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Just open it up anyplace

and just start reading.

(INAUDIBLE)

Out loud.

- I don't like this magazine.

- What kind of magazine do you like?

Come on, just lay off. I don't need this.

What you need, Eddie,

is another remedial reading class again.

You're not fooling anybody.

Hey, I passed that class.

You can't make me take it again.

I read fine. So don't you worry

about it, okay? Just lay off.

All right.

But you just got kicked out

of your social studies class.

So, I'll give you a choice,

you can take my class

or you can take study hall.

I'll take a study hall.

Yeah, my class. Third period.

I'll see you there tomorrow.

That's all.

ALEX:
Now, don't blow on me.

(ALEX EX CLAIMS)

ROGER:
I can make it. I can make it.

No, I can't. Are we here?

- We're here.

- See, I told you I could make it.

What do you want? Hey!

(LAUGHING)

What was that? What was that?

What do you want?

(LAUGHING)

I'll have a Grasshopper.

- No, make it a Pink Lady.

- All right.

And put in it some fruit

and Tabasco sauce.

And some of those little sesame seeds.

Oh and don't forget the umbrella.

Hold the umbrella,

open it up and put in the drink.

(LAUGHING)

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

(EX CLAIMS)

Too much vermouth.

Too much vermouth.

I sense tension here.

What's the matter, Alex?

Oh, it's getting to me, Rog.

It's supposed to,

that's why it costs so much.

No, not the booze.

The school. The bullshit.

The bullshit.

Of course, the bullshit.

Hey, I know. Let's go be...

Let's be cowboys.

- Yeah, yeah. Cowboys!

- Yeah...

- Oh, no, no, no.

- What?

- I'm afraid of horses.

- You p*ssy.

I'm afraid of them too.

(LAUGHING)

I'm just getting tired

of the whole damn thing.

Like that Pilikian thing.

You knew that lawyer was gonna be

with that mother, you knew that.

Oh, come on.

Is that what's been bothering you?

Pilikian? Oh, forget about Pilikian.

Pilikian is a lost cause.

Oh, yeah. It's getting too easy to forget.

There's too many Pilikians in that school.

Hey, hey, we do good. Lots of them learn.

Lots of those kids learn. They learn good.

We are not the bad guys.

We do good with what we've got.

- What we got sucks.

- You know it.

(STAMMERING)

So, what are you gonna do?

Quit.

Just quit.

Hey, now listen to me.

You've been a teacher for 14 years.

- Fifteen.

- That's what I said.

- Oh.

- And you're a f***ing great teacher.

- Was! I was a f***ing great teacher.

- No, no, no. Listen to me.

Without us, there's nothing. Nothing.

We're the last stand of civilization.

If we fail, anarchy.

"Anarchy."

- Or worse...

- "Worse."

- A baby boom.

- "A baby boom."

What do you think those little monsters

would be doing if they weren't in school?

I don't know.

- F***ing, f***ing like f***ing little rabbits.

- F***ing?

We've got to stop them.

- You mean, I'm a contraceptive?

- Yes, and one of the best.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I'm an old f***ing rubber.

I'm going to bed. You wanna stay over?

No, no, no. I can drive.

- Fasten your seat belt.

- Absolutely.

(FOOLIN'AROUND PLAYING)

Mr. Jurel!

Mr. Jurel, I would like a word with you.

Well, make it a quiet one, Gracie.

I've had a hard day.

School hasn't even started yet.

(SIGHS)

All right, what do you want?

You cannot put Eddie Pilikian,

a lower-level student,

into your third-period social-studies class,

an upper-level class.

Sure, I can, Gracie. I've got tenure.

It's not school policy

and if you would read the curriculum

circulars you would know that.

But then you never read the curriculum

circulars, do you?

Mr. Jurel, at least have the decency

to fill out the proper paperwork.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

Alex, you seen this yet?

Looks great. I've been meaning

to get one of those myself, Carl.

LISA:
Mr. Jurel!

Sh*t!

Hi.

Lisa Hammond.

Okay.

Holy sh*t, lady.

God damn it.

- Mr. Jurel.

- Lisa, are you nuts?

This is the boys' bathroom.

Yeah, I know. Well, I've always wondered

what one looked like.

- No big deal.

- I'm taking a leak.

I wanted to talk to you.

Well, call me on the phone,

for Christ's sake.

This is the boys' bathroom.

Oh, come on, Mr. Jurel,

I have two brothers, for crying out loud.

Well, I don't. Do you mind?

- Here, dry your hands.

- Thank you.

Oh, f***!

Hi.

That was cute, real cute.

It really is good to see you, Mr. Jurel.

Considering how much you've seen,

why don't you call me Alex?

God, the room seems so different.

(SIGHS)

I guess nothing's

the way you remember it.

You're mad, aren't you?

You really take your job seriously,

don't you?

That's what you taught me.

- So, what do you think?

- About what?

- The Calvin case.

- I try to stay out of political things.

I have a hard enough time just teaching.

"Political"?

Alex, this case is about teaching.

It could mean a great deal to education.

I mean, a boy goes all the way

through a school system

and gets passing grades and a diploma

and still can't read or write.

This boy was one of your students

and he can't even fill out a job application.

Don't you think there's something

wrong with that?

You were one of my students

and you can fill out a whole subpoena.

You know, I had a terrible crush on you.

Who didn't?

(CHUCKLES)

Listen, I'm really sorry about what I did.

Let me make it up to you.

Let me buy you dinner.

- Dinner?

- Yeah.

What do you say?

Talk about old times and all that.

Okay. Where?

How about my place, 7:30?

- Does your bathroom have a lock?

- Two.

Good.

Okay. Good.

See you tonight.

Love the shirt.

Great ass.

(CHEAP SUNGLASSES

PLA YING ON STEREO)

Hold it. Let me see your pass.

- Okay.

- Thanks.

- You wanted to see me, Mr. Troy?

- Yeah, come on in.

Present here are Lisa Hammond,

counsel for the plaintiff,

Alan Lewis, counsel for the defendant

and Eugene Horn,

principal of John F. Kennedy High School.

Have you ever given

a deposition before, Mr. Horn?

No.

Well, it's very simple. I'm just

going to ask you some questions

and you're under oath, so I'd like for you

to answer them as fully as you can.

- Okay.

- Good.

Did you have a student here

at JFK named John Calvin?

- I don't know.

- You don't know?

Ms. Hammond, there are 2300 students

here at Kennedy every year.

I don't know all of them.

- Wouldn't your records show enrollment?

- Yes.

Okay, where are your records?

I don't know.

F*** you!

(BOYS GRUNTING)

F*** you!

GUARD:
Move it! Coming through! Move it!

Move it!

Move it!

Look out. What the hell is going on here?

No problem. There's no problem.

He just slipped, okay? He's fine.

- I'm fine. Fine.

- He's fine. No problem.

(BELL RINGING)

- Hey, you okay? All right.

- I'm fine.

- Come on, let's go.

- I'm fine.

F***ing Paller.

- F***ing Paller.

- Oh, excuse me.

I didn't do sh*t to him.

(SIGHING)

- Eddie, you got to get me a piece.

- A piece of what?

That's very funny, Eddie. Very funny.

Next time I see that a**hole

I want to have something on my side.

No, forget it, okay?

You let me handle Paller, all right?

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