Half Nelson Page #2

from practice last night, Drey?

No.

F***ing sh*t.

How did you get home?

Mr. Dunn.

Who?

Coach.

I'm tired of this.

Something has got to change.

I don't know what.

You don't got to worry about me.

Oh, look at you, Miss 12.

Thirteen, I'm 13 now.

Oh, so you grown, huh?

Going to take care of yourself,

Is that it?

Pretty much.

Well, that's a relief.

I guess I ain't got to cook up

these burgers then, huh?

Hey, Mom, you know this dude

Cesar Chavez

on Spanish Six?

Cesar who?

Cesar Chavez.

He once fasted for 35 days.

That means he didn't eat

For 35 days,

Something like Gandhi

Used to do.

Mm-hmm.

Think you could do that?

Hi, honey, it's Mom.

Hello?

Hi, um, is Rachel there?

Well, I feel good today.

Anyone else feel good?

Hmm?

I need a volunteer, and I need

somebody who feels strong.

So what we've got here

Is two opposing forces,

Terrence and myself, and we're

pushing against each other.

and as long as one is stronger--

and it looks like it's t--

The change is slow

and consistent.

But once the other side

becomes stronger,

There's a turning point.

Thank you, T.

Make sense?

Okay.

Now, turning points

can happen like that.

They can be physical, or they

can happen on a greater scale,

Like a war or something.

So why don't you do me

a favor and write

Three examples

Of historical turning points

That we've talked about

in class, okay?

What's up?

Have you even opened the

Civil Rights binder I gave you?

The Civil Rights binder

I have opened,

and it's got some great stuff

in it.

I think it's great.

Yeah.

I'm just providing

a little general content--

I need you on the civil rights

Section by next week.

Nice seeing you.

Is that gum in your mouth?

He was a Gemini.

He was so cocky.

Every day I saw him he used

to go like, oh,

you happy you got me.

You happy you got me,

and I be like,

Please you the one that's got

me, so y'all like Geminis?

Oh, what's his name?

Mr. Easton and Mrs. Wright

In the movie theater.

I'm pretty sure

they're married.

No.

I don't, they can't.

You don't know what you're

talking about, so don't talk.

No, but they look

weird together.

Y'all think Mr. Dunn is married?

No way.

Nobody would marry him.

Would you want to marry him?

Come in the room,

swirling his finger around,

Telling us to move the desk.

Why can't he move the desk?

I'm getting tired of that

every morning.

Don't forget about his glasses.

and he--

--bifocals.

--he start

Throwing them around,

throwing the chalk

Like he all cool and fly

and everything, but--

Ridley?

Quiet.

Would you marry Mr. Dunn,

Ridley?

Would you marry your father?

Oh.

"a man who was curious to know

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