Speech & Debate Page #2

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You're a crap sandwich

Get some bread

Your balding head

And some more bread

You have your head

Between bread

Crap sandwich, yeah

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Sitting at

My Casio keyboard...

[notification tone playing]

Otherwise I couldn't play

And sing at the same time

I-I-I'm...

["Tonight" playing]

Nobody wants to be alone

But tonight

We're all believers

And I feel all right

The song in my heart...

[Joan] Howie!

Mom.

I'm getting ready to go out.

[Joan] Out? Out with who?

Uh... a friend.

I can have friends here, right?

[Joan] Are you gonna bring him

back to the house?

- No.

- [Joan] All right.

Have fun, bug. I love you.

Nobody wants to be alone

[James and Susan arguing]

I can't run this story, Solomon.

It's against every rule here,

and your dad is on the board.

My stepdad, and that

doesn't mean I agree.

- I'm my own person.

- Okay, school officials are off limits.

Oh, but what...

Okay, fine.

- I'll write about the mayor.

- The mayor.

- The mayor.

- What's the topic?

How he's been

having sex with teenagers.

Another intern's come forward.

It's in today's paper.

Choose another topic.

Religion. See?

We can't write about

anything actually affecting us.

Last week, you vetoed my story

about the stranger danger

sessions

the school keeps holding.

Because it's a direct criticism

of the administration's

policies.

They hired experts to remind us

not to let strangers touch us

in our bathing suit areas.

That's what they said,

"our bathing suit areas."

- Some kids my age are already having sex, and, I'm not...

- Okay,

you're just trying to

cause a stir,

and that's not

what real journalism is.

You taught me

that real journalism

involves writing

about the truth.

Look at my last article.

I can't submit clips like these

to a top-tier

journalism school.

Solomon, this isn't a debate,

and you can't be in here.

I'm sorry, but

it's hypocritical...

Hey, Ms. Nish.

If you won't print my stories,

then maybe I'll write a new one

about freedom of speech

in high schools.

The Oregonian

might be interested.

[electronic beeping]

Are you recording me?

Just so I don't misquote you.

Oh, my God.

You know what?

Then on the record, I say,

"Why don't you ask your stepfather

about our school's policies?"

Because he's on the school board

that actually makes them.

I'm sorry, but I can't help you.

I can help you.

Not easy being new.

Takes time to make friends.

Have you thought about a sport?

Lacrosse?

No. I want to start...

We don't have

a Gay-Straight Alliance here,

and when I was in Portland...

You ever played lacrosse?

But do you know why North Salem

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