High School High Page #4

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- It's okay. It's me.

- I know.

What the hell's going on here?

I was attacked.

Dressed like that, what do you expect?

And alone with him.

It wasn't just me. There were three of us.

That makes it all better.

No. I was wrestling with the other guy.

He was trying to have sex with her.

I don't care what your arrangement was,

or how it went wrong.

Now you listen to me, Clark.

Either you shape up,

or I'll bounce you out of here...

faster than a homo at Fort Dix.

- Does it hurt here?

- A little.

And here?

- How about here?

- I can't feel your hand.

That's because I'm touching myself.

I better get you something to wear.

You have a T-shirt around here anywhere?

Top drawer.

Here we are.

Poor thing. You must be exhausted.

Let me loosen that bra and get you some air.

Richard...

Victoria, I'm sorry about all this.

It's all my fault.

If they think by attacking you

they can scare me off, they're nuts.

They can attack you all they want.

I'm gonna get through to these kids.

Sure, getting them to come to class,

it's a small victory...

- but it isn't enough.

- Richard, they have to want to learn.

That's exactly my point.

And I think Griff is the key.

He seems to be a leader. Now...

if I could just reach him,

I could get through to the others...

You have to be careful.

If you raise their expectations...

their hopes, and their dreams,

and then you fail?

It's worth the risk.

These are all basically good kids.

They deserve the same experiences

that we all had in high school.

Dating, going to proms,

and begging for sex.

Richard, you have to trust me on this one.

I'm your friend.

I'm more than a friend.

To me?

Yes. Why not?

Well, no one who's ever looked like you

has ever looked at me.

That's their loss.

You know, I have never been very good

at relationships.

In fact, most of mine always ended with,

you know:

"Hey, what are you doing in bed

with that other woman?"

And that was me talking.

Victoria, I do find you very attractive.

What's wrong?

I'm scared.

It's okay, you can be on top.

No, it isn't that.

Trouble just seems to follow me around.

Everywhere I go, there's always someone

looking to bust my balls.

Don't worry, Richard.

Your balls are safe with me.

My God, you're a virgin.

No, I still have my panties on.

- I still can't...

- Richard, I'm over here.

Driver, I'm the next stop.

Forget it, pal.

We don't stop in this neighbourhood.

Griff?

- Here you go, darling.

- Thanks, Sam.

Watch your back.

Here's your cola, Griff.

- Griff.

- Mr. Clark.

- What are you doing here?

- I live here.

I realise a lot of these men do,

but you can get help for this, son.

No. I mean my mom and I

live in an apartment upstairs.

Listen, Griff.

The reason I came here is because l...

I sense that you want to make something

of yourself...

and if you help me,

we can turn the school around.

Why me, man?

You'll have to get somebody else.

Who do you think is watching my little...

brothers and sisters

while my moms is working? I'm all they got.

You remind me a lot of myself

when I was your age...

except I was white and had

both parents and lived in the suburbs...

and I didn't have any brothers or sisters.

Maybe you remind me of somebody else.

Griff, don't you have a dream?

- You wouldn't be interested, man.

- Sure I would. Tell me.

- Promise you won't tell anyone.

- You have my word.

- I want to go to college.

- College? You got to be...

I'm sorry. Listen, Griff, I'll make you a deal.

You help me get these kids to learn...

and I promise you, I will do everything

in my power to get you into college.

Don't try to play me, Mr. Clark.

I've been promised stuff before

that hasn't come true.

I'm saying, where would I get the money

for college from?

- You ever hear of scholarships?

- Yeah!

Well...

you probably won't get any of those.

But there are plenty of other ways.

I promise you.

Don't just take my word for it, all right?

You go home, you talk it over

with your mother.

I'm sure she'll agree with me.

Here.

Listen, Griff,

you don't have to live in a community...

infested with crimes, and drugs, and gangs.

You don't have to end up in some sleazy bar

with a bunch of washed-up bums...

watching some over-the-hill stripper

expose herself...

for a few measly dollars in her G-string.

Okay. Now, in the next six weeks...

I am gonna try and cram as much knowledge

into your brains as is humanly possible.

Or as space will allow.

Now, this is your textbook for the semester.

They open like this.

Now all of you try it.

Good.

All right. Let's get to work.

Maybe we should start

with some basic English.

Now, who can give me a complete sentence?

Yo, you wack punk,

you be going down the hard way.

All right, that's a good sentence.

Let's examine it.

"Yo" is a common colloquial greeting...

comma...

"you wack punk...

"you be going..."

This is just bad syntax.

Who can give me another sentence?

- Julie.

- I think my water broke.

Good.

"I think..."

- What's the capital of Nebraska?

- Lincoln.

- Right. Who freed the slaves?

- Lincoln.

Right. Charles Keating cooked the books

of what S and L?

- Lincoln.

- Yes.

- Who makes the best town car?

- Cadillac.

No.

- Lincoln!

- Amazing.

Now we're getting somewhere.

You and three of your G's

are on someone else's turf.

You're cruising along in your fly ride

about 20 miles per.

There's a posse of eight homies just sitting

in front of their crib, they're just...

chilling on the porch

playing some fresh jams.

- Who they got on the box?

- I think they're riffing with Tag Team...

maybe some Ice, Snoop, Biggie,

Junior MAFIA, whatever.

They decide that they want to throw down.

So, you and your boys, you pile out

of your hooptie for the face-off.

They have six baseball bats and two chains.

You have three brass knuckles...

and two sawed-off pool cues,

you know, jimmy sticks.

Now, what I want to know is

what is the ratio...

of metal weapons to wooden ones?

Over here, over here, Mr. Clark, Julie knows.

Okay, pop quiz. Who was the first president

to use the telephone?

- Anferny.

- Nixon.

No. Griff.

- Garfield.

- Yes.

First president to be on television?

Anferny.

- Johnny Carson.

- No, he was never president. Natalie.

- Eisenhower.

- Yes.

Who was the last president to blow chunks

on a Japanese head of state?

Anferny.

- Bush?

- Yes!

Good day, Ms. Doyle.

Good morning, Ms. Doyle.

You looking fine, Ms. Doyle.

Mr. Arnott? Where have you been?

They released me.

Everyone...

state law prohibits Mr. Clark

from being here today, so he's at home...

probably a little nervous,

but I'm sure rooting for all of you.

All right, here we go.

The Academic Proficiency Test.

You have eight hours in which to complete

this exam. Good luck to all of you.

Begin work now.

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