187: Documented Page #2
- Year:
- 1997
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...that gangbanger stabbed
about a dozen times in the hallway.
Jesus Christ!
You're him!
It was you!
Holy sh*t, Garfield!
When was that, last fall? When?
October 27.
What a schmuck!
with a Purple Heart!
Excuse me.
Listen to me.
In my book, you're a hero, man.
Damn straight!
- Getting stabbed doesn't make me a hero.
- What'd they do to the kid?
Put him in a facility upstate
till he's 21.
That's it?
They should've caned him.
They should've caned the bastard
like they did that kid in Singapore.
President of Singapore
had a few choice words.
"When a continuing state
of defiance and disorder...
...cannot be checked by the rules...
...then new and sometimes
drastic rules...
...must be forged to maintain order.
The alternative is anarchy. "
Why do you still teach?
The same reason that you do, Garfield.
For the paycheck.
Hold on, everyone.
I still have a few minutes.
Tell me the difference between the
central nervous system and the lymphatic.
You got a nice butt.
Since you seem to know
so much about anatomy, Ms...
...Nartinez...
Central nervous system
and the lymphatic.
Tell me the difference.
It's like the...
The central nervous system is...
...your brain and your spinal cord.
And the lymphatic system is the stuff
in your blood that fights diseases.
That's right!
Schoolgirl!
That b*tch was cheating.
Are you writing on your desk, Mr...
...Sanchez?
I don't see nothing in my hands,
do you?
"K.O.S."
What's that? A tagging crew?
- "Cartoon. " That you?
- It might be.
Does K.O.S. Have
something to do with Benny?
Don't go there.
"K.O.S." stands for
"Kapping Off Suckers. "
We give out referrals.
Don't disrespect my homeboy.
I don't like it.
And he don't like you.
Do me a favor.
Go to the counter, get a paper towel
and wipe your desk off.
And what's your name?
Who, me?
Stevie Littleton.
You do me a favor, Mr. Littleton.
Turn that tagger shirt...
...inside out.
What, this?
Hyland said it was okay.
Later, lover!
It was a pleasure meeting you.
They're just trying to f*** with you.
I mean, play with you.
- Sorry I said you had a nice ass.
- Apology accepted.
But I ain't no schoolgirl.
May I come in?
Sure.
Making time a reward
instead of a distraction.
I don't know why I jumped up
the way I did at lunch.
It's just weird.
It's all right.
For what it's worth,
Childress thinks you walk on water.
Is that a good thing?
It takes a lot of courage to go
back into a classroom after that.
Not if the only thing
you ever wanted was to teach.
You see, there's our predicament.
I assume you've met Benny Chacon.
Yes, I have.
Last week...
...Benny and his tagging crew...
...had Ms. Eskander
pinned in the corner over there.
So she kicks him.
If the district rules it an assault
on a student, she's gone.
They'd do that?
She's non-tenured.
Wouldn't be surprised
if she files for stress leave.
It's too bad.
She was a good teacher.
Can I ask a personal question?
When you were attacked,
was it random or did you know him?
No, I knew him. I flunked him.
Can you see something like that coming?
Kid tells you he wants to kill you,
believe him.
He was an O.T.,
an opportunity transfer.
But nobody told me that
till it was too late.
Do you know Benny's an O.T.?
Last year he was convicted of a felony
assault and suspended twice.
as a character witness.
And now I get to see him
every morning in my homeroom.
In your homeroom?
Condition of his probation
is that he stay in school.
- Did you talk to the principal?
- Many times.
This kid's threatening me, and
all Garcia cares about is a lawsuit.
What did Benny say to you?
That he'd hurt me.
Real bad.
Someone calls my house every night...
...and hangs up.
they broke into my car.
And on Friday, someone was in my house,
but I can't prove it.
I don't know what to do.
You can quit.
You didn't.
Hey, Picasso!
What's up?
You guys writers, or what?
- You don't know me, fool?
- No, man.
You should.
You just f***ed up my piece.
You guys from K.O.S.?
"K.O.S." Come on, nigga!
- Yeah, we K.O.S., fool.
- Shut up!
I got some silver in my sack.
I could just clean it up for you.
I'll take care of it.
Don't f*** with me.
I might just have to bust
a cap in your ass.
Come on, it's all about bombing,
getting citywide.
Don't get all violent.
Benny, don't be getting violent now.
I said shut the f*** up!
Yo, nigga, get away, man!
Damn!
I ain't got time for this sh*t.
You think this is funny?
If I don't call my P.O. In 15 minutes,
I'm f***ed!
Come on, let's get out of here.
Benny, come on, man! Let's go!
Come on, Paco, let's step.
Benny Chacon?
Benny's not here.
I think he went AWOL.
- Leonard Thomas?
- Here.
Hi. How are you?
Eskander did file for stress leave.
They asked me
to finish out the semester.
That's great.
Just till the end of the year.
I wanted to thank you for letting me
cry on your shoulder the other day.
It's all right.
Have you seen Benny lately?
His P.O. Says he hasn't
heard from him in 4 days.
Really?
They say, "Be careful
what you pray for. "
Don't get me wrong.
Benny's made my life a living hell.
I've moved in with my mother
because of him.
I love her, but if I eat
one more dinner off the TV tray...
Wheel of Fortune, I'll lose my mind.
Time's up!
When did a student
last surprise you?
When the light came on?
That's been a while.
Don't you ever get lonely?
Yeah, sometimes.
There's this passage
in God's Lonely Man...
...by Thomas Wolfe where he says:
"The whole conviction of my life
rests upon the belief...
...that loneliness is the central...
...and inevitable fact
of human existence. "
That's really depressing, Trevor.
It's just my New York upbringing.
It's not easy looking...
...on the bright side these days.
You'd feel that way after spending
a year going in and out of hospitals.
No, that wasn't that tough.
The robbery.
That was the hardest for me to get over.
What'd they steal?
My passion. The spark.
My unguarded self. I miss them.
I want them back.
If you ask me, they're still there.
I think everyone else has given up.
They're so beaten down.
But you're different.
You refuse to be beaten.
Well, thank you.
Where are you going?
Got something for you.
Did you know that
No.
Yeah, he's S.E.D.
Severely emotionally disturbed?
That's great.
I wanted you to have this.
I can't believe...! You are so...
When I go back on my right foot,
you come forward on your left.
When I go forward on my left,
you're back on your right.
He taught you that?
- All part of the dance.
Was he this fresh?
I'm sorry!
It's all right.
Can I get something?
Get the baking soda out of the kitchen.
Sure.
Where in the kitchen?
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