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Jake Quellen, Balacay, D -Nice, A -A -Ron.
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Is it pronounced Aaron?
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Insubordinate and churlish.
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OK, students, settle down.
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Settle down.
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That includes you, Mr. Rodriguez.
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Do you want to take the milk carton off of your head?
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Thank you so much.
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We have a special guest today.
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He's from this neighborhood.
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and he's a former gang member
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and he's come here this morning to talk to you about life choices so please give a warm
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Central High School welcome to Donnie Herrera
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I used to be just like you
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Just like you, you, you, you.
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Used to clown around.
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Make fun of the principal.
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Put milk on my head, just like you, Rodriguez. And then...
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I got hit with AIDS.
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Consequences.
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Got into some real trouble, boy.
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Stole from my mom and dad.
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Stole from my own sister.
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And then one day, a piano fell on my head.
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What?
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Consequences.
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I feel like you missed a step there.
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Gave me 88 concussions, one for each key.
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You think I'm learning, but no. See, I'm just like you.
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I got back out there, started making some real crimes.
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Home, boy!
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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And then I got trampled by a herd of buffalo.
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What?
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Consequences.
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OK, Donnie, I think we've had enough.
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I'm done with my story.
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I was like you.
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I decided it'd be cool to hang out with some of the tough kids.
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You know who I'm talking about.
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They were hanging on the streets late at night.
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More than cigarette smokers' homes.
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And then, one day, I got shot out of a catapult.
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That's it.
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Okay.
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Into the mouth of a dragon!
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Students, everything you've heard here today is a lie.
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I don't lie anymore!
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You're all excused.
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Look at me!
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I shouldn't even be here!
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Early.
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Thank you aridio.
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I apologize, Teresa.
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So I got really deep in the crimes.
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I did a drive -by at my own daughter's quinceanera!
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Yeah!
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Shut up, everybody!
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Dead count!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Then I got sucked into a wormhole.
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Consequences?
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That's it.
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Okay.
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Everybody go.
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I was in another dimension!
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Tried to introduce my own parents to each other.
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Almost failed.
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Arm was disappearing.
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I invented Johnny B.
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Goode at my parents' prom, and at the last moment, they kissed, and they came back.
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The faster we get away from him, the better.
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Nobody believed me!
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Where's my crack?
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Where's my crack?
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Oh, my...
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Oh!
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The consequences!
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All right, listen up, y 'all.
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Well, I'm y 'all substitute teacher, Mr. Garvey.
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I taught school for 20 years in the inner city, so don't even think about messing with me.
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Y 'all feel me?
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Mm -hmm.
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OK, let's take a roll here.
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J. Quellen.
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Where's J.
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Quellen at?
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No J.
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Quellen here?
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Yeah.
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Uh, do you mean Jacqueline?
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Okay, so that's how it's gonna be.
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Y 'all want to play.
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Okay, then.
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I've got my eye on you, J.
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Quillen.
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Balake. Where is Balake at?
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There's no Balake here today.
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Yes, sir?
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My name's Blake.
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Are you out of your goddamn mind?
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Blake.
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What?
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Do you want to go to war, Malaki?
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No. Because we could go to war.
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No. I'm for real.
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I'm for real.
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So you better check yourself.
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D -nice.
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Is there a D -nice?
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If one of y 'all says some silly -ass name, this whole class is gonna feel my wrath.
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Now, D -nice.
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Do you mean Denise?
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Son of a bitch!
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You say your name right, right now.
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Denise?
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Say it right.
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Denise.
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Correctly.
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Denise.
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Right.
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Denise.
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Right.
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D -nice.
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That's better.
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Thank you.
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Now, A -A -Ron, where are you?
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Where is A -A -Ron right now?
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No A -A -Ron, huh?
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Well, you better be sick, dead, or mute, A -A -Ron.
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Aaron?
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Oh, man.
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Why didn't you answer me the first time I said Aaron?
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Huh?
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I'm just asking you.
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I said it like four times, so why didn't you say it the first time I said A -A -Ron? Because it's pronounced Aaron.
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Son of a bitch!
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You don't mess up, A .A.
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Ron.
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Now take your ass on down to Oshag Hennessy's office right now and tell him exactly what you did. Who?
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Oshag Hennessy!
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Principal O'Shaughnessy?
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Get out of my goddamn classroom before I break my foot off in your ass.
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Insubordinate and churlish.
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Timothy.
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Present.
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Thank you.
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All right, we're gonna take a little roll here.
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Jaqueline.
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Here.
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You are present.
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The locket.
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I hear.
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Uh -huh.
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D -Nice.
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Here.
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Good.
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Jessica.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Garvey.
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What is it, A -A -Ron?
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Some of us need to leave a few minutes early today.
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Oh.
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Oh, is that so?
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Mm -hmm.
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And what, pray tell, is the reason for this premature exodus?
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Yearbook photos.
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Um, we have to leave 15 minutes early to meet up with our clubs.
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All right, you know what?
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That might work with other substitute teachers, But I taught in the inner city for over 20 years.
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Now, y 'all want to leave my class early so y 'all can go meet up at the club.
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Ain't none of y 'all old enough to go to the damn club!
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Ridiculous.
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Mr. Garvey?
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God, son of a bitch!
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Did I s -s -s -s -dutter?
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Just then?
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Yes.
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I'm gonna throw you out the goddamn window.
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What, Jaqueline?
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Mr. Garvey, we're -we're telling the truth.
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We -we have clubs at this school.
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We have clubs for special interests.
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Okay, I see.
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So y 'all want to play.
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Y 'all want to play.
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Yeah, okay, we're gonna play little games.
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Fine.
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I'll play.
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I'm more than happy to play some games with y 'all.
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Anyone who's in a club, stand your ass up.
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Uh -huh.
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Oh, yeah, there it is.
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There it is.
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The Usual Suspects.
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What the hell club are you in, J.
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Quillen?
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Future Leaders of America.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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How would you know if you're gonna be a leader in the future?
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Is there a stargate in your bedroom?
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Can you travel through time, J.
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Quillen?
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No. Just sit the flip down!
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Balake, here's the thing.
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I don't even know why I'm about to ask you this.
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Balake, what club are you in?
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Uh, I'm part of the Spanish club.
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Sp...
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This...
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You about as Spanish as Rion Seacrest with your big -ass fraggle rock hair.
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How about you, D -Nice?
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I'm in the chess club.
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Uh, I'm sorry, sweetheart.
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You are not in the chess club.
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The mosquito bite club, maybe.
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Oh, that's hurtful.
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Truthful.
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There he is.
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Hey, hey, Ron.
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Hey, what club are you in?
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I'm the president of the Glee Club.
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Why do I talk?
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The Glee Club?!
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Stop!
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Like they gonna have a club dedicated to a TV show!
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Take your ass to O'Shea Kennedy's office right now before I bust a club up in your butt!
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Okay.
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Go!
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Okay, I'm gonna go.
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mischievous and deceitful, chicanerous and deplorable.
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This is Principal O'Shaughnessy.
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Students, please report to the gymnasium for your club photos.
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Fake announcement.
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Now does anybody in here have a valid reason for leaving this classroom?
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Timothy.
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I gotta go pick up my daughter?
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Your excuse?
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Mrs. Brown is like the most lesbian teacher I've ever seen in my life.
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You know what I mean?
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Why you reading, bitch?
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Because I like to read and this is a really good book.
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You're a really good bitch, bitch.
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Why you gotta bother me, man?
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Because I'm not doing very well at school.
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I'm reading at a third grade level.
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I really don't want to get left back.
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So when I see somebody reading for fun, it makes me feel that much more stupid.
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And then I get mad.
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I didn't know that.
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Thanks so much for opening up to me.
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Shut up, queer.
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I don't understand.
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I mean, why you got to go there?
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I've been having sexual fantasies about some of the other guys at school.
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Give me that I'm afraid of these feelings and what they might mean
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It's like because I hate myself so much.
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I gotta point that hate outward towards you
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You understand this on such a deep level that you don't know
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Now I'm gonna punish you physically for acknowledging my emotional problems I was gonna say if you understand yourself so well,
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then maybe you should try working on changing it of course I want to change it
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But it's the only defense mechanism I have against deeper, more terrifying problems buried inside of me!
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You're lucky my dad's here.
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Get the damn truck, son!
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I need to take you home and beat on you because I hate myself, and you look like your mother who left me.
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And I'm gonna block out the guilt I feel over mistreating you with the river of vodka.
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I'm gonna internalize that and unknowingly transfer it onto you tomorrow.
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Coming reluctantly.
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Hey, you going to Ray's party?
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Yeah, I'm going.
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You know Amy's going to be there.
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Yeah, I know.
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Things have been real good with her, man.
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Tonight could be the night. Could be.
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Dude, are you okay?
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not really dude what's wrong you're the hottest girl at a party with no parents you're definitely gonna hit
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that for sure tonight man you're gonna lose that beat for good my penis is white
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excuse me i have a white penis what but you're black
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uh -uh i'm biracial all the white went straight to my penis that what what you mean like like The color?
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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But wait, dude, I mean, how bad could it be?
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It's bad.
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How bad?
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It's like a Snickers.
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Regular or fun size?
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Which one do you get at Halloween?
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Fun size.
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That's the one.
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I know.
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What am I gonna do?
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I mean, I...
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How am I gonna hit it with Amy with my little white penis.
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Everyone's gonna find out.
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I'm never gonna hear the end of it.
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Dude, dude, Amy's white.
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She's not gonna care.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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She's white.
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Yeah.
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I guess you're right.
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She's probably not even gonna know the difference.
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Nah, man.
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White girl, white penis?
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You're all good.
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Hey, there he is.
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How'd it go last night?
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Don't want to talk about it.
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Well, what happened?
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Black vagina.
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The right triangle's longest side is called the hypotenuse.
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And it's this side here.
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Hey.
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I wish I were high on potenuse.
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I wish I was high on potenuse.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I know, man, that was hilarious.
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...of a triangle.
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I've labeled them here A, B, and C.
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No, but I mean, I said that.
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I said it.
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I said it.
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I said that!
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Please, please, Mr. Jackson, keep your comments to yourself.
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Thank you.
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Now, the hypotenuse is...
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Mr. Morrison, you really got me on that one.
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Oh, so great.
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Oh, oh, Principal Martell, Principal Martell.
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Come here, come here, come here.
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Tell Principal Martell what you said, Troy.
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Oh, uh, um, she was talking about the hypotenuse, and I said, I wish I was high on pot -news.
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I'm sorry.
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He likes it.
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Principal Martell's cool.
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Oh, that's.. that's very funny.
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Principal Martell!
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Principal Martell, I -I said that.
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Mr. Jackson, that is enough.
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What I said at first.
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Oh, uh, Mr. Iglesias!
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Mr. Iglesias!
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Yes, come in, come in.
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Yeah, yes.
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What's up, peoples?
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Buffy.
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Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is touring the local schools today for a charity he's working on.
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Tell him what you said.
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Tell him what you said.
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Um, I wish I was high on pot noose.
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Oh, my God!
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That is clever.
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That is clever.
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Very funny.
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Very funny.
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Right?
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No, thanks.
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Mr. Iglesias!
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Mr. Iglesias!
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Uh, I'm your biggest fan.
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That was my joke.
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Uh, you know, it's not really cool, buddy, to take credit for other people's jokes.
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Hey, listen, funny stuff.
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I'm doing this big tour right now.
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You want to see about maybe we could talk about you opening?
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I need an opener.
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Uh, um, sure.
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What do you think?
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Is that okay? Of course!
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Yeah.
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What?
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Talent, man.
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It's nice to meet you.
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Thanks so much.
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That's like a Richard Pryor.
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Get over here, man.
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Come on.
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Richard Pryor!
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Yeah, he deserved it.
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All right, so across from the longest side is a 90 -degree angle.
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Good thing I've got a 90 -degree dangle.
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Joel, stop it!
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You will never be Troy!
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Why are you trying to be like Troy?
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Dick.
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Et tu, nerdy girl? So, the hypotenute.
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What the fk is going on?
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I would have missed my pants!
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I would have missed my pants right here!
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Oh, my God!
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I am your substitute, Mr. Nostrand.
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But that might as well say no nonsense, because I do not play.
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Now today will not be a day off in fact today you will work harder than
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Good to see it.
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Good to see it.
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Okay.
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All right, everybody just, uh, let's settle down.
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Settle in.
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And, like, just totally, let's get our math on, okay?
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All right, guys. So, um...
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Yeah.
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Oh!
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All right, Jimmy.
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Somebody's got a little extra energy from his head, right?
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Yeah.
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Jimmy, buddy.
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Hey, buddy, let's, okay, it's just, let's knock it off, okay?
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Okay.
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you got me he got me right guys
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Jimmy dude all right let's take our seat that's great that's great that's great very good bravo
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Jimmy I'm just kidding you guys can clap
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that was awesome oh and I thank you I thank you for the entertainment man
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Hey, buddy, I don't want to harsh your vibe, man, but let's go.
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Ah, Eureka!
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I'm going to be honest with you.
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You're really pushing my buttons now, Jimmy.
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I'm driving you crazy here.
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That's enough.
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You want me to write your name on the board?
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hold on hold on hold on okay jimmy do you want me to call principal mortel
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that would not be bitching would it
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okay you know what jimmy you know what why don't you come up and teach the class man Hmm?
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Wouldn't that be awesome?
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Mwah?
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Yeah, come on up.
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No, and then you know what I'm going to do, Jimmy?
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I'll just sit here.
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How about that, Jimmy?
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And then we can all watch how you're being disrupted.
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Oh, I see.
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That's supposed to be me.
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All right.
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All right, Jimmy.
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Okay, I see that.
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I get it.
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It's supposed to be me.
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It's time to be done, Jimmy.
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Don't you dare, Jimmy.
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Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah,
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oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh I'm Jimmy, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I,
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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I What ever happened in the whole world?
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I'm Jimmy!
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I want attention!
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Winky, winky, winky, winky, winky, winky!
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I'm Jimmy!
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I'm Jimmy!
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Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,
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me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,
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me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,
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me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,
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me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,
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me, me
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Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy,
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Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy,
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Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Every Single High School Sketch - Key & Peele”. This video has 485 sentences and 3099 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:29. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 82 of its 485 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| consequence noun | /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ | An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| substitute noun | /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ | A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose. |
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| clever adjective | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. |
| classroom noun | /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/ | A room, often in a school, where classes take place. |
| chess noun | /t͡ʃɛs/ | A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the… |
| timothy noun | /ˈtɪməθi/ | Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US. |
| pronounce verb | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| ridiculous adjective | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ | Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| settle down verb | To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| left back noun | A defender who normally plays on the left side of the field. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you out of your goddamn mind?
- All right, you know what?
- Did I s -s -s -s -dutter?
- Is there a stargate in your bedroom?
- Balake, what club are you in?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · Used to clown |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've had · you've heard · I've ever seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · being disrupted · be done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 107 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: timothy /ˈtɪməθi/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, wrath /ɹæθ/, truthful /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, concussion /kəŋkˈəʃɪn/, churlish /ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, mechanism /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪ.zəm/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like jimmy, consequence, buddy.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.