Class of 1984 Page #5

Easy. Easy, Mr. Norris.

You shouldn't be talking like that.

Not with you already facing

an assault charge.

Come on.

I'll drive you home.

I always walked home with Arthur.

Terry, what are you doing to yourself?

Who cares?

It calms me.

It insulates me.

If we can get through this year,

then Andy's gonna have

a permanent teaching position.

Terry talks about retiring.

But that's rubbish.

He won't.

I'm such a failure.

You're not a failure.

Terry, you're one of the best

teachers in that whole school.

To tell you the truth, Andy,

I don't think I can teach anymore.

I can't get through.

I always had this dream

that I could make kids read

every book they could

lay their hands on.

Oh, if I could only be

an inspiration to one

goddamn growing mind.

Sometimes I think I'd do anything...

Just anything if I knew

that I could leave

one person behind...

who'd heard me.

I...

Good-bye, Mr. Chips.

Uh, we've got what? We've got

a week to senior assembly. Right?

People have been invited

from the symphony competition board.

Well, parents and students.

I just...

I don't know how to

tell you this, but...

I think you guys are terrific.

You mean we're good?

No, I didn't say you were good.

I said you were terrific!

Absolutely great.

All we gotta do is...

Mr. Norris.

You gotta come with me.

So we can have any number of

"X" chromosomes in any species,

but it is only the with the addition

of the "Y" that we get the man.

Sit down.

Please.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Let me through.

I-I'm calling the police to handle this.

No, let Mr. Norris talk to him first.

There are students in there.

Yes, and that is Terry Corrigan.

That is not a maniac killer.

Let me have a chance.

- Come on. He's my friend.

- I'll back him up.

All right.

Hi, Terry.

You shouldn't be in here, Andrew.

What are you doing?

I'm teaching.

Can't you see that?

You!

Tell us the factor

for the female of the species.

Stand up when the teacher talks to you!

- Wait a minute. Terry...

- No!

Andrew.

I don't come into your class

and tell you how to teach.

Now, what is the answer, please?

For you...

simply cannot afford...

to fail this class.

Now, what is the answer?

What is the answer?

Please?

Y.

Y.

- Well, you see how simple it is?

- Yeah.

He has never, never

answered a question in this class.

I'm finally teaching them.

Oh, tell me, darling.

How many chambers

are there in the human heart?

Oh, come on.

Come on.

Go on.

Four. I think four.

That's wonderful.

Oh, it's a pleasure.

Oh, such a tremendous pleasure.

Mr. Stegman, what is an amphibian?

You should know.

We had such a...

wonderful display...

hanging on our wall.

You don't know?

That's too bad.

You...

Do not pass.

You have to work with him, Terry.

Oh, but, Andrew, it would take

such an awful lot of work.

And this would be so much easier.

Class is not dismissed!

God!

We're gonna work all this out.

Come on, Terry.

They...

killed my animals.

Oh, God.

Stegman did that.

They aren't all like him.

Oh, Stegman.

All right, all right,

get him down to the office.

Wait a second.

Let me take him home.

Not so fast, Mr. Norris.

He needs mental help.

And we've got to notify the police.

We're gonna have parents

all over me in an hour.

How come I can't get you off the dime

when a student does something wrong,

but when a teacher screws up,

you wanna call in the police?

A teacher is required

to be responsible.

Come on, Terry.

Let me take you home, okay?

No.

No, I... I'm fine.

I'm fine. Really.

I'm fine. I'm...

I'm fine.

Jesus Christ!

What the hell you doing,

you crazy son of a b*tch?

I'll kill you.

I'll kill you, you f***ing a**hole!

Sh*t!

Sh*t.

Run, Stegman!

It was nice to see

so many kids at Terry's funeral.

It's gonna be really hard

for Ellen to accept Terry's death.

I know.

It's hard for me.

And what about us?

Andy, I'm worried about us,

and I'm worried about the baby.

And I've made a decision.

I... I'm gonna go to

my mother's house.

It'll be safer until the child's born.

Good. Good.

I think you should have gone long ago.

What about you?

Are you ready now to give up

that obsession you have

with the kids at Lincoln High?

What obsession, Diane?

I'm a teacher.

I'm just trying to do my job.

Terry couldn't handle it.

I can.

Okay. Why don't you

just stay there then

and just slug it out

with those psychotic little misfits.

And who knows?

Maybe you'll wind up like Terry.

And what should I tell our child?

That their father died

in the line of duty? That he was a teacher?

What do you wanna tell them?

That I was a coward?

That I ran away as soon

as I had a problem?

I'm sorry.

Stay for the concert, and then

go to your mother's, okay?

I'll visit you on the weekends.

I love you.

I love you too.

- Mr. Norris. I'm glad you're here.

- How is he?

He's better.

He's talking, but not to me.

He won't say who knifed him.

Why don't you go on in there?

Maybe he'll tell me.

Hey.

Hi.

How you feeling?

As good as I look.

Who's replacing me in the orchestra?

- Zuckerman.

- Zuckerman?

- Yeah.

- He's a Turkey compared to me.

You told Stewiski

that you didn't see who knifed you.

Is that the truth?

What's the use?

Then you did see.

Mr. Norris...

you know that if I say who got me...

as soon as I get out,

they're gonna get me again.

Arthur...

don't you want them to get those kids?

I mean, the same thing

could happen to somebody else.

Look, I'm not gonna force you

into anything, but...

I just want you to think about this.

I think that the only rights we have

are the ones we're willing to fight for.

You owe it to your friends

at school to stand up for yourself.

Okay.

It was Vinnie.

Vinnie Cuntino.

- So, what do you wanna do?

- Go see a movie.

Hello, officer.

Norris must have got Arthur to talk.

- So let's f*** him up.

- All in good time. All in good time.

Excuse me.

Sir? Sir?

Come back here!

What the hell are you doing?

Why did you let them go?

- It's all right.

- Yes, sir.

I had to let 'em go. That's the law.

I could only keep them here 24 hours.

Besides, we still got Vinnie.

They set him up. You know that.

I don't know that,

and you don't know that either.

Vinnie isn't talking yet.

They're gonna go right after Arthur.

What are you gonna do,

wait until he's dead?

Don't worry about Arthur.

We'll protect Arthur.

But who's gonna protect you?

You better look after your own ass...

if you wanna be any good

to the rest of those kids.

You got that concert

tomorrow night, don't you?

- Yeah.

- Mr. Norris.

What?

Mind your own business, huh?

What do you think?

I don't think anyone will mistake you

for Leonard Bernstein.

- But you look splendid.

- Splendid?

Sexy.

That's what I care about.

The concert starts about 8:00.

Try and get there a little early, okay?

- Andy?

- Yeah?

I'm... I'm really proud of you, honey.

- How are you doing, Mr. Norris?

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