High School

FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU THE DAILY BULLETIN.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED -- A LITTLE NOTICE SOMEWHERE

THAT YOU MIGHT THINK DOESN'T CONCERN YOU

MIGHT CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE,

MIGHT DECIDE ON WHAT COLLEGE YOU'LL GO TO,

OR MIGHT DECIDE ON WHAT ACTIVITY.

AND THEN JOYCE HAS A FEW THINGS TO SAY.

RIGHT, JOYCE?

ALL RIGHT, THE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY --

LIFE IS CAUSE AND EFFECT.

ONE CREATES HIS TOMORROW AT EVERY MOMENT

BY HIS MOTIVES, THOUGHTS, AND DEEDS OF TODAY.

AND THIS QUESTION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, YOU KNOW,

AS I SAY, I MIGHT READ SOMETHING THAT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Anoche concocimos a un filósofo existencialista.

Girl: Anoche conocimos a...

A un...

A un filósofo...

Existencialista.

Existencialista.

¿Quién puede pronunciar esta palabra?

Existencialista?

Carla? ¿El nombre del hombre?

¿Frances?

¿No?

Sí.

Boy:Sartre.

Sí, Sartre.

Y el nombre es su apellido -- ¿pero el nombre?

Jean Paul.

Muy bien.

Excellente, Roger.

¿Y ahora, hmm?

Jean Paul Sartre.

Existencialista.

Students:Existencialista.

Este lado.

Existencialista.

Existencialista.

Este lado.

Existencialista.

A un filósofo.

A un filósofo.

A un filósofo existencialista.

Students: 1, 2, 3, 4.

1, 2, 3, 4.

2, 3...

1, 2, 3...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T TAKE GYM?

YOU GET DRESSED IN THE MORNING? Boy: YEAH.

DO YOU GET UNDRESSED? YEAH.

WELL, YOU CAN GET INTO A GYM OUTFIT.

I CAN'T TAKE -- YEAH, I KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU GET INTO A GYM OUTFIT.

I CAN'T TAKE GYM, THOUGH. WE'LL DECIDE THAT.

I HAVE A DOCTOR'S THING.

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOU TALKING, YOU JUST --

MY MOTHER WAS IN, THOUGH.

I SPOKE TO YOUR MOTHER.

NOW, LOOK --

I'M GOING TO THE DOCTOR TODAY.

NOW, LOOK --

YOU'D BETTER BE IN A GYM OUTFIT.

YOU'D BETTER BE IN A GYM OUTFIT.

WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER YOU TAKE EXERCISE OR NOT.

WE'LL DETERMINE THAT.

I CAN'T TAKE GYM.

I CAN HARDLY -- I'M NOT EVER ALLOWED --

WHY DON'T YOU JUST --

I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO COME TO SCHOOL.

HEY, LOOK.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DON'T YOU TALK, AND YOU JUST LISTEN.

YOU COME PREPARED IN A GYM OUTFIT WHEN YOU GO TO GYM.

IS THAT CLEAR?

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, DON'T TELL ME YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING.

NOBODY'S GOING TO PUT YOU INTO AN UNCOMPROMISING POSITION.

BUT YOU'LL COME DRESSED IN A GYM OUTFIT.

I SAID I WOULD.

YOU ARE SUSPENDED.

GO ON, WAIT OUTSIDE.

BUT I SAID I WOULD.

GO OUTSIDE.

OH, MAN, I SAID I WOULD.

Man: YOU GOT A BOOK OUT ON THE FIFTH OF JANUARY.

Teacher: Oui, mais avant de manger,

il est nécessaire de --

Girl:Préparer le dîner.

Préparer le dîner. Ou préparer le déjeuner.

Ou préparer le petit --

Girl:Déjeuner.

Oui -- mais en France, c'est différent.

En Amérique, on mange généralement dans la cuisine.

Mais en France, ou est-ce-qu'on mange le petit déjeuner?

Le déjeuner? Le dîner? Ou?

Généralement, naturellement il y a des exceptions --

Mais en France, ou est-ce qu'on mange?

Girl: Dans la salle à manger.

Exactement, dans la salle à manger.

Chez nous, en Amérique, c'est différent.

On mange plutôt dans la cuisine --

Oui, il y a des exceptions, naturellement.

Girl:Naturellement.

Mais généralement, dans la cuisine -- oui?

En France, non.

On prépare dans la cuisine,

on mange dans la salle à manger.

NO, NO, NO, NO -- A FLUNKING STUDENT --

NO, NO, A FLUNKING STUDENT

SHOULDN'T RECEIVE SUCH ACCOLADES AS "FABULOUS."

FABULOUS -- NOW, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

SURE, THEY'RE FLUNKING.

I COULD SEE MAYBE A "C" STUDENT HAVE A "FABULOUS" HERE.

BUT A FLUNKING STUDENT, "FABULOUS."

Man: WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE?

WHY DON'T YOU SAY, WHY DON'T YOU SAY THAT

A STUDENT WHO CAN WRITE FABULOUS PAPERS SHOULDN'T FLUNK,

SHOULDN'T DO THINGS WHICH WOULD CAUSE HER TO FLUNK?

YOU SEE --

NO -- IT DEPENDS ON THE LANGUAGE.

YOU KNOW IT'S STRANGE --

I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT A MAN WHO USES THE WORD "SYMPATHY"

IS NEVER SYMPATHETIC.

HAVE YOU EVER FOUND THAT, DR. BOODISH?

TELL THE TRUTH.

AND I HAVE NO REDRESS, ALL RIGHT, NOTHING.

NO REDRESS?

NO REDRESS, NONE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NO, ALL I WANT YOU TO SAY, THAT AT LEAST I'M RIGHT

ABOUT THESE FEW PAPERS, THAT'S ALL.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU,

THAT YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THESE PAPERS?

I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT A GIRL WHO RECEIVES "FABULOUS"

AND ALL THESE MARKS SHOULDN'T FLUNK.

I CAN ONLY SAY THIS --

THAT THE TEACHER, IN READING THESE PAPERS,

THOUGHT THEY WERE FABULOUS,

BUT THE TOTAL MARK INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST THOSE PAPERS.

THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU.

BUT I THINK THIS IS A RATHER UNIQUE SITUATION,

WOULDN'T YOU SAY SO? RATHER UNIQUE?

WELL, WOULD YOU BE HAPPY IF I SAY IT'S UNIQUE?

I'D BE HAPPY.

ALL RIGHT, I WOULD SAY IT'S SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.

IS IT COMPASSIONATE FOR A TEACHER TO WRITE "FABULOUS"?

LET ME GET BACK TO THIS AGAIN.

AND THE GIRL FIGURES SHE IS DOING WELL.

"VERY GOOD, RHONA."

AND ESPECIALLY THIS "FABULOUS."

AND THEN, FINALLY, SHE GETS HER REPORT CARD.

AND THE GIRL IS STUNNED -- IT'S ANOTHER "E."

IS IT ALSO FAIR FOR A GIRL,

AND I THINK MR. SCHUSTER WILL CONCUR,

DOES THIS GIRL CAUSE ANY TROUBLE, HER DEPORTMENT?

IS SHE WILD? TALK A LOT?

WELL, SHE DID GET A SATISFACTORY MARK IN COOPERATION.

WHY DID SHE GET AN "E" THE FIRST TIME?

IT'S COMPLETELY AGAINST HER CHARACTER.

IN BEHAVIOR.

IN BEHAVIOR.

WHY DID SHE GET AN "E" THE FIRST TIME?

COMPLETELY AGAINST HER CHARACTER.

AN "E?"

YES, IN BEHAVIOR? IN BEHAVIOR.

WHAT DID SHE GET IN THERE?

AN "E."

"E" IS A GRADE, IT'S NOT A BEHAVIOR MARK.

DID SHE TELL, WHAT DID SHE SAY?

UH, 4, 3, THE LOWEST YOU CAN GET, I IMAGINE.

WE CANNOT JUDGE RHONA'S MARK

BASED PURELY ON THIS TEACHER'S REMARKS OF THESE PAPERS.

THIS IS ALL I'M SAYING.

RHONA, LIMITED IN MANY WAYS,

KNEW WORLD EVENTS AND THE WORLD AROUND HER.

SHE KNEW THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT,

THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF TYPES OF GOVERNMENT.

HERE RHONA FAILED.

BECAUSE SHE FAILED IN ALL THESE TESTS.

WE CAN ONLY JUDGE ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCE.

YOU MAY HAVE HIDDEN TALENT IN YOU, SIR,

BUT IF YOU DON'T PERFORM IT, WE DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S TRUE, TRUE.

AND THE WORLD WILL RECOGNIZE YOU ONLY BY YOUR PERFORMANCE.

THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.

BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER

TO BE BASICALLY A WELL-ADJUSTED --

ULTIMATELY, I'LL USE THE WORD "HAPPINESS"

IN A VERY BROAD SENSE, AND I KNOW THAT HAPPINESS

IS NOT THE ULTIMATE THING IN LIFE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT --

YOU CANNOT IMPOSE

PRECONCEIVED VALUES AND DREAMS

ON AN INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING A CHILD.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THAT PART OF YOUR JOB IS TO DEAL WITH RHONA

AS A SYMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING FATHER,

BUT RECOGNIZING HER LIMITATIONS