McFarland, USA Page #3

Now, I feel that if he's the coach

of the football team...

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. You...

- You're firing me?

- Nobody said you were fired.

Well, he just asked me to step down,

and you didn't say no,

which in my language

means you're firing me.

- Hold on.

- I just moved my family here.

Hold on, Jim!

I don't have the staff

to go around firing people,

because some insecure jerk

who can't stop eating his apple

got all bent out of shape.

- What did you...

- Shut up!

You had a chance to talk

and you let me do it for you.

You're dismissed.

- Am I fired?

- No, you're not fired either.

Now get out of here.

Look, I don't know

if this is a pattern with you,

and I don't know which one of you

was a bigger jerk out there,

but I'm counting on it

that it wasn't you.

Because I need a PE teacher,

and I need a life science teacher.

I don't know how that sits with you,

but that's how it sits.

All right, run a lap.

Go.

Go.

Hi, Jamie.

Hi.

How was school today?

It was okay.

Can I have half of that?

No, but you can have that half.

Yeah, you see that, carnal?

I was down.

How do you like getting smoked?

What now, jefe?

Run another one.

Sure.

Wow. They are fast.

They are.

You want another one?

You know, you're in

the wrong sport, Sameniego.

Not anymore. Coach cut me.

You, too, huh?

Seriously?

You got fired from football?

In your first week?

All right. Don't rub it in.

Congratulations, White.

They're treating you like a picker.

David, Damacio, Danny.

Wake up - it's late.

Your father is waiting in the truck.

Don't be lazy.

The world doesn't wait for you.

May God bless you.

Thank you, Grandma.

David, Damacio - hurry up.

Pay attention and respect your teachers.

See you later.

I hear football didn't work out.

You need something to do

with all of that spare time of yours?

What'd you have in mind?

Migrant parent meetings,

literacy programs, food banks,

support groups.

These families need help.

No, it's not really...

Not really my sort of thing.

You live in McFarland, right?

You ever taken a look out there?

This is one of the poorest

towns in America.

These kids are invisible,

they are expendable.

They come from the fields,

and they go back to the fields

unless the prisons get them first.

You notice we got one right next door?

Yeah, I...

I noticed.

Handy, huh?

Mr. White, it's pretty clear

you don't wanna be here.

But for these kids,

these are the best years of their lives,

and if we're gonna reach them,

now is the time.

But I guess that's not

your kind of thing.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

You know that kid?

Yeah, it's Thomas Valles.

What do you know about him?

Nothing.

You like him.

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