00:00Every day when you're walking down the street, everybody that you meet has an original point of view.
00:12And I say, hey, hey, what a wonderful kind of day, if you could learn to work and play, and get along with each other.
00:22You got to listen to your heart, listen to the beat, listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street.
00:28Open up your eyes, open up your ears, get together and make things better, by working together.
00:34It's a simple message, and it comes from the heart, believe in yourself, for that's the place to start.
00:44Start and I say, hey, hey, what a wonderful kind of day, if you could learn to work and play, and get along with each other.
00:54Hey, what a wonderful kind of day, hey, what a wonderful kind of day, hey!
01:00Hey, T.W.
01:03Hey!
01:08S.W.E.A.T.
01:12Are we learning about sweat today? Because if we are, I came prepared.
01:19No, Buster, S.W.E.A.T. is an acronym for the Stoddard-Wilkins Elementary Aptitude Test, a standardized test you'll all be taking.
01:29What's it all, I'm degraded?
01:31Calm down, it's nothing to worry about, but the format may be unfamiliar, so I have some practice tests to help you prepare at home.
01:38If Sarah has seven apples, and she gives Sadie five of them...
01:44Why is Sarah giving apples away?
01:46It doesn't say.
01:48Then Sarah gets another apple from Sam.
01:50Now she's taking apples from Sam?
01:52I don't trust this, Sarah. She's up to something.
01:55It's just a math problem.
01:57That's probably what Sarah told Sadie.
01:59I bet those apples are rotten.
02:01I just took one of the multiple choice vocabulary tests.
02:05It wasn't so bad.
02:06Um, did you read the instructions?
02:10Yeah, I glanced at them. Why?
02:13Because it says you're supposed to use a number two pencil, and not to make any extra marks on the test. See?
02:20I don't have any number two pencils.
02:22Take one of mine.
02:24Ugh, it's so ordinary.
02:27I prefer the dusky soulfulness of a 4B.
02:30What happens if I use one of those?
02:32Then ye have to take it again. And that's if you're lucky.
02:37They might just fail ye.
02:39Aye, I've seen brave third graders cry like preschoolers when faced with the S-W-E-A-T.
02:47A fear comes o'er them that swallows them whole.
02:51Why are you talking like that?
02:53Don't ye know it's international talk like a pirate day?
02:56Arrgh! Practice all ye like.
03:00But when the real test is before ye, then ye'll feel the jaws of fear tightening all around ye.
03:06Ha ha ha ha!
03:08Okay, students. You may open your test booklets now.
03:15Dad, could you do that later? I'm trying to take a test!
03:33Now you may open your...
03:35D-W, you have to turn that off.
03:42I'm trying to study.
03:43But it's my TV time.
03:45Mom, Arthur's not respecting my rights!
03:49Fine.
03:49I'm happy for a snappy.
03:51This all won't leave your head.
03:53Five, five, five is sweet.
03:55It's when I get...
03:56Mom, D-W's making too much noise and I'm trying to...
04:01Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
04:06Okay, you may now...
04:11Well, this is it.
04:25S-W-E-A-T day.
04:27Sorry, Dots. You can't come with me.
04:38Why not? Because you're not a number two pencil.
04:42Now, where did I put that one Arthur gave me?
04:52I can't find it!
04:57Arthur, I lost the number two pencil you gave me. Do you have another one?
05:03No, but I just passed a few back there. Watch out for the erasers.
05:22Okay, Sarah gives Sadie five apples.
05:25Thank you, Sarah. I don't know why you're giving me these apples, but I don't care, because I'm a pig.
05:32Then Sam flies in with another apple.
05:35Activating apple defense system. Take that, you rotten fruit monger.
05:40Would you stop playing with those silly dolls?
05:43Sam isn't a doll. He's an action figure.
05:47Aw, you've heard his feelings.
05:49Oh, great. You guys are here.
05:52Take these. I'm giving everyone I know number two pencils.
05:55That way you can give me one if I forget to bring mine.
05:58Hey guys, what's going on?
06:00Pencils. Take pencils.
06:02Why won't you all just be quiet? It's like you want me to fail.
06:08Fail what?
06:09The SWEAT test, of course. Aren't you nervous about it?
06:13Why should I be? It's just reviewing stuff we already know.
06:16But what if we forget what we already know?
06:19Yeah. Binky said the fear could swallow us whole.
06:23You're getting yourselves worked up over nothing. Just relax.
06:27Easy for you to say.
06:28Yeah, you never get anxious about tests.
06:31That's not true. There's one test that makes me very anxious.
06:36A blood test. Get it?
06:40Brain, this isn't a laughing matter. Here, don't you dare forget it.
06:45Orange Buster?
06:50Is this a word problem? The answer is D, all of the above.
06:54George, would you knock it off?
06:56You're eating those mashed potatoes so noisily.
06:59Can't you see I'm trying to study?
07:04Nigel, I think this SWEAT test has given some of your students a nasty case of the jitters.
07:12Might I suggest something?
07:15Who here gets butterflies in the belly right before a big game?
07:21For me, it's when I play the keyboard in front of an audience.
07:25Anybody else get the willies before performing?
07:28Aye, once me palms were so sweaty, I dropped me clarinet on me big toe.
07:33And I've got the scar to prove it.
07:36Binky, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is over.
07:40Okay.
07:41The point is we all feel stressed sometimes. Here's one way I like to deal with it.
07:47Everyone lie on your backs.
07:52You too, Alan.
07:54All right. But I think this is all rather unnecessary.
07:57Follow your breath. In and out. Be aware of your toes. Are they tense at all? Wiggle them a little. Now move up to your ankles and your calves. Feel all that tension in your head just melt away.
08:16You can open your eyes now.
08:19Wow. I feel great.
08:22Me too.
08:23Wait, I still have some tension in my ear.
08:26Ah, now it's gone.
08:28Now whenever those heebie-jeebies start playing paddywhack with your nerves, you just...
08:40Huh? What'd I miss?
08:43Just the whole relaxation class.
08:45Oh. Well, I napped instead. Same thing, right?
08:48Seventeen.
08:51Eighteen.
08:53Nineteen.
08:55Twenty.
08:57Still got a half an hour before school.
09:00Just enough time for another practice test.
09:07Huh. Well, that was a cinch.
09:10And now I'll just check the answers in the back.
09:13One is A, check.
09:15Two is C, check.
09:16Three is also C.
09:20Wait.
09:21That can't be right.
09:23Okay, one wrong.
09:25That's not so bad.
09:27Four is D?
09:29And five is B?
09:32How is that possible?
09:34I skipped a question.
09:38Oh, I want you a race.
09:40B always puts up a fight.
09:42Give it some muscle.
09:44Oh, yeah.
09:45Right there.
09:46That's where it itches.
09:51It worked, Stoddard.
09:53He fell right into our trap.
09:55By Jove, we've failed another one.
09:57High five, Wills.
09:58Rain, are you okay?
09:59Me?
10:00Sure I'm okay.
10:01Why wouldn't I be okay?
10:02Just because I skipped a practice test question doesn't mean I'll skip one now, right?
10:15Oh, no.
10:16Where's my pencil?
10:17I don't have a pencil.
10:19Here.
10:20Mr. Ratburn, can we just wait a minute or two?
10:29Brain, look at me.
10:31Take a deep breath.
10:33Feel your toes.
10:37Say, relax, little toes.
10:40Okay.
10:42Relaxing phalanges.
10:44Feel all that stress leaving your body.
10:48Now the stress is walking out of the classroom and out of the school.
10:52Maybe it'll stop by the sugar bowl.
10:55Ahem.
10:57Okay.
10:58You can open your eyes now.
11:00Better?
11:02Thanks, guys.
11:03I couldn't have asked for better relaxation tutors.
11:06Okay, students.
11:07You may start your test now.
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11:38What a wonderful kind of day
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