Front of the Class Page #8

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Why would a sword be in a rock?

Well, I don't know, but if you, ah, keep reading, you might just find out.

"The magician told the small boy that

whoever could pull the sword out of

the rock would be the true king."

Cool.

Keep going. What happens next?

Hey. What's wrong?

Oh, I'm so nervous.

What's there to be nervous about? You're just gonna meet my mom.

Thank you. That's, that's helpful.

And Jeff...and my aunts and uncles...

and anybody I've ever loved...in my entire life.

Prepare your self. This is big.

I'm ready. Why do I have to prepare myself? .

That's right. Prepare yourself.

Oh, you're here!

Oh, hi! I can't believe I'm finally meeting Nancy.

Oh! You're even prettier than I thought

Brad has told me so much about you, Mrs. Cohen

Oh, Ellen.

Well, that's more than he tells me about you

Wha-what! What? I tell you all about Nancy.

Oh, you never tell me the real stuff.

-Come on, Nancy -Bobo, get the bags, honey.

Yes, Bobo. Get on that.

So, are you exhausted?

No.

Oh, good. Because we've got a pedicure

appointment in an hour.

-This is Nancy. -Hi.

-Who I was telling you about. -So, nice to meet you.

And, no, wait, Janet. Here, come and meet Janet.

-OK. Hi! Nancy. -And one other person...

Mom's going a little overboard

making Nancy feel like family.

Is that a possibility? Her being family?

I don't know. I mean, you know,

I know but I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't...

Oh, yeah. It's, it's serious. Has she met Dad?

No! No, no, no, no...

Well, what are you waiting for?

Hey. Back off, will'ya?

...He ended up falling flat

and then he hit his head straight against the curb.

Gave himself a concussion.

Well, You'll excuse me, Nancy's needed in the kitchen.

I'm just going to steal her for one second.

Needed in the kitchen.

OK.

Are you rescuing me? Because I don't need rescuing

I do.

What's going on ?

How was your pedicure?

lf you're wondering

what did your Mom and I talked about, we talked about you.

And us.

Is something wrong?

I was just wondering,

if I told you,

I love you.

I mean, it just, it scares me. Right?

I never thought about it before.

I never dared think about it.

Look, Brad.

She understands about your noises, she doesn't care.

You know, you make her happy, Brad

she told me that, Brad. You make her laugh.

Well, what if one day she stops laughing?

What if one day she gets fed up of living with someone who

I just, I don't want to hurt her, Mom...

Maybe you don't want to get hurt.

Both.

The only thing that can hurt either of you:

is if you let Tourette's drive her away from you.

lf you let it win.

Heather's mother had called to say

Heather was no longer able to attend school.

So, the class all pitched in to cheer her up

Oh, wow. Look at this table.

It looks very good.

Ah, this looks great over here.

The news we'd all been dreading came a few weeks later...

Hey.

Hi, Mr. Cohen.

What's up, Henry.

Hi.

-Hey, Eli. -Hi, Mr. Cohen.

Hey, Mr. Cohen.

What's up, Gaylon?

These are my grandparents, James and Shirley.

Sir, they're about to start the service.

You go ahead.

Mr. Cohen? Aren't you coming in?

I'm sorry...I thought I could but I...

I think I'd be too disruptive.

You made such a huge difference in Heather's life.

You were her favorite teacher.

Please, don't leave without saying goodbye to her.

Okay, Thomas...what is your team's word?

Weird!

Weird. Anybody not on Thomas's team

know what that word means?

Strange.

Creepy.

Scary.

Very good.

Who can use the word weird in a sentence?

Me, oh, me!

25 30 35 40

25, 30, 35, 40.

The girl in pigtails.

50! Gaylon!

"I like weird movies. " Sorry, Mr. Cohen.

I know you can't go to them

because you get thrown out of the movie theater.

Well, that's OK, Gaylon.

Boom. Because I can rent movies.

And I also like weird movies.

So weird is a good word, right?

But what if someone comes up to you and they say, "Hey, you! "

Yeah, you. I'm talking to you. You're weird.

Is it still a good word?

Noooo.

What, what's that?

OK, everyone, stay in your seat.

It's Maxine and big Red.

Mr. Cohen, can't we go see them?

Okay, but everyone...inside voices...

Everyone line up by the door and no running.

You got it. Yeah. Exactly. Eli, get in there, man.

All right, but be careful.

So, what do you think of it? Pretty cool, huh?

Eli! What did I tell you? All right, no pulling the horn.

Or else you guys are coming down.

Sorry, Maxine.

That's all right.

Kids will be kids.

Yes, yeah. Yeah, they will.

They still getting along?

Well, it looks like it.

Give 'em time.

I like Nancy.

She reminds me of your Mom when we first met.

They don't look anything alike.

I'm not talking about looksI'm talking about that...

spark, that spirit, that, ah, "je ne sais quoi. "

How are things at school?

Oh, you know.

We got more books than bookcases,

roof leaks, budget cutbacks...

Little worried they might not ask me back next year.

There's plenty of teachers with a lot more experience than me.

I'm proud of you regardless.

Doesn't feel that way.

Why do I feel like you're still embarrassed by me?

And it's okay, Dad, you can admit it.

You're not trying to start something...?

No. No, no.

But, you know, we're finally talking, and it's good, so let's talk.

I've always been an embarrassment to you.

I have, haven't l? Even when you used to come visit me,

you used to squirm when all those eyeballs would click my way.

You've never been able to accept it.

You're right.

It is tough being with you sometimes

I hate it when we go to restaurants and people give you those looks.

Sometimes, I just...

I just feel so helpless.

You know, I've always been a guy who could fix things...

...but the one thing I could never fix was the one thing

that was hurting you most.

It doesn't need fixing.

Nobody can fix it.

I know. I know.

But maybe it's my fault.

Maybe I gave it to you.

I think these babies are done.

Come on, guys.

We only have two minutes before the media center closes.

Hurry up, back there. Stay to the side, guys.

Stay to the side. What did I tell you?

Guys in the back, come on, hurry up.

Dad?

What are you, ah, what are you doing here?

You said you needed bookcases, didn't you?

Your Father's built us new bookshelves for the library.

Things are a little slow at the office.

This way, gentlemen.

Oh, and I got you something for your collection.

Put it on, Mr. Cohen.

A hard hat for an extremely hard head.

Hey, class, that's my dad.

Hi, Mr. Cohen!

Hi!

Come on.

Come on!

And, and Hilarie didn't say what this was about?

No idea.

We were at recess and she said she needs to see you in your classroom.

I think it might have to do with next year.

Here he is.

Brad.

Would you come over here a moment, please?

Hilarie's got an announcement to make.

Some of you may have noticed

an observer hanging around school the last few weeks.

Well, he was here to assess one of our teachers.

Mr. Cohen.

And I'm here to announce that our very own Brad Cohen has been chosen

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