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Previously onYoung Sheldon...

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Hello. I'm Sheldon Cooper,
and this is

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Why Sheldon Cooper Should Go
to College.

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I firmly believe that I'm ready

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for this next step
in my academic life.

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I guess our baby's
going to college.

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So I don't want to get married.
It's nothing personal.

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After everything that I've done
for you and your family.

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You give my grandson a job
so I'm supposed to marry you?

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Well, you can forget
I even asked.

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Oh, no.

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I screwed up.

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You're fired.

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Here's for firing
my grandson.

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Jackass!

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ADULT SHELDON:
I never understood
why kids didn't like

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being sent
to the principal's office.

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I thought it was great.

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Sheldon, you are
a remarkable young man.

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Thanks, and you're
a remarkable old man.

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Sheldon.

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So you sure he's got
all the credits he needs?

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Yeah, between his courseworkand his AP tests,

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he's met allof his academic requirements.

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He even managed
to get a good grade in P.E.

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I earned extra credit
snitching on kids

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who were smoking
behind the equipment shed.

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I don't have to buy cigarettes
for a year.

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So he's really good to graduate?

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He sure is.
I got to tell ya,

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usually when kids leave school
after two years,

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it's not for college.

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It's for prison or pregnancy.

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Well, between Georgie and Missy,we may hit the trifecta.

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George!

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Well, I'm not rooting for it.

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It's just a thing
that could happen.

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One other bit of business.

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Since you're graduating early,

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and you'retop of the class,

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that makes you
our valedictorian.

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Way to go, buddy!

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I'm so proud
of you, baby.

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You seem surprised.

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Well, it's quite
an accomplishment.

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Being top of the class
in this school?

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I don't think so.

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We're really gonna miss you.

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♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪

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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain

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♪ I bet I could be your hero

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♪ I am a mighty little man

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♪ I am a mighty little man.♪

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I imagine my leavingwill be hard for you.

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Oh, yeah, being
best friends

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with a little kid reallyboosted my game with the ladies.

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Makes sense.I'm a conversation starter.

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Just think. You'll havethis table all to yourself.

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Actually,
I joined the jazz band.

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Those guys have their own table
in the cafeteria.

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Oh.

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They're pretty cool.

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The drummer's even got a goatee.

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Well, I'm glad I knew you before
you became a heroin addict.

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Where are my safety goggles?

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I don't have no orange today.

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No, I have a lab later.

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Just use the room goggles
like everyone else.

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And risk eyebrow lice?

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They don't just like
head hair, Tam.

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They must be in my locker.

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Don't eat my fluffernutter!

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I won't.

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Mmm.

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"Don't eat my fluffernutter."

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Hello.

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Thank you for seeing me.

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You might not be so happy I did
by the time we're done.

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[sighs]

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All right,
let me start by saying

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that I owe you an apology.

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You can finishwith an apology, too.

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I'm sorry we had a fight. I'm...

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I'm really sorry
I lost my temper,

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and I'm very sorry
that I took it out on Georgie.

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That wasn't great.

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But I want you to know
that I'm trying to change.

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'Cause that's what people do--
they change.

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I mean it. You know, I'm tired
of being a cranky old bastard.

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It's tiring
for everybody else, too.

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Would you please?

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Sorry. Go ahead.

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[sighs]

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I'm admitting I was wrong,
and that's not something I do.

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What do you want from me?

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One more chance.

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I don't know.

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Oh, come on.

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I went to three stores
to find these purple flowers.

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They are pretty.

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They're not as pretty as you.

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[laughing]:
Oh, God.

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[laughing]

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Safety pins, safety scissors,

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no safety goggles.

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Did you happen to see
a pair of safety goggles?

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Sheldon, we're in
the middle of a test.

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Sorry.

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I can't give
you the answer,

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but what you have
is not even close.

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Out!

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[sobbing]

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These things happen.

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[sobbing]

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My mother had me
when she was young.

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Sorry to interrupt. I can't
find my safety goggles.

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Well, they're not here.

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I have to find them.

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Nothing's more important
than protection!

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[sobbing loudly]

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Dad, you need to take me home.

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Why? What's the matter?

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I don't have my safety goggles.
Let's go.

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Sheldon, I'm busy.

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You're just watching TV.

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I'm reviewing game tape.

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So you know how it ends.
I'll meet you at the car.

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Sheldon, I'm notdriving you home.

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I got practicein 20 minutes.

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Then call Mom and tell her
to bring them to me.

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She's working, too.

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But I need my goggles!

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Then use the ones in class.

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And I don't want to hearabout eyebrow lice.

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The ones in class
are too big for me.

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What if they fall off and
something happens to my eyes?

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If I go blind,
I'll need a Seeing Eye dog,

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and I'm scared of dogs.

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Hey!

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Is this how you plan on actingwhen you get to college?

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No.

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Good, 'cause you're gonna need

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to handle stuff like this
on your own.

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I can handle it.

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I hope so.

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ADULT SHELDON:
I ended up using
the class goggles that day

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and did not get eyebrow lice.

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But eight months later,

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I did contract a mild case
of pink eye.

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Were the two events related?
This scientist says yes.

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Do you thinkI can make it from one end

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of the college campusto the other

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in under ten minutes,
including a bathroom break?

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I don't know. How important
is the bathroom break?

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Very. The class schedules
are designed

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for fully-grown bladders,
and mine is child-sized.

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Then don't put your classes
so close together.

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Well, it's either this or I movemy labs to Tuesday afternoons.

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Is that bad?

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Yes. That's when
Professor Protonis on.

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Well, we'll tape it,
and you can watch it later.

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But what if I have a lot
of homework and can't get to it

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until the next day
and one of the kids

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in my class
spoils the episode for me?

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Sheldon, has anyone ever spoiled Professor Protonfor you?

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No.Has anyone even talked to you
about Professor Proton?

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Do you count?No.

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Then no.

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Thanks again for
giving me another shot.

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Oh, my pleasure.

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And I gotsomething else for you.

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[drawer opens]

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[drawer closes]

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Wow. Thank you, but why?

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Well, I'm trying to get better
at forgiving people.

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Well, I'm glad
to hear you say that,

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'cause I'm the onewho egged your store last night.

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That was you?

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Well, me and Meemaw.

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Oh.

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It's okay.

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I forgive you.

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Cool.
Thanks again for the money.

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Mm, forgiving people sucks.

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Bless us, Lord, for the foodwe are about to receive,

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and bless the handsthat prepared it.

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And thank you

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for Georgie gettinghis job back. Amen.

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ALL:
Amen.

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That was nice of Dale.

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I know. He even forgave me
for egging his store.

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You went egging
without me?

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Georgie Cooper!

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Dale already forgave me,
and God has to.

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You can't get mad.

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Ha. Burn.

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Oh. Hold on.
Hold on.

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Your chair, milady.

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"Milady"?

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Where did that come from?

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I don't know.

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My brain.[laughs]

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Can I get y'all started
with some drinks?

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Yeah. Uh, margaritas?

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Mm-hmm.Split a pitcher?

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Mm, no, I think I'm okay.

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More of a beer night?

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No, not really.

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I'm gonna take a little break.

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I'll just stick with water.

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Really?

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Well, you know,
I don't do my best thinking

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after I've been drinking.
[laughs]

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[chuckles]

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Should I not get one, then?

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No, no, you go ahead.

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I don't want it to get weird.

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I can come back.

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No, no. Hey, justbring her a margarita.

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No, don't.I insist.

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I don't want one.

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Yeah, you do.

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It's getting weird.

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Maybe come back.

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Missy, how would you and Sheldonlike a graduation party?

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Why would Missy have
a graduation party?

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'Cause I'm graduating
elementary school.

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That counts?Of course it counts.

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Yes, it's a big deal.
She's going to a new school.

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New friends, new teachers.

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Same clothes
'cause we're poor.

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[phone ringing]We're not poor.

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So I can get new clothes?

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We're not rich,either.

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Do I really got to sitthrough two graduations?

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Yes. It is a special day for
your brother and your sister.

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I'm giving the
valedictorian speech.

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And I'm singing
"This Land Is Your Land"

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with a bunch of other kids.

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And we are proudof you both equally.

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Guess what.
The local news wants

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to do story on Sheldon
being valedictorian.

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[chuckles]
Isn't that great?

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What?

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Cheers.

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How is it?

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Good. Yours?

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A little watery.

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I want to tell you
how much I appreciate you

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giving Georgie his job back.

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Well, I didn'tdo it just for you.

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It wasthe right thing to do.

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I even forgave himfor egging the store.

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[gasps]
He egged your store?

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That rascal!

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I know you did it, too.

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Okay, I did.

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You go to church,don't you?

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Yeah, when I'm not hungover.

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Well, maybe I'll go
with you sometime.

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Really? You?

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Yeah, I was thinking a little
religion might do me some good.

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Well, good for you. [chuckles]

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I was thinking
it was a fajita night.

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Your daughter runs
a Bible study, doesn't she?

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Uh-huh.

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ADULT SHELDON:
The next day, the local news
showed up to interview me

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and my family,
which may sound impressive,

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but this is the same local news that covered a potato chip

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shaped like Texas.

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So act natural.
We're just having a chat.

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I'm gonna ask y'all
a few questions

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about Sheldon's
high school graduation.

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I'm graduating, also.

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Really? You're graduating
from high school, too?

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No, elementary school.

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Oh.

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My class is singing
"This Land Is Your Land."

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Want to hear it?

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♪ This land is your land...

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Hey, can I ask my girlfriendto the prom on TV?

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It would blow her mind.

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♪ To the New York Islands,
from the... ♪

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We're here
with the Cooper family.

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Mary, Georgeand 11-year-old Sheldon,

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who's going to be MedfordHigh School's valedictorian.

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Mom and Dad,you must be so proud.

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Oh, very proud.

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But we're proudof all of our children.

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She has to say that.

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I was a little worried
about missing

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Professor Proton,
but I'm going to tape it

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and watch it at night.

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Once I'm in college,

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can we push my bedtime to 8:30?

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Let's talk bedtime whenwe're not on the news, honey.

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I'm sure it'll work out
since I have all summer

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to recalibrate
my bathroom schedule.

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Let's not talkabout that, either.

300
00:12:01,524 --> 00:12:05,440
So what's it like being theparents of such a special child?

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Get it away! Get it away!

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Fascinating.

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[chicken clucking,
Sheldon screaming]

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Every day's a blessing.

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Sheldon, tell us
what you're gonna miss

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the most about high school.

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Nothing.

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Really?

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Not your teachers, your friends?

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I only have one friend.

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And I don't think
he's gonna miss me because

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he already found other people
to have lunch with.

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Oh, I'm surehe'll miss you.

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And I said I'm okay with
watching Professor Proton

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at night,
but that'll never work.

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00:12:35,165 --> 00:12:37,212
I get overtired--
everybody knows that!

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Maybe we could turn
the camera off.

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And the other day, I couldn't
find my safety goggles

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and I freaked out in school,
and my dad asked

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is this how I plan on acting
when I get to college,

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and I said no,but it probably is

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because even though I'm smart,
I'm just a little boy!

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I think we have enough.Cut.

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Here you go, baby.

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I don't know if I can go
to college next year.

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Are you kidding me?!

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George.

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Buddy, I know you're upset.

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But are you kidding me?

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Don't listen to him.

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There is no pressure.

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If you want to spend
another year in high school,

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that is your decision.

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00:13:18,905 --> 00:13:20,907
I don't know.

335
00:13:21,952 --> 00:13:23,867
May I be excused?

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00:13:23,910 --> 00:13:25,781
Uh, of course.

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We support you, buddy!

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I get it.

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00:13:42,319 --> 00:13:44,453
What do you get?

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Why you don't want to go
to college.

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I doubt that you do.

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You're scared everything's
gonna be different

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and it'll be hard.

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And you're gonna miss
the way that it was.

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How do you know that?

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'Cause that's how I feel.

347
00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:08,911
You're scared?

348
00:14:11,261 --> 00:14:12,481
Yeah.

349
00:14:12,524 --> 00:14:14,569
So what do we do?

350
00:14:17,703 --> 00:14:20,531
I guess be scared
and do it anyway.

351
00:14:20,575 --> 00:14:23,012
Hmm.

352
00:14:25,146 --> 00:14:28,323
It's comforting to know thatyou feel the same way that I do.

353
00:14:28,366 --> 00:14:30,891
That's why I said it, dumbass.

354
00:14:32,892 --> 00:14:34,198
[sighs]

355
00:14:35,896 --> 00:14:37,853
Mom?

356
00:14:37,897 --> 00:14:39,246
Dad?

357
00:14:39,290 --> 00:14:41,291
MARY:Yeah, baby?

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I'm ready to graduate.

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Good night.

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00:14:49,299 --> 00:14:51,389
[door closes]

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That's because I supported him.

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00:14:54,304 --> 00:14:55,958
[page turns]

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00:14:56,002 --> 00:14:57,655
[sighs]

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00:14:57,699 --> 00:14:59,049
[applause]

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PETERSEN:
Our next young speaker needs

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no introduction,
but that didn't stop him

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from writing one
and making me read it.

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00:15:05,621 --> 00:15:07,492
[laughter]

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"Fun fact."

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[audience groaning, murmuring]

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I hear you.

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"The word 'valedictorian' is
from the Latin 'valedicere,'

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"meaning 'to say farewell.'

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"It is primarily used
in the United States,

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Canada, the Philippines
and Armenia."

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00:15:24,247 --> 00:15:27,381
Maybe that fact's more fun
in Armenia.

377
00:15:27,424 --> 00:15:32,996
Please welcome your
valedictorian, Sheldon Cooper.

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00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,084
Yay, Shelly!

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00:15:38,088 --> 00:15:39,655
Hello.

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00:15:41,135 --> 00:15:44,399
I'm not very comfortable
speaking in front of crowds.

381
00:15:44,442 --> 00:15:47,357
But there's a technique
to reduce stage fright

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by focusing on
one person in the audience

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and delivering your speech
just to them.

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That's what I'll be doing today.

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00:15:58,630 --> 00:16:01,589
If it weren't for this person,
I wouldn't be here right now.

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00:16:01,632 --> 00:16:03,852
They've taught me a lot,

387
00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:06,246
and it's by their examplethat I found the courage

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00:16:06,290 --> 00:16:09,990
to move forward into this newand exciting chapter of my life.

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00:16:12,121 --> 00:16:13,602
Missy...

390
00:16:15,212 --> 00:16:17,432
...this is for you.

391
00:16:19,434 --> 00:16:21,261
Change can be scary,

392
00:16:21,304 --> 00:16:24,612
but I know
we're going to be fine...

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00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,399
...because like you said,

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"It's okay to be scared.

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We just have to do it anyway."

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So if any of my fellow graduatesare nervous about the future,

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know that you're not alone.

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00:16:43,458 --> 00:16:46,548
I suggest you all try to be
as brave as my twin sister.

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That's my plan.

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00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:50,203
Missy,

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00:16:50,246 --> 00:16:52,901
I wish I could give you advice
about middle school,

402
00:16:52,944 --> 00:16:55,686
but I was so smart,
I skipped it.

403
00:16:55,731 --> 00:16:57,819
If you make it to high school,
we'll talk.

404
00:16:57,862 --> 00:16:59,734
Thank you.

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00:16:59,777 --> 00:17:01,780
[applause]

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[kids singing]ADULT SHELDON:
The following day,

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I attended my sister's
elementary school graduation.

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00:17:15,142 --> 00:17:16,838
She didn't deliver
a speech to me,

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00:17:16,882 --> 00:17:18,319
but she did make eye contact

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00:17:18,361 --> 00:17:20,320
while she sang
"This Land Is Your Land."

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♪ From the Redwood Forest

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00:17:22,932 --> 00:17:26,761
♪ To the Gulf Stream waters

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00:17:26,805 --> 00:17:30,982
♪ This land was made
for you and me... ♪

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ADULT SHELDON:
Later that day, we had

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a graduation party
for me and my sister.

416
00:17:35,204 --> 00:17:36,511
I don't normally care
for parties,

417
00:17:36,553 --> 00:17:38,078
but this one wasn't so bad.

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00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:39,296
Who's ready for cake?

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00:17:39,339 --> 00:17:40,514
Me!

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00:17:40,558 --> 00:17:43,431
Hey, should we say grace?

421
00:17:43,473 --> 00:17:45,867
Heck, yeah! Let's hold hands.

422
00:17:45,911 --> 00:17:49,175
Oh, cool. Let's say grace.

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00:17:49,219 --> 00:17:51,264
ADULT SHELDON: Dale invited Jesus to the party,

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00:17:51,308 --> 00:17:55,224
and while he wasn't
on my guest list, it was okay

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00:17:55,269 --> 00:17:56,704
because it made my mom happy.

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00:17:56,748 --> 00:17:58,750
And bless our
friends and family...

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00:17:58,793 --> 00:18:01,144
ADULT SHELDON:
In fact, it was
the best graduation party

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00:18:01,187 --> 00:18:03,059
I had ever been to,

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00:18:03,103 --> 00:18:07,194
until the one we had
for my son, Leonard Cooper.

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00:18:07,236 --> 00:18:09,456
ALL:
Amen.Cake!

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00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:11,720
ADULT SHELDON:
I wanted his name to be

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Leonard "Nimoy" Cooper,
but Amy wouldn't let me.

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00:18:15,157 --> 00:18:17,159
AMY:
Be happy I let you
name him Leonard!

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00:18:17,203 --> 00:18:19,030
ADULT SHELDON:
Okay, okay!

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00:18:19,075 --> 00:18:21,077
AMY: Love you.ADULT SHELDON: Love you, too.

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