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Clips from The Wire - Alliances (S04E04)

"They can't sit still in the class. The others can and do."
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"- So separate the two. - That's tracking."
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"- Excuse me? - Tracking students."
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"It's a nasty phrase in educational circles."
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"It refers to the grouping of children based on expected performance."
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"- What's wrong with it? - It says you have reduced expectations"
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"for certain students, that you expect less from them academically."
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"So you pretend to teach all these kids,"
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"and the truth is, you ain't teaching any of them."
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"But what if the stoop kids"
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"could be in classrooms where there was no disruptions?"
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"That's why you got the grant money."
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"As long as this doesn't involve warehousing children,"
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"I'm for anything that allows me to do my job."
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"Every teacher here will tell you the same."
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"The trick for you is to come up with a program"
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"that actually addresses itself to the corner kids."
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"We start pulling kids out of regular classes-- won't they be stigmatized?"
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"There's not a stigma in being booted out of class every other day?"
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"Question is,"
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"how do we identify the corner kids?"
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"That won't be a problem."
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"Okay. Okay."
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"You understand the work?"
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"Come on, this is easy. I know you can do it."
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"You're not giving me a choice. You have detention."
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"Yo, Na', Mrs. D. shaking bushes."
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"What the fuck? She got my blade, yo."
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"I said, "Back to your seats.""
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"Yo, what are you all up on me for? I do my work."
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"I'm not your yo. Show me your work."
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"Yeah, I see."
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"Yo, my hand hurting from all this learning. You got some Tylenol?"
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"What I got for you is detention."
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"Oh-hh!"
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"- You know what? Fuck you, Prezbo. - Oh-hh!"
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"Fucking gimpy-assed, big-grill motherfucker."
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"That's it. You're out of here!"
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"Go!"
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"Get your police stick out your desk and beat me."
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"The fuck you looking at, bitch?"
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"Oh-hh, Ms. Sampson, l--"
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"Namond Brice, if you weren't headed to the main office,"
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"- you are now. - Yeah, I was just--"
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"One of the corner kids, huh?"
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"Yeah, they do step up when you need them, don't they?"
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"Done is done."
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"Now we need to decide what we're gonna do about Omar."
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"You make the price right,"
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"Now you take it from there."
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"You think so?"
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"I ain't saying Omar can't be got. Any nigger can be got."
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"But once we put word to ear"
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"and he learn that we pricing out his head,"
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"he's gonna be trying us like we're trying him."
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"- You saying I should let it slide? - Nah."
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"Nah, we get at him another way,"
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"get at him without no bounties, no bullshit like that."
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"Barksdale turned this town upside down hunting him,"
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"and all he ended up looking was weak."
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"I ain't no Barksdale."
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"I'm just saying talk is cheap."
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"We sit on it, we gonna figure out a way to get that faggot."
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"But till then we don't say a mumbling word."
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"I got me six now, and I'll give you the four later, all right? Come on!"
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"- You ain't in school? - I'm half a day-- teachers' meeting."
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"Come on, I told you about those lame excuses, man."
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"You got $4 for me? I'm short $4."
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"What the fuck are you talking--"
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"Got a cart full of shit, nigger. What you got for me?"
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"Where's it at? You ain't hear?"
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"Okay."
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"Don't need the four now, son."
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"Damn, yo, where the shovel at? Bury that nigger, man."
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"Here you go, sir, thank you."
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"- Tommy Carcetti, running for mayor. - Good luck, Tommy."
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"- Hey, Mr. Carcetti, you got my vote. - Thanks."
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"- Tom Carcetti. - Hey, thank you very much."
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"- Here you go. - Good luck, Councilman."
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"Okay, Councilman, time to hit the West Side."
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"he's gonna make me go to my game face."
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"Tony Gray's people say 20 minutes at their place."
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"when you surprised the hell out of everyone."
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"Just bring 'em on."
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"Because after what Tommy did at the debate,"
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"it'll seem like more of the same if it comes from him."
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"And if we use it to take four or five points out of Royce's base,"
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"it helps him as much as us."
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"Once bitten, twice shy."
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"With Tommy Carcetti, I got to always think a step ahead."
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"Look, Tony, you ain't gonna win. So the only question is"
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"whether you wanna lose with 24% of the vote"
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"or 28%."
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"You bring the numbers up,"
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"you look good for the legislature--"
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"maybe a congressional run."
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"- Albert Stokes. - Here."
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"Mr. P., can I go? My moms told me to go straight home after school."
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"Mine too."
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"You should have thought of that before you smeared ink"
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"all over my desk."
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"Weren't my fault. My pen exploded."
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"Michael."
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"Michael Lee?"
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"Mr. P., please, can I go?"
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"I ain't eat no lunch, and my stomach making all these noises."
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"Look, I won't ever disrespect your pencil again, I promise."
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"Just this one time, I'll make an exception."
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"- Why are you here? - Came to say sorry."
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"I didn't mean to get all up in your face like that."
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"I appreciate that, Namond."
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"What I can't understand-- I've seen you in Ms. Sampson's class doing your work."
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"- Why can't you do the same in here? - I mean to, I do."
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"It's just the evil get in me and before I know it, I go off."
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"tomorrow we'll see if we can do better."
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"I gotta bump. Later, Mr. P."
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"If you can wait outside..."
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"It's okay. He can stay."
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"Thank you."
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"Mr. P., you know Michael can't make it to detention."
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