Carrie Page #2

Probably,

"Help me. My mother's insane."

Interesting.

Do you consider yourself

anti-religious, Sue?

No. I just think

some people take it too far.

And you disapprove?

I'm all for believing whatever

you want to believe...

but you say religion to me...

and I'm thinking

Da Vinci's "Last Supper."

Jesus looks sad.

The apostles look miserable.

I don't want

to go to that party.

Shouldn't religion be more like

dogs playing poker?

- Dogs playing...

- Poker.

I can't tell you what

any of the apostles are doing...

but I can tell you

that the little white bulldog...

is holding

an ace under the table.

See? That's fun.

I'm engaged.

There's awe and wonderment.

That other stuff is

all ritual and punishment...

and it's way too weird

and serious.

Well, it is.

Go to bed.

Well, aren't you a bunch

of lovely young ladies?

Excited about the prom?

It's coming up.

I'll bet some of you

even have your gowns.

- Who's taking you, Sue?

- Tommy Ross.

Helen?

It must be Roy Everetts.

Chris... I imagine

you can take your pick.

Who's the lucky guy?

Billy Nolan.

- Who?

- Billy Nolan.

Isn't he the lucky one?

Mrs. Johansen?

Yes, dear?

Can you show me

how to do a search?

I've got an idea.

How about today

we skip softball...

and make boutonnieres for

your prom dates instead?

We can make them out of these.

I'm leaving.

You can't hit us!

I barely touched you.

You'll get canned for this.

See if you don't, b*tch!

I don't really care,

Hargensen.

If any of you think I'm wearing

my teacher hat now...

you're sadly mistaken.

I want you all to know...

what you did on Friday

was a really nasty thing.

Did you stop to think

that Carrie might have feelings?

Do any of you ever

stop to think?

Sue?

Helen? Tina?

You think she's ugly, don't you?

Well, you're ugly.

I saw just how ugly all of you

are Friday morning.

You can't talk to us like this.

My dad's a lawyer.

Shut up!

Open your mouth one more time,

and I'll plug you up.

My punishment for

this little stunt you pulled...

was three days' suspension...

and refusal

of your prom tickets.

- No!

- What? You can't...

That would've hit you

where you lived, wouldn't it?

You would deserve it, too.

Unfortunately,

our administration...

is staffed entirely by men.

They don't have

the slightest idea...

how nasty what you did was...

so you'll get

a week's detention.

But it's my detention...

in the gym

fifty minutes every day.

And I'm gonna run you ragged.

I won't come.

That's up to you, Chris.

That's up to all of you.

Punishment

for skipping detention...

is three days' suspension...

and refusal

of your prom tickets.

Get the picture?

Right. Change up.

Think about what I said.

She can't get away with this.

If we all stick together,

we can make...

Shut up, Chris.

- Sue...

- Just shut up.

This isn't over.

This is so far from over...

it's not even in

the same area code as over!

So... you and

Christine Hargensen...

friends until the end?

- Wouldn't say that.

- What would you say?

We had our differences.

Differences about Carrie White?

Differences

about a lot of things.

I played with Barbie.

She played with horses.

She's a back to front.

I'm a front to back.

You know

a girl named Donna Kellogg?

Yeah. I know Kellogg.

Every guy in school

had a bowl of her cereal.

She moved to Rhode Island

junior year.

What about her?

She got an e-mail from Chris

four days before the prom.

What'd it say?

"Dear Dirty Donna,

so I'm out of the prom...

"but they're not

getting away with it.

"I don't know exactly

what we're going to do...

"but I guarantee you

everyone is getting...

"a big... expletive... surprise."

What do you suppose

she meant by that?

There's the rain forest.

That's when you don't do

anything at all.

Hitler's moustache,

the landing strip, the Brazil.

What does Brazil have to do

with getting your area waxed?

Is it the shape of the country?

It's because the bikinis

in Brazil are so small...

you have to wax

everything off to wear one.

Where's Brazil anyway?

Carrie, do you want to sit

in Chris' desk today?

I don't think

she'll be using it...

since you got her

kicked out of school.

Just let me know

if you change your mind.

All right,

butts in the seats.

Six molecules of water...

plus six molecules

of carbon dioxide...

produces one molecule of sugar

and six molecules of oxygen.

What am I talking about?

Photosynthesis.

- Good. Photosynthesis.

- What?

What?

It's carried out

by many different organisms...

ranging from plants

to bacteria.

The main effect

of photosynthesis...

is to increase the overall

amount of carbon dioxide...

in the atmosphere.

The best-known form

of photosynthesis...

is the one carried out

by higher plants and algae...

as well as by bacteria...

Carrie?

You'd better

get to your next class.

Here's what I want.

One... prom tickets

for my daughter.

A girl's senior prom

is important to her...

and Chris is very upset.

Then she shouldn't have

skipped detention.

I wasn't talking to you,

Miss Desjarden.

When I am, you'll know

because I'll be looking at you.

Two...

no contract renewal

for Miss Desjarden.

She's already been reprimanded.

Not good enough.

This is her first year at Ewen?

Yes, and we're very pleased.

You're pleased?

With teachers who throw

students against lockers...

and assault them

with feminine hygiene products?

That is a slightly exaggerated

version of events.

Is it?

Yes, it is.

The state acknowledges...

the school's title

to "in loco parentis."

We succeed to full parental

rights during school hours.

Look at Clarkson County

School District vs. Crane.

The Crane case

you are so fond of quoting...

doesn't cover anything concerned

with physical or verbal abuse.

Lewiston School District

vs. David Duzzer...

Are you familiar with that one?

Yes.

Then I don't have

to tell you who won.

If I took you

to court on this...

I could walk out

with Desjarden's dismissal...

and a hefty damage settlement

in my pocket.

But I don't want to be

vindictive.

So, if I don't

agree to your demands...

you will take me to court.

Off to court we'd go.

For physical

and verbal abuse, right?

Essentially.

Mr. Hargensen...

are you aware that your daughter

and her friends...

cornered one of their classmates

in the ladies locker room?

A girl named Carrie White?

She was having

her first period...

and she thought she was dying.

They cornered her

and yelled obscenities at her...

and then they filled

her locker with tampons...

and wrote "Plug it up"

on the door.

Are you aware of that?

I'm not a lawyer,

Mr. Hargensen...

but that sounds like

physical and verbal abuse to me.

I'm not going to sit here

and listen to half-truths.

I know my daughter

well enough...

I don't think you know her

as well as you might think.

If I may...

let's see here.

Four years, graduates in May.

Tested IQ of 140.

Detention, 73.

20 for harassment

of other students.

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