An Invisible Sign Page #3

confidentiality is confidential.

Shh.

All right, who wants

to be the 8?

- I'll do it.

- Okay, Danny.

Who wants to be

the plus sign?

- Me!

- Pick me!

- This is our first

human equation.

[Laughter]

- Cool.

- What are we gonna do now?

- How about if we...

How about, uh...

What if we...

make numbers out of nature?

One of you will bring in

a number

every Friday,

kind of like a show-and-tell

with numbers.

And we'll call it...

"numbers and materials."

- Can I go first?

- Okay, Lisa Venus,

bring in a good one.

Okay.

- I'm glad

you're the new math teacher.

- Dad?

Dad!

Today was my first day-

- [exhaling]

[Laughing]

Mona, Mona...

I read about this in a book

by a Harvard medical professor.

This is called

"the shape of health."

Come here.

Let me show you.

Let me show you.

Come here.

Come here.

All right, now,

according to this book,

Olympic athletes who were hurt,

they used this, right?

They've done studies.

The damage goes out

through the gap in the circle.

Honey, it's a reliable book.

You want to-

you want to come in?

Just come on in.

You can feel it, right?

Honey, just sit here.

Sit right here.

And just take a deep breath in,

right?

And then just let it all out

through the gap.

[Inhaling]

Deep breath.

[Inhaling]

And let it all out.

[Exhales]

Let go. Let go. Let go.

[Exhaling]

Start it again.

In...

[inhaling]

And out.

[Exhaling]

- What's going on?

- It's called

"the shape of health."

- I'm calling Dr. Wallace.

These medications

are not working either.

And you're not helping.

- Hey, I have a doctor

from the Harvard medical school.

[Bell ringing]

- Rock candy experiment

gone awry.

It makes a mess,

but the kids love it.

These are never filled.

[Sighs]

This your sherbert?

- No.

- It's a funny name, right?

Sherbert.

Like, if you say it

a bunch of times, it's-

Sherbert.

I guess it's not really

that funny,

but it's a weird name.

Sherbert.

So you're the new math teacher?

You're Miss Gray?

- Uh-huh.

- I'm Ben.

Ben Smith.

I teach science.

- What were you thinking

with that houseplant assignment?

- Oh, the houseplant assignment.

Half the class was supposed to

talk kindly to their houseplants

and the other half wasn't,

and then we were gonna compare

their respective growth rates.

Why?

What's up?

- Rita Williams' mother

found her

yelling at her bathroom fern,

saying things like,

"You're a disgrace

to the family name,"

and, "What are you looking at,

you...

skanky piece of b*tch?"

- What was the plant's reaction?

- Now, don't you get cheeky.

Shall we discuss this

in my office, Mr. Smith?

- We have to discuss this

in your office.

See you around, Miss Gray.

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