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Clips from Abbott Elementary - Student Transfer (S01E01)

"with Courtney and Courtney for all!"
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"That's right! Nice job."
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"That's right. Nice job."
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"Courtney, go back to your seat."
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"But I'm done with all my work."
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"Go."
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"Your next word is "smooth." Go, go, go."
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"(kids shouting and cheering)"
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"COURTNEY: Done!"
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"- "Rebble"? - It's "ra-bell.""
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"(chalk clatters)"
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"(students laughing)"
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"JANINE: Courtney?"
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"Courtney, please stop."
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"Courtney."
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"- Just -- - (knock on door)"
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"Hey. Hi. Can I help you?"
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"Yeah, I just stopped by to see how Courtney's doing."
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"Oh, yeah, Courtney is thriving."
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"- Whole class is, actually. - (students laughing)"
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"She was the missing piece to our little puzzle of learning."
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"Oh. That's great to hear."
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"I'm surprised you're not having any problems."
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"Took me a couple of months to figure out how to keep her"
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"from disrupting the class."
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"Look at you doing it in a couple of hours."
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"- (laughs nervously) - I guess you really are"
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"the superior teacher."
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"(students giggling)"
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"I'm teaching a lesson on gravity."
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"Here's a little secret."
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"Courtney didn't get transferred out of my class"
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"'cause I couldn't handle her."
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"She got her parents to transfer her"
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"because I'd already caught on to all her little tricks."
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"Most of them."
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"Nobody could have seen that macaroni thing coming."
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"So I said, "I'm not giving you a ride."
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"I'm 'bout to drop you off at the airport of life.""
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"- Oh, I know that's right. - (door opens)"
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"Hey, ladies. Sorry to interrupt."
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"Uh, you mentioned earlier"
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"that there was a file on Courtney Pierce?"
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"Yeah. Thicker than a Snicker. Heavy like a Chevy."
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"- Ooh. - Okay."
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"Are you having issues with Courtney?"
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"Ah, I wouldn't say --"
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"(chuckles) She need help. Look at her."
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"With that "I need help" face."
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"Okay, this is not an "I need help" face."
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"It is an "I have it under control" face"
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"and arm and leg and --"
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"And that is good, because I cannot help you."
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"You see, Ava and I have placed a modest wager"
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"on your success with the whole Courtney situation,"
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"and I will not affect the outcome."
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"Wait. Hold on. You bet on me?"
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"- Well, yeah. (chuckles) - You guys are using"
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"my performance as a teacher for entertainment?"
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"- Mm-hmm. - Mm."
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"Okay. That's it. You know what? I'm taking everybody's money."
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"(both laugh)"
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"Janine, you do know"
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"that that is not how bets work, right?"
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"Ava, I'm gonna need to see that file."
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"Okay. You don't have to say it all determined."
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"Nobody's stopping you from seeing the file."
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"I offered it to you yesterday. Just go in the office and look."
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"Okay."
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"- (laughs) - (door opens)"
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"Hey. How's it going?"
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"It's -- Yeah."
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"(telephone rings)"
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""Psychological warfare"?"
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""Could make a good cult leader someday."
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"Melissa Schemmenti.""
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"Well, I found Courtney's file, and it is substantial."
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"Cannot believe Melissa didn't tell me any of this."
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"But now that I'm informed, I can handle it."
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"I'm just gonna have to communicate to Courtney"
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"that this behavior isn't okay."
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"I bet no one's ever really tried to talk to her, you know?"
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"Meet her where she's at."
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"Juice?"
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"Apple juice? Really?"
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"Okay. Um..."
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"Courtney, did you know the emotional center"
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"isn't actually in the heart but in the brain?"
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"- Pass. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
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"Okay. Sit down. Hold on. All right."
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"You're a leader, Courtney, and maybe that's something"
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"your other teachers didn't see about you, but I do."
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"I know that when you tie your classmates' shoelaces together"
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"and tell them to dance,"
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"you're just looking for affirmation."
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"And, Courtney, I will affirm you."
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"We will sit down together, maybe do a puzzle --"
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"I bet you love puzzles as much as I do --"
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"and just work through some of those feelings together."
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"Okay."
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"JANINE: Okay."
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"(chuckles) I mean..."
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"So I reached out to her. You know? Sat her down."
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"Because at the end of the day,"
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"teaching is just about communicating,"
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"and that's something I live by."
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"I don't want to compare, but, like..."
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"Barbara, have you ever been roasted by your students?"
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"One, they're 5."
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"Two, they respect me."
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"Three, what would they even say?"
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"Mm."
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"Hey. I need to talk. Like to a friend."
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"You know how sometimes when you're being chased by a dog"
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"and you can't tell if it's playing"
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"or if it's trying to bite you?"
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"- No. - But at the same time,"
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"you don't want to stop running,"
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"because if it isn't playing, you're gonna get bit?"
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"Look, I tried roasting my students back,"
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