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Look at him.

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Look at that smug look on his smug face.

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He thinks the presidency
is his birthright,

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like he's the heir to the throne.

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I don't care who your mother is.

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You just want to ruin my chances
of getting into Harvard, don't you?

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Like when you brought in the governor

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to upstage
my kindergarten graduation speech.

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But I'm not gonna let you get in my way,
not this time.

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God, do I detest you.

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I loathe you, Bennett Russell.
I despise you, Bennett Russell.

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- I abhor you...
- Isn't that right, Lona?

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I'm sorry?

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Isn't your president
usually decided by a vote?

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Yes, but since we have an even number
of members, we cannot have a vote.

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- Well, how many members do you have?
- Two.

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- Uh, she and I.
- Her and I.

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- Her and myself.
- Him and me, myself and I. We, two!

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- I got it.
- He gets it.

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Therefore,
seniority should take precedent.

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- I'm a month older than she is.
- No, seniority, not age.

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I've participated and placed
in more total events than he has,

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including the state tournament.

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I've also raised more money
than she has for our program,

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and for our school
and for that lovely building...

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You don't get to buy your way
to the top with your mother's Rolodex.

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Isn't this ultimately
Mr. Johnson's responsibility?

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Absolutely.

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But he said that if he made the decision,
it would cause tension in our club.

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- Principal Nelson, this is our...
- Co-presidents!

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Co what?

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Co-presidents!

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Therefore, unlike years past,

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the two of you will finally learn
how to work together.

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No! Co-presidents goes against the purpose
of even having a president.

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Fine. No president.

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No president?

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No president, co-president,
I don't give a damn.

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A year from now,
I'm gonna be in the south of France,

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sipping something strong,
sweet and expensive, capiche?

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No capiche.

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Lona, I don't have the energy,
I don't have the time.

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Frankly, I've already forgotten
what club you're here...

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- Debate!
- Debate!

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Go. Out. Scram.

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Shoo!

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Go talk to Kathy.

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Principal Nelson knows
how much we hate each other.

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- What is he trying to accomplish?
- Maybe it'll teach you a lesson.

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What lesson?

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I don't know. Just sounded like
the kind of thing I should say.

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Kathy, this is a vehement hatred.
There's nothing that we agree on.

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- You both don't like the arrangement.
- Besides that.

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- And you both hate each other...
- You're not helping.

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You are now one of the presidents.

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Put that in your little Harvard
application and move on.

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- To what?
- To whatever your heart desires.

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Kathy, my heart is a muscular organ
that pumps blood through my body,

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and, although romanticized,
has no bearing on my love life

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- or my moral decision-making.
- All right.

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Let me rephrase.

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You ask anybody to Homecoming yet?

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No.

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I'm not a social person.

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So what? You think I waited around
for some guy to ask me out?

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No, sir.
I got things done on my own terms.

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And look at me, I did great.

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Sorry.

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My greatest skill is arguing with people.
That's not date material.

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If you show up at that dance
wearing a tux,

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you're gonna be approached by more ladies
than that guy on that sexist TV show,

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I can never remember the name.

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What's it called,
the one with the bachelor?

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- The Bachelor.
- That's the one.

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I mean, but why have a relationship
in high school?

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You wind up at different colleges,
and then it was all a waste of time.

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Why do you guys take Calculus
when you're not gonna become engineers?

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Because Calculus teaches you to...

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Whatever it teaches you,
it doesn't matter.

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It gives you tools, right?

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So your argument
is that I'll become a better kisser?

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No! My argument...

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Well, yes. Wait, yes!

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I was gonna talk about lasting
relationships, but kissing is better.

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Forget Yale.
Focus on becoming a better kisser.

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- Are you writing this down?
- You want me to write it?

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The world needs good men

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who know how to kiss.

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I'm dead serious.
Are you writing this down?

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- No!
- Well, you should,

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because Research Connection
is the gold standard!

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You can't even do
a date-specific search on that site,

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- and it's a hundred dollars more...
- It's $50 more.

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Yeah, easy for you to say
when you wipe your ass with $50 bills.

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But for those of us who don't have
the opportunity to have that luxury...

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Stop!

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Not my tempo.

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"Not my tempo."
Come on, from Whiplash.

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Really? Nobody saw it? JK Simmons.
He won an Academy Award.

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Mr. Johnson, as I was saying...

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The extra 50 bucks
is within our budget, Lona.

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And furthermore,
there's no reason you should ever mention

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your fellow student's estimated wealth
and whether they can or cannot afford

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to wipe their butts
with any type of currency.

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Mr. Johnson, it's a terrible site.

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We only get to buy a subscription
to one research database per year,

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and it should be East Law.
It's ranked number one.

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- By you and your mom?
- By U.S. News Report.

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And besides,
we have to conserve our funds,

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so that Taylor and Tucker
have the resources they need to learn.

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Who?

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Taylor and Tanner
joined our club this afternoon.

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And they deserve to have an opinion.

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Democracy is democracy.
It doesn't matter if they're uneducated.

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- New. She means new.
- Same difference.

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She means new.

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We don't even know
what a research database is.

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You both are going to do great.

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Now, first of all,
this team needed some new faces,

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and apparently a new attitude.

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Second of all,
if we're gonna get anywhere this year,

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you two have gotta agree
on something, anything,

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or I swear
I'm gonna make the twins co-presidents.

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Bennett said he raised money?
Am I to assume he went door to door?

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'Cause his mother's an ATM with lipstick
who releases 50s every time she farts.

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She's a very popular senator.

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Please.

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Julia's a state senator.

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And to me, she's still the teenage robot
who lived in the library.

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Hey! I live in the library.

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- Yeah, you're different.
- Different how?

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You're just different.

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Listen, tomorrow you're gonna win
another trophy

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and the Harvard application
isn't due for another week...

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Four days.

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Shit! Four days?

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Okay, well, did you write it in?

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Yes. Lona Skinner, co-president...

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...of the Hemlock Prep Academy
Debate Club.

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You should be proud of that.

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What?

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You earned it, and you are qualified,
and you are my son.

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One second, baby.

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Julia Russell.

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Listen, I was in D.C. last week.
I'm going to D.C. next week,

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so you tell those wrinkled old bags
that I am not coming to D.C. this week,

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and if they lose their shit
I will buy each of them a diaper.

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As a first-generation college student,
I know the importance of higher education,

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which is why I started this foundation
that hands out scholarships.

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I'm hanging up on you now.

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Sorry, baby.

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No, it's just that
being co-presidents is ridiculous,

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- because Lona is impossible to work with.
- Oh!

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Forget about her and her mother.

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You just need to focus
on that good-looking dude in the mirror

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that's getting into Yale. Am I right?

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Right? Next month,
you'll qualify for the state tournament

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and Harvard will give you a full ride,
just like Hemlock did.

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Because we're poor.

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No. Because you're smart.

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And you're a hard worker.

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And you're a kick-ass debater.

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And because we're poor.

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I'm just glad it'll all be over soon.

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I'll be at Harvard and Bennett
will be at Yale, and that will be that.

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You're right.

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Good luck today, sweetie.

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Oh, my God. It's not about luck, Mom.
We've been through this.

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This isn't a sport, where the ball drifts
in and out of play

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depending upon the weather.

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This is a skilled event based on research,
memorization and execution,

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where I am in charge of my own destiny.

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- It's not about luck.
- Obviously.

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I'm gonna go jump in the coffee
and make some shower.

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Ladies and gentlemen, debaters and guests

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welcome to the 51st Montague Classic.

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The first round will be starting
in approximately ten minutes.

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- Amy!
- Senator.

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Senator? Please! Come on.

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You know it's Julia. How are you?

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I'm really well.

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My daughter is the co-president

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of the Hemlock Prep Academy
Debate Club, so...

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How silly was that?
Co-presidents?

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Well, I'm just glad
it all worked out in the end.

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Actually, I don't think it worked out.
I think Lona deserved it.

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And that's what makes you
such a great mom.

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We should all feel that way
about our kids, right?

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No, I think the fact
that she's the school's

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only three-time state qualifier
makes her the best choice.

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Well, sometimes we just gotta let
the system work, don't we?

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It's good to see you, uh, Amy.
Good luck to your daughter.

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It's not about luck, Julia.

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Hello, I'm Bennett.

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- Hey, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

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All right, it's time. My name is Zach.

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I'm gonna be your judge
for today's debate.

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As previously assigned,

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Hemlock Prep is gonna be arguing
for the affirmative

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and Western for the negative.

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- Any questions?
- How's Princeton?

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It's going great. Thanks, Lona.

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How are you?

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I'm just glad you're judging
and not sitting over there.

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All right, you're up.

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Is anyone not ready?

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I affirm the costs of a college education
are outweighed by the benefits.

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As of 2011, student loan debt and credit
card debt topped one trillion dollars...

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In the evidence previously mentioned,
the numbers suggest that we...

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That is why you must vote aff.

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00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:14,275
Is anyone not ready?

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I negate that the costs of
a college education outweigh the benefits.

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...has effectively become the threshold

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for middle class and family income.

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In 1970 almost 60%
of high school graduates, um,

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were in middle school
but that number plummeted...

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That's why you must vote neg.

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I'm voting with the affirmative,
Hemlock Prep.

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Is anyone not ready?

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I negate the costs of a college education
outweigh the benefits.

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One: during times of economic depression
college educations are vital.

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Given the uncertain nature of the economy

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a college education can function
as an insurance policy.

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First, the demand for college degrees
is rising.

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Getting a college education
is more important than ever.

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...significant amount of gains associated
with higher lifetime earnings.

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If people have more money in their pockets
they're able to spend that money...

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The labor report we provided predicts
job openings will soon increase

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as the Baby Boomer generation
continues to retire.

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Therefore, we should encourage
college graduation

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to ensure people have enough
disposable income

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to contribute to national
and global economies.

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A college education remains
the best option...

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And that is why you must vote neg.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the awards ceremony

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of the 51st Annual Classic.

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These are some of the biggest statuettes
I've ever seen.

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And we did that on purpose.

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Okay, I have a stupid question.

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- There are no stupid questions.
- Just stupid people.

241
00:13:44,865 --> 00:13:47,493
Uninformed. She means uninformed.
What's your question?

242
00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:48,970
Why do you talk so fast when you debate?

243
00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:51,806
A few years back, they changed the rules
so we only have eight minutes per round.

244
00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:54,226
And then everyone started speaking faster
to get more points.

245
00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:55,167
The more arguments you make,

246
00:13:55,251 --> 00:13:57,331
the more arguments your opponents
have to respond to.

247
00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:58,855
But you can't understand
what you're saying.

248
00:13:58,879 --> 00:13:59,880
- You can't.
- You can?

249
00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:00,964
Nobody can.

250
00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:03,568
Everyone emails judges and opponents
everything right before the debate.

251
00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:04,426
So everyone's reading.

252
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,387
And that's a good tip for all of you.

253
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:10,182
When you're debating, don't get bored
by the sound of your own voice.

254
00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:12,893
Be bored by the other person's voice.

255
00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:13,811
Are you guys done?

256
00:14:13,894 --> 00:14:15,580
Shouldn't there be one more round
of debates?

257
00:14:15,604 --> 00:14:17,290
- What about the finals?
- That's a great question.

258
00:14:17,314 --> 00:14:19,292
But the last two standing
are from the same school.

259
00:14:19,316 --> 00:14:20,627
You can't debate against your own school.

260
00:14:20,651 --> 00:14:22,712
- Stupid rule.
- So what happens then?

261
00:14:22,736 --> 00:14:27,116
Co-champions, ladies and gentlemen,
from Hemlock Prep Academy,

262
00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:29,326
Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell!

263
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,878
- Lona, congratulations.
- Thank you.

264
00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,648
- Bennett, congratulations.
- Thank you.

265
00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:23,923
Are you sure we filled out
the financial part correctly?

266
00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,216
Well, you're going to community college
if we didn't.

267
00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:27,676
Mom!

268
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,429
It's fine. I took it to an H&R Block guy.

269
00:15:30,512 --> 00:15:33,265
And that guy says you're getting in.

270
00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:34,642
And he went to Brown University,

271
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:38,604
which I think
is also an Ivy League school.

272
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,606
No?

273
00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:45,444
It is. Brown University! Right?

274
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,044
It's good, Lona. It really is.

275
00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:04,797
- I only have one question.
- What?

276
00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,465
Is it all true?

277
00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:11,136
I mean, in my day if I mowed one lawn,
I put down "landscape architect."

278
00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:15,099
I saw one black and white movie,
the thing said "cinematic historian."

279
00:16:15,182 --> 00:16:16,892
It's okay. You can tell me.

280
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,060
It's all true.

281
00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:19,853
Right answer.

282
00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:21,188
Is anything missing?

283
00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,691
Honestly, yes.

284
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:25,859
- One thing.
- What?

285
00:16:25,943 --> 00:16:26,943
What?

286
00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,655
My lucky stamp.

287
00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:33,826
Your application
is now guidance counselor-certified

288
00:16:33,909 --> 00:16:36,161
and gets my stamp of approval.

289
00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:37,162
It's a tradition.

290
00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:38,998
What's the success rate of your students?

291
00:16:39,081 --> 00:16:42,501
One hundred percent of my students
end up at the institution

292
00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:43,836
where they're meant to be.

293
00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:45,838
Oh, God.

294
00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:47,589
Oh, what are you worried about?

295
00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,968
Who did your mom get to write you a letter
of recommendation to get into Yale?

296
00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,655
- Someone who went to Harvard.
- Just someone who went to Harvard.

297
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:54,555
Barack Obama.

298
00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:56,974
- Barack Obama.
- He's a family friend.

299
00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,059
Family friend, Barack Obama.

300
00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:00,620
He also used to be
President of the United States.

301
00:17:00,644 --> 00:17:02,688
Yeah, I know. I voted for him.

302
00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:04,356
And I went to school with him.

303
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,691
And I dated his brother-in-law.

304
00:17:05,774 --> 00:17:08,444
That's two truths and a lie.
You pick the lie.

305
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,488
- So you'll mail it out for me?
- Oh, no, no.

306
00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:13,824
You have to take this down
to the school mailbox

307
00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:14,742
and mail it yourself.

308
00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:16,410
Because when you're my age,

309
00:17:16,493 --> 00:17:19,997
all your high school memories
blend in together.

310
00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,999
Except for a very few moments.

311
00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:24,460
And 50 bucks says this is one of them.

312
00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:35,178
Don't worry.

313
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:38,557
- Take your time.
- Of course.

314
00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:41,894
It's just, you know, Harvard.

315
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,896
That's a very good school.

316
00:17:45,147 --> 00:17:46,732
I'm sure you'll be very competitive.

317
00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,568
I'm going to Yale.

318
00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,987
- Oh, that's a good one, too.
- Thank you.

319
00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:12,924
Thank you.

320
00:18:13,383 --> 00:18:14,383
All right.

321
00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:40,535
What are you doing?

322
00:18:41,161 --> 00:18:43,956
- What does it look like?
- Yeah, but you need to be getting ready.

323
00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:45,767
I have plenty of time.
This is more important.

324
00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,585
I have the regional qualifier
for the state tournament tomorrow.

325
00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:52,256
It's your senior year.
One dance will not kill you.

326
00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:53,757
It might.

327
00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,926
It's Homecoming. You're going.

328
00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:59,304
- You're meeting up at a friend's house?
- Yes, I have friends, Mom.

329
00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:00,508
Then you'll all go together?

330
00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:03,725
Mom, you won, okay?
I'm going to Homecoming.

331
00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,519
You don't have to know every detail.

332
00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:10,649
- Pick one. I'll return the rest.
- No, those are not my style.

333
00:19:11,358 --> 00:19:12,442
And what is your style?

334
00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,819
What's wrong with this?

335
00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:17,406
You're not going to homecoming
dressed like an accountant.

336
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,575
I thought you said
I was pulling off Diane Keaton.

337
00:19:20,617 --> 00:19:21,617
Did I?

338
00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:25,414
Sweetie, you're a teenager.

339
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:28,542
Would it kill you to dress
like Taylor Swift for one night?

340
00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:33,088
Here. Try this on. If it fits, it's yours.

341
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,591
Please?

342
00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:48,228
Sweet Jesus.

343
00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,023
You don't think it's too revealing?

344
00:19:51,106 --> 00:19:52,566
You gotta give 'em a little taste.

345
00:19:52,649 --> 00:19:53,649
Mom!

346
00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:55,027
You look beautiful.

347
00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:57,070
You look elegant.

348
00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:58,154
Is that better?

349
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:02,659
It's expensive and the money should be
going to my college fund...

350
00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,286
Going to this.

351
00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:07,039
I would take seven side jobs if I had to.

352
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:10,417
You've been the cheapest teenage daughter
a mother could have.

353
00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,711
No jewelry.

354
00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,380
No makeup. No pregnancies.

355
00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,716
No jail time that I know of.

356
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,719
Honestly, I can't believe you're my kid.

357
00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:23,388
I want this for you.

358
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:25,891
I want this for me.

359
00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:30,145
You know, this is one of those

360
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,606
mother-daughter special moments,
don't you?

361
00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:35,442
What, my inability to breathe?

362
00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:39,196
Well, I think the goal is to get out
of the dress as quickly as possible.

363
00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:40,572
I'm kidding.

364
00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,396
♪ A bird without a swing

365
00:22:28,597 --> 00:22:29,431
Oh!

366
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:31,683
- Watch where you're...
- Sorry.

367
00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,109
Uh... Theater Two?

368
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:43,360
Huh.

369
00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:37,958
Shoot.

370
00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:50,219
Um...

371
00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:54,266
I'm just glad I'm not the only one
who still gets dressed up

372
00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:55,475
to go to the movies.

373
00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,270
I don't want to talk about it.

374
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,189
Um...

375
00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,440
Do you want a ride?

376
00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:08,989
I can walk.

377
00:24:09,072 --> 00:24:10,072
Lona, it's...

378
00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,741
It's cold outside.

379
00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:16,913
That's a keen observation.

380
00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:19,249
Well, we got the regional qualifier
tomorrow, so...

381
00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:20,332
Is it tomorrow?

382
00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:22,961
God, I better start preparing. Hmm.

383
00:24:33,930 --> 00:24:35,807
You'll take me straight home?

384
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:43,064
Let me get a number four
with a large fry and a vanilla shake.

385
00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:44,691
Do you want something?

386
00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:46,651
You were supposed
to take me straight home.

387
00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:48,570
I don't even understand why we're here.

388
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,740
- She'll have a chocolate shake.
- I'm not drinking that.

389
00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,575
I saw a documentary
about places like this

390
00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:55,911
called Fast and Furious:
On Your Intestines.

391
00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:58,580
Sure, it goes down easy.
But you'll be curled over...

392
00:25:10,425 --> 00:25:12,105
They said it was supposed to rain tonight.

393
00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:14,970
It might.

394
00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:18,183
Why are you even eating here? Hmm?

395
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:19,935
Is your personal chef on holiday?

396
00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,561
He's vacationing in Belize.

397
00:25:23,772 --> 00:25:25,023
I don't have a chef.

398
00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:28,151
Well, you should,
because this crap will kill you.

399
00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:31,529
I don't know how anyone could make
the conscious decision to eat here.

400
00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:33,615
I'm not drinking it.

401
00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:36,785
Right? Yeah?

402
00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,663
This time, dip a fry inside.

403
00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:42,874
That's disgusting.

404
00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,751
Everything's better with fries.

405
00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:48,004
I mean, sweet and salty perfection.

406
00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:49,088
Here.

407
00:25:50,173 --> 00:25:51,173
Try it.

408
00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:07,941
No, thank you.

409
00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:09,067
It's just a jacket.

410
00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:35,802
Thanks for the shake.

411
00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:44,352
Don't be late tomorrow.

412
00:26:57,699 --> 00:26:59,743
Hi, Bennett. It's your mother.

413
00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:01,536
I know you're inside,

414
00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:04,622
but I know today is also the day
for the qualifiers,

415
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:06,624
so I wanted to wish you luck

416
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,794
because I know you are going to qualify
and be at that state tournament.

417
00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:14,007
I also wanted to let you know
that in anticipation of that excitement,

418
00:27:14,090 --> 00:27:17,427
I reserved us two rooms at that hotel,
the one with the waterfall.

419
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:18,636
I can't wait.

420
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,306
Anyway, have a great day, honey.
Oh! And before I forget,

421
00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:25,727
I laid on your bed that outfit
that I think is just so damn charming.

422
00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:27,771
I'm so excited. I love you!

423
00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:33,943
So do you like arguing the con side
or the pro side?

424
00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:37,197
It's called "aff" for affirmative
and "neg" for negative.

425
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,199
That's what I meant, aff or neg.

426
00:27:39,282 --> 00:27:42,160
- It doesn't matter.
- No, I know, but...

427
00:27:42,243 --> 00:27:44,621
That's why we have
the same debate topic all year long,

428
00:27:44,704 --> 00:27:47,290
so that we get to know
both sides intimately.

429
00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:50,085
But which one are you hoping
that you get to argue?

430
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:53,380
That sort of thinking
is a loser's mentality.

431
00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:57,634
Totally. It was a test. Oh, shit!
I left my phone in the car.

432
00:27:57,717 --> 00:27:58,917
- I'll meet you inside.
- Okay.

433
00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:15,443
- Oh! Hi, Amy.
- Julia.

434
00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:17,779
Baby, I'll see you inside.

435
00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,244
Bennett tells me
Lona's applied to Harvard.

436
00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:25,161
That's right.

437
00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:27,580
That is incredible.

438
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,504
You gotta dream big, you know.
You can't listen to what the critics say.

439
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,044
If you want to do something, you do it.

440
00:28:34,462 --> 00:28:36,148
- Bennett's applying to Yale?
- Yeah.

441
00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,317
I mean, obviously,
I would've been happy if he went anywhere

442
00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:40,009
but he just fell in love with it, so...

443
00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:42,512
Like mother, like son.

444
00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:43,595
Right.

445
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,520
Oh, did you want to get something
from your car?

446
00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:52,855
Oh!

447
00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,751
I was going to grab something
but then we started talking, so...

448
00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:57,652
You can get it
and then we can go in together.

449
00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:58,736
No, it's no big deal.

450
00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:03,742
I'm sorry? It's no big deal
and you don't need anything,

451
00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:06,286
or it's no big deal
and you don't want me to wait?

452
00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:08,889
I would have to look for it
and you would just be standing there

453
00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:11,583
and I didn't want it to be awkward, so...

454
00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:17,130
I'll see you inside, Amy.

455
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,033
What was that back there?

456
00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:46,796
Everyone found out their first assignment.

457
00:29:46,868 --> 00:29:48,620
Who they're debating, what time and where.

458
00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:49,954
- Even you two?
- Yep.

459
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,791
- Why didn't you look at your phones?
- It's a sign of weakness.

460
00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:54,626
So you guys think you're gonna win again?

461
00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:58,463
At a regional qualifier,
there's no winner.

462
00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,257
The top four contestants will move on
to the state tournament.

463
00:30:01,341 --> 00:30:03,319
The costs of a college education
are outweighed by the benefits.

464
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:06,030
A college education is a strong, positive
predictor of economic mobility...

465
00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:08,254
Consider why the costs of a college
education are way...

466
00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:13,853
People don't learn anything
substantial in college...

467
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,775
In 1970, almost 60 percent
of high school graduates...

468
00:30:20,026 --> 00:30:22,838
The fact that such a high number
of students need to be re-taught skills

469
00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,590
learned in high school
prior to commencing collegiate study

470
00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,334
demonstrates people are ending up
in college who should not be there.

471
00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:43,550
Is anyone not ready?

472
00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:46,529
I affirm the costs of a college
education are outweighed by the benefits.

473
00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,180
It's always important
to scout potential opponents.

474
00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:50,825
But you don't have any more debates today.

475
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,809
We're scouting opponents
for the state tournament.

476
00:30:58,398 --> 00:30:59,858
This is his opening statement

477
00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:02,402
- which is why he's being so...
- Cute?

478
00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:05,530
Well, I was gonna say vague, but sure.

479
00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:07,991
We do that here
and that is why you must vote aff.

480
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,001
Is anybody not ready?

481
00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:23,965
Whether or not college is worth
the price of admissions

482
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:26,009
is not the debate
we should be having today.

483
00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:29,137
Let me tell you a story.

484
00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:33,766
Both of my parents have to work two jobs
to provide for my family.

485
00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:36,311
And they don't have the luxury of funding

486
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:39,480
the test prep courses,
essay coaches and tutors

487
00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:42,233
that many of my peers have access to
in order to get a leg up...

488
00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:44,545
- Why is she talking so slow?
- Shh!

489
00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,321
Pay attention.

490
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,364
...the admissions process is desirable.

491
00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:51,576
Better yet, appropriate,
or even necessary,

492
00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:56,164
given the significant social
and financial pressures that it places

493
00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:59,208
on individual students and their families,

494
00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:02,754
especially those
from low-income households

495
00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:05,149
- like the one I grew up in.
- Is debating like this even allowed?

496
00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:08,676
The rules state you're supposed to offer
evidence to argue aff or neg.

497
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,971
But the evidence you use
is, well, debatable.

498
00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:13,264
I don't get it.

499
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:16,017
Okay, if I was going to argue
water is wet,

500
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,020
my evidence would be scientific data
that proves on Planet Earth,

501
00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:23,441
throughout history, time and time again,
water has always been proven wet.

502
00:32:23,524 --> 00:32:25,544
- And I would cite my references.
- Because those are facts.

503
00:32:25,568 --> 00:32:29,030
And it's way more convincing
than if my evidence was water is wet

504
00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:30,365
because I touched it once.

505
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,950
Because you can't touch the evidence.

506
00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:34,786
- No. Because it's anecdotal.
- It's what?

507
00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:38,456
It's what Jasmine was doing
and what she does every debate.

508
00:32:38,539 --> 00:32:40,875
She talks about her personal experiences,
anecdotes.

509
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:42,335
And she can do that?

510
00:32:42,418 --> 00:32:44,837
Sure, she can do it but it's risky.

511
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,465
Her slow pace keeps her from being able
to make as many points.

512
00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,485
Therefore, in order for her
to win a competition...

513
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:50,551
Which she never has.

514
00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,988
...Jasmine would have to show
that her own personal experiences

515
00:32:53,012 --> 00:32:55,223
are, for some reason,
more important than facts.

516
00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:58,851
Always stick to the facts.
Jasmine's fighting a losing battle.

517
00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:00,561
Maybe she doesn't care if she wins.

518
00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:05,125
In just a moment, I'll be announcing

519
00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:07,110
the names of our four finalists

520
00:33:07,193 --> 00:33:10,113
who will go on to compete
for our state tournament this year.

521
00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:13,074
But first,
we have a special guest speaker.

522
00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,409
Ladies and gentlemen,

523
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:19,414
a few words from a debate mom
and our state senator, Julia Russell.

524
00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:26,461
Thank you.

525
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:30,675
I know you've been debating the pros
and cons of higher education all day,

526
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:31,926
and so I will be brief,

527
00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:35,096
since I don't want to steal the spotlight
from the kids.

528
00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,682
Yet she's literally stealing
the spotlight from the kids.

529
00:33:37,765 --> 00:33:41,936
The Yale Alumni Association helped me
get my first job practicing law.

530
00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:44,522
And so I started this foundation

531
00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:48,151
so that I might be able to help others
with their start.

532
00:33:48,234 --> 00:33:52,238
And today, our donors
include Oprah Winfrey...

533
00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:55,950
...Bono, Mark Zuckerberg.

534
00:33:56,034 --> 00:34:01,330
And everyone who gets involved
always says the same thing.

535
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,958
Stop dropping so many names?

536
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,046
They say that their success
started with a work ethic

537
00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,506
that began when they were your age.

538
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,967
The costs of listening to this woman
outweigh the benefits.

539
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,387
- As you become more involved...
- Mom, stop it.

540
00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:19,849
Sorry, it seems like there is
a distraction somewhere in the audience,

541
00:34:19,932 --> 00:34:22,894
which probably means
I'm taking up too much time.

542
00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:26,230
My apologies, Senator.
I should've raised my hand.

543
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:27,190
My God.

544
00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:31,360
I was just curious if you could give us
your definition of success.

545
00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:33,779
That's a great question.

546
00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:36,991
But, unfortunately, this is not a Q and A.

547
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,953
It's just the people you just listed
are all multi-billionaires.

548
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,625
So are you saying that type of wealth
is the best way to measure success?

549
00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:50,296
Full disclosure, everyone,

550
00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:53,257
Amy Skinner and I
are old high school friends,

551
00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:57,095
and so we like to jest with one another
from time to time.

552
00:34:57,678 --> 00:34:59,097
Isn't that right, Amy?

553
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,140
I'm just asking about success.

554
00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,392
Oh! And I have a great idea.

555
00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:05,186
Why don't you come up here

556
00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:08,231
and share with everyone
your success story?

557
00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:10,775
I'm sure that these students
would love to hear all about it.

558
00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:15,321
I mean, forgive me, I'm not entirely clear
on all the details myself, so...

559
00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:19,200
No, thanks. I wouldn't want to steal
the spotlight from the kids.

560
00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:24,181
They were the reason we didn't qualify.

561
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,626
After Amy and Julia went at it,
the judges stopped the awards ceremony

562
00:35:28,709 --> 00:35:31,838
and took five minutes to talk
before they announced the qualifiers.

563
00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:33,089
It's not fair.

564
00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:36,092
Have you ever considered the possibility
that sometimes you lose?

565
00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:39,762
The same thing happened
in middle school. Twice.

566
00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:41,430
Or sometimes you lose.

567
00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:42,723
Not often.

568
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,101
Mr. Johnson said you have another shot
next month.

569
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,769
That's just for teams.

570
00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,896
- And?
- And I don't have a partner.

571
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:49,980
Go with Lona.

572
00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:52,441
You're high on chocolate right now.

573
00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:55,111
When I come to work high,
you'll know it.

574
00:35:55,194 --> 00:35:56,571
Ask Debbie in Accounting.

575
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,197
We'd kill each other.

576
00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,075
No. There is no possible way
that I'm gonna debate alongside the guy

577
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,679
who in the seventh grade
ripped pages out of my biology textbook

578
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:04,847
so I couldn't do my homework.

579
00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:08,207
It's a fact that he is a dick to everyone
every day all the time.

580
00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:10,501
That's a line we don't cross.
The dick line.

581
00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:11,752
Don't cross the dick line.

582
00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:15,631
We both should've qualified
as individuals. It's not fair.

583
00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:18,092
- Or sometimes you lose.
- You know what I mean.

584
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,344
You should've seen
how dumb some of those kids were.

585
00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:23,097
I'm sure they're talented.
Talented in their own way.

586
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,474
One of them didn't know
the capital of New Mexico.

587
00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:26,976
Oh, that's embarrassing.

588
00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,769
- Albuquerque.
- Santa Fe.

589
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:29,770
I know.

590
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,440
Listen, you're the two best debaters
in the county.

591
00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:35,193
Together, you could qualify for State
and that's another thing

592
00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:38,446
you can send off to Harvard, right?

593
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,649
- You're wasting your time. We lost.
- Can you let me finish?

594
00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,368
- The deadline passed.
- But we have the twins' slot.

595
00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:46,054
- What happened to the twins?
- They dropped out.

596
00:36:46,078 --> 00:36:47,455
- Of the tournament?
- Of the club.

597
00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:51,833
Lona, stop.

598
00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:56,923
I need this for Yale.
And you want to get into Harvard.

599
00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,634
We already turned in our applications.

600
00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:02,303
Come on, we both know
that the admissions office

601
00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:04,472
will take into consideration
any honors we receive

602
00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:06,724
while they're making their decisions.

603
00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:08,935
- We wouldn't qualify.
- Yes, we would.

604
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:12,396
- No, you have extremely bad habits.
- You disrespect your opponents.

605
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,607
- You disrespect the judges.
- You have bad breath.

606
00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:17,109
- You have... Stupid face!
- A stupid face.

607
00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:19,779
I think you meant to say
you have a stupid face.

608
00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:22,865
No, actually,
I meant to say that you're a dick.

609
00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,619
Do you... Do you think I want this?

610
00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:28,462
- I certainly don't.
- Neither do I.

611
00:37:28,537 --> 00:37:29,681
Out of everyone in this school,

612
00:37:29,705 --> 00:37:31,785
you're literally the last person
I want to work with.

613
00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:34,460
- The very, very last.
- Thank you.

614
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,671
You're egocentric,
you speed through crossfire

615
00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,339
and you refuse to flow rounds.

616
00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:41,884
I flow every single one of my rounds.

617
00:37:41,968 --> 00:37:45,096
And for your information,
when you speed through crossfire,

618
00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,574
you get through more questions
and you make the other team nervous.

619
00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,517
No, I think you're right,
we wouldn't qualify.

620
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,061
- You're just not good enough.
- Oh, please.

621
00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:54,414
I could carry us both through qualifiers
and state championship.

622
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,416
- You think we'd win?
- Yeah, if you got out of my way.

623
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,316
- Prove it.
- I will.

624
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,420
So it's agreed. You'll prove me wrong,
we'll play as a team, qualify next month,

625
00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:01,612
and win the state tournament.

626
00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,531
We'll start studying after school
at my place.

627
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,224
I'll give the opening statement.

628
00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:14,583
No, I'm gonna give the opening statement.

629
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,395
Bennett, the round is one
of the first five minutes.

630
00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:19,171
You make too many arguments
and don't impact any of them.

631
00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:22,008
So we lose the round because of that.
In addition to that...

632
00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:23,735
If you did your work
for the amount of time

633
00:38:23,759 --> 00:38:25,696
- you spend arguing with me...
- I'm already done.

634
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,930
I'm already done.
I already finished page two.

635
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:31,142
- Well, start page three.
- There is no page three.

636
00:38:34,687 --> 00:38:36,522
No. No.

637
00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:37,606
- No, no.
- Stop.

638
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:38,524
Excuse me.

639
00:38:38,607 --> 00:38:39,483
- What?
- No.

640
00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,254
Ask any teacher, they will tell you
that when you write something physically,

641
00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:44,715
it sticks to your brain better
than when you do it on your computer.

642
00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:47,366
Excuse me. Thank you.

643
00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:49,428
- Condescending tone?
- Which the judges do not appreciate.

644
00:38:49,452 --> 00:38:51,912
And besides,
it sets the tone for the entire round.

645
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:55,583
My judges appreciate my tone.
I have a very welcoming tone.

646
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,730
Okay, enough, Picasso.
I'll make these last changes

647
00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,482
- and email them to you.
- Or I can do it.

648
00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:21,484
- No, I can do it.
- I can easily do it.

649
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:23,819
Yeah, you can easily do
a lot of things, Bennett.

650
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,740
Look, I'll make the changes
and see you tomorrow.

651
00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:30,576
We're gonna do great.

652
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,214
I know I've said it a thousand times,
but I really am sorry.

653
00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,758
- It's fine, Mom.
- No, it's not.

654
00:39:45,841 --> 00:39:48,469
I let Julia get under my tits,
and then I made it worse.

655
00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:50,888
If I had just kept
my hilarious mouth shut,

656
00:39:50,971 --> 00:39:52,611
you would've already qualified for State.

657
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,100
Or maybe I just lost that day.

658
00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:56,936
Are you kidding me? Did you see
how stupid some of those kids were?

659
00:39:58,229 --> 00:39:59,229
Talented.

660
00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:01,356
In their own way.

661
00:40:03,442 --> 00:40:06,195
Whoa! Take it easy with that stuff.
They won't even recognize you.

662
00:40:07,905 --> 00:40:09,698
Look, I'm just... I'm flustered, okay?

663
00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:11,075
We have no chemistry.

664
00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:14,036
We disagree in strategy,
we have opposite routines and I just...

665
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,454
I don't know how it's gonna work!

666
00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,351
I just wanted to tell you
that I spoke to the debate leadership

667
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:20,793
on the county and state levels

668
00:40:20,876 --> 00:40:24,588
about Amy's primal impulses
and that unfortunate altercation.

669
00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:27,216
And they assured me
that I was in the right, of course,

670
00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:29,427
and that you would be judged fairly.

671
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:31,429
- Whatever.
- Well... No.

672
00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:33,764
This is good news, Bennett.

673
00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,452
You are going to qualify
for the state tournament today

674
00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:40,229
and you are going to win
the state tournament.

675
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,731
And you will go to Yale in the fall.

676
00:40:42,815 --> 00:40:44,876
But first, I have to compete
in the debate tournament

677
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,236
with a brand new partner
whom I've hated my entire life.

678
00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:49,864
We all know who's carrying this team.

679
00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:52,241
Goodbye, Mom.

680
00:41:25,774 --> 00:41:27,067
- Excuse me.
- Would you...?

681
00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,537
We negate that the cost of college
education is outweighed by benefits.

682
00:41:35,784 --> 00:41:38,704
We affirm the costs of a college
education are outweighed by the benefits.

683
00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:43,876
That's the right height.

684
00:41:43,959 --> 00:41:45,437
Look at the difference of the height.

685
00:41:45,461 --> 00:41:47,272
...indicates college graduates
are more likely to earn higher salaries

686
00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:49,173
pay more taxes, taxed at a higher rate...

687
00:41:53,385 --> 00:41:54,821
- This is our area.
- Get it out of my area.

688
00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:56,430
We're on a team. This is our area.

689
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,394
Without college educations, prospective
employees will be ill-equipped...

690
00:42:03,729 --> 00:42:05,105
That's why you must vote neg.

691
00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,866
Is anyone not ready?

692
00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:20,579
Our high school is inferior to yours.

693
00:42:23,749 --> 00:42:25,501
We'd bet you money, if we had any.

694
00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:27,503
We have no fancy research databases,

695
00:42:27,586 --> 00:42:29,338
no personal laptop computers.

696
00:42:29,421 --> 00:42:32,883
No debate coaches with
national championships on their résumé.

697
00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:36,011
No, our debate coach works at Sears
on the weekends

698
00:42:36,095 --> 00:42:37,680
because he needs the money.

699
00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:39,974
So the moment that timer starts,

700
00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:42,893
we're already ten steps behind
and are forced to play catch-up.

701
00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:44,895
Well, we don't have to worry about them.

702
00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:46,772
What? Why not?

703
00:42:46,855 --> 00:42:48,524
They're good, really good.

704
00:42:48,607 --> 00:42:52,236
This approach rarely wins. Replacing
feelings for facts is not debate.

705
00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:53,612
The judges will see through it.

706
00:42:53,696 --> 00:42:55,781
- Have you ever debated against it?
- Have you?

707
00:42:55,864 --> 00:42:58,492
Jania Santos. Want to hear her story?

708
00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,970
She was top of her high school class.

709
00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,079
Went to a fancy liberal arts school
on the East Coast

710
00:43:02,162 --> 00:43:04,623
and graduated
with a BA in European History.

711
00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:06,307
And guess what she's doing now?

712
00:43:07,334 --> 00:43:08,168
Sears.

713
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:10,254
She's working at Sears
with our debate coach!

714
00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:12,232
You know, what are these colleges
really offering

715
00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:14,008
if they're not offering careers?

716
00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:15,801
- It's bullshit!
- It's bullshit!

717
00:43:15,884 --> 00:43:19,221
All I'm saying is how do we prepare
to debate someone's personal experiences?

718
00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:20,991
There's no way
to anticipate what they'll say.

719
00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:23,615
No. We dismiss it as contrary
to the framework of the debate topic

720
00:43:23,684 --> 00:43:26,162
and the judges will agree
that what they're saying is meaningless.

721
00:43:26,186 --> 00:43:28,480
You think what they're saying
is meaningless?

722
00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:30,858
I think that the facts will always win
and you do, too.

723
00:43:40,743 --> 00:43:42,036
See what I told you?

724
00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:44,472
Honestly, they shouldn't even
give a trophy for a qualifier.

725
00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:45,414
You can have it.

726
00:43:45,497 --> 00:43:47,333
You earned it. Give yourself a break.

727
00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:50,294
- I don't have time for breaks.
- You're nervous, aren't you?

728
00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:52,796
- About State?
- No, about getting into Harvard.

729
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:53,964
It's this Friday.

730
00:43:54,048 --> 00:43:55,650
- You told them you qualified?
- Yeah, I did.

731
00:43:55,674 --> 00:43:58,427
You're a four-time qualifier.
That's amazing!

732
00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:00,095
Yeah, but am I gonna get in?

733
00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,656
- You'll do great.
- You don't know that.

734
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:02,848
They'd be lucky to have you.

735
00:44:02,931 --> 00:44:04,534
Look, Harvard has a five percent
acceptance rate.

736
00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:07,353
That means that there's a 95 percent
chance that I don't get in.

737
00:44:07,436 --> 00:44:09,188
- Maybe you're different.
- Maybe I'm not.

738
00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:10,391
Maybe I'm not any different.

739
00:44:10,439 --> 00:44:13,567
Maybe I'm just another robot
who spends too much time in the library.

740
00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:16,654
- Is that really what you think?
- I don't know and neither do you.

741
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:21,240
Okay.

742
00:44:22,076 --> 00:44:23,661
Fine.

743
00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:24,744
You're right.

744
00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:29,249
It doesn't look good.
In fact, it looks pretty shitty.

745
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:32,711
We're talking about Harvard, so the odds
are clearly stacked against you

746
00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:34,672
and it's more than likely
you'll be rejected.

747
00:44:36,048 --> 00:44:37,508
Is that better?

748
00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:39,885
Lona, I don't have a clue
where you're gonna end up.

749
00:44:39,968 --> 00:44:41,220
Not in a year.

750
00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,639
Not ten years from now.

751
00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:45,891
We don't know what's gonna happen.
Nobody does.

752
00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,979
No matter where you go,
will you promise me something?

753
00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:52,231
What?

754
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:53,899
You're not gonna like it.

755
00:44:55,609 --> 00:44:59,988
In fact, many extremely successful people
will completely disagree with me.

756
00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:04,535
I don't know. I hesitate
to even bring it up. Maybe I'll just...

757
00:45:04,618 --> 00:45:05,818
Where are you going with this?

758
00:45:09,081 --> 00:45:10,707
When I started working here,

759
00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:12,917
that wall was empty.

760
00:45:16,088 --> 00:45:18,132
That bookcase was empty.

761
00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:23,679
And then kids like you left.

762
00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:28,183
And they got into their dream school,
or they didn't.

763
00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:32,020
But all of them went on to do stuff.

764
00:45:33,188 --> 00:45:34,231
Make stuff.

765
00:45:35,232 --> 00:45:36,692
And so they sent me stuff.

766
00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:42,364
And I'm not sure
but I think that's a life.

767
00:45:47,619 --> 00:45:49,204
Wherever you end up, kiddo,

768
00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:51,498
have fun.

769
00:46:25,532 --> 00:46:26,532
Now. Now.

770
00:46:28,911 --> 00:46:30,579
Okay, let's type in my password.

771
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,795
Okay, here we go.

772
00:46:38,879 --> 00:46:41,548
No matter what happens,
I love you and I'm so proud of you.

773
00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:42,674
Your father would be, too.

774
00:46:45,844 --> 00:46:46,844
All right.

775
00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,109
Here it is. Here it is.

776
00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:28,989
I'm sorry.

777
00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:30,657
I thought you were already up.

778
00:48:51,386 --> 00:48:53,388
Well, he's the valedictorian of his class

779
00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:57,559
and a living president
wrote his letter of recommendation.

780
00:48:57,643 --> 00:48:59,853
Look, I'm not saying
that you made a mistake,

781
00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:02,147
but I wouldn't be surprised if you had.

782
00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:05,359
No, I'm not trying to tell you
how to run your institution,

783
00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:08,695
but as an alumnus, I'm saying
I'm exceptionally disappointed

784
00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:10,072
by your decision.

785
00:49:10,155 --> 00:49:14,618
Well, obviously, you're forgetting
that I contributed $100,000...

786
00:49:15,410 --> 00:49:17,329
- Are you out of your mind?
- Bennett.

787
00:49:17,412 --> 00:49:20,207
- You're not helping.
- You know what? You're right.

788
00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:23,835
Why don't we fly out there again
and have another in-person interview?

789
00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:25,796
- They've made up their minds.
- No.

790
00:49:25,879 --> 00:49:27,589
It's not that simple... Bennett.

791
00:49:27,673 --> 00:49:30,425
Bennett, it's never that simple.

792
00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:31,718
I know these people.

793
00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,762
Sometimes you just have
to bend their arm...

794
00:49:33,845 --> 00:49:36,139
No! There's no bending.

795
00:49:36,223 --> 00:49:38,684
They saw the application,
and it wasn't good enough.

796
00:49:38,767 --> 00:49:40,435
End of story. Sometimes you lose.

797
00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:41,937
Lose?

798
00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:43,522
What are you...?

799
00:49:43,605 --> 00:49:44,856
No.

800
00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:49,236
We still have plenty of time for me
to call my friend who owes me.

801
00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:52,080
The only thing I should focus on
is that dude in the mirror, remember?

802
00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:53,448
This is different.

803
00:49:53,532 --> 00:49:55,677
You have to start considering a world
where I don't go to Yale.

804
00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:56,719
This is your future, Bennett.

805
00:49:56,743 --> 00:49:58,745
I'm gonna need you
to take it a bit more seriously.

806
00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:00,455
You don't think I know that?

807
00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:02,809
You know how much time
I've spent trying to get in?

808
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,543
How many classes I've taken?

809
00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:06,253
How many nights I've gotten no sleep?

810
00:50:06,336 --> 00:50:09,005
I wanted it bad. But so what?

811
00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:11,258
Will I not have a future
if I don't go to Yale?

812
00:50:11,341 --> 00:50:13,009
Not as bright a future.

813
00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:18,682
Wow!

814
00:50:18,765 --> 00:50:19,765
So it's all bullshit?

815
00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:20,934
What?

816
00:50:21,017 --> 00:50:22,203
You give out college scholarships

817
00:50:22,227 --> 00:50:23,746
- to poor kids who can't afford it.
- Bennett.

818
00:50:23,770 --> 00:50:26,416
They're not going to Yale or Harvard.
You send them to public school.

819
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,818
- Why do you do it if it's such a waste?
- Because they have nothing!

820
00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:33,447
We give them something to hold on to.

821
00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:34,364
You...

822
00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:37,159
Bennett, you come from everything.

823
00:50:37,242 --> 00:50:39,870
And you expect everything!

824
00:50:39,953 --> 00:50:41,580
And anything less is a disappointment.

825
00:50:41,663 --> 00:50:43,832
- No.
- No. That's what you're saying.

826
00:50:43,915 --> 00:50:45,101
The expectations are so high...

827
00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:48,128
Yale made it possible for a girl like me
who comes from nothing

828
00:50:48,211 --> 00:50:50,505
to make something of herself.

829
00:50:50,589 --> 00:50:52,841
- So it's Yale or nothing?
- That's not what I'm saying.

830
00:50:52,924 --> 00:50:54,134
Then what are you saying, Mom?

831
00:50:54,843 --> 00:50:56,052
Hmm?

832
00:50:57,387 --> 00:50:58,972
Yeah. That's what I thought.

833
00:50:59,973 --> 00:51:00,973
Bennett.

834
00:51:41,598 --> 00:51:43,767
Good morning.
What do you have for me?

835
00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,686
- Here you go.
- Thanks.

836
00:51:53,485 --> 00:51:55,153
Can I help you guys?

837
00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,197
I was just waiting to see Kathy.

838
00:51:57,739 --> 00:51:59,115
Yeah, me, too.

839
00:52:03,578 --> 00:52:04,579
I'm sorry. Uh...

840
00:52:05,997 --> 00:52:07,958
Kathy passed away.

841
00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:12,838
Kathy, the guidance counselor.
The candy...

842
00:52:14,881 --> 00:52:18,343
Kathy was in an accident...

843
00:52:18,426 --> 00:52:20,887
after school on Friday.

844
00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:24,223
I'm...

845
00:52:28,019 --> 00:52:30,397
...about to make the announcement
to the rest of the school.

846
00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:33,816
I'm so sorry.

847
00:54:13,458 --> 00:54:16,670
On the way over, I sort of thought
we were gonna see Kathy here.

848
00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:19,381
I know that doesn't make any sense.

849
00:54:19,464 --> 00:54:23,677
But, I mean,
it's, like, her funeral, and so...

850
00:54:24,552 --> 00:54:26,429
she should be here, you know?

851
00:54:28,098 --> 00:54:29,098
Yeah.

852
00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:31,893
I felt that way about your dad's service.

853
00:54:33,979 --> 00:54:35,772
You remember my dad's service?

854
00:54:37,857 --> 00:54:38,858
We were six.

855
00:54:40,735 --> 00:54:42,904
It was the first funeral
I had ever been to.

856
00:54:44,739 --> 00:54:46,866
Yeah, mine, too.

857
00:54:56,584 --> 00:54:57,584
Hey, uh...

858
00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:00,171
I watched that fast food documentary.

859
00:55:01,881 --> 00:55:03,008
You were right.

860
00:55:03,091 --> 00:55:06,344
Eating that junk food
could seriously damage your organs.

861
00:55:06,428 --> 00:55:07,971
I told you.

862
00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,806
Yeah. Milkshakes are no good.

863
00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,183
And fries.

864
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:27,239
Did you get in?

865
00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:30,159
No.

866
00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:32,411
You?

867
00:55:34,664 --> 00:55:35,664
No.

868
00:55:42,756 --> 00:55:44,049
What did we do it for?

869
00:55:46,176 --> 00:55:47,635
What?

870
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:48,719
Everything.

871
00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:52,557
I mean, I don't think
we were ever really high schoolers.

872
00:55:53,391 --> 00:55:56,478
Are you telling me that I dreamed up
all those classes and tests?

873
00:55:56,561 --> 00:55:57,896
No, I'm saying we never...

874
00:56:00,065 --> 00:56:01,775
How many football games did you go to?

875
00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:05,278
I don't believe in football.

876
00:56:05,361 --> 00:56:08,031
Neither do I. How about parties?

877
00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:10,450
I believe in them even less.

878
00:56:10,533 --> 00:56:12,494
What about goofing off in class?

879
00:56:12,577 --> 00:56:14,537
Or passing stupid notes?

880
00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,415
Or laughing at a joke so hard
that you start crying?

881
00:56:17,999 --> 00:56:19,459
Is that high school to you?

882
00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:20,542
I don't know.

883
00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:23,421
I was too busy with...

884
00:56:23,505 --> 00:56:28,384
with homework, tests and debate.

885
00:56:28,468 --> 00:56:29,886
Yeah, that's high school.

886
00:56:31,679 --> 00:56:34,641
Okay, if it is,
how come you don't have tons of friends?

887
00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:41,439
Shut up. You don't know me.

888
00:56:52,992 --> 00:56:53,992
Hey.

889
00:56:55,829 --> 00:56:56,746
If you're anything like me,

890
00:56:56,830 --> 00:56:59,040
Kathy was the only person
you could really talk to.

891
00:57:02,418 --> 00:57:05,713
What if everything we went through
will be the exact same in college?

892
00:57:08,466 --> 00:57:09,467
You think so?

893
00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:14,180
I'm pretty sure the Ivy League
has football games and parties,

894
00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:18,685
and there's always gonna be someone
passing stupid drawings.

895
00:57:24,399 --> 00:57:26,109
What's your point?

896
00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:29,028
I wish I had one.

897
00:57:34,701 --> 00:57:36,453
We could really use Kathy right now.

898
00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:40,999
Yeah.

899
00:57:50,550 --> 00:57:52,719
...and what makes this table so expensive

900
00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:54,596
is it's made of desert ironwood

901
00:57:54,679 --> 00:57:58,766
from a perennial flowering tree
of the Fabaceae family.

902
00:57:58,850 --> 00:58:01,394
Desert ironwood? Are you sure?

903
00:58:01,978 --> 00:58:04,522
You don't come across
desert ironwood every day, so yes.

904
00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:08,234
Don't get me wrong, it's really nice
having you here on the couch,

905
00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:10,987
but it's just not you.

906
00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:16,701
State tournament's in a few weeks.

907
00:58:18,286 --> 00:58:19,305
I'm sorry it's with Bennett...

908
00:58:19,329 --> 00:58:21,289
Is there anything that you like
about Julia?

909
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:24,458
What?

910
00:58:25,793 --> 00:58:27,128
Anything at all.

911
00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:43,978
Her first ever campaign slogan
was "Julia Russell is the right stuff."

912
00:58:44,062 --> 00:58:45,647
Never mind.

913
00:58:45,730 --> 00:58:49,359
Come on!
New Kids on the Block? That's amazing.

914
00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:55,073
We ran against each other
for class president and I kicked her ass.

915
00:58:55,156 --> 00:58:57,951
That's right. The cheerleader
took down the bookworm.

916
00:58:58,785 --> 00:59:01,829
It was brutal, though. We were vicious.

917
00:59:03,456 --> 00:59:04,958
Still bugs her.

918
00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:09,462
I'll tell you a secret.

919
00:59:12,423 --> 00:59:13,591
I vote for her.

920
00:59:15,134 --> 00:59:16,386
She gets things done.

921
00:59:17,845 --> 00:59:21,224
She was on every Top 30 Under 30 list.

922
00:59:22,475 --> 00:59:24,227
And then she adopted Bennett.

923
00:59:24,310 --> 00:59:26,062
And then she became a senator.

924
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,733
And she seems to balance it all
on her own.

925
00:59:33,486 --> 00:59:35,321
She's a great mom. It's very annoying.

926
00:59:38,658 --> 00:59:39,951
I'm gonna finish my show.

927
00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:42,537
Leave me alone.

928
00:59:49,252 --> 00:59:53,881
So, after four years
of not agreeing on anything,

929
00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:57,427
the first thing you both agree on
is to not compete in the state tournament.

930
00:59:59,345 --> 01:00:00,847
So you both agree for the first time

931
01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:03,141
and now you're both silent
for the first time.

932
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,316
Since when are you two the quitting kind?

933
01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:16,529
So, you didn't get
into your dream schools.

934
01:00:16,613 --> 01:00:20,033
There are greater tragedies in this world.

935
01:00:21,075 --> 01:00:23,703
What, were you trying to prove
to your moms that you... what?

936
01:00:24,954 --> 01:00:26,331
Prove what?

937
01:00:27,081 --> 01:00:30,251
Oh, you two are so full of crap.

938
01:00:30,335 --> 01:00:32,712
You're five-foot nothing.
You're a hundred and nothing.

939
01:00:32,795 --> 01:00:35,048
You hardly got
a speck of athletic ability.

940
01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:37,234
And you hung in with the best
college football team in the land

941
01:00:37,258 --> 01:00:38,258
for the past two years.

942
01:00:38,301 --> 01:00:40,011
And you're both about
to walk out of here

943
01:00:40,094 --> 01:00:43,389
with a degree
from the University of Notre Dame.

944
01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:46,702
Mr. Johnson, what are you talking about?

945
01:00:46,726 --> 01:00:49,562
Oh, come on.
Don't tell me you've never seen Rudy.

946
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:53,691
That is one of the best, most recognizable
motivational speeches in all of film.

947
01:00:53,775 --> 01:00:55,777
Everybody loves Rudy.

948
01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:57,862
What's your point?

949
01:00:57,945 --> 01:01:00,615
If you add state champions
to your résumé next month,

950
01:01:00,698 --> 01:01:02,659
that's only gonna help
your chances everywhere.

951
01:01:03,618 --> 01:01:05,995
I guarantee there won't be
a week in your life that goes by

952
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:10,458
that you won't regret walking out
and letting them get the best of you.

953
01:01:11,417 --> 01:01:13,461
Do you hear me clear enough?

954
01:01:14,212 --> 01:01:17,548
"I rode the bench for two years.

955
01:01:17,632 --> 01:01:20,218
I thought I wasn't being played
because of my color."

956
01:01:20,301 --> 01:01:21,469
Is this that movie again?

957
01:01:21,552 --> 01:01:24,430
I am honestly nailing it here
but I'd like to go from the beginning,

958
01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:25,807
- uninterrupt...
- Just stop.

959
01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:30,436
I do things by myself.

960
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,564
I've always done things
by myself my whole life.

961
01:01:35,149 --> 01:01:38,444
I want to win so bad
that it physically hurts.

962
01:01:40,113 --> 01:01:42,573
Maybe it'll help me get into school,
maybe it won't.

963
01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:47,203
I just... I want to win.

964
01:01:48,496 --> 01:01:50,206
What are you saying?

965
01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:53,459
I'm saying that we should play football.

966
01:01:55,962 --> 01:01:56,962
Then let's play.

967
01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,633
Okay. Rudy from the top.

968
01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:05,072
Mom, Bennett and I are gonna be
working in here for a while.

969
01:02:05,096 --> 01:02:06,472
- Okay.
- Hi, Mrs. Skinner.

970
01:02:06,973 --> 01:02:08,391
Wait, what?

971
01:02:09,016 --> 01:02:10,393
Whoa!

972
01:02:13,104 --> 01:02:15,940
- Thank you for having me, Ms. Skinner.
- Of course, Bennett.

973
01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:24,991
Mom, you should put on some pants.

974
01:02:26,909 --> 01:02:29,245
You could focus on aff.
I could focus on neg.

975
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,126
Can I get you something to eat, Bennett?

976
01:02:35,209 --> 01:02:37,086
Uh, no, I'm okay.

977
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:39,672
We're okay.

978
01:02:39,756 --> 01:02:40,757
Something to drink?

979
01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:44,260
- We've got water, juice, soda, beer.
- Beer?

980
01:02:45,178 --> 01:02:47,930
I'm fine. Thank you.

981
01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:49,214
Well, I made cookies yesterday

982
01:02:49,265 --> 01:02:51,851
so I'll go get some of those
and, um, some milk.

983
01:02:56,481 --> 01:02:58,483
I'm sorry.
Can you please give me a second?

984
01:03:01,611 --> 01:03:04,947
- What's the matter with you?
- You didn't tell me he was coming over.

985
01:03:05,031 --> 01:03:07,784
- I'm allowed to bring someone over.
- But him?

986
01:03:08,785 --> 01:03:12,872
The last thing we need is Julia knowing
what this place looks like.

987
01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:14,540
Or my exercise regimen.

988
01:03:15,666 --> 01:03:16,876
Or my lack of pants.

989
01:03:16,959 --> 01:03:20,129
- He doesn't care about that stuff.
- Yeah, well, she does.

990
01:03:20,213 --> 01:03:24,383
Tell him the dining room table
is desert ironwood

991
01:03:24,467 --> 01:03:27,595
from the penal flowering tree
of the Fibonacci family.

992
01:03:28,930 --> 01:03:31,390
- You're being ridiculous.
- No, I'm not.

993
01:03:31,474 --> 01:03:32,308
Get back out there.

994
01:03:32,391 --> 01:03:34,578
You don't want him to think
we're talking about him behind his back.

995
01:03:34,602 --> 01:03:35,812
I'm not. You are.

996
01:03:41,108 --> 01:03:42,108
Thank you.

997
01:03:45,363 --> 01:03:46,364
Wow.

998
01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:48,824
Hmm.

999
01:03:51,536 --> 01:03:52,411
Mm.

1000
01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,080
Wow.

1001
01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:56,916
They're my mom's recipe.
I'm sure you've had better.

1002
01:03:56,999 --> 01:03:58,918
No, I don't think so.

1003
01:04:00,711 --> 01:04:04,674
I like to let the cookie soak in there,
you know. It enriches the flavor.

1004
01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:07,676
You're weird.

1005
01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:18,479
For our guest.

1006
01:04:20,189 --> 01:04:21,774
Oh, thank you.

1007
01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:23,901
Whoa!

1008
01:04:24,485 --> 01:04:25,862
Thanks.

1009
01:04:25,945 --> 01:04:26,945
Try it.

1010
01:04:29,407 --> 01:04:33,119
Not... No, no, no.
Not a dip. Dunk it.

1011
01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:35,389
- Dunk it and hold it. Hold...
- I did dunk it.

1012
01:04:35,413 --> 01:04:36,413
Oh, my God.

1013
01:04:41,085 --> 01:04:43,963
- No. No.
- Yep.

1014
01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:44,881
Studying over.

1015
01:04:44,964 --> 01:04:47,008
- Special for you.
- Take a break. Take a break.

1016
01:04:54,765 --> 01:04:56,225
Yeah.

1017
01:04:56,309 --> 01:04:58,769
This is so good. What's in it?

1018
01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:01,647
You got milk on these.

1019
01:05:03,190 --> 01:05:04,400
Let's dry it off.

1020
01:05:06,152 --> 01:05:07,153
- Ready?
- Ready.

1021
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:10,841
We affirm that the costs of a college

1022
01:05:10,865 --> 01:05:12,505
education are outweighed by the benefits.

1023
01:05:15,494 --> 01:05:16,329
Trade schools...

1024
01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:17,246
Trade schools are far better option...

1025
01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,040
Can you switch out the two?

1026
01:05:22,043 --> 01:05:22,960
...college education system.

1027
01:05:23,044 --> 01:05:24,503
I'll share.

1028
01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:26,172
- Nice.
- I'm feeling nice today.

1029
01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:30,092
Finally.

1030
01:05:39,060 --> 01:05:41,354
That is why you must vote aff.

1031
01:05:44,982 --> 01:05:46,734
You guys, I'm going to bed.

1032
01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:50,738
Bennett, if you're too tired to drive
home, feel free to crash on our couch.

1033
01:05:50,821 --> 01:05:53,491
I left out a, um, pillow
and a blanket for you.

1034
01:05:54,492 --> 01:05:55,492
Thanks, Ms. Skinner.

1035
01:05:56,661 --> 01:05:57,995
Don't stay up too late.

1036
01:05:58,537 --> 01:06:00,498
- Good night, Mom. Love you.
- Love you.

1037
01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:06,503
You think we're good?

1038
01:06:07,296 --> 01:06:09,674
I've never prepared this much evidence
for a tournament.

1039
01:06:11,175 --> 01:06:12,175
Me neither.

1040
01:06:15,846 --> 01:06:17,348
You think we can win this thing?

1041
01:06:20,935 --> 01:06:21,935
Me, too.

1042
01:06:24,897 --> 01:06:25,897
All right.

1043
01:06:27,566 --> 01:06:29,402
We make a good team.

1044
01:06:33,823 --> 01:06:37,284
- You should take these.
- I'll take...

1045
01:07:06,439 --> 01:07:07,690
The debate is this weekend.

1046
01:07:10,401 --> 01:07:11,819
Right.

1047
01:07:11,902 --> 01:07:13,320
Uh, um...

1048
01:07:14,613 --> 01:07:15,656
We should...

1049
01:07:15,740 --> 01:07:19,160
I should take every... Well, everything.

1050
01:07:19,243 --> 01:07:20,243
Yeah.

1051
01:07:20,661 --> 01:07:21,661
Bennett, I...

1052
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:24,874
Tomorrow. Yeah.

1053
01:07:44,685 --> 01:07:46,270
Next!

1054
01:07:47,104 --> 01:07:48,773
Oh!

1055
01:07:49,774 --> 01:07:52,252
- Sorry. I'm such a klutz.
- It's okay. I can do it for you.

1056
01:07:52,276 --> 01:07:54,504
- Just focus on the customers.
- I can do it here. I've got it.

1057
01:07:54,528 --> 01:07:57,073
I wasn't saying you couldn't do it.
All I was saying was...

1058
01:07:57,156 --> 01:07:59,158
Got it. Customers.

1059
01:07:59,241 --> 01:08:00,951
How can I help you?

1060
01:08:04,497 --> 01:08:07,750
You were really out of line
at the regional qualifier.

1061
01:08:09,126 --> 01:08:13,422
I mean, they just asked me to speak,
and you obviously wanted to sabotage me.

1062
01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:15,757
I'm sorry.

1063
01:08:17,051 --> 01:08:18,344
What can I get you?

1064
01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:20,471
Chai tea latte with milk.

1065
01:08:21,806 --> 01:08:22,807
4.50.

1066
01:08:23,849 --> 01:08:25,726
- Anything else?
- Also...

1067
01:08:26,769 --> 01:08:29,897
Bennett has been spending
a lot of time at your house...

1068
01:08:29,980 --> 01:08:32,149
I know. I'm sorry about not wearing pants.

1069
01:08:32,233 --> 01:08:33,859
- What?
- What?

1070
01:08:34,985 --> 01:08:36,112
Okay, you go.

1071
01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:38,279
Well...

1072
01:08:39,115 --> 01:08:40,217
He doesn't like my desserts,

1073
01:08:40,241 --> 01:08:43,619
and he can't seem to stop talking
about your damn cookies.

1074
01:08:44,495 --> 01:08:48,833
- Really?
- Yes, really. And it is very annoying.

1075
01:08:49,416 --> 01:08:50,416
But...

1076
01:08:51,418 --> 01:08:53,462
Well, I just thought that, um...

1077
01:08:56,799 --> 01:08:58,300
Is it possible to get the recipe?

1078
01:09:00,261 --> 01:09:02,638
Yeah. Sure.

1079
01:09:03,889 --> 01:09:04,889
It's not...

1080
01:09:06,892 --> 01:09:09,979
If you can hang for a few minutes,
I'm about to be on break.

1081
01:09:10,896 --> 01:09:11,897
Okay.

1082
01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,524
Chai latte.

1083
01:09:16,110 --> 01:09:17,110
Sorry about that.

1084
01:09:21,365 --> 01:09:22,365
Well played.

1085
01:09:26,954 --> 01:09:28,497
- Everything okay? We good?
- Yep.

1086
01:09:28,581 --> 01:09:29,707
Okay. All right.

1087
01:09:33,085 --> 01:09:36,255
Shakespeare didn't write
the first Romeo and Juliet story

1088
01:09:36,338 --> 01:09:39,508
but he wrote the best
Romeo and Juliet story.

1089
01:09:39,592 --> 01:09:43,220
Take the confidants...
the friar, the nurse, you see,

1090
01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:45,472
things out of Shakespeare...

1091
01:10:04,325 --> 01:10:05,784
- Yeah.
- Okay.

1092
01:10:33,437 --> 01:10:36,815
♪ You fill my ears with the songs I love

1093
01:10:37,524 --> 01:10:38,817
Hey.

1094
01:10:39,610 --> 01:10:40,444
Um...

1095
01:10:40,527 --> 01:10:42,988
Did you get my email with the revisions?

1096
01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:45,324
Yeah, they're good,
but I'm making my tweaks.

1097
01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:47,201
I'll email them to you in the morning.

1098
01:10:48,244 --> 01:10:50,079
Here are the essays we were looking for

1099
01:10:50,162 --> 01:10:52,373
about higher education
at the turn of the century.

1100
01:10:53,415 --> 01:10:55,376
It's not a great argument, but...

1101
01:10:56,293 --> 01:10:58,003
Just in case our opponents bring it up.

1102
01:11:02,174 --> 01:11:04,134
I'll see you in the morning, okay?

1103
01:11:04,218 --> 01:11:07,263
Listen, about what happened
last night, I...

1104
01:11:12,101 --> 01:11:13,894
I'm supposed to hate you.

1105
01:11:13,978 --> 01:11:16,397
- Lona, I...
- No, my whole life I've hated you.

1106
01:11:18,148 --> 01:11:20,109
Not because I knew you, but because...

1107
01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:25,155
I thought you hated me, too.

1108
01:11:27,866 --> 01:11:30,035
But this other thing,

1109
01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:34,581
this thing where we study together
and eat cookies...

1110
01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:38,669
Well, I just don't think
that's what I'm good at.

1111
01:11:38,752 --> 01:11:40,188
- I disagree.
- Of course you disagree.

1112
01:11:40,212 --> 01:11:42,172
Disagreeing is what we do best.

1113
01:11:46,010 --> 01:11:47,511
I'll see you tomorrow, okay?

1114
01:12:02,192 --> 01:12:06,322
♪ You fill my ears with the songs I love

1115
01:12:19,418 --> 01:12:21,378
Hey. Hey.

1116
01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,174
Huh?

1117
01:12:25,257 --> 01:12:26,550
I think it's time for bed.

1118
01:12:28,218 --> 01:12:29,470
What time is it?

1119
01:12:29,553 --> 01:12:32,097
It's late. I texted you,
but your phone was off.

1120
01:12:32,181 --> 01:12:33,181
Oh.

1121
01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:36,810
Oh, my gosh.

1122
01:12:36,894 --> 01:12:38,771
Where did you get these?

1123
01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:39,854
What?

1124
01:12:40,147 --> 01:12:41,398
Oh.

1125
01:12:41,482 --> 01:12:42,816
I made them.

1126
01:12:42,900 --> 01:12:44,360
At that French bakery you love?

1127
01:12:45,944 --> 01:12:48,238
No. I made them.

1128
01:12:48,322 --> 01:12:51,617
- You ordered them online?
- No, I made them, okay?

1129
01:12:52,618 --> 01:12:55,537
Just... don't go in the kitchen.
It's a mess.

1130
01:12:56,413 --> 01:12:57,413
Oh.

1131
01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:04,796
Mm.

1132
01:13:07,925 --> 01:13:08,925
Thank you.

1133
01:13:17,684 --> 01:13:18,684
You're welcome.

1134
01:13:46,171 --> 01:13:47,190
...affirm the costs
of college education...

1135
01:13:47,214 --> 01:13:48,483
[girl 1 ...are outweighed by the benefits.

1136
01:13:48,507 --> 01:13:50,026
College graduates earn more
over their lifetime...

1137
01:13:50,050 --> 01:13:52,890
Those with a college education
fare better than high school graduates...

1138
01:14:02,479 --> 01:14:04,040
While our opponents
will try to argue future innovations

1139
01:14:04,064 --> 01:14:05,732
in the system should be encompassed...

1140
01:14:10,362 --> 01:14:11,947
Who is helping me? Who is helping us?

1141
01:14:12,030 --> 01:14:14,408
Where is the priority
of getting low income...?

1142
01:14:28,797 --> 01:14:31,592
...to national and global economies.
That is why you must vote neg.

1143
01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:39,850
All right.

1144
01:14:39,933 --> 01:14:40,933
Is anyone not ready?

1145
01:14:42,102 --> 01:14:43,371
- We negate the costs...
- We affirm the costs...

1146
01:14:43,395 --> 01:14:45,275
...of a college education
outweigh the benefits.

1147
01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:09,903
- That is why must vote neg.
- That is why you must vote aff.

1148
01:15:11,381 --> 01:15:12,799
In a two-to-one decision,

1149
01:15:13,383 --> 01:15:16,720
from Hemlock Prep Academy,
Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell.

1150
01:15:22,434 --> 01:15:24,228
Good evening, everyone.

1151
01:15:24,811 --> 01:15:26,813
Welcome to the final debate.

1152
01:15:26,897 --> 01:15:29,775
Who will be named
the best team in the state?

1153
01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:31,944
You're about to find out.

1154
01:15:32,027 --> 01:15:36,657
First, from Hemlock Prep Academy,
Bennett Russell and Lona Skinner.

1155
01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:45,624
And from Washington High,
Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.

1156
01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:50,745
Good luck to you both.

1157
01:15:51,838 --> 01:15:53,632
And now, let's begin.

1158
01:16:04,184 --> 01:16:05,811
Is anybody not ready?

1159
01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:10,291
Do you know what I did this morning?
I pinched myself.

1160
01:16:10,315 --> 01:16:11,149
I know, right?

1161
01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:15,028
It's a cliché, but I thought I was
dreaming. We shouldn't be up here.

1162
01:16:15,112 --> 01:16:17,990
Take a look around the room,
and then look at us.

1163
01:16:19,866 --> 01:16:21,326
We shouldn't be here.

1164
01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:23,245
No, we deserve it,
but we shouldn't be here

1165
01:16:23,328 --> 01:16:25,122
because we should be working.

1166
01:16:25,205 --> 01:16:29,251
The truth is we can't afford to be here
and we don't want to be here.

1167
01:16:29,334 --> 01:16:32,713
I mean, honestly,
do any of you really want to be here?

1168
01:16:32,796 --> 01:16:36,133
Do you actually enjoy giving up
your Saturdays to debate public policy?

1169
01:16:36,216 --> 01:16:37,216
Hell, no.

1170
01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:40,095
But since you were born into privilege,
you're expected to, right?

1171
01:16:40,178 --> 01:16:41,823
That's just messed up,

1172
01:16:41,847 --> 01:16:43,056
both for you and me.

1173
01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:45,225
So, what do we affirm?

1174
01:16:45,309 --> 01:16:46,935
Our aff is that this process, no,

1175
01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:50,814
this business of college admissions
outweighs the benefits.

1176
01:16:50,897 --> 01:16:52,107
And it is so overbearing

1177
01:16:52,190 --> 01:16:55,110
that it's turning young people
into robots,

1178
01:16:55,193 --> 01:16:59,489
forcing us to make critical decisions
about our future at the age of 16.

1179
01:16:59,573 --> 01:17:01,283
Are you kidding me?

1180
01:17:01,366 --> 01:17:04,536
I mean, just think about it.
I can't vote or drink,

1181
01:17:04,745 --> 01:17:07,456
and yet my entire adult life

1182
01:17:07,539 --> 01:17:11,668
is dependent upon my GPA,
AP courses, and community service?

1183
01:17:11,752 --> 01:17:13,045
You know our story by now.

1184
01:17:13,128 --> 01:17:16,548
You know that our families
actually need the money.

1185
01:17:16,632 --> 01:17:19,468
You're asking me if college is worth it.

1186
01:17:19,551 --> 01:17:22,679
The better question is,
"Who is helping me? Who is helping us?"

1187
01:17:22,763 --> 01:17:26,808
Where is the priority of getting
low-income students through high school?

1188
01:17:26,892 --> 01:17:28,977
- Because we don't see it.
- We don't see it.

1189
01:17:50,248 --> 01:17:52,250
Hey, Bennett,
can I have the notes, please?

1190
01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:53,334
Thanks.

1191
01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:01,802
Is anyone not ready?

1192
01:18:12,020 --> 01:18:13,873
Bennett and I negate
the costs of a college education

1193
01:18:13,897 --> 01:18:15,232
outweigh the benefits.

1194
01:18:15,315 --> 01:18:18,235
Our first contention is that
our opponents, in their opening statement,

1195
01:18:18,318 --> 01:18:21,154
have shown complete disregard
for the topic, and thus, the frame...

1196
01:18:21,238 --> 01:18:22,465
the framework in which we debate.

1197
01:18:22,489 --> 01:18:24,741
Their blatant disrespect...

1198
01:18:35,836 --> 01:18:37,337
Oh.

1199
01:19:00,736 --> 01:19:01,736
You know what?

1200
01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:04,656
Jasmine and Dana are right.

1201
01:19:06,616 --> 01:19:07,951
We are robots.

1202
01:19:09,828 --> 01:19:12,539
Let me tell you a story.

1203
01:19:14,541 --> 01:19:17,169
Getting into college sucks.

1204
01:19:17,252 --> 01:19:20,338
Well, I shouldn't say that
because I haven't gotten in yet.

1205
01:19:20,422 --> 01:19:26,928
But I've spent the last 18 years
researching, writing, and debating

1206
01:19:27,012 --> 01:19:29,306
both sides of every argument.

1207
01:19:29,389 --> 01:19:34,519
I can speak at 400 words per minute
and cram as many facts as humanly possible

1208
01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:37,022
into each round
before that buzzer goes off.

1209
01:19:37,731 --> 01:19:41,818
I did everything I thought
I needed to do, and...

1210
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,280
what happened?

1211
01:19:48,283 --> 01:19:54,331
It resulted in a big fat rejection letter.

1212
01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:59,085
Facts over feelings, right?

1213
01:20:00,253 --> 01:20:01,588
Is that a good idea?

1214
01:20:04,883 --> 01:20:06,134
I'm at a loss.

1215
01:20:08,053 --> 01:20:09,930
I am.

1216
01:20:10,013 --> 01:20:13,809
Because maybe I will be a politician
or a lawyer someday

1217
01:20:13,892 --> 01:20:15,560
and these Saturdays
will have provided me

1218
01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:19,523
with some skill set that I could not
attain anywhere else, but...

1219
01:20:22,567 --> 01:20:23,944
what if I'm unable to...

1220
01:20:31,493 --> 01:20:35,372
What if I'm unable
to form a human connection?

1221
01:21:02,816 --> 01:21:04,752
Raise your hand
if you can articulate the arguments

1222
01:21:04,776 --> 01:21:06,903
that Lona and I have been arguing today.

1223
01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:19,249
Now raise your hand if you can understand
what Jasmine and Dana have been saying.

1224
01:21:28,592 --> 01:21:30,719
They've been doing this all year,
just like us.

1225
01:21:32,512 --> 01:21:33,722
But they're nothing like us.

1226
01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:38,852
Because they didn't choose to focus
on the pressure to win that we did.

1227
01:21:39,603 --> 01:21:41,323
Instead they chose
something more important,

1228
01:21:42,397 --> 01:21:43,607
communicating.

1229
01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:48,194
Next year scares the shit out of me.

1230
01:21:50,155 --> 01:21:51,795
I don't know where I'll end up,

1231
01:21:51,865 --> 01:21:55,785
or what I'm going to do,
or what I'll become.

1232
01:21:56,953 --> 01:21:58,413
But as of right now...

1233
01:21:59,414 --> 01:22:00,665
I'm happy to be here.

1234
01:22:01,875 --> 01:22:04,002
And maybe it was all worth it,

1235
01:22:04,085 --> 01:22:08,048
just to see you two come in here
and free the robots.

1236
01:22:11,801 --> 01:22:14,179
So that we would stop
talking at each other,

1237
01:22:14,763 --> 01:22:16,348
and start talking to each other.

1238
01:22:33,865 --> 01:22:34,865
Thanks.

1239
01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:05,939
Thank you, everyone. This is it.

1240
01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:09,985
In a 2-1 decision,

1241
01:23:10,694 --> 01:23:12,237
your state champions,

1242
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:16,908
from Washington High,
Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.

1243
01:23:24,290 --> 01:23:25,542
Sometimes we lose.

1244
01:23:42,767 --> 01:23:45,979
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Debate Club.

1245
01:23:46,062 --> 01:23:51,359
The first rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.

1246
01:23:51,443 --> 01:23:56,865
The second rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.

1247
01:23:56,948 --> 01:23:59,784
The third rule is,
if someone yells "stop",

1248
01:23:59,868 --> 01:24:03,246
goes limp, or tags out,
the debate is over.

1249
01:24:03,329 --> 01:24:05,165
- Brad Pitt.
- In Fight Club.

1250
01:24:05,248 --> 01:24:07,709
Thank you, Taylor and Tanner.

1251
01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:08,877
Once more from the top.

1252
01:24:10,045 --> 01:24:13,673
The first rule of Debate Club is,
you do not talk about Debate Club.

1253
01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:39,616
I can feel you watching me, Mom.

1254
01:24:39,699 --> 01:24:41,910
Sorry for being excited for you.

1255
01:24:41,993 --> 01:24:45,830
- It's just another dance.
- It's your last dance.

1256
01:24:45,914 --> 01:24:46,914
It's prom.

1257
01:24:47,749 --> 01:24:51,252
I know you've been all grown up
ever since I gave birth to you,

1258
01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:53,922
but I hate to tell you this,

1259
01:24:54,005 --> 01:24:57,383
life after high school
is just a series of disappointments.

1260
01:24:57,467 --> 01:24:59,803
You always know just what to say.

1261
01:25:00,637 --> 01:25:01,888
'Cause I love you.

1262
01:25:01,971 --> 01:25:04,724
I love you, too.
Now let me finish getting ready, please.

1263
01:25:10,188 --> 01:25:12,816
The day has arrived

1264
01:25:12,899 --> 01:25:14,734
Fresh off the ironing board.

1265
01:25:16,319 --> 01:25:19,197
Oh, my gosh. Let me take a look at you.

1266
01:25:22,992 --> 01:25:24,452
Take pictures, okay?

1267
01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:27,497
- For you or your campaign?
- Hey.

1268
01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:29,624
Very funny. For you.

1269
01:25:32,210 --> 01:25:35,255
This is one of those life moments, right?

1270
01:25:35,338 --> 01:25:38,550
You're going to college for four years,
and two years of law school,

1271
01:25:38,633 --> 01:25:40,914
and then you're gonna be working
14-hour days in your 20s,

1272
01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:42,220
so you really just got...

1273
01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:44,264
Relax.

1274
01:25:44,347 --> 01:25:45,347
Relax.

1275
01:25:45,765 --> 01:25:46,765
Exactly.

1276
01:25:46,975 --> 01:25:48,226
Uh...

1277
01:25:48,309 --> 01:25:49,328
You want me to call a limo?

1278
01:25:49,352 --> 01:25:50,704
- Then you can have a driver.
- No.

1279
01:25:50,728 --> 01:25:52,540
- You could stay out all night.
- I don't need a limo.

1280
01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,649
I have a car that works.

1281
01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:56,233
I know.

1282
01:25:57,861 --> 01:25:59,362
I'll be home by midnight.

1283
01:26:01,406 --> 01:26:03,324
One o'clock is fine.

1284
01:26:04,784 --> 01:26:05,784
12:30.

1285
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:33,354
Here you go.

1286
01:26:34,814 --> 01:26:36,399
And congratulations.

1287
01:26:39,611 --> 01:26:40,528
You look good in red.

1288
01:26:40,612 --> 01:26:42,280
- It's crimson.
- Oh, shut up.

1289
01:26:42,947 --> 01:26:44,267
Congratulations to you.

1290
01:26:44,324 --> 01:26:46,409
I always thought
you were a bit of a Bulldog.

1291
01:26:46,492 --> 01:26:48,203
I didn't even know what their mascot was.

1292
01:26:48,286 --> 01:26:50,830
You're gonna go
to so many football games.

1293
01:26:50,914 --> 01:26:52,749
And so many parties.

1294
01:26:54,042 --> 01:26:55,710
Nah, not really.

1295
01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:58,338
One popcorn, one soda.

1296
01:26:58,421 --> 01:27:02,300
And during this evening's performance
will you be enjoying some candy?

1297
01:27:03,426 --> 01:27:08,056
Yes. We will have
some Reese's Pieces, please.

1298
01:27:08,139 --> 01:27:09,390
- And Milk Duds.
- And Whoppers.

1299
01:27:09,474 --> 01:27:11,809
- And let me get a KitKat.
- And Twizzlers.

1300
01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:14,646
- Let me get the Good and Plenty.
- And some Jolly Ranchers as well.

1301
01:27:14,729 --> 01:27:16,606
And that Mr. Goodbar.

1302
01:27:19,108 --> 01:27:20,108
Wait for it.

1303
01:27:24,864 --> 01:27:26,991
No. I am not eating
out of that sweaty hat

1304
01:27:27,075 --> 01:27:28,451
that's been on your sweaty head.

1305
01:27:28,534 --> 01:27:29,619
My head is not sweaty.

1306
01:27:29,702 --> 01:27:31,788
Your head is sweaty, and so is your hat.

1307
01:27:31,871 --> 01:27:34,916
- And now our candy is contaminated.
- Contaminated?

1308
01:27:34,999 --> 01:27:37,460
Absolutely,
at least on a microscopic level.

1309
01:27:37,543 --> 01:27:40,338
So by that rationale
we should never hold hands.

1310
01:27:40,421 --> 01:27:42,131
You don't want that.

1311
01:27:43,383 --> 01:27:45,301
No. You don't want that.

1312
01:27:47,220 --> 01:27:48,429
Look at him.

1313
01:27:49,013 --> 01:27:52,016
Look at that smug look on his smug face.

1314
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:53,518
He thinks that we're a couple.

1315
01:27:55,061 --> 01:27:57,146
He thinks we have a thing going.

1316
01:27:57,230 --> 01:28:00,733
He has no sense that in just a few months
we'll go our separate ways,

1317
01:28:00,817 --> 01:28:02,902
probably lose contact,
gain the freshman 15,

1318
01:28:02,986 --> 01:28:05,530
and jump head first back into studying.

1319
01:28:05,613 --> 01:28:09,409
He thinks I actually like him.
Don't you, Bennett Russell?

1320
01:28:09,993 --> 01:28:11,327
You think I like you?

1321
01:28:13,538 --> 01:28:14,539
Well, damn it.

1322
01:28:15,915 --> 01:28:17,041
You might be right.

1323
01:28:19,544 --> 01:28:21,087
- Mm?
- Mm-hm.

1324
01:28:21,170 --> 01:28:23,756
- Yeah, I know. It's awesome.
- You want some?

1325
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,091
I actually do want some.

1326
01:28:26,301 --> 01:28:27,343
Shut up.

1327
01:28:27,427 --> 01:28:29,095
Oh.