Dangerous Minds Page #5

- What's all this bullshit

with dying?

- You want us dead?

- No, darlin', but I do

want you to keep your "A."

So, no, I'm gonna make it

real easy on you, okay?

All you have to do is tell me

the verb that makes this sentence true.

We choose to do some karate.

- Yeah, right.

- Okay, give me a verb

instead of "choose."

- We're going to die?

- We must die, okay.

- Okay, "we must die." Is "must"

a verb? Can you, uh...

- No, "must" ain't no verb.

- Can you "must" something?

- Yeah. I must piss right now.

You'd better believe it.

Okay, what verb that we used

today is the most powerful?

- Die.

- Piss.

Oh, you so stupid!

- Choose.

- Choose.

- What's your name?

- Callie.

Callie, why?

Because that's the difference between

owning your life and being afraid.

Saying "I choose"

no matter what.

You mean, like a guy's got

a gun to your head...

and he's pulling the trigger

and you say, "I choose to die"?

No, you ain't choosin' to die,

but you can choose to die

without screaming, right?

I mean, you could always

choose somethin'.

- Not where I live.

- Sh*t.

Did you read that

somewhere in this class?

No. In our class we readin'

this book called

My Darling, My Hamburger.

- From this.

- My what?

- My Darling, My Hamburger.

- Hamburger?

Possessive pronoun, noun,

possessive pronoun.

- Oh, watch it, girl.

- Let's see.

E-Excuse me.

- Excuse me, Miss Johnson.

- Uh... Oh, yes.

Would you stop by the principal's office

before your next class, please?

Mr. Grandey would like

to speak to you.

The principal!

Oooh, White Bread in trouble!

Yes. I'll talk to you later.

Bye-bye.

Miss Johnson, this is an office.

We knock before we enter.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Please.

Now, Miss Johnson,

I'm taking into consideration

the fact that you're new...

and therefore don't know that teaching

karate is against school policy...

and can lead to a lawsuit

in case of an injury.

But you can avoid this kind of error...

you simply follow the curriculum...

dictated by

the Board of Education.

Well, um, sir, that's

almost impossible, um...

Most of my students don't

even know what a verb is.

If you're going to teach them,

I'm sure there's a better sentence

than "We choose to die."

I'm sure there are, but l...

l-I needed a sentence that

would get their attention...

- Mmm.

- And, well, it had to

be better than this.

Miss Johnson, that is the approved

curriculum for second period.

Your class.

Now, I know the newer the teacher,

the smarter she is,

but l-I'm afraid you're just going to

have to go along with our policies,

even if you don't

agree with them.

- All right?

- Mm-hmm.

What a f***in' idiot.

- Griffith.

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