Adventures In Public School Page #3

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Whoa.

Hold the telephone.

You're rebelling.

That's what this is.

Oh, my God! I can't...

I can't even look at your face.

You're rebelling so much.

I can't.

- Mom.

- No.

- Mom, look at me.

- No.

- Mom, look at my face.

- No! No!

Look. Mom! I saw some things

that I have never seen before.

I think I need

to fess up here.

Yeah.

I was thinking that maybe

I might make the decision

that it's kinda time for me

to maybe go to public school.

Public school?

Are you trying to kill me?

Liam, I have taught you

more in days

than they could

teach you in years!

Public school?

- Mom, I don't know what to say.

- Baloney!

What 12-year-old boy

teaches blind kids to read

Braille in Cambodia?

You are a man

of the world!

Baby, I don't get it.

Can you just give me...

Give me ten reasons!

I'm sorry.

Now I just wanna

be clear right off the bat.

This is school, right?

We're not just sitting

around the house

learning about pirates

and making volcanoes.

This school is serious.

As in serious gangs

and serious drugs. Yeah.

Sometimes I don't even

wanna walk down the halls.

Some of these guys

are packing heat.

I mean, take for example,

Maria Sanchez. She's...

Yeah, just like you,

straight A's, sweet kid.

But unfortunately,

she just took a leave.

- Because of the drugs?

- No.

She's got a lung thing.

Or no, it's a...

It's a brain thing.

It's one or the other.

It's... I've got it here.

I got it here somewhere.

What's happening?

What's that?

I don't...

Okay, I don't...

You know,

it's a zoo here, okay?

We've got

over 2,000 students.

Right. Well, we tried.

Let's go.

What if I took

the sick girl's spot?

What are you getting at, kid?

Well, if Maria Sanchez is sick,

then I can take her seat,

her classes,

I can do her homework.

I mean,

you have a free space

to experience high school

for one week.

That would save me

a lot of paperwork.

You can't really do that, though.

Can you?

Yeah. No. I mean,

I can do anything

with a memo. Just...

Yeah,

Liam can slide right

into Maria's slot

and take-- take her place

from the...

Um, let's see.

Yeah, go to her classes, sit at

her desk, do her assignments.

This is her class.

That's her class schedule.

And you're gonna need this.

This is her ID.

Modern dance and Phys. Ed.

ls that necessary?

Yeah. Maria Sanchez is

one of our top learners.

This looks like a community

center schedule,

or some kind of assisted

living center schedule.

A little independence.

It's good for you.

This is so hard.

I know.

- Do you have your key?

- Yeah.

- Okay. And your cell?

- Oh, yeah. It's...

Okay.

Right, one last hug.

Okay, final hug. Go.

Okay, hug break.

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