Gotta Kick It Up

[Dance Music Playing]

[Woman Bailando En

La Ciudad In Spanish]

[Kids Chattering]

Hi. Can I Have

A Notebook, Pen, Ruler,

And Peanut Butter Cups?

Here You Go.

Thank You.

You're Welcome.

Is This Part

Of Your Diet?

Hey, Beat It.

She's Not Bothering You.

Ooh, She's Scared.

Let's Go.

Hey, You.

What's Up, Chica?

Nada. Just Kickin' It.

You Know,

First-Day-Back Blues.

Heh.

[Gasps]

Oh, I Am So Sorry.

Are You Ok?

It's Fine.

It's My Fault.

I Just Got

So Involved

In The Book,

I Forgot To Watch

Where I'm Going.

Oh.

Could You Be So Kind

As To Point Me Towards

The Administration Building?

Sure. Um, Yeah,

You Follow Along

These Buildings Here,

Past The Jock Trophies,

Up The Stairs.

If You Pass

The Faculty Room,

You Went Too Far.

Thank You. Thanks.

I'm Sorry.

Bye.

[Hip-Hop Music Playing]

Ooh, Yeah, Girl,

You're Dustin' Me!

All Right, Who's Got

The Next Cut?

Um, I Got It.

Here.

Where Are You Going

With That Dumb,

Girly Music, Esmeralda?

Who Named You

The Queen Of Music?

As Long As I Got The Moves,

I'll Be The One Pickin'

The Tunes.

Are We On The Same Page?

And, Segura, Please Come

To School With Your

Pants Pulled Up.

Nobody Cares What Color

Your Underwear Is.

Go To Class.

Gomez!

Gomez, Gomez,

Gomez, Gomez.

If You Put

As Much Energy

Into Your Schoolwork

As You Do

Into Goofing Off,

You Will Be

On The Honor Roll,

My Friend.

Yes, Sir.

Direct Me To The Front,

Colonel Zavala.

I Will Sacrifice Myself

For The Good

Of The School.

Dismissed.

[Sighs]

Hey.

Hi.

I Take It Principal Zavala

Had A Previous Life

In The Military.

Don't Think The Kids

Will Ever Let Him

Forget It For A Minute.

Good Morning,

Ms. Bartlett.

I'm Delighted To See

You Actually

Showed Up.

You Had Doubts?

Well, You Wouldn't Be

My First New Recruit

To Go Awol.

These Kids Can Be

Pretty Intimidating.

After Watching

A Dot-Com Company

Crash And Burn,

This Should Be Easy

In Comparison.

Don't Count On It.

Thanks

For The Reassurance.

[Bell Rings]

Remember,

Ms. Bartlett,

The First Day Is Usually

The Most Trying.

Good Luck.

[Kids Chattering Loudly]

So, Who's In Charge Here?

Who Knows?

Maybe No One.

Oughta Learn More

Than We Usually Do, Then.

Yep.

Ha Ha!

What?

Oh, Oh!

Yo, That's Tight.

You Better Quit It,

Guys.

You Want To Land Us

All In Detention?

Ooh, You Wouldn't Want

That To Go

On Your Permanent

Record, Would You?

Yeah! Go, Yoli!

Oh, Oh, Go, Yoli!

Oh, Oh, Go, Yoli!

Go, Yoli! Go, Yoli!

Whoo!

[Whistles]

[Banging Stops]

Good Morning.

[Boy Wolf-Whistles]

My Name Is Ms. Bartlett,

I'm Your New Biology Teacher.

Boo!

Nice Suit!

Whatever!

Good Luck!

Can Anybody Tell Me

What Biology Is?

A Royal Pain.

A Total Waste

Of Time?

[Kids Laugh]

Biology Is The Science

Of Living Organisms

And Vital Processes.

It's An Exploration Between

Plant And Animal Life,

The Laws And The Phenomena

That...

Govern The...

Varied Species

On The Planet.

Am I Going Too Fast?

Do You Have

Any Questions?

Why Should We Care?

Yeah, And How Does It

Matter To Us

If Some Dumb Animal Goes

And Gets Itself Extinct?

We'd Be Better Off

Busting Some Beats.

Yeah!

Yeah, Bump It!

Oh, Oh!

Go, Daisy!

Come On, Daisy!

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!

Kids:
Go, Daisy! Go, Daisy!

Go, Daisy!

Uh-Oh!

Go, Daisy! Go, Daisy!

Go, Daisy!

Uh! Uh! Uh!

Go, Daisy! Go, Daisy...

Zavala:
Attention!

[Kids Stop Yelling]

That's Automatic Detention

For 2 Weeks, Starting Today.

[Sighs] Gosh,

That's Wack, Colonel.

I'm Adding 2 More Weeks

For Insubordination,

Miss Salinas.

She Wasn't

The Only One

Dancing.

Would You Care

To Join Her, Miss Vargas?

Anybody Else?

An Effective Leader Seizes

Control Of Her Troops

Immediately.

Absolutely.

[Sighs]

[Kids Chatting Indistinctly]

Hey, Did You Hear

Ms. Renee Retired?

What?!

She Can't!

What About

Dance Team?

It Ain't Gonna Happen

This Year.

But I Need It

For College.

It's The Perfect

Extracurricular

Activity.

Ay, Pobrecita.

Poor Thing? Not Me.

Esmeralda's The One

Who's Been Preparing

For This

Since Second Grade.

Yeah. She's Gonna Freak.

[Moonlight Sonata Playing]

Boy:
Es Mo.

Junior!

Junior, Give That Back!

Junior! Junior!

What Are You Doing?!

Junior, That's Not Funny!

Can I Have My Box

Back Please?

Esmeralda.

What Are You Doing

On The Floor?

Mom, He's

At It Again.

[Spanish Report

On Television]

Did You Give Your Brother

His Breakfast?

Mocoso, Give That Music Box

Back To Your Sister.

Now...

Andale.

You'd Think That Silly Thing

Was Made Of Gold.

[Moonlight Sonata Playing]

[Rap Music Playing]

Hey.

Hey. How You Doin'?

School Is Such A Drag.

Man, Do You Know

How Lucky You Are

Your Parents Let You Drop Out?

Hey, I Tried

Sticking It Out.

Just Couldn't Hack It.

Not That Working's

So Much Better.

Boss Always On My Case.

Customers To Deal With.

The Second I Can,

I'm Gonna Be Right Out Here

In The World With You.

Yeah, Well,

Don't Let Tu Madre

Hear You Sing That Tune.

She Already Thinks

I'm A Bad Influence.

Hey, You Wanna

Kick Back After School?

Watch Some Tube?

[Laughs] I Wish.

That Jerk Zavala

Gave Me Detention

For A Whole Month.

Ooh.

That's Harsh.

But It Doesn't

Come Close

To My Record.

When I Was

In Ninth Grade,

He Tried Keeping Me

After School

For 4 Months...

Till I

Weaseled Out Of It.

How'd You Manage That,

Slick?

Oh, Put On My Best

"So Sorry" Face,

And Traded Detention

For An Extracurricular

Activity.

Sweet.

Yeah.

Kinda Like You.

Ok, Ms. Kim,

I Made My Corrections.

Would You Please

Type That Up?

No Problem.

Thank You.

Uh, Mr. Zavala,

It Says Ms. Bartlett

Went To Juilliard--

You Know,

That Amazing Performing

School In New York--

On A Dance Scholarship.

Are You Filing The Resumes

Or Reading The Resumes,

Miss Reyna?

I Didn't Mean To, Sir,

But It Just Jumped

Right Out.

I Mean, I've Been

Really Stressed

Since I Found Out

We Had No Dance Coach.

Do You Even Know

If Ms. Bartlett

Would Be Interested?

Well, Can't You

Force Her To Do It?

Well, Contrary

To What I Try To Make

You Students Believe,

I Really Don't Have

That Kind Of Power.

All After-School Coaches

Are Volunteers.

But You'll Talk To Her,

Right?

Please?

I'll See What I Can Do.

Gracias.

De Nada.

Good Morning,

Ms. Bartlett.

Ooh, This Can't Be Good.

I Have A Favor

To Ask.

It's Been Brought

To My Attention

That You Have

A Background In Dance.

Well,

That Was A Long Time Ago.

It's Not Something

I've Kept Up With.

Did You Know

We Have A Ninth-Grade

Dance Here At Marshall?

And Our Squad's Been

A Bit, Uh...

How Do I Say This?

[Chuckles]

Ok, We Have

A Statewide Reputation

For Being

A Perennial Disaster,

But These Girls

Are Counting On It.

They Have

The Enthusiasm.

All They're Lacking

Is A Coach.

I Don't Mean

To Be Rude, Sir,

But If You're Angling

To Get Me Involved,

Let Me Save You

The Breath.

Dancing's

A Part Of My Past.

All Right,

Then Let Me Try

This Approach.

Studies Show

That Participating

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