00:00Three plus three? Really? I beg your pardon? What kind of school is this anyway? It's the kind of
00:05school where students don't speak without permission. All right, but everyone knows it's
00:10sick. Nobody in this classroom speaks unless they are called upon. Okay, is everybody clear on that?
00:18Yes, ma'am! Good. Mary, can you stand up, please? Stand on up. Stand up, babe. These questions are
00:24for you because you're so advanced. What is nine plus eight? 17. Yeah, yes, it is. That's good.
00:32What is 15 plus 17? 32. Yeah, that is right. All right, then. Well, what is 57 plus 135? 192.
00:45Uh-huh. Can you tell me what 57 multiplied by 135 is? Okay. Who can tell me? What? For 7
00:58,000 and 695.
01:04The square root is 87.7 and change. Now what does ad nauseum mean? She's the boss? Mrs. Davis is
01:12our
01:12principal. Okay. Um... Okay, and I want you to get on your phone and call Frank and tell him to
01:17get me out of here.
01:20Excuse me? Hi. Uh-oh. Look, it's my teacher. Probably wants to remind me what one plus one is.
01:27Go to the club, okay? Hi. Hi. Sorry to yell at you and then chase you down. It's okay. Mary's
01:32teacher?
01:32Yes, I'm Bonnie Stevenson. Frank, how are you? Sorry about today. I actually got a little
01:36over-excited. It's his first day jitter. Sure, yeah. We're running a little late, actually. We've got to get going.
01:41Okay, I don't even want to talk about that. I'll keep you just a minute.
01:45Okay. I think... I think your daughter thinks Mary might be gifted.
01:49What? Yeah. Today in math, she answers really, really difficult.
01:53Oh, no, no, no. That's... No, please. It's not gifted.
01:55Really difficult questions. Right. Just that a 7-year-old...
01:57It's Trachtenberg. Yeah, Carl. I'm sorry.
01:59Trachtenberg. Spent 7 years in a Nazi concentration camp. Developed a persistent,
02:03rapidly-solve home. It's the Trachtenberg method.
02:06But she's... I mean, she's 7, though.
02:08I learned it when I was 8. Do I look gifted to you?
02:11I've kind of gone out of vogue since the invention of the calculator, but, uh...
02:14I can still win a drink at a bar using it. Sorry for you today. It won't happen again.
02:18Okay. Thanks to meet you. Bonnie.
02:20Frank.
02:21For the record, I didn't want to go to this stupid school in the first place.
02:24And the boy in the next row acts inappropriately for someone who's a child.
02:28I'm sorry. I'm still passive-aggressively ignoring you.
02:31Mother gets answered questions. They don't get in trouble.
02:33You didn't get in trouble for answering questions.
02:35You yelled at the principal. Oh, you know what? You're going to find this interesting.
02:38So I googled first-graders and yelled at the principal,
02:40and statistically, you're never going to believe how many kids do it.
02:42How many?
02:43None.
02:45Frank, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
02:47Yeah, right. You can't show off like that at school.
02:49I know.
02:50You promised you wouldn't on the first day.
02:52I know. I know. I screwed up.
02:55Do you think maybe this boat needs a test break?
02:58Go get it, Fred.
02:59Don't run.
03:03Look out. Look out. Your little animals are escaping, dumbass.
03:08Hey, you should not be laughing.
03:10You did a mean thing to a little kid.
03:13What are you going to do about it?
03:15Frank, okay.
03:18How do we resolve this?
03:20You know, she could be expelled.
03:22Hope not.
03:23But if you've got the first time I found you was expelled, I guess you should.
03:26Are you going to take this seriously?
03:28Sure. You don't bluff me. I don't bluff you.
03:31Miss Stevenson believes that your child is exceptional
03:34and has talents that our curriculum can't begin to challenge.
03:38It just so happens that I am good friends with the headmaster
03:41of the Oaks Academy for Gifted Education.
03:44He has always said that if I find that one in a million...
03:48And the one in a million is a $30,000 tuition.
03:51Mr. Adler, I can get your daughter a scholarship full ride.
03:54I wouldn't say it if I couldn't do it.
03:56I realize putting that girl in that setting, you know,
03:5999 times out of 100, it's what you do.
04:01It's the Oaks. It's a great school. I looked into it.
04:03This family has a history with those schools.
04:06And I think the last thing that little girl needs
04:08is reinforcement that she's different.
04:10Trust me, she knows.
04:11So, I think Mary, I think she's got to be here.
04:14Today's a bad ending.
04:15You can't hit people.
04:16A 12-year-old bullies a 7-year-old and she stands up.
04:19Do you know how important it is to me that she did that?
04:21You know how proud I am of her?
04:23Aren't you?
04:23Mr. Adler, your daughter shattered a young boy.
04:27You can't hit people.
04:28That will be made very clear. I get that.
04:30But, Mrs. Davis, if we separate our leaders,
04:32we segregate them from people like you and me,
04:34you get congressmen.
04:35So, I'm sorry.
04:36I wish I could take your offer, but Mary stays.
04:38Unless you kick her out.
04:39This is a mistake.
04:40We'll never be able to raise this child
04:42to the level of scholarship she deserves.
04:45Just dumb her down into a decent human being.
04:46Everybody wins.
04:48You know what?
04:49Just, can you excuse me?
04:51Bring me every piece of paperwork we have on this girl.
04:54Hey.
04:55Are you sure you know what you're doing?
04:57No.
04:58Okay, Mary, I think you have something you'd like to say to the class.
05:00You want to hop up and say it?
05:03Okay.
05:03You're supposed to say something.
05:05Hitting people is wrong, even if they're bad.
05:08I won't do it again, so don't be afraid of me.
05:11Okay. Thank you.
05:12How can I say something I want to say?
05:14Sure.
05:15Before they ruined it, Weston Zoo was the best art project, by far.
05:20It was awesome.
05:22Come on.
05:25Let it go.
05:26Okay.
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