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-♪ what would you do
If I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ would you stand up
And walk out on me? ♪
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♪ lend me your ears,
And I'll sing you a song ♪
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♪ I will try not to sing
Out of key, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, baby, I get by ♪
-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ all I need is my buddies ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm sayin'
I'm gonna get higher ♪
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-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ♪
-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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-teachers never die.
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they live in your memoryforever.
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they were therewhen you arrived,
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they were therewhen you left --
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like fixtures.
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once in a while,they taught you something.
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but not that often.
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and you never really knew them
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any more than they knew you.
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still, for a while,you believed in them.
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and if you were lucky,
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maybe there was onewho believed in you.
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-to find the quotient
Plus the remainder,
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You divide the polynomials.
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We shall find that the...
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-mr. Collins wasn'tyour average teacher.
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he was more like...a force of nature.
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he was kind ofa mathematical whirlwind --
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a tornado of chalk.
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he was full of surprises.
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-all right.
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-and he never let up.
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-who can give me the quotient?
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-3x + 2y?
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-no.
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-[ sighs ]
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-2y squared?
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-no.
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Anybody else?
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-sure he was tough,but you had to respect him,
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and you wanted himto respect you, too.
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at least, I did.
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-mr. Arnold.
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-2x + y?
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-correct.
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-heh-heh.
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-and the remainder?
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-uh...
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6?
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-the answer is 12y + 3.
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-okay, so I wasn't exactlygod's gift to polynomials.
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but I was doing my best,and collins knew it.
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at least, I think he did.
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[ bell rings ]
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-for your homework,
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Study unit 17, section 4.
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These are
Your last week's quizzes.
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Please pass them back.
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-after all, we'd been througha lot, the old man and I.
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we had a history,and the fact is, thanks to him,
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I'd brought myselffrom a "D"...
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to a "C," a respectable "C."
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nothing wrong with that.
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-darn it!
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-unless, of course,you happen to be paul pfeiffer.
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-what's wrong with him?
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-I'll tell you what's wrong --
This!
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-an "A"?!
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You got an "A"
In collins' advanced class?
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-it's not an "A."
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It's an a-minus.
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[ sighs ] I blew it.
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-now, with anyone else,this might seem like bragging,
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but paul wasn't a braggart.
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a's just came to him,like hives.
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-bet you could
Just kick yourself.
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-[ sighs ] lay off, hobson.
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-I'm gonna tape this
To my locker door as a warning.
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One little boner,
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And the whole academic year
Goes right down --
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-paul?
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What's this?
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-oh, just something
Collins wrote.
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-mr. Collins wrote that?
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-yeah, why?
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-nothing.
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Does he do that often?
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-sometimes.
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Doesn't he do that with you?
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-oh, sure.
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Once in a while.
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-if by "Once in a while"you meant "Never."
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not that I was jealous exactly.
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[ bell rings ]
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still, the next day,I showed up early for class.
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thought I'd have a little chatwith the big guy, chew the fat.
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after all, we were practicallyon a first-name basis.
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-mr. Collins?
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-mr. Arnold?
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-I was...Just...
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Wondering about...
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How you thought I was doing.
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I mean, generally.
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Overall.
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In math.
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-there -- clean and quick.
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one simple "Good job,"and I'd be on my way.
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-let's check.
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According to my records,
You've been getting..."C's."
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Is that correct?
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-well...
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Yes.
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-was there anything else?
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-well...No...
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Except would you say
I'm doing well?
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Or not so well?
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-how do you feel you're doing?
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-penalty -- answeringa question with a question.
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five yards, loss of down.
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-well...I guess "C's"
Are better than "D's"
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Even though they're not
As good as "B's."
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Or "A's."
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-I see.
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Thank you for sharing that
With me.
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-sure. Anytime.
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[ bell rings ]
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-take your seats and open
Your textbooks to unit 17.
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Anything else?
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-no.
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Nothing.
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-nope, nothin' at all.
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except that night, I couldn'tget it out of my mind.
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-how's it coming there, sport?
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-[ sighs ]
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Fine.
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-heard you brought home
A quiz.
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-yeah.
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Another "C."
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-mm, well, there's nothing
To be ashamed of there.
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Right?
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-[ sighs ] right, dad.
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-but suddenly, for some reason,
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that respectable "C"didn't feel so...Respectable.
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-[ sighs ]
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-these are the results
Of tuesday's quizzes.
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-"B"!
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-I got a "B."
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[ bell rings ]
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-your mid-term exam...
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Will be two weeks
From tomorrow.
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I suggest you begin
Studying for it now.
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-but who caredabout two weeks from now?
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this was a red-letter day.
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-mr. Collins?
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-yes?
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-ta-da!
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-a "B"!
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-yes.
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I know.
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-ta-da!
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that was it?
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what was it gonna take here?
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the next morning,I showed up early for school.
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-mr. Collins?
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-it was time for a talk --
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no holds barred, mano a mano.
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-I've been thinking about
What you asked me, mr. Arnold.
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-you have?
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-I believe I understand.
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-okay, then. No hard feelings.
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let 'em come --the kudos, the accolades.
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-and I think I can help.
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-I beg you pardon?
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-there's not much time.
We can start this afternoon.
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-naturally, one or twoquestions sprang to mind.
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-start what?
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-preparing for
Your mid-term examination.
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We have two weeks
And a lot of ground to cover.
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-but I didn't say anything
About an exam.
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-we can work in the afternoon
After school.
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-wait a minute.
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-heck, all I wanted here
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was a little applausefor a job well done,
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and he's giving me --
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-an opportunity to do your best.
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Isn't that why you came to me?
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You said, a "C" is
Better than a "D,"
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But not as good as an "A."
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-well, sure, but...
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I didn't mean that --
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-I think you can get that "A,"
Mr. Arnold.
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And I think you want to.
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-an "A"?
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In math?
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-and suddenly it was clear --
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the man had completelylost his mind.
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-look --
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-let me know what you decide.
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-mr. Collins?
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I'll never be an "A" student.
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-that's up to you, mr. Arnold.
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-well, like I said,the man was full of surprises.
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it was almost laughable.
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-hey, kev.
-hey.
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-after all,I was no paul pfeiffer.
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I mean, one "B" on one quiz --maybe,
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but let's not go overboard.
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-[ sighs ]
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[ sighs heavily ]
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When do we start?
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-...Minus x + 2y...
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-and so, I steppedinto the whirlwind.
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-...The lowest
Common denominator...
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- every day after school,mr. Collins and I met
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to accomplish the improbable...
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-what law do we apply?
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-the commutative law.
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-not in this case.
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-...If not the impossible.
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-...X x y = y x x.
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-not that I really believedI was gonna ace that exam.
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still, for some reason,
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mr. Collins seemed sureI could do it.
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and if he believed it,
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well, maybeanything was possible.
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-...With the problem now.
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-but it wasn't all hard work.
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there was something...More.
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it was the man himself.
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-no, just "X."
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-I liked him.
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I was getting to know him,
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and he was getting to know me.
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-...Times r - 2?
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-the funny thing is we nevertalked about anything personal.
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we didn't have to.
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-that's correct, mr. Arnold.
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-talking math was enough.
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[ bell rings ]
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and I was actually beginningto consider the chance
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I might not get massacredon that --
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[ horn honks ]
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-mr. Collins?
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-mr. Arnold?
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-I thought you...
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We were supposed to --
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-I'm afraid I can't
Make it today.
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I have an appointment.
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-oh.
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-an appointment? Was he joking?
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the test is friday,and he has an appointment?
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-well, then I guess
I'll see you tomorrow.
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-I'm afraid I won't
Be here tomorrow, either.
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-oh.
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-geez, the guy sure lookedin a hurry to get out of there.
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made you wonder if he'd robbeda cash register or something.
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-we still have
Six more units to cover.
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-I'm afraid you'll have to
Prepare on your own, mr. Arnold.
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You still have functions
And real numbers to review.
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Uh, that's units 12
Through, uh --
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-I can't do those on my own.
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-I suggest you try.
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They will be on the examination.
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-[ sighs ]
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Look, mr. Collins...
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This whole thing was your idea.
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You...
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We kind of had a deal.
269
00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:08,792
Didn't we?
270
00:12:08,794 --> 00:12:10,094
-I'm sorry.
271
00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:11,695
I have to go.
272
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,600
I'll be back for the exam
On friday.
273
00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:18,469
-wait!
274
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,304
-I felt betrayed.
275
00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:23,107
here I was, practically beggingfor the man to help,
276
00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:25,843
and he was throwing me an anvilfor a life-jacket.
277
00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,277
-I...
278
00:12:28,881 --> 00:12:31,182
-but there was nothing moreto say --
279
00:12:31,184 --> 00:12:33,217
except for one thing.
280
00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:34,351
-[ sighs ]
281
00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:36,387
I thought you were my friend.
282
00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:45,997
-not your friend, mr. Arnold.
283
00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:47,365
Your teacher.
284
00:12:50,135 --> 00:12:52,269
-oh.
285
00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:56,073
-and that was that,in spades -- the big kiss-off.
286
00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,008
and I was left with nothing...
287
00:12:58,010 --> 00:12:59,276
[ car door closes ]
288
00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:01,879
...Nothing but rage.
289
00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:03,347
[ bell rings ]
290
00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:06,984
-put your books on the floor
And your pencils on your desks.
291
00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,822
by the day of the test,I'd made up my mind.
292
00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:13,357
I knew what I had to do.
293
00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:17,061
-you will have the entire period
To complete the exam.
294
00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:19,830
Begin.
295
00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:28,805
-okay, then.
296
00:13:28,807 --> 00:13:30,708
time to get to work.
297
00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:49,126
[ bell rings ]
298
00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:50,293
-your time is up.
299
00:13:50,295 --> 00:13:52,930
Please bring your exams
To the desk.
300
00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:55,733
[ indistinct conversations ]
301
00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:11,616
Mr. Arnold.
302
00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:26,196
Kevin?
303
00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:28,032
-but I wasn't buyin'.
304
00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,700
he'd said it was up to me,
305
00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:32,636
so I'd made my choice --an "F,"
306
00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:34,705
a perfectly respectable "F."
307
00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,075
[ television plays
Indistinctly ]
308
00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:39,943
of course,I was pretty proud of myself
309
00:14:39,945 --> 00:14:43,814
all afternoon, and wellinto prime time that night.
310
00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,817
[ crickets chirping ]
311
00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:49,820
after that, well...
312
00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:02,532
...I guess you could say
313
00:15:02,534 --> 00:15:04,935
it was one of the longerweekends in my life.
314
00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:07,171
I'd watched enough"Victory at sea" reruns
315
00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:09,240
to sink a ship.
316
00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,508
[ knocking on door ]
317
00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:13,110
[ indistinct conversations ]
318
00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:19,716
-I need to speak to mr. Collins.
319
00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:20,951
Please.
320
00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:23,287
-just a moment.
321
00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:28,125
-okay, so I felt bad --
322
00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:30,027
for myself and for collins.
323
00:15:30,029 --> 00:15:32,329
after all, he probablyhad a good reason for --
324
00:15:32,331 --> 00:15:33,830
-arnold.
325
00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:35,599
Can I help you?
326
00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:39,636
-I'm, uh...Looking
For mr. Collins.
327
00:15:39,638 --> 00:15:42,373
-I'm afraid he's not here.
328
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,275
-well, could I leave him
A message?
329
00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:48,145
-sure, set up a powwow,formal peace talks --
330
00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:50,013
anything.
331
00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:58,121
-um...
332
00:15:58,123 --> 00:16:01,024
Mr. Collins passed away
This morning.
333
00:16:03,662 --> 00:16:06,730
He, uh -- he was at home.
334
00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:09,833
We just got the bad news.
335
00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:15,406
He's been not well for a while.
336
00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:18,075
It's, uh...
337
00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:20,477
It was his heart.
338
00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:27,851
I'm sorry to have
To break the news to you now.
339
00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:29,986
[ inhales deeply ]
340
00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:32,556
I'll be making a formal
Announcement later in the day.
341
00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:38,028
Meanwhile, I'll be taking over
Most of his classes.
342
00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:44,902
...How much respect
Mr. Collins had
343
00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:48,205
From his fellow teachers.
344
00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:52,042
He, uh -- he was a fine man...
345
00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:53,910
A fine teacher.
346
00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:03,019
-when you're 13,life is a series of events.
347
00:17:03,021 --> 00:17:05,622
one thing happens,then another.
348
00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:07,157
things go on.
349
00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:10,660
maybe it has to do with theresilience of the human spirit,
350
00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:12,630
the ability to survive.
351
00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:14,497
anyway, by the next week,
352
00:17:14,499 --> 00:17:17,367
life was pretty muchback to normal...
353
00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,802
for most of us.
354
00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:21,839
as for me,well, I'd survive, too.
355
00:17:21,841 --> 00:17:26,677
I had my health,my friends, and of course...
356
00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:28,112
my own private hell.
357
00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:30,447
-my, my -- another ace.
358
00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:32,182
-hey, that's none
Of your business.
359
00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:34,784
Give it back!
Come on, that's mine.
360
00:17:34,786 --> 00:17:36,553
-I heard the new, uh...
361
00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:38,288
Advanced-math teacher's
A chick.
362
00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:40,658
Planning on becoming
The new teacher's pet?
363
00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,927
-[ scoffs ] very funny, hobson.
364
00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:44,495
She happens to be very smart.
365
00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,931
Needs a little work
On her delivery, but --
366
00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:48,198
-oh, I bet.
367
00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,500
-hey, what do you know?
368
00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:50,901
-will you two just shut up?
369
00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:54,604
You're such clowns.
370
00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:57,841
-whoa! Ohh!
371
00:17:57,843 --> 00:17:59,610
Hey!
372
00:17:59,612 --> 00:18:01,911
-gentlemen?
373
00:18:01,913 --> 00:18:04,180
What's going on here?
374
00:18:04,182 --> 00:18:06,316
-nothing.
375
00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:08,385
It's nothing.
376
00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:12,289
-see me in my classroom --
3:00...
377
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:13,523
Sharp.
378
00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:18,829
-40 lashes, arnold.
379
00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:20,498
Nice going.
380
00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:25,869
[ chair creaks ]
381
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:28,505
[ bell rings ]
382
00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:34,111
-arnold.
383
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,645
Come in.
384
00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:37,180
-[ sighs ]
385
00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:38,882
Yes, sir.
386
00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,918
-it was aboutthe last place on earth
387
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,620
I wanted to be at that moment.
388
00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:46,289
-something odd has occurred.
389
00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,158
Perhaps you can
Shed some light on it.
390
00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:54,164
-and somehow I knewas soon as I saw that envelope.
391
00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:57,300
-mid-term examinations.
392
00:18:57,302 --> 00:18:59,036
All of them.
393
00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:03,474
All of them, that is...
394
00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:05,476
Except yours.
395
00:19:06,912 --> 00:19:08,245
-what?
396
00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:12,649
-apparently, mr. Collins
Graded these tests
397
00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:14,884
The weekend that, uh...
398
00:19:16,254 --> 00:19:19,256
Well, in any event,
399
00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:22,058
It seems yours was misplaced.
400
00:19:24,931 --> 00:19:27,231
-oh.
401
00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:30,267
-the question now is,
What do we do about it?
402
00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:31,601
You need a grade.
403
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,940
Do you have any suggestions?
404
00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,009
-no, sir.
405
00:19:40,813 --> 00:19:43,580
-well...
406
00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:45,382
Collins did.
407
00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:53,924
50 minutes, arnold.
408
00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,726
You may begin.
409
00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:05,602
-as I took that test,I thought about...
410
00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:07,704
a lot of things --
411
00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,873
about how I knew him
412
00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,042
and yet, I didn't...
413
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,212
about how he treated melike a man
414
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:18,315
and how I'd actedlike a child...
415
00:20:18,317 --> 00:20:20,417
about how I let him down
416
00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:22,619
and now I wouldn't.
417
00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,288
the thing is,
418
00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:27,424
even though I could almostfeel him in the room,
419
00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:30,294
I knew I didn't need himfor the answers --
420
00:20:30,296 --> 00:20:31,761
or the praise.
421
00:20:34,966 --> 00:20:37,267
I was on my own now.
422
00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:43,173
-[ sighs ]
423
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,727
[ sighs ]
You don't have to grade it.
424
00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,399
It's an "A."
425
00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:18,775
-mr. Arnold?
426
00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:26,916
-[ sighs ]
427
00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:29,185
Good job, mr. Collins.
428
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,558
[ intro to karla bonoff's
"Goodbye my friend" plays ]
429
00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:54,177
-♪ oh, we never know
Where life will take us ♪
430
00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:58,648
♪ I know it's just a ride
On the wheel ♪
431
00:22:02,087 --> 00:22:09,860
♪ and we never know
When death will shake us ♪
432
00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:14,430
♪ and we wonder
How it will feel ♪
433
00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:21,638
♪ so goodbye, my friend ♪
434
00:22:24,776 --> 00:22:29,545
♪ I know I'll never
See you again ♪
435
00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:35,585
♪ but the time together
Through all the years ♪
436
00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:39,389
♪ will take away these tears ♪
437
00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:45,762
♪ it's okay now ♪
438
00:22:45,764 --> 00:22:51,401
♪ goodbye, my friend ♪
439
00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:56,840
♪ you can go now ♪
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