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- You okay?

(tearfully):
No!

Do you want to sing about it?

I think you should.

(singing to blues music) You

know I'm the hoochie-coochie man

Everybody knows I'm here

(narrator):
Maya's diet...

(Samsonov):
Enjoy.

- ...was rich in omega-3s

and iron

to help develop memory

and intelligence.

Her days and nights were filled

with intellectual pursuits.

- Food enters the intestines

and is digested with enzymes...

- And her knowledge was

showcased on a daily basis.

- ...before being absorbed

into the bloodstream.

(imitating rifle shot)

- Hey. Hey, hey.

- Mom!

- Remember

what the Mahatma said:

"An eye for an eye will only

make the whole world blind."

(sighing)

I'm getting Sammy.

(narrator):

Maurice meditated every day

to better himself

and better the world.

You feel calm and safe here.

At peace with yourself.

(man):
Two, three times a two

equals a six,

but it is not

at its lowest form if...

(narratorIn addition to the

experiments they underwent every day...

- Fractions can be friends. So

take the top line, two times one...

...they were also

homeschooled

the standard

government curriculum.

Any questions?

Throughout

its 12-year duration,

the children were oblivious

to any scientific experiment.

They lived

with the ups and downs

of any normal,

dysfunctional family.

You know

I'm the hoochie-coochie man

Everybody knows I'm here

They are arriving!

- Hey, don't forget to tell them

you're about to write your first play.

- Yep.

- Yeah.

(Sammy):
They are coming!

(soft music)

- How was the trip?

(sighing):
Swell.

- Hey, you guys! Give us hugs.

- We missed you!

(chuckling)

- I brought the usual goodies.

- Look at them.

They're all like kudzu.

- What's that?

- Kudzu is a...

it's a Japanese plant.

Grows like crazy.

- And books.

Look what I got for you.

- Do you have

Sports Illustrated?

- The periodical?

- No, the shampoo line.

- Hey, be polite.

(Ms. Tridek):

Who punched you in the nose?

- Come on, let's shake a leg.

(man):

And what is your answer?

- The Anglo-Zanzibar War

of 1895?

Uh... I mean 6.

(woman):
Write it down, Maya.

This time,

we'll be conducting a test called the

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

- Is it hard?

- No harder than usual, sweetie.

Just do your best.

Jack has $56 for the market.

By the end of the day,

he has used $19.

What percentage of his money

has he spent?

Three, two, one... Go.

(beep)

(soft music)

A- about a third.

34%.

- You don't need to say it,

sweetie. Just write it down.

Question #7:
On a scale of one to 10...

- Get them in here, please.

- One "not angry at all

and 10 being "furious,"

how would you react

if you overheard

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