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Is that the mailman?

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Who got the mailman leaving?

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What, not even a hello for your dear
sweet brother?

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Hello, is that the mailman leaving?

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Carol, your lack of sincerity wounds me.
Mike, where's the stinking mail?

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It's right over there on the counter.

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It's not here.

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Again, it's not here.

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Well, don't worry, Carol. Maybe tomorrow
you'll get that letter from 116th and

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Broadway, New York City, 10027.

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You have it.

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A lot of women say that.

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Mike, give me my letter from Columbia.

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Oh, you mean Columbia School of
Broadcasting? Not affiliated with the

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network or its own and operated station?

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Where's the letter, headlamp? Oh, you're
talking about Columbia University, the

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only college that you applied to, the
place you had your overworked hard sit

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right? I'm getting a knife. Okay, okay.

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Okay, what if I had seen this alleged
letter?

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Thick or thin?

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You was a letter.

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Mike was a letter. Thick like a thanks
but no thanks rejection.

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Or thick like we'll see in the fall
acceptance.

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It was not even a thank you.

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Thank goodness.

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Thick like your head. Like an acceptance
to a real school.

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Want to smell it, Mike? I mean, this is
the closest you'll ever get to the Ivy

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League.

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Welcome, Carol Seaver, to the Columbia
University class of 1993 and a half.

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freshman orientation begins December
23rd, 1989.

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December 23rd?

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Oh, no!

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It's not fall, that's winter!

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And that's a real school?

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until the winter semester.

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How dare they defer my brightest child.

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I am in the room here.

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We know that, Mike.

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Maggie, don't worry about it. It's only
for one semester and it's not the end of

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the world.

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Now it's your brightest child, Fed.

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If you want me out of here, just say the
word. The word.

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Oh, and look, by the way, if you're
going to go upstairs to cheer up Carol,

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advise you not to use words like reject,
loser, or belly up.

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Kitchen, right.

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Poor Carol.

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Honey, I think the important thing for
Carol to understand here is that this

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little hitch is just one of those bumps
in the rocky road of life that over the

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long haul makes us a better driver.

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Confident we can handle our rig.

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Thank you.

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I don't think Carol's going to have any
use for truck talk.

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What Carol needs is good old -fashioned,
straightforward logic from a sensible

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parent.

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I'll talk to Carol. Why don't you grab a
cup of joe and gas up your rig?

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Carol, this is no time for emotion. You
must force yourself to look at this

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analytically, so just dry your eyes.

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They're dry. You sound disappointed.

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Yeah, well, I mean, no.

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I mean, with you being reject...
Rejected?

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You can say it, Mom. Let's not run from
it. I mean, it's time for good old

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-fashioned, straightforward logic, don't
you think?

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Which is why I want to remind you that
you have been accepted to Columbia.

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is no small achievement. Which is no
small achievement.

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It's just one of those bumps in the
rocky road of life that'll make me a

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driver. Confident you can handle your
rig.

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What race?

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Sweetheart. What's important here is
that you don't feel like a reject and a

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loser who went belly up.

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Not that anyone else is thinking that.

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Mom, everything's going to be fine.
You're not just saying that.

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Wait till you hear how I'm going to
spend the next three months

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Al Flandin Junior College.

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I'll take a double course load because
the work couldn't be very challenging.

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Mike goes there.

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And that way, even if only half my A's
are transferable, I'm doing just fine.

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So you don't need me at all to comfort
you.

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Oh, Mom, is that why you came up here?

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Kind of.

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Well, you want to lay on the bed and
kick our feet like Deborah Winger and

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Shirley MacLaine in terms of endearment?

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No.

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Maybe just for a minute.

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So, Ben, when Carol comes down, please
think about what she's going through

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right now before you say anything, okay?

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So I shouldn't use words like reject
loser or belly up?

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Oh, like you should.

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I just don't see what the big deal is. I
mean, Carol should be glad she's

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getting an extra long summer vacation.

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Well, Ben, it all comes down to
expectations.

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I mean, there's Carol, a straight -A
student, and when she doesn't get

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with open arms to the college of her
choice, well, it's surprising.

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And Mike, on the other hand, suppose
Mike had been turned down by an Ivy

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college. Well, nobody would... You pass
the mustard.

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Hello, Cedar Man.

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Mike.

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Carol. I didn't expect to see you so
bubbly. Out of the tub.

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Well, what can I say? I'm resilient.

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Well, I see you talked to her, huh?

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This is just part of my journey down
life's rocky road.

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Yes, and my advice worked out.

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Really, I didn't use a word of it.

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Yeah, right.

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Mike, do you have the new landing course
catalog?

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Yeah, but I'm using it.

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For what? To keep your table legs even?

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Uh, why?

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Well, I've decided to take some courses
there this semester.

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Yeah, right.

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I'm serious, Mike. You and I will both
be matriculating at Alf Landon this

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Shh, Carol.

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It means going there.

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She's not kidding, Mike.

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She's not?

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Carol, why would you go there?

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I'm sorry, Mike. I didn't mean to insult
your alma mater.

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It means your school.

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Mike, don't worry. I'll only be there

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for a few months. Then you'll have the
rest of your seven or eight years there

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to yourself.

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I don't feel like having you
matriculating all over my alma mater.

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Dad, I'll... Granted, I won't learn
much, but I'll pile up some credits for

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semester.

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Well, that makes a lot of sense, as
usual.

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I just want somebody to explain to me
how come after all those years of Mike

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doing nothing and Carol working her
book... working hard, how did they both

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up at the same school?

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I mean, this isn't giving me much of an
incentive.

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Well, Ben, there really is a very simple
answer here, and it's one that, um...

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that your father would be happy to
explain.

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Yes, well, I think, once again, this
just comes down to expectations. And,

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frankly, I wasn't expecting to answer
this question.

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I think what your mother wanted to say
here, and she would have said it if she

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had the thoughts, and not that she
thinks, but she thinks that there is a

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college for everyone. And Alf Landon is
certainly a great, you know, get -ready

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-for -college kind of college.

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A get -ready -for -college kind of
college? And, Mike, I'm not saying that

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not a real college. It is accredited. It
has freestanding buildings, but...

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So you're saying all Carol's hard work
got her nowhere.

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No, I'm not.

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Carol's hard work got her into Columbia
University.

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Eventually.

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And, Mike, if you had worked just a
little harder, you wouldn't be going to

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fine institution.

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You're saying both Mike and Carol are
going there because they're desperate.

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Yes.

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No, no, I'm not saying that. I'm not.
I'm saying Al Flanagan is a...

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It's a place that's suitable for many of
the travelers down

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life's rocky road.

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Nice, Jason. Whip out the rocky road
thing.

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Maggie, come on. I'm just saying that
our kids, each of them knows inside

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themselves, deep down, exactly why
they're there, right?

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Right. You said if I didn't, you'd raise
my rent.

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Carol?

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Carol?

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I can't go to that bozo place.

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I've been kidding myself. What am I
going to do?

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Carol? Carol?

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Oh, fine.

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Fine. No one stay here and console me.

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sweetheart. I don't want to talk about
it. Well, we want to talk to you about

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it. Even though I'm a reject and a loser
who went belly up?

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Who said that to you?

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Mom.

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Carol, let me communicate a sense of
perspective here.

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I think what your mom is trying to say,
Carol... You too, Dad. There is nothing

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that anybody can say or do for me right
now.

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Nothing? Nothing.

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Can I bring you up your lunch?

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Yes.

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And soda with a lemon.

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Oh, Mom.

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Carol, on the interstate of life...
You're so right about what you

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said downstairs.

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I mean, how can I go to a school that
has an exchange program with a prison?

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That's a work study. program, and from
what your brother tells me, a lot of

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those girls have been able to turn their
lives around.

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And I got good grades, Dad. Perfect
grades.

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I mean, this isn't fair. I feel like
there is nothing I can do with my life

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right now.

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It's over.

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Finished. The end of the line for Carol
Ann Seaver. All my plans, gone with the

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wind.

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Sweetheart, aren't you being a tad
overdramatic?

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responsible one's life has been snuffed
out. Oh, come on, honey. It's only for

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three months.

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But three months without papers or tests
or homework, without the jealousy of my

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peers.

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You know, there is a life outside of
school.

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Dad, stop talking crazy. Oh, that sounds
crazy to you? Yes.

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Well, Carol, you know, there's going to
come a time in your life when school

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isn't part of it.

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When?

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Well, what do you plan to do after
Columbia?

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Go to graduate school.

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Yeah, and after that?

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Get my doctorate. And then what?

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A doctorate's not enough for you?

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I have an idea, Carol. I think I know
exactly the best way for you to spend

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next three months.

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You should be going to the biggest
university in the world.

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Ohio State?

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No. No, the workplace.

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Where's that?

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It's all around you, Carol.

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Dad, you're talking crazy again.

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Carol, no, I'm talking about the
University of Life.

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Is this a religious institution?

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Carol, get a job.

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A job? Yes.

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Come on, it's time you learned a little
bit about the world outside the

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classroom. There is one, you know.

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I'd rather go to Al Flandin. Honey, what
are you afraid of? It's only for one

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semester.

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Have some guts. Be a quitter.

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Drop out of school.

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The mind can be a beautiful thing to
waste.

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I missed an awful lot, didn't I?

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So, Miss Seaver, to sum up, you've never
had a part -time job, you've never had

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a summer job, and you have no job skills
at all. Is that right?

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Well, I did some babysitting once.

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Twice, really?

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Twice. Okay, all right, once. Twice is
not really true.

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I mean, they didn't pay me because the
kid took off.

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He was fine, though, once I got the
paint off.

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Let me check unskilled miscellaneous
jobs.

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Are you double -jointed?

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Sorry. I've been trying to fill that job
for years.

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I don't know how they get away with
calling it a circus.

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What's the matter?

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Oh, I always have trouble getting back
to the main menu.

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There. Are you familiar with this
program?

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No, but this is a simple binary
language.

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Uh -huh.

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Now could you punch up skilled jobs?

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There. And now the subheading word
processing.

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Sure.

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What are we looking for?

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A job for someone very skilled with
computers.

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But I thought we were looking for a job
for me.

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Oh.

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Do that with me too, Dad.

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No, Ben. We had to stop you from gnawing
your foot off.

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Carol's on her way, Dan, and I want you
boys to be very supportive.

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Give me a C.

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Give me an A.

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A little subtler, Mike.

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Give me an R.

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Wait till you see the outfit I bought
Carol.

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Carol, I can just tell that you were
going to hit that company like a ton of

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bricks and knock the publishing world on
its ear.

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Benny, I got the best joke right now,
and I can't do a thing about it.

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Mom, it's not even an entry -level job.

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Well, just remember, from little acorns
do the mighty oaks grow.

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Well, before anybody says anything else
supportive, let's just see if I get

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through one day.

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You bet.

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Absolutely.

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Your father and I are so proud of you.

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Yeah, but you're proud of Mike, too.
Let's go.

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You got a point.

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As I said before, I'm only going to say
this once.

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I like my page endings neat and clean.
Neat and clean.

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Split a word, lose your job.

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Welcome aboard.

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Yes, sir.

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And what about punctuation?

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Ah, that is not our business. That
belongs to those punks in the

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department. Period.

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Forget I said that.

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Now, you will sit here with our other
page -break persons.

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They don't like me saying ladies anymore
since Big Al joined the group.

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Yo.

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This is your workstation.

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No decorations, no photographs, no
mementos, nothing of wonder or beauty

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whatsoever.

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Gee, Tom.

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Is he as mean as he seems?

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He doesn't spare me.

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My hands are shaking. Why do I care
about this job?

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The word comes to work, we'll get fired.

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Then I'll just go to... Can't go
anywhere.

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Page 52?

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Three hours and you're only on page 52?

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I'm sorry, I'm reading as fast as I can.

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Reading?

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What have I told you page breakers a
hundred times?

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I'm only on page one.

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No reading.

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Sorry.

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Ever since you got here, this place has
gotten really tense.

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This is the first... time in 12 years of
school i've ever had a teacher yell at

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me wait a minute he's not my teacher
he's my boss oh this keeps up he's gonna

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fail me for sure

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lunch

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dear

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Want to have lunch with me?

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Oh, I promised my mom we'd have lunch.

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Great, let's go.

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No, me and my mom, not you.

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Oh.

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So you get a half an hour?

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Good, right.

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Wait, we only get a half hour for lunch?

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Oui, oui.

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Hello, Maggie Malone.

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Hi, Mom.

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Oh, Carol, great. I've been waiting for
your call. How's it going?

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Fine, just fine.

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I mean, so I work. for a tyrant. So I
stare at words I'm not allowed to read.

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I'm sitting next to a guy named Big Al
who's waving his egg at me.

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Big Al?

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Mom, I gotta go. I've only got 28 more
minutes left in my lunch hour.

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Make that 27.

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Bye.

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Somebody's waving his egg at my baby.

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One more hour and I'm through my first
miserable day.

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and 89 more to go.

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Are you insane?

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You're reading.

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But I found a mistake. Read it.

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I dare not.

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Who cares if the page break is right, if
the text is wrong?

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I do.

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We could have been so damn good
together.

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You're standing.

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You're not supposed to be standing.

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Is there a problem?

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No problem.

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Good.

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Smart move.

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Yes, there is a problem.

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I don't care if you fire me, but yes,
I've been reading.

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Well, it's hard to stop when you've been
doing it since you were four years old.

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Like I always say, I'm only going to say
this. Look at this right here.

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The term macroeconomics is being
misused.

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writing about the buying power of senior
citizens.

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And everybody knows that's
microeconomics. And he's a very

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so it has to be a typo. All right. Maybe
not very intelligent. I mean, he

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supplies side theories. He's a supporter
with very weak reading. I'm calling

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proofreading.

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You're dead.

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I've been wanting to rub their noses in
something like this ever since the colon

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incident.

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What's your name?

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Big Al. Not you.

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Seaver. Carol Seaver.

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Nice catch, Seaver.

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You could all learn something from her.

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Teach me.

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You stand there so poised and proper in
your apron.

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Yes. Attend the University of Life. The
mind can be a beautiful thing to waste.

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Wait, I... So off she goes to some
sweatshop where some guy named Big Al is

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waving his egg at her.

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Honey, I'm not... Oh, Jason, just do me
a favor.

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When Carol comes home broken and
battered, let me be the one that puts

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together. Fine.

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Fine. Yes.

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Oh, Carol. Today...

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in a moment.

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Next on Growing Pains.

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Now, why did you believe that you were
about to be scolded?

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You. Well, because I've had teachers do
that to me.

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It's just that the kids in my class know
more and have done more than I ever

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will. You know, I think I'm just kidding
myself about this whole acting thing.

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I think, Mike, that this is your dream
and only you can decide if the pain is

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worth it.