Lean on Me Page #6

to transform and transmogrify

this school

into a special place,

where the hearts and souls

and minds of the young

can rise,

where they can

grow tall and blossom

out from under the shadows

of the past,

where the minds of the young

are set free.

That's right!

And i gave

my word to god.

And that's why

i threw those bastards out.

And that's all

i'm going to say.

Mr. Clark, i wanted to

talk to you

about those kids

you threw out yesterday.

Well,

what about them?

I was one of them,

but you made

some kind of mistake.

Mistake?

Yes, sir.

What's your name,

son?

Sams.

Thomas sams.

Thomas sams.

You're a freshman?

Yes, sir.

Cutting class and

smoking crack, mr. Sams.

There's no mistake.

No, sir. It wasn't me, sir.

I swear it wasn't.

It wasn't you?

No.

Do you think

i'm stupid, son?

No, sir.

Yes, you do.

You're trying to con

a con man.

You're not even

learning anything

on the streets,

are you?

You come with me.

What are you doing?

What's up here?

Now, let me

tell you something.

The trouble

with being a teenager

is you don't

know nothing.

You think you're smarter

than people who've already been

down the road

you're traveling.

You know

what i'm saying?

Do you?

Yes, sir.

Did you tell your father

i threw you out of school?

Look at me, damn it!

No, sir.

Why not?

No guts, huh?

Afraid of what

he'll say, aren't you?

My father doesn't live

with us anymore, sir.

Is that what

you're doing?

Going around feeling

sorry for yourself?

Get out of here!

You're wasting my time!

Please let me

back, sir.

I have to

get back at school.

I can't tell my mama

i got kicked out.

Now, why should i let you

back into my school?

Because i'm going

to do better, sir.

How?

By doing my work.

What else?

And staying

out of trouble.

What have you been thinking

about all this time?

Why should i

believe you now?

Because

i changed my ways.

I don't believe you,

sams.

I don't think you've changed

a thing. Go on, jump!

No. I don't

want to jump.

Yes, you do!

You smoke crack, don't you?

You smoke crack,

don't you?

Look at me, boy!

Don't you smoke crack?

Yes, sir.

You know what

that does to you, huh?

No, sir.

It kills brain cells, son.

It kills brain cells.

When you're destroying

brain cells,

you're killing yourself,

only it's slower!

If you want to

kill yourself,

don't f*** around with it!

Do it expeditiously!

Go on, jump!

No. I don't want

to kill myself, sir.

You're sure?

Yes, sir.

I tell you

what i'll do.

I'll go back on my own word

just this once

and let you back into

my school,

'cause you're still a baby,

and you don't know sh*t.

But you understand

this, boy.

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