Swim Team Page #6

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make sure you swim

the proper stroke, okay?

-Yeah.

-That's all.

No big deal. No big deal.

-What does this mean?

-That's for participation.

Participation.

-What is that?

-I know.

For what? What?

Is it third, fourth, or what?

-Participation.

-What does that mean?

That you participated

swimming.

That's all it is. All right?

All right, guys. Go back.

You got to go back, okay?

Robbie...

do you see yourself different

from other children, from...

-They're different.

-No.

Do you see yourself different

from the regular kids in school?

-No, I act different.

-You do act differently?

-Yes.

-How do you act different?

-Just the way I do it.

-The way you talk?

-Yeah.

-The way you walk?

Yeah.

How do you see

the other kids different?

-They're not that quiet.

-They're not that quiet?

Yeah.

I see.

Do you know

why you're different?

-No.

-No, you don't know?

-I don't feel like it.

-You don't feel like what?

Talking about the school.

You don't want to talk about

why you're different?

-Yeah.

-Okay.

But one day,

you want to know the truth,

right, why you're different?

Because I don't want to know.

Okay.

Robbie, do you know

what autism is?

-No.

-No?

Do you know why you are

in the Special Olympics?

Okay.

Everyone in the Special Olympics

are children with disability.

So you're in there because

you have a disability,

and it's called autism.

You have speech delay.

You have trouble speaking

and trouble focusing, right?

-Yes.

-You know?

You know, how sometimes

we have to help you do things?

This is the reason it's going

to be hard finding a job

because there are some kids

that don't have that disability.

They can read a book

and follow the instructions.

With you, we have to teach you

how to do certain things,

and that's why you are all

in the Special Olympics

because there's a lot

of different kids

who have disability.

Are you okay with that?

Yes, I'm fine.

You're fine? Okay.

Every time I tell you something,

it's because I love you,

and it's because

I want the best for you.

-I can handle it.

-You can what?

-Handle it.

-Handle it.

I know. You listen.

-I'm older now.

-Yeah.

You are older.

What is it that you can handle?

A lot of things that you

ever told me a lot.

You're doing very well.

You know I love you, right?

I know that.

I will always be here

for you, always.

Remember.

Everyone get to come.

Your shoulder in.

Come out and stroke.

-Switch. Switch.

-Come out and stroke.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

You show your shoulder.

You show your hips.

Look, guys. We need a meeting.

We need a meeting.

Look, guys.

If you want to get medals,

you have to do what we do,

so you have to follow

what me and Mike does.

So you have to follow

the captain, but we're not boss.

We're teaching you how to be

faster than other kids.

So you want gold medals?

Not bronze.

You want gold?

You have to work hard for this.

Yes, and you got

to learn breath...

What's the silver?

Silver is second place.

Silver is second place,

Matthew. The goal is first.

-You see, Michael...

-What kind of medal is fourth?

-Don't know.

-You see Michael Phelps?

Michael Phelps on the show,

he got 23 gold medals.

So you want to be him?

You have to work harder than us.

Want to be like Michael Phelps,

want to be Ryan Lochte?

Then you work like we do

and listen like we do.

Okay?

Yes.

Michael, first swimmer up.

Jump out. Toes on your mark. Go!

Jump out! Go.

Ready? Go!

Jump out. Don't jump down.

Jump out. Toes on your mark. Go!

Aaron, let's go.

Toes on your mark. Go!

Jump out.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Reach and pull.

A little faster. Pick it up.

We've got 3 weeks, 3 weeks

until summer games, okay?

-We got this one.

-I want you to flip!

The summer games

coming up the end of May

is New Jersey Summer Games.

We'll be competing against

every other athlete

in the state of New Jersey.

This is the big finale

for all the athletes

throughout the whole state.

It's not just one county

versus another county.

It's throughout the whole state.

It's going to be

the best of the best.

This is what they've

been working for.

I mean, they're ready.

I'm pushing hard at them,

but they're getting it.

You got to touch

the wall like this.

-Yep.

-Not on top, like this.

-I'm trying!

-Next three swimmers, fast.

Swimmers, take your mark.

Go! Kick off the wall. Kick!

He's doing it wrong,

but he's...

He's trying, though.

-But we'll teach him.

-You guys will teach him.

He's trying.

That's why we keep going to

practice all the time.

It's not... It's not who's

the best in this, right?

-No.

-It's who tries and how much

will you have, right?

Yeah. We're teaching him

how to be strong.

That's right.

Will makes what?

Skill.

-Skill.

-Right.

That's it.

Let's go. That's it, 10!

Good job. Good job.

Make sure you get the phone

numbers for your friends.

Mama, I know everything. Okay.

What do you mean,

you know everything?

You don't know everything.

Mama, you're driving me crazy

about everything.

What do you mean?

Is that appropriate to say that?

Yes or no?

Mama, I said everything.

You drive me crazy all the time.

Give me a break because I know

you're going to forget.

I am not going to forget.

All right. And then you're

going to take pictures.

Make sure you take a picture

with you and Sarab.

Sarab is going to be there.

Mama.

What?

I said, "This happens

every day

when I hear some

crazy stuff again from you."

What crazy stuff

am I saying to you?

People, pictures, everything.

Are you annoyed

because you didn't get

to watch the show?

All right. Well, okay.

We'll let it go.

No, I am not. I am not.

I am not annoyed because...

Okay. That's enough.

-Mili.

-What?

-Elizabeth is here.

-Okay.

We're getting Mikey dressed.

He's graduating

from high school.

You know, I don't know

what's going to happen to him.

That's a scary thought.

There's no game plan.

There's nothing.

Get closer.

Senior prom!

Go touch him.

Come on, Michael.

-Michael.

-It's okay, Michael.

-Drop your shoulders, bubby.

-Drop your shoulders, sweetie.

-There you go.

-That's it. Relax.

-Relax.

-I talked to other parents,

and they'll

be talking about, "Yeah.

We had this, you know,

the transition meeting,"

and they found these schools,

you know, these private schools

for their kids, and they're in,

and they got the district

to pay for them

and, you know, these schools

are, like, $60,000.

I don't have $60,000, you know,

to put Michael in these,

you know, special schools that

are geared for kids like him.

You know, it's not fair.

I didn't know about it.

The district could have provided

for Michael some type

of education or program.

Okay.

That will look real cute, okay?

-There we go. Yeah!

-It's called, like,

transitioning school.

They could have paid

for him to go there,

but because it costs money,

everything was hush-hush.

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