Lean on Me
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1989
- 108 min
- 5,234 Views
Fair eastside
by thy side
we'll stand
and always
praise thy name
and ever lend our hearts
and hands
to help increase thy fame
the honor
of old eastside high
brings forth our loyalty
so cheer
for dear old eastside high
lead on to victory
man:
As the tension mountsthroughout the free world,
the ladies have a surprising
15-0 lead over the boys.
Now next question,
bonus question for 20 points.
What is the origin
of our civil rights?
The magna carta.
No, tom, no.
Ellen, take it.
English common law.
20-point bonus.
Boys lose 10 points
for ringing the bell
without knowing the answer.
It's a 10-point loss.
The magna carta was a document
guaranteeing rights,
but the rights of whom?
Uh, stacey.
The aristocracy.
10-point bonus
for the girls.
The aristocracy
vis-a-vis the king.
from the common well.
The common well.
Hence... come on, who knows?
Uh... anthony.
Commonwealth?
10-point bonus
for the boys.
Good, but, guys,
watch out.
Girls have a 45-0 lead.
You're not doing too well.
Next two.
Come on. Quickly.
All right.
Here we go.
Bonus question
for 10 points.
Define the word
"imbrue."
Aha. I'll spell it
for you.
L-m-b-r-u-e.
Imbrue.
Mr. Clark, could your class
spare you for a minute?
Surely. Kids,
take your seats. Quickly.
Come on. Quickly.
Take out your pencils.
Write this down.
Imbrue-to taint,
to stain.
The cancer of racism
imbrues our national
character.
It stains the spirit,
taints the soul.
It is a blot,
a shameful, greasy spot
on the fabric
of our national conscience.
Imbrue-to taint,
to stain.
30 words tomorrow.
Test.
What's the matter?
They're holding
a meeting
of the union
executive board.
Without us?
They didn't
tell me, either.
I told you we couldn't
trust them.
Keep it down.
Those no-good bastards
sell us out-
out of a union we started?
Betray us like
a bunch of judases?
They won't crucify me.
No, sir. I got
the hammer and nails.
I won't be anybody's
martyr, frank.
I'm sick and tired
of spineless jellyfish.
Save it
for the meeting.
Why, man?
I got plenty.
I'm the rockefeller
of outrage.
What the hell are
you people doing?
We're having a meeting.
You're
selling us out.
We cannot have
an effective voice.
Our curriculum will
be impotent
if we sell out every
time they threaten us.
You want to talk,
about this, call me in
we have
to stick together.
What we have to do
is pay our bills.
You want to carry
picket signs.
We just want to work.
We're tired
of the agitation,
the posturing
of crazy-
how can you talk
about posturing
when you're always
bent over
kissing posteriors
at the school board?
You want to
step outside?
If you had any nerve
at all,
you'd be fighting
on my side.
Mr. Clark, i'm afraid
that's a moot point.
We just found out
that the board of education
will grant
our salary increments
if we agree
that you be transferred
to school 6,
and we agreed.
God bless you, man.
Pay your bills.
Joe.
They can go to hell.
Come on, joe.
This place deserves
exactly what it gets.
Welcome to the jungle
we got fun and games
we got everything you want
honey, we know the names
we are the people
that can find
whatever you may need
if you've got
the money, honey
we got your disease
in the jungle,
welcome to the jungle
want to bring you
to your n-n-n-n knees, knees
i want to
watch you bleed
welcome to the jungle
we take it day by day
and if you want,
you're gonna bleed
but this is the price
you pay
aah!
In the jungle,
welcome to the jungle
it's all right.
Shh. It's all right.
It's all right.
It's all right.
What are you doing?
Go back
to your class.
Leave me alone!
Welcome to the jungle
it gets worse here
every day
learn to live like
an animal
in the jungle
where we play
you got to remember
what you see
you'll take it
eventually
you can have
anything you want
but you better not
take it from me
in the jungle
welcome to the jungle
want to bring you
to your n-n-n-n-knees, knees
what's up, brian?
I'm gonna
watch you bleed
when you're high
you never, ever
want to come down
so down, so down
so down
yeah, oh
yo! Where's
my money?
I said,
where's my money?
Where's my money?
Hey, hey, hey.
Stop it, stop it,
stop it.
In the jungle,
welcome to the jungle
want to bring you
to your n-n-n-n-knees, knees
in the jungle
welcome to the jungle
want to bring you
to your
it's gonna
bring you down
huh
don't make me
fight you, man.
Get in the locker.
Come on, man.
You're messing up
my books.
I'm gonna-
markus, what are
you doing?
Let him out.
He lives in there.
He likes it.
Somebody!
Somebody help!
Somebody help!
Help somebody,
please.
Help! Help me!
Let me out!
Somebody help!
Please, let me out!
Let me out, please!
Help!
Somebody let me out!
I can't breathe!
Somebody let me out,
please!
Somebody help me, please!
I can't breathe!
Somebody open up
the door!
Open the door, please!
Somebody let me out!
I just don't
goddamn believe it.
I've got an election
coming up,
and you hit me
with this now?
from trenton just now.
And we... well, actually,
they ranked the schools.
We were last
in the state.
Oh, that's a crock.
They can't just take
my schools away.
You're quite right.
That's what
i thought.
But, well, no, see, now,
actually, they can.
What?
The house passed
a bill last week.
75% of high school
students
must pass the minimum
basic skills test,
by the end of the school year.
Well, how many
passed last year?
About 38%.
38%?
What in god's name
are they doing
down there
at eastside?
They were
your appointees, don.
Don't try pinning
this on me.
You're
the superintendent
of schools,
remember?
Now, look, i'm not
going down the tubes
just because
those kids
can't pass
some test.
It's a can
of worms, don.
The only person
who would take this job
is someone
with nothing to lose
then the question becomes
what would we want with him?
I'm sitting here
racking my brain-
you're sitting there
setting me up.
I know you
like a book.
No, wait a minute.
No!
No, no, no, no, no,
not that nut! No!
No way!
He's the only guy
i can think of.
Oh, lord help us.
Derrick, derrick,
slow down, now.
I am, mr. Clark.
Slow down!
Bye, mr. Clark.
So long, kids.
Hey, joe.
Am i in trouble?
Rosenberg.
Joe. Hot
for october.
How's it going
over here?
Ok. Same old,
same old.
What brings you down?
We came from
the mayor's office.
They need a new principal
at eastside high.
Gotta get
those test scores up.
He specifically
thought of you.
Sure.
Ok. I thought
of you.
All this time
i been stuck down here,
and you ask me now, frank.
I'm not a miracle
worker, joe.
Hello,
dr. Napier.
Mr. Clark,
the girls
need that room
for baking class.
We continue to find
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