Teacher of the Year Page #9

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It's hyperbolic.

Get under the table.

Get under the table.

Slide over, slide over.

What do you have here? What is...

...Actually, that's pretty good. All right.

You keep up the good work.

Oh, don't be such a crybaby.

Yeah, Mitch won Teacher of the Year.

I've accepted that.

But I will tell you, it's not just...

...about teaching.

Huh? He has a vest on all the time.

Who's the teacher in the vest?

Teacher in the vest, vest, vest.

Kardashian. Jesse James.

Jesus. Publicity

figures. Boom. Huh?

Not me anymore.

Next year,

whole new attitude.

Oh, who's the guy

in the new glasses?

Teacher of the Year.

Honestly, she's got nothing going on.

'Cause she's brain-dead.

Hey.

- Hey.

Brought your lunch.

Oh, how sweet, Mitchie.

Mommy brought you lunchie.

Can I...

Can we go to your room...

...for just a sec?

Yeah.

- Ooh.

Shut up.

Don't take it.

If you think it's the

wrong move, don't take it.

No, no, no, I have to.

I have to.

Yeah, I know I said that, but...

... I was wrong.

I... I don't want to see you working so hard.

You're killing yourself.

But I don't mind it.

But I do.

I do.

I just want us to be together.

We will be.

We are.

Always.

Okay.

Okay.

So, when will you tell your students?

That I'm leaving?

Um, I don't know.

I might not tell them at all.

Isn't that the coward's way out?

Absolutely.

Yeah, but I'm just not sure that I could...

...handle the goodbye.

You're quitting? Why?

Well actually, Ron, I'm

quitting because of you.

Me? Why? Have you

told other people?

No, of course not.

Come on, relax, I'm not...

...quitting because of you.

Oh, my God. God.

Why would you say that?

Because I'm trying to help you out.

I'm trying to help you

understand why the teachers...

...don't respect you...

... and the kids don't like you.

I don't know either of

those things to be true.

Sure you are.

And I know it's killing

you because you're trying...

...so hard to be liked.

Yes, I try very hard.

Yeah, I know, and...

...that's the problem.

It's not your job to be liked, it's...

...your job to lead.

Well, you know what,

I just think that maybe...

... you and I have very

different ideas about...

...how to do this job.

You remember when you

invited the entire faculty...

...to your birthday party...

...except for three teachers?

I realized my mistake,

and I invited them the next day.

Do you remember the meeting you called...

...to draft a new mission

statement for the school,

and you invited the teachers, the parents,

and the kids all into the same room?

That wasn't my meeting.

It was a zoo, Ron.

I mean, the teachers were

fighting with each other,

calling each other names in front of the...

...parents and the kids.

That was Rita's meeting.

They are all your meetings.

God. Can't you just own it?

Can't you just say,

'Yeah, I am responsible'?

Aren't you tired of being such a p*ssy?

You know what,

you win one award...

... and you think you know everything,

huh? Is that it?

I know what the students

of Truman think of me.

Ron, the kids think you're a dick.

Okay.

We're finished here.

Yeah, it's okay.

I was already done.

Jesus Christ.

That might be a little bit more than...

...he's used to, huh?

You think?

All right, guys,

you had a great week...

...of practice.

Just remember, we play

together, we win together.

Count off.

- One.

Right, that's right,

you play as one,

and we will win.

Hands up.

One, two, three.

- Titans.

Let's go, boys. Get out there.

They'll win a game at some point.

Eh, probably not today,

though. Um, this team...

...is pretty tough,

but my guys are making

a lot of good decisions,

and they'll be rewarded

for that eventually.

Yeah, all right, Chris.

Nice stop,

buddy, nice stop.

Teaching sometimes feels

like you're leading the...

...kids through a dense fog.

Uh, the worst part of this job is the fear...

... that you might not be taking them in...

...the right direction.

Come on, push it up,

push it up.

And then, suddenly, it's

nothing but clear skies.

So, when will you tell your students?

That I'm leaving?

Um, I don't know.

I might not tell them at all.

Isn't that the coward's way out?

Absolutely.

Yeah, but... I'm just not sure that I could...

...handle the goodbye.

You know,

uh, we've been talking...

...to them all week.

The students?

What'd they say?

He works harder than any

teacher I've ever seen.

He's kept me after class and said,

you know, like,

'Don't act like I'm forcing...

...this knowledge on you.'

You know, 'I got something

that belongs to you,

so you gotta take it.'

When he talks to you like that,

let me tell you,

that'll make your ass

pick up a book and study.

He had a real cool swag about him.

Man, thank you for your swag, Mr. Carter.

I told him I wasn't a good writer.

He says we're all writers.

He doesn't just make you a better writer.

For the longest time,

I didn't know what I wanted...

...to do with my life, you know?

But now, I do.

I want to be a teacher.

He's the best.

The best.

The best.

He's the best teacher I ever had.

Well, that means a lot. Thank you.

My daddy helps kids learn and get smarter.

He helps them read and write

and have a better life.

My daddy is a teacher.

We did the VFW.

Yes, we did the VFW.

Definitely won't be...

...going to that one again.

We did, and we did a preschool.

We did the preschool.

Those kids loved it.

Yeah, they were into it.

They were into it.

They. They were

clapping and singing and...

Singin' right along.

They didn't even know the words either.

No.

And I think, sometimes

when you don't know...

...the words, it...

... It's better.

It frees you.

Why do you need to...

...know words to songs?

A lot of times,

words hold you back.

Okay, let's lose the smirk.

Oh, and you're still gonna... You're...

...still gonna laugh.

Okay, that's fine.

I will be treated fairly and...

...taken seriously.

Okay?

So enjoy it.

I'm not gonna write all that out...

...again, you know.

Maintaining a strong relationship...

...with the parents,

well, that,

that's another key.

Nia, uh, would you excuse us, please?

Nia, please.

Okay.

He's gonna use his

imagination on Mommy.

I couldn't help notice you're not...

...wearing a wedding ring.

That is true.

Um, neither am I.

Look what we have in common.

Oh, my God. Um...

...You gotta have a lot of

contacts, all over the place.

We got them everywhere.

And you don't just have the contact,

I mean, you have to hang

with these people.

You gotta get intimate with these people.

You literally have to...

... Hang on a second. Hello?

Okay. All right.

Who's that?

Didn't get in.

Great.

See, but that opens up a slot...

...for another kid.

So that's how we look at it.

You gotta have a positive attitude.

And then you gotta have contacts.

I don't know, but it seems to me...

...that the trophy for Teacher of the Year...

...ought to go...

...to the teacher with the most trophies.

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