Swim Team Page #4

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So what classes you have

today, Robbie, in school?

Just drawing, printing,

health class,

math, English, and history.

Yeah?

-Yep.

-How was your printing class?

Because I know you like

that class, right?

-Just I work hard in printing.

-You worked really hard?

What you did today?

Just picked a comic

characters

to print the characters.

-You have to draw them?

-Yep.

Which one did you pick?

-Batman.

-Okay.

In health,

what did they talk about?

-It's about the sex movie.

-The sex movie?

They sent to a web site, and

they also talk about the HIV.

The HIV. Okay. Okay.

What is... What did

they tell you about HIV?

It's about doctors,

so they tell about doctors

and tell you about sex.

Sex?

-Yeah, like, drunk stuff.

-Okay.

Did you understand

what they meant?

-Just I don't know.

-You don't know?

It was a lot of information?

-Too much information.

-Too much information, okay.

Just I don't

like health class.

You don't like health class?

-Nope.

-Well, I didn't know

they were going to

teach you about sex, Robert.

Did they talk to you about that?

-They told me.

-Okay.

They told us.

-I don't feel like talking.

-Okay.

I didn't know that

they were going to...

Sit over here with me,

honey.

Okay.

I mean, if you're not ready

to talk about it, it's fine.

I understand.

The reason why I chose Robert

to join the Hammerheads

is because Robert doesn't know,

right now, that he has autism.

Robbie feels that he's a typical

kid, and he has never asked me,

is there something

different about him?

I don't want to break his heart,

but he needs to know.

Kelvin is autistic.

He also have Tourette Syndrome.

-B*tch!

-I know!

-No... b*tch!

-No, no. Stop.

Stop. Right.

In the water, stay in the water.

I need you in the water.

-Ass!

-No.

He has body tics

and vocal tics.

Swimmers on your mark.

Go! In!

But he cannot control that.

He's not doing those on purpose.

No. No, no. No.

-That's very dangerous.

-That's very dang...

Going to hurt yourself.

I know. I know the tics

bother you, but you're okay.

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

Hey. You guys are getting

timed on this today.

He has two disability,

so he's kind of balancing

each other on and off.

Sometimes,

he's getting more tics.

Maybe he has more tics,

then he doesn't have the time

to do the autism thing.

You say the F word?

I'm sorry. I curse a lot.

Let's go, in the water.

Vincent, in the water.

-Don't you ever say the F word.

-Kelvin!

Twenty-five-meter breaststroke,

25-meter free coming back.

-Okay.

-Swimmers on your mark. Go!

Last night,

I was feeling stress.

I'm not telling you I hate you.

Yeah.

Are you supposed to do that?

-No.

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