Carol's been caught vandalizing
school property.

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Mr.

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Lubbock? Oh, Mrs. Steamer? Doc?

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Where's Carol?

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In there cooling out.

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Cooling out?

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Don't worry. I got the screwdriver away
from her.

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What screwdriver?

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I suggest we stay in control here.

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Well, I suggest you tell us what's going
on.

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Yeah, right.

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Well, here's the kid here. Probably the
best student I've ever had.

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I mean, when I look at her and then I
look at the rest of the class, it makes

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want to puke.

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Mr. Lubbock. You can call me Coach.

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Mr. Lubbock.

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Coach.

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You said something about vandalism?

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Oh, yeah, I caught her red -handed.
Let's see.

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Yeah, she had a screwdriver and was
prying this off the Honor Society shield

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the quad.

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Nobody, but nobody touches the Honor
Society shield.

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Jake, what's her name?

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What did she say when you caught her?

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Well, she said, and by the truth, shall
ye be set free.

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What does that mean?

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Well, it means that a person can be a
prisoner of their own lies. What did

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mean?

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Heck, I don't know.

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Women never made sense to me, you know
what I mean?

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Oh, yeah, and another thing.

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She comes to me today in class and tries
to get me to change her A -plus into an

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F. You mean her F into an A -plus.

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No, I don't.

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Well, that doesn't make any sense.

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What did I just say?

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Then why did she tell us that she got an
F?

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I know. You don't know because you don't
understand women.

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Bingo.

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Can we see her now before I lose my
temper?

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Sure, sure.

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Hey, uh, what's she mad at me for?

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If you have to ask the question, you
won't understand the answer.

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Now I see where Carol gets it.

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Okay, I might as well tell you. And
you're going to find out anyway, right?

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Carol, see... you've always known?

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The one who gets the perfect grades?

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Well, she's a mirage, okay?

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Case closed.

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No, no, no, no, no, no.

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Honey, does this have anything to do
with that test you flunked? Yes, I

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so. Sweetheart, grades don't mean
anything.

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Tell me about it. You can't let one
dinky little quiz throw you.

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One quiz?

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Mom, I've been through my files.

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Ten years of work. Everything I've ever
written, thought, Or spank.

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All straight A's, I believe.

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I thought you just said grades didn't
matter.

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I did.

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You did.

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Well, you as a mental health
professional, do something.

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All right, Carol.

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Go with that.

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I mean, all those A's, all that perfect
work.

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It wasn't perfect after all. It doesn't
prove a thing.

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Well, why do you think your teachers
gave you all those A's? For the same

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they give Mike D's, because it's
expected.

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Teachers know Carol Seaver gets A's. I
mean, I could turn in a blank sheet of

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paper and get an A for being succinct.

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Well, how do you think you got that
reputation in the first place?

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For having the best standpile in
kindergarten?

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I don't know.

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All I do know is that I can't even fail
when I admit to the teacher that I

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didn't study because I was making out
with Bobby.

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Then why bring him into this already
tense situation?

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Look, I won't cause you any more
trouble.

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Let me just go to my next class and
class my next A.

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Why? What do you mean, why?

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Well, since the thing that's been
driving you all these years is getting

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grades, and since you've now figured out
that they're worthless, well, why waste

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your time?

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And why even bother going to school
where, God forbid, you could learn

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something?

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Good point.

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Let's go home.

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That should have worked.

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Okay, Ben, you can have my dessert.

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He already ate it.

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Mike, I'm not in a good mood.

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Hey, it's okay. You never are.

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Mike, what do you want?

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Um, well, I just came in here and I
wanted to say that...

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I think it's wrong for Dad to punish you
like this.

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Well, Dad didn't punish me. He just sent
me up here to think.

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Sounds like punishment to me.

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For you, thinking is punishment.

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Angel, you know, I can tell you're
feeling a lot better, Carol.

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Mike, what do you want?

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Well, I don't know. I guess I just got
kind of bored with just Ben to kick

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around in. I sort of felt bad for you
and missed having you to harass.

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That's sweet.

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And, you know, I think you're right.
About what?

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Well, you know, about, um, grades not
meaning anything.

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It's always been my approach.

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Yeah. The way I figure it is by the time
we're old like Mom and Dad, no one's

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really going to care what kind of grades
we got.

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All they're going to care about is just
who you are and maybe what kind of car

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you drive.

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See, all right, take your Buick. Now,
it's big, but what does it say?

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Now, you got your Volvo. They're
interesting, but you gotta be able to

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pipe for one of those.

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Oh, and have your Ferrari.

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Whoa.

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Wait. What?

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What did you just say?

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Whoa.

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Before that.

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Uh, Volvos. Before that.

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I forgot.

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You said that when we were adults that
no one would care about the kind of

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grades we got in school.

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They'd only care about the kind of
person we are.

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I said that?

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So the more we learn, the more we become
enriched as people.

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No, I know I didn't say that.

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Oh, of course. Education not only shapes
how other people see us, but how we see

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ourselves.

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Yeah. It's not about learning facts.
It's not about grades.

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It's not about being perfect.

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It's about being somebody worth knowing.

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Uh -huh.

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I better like myself since I'm going to
be with me all my life, right?

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Right. That's worth going to school.
for. That better than great.

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That worth studying for until you drop.

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That's it.

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Thank you, Mike.

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Bye,

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Dad.

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I should have known she missed the
point.

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So you're saying that by sending Carol
to her room to think last night, You

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solved her problem?

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Well, I think it's obvious that my
suggestion got Carol on the road.

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Why, do you think I'm taking too much
credit?

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What do you think?

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Well, it certainly sounded as if
maybe...

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Hey!

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Who the heck ate Carol's dessert?

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Carol. She's feeling like herself again.
She even got her appetite back.

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I liked it better when her life was a
meaningless void.