Shadowing Practice: GENIUS Girl Tells Others They're DUMB, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann Studios - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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If each slice of pizza costs $1.20,
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If each slice of pizza costs $1.20,
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how much does the entire pizza cost if there are four slices?
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Uh, Mara?
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Um...
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Five dollars?
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Ah, close.
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The answer is...
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Four dollars and eighty cents.
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That's so easy.
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How'd you not get that and you think it should be on my team?
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Annie, let's be nice now.
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We are all here to learn.
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All right, let's try another one.
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Who can tell me what 16 plus 21 is?
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It's 37.
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Annie, please, raise your hand.
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Why?
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It's a waste of my time waiting for these dummies to catch up.
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Hey, that's enough.
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This is your final warning.
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All right, let's make it a little more difficult.
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All right, Gigi, Sam, and Alex,
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why don't you come up to the board and- 75.51, three-fourths and 347.
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You and the other teacher might as well just hand me over the trophy for the math bowl.
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First off, please, remember to raise your hand.
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Secondly, you know each class has to submit three students,
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so you'd be sharing that trophy.
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I don't need a team.
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Everyone knows I'm the smartest kid in fourth grade.
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I want it by myself.
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If you're so smart, what's 57 plus 60 plus 91?
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208. 18 times 3.
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Oh, 54.
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Uh, 3,456 times 23.
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79,488.
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That's...
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Correct!
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I know now if you don't mind,
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I went out of this class because I'm clearly surrounded by people not my level.
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Thank you for meeting with me.
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Of course.
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I'm always happy to talk about how brilliant my little genius is.
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Actually, I wanted to discuss something else.
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I'm really concerned about your daughter's behavior.
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She's been demeaning towards other students and it's harming their learning experience.
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Well, can you blame her?
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I'm sorry?
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I'm saying it's not Annie's fault that she's light years ahead of her peers.
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If anything, she should be receiving some sort of special treatment for how advanced she is.
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I think you're missing the point.
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I don't think I am.
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Annie is an extraordinary child.
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And you should be finding ways to reward her, not discipline her.
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Yes, she's very smart.
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But she can't continue to disrespect other students and talk without raising her hands.
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If you could help me with...
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Help you what?
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Help you do your job?
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I'm sorry, but this meeting is a waste of my time.
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just like being in your classroom,
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is a waste of Annie's time.
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Have a good day.
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I can't wait for my birthday party.
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It's so fun.
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Hey, wanna come to my birthday party?
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Okay, stop, like I said.
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Yeah, I'm sorry.
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Look.
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Thank you.
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All right class, all finished?
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Switch quizzes with your neighbors and pick up your red pens.
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Don't bother checking mine.
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I already know I got 100% of the questions right.
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Question one, the correct answer is A.
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Question two, the correct answer is C.
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Question three, the correct answer is- Maura, is your brain broken?
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You got most of this quiz wrong.
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You don't have to be so rude.
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I'm not being rude, Gigi.
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I'm being honest.
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It's not my fault she's dumb.
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Annie!
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If the shoe fits, wear it.
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These questions are so simple.
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This isn't even worth giving back to you.
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What the heck?
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What?
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I'm putting where your work belongs.
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In the trash.
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That's enough.
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Principal's office now.
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Whatever.
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Beats me in the class.
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I mean, this girl is just impossible.
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I don't even know what to do.
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Have you tried telling her mom about it?
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Yeah.
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And she is absolutely no help.
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Honestly, I think she's part of the problem.
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If only there was someone in her class that was smarter than her.
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What would that do?
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Well, it would give her a taste of her own medicine.
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Then maybe she would know what it feels like for someone to make her feel dumb.
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Uh-huh.
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Yes, girl.
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Class, we have a new student joining us.
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This is Malik Foster.
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He just transferred from a private school.
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Let's all give them a warm welcome.
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Welcome to Bookside Middle.
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Hi, Malik.
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Welcome to the class.
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Why don't you take a seat next to Annie?
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Everyone, clear your desks.
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It's time for a multiplication quiz.
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You know the drill.
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First one to complete it and to answer all the questions correctly,
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we'll get a prize from the candy jar.
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Now, our current record is held by Annie at 20.57 seconds.
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Let's see if anyone can beat it.
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Unlikely.
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On your mark, get set, go.
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Done!
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What?
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There's no way.
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Wow.
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Great job, Malik.
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These are all correct.
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We have a new record of ten seconds,
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which is half the time of Annie's.
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Which means I'm twice as smart as her.
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Sure.
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By the way, ten seconds is actually pretty slow for me.
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Your so-called record is pretty pathetic.
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So, the math bowl is just around the corner,
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which means we need to select our team,
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Starting with the team leader.
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Who's interested in...
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Me?
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I'm obviously the perfect pick for the team leader.
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I'd like to be considered as well.
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After all, I did just break a record.
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No, team leader is supposed to be my thing.
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I know.
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Why don't we do a mock math bowl to see who the team leader will be for the class?
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How about we add some algebra to it?
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Just to make it a little more challenging.
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Algebra?
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But you don't learn that until like eighth grade.
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Exactly.
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Or we can add trigonometry, statistics, calculus.
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Uh, that's okay.
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Algebra's fine.
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Great!
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Next class, we'll choose the team leader for the math bowl.
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Next question.
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Solve for x in the equation 2x plus 5 equals 30.
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Um, 10.
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Wrong.
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12.5.
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That is correct.
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Let's go, Malik.
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Let's go.
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You're making this too easy on me, Anna.
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Let's go.
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It's Annie.
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This question is worth two points.
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What is 3x plus 5 equals 2x plus 10?
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Five.
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That is correct.
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Let's go, Malice!
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What, you can't keep up?
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I thought you were the smartest kid in school.
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I am.
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Were.
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Guess you don't know grammar either.
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Ooh.
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Annie, listen.
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Just leave me alone.
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You're this upset that you lost, huh?
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Look, about Malik...
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It's not about him.
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It's about my mom.
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What does she have to do with anything?
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You don't understand how she's gonna react when I tell her I lost.
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And then I'm not team captain for the math school.
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She's gonna be really, really mad at me.
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She is?
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Does she get mad at you often?
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All the time.
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You see, ever since I can remember,
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my mom has always been very competitive.
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She wanted me to be the best at everything.
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Ready, set, go!
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Come on, Annie, that's not fast enough.
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You're not gonna win the competition.
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Come on, let's try it again.
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You've gotta do faster.
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Okay, ready?
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Go.
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She made me practice a lot, and not just school.
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Everything had to be a competition.
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Daddy, how are you doing?
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I got a 99.
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100%!
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Give me a 5!
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It's in front of you!
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What do you want to do today?
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100 gets ice cream.
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Come on, let's go.
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But as I went more,
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more, my friends started to avoid playing with me.
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Hey, you're just sad because you win a lot.
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And that's super, super great.
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I'm proud of you.
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So you see, she's gonna be really mad when she finds out Malik beat me and that I'm not Team Captain.
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Look, I have a confession to make.
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Malik already had the answers to all the problems.
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You mean he cheated?
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I mean I gave him to him.
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Why?
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I didn't mean for you to be this hurt and I'm sorry for that.
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I just wanted you to see what you've been putting all the students through every day.
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But now that I understand your story I realize it's not your fault.
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Annie, I'm not sure if your mom has ever told you this,
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but life isn't about winning or losing.
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The journey is just as important as the destination.
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But my mom always told me if I'm not first place,
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I'm nothing in life.
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Well, what good is first place if you're not even happy?
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Or if no one likes me.
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Uh, 55.
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That is correct.
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Oh, looks like we have a tie.
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That means this next question will determine which team wins.
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How did you choose one player to answer the final question?
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You should go, Annie.
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Yeah, it has to be you.
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Alright.
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Actually, Mara, why don't you go?
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What?
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No, what if we lose?
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Don't worry, you're gonna crush it.
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Just remember what we've been practicing.
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Alright, looks like we have Mara and Harrison to answer the final question,
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which is, If each slice of pizza costs $1.25,
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how much does the entire pizza cost of their four slices?
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Four dollars and eighty cents?
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That is incorrect.
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Is it five dollars?
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That is correct.
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Congratulations.
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Hey, great job kids.
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You really did an amaz- Annie, what were you thinking?
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That should have been you up there, not some other girl.
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You just let the boys win the competition.
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That's okay, Mom.
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As Miss Michaels helped me realize,
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it's not about winning or losing.
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The journey is just as important as the destination.
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You're the one filling my daughter's head with this garbage?
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I knew I should have had her moved out of your class.
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Please, explain to me.
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What is so great about losing?
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Um, Annie, thanks for letting me go up and do the math ball.
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Yeah, if you're free this weekend,
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want to come to my birthday party?
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Actually, I can't remember the last time I've been invited to a birthday.
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Let's go.
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Thank you.

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