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What's the difference between the orbitals?

The orbitals differ in energy.

The orbitals, which are areas in space

around the nucleus...

the ones that are closer to the nucleus,

those are low energy...

and the ones that are further away

are higher energy.

So when we put energy into the atom...

it kicks these electrons out...

further away from the nucleus,

and produces a higher... Yes?

After putting electricity

into the tube full of the electrons...

after they're lit up, do they stay lit up

or can they run out of energy?

Good question. What they do...

is they will sit up

in this higher energy state...

and then drop down again.

And when they drop down, they emit light.

What are you writing?

- This?

- Yeah.

It's my plan.

- For what?

- You'll see.

- Hey, Eli, what's up?

- Hey, how are you?

Not much. I'm just gonna go

to the darkroom and stuff, so...

Yeah. Watch out for Mr. Robertson's class.

Yeah, I know. No kidding.

- All right, I'll see you later.

- Okay. Bye.

- How you doing?

- Pretty good, actually.

- How about you?

- Fine.

Michelle, look, we've got to talk

about this gym clothes problem.

This is not gonna do it, these long pants.

Everybody else is wearing shorts.

What's the matter?

I don't want to talk about it.

I don't want to give you a mark

against you, either.

But I'll have to do it

if you can't show up in shorts...

like you are supposed to.

Look, I won't do anything about it

this time...

but tomorrow, I want to see those shorts.

Okay!

There's that nerd girl

who sits behind you in Math class.

- That one right there.

- Yeah. Her.

Green panties?

Loser.

- Where'd you take that at?

- The bleachers outside.

Pretty blurry, though.

- What's that?

- It's a rip in his shirt.

I thought it was coming out of her head.

- I took that outside at the park earlier.

- Really?

That's pretty. Where'd you take that at?

At my house.

That's my light assignment.

Great contrast. I like how you can barely see

the fence right there.

I think I'll make another print, though.

It came out too light.

Yeah, you should burn in right here.

- Hey, Eli.

- What's up, John?

- How's it going?

- Good, how about you?

- Pretty good. What are you doing?

- Just taking pictures.

- Can I take a picture of you?

- Yeah, sure.

Okay, ready? One, two, go.

- Nice.

- All right, I'll see you later.

- You going to the concert tonight?

- No, my parents are being b*tches.

That's retarded. That happens.

All right. See you.

Come on out here.

I got a job for you here.

You can take these books...

and you can reshelf them right over there,

if you would, please.

I'll be here if you need me.

- That's what they told me.

- I don't know.

- I mean, it's really hard to decide.

- Yeah, I know.

I mean, the money's really nice, but...

He's so cute.

- Did she see you?

- Who?

Did she see you?

- Who?

- Her. His girlfriend.

He has a girlfriend? Since when?

- You didn't know?

- No, I didn't.

A long time.

- Are you joking?

- I hope she didn't see you.

- She's not gonna do anything.

- She hit a girl last time for that.

- Hit a girl?

- She slapped a girl.

No way.

She smiled, he smiled, and she slapped her.

My gosh, I cannot believe that.

Are you joking?

- I saw it.

- Why wouldn't she slap him?

- Because...

- It's not the girl's fault.

All girls do that.

- In the middle of the hall?

- Yeah. After school last Friday.

Wow, I am so tired.

I haven't been getting any sleep lately...

'cause every morning, I wake up

and my mom's going through my stuff.

- Going through your stuff?

- Yeah.

Completely, like,

ruffling through my covers and like...

- Your covers?

- Yeah.

Like, what would I hide there?

What am I gonna be hiding?

I don't know.

Didn't your mom used to do that to you?

She did that a couple days ago.

She was going through it, and I said:

"Don't go through my sh*t.

I don't go through yours.

"It's not like you own my stuff.

I don't own your stuff."

I don't know. I talk to her about it,

and she'll be like:

"Okay, I'm sorry. I won't do it anymore."

And then all of sudden, I'll come home,

and she's in my room.

They think it's their job

because they're the parents of the house.

I'm sick of it. I want out of here.

I'm so ready to go to college.

Yeah, I wanna get out of here.

Only one more year, though, you guys.

One more year. Count it down.

- What to eat?

- I can't wait to go off campus.

- Can I help you?

- Can I have a milk?

Wait, no, I think I want a Capri Sun.

- Can I have a juice?

- I'll have that milk. Thanks.

Juice. This one.

Yeah. Thanks.

What do I want?

- None of it looks that good.

- It never does.

- Some kids like this stuff.

- Thank you.

I know, they come back for, like,

seconds and thirds.

They just keep coming?

Salads?

It's too crowded. Let's go to the back.

- Where's a table nobody's sitting at?

- Where's your salad dressing?

- I don't eat salad dressing anymore.

- You don't? I thought you loved it.

No, I hate it. I used to like it,

and then I tried once without it.

- I cannot stand it without.

- You know it has fat?

You know salad dressing has

- Shut up.

- It's not like it stays in us anyway.

I can't believe you just said that.

- What if somebody heard you?

- It's the truth.

Is that John?

What is he doing?

- Is that a dog?

- I didn't know he had a dog.

Why would he bring it to school

if he did have a dog?

- I have no idea.

- Maybe he just found it.

You guys want to go shopping today?

That sounds like fun.

I don't know. Ben wanted to do something.

- Are you joking me?

- What?

This is the fifth day in a row

you're not hanging out with us.

You guys, it's like,

how much time do you want?

Put a number on it.

I don't even want to talk about it.

You spend so much time with him.

You get, like, 75% to 85% of my time.

- Yeah, right. More like 20%.

- You do!

School, after school...

You know, you can't have both weekends.

I need to split it a little more evenly.

We're not just people

to be pushed out of the way.

I'm not saying that.

You're both very important to me.

I'm supposed to be your best friend

and you pushed me out of it.

You're both equally as important,

but my time has to be split up.

What do you want? 95% and he gets 5%?

Your friends are supposed to be

just as important, if not more.

- All the time. Haven't you ever heard that?

- I've heard that, but it's different.

I've been there for you, through everything.

We've been best friends for, what,

three years now? Since high school started.

- I know, I'm working.

- I'm done, guys.

Let's just go.

I'm going shopping.

Sounds like fun. I'll go.

I don't want to be

the only one not going. I'll go.

Okay, I'll go, but you cannot drive.

Yeah, you're not driving.

I am such a good driver.

- You are not.

- That's mean. You guys can't say that.

I don't understand because everyone else

thinks I'm a good singer...

and a couple of weeks ago,

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