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Okay, great team spirit. Okay.

You know, when we're done

with the timeline,

you guys ought to think

about some personnel

to lift the full-size ROV out of the water,

and it's not gonna be light.

Usually, it takes two guys.

And I'd love to help you,

but we'd all be disqualified.

Did you pay for this with my money?

It's free, Hector.

So you don't mind

if I just play with it like that?

Hey! He ask you to do that?

We're just playing, Luis.

We're just playing, right?

But we're done for now, huh?

What are you doing after school?

Take a good look at this

'cause everything that's on here

is something

that you guys don't have money for.

- What's MIT?

- Massachusetts institute of Technology.

A school full of hims.

Yeah, but you're not up against them.

You're up against all the kids

who will go there eventually.

Probably have access

to more money than you do, so, yeah.

You guys got some ground

to make up, okay?

If I were you, I would start

by hitting up the local businesses first.

Okay, wait. Real quick.

How much can we put you down for, sir?

I'd really love to help,

but advisors aren't allowed to donate.

Big disqualifications.

But I'm sure you guys

will have good luck out there.

No, I'll fix stuff, but I'm not gonna

be that poor kid begging.

All right, look, I get it.

Okay, my last job,

I had to beg rich guys for money

all the time, and you're right.

It does suck, and it makes you feel

all low and pathetic, but you gotta do it.

You gotta put yourself out there

or you're never gonna get the grant,

you're never gonna get the job...

And you're never gonna get the girl.

Like that one?

Really, is that all you guys

think about?

In other words,

she's out of your league.

Yeah, she's out of everyone's league,

thank you.

You should go talk to her.

You guys want me

to go over there and ask her out?

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Go!

Are we looking at a teachable moment?

Sure.

You're so inspiring.

All right.

But remember,

this is gonna be harder than anything

you guys are gonna ask for today.

- Yeah, we'll keep that in mind.

- Okay.

Hey, Gwen.

Yeah.

I need you to slap me. Hard.

Like I said something offensive to you.

Okay.

Who is gonna look bad here though,

you or me?

Oh, no. Definitely me.

Okay. Well... Just...

I can't just slap you out of nowhere.

- Just say something to me.

- Okay, you mean...

- Get a little more motivation.

- You need to get in character?

Yes, you got it.

I think women are all horrible teachers.

- Not bad. Keep going.

- Okay.

All school funding should be slashed.

All the heroes in the school system

are really the politicians.

They deserve all the credit.

And girls doing math?

I mean, really?

Was that good?

- Did you like that?

- Yes, I liked it. Thank you. I liked it.

Sorry.

All right. You see? Somehow I survived.

How much do we need?

I'm raising money for my Robotics Club.

Every cent of your donation would go

towards robotics parts and travel expenses.

I'm sorry, man. Can you read?

Myself and my fellow soldiers

really appreciate it.

It's the least we can do.

Thank you for your help, ma'am.

No, thank you for your service.

It's always a pleasure to support

the young people in our community.

So, now let's see what we can...

Gosh, you know, it looks like

we're kicked for this calendar year.

Do you plan on entering next year?

Ma'am, we're really focused

on this year.

Okay. Well, I can give you

what we have left.

But it's only about $100.

I hope that's okay.

Who should I make it out to?

Carl Hayden Robotics.

Here you go.

Thank you very much.

Hi, is your mom home?

We have a coding lesson.

That's not even a euphemism.

It's okay, honey. You can let him in.

Do you like cats?

'Cause I see a little figure of a cat.

That's a beautiful name, Maddy.

My dad named me.

Well.

- You made it.

- Yeah.

So you'd put an analog-like

function here?

Now you're getting it.

Maybe I'm not as dumb as I look.

Or maybe you are.

I'm just that good a teacher.

I don't think so because you missed

a bracket five lines up.

I was just too nice to say anything.

- I don't know what you mean.

- I got it!

Good save.

- No, that's not...

- It's Dad.

Take your time.

What's up?

Hello... Again.

She's not gonna date you, you know.

This is a school thing.

I'm not trying to...

She doesn't date anybody.

I find that hard to believe.

Maddy! Maddy, Maddy,

get your little butt in here, now.

Three Maddys. I'm gonna pick this up

and I'll take it into the kitchen, Maddy.

Why did you tell your father

this was a date?

If he gets jealous enough,

he'll come back.

I don't know

if you heard any of that back there.

Yeah.

You don't need to explain anything.

I mean, we all have our stuff.

Yes?

- What's your stuff?

- Me?

Now that you've heard my stuff.

I don't have stuff.

I mean, I meant everybody but me.

So, hey, thanks for the coding lesson.

That was great.

Yeah, I wanted to see how serious

you were about all this robotics stuff.

Did I pass the test?

You showed up. That's not nothing.

All right, well,

have a good night, Gwen.

You gonna be safe walking in

by yourself?

You can keep your eye on me.

Will do.

You know, nobody forced you

to take me out or anything.

You could've saved yourself seven bucks

if you weren't into it.

I brought you here

'cause this place means a lot to me.

It does.

I was six and my mom hid me

and my cousin in the back of this van.

I must have spent, like,

eight hours hunched in there.

Just trying not to throw up or cry.

And once we crossed the border,

they got us all burgers.

I was way too carsick to eat.

I mean,

way carsick.

So, I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was starving.

But my burger was gone.

And all that was left

was just this little tiny wrapper.

Wanna know what happened?

- Somebody ate it.

- Yes.

My stupid cousin ate it

while I was sleeping.

No burger for me.

My abuelita came over like that.

I mean, no stupid cousin

or anything, but it's similar.

So, even though

it's never happened,

I kind of get what you're saying.

Thank you.

For what?

For knowing

I'm the kind of girl who'd get that.

Yo, big guy. Coach wants to see you.

All right, yo, peace!

See you later, bro.

- Hey, buddy.

- Hey!

Like beating little kids?

How do you like this?

Pick on someone your own size!

I've never carried around

this much money before.

- I still can't believe you made $652.

- And 53 cents.

Waterproof electric motors.

Aren't they spectacular?

They're small, they're powerful,

they're $299.99.

Times four?

$1,199.96.

I'll go get change for the bus.

No! We're not giving up.

Wait a minute.

What if we get a bunch of tiny motors

and just hook 'em up together

and cluster them together?

Okay, fine.

What if we just get

one of these motors and...

Trolling motors.

They gotta be strong, right, to move boats.

And they're cheap as hell.

We can buy four

and then we can hack off the poles.

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