Teacher of the Year Page #4

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They both have entry

requirements greater...

...than residency.

Uh, they both ask for a

personal commitment of...

...time or money or both...

...from the student,

and frequently from the...

...student's family.

As a society, we choose

to spend tax dollars...

...on enrollment and fees...

...at charter schools like Truman High.

There is no reason why

a few of those tax dollars...

...couldn't go to private

school tuitions as well.

Even if it's not as much.

A fraction.

So, you can make that argument.

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah, would appear so.

So,

does that mean you...

...want the job now?

No, no, it just means I know I can do it. I...

... What the hell?

Brian, what's going on, man?

I got a problem.

What, what's happening?

Ron suspended me today.

What? Why?

Faith Gregory accused

me of attacking her...

...in tutorial today,

and you know I did not do that.

No, no, of course,

I know, I know, I know.

Guys, please, just give me a second,

all right, please?

Just back off, please.

She's an angry child,

there has to be something...

...going on at home,

and it's important...

...All right, have you heard from her...

...parents at all?

No.

Have you talked, spoken...

...to her mother or father?

No, the mother,

I know has been...

...in contact with Ron...

...Oh, this is bad,

this is so bad.

Brian's in a tough spot.

I'm the union rep at our school, so he's...

...supposed to come to me.

Plus, we're friends.

Good friends.

We'll talk tomorrow, all right?

Who is this girl?

This is unbelievable.

Her name is Faith Gregory, and, uh, he...

...failed her last semester.

He was trying to help her.

I mean, that's why she was...

...in his room to begin with.

Well, can't Ron at least wait

until he hears the story...

...from everybody else first?

No, he can't afford to, Kate. I mean,

what if Brian did it?

You think he did it?

No, of course not,

but, you know,

Ron's just got to cover his ass.

Mitch, language, please.

Oh, sorry, hey, sweetie, can

you go to your room and...

...play for a little bit, please?

Okay, Daddy.

Thank you.

I'll be in to read you

a book in a little bit.

Okay.

Okay.

Can I say 'ass' now?

Oh, my gosh,

Jackie is pregnant.

How is she handling this?

I don't know, he's gonna give me a call...

...after he told her.

He hasn't told her yet?

Well, it's not like I'd

be rushing home to share...

...the news with you either.

Huh.

Oh, my gosh,

that is beautiful.

Man.

Oh, it's got a pool.

A pool, we can go swim.

3,200 square feet, four

bedrooms, four baths,

and it is $414,000.

No.

That could get us a garage here...

That's quite...

... ...in Los Angeles.

That's unbelievable.

A big difference

from what we pay here.

I don't know, it sounds

like the interview went well,

but, also, like, there's gonna be way more...

...travel than we expected.

And, uh, even if we do move

to Washington, D.C.,

he's gonna be gone a lot.

He and Sierra have never

even been apart for one day,

so I'm not exactly sure

how she's gonna take that,

but I don't even think

we really have a choice.

You know, my job sucks, and, uh,

I can barely handle that

with one baby, much less two.

I mean, when are we gonna

get another opportunity...

...like this, you know?

Is it a boy?

Don't start that.

Oh, come on,

I'm just asking.

Does it feel boyish?

I'm at six weeks, it doesn't...

...feel like anything yet.

Um, okay, guys, let's

just wrap for the night.

Okay, thank you.

Morning, guys, let's have a great day...

...of instruction, huh?

How you doing? Pull up

those pants, young man.

I can see your underwear.

That's ridiculous.

Why do you even have

a belt? Hey, high five,

up top. Nope?

We'll do that later.

We will do that...

...later, young man.

All right.

Go back to your...

...office, Douche.

Who said that?

You there, I see you.

Yeah, Mitch found out

that Truman was looking...

...for new department chairs,

and we applied at the same time.

Why leave a private school like.

Episcopal to come here?

I think Mitch was looking

for the challenge of starting...

...a school from day one.

Me, I just came 'cause

the pay was better.

Any regrets?

The kids at Episcopal were more gifted.

I miss that.

I mean, you saw my class today.

Okay, yesterday, we talked

about motors and motion.

Can anyone name something that...

...has a motor?

Motorboat?

Yes, a motorboat

does have a motor.

Anybody else?

Fandra?

A vibrator?

Yeah, that's great.

Look, my best students are fantastic.

They'll go on to UCLA, Stanford,

and they'll be great.

But some of these other kids, I, uh...

... I am just at a loss to

explain their behavior.

We're gonna watch a short film.

Is this a physics movie,

or a good movie?

Yes, Lamont, today we're

going to watch Scarface.

It can be tough sometimes.

Very tough.

I'm not saying you're

an idiot. I'm saying what...

...you're saying is idiotic.

Well,

I don't see what's...

...they're born in the light of Uranus...

...and they think it means...

Oh, come on.

That is way too easy.

You know what? I get that joke

too much. Don't even go there.

Okay, I get that too much,

look, don't even go there.

How does that hurt

anyone's feelings?

Have you seen

Ursula Featherstone's class?

It's unusual.

Okay, our quarterly test is tomorrow,

and I think the best way for

us to review our two books,

The Miracle Worker, about

Helen Keller, and The Diary of.

Anne Frank, is through song.

So here we go.

And you're her supervisor?

Yeah.

Yeah, um, so yeah,

I've sat through her...

...class many times...

... and, I gotta tell you,

even though it is unusual,

her kids retain a lot

of what she teaches them.

And her tests scores, they

always show improvement.

This is what I'm trying

to tell you, you know,

each teacher reaches

the kids in their own way.

Um, there's no one

way to do this job.

You're always looking for

the new, better, shinier way...

... to deliver basically

the same old message.

You know, the thing is,

if the message is solid,

it's always worth learning.

Okay, guys,

how are you?

How's everybody doing?

We are the Hammer brothers.

My name is Clive Hammer.

I am Lowell Hammer.

We like to bring...

...the hammer.

Stop.

Hammer time.

Which is what we said.

That's how long...

...we've been doing it.

We've been doing it for years, guys.

So, you probably don't

remember MC Hammer,

but we've been doing it back since his day.

Yeah, when he had a day.

And, uh...

... Think of us as liaisons

between you and college,

and some of you might not know...

...what liaison means.

Think of us as the people who define the...

...word 'liaison' for you.

I asked for help with

my financial aid application,

and they told me to mark

my ethnicity as caramel.

Caramel.

Why wouldn't...

...we do our job?

Who doesn't like caramel?

You see caramel on an

application, you're like,

'I want a piece of that.'

You hear that word...

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