The Student Body
- TV-G
- Year:
- 2016
- 85 min
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The bill proposes to measure
body mass index, BMI...
That's what
we're doing here today,
address the core
problems we face.
And this is
a great move forward,
so I support the bill.
It's not like
I don't respect authority,
or believe in our government,
or trust the adults
who are in charge of us.
We do hearing the objection
title that was agreed to.
It's just that...
Well, the past year
has changed the way
I understand the world.
Just one year ago,
I was a junior in high school,
worrying about
doing my homework,
looking forward to getting
my driver's license,
and doing my best to fit in
and make friends.
And now, here I am
in the middle
of a national controversy,
in the personal debate
with our public officials,
all over the simplest thing
in the world,
a number.
But this isn't just any number.
This number is special.
To get it, you take one number,
divide it by another
which has been squared,
and then multiply that
The resulting number is, well,
magic.
This one number tells a story,
and even predicts your future.
Obviously, a number
that holds this much power
would be valuable.
And this one is.
So much so that some people
try to keep their number secret
for fear of what it might tell,
while others don't believe
in the number at all.
Then there are those,
even in our own government,
who believe in the
number's power so much
that they fight
to gain access to yours,
using the number
you are acceptable.
Yes, acceptable.
Not my words.
Theirs.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Maybe I should back up,
you know, to the beginning.
Or at least my beginning
and to what brought me
to this point,
fighting over a simple number.
- Dum, dum, dum...
- Looking back,
I kind of feel bad for what
I put my parents through.
That's good, Bailey.
You having fun?
No?
Apparently, I wasn't a pleaser.
Hello.
When asked a question,
I would just grunt.
I hated costumes
and school plays,
and refused to perform
for anyone.
That's me right there
at age four.
Hugs were out of the question.
No smiling for pictures.
Yeah, here's an Easter
smile for you.
Some friends even gave
my parents a book
called the strong-
willed child.
I guess, it was supposed
to teach them
how to deal with me
or something.
This is where I live,
a small, historic town in Ohio.
After school, we can walk
down main street,
pass the old garage,
pass the church on the corner,
and hang out
at the ice cream parlor,
which is right across the street
from the gun shop.
Yup, it doesn't get
any more American
than this.
And this is my high school,
where I was taught that we have
the greatest government
in the world.
This is also where I learned to,
well, behave.
Remember that
strong-willed child
She eventually became
the soft-spoken, polite kid
I pretty much keep to myself,
stay out of trouble,
and never, ever
question authority.
That is until last year
when a bunch of us students
decided to stage a protest.
There was friction
between the new school board
and our principal,
so the board decided
to promote him
right out of his job.
But us students
weren't having it.
Our top story today.
High school students
dressed in black
storm the school board meeting
principal was voted out
and removed from his position.
This was the first time
that I've ever held
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