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My name is Bradley Cohen.

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But when I was a kid, people
called me by lots of names.

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My brother, Jeff,
called me Dr. Bobo.

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My mom called me "Honey."

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And the kids at school...

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Jah-jah-drop!

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Well, they called me everything
from "spaz" to "freak."

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I didn't have many
friends, actually,

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but I did have
a constant companion.

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Wah-wah-want!

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I can barely remember a time
it wasn't there.

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Jah-jah!

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Now, sometimes it wasn't
a problem for me.

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Waht!

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Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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Other times, it was.

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Jah-drop!

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Drop what?
Your books?

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Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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What'd you say, Brad?
Wah-wah!

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Leave me alone.

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Are you a baby?

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Wah-want!

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What did you say?

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Stop making those stupid noises!

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What is going on?

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Stop! Stop that fighting
right now! Stop it, Brad!

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Get back to class!
Wah-want!

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Stop that nonsense!

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You are in big trouble, Mister.

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Wah-want! Wah-want!

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The girl fell in the mud and got dirty.

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One thing my constant companion
and I agreed on

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was that we hated school.

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I couldn't wait till I got out.

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No more homework,
no more books,

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no more teacher's dirty looks.

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Wah-want! Waht!
Waht! Waht!

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My companion first showed up
when I was six,

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but it was years
before it had a name.

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The shrink said I was just hyper

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and made funny noises
and acted weird

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to draw attention to myself.

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It was just a phase.

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I'd grow out of it
and be normal...

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Wah-wah-want!

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like everybody else.

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Through it all, my constant
companion stuck with me.

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Now, to my friends, I'm just
regular old Brad Cohen,

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the guy who likes baseball

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and who loves cheesy '80s music,

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which they think is much weirder
than the noises I make.

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Wah-want.

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Afternoon, officer.
Was I speeding?

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12 miles over the limit.

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Saint Louis, huh?
You a tourist?

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Uh, no, I live in Atlanta now.
I just moved here.

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I guess I was a little distracted.

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Son, you been drinking?

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No, no, sir, I, uh, I have
Tourette's syndrome. Yah!

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Take it easy, son.

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I'm going to need you
to sign this.

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So, what kind of job
you looking for?

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Teaching. Yah!

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I'm going to be a teacher.

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Uh-huh.

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I get that look a lot.

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But I never let it get to me.

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Wah-want! Wah!

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Wah!

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I see you have a BA
from Bradley University.

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That's, uh, in Illinois,

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isn't it?
Yes, ma'am.

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Graduated cum laude,
high recommendations.

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Your student teaching evals
are outstanding, excellent.

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What made you decide
to go into teaching?

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Uh, it's all I ever
wanted to do.

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I feel like I was
born to teach. Wah!

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Okay, but why choose Atlanta?

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I-I mean, Missouri is your home.

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Yeah, no, I'm, uh,

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I'm thinking of becoming
a Braves fan.

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So, uh...

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Georgia honors my Illinois
teaching certificate. Wah!

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Plus I fell in love with Atlanta

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when I worked down here as a
camp counselor. I live here now.

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So does my dad
and, uh, my stepmom.

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Wah!

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Well, it's nice to have family
here to give you support.

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Maybe we should talk
about the elephant.

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Elephant?

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In the room. My Tourette's.

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No, the Americans with Disabilities
Act doesn't allow me to ask...

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I know, but I would like
to tell you

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just like I tell the kids
in my classes.

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See, I explain to them that

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it's a brain thing that causes
me to make these strange noises.

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They're like sneezes,
irrepressible.

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When you have to,
wah-want, you have to.

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Well, how do they react?

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Once they understand,
they're fine with it.

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It's never caused a problem
in the classroom.

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All I want is a chance.

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Just get me the interviews
and let me prove to them

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that I can do the job.

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The Americans
with Disabilities Act

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says I'm entitled to a chance.

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Ron!

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So, how'd it go?

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Oh, you know...

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"Who wants a teacher
that barks like a dog?

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"You should try another line
of work."

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Are you serious?

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Didn't they look at your résumé?

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Oh, you're kidding.

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Yeah, they're setting up
interviews with some principals.

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Fantastic! When?

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Uh, I don't know, I've got
to wait for their calls. Wah!

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Get changed. We got
to go celebrate.

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Haven't you got a date?

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Yeah, I'll see if
she's got a friend.

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It's about time you started
meeting some chicks.

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I can't focus on dating
right now.

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Has anybody ever told you
that you're obsessive?

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Uh, only every shrink
I ever saw.

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Well, have fun focusing.

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Oh, your dad called again.

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Maybe you should
call him back.

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You know?

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All right, see you later.

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Returning Dad's call...

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I had to prepare for that.

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See, Mom and Dad had divorced
when I was a little kid

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and my relationship with Dad
had always been...

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let's just say, complicated.

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Jah-jah-wah-want!

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I mean, I wore out his patience
like nails on a chalkboard.

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It didn't help that my brother, Jeff,
was also a little hyper.

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Dad said he's waiting to get
back to his home in Atlanta.

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He's waiting to say good-bye.

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Good-bye!

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You're going to make him mad!

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Come on. I'll race you!

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Against the Green Dragon?
You got to be kidding.

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Shortcut!

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Cheater!

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Jah-jah!

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Wah-want!

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Shortcut!

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Oh, yeah?
Wah-want!

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Wah-want.

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Wah-want!

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Hey, that's not fair!

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You're not gonna beat me.

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See, I'm gonna win.

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Oh, that's no fair!

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You got a bike!

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Okay, guys, all right,
quiet down, guys.

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Quiet down. We do have
neighbors, you know.

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Come here.
See, I did beat you!

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Yeah, calm down.

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Brad, come here. Come on,
honey, focus, will you?

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Come here, come here.

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Stand here, listen, listen up.
Focus, please, all right?

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I need you guys to do me a favor.

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I want you both to make life a
little easier for your mom, okay?

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You are driving her nuts!

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Guys! Listen.
Hey! Stop it!

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Brad! Help her out around
the house, but most of all,

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stop the obnoxious
behavior, okay?

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Hey, listen, I mean it!

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Okay, quit the clowning.

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Your brother may think
it's funny, but I don't.

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Wah-want!
I can't help it. Wah!

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Yes, you can. There's
nothing wrong with you

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that a little self-control
wouldn't fix.

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Now, stop it.

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Norman?

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They're not going to hold
that plane for you.

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Okay, all right.
Okay, give me a hug.

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Bye, Dad! Bye-bye, J-Man.

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I love you, Dad.

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Love you too, kiddo.

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And listen up!

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We'll stay at my house
next time, okay?

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I'll get tickets
to a Braves game.

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And Brad, remember what we
talked about. Self-control.

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All right?

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Need any help with anything, Mom?

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Well, now that you mention it...

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After the divorce,

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Jeff and I helped Mom
with her new business:

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a sort of a high-class
traveling boutique.

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Well, maybe "helped"
isn't exactly the right word.

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Oh, Ellen, these things

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are exquisite.

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You never find styles
like this in Saint Louis.

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Well, it's direct from
California. Beverly Hills.

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This is what everybody's
wearing. Look at...

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Boys!

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Boys! Hide and seek?

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Now, Ellen. I don't want to see
anything in double digits.

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Oh, honey, everything
in California runs small.

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Oh, go ahead.
Just try it on.

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Wah-want! Waht!

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Brad, could you
please calm down?

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He's barking like a dog,
for goodness' sake!

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Now, look. Don't take
this the wrong way.

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You know I wouldn't say this
to you if we weren't friends,

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but have you considered
an exorcist?

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You know, I think you might face
the fact that you're a size 12.

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I can cut the label out
if it makes you feel better.

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It's a new doctor.

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Let's just listen
to what he has to say.

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Wah!

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I know what he'll have to say.

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Do you feel any anger
towards your mother?

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Because of the divorce?

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Wah! No, no.

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Do you resent your father

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because he doesn't live
with you anymore?

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Wah! No.

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Do you blame yourself
for the divorce, Brad?

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It happened when I was
a little kid. Wah-want!

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I don't even remember it.

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Mrs. Cohen, Brad has some serious

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denial issues regarding the divorce.

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What he needs at home

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are some clear boundaries.
He needs to understand

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that this behavior
is totally unacceptable,

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and that, Mrs. Cohen, is your job.

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The hardest part was knowing

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how tough I made things
for Mom.

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I tried as best as I could for her.

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Make sure he keeps taking
his medication, yeah?

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And for Dad...

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Strike three!

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I played sports.

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On the ball field, I fit right in.

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I mean, everybody
makes funny noises

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and has strange tics
at a baseball game.

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Waht!

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Swing batta-batta-batta!
Come on, Bobo!

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Get him out, Brad!
Get him out!

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Come on, Brad!
Come on!

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Yeah, double play!

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Yeah, Brad!

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Thank you very much.

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Hey, guys, I got something
pretty exciting to tell you.

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Honey, don't eat so fast.
You're going to get the hiccups.

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He's always got
the hiccups.

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You're a hiccup!
Jah-jah! Jah!

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Listen, hey, would
you just relax?

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Mom says you're
not taking your meds.

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How are you ever...

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How are you ever
going to calm down

257
00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,067
if you don't do what the
doctor tells you to do?

258
00:12:44,111 --> 00:12:45,852
Pills just make it worse.

259
00:12:45,895 --> 00:12:47,549
Oh, I see, so you're
a doctor now, too, huh?

260
00:12:47,592 --> 00:12:48,332
He's Dr. Bobo.

261
00:12:48,376 --> 00:12:49,812
Shut up!
Ow!

262
00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:51,161
All right, guys, listen, guys.

263
00:12:51,205 --> 00:12:53,685
I have a very important
announcement to make.

264
00:12:53,729 --> 00:12:55,557
Guys? Guys!
All right, that's it.

265
00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,037
We're going back in the car.

266
00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,473
Come on.

267
00:12:58,516 --> 00:12:59,648
I'm still hungry.

268
00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:00,692
You know what would be nice?
Jah-jah!

269
00:13:00,736 --> 00:13:02,869
One day without you acting up!

270
00:13:07,134 --> 00:13:09,005
One!

271
00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:10,964
Wait up, Dad.

272
00:13:13,401 --> 00:13:15,055
Jah-jah!

273
00:13:30,548 --> 00:13:32,289
So, what's the
announcement, Dad?

274
00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,726
I've been seeing somebody.

275
00:13:34,770 --> 00:13:36,293
What do you mean
seeing somebody?

276
00:13:36,337 --> 00:13:38,905
Her name is Diane and she...
Jah!

277
00:13:38,948 --> 00:13:41,603
Brad, please!
Stop doing that!

278
00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:42,822
I can't.

279
00:13:46,738 --> 00:13:48,392
I mean, nothing's
happened yet, but...

280
00:13:48,436 --> 00:13:50,830
how would you guys feel
about having a stepmom?

281
00:13:50,873 --> 00:13:53,441
No way!

282
00:13:53,484 --> 00:13:54,572
We've already got a mom.

283
00:13:54,616 --> 00:13:57,488
Well, now you're
going to have two.

284
00:13:57,532 --> 00:13:59,839
I talked to your mom about it,
and she's fine with it.

285
00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:02,145
She said... I said stop it!

286
00:14:02,189 --> 00:14:02,972
Stop it!

287
00:14:08,369 --> 00:14:12,416
See, I couldn't really blame
Dad for losing it.

288
00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:15,028
My tics drove him nuts
because like my teachers,

289
00:14:15,071 --> 00:14:18,118
he had no name
for my strange behavior

290
00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:20,076
except "insufferable."

291
00:14:23,210 --> 00:14:25,821
Now, somehow...
I don't know how,

292
00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,171
I made okay grades, but...

293
00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:31,522
what would take a normal person
an hour took me two or three.

294
00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:35,004
I mean, I loved learning,
but I hated, hated reading.

295
00:14:35,048 --> 00:14:37,137
Trying to concentrate
brought out the worst

296
00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:38,660
in my constant companion.

297
00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:40,227
J-J-jah-jah!

298
00:14:40,270 --> 00:14:41,489
Jah-jah!

299
00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:47,364
Brad? Come up here, please.

300
00:14:55,329 --> 00:14:56,634
Wah-want! Wah.

301
00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:02,684
I know you think
you're the class clown,

302
00:15:02,727 --> 00:15:04,077
but I've had it with you!

303
00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,037
I can't... wah-want,
help, wah, h-help it.

304
00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:09,952
That's what you always say.

305
00:15:09,996 --> 00:15:12,563
I don't want to hear
any more excuses.

306
00:15:12,607 --> 00:15:13,608
Your classmates are trying to study...
Wah!

307
00:15:13,651 --> 00:15:16,306
Wah-want! Jop! Jop-want!

308
00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:20,920
And your clowning
makes it impossible.

309
00:15:20,963 --> 00:15:22,530
I'm sorry.

310
00:15:22,573 --> 00:15:24,575
Don't apologize to me.

311
00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:25,794
Apologize to them.

312
00:15:25,837 --> 00:15:27,970
Eyes up here, everyone.

313
00:15:28,014 --> 00:15:29,972
Sit up straight, please.

314
00:15:30,016 --> 00:15:32,801
Brad has something
to say to you.

315
00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:38,589
I'm sorry. I...

316
00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:40,983
that you can't study
because of me.

317
00:15:41,027 --> 00:15:42,071
And?

318
00:15:44,595 --> 00:15:47,772
You promise never to make any
more silly noises ever again.

319
00:15:53,778 --> 00:15:57,434
I promise I won't make any more
silly noises ever again.

320
00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:01,047
Take your seat.

321
00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:03,005
All of you, back to your books.

322
00:16:10,708 --> 00:16:13,624
Jah-jah!

323
00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:16,192
As difficult as this may be for
you, Mrs. Cohen, I assure you,

324
00:16:16,236 --> 00:16:18,020
the teachers are at their wits' end.

325
00:16:18,064 --> 00:16:19,108
I understand that, of course.

326
00:16:19,152 --> 00:16:20,240
Sharon, would you hold my calls?

327
00:16:20,283 --> 00:16:22,546
No, no, this might be
the last chance.

328
00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,158
I mean, thevery last chance.

329
00:16:25,201 --> 00:16:28,639
Brad, look, I sent
for your mother

330
00:16:28,683 --> 00:16:32,600
because things have just
gotten out of control here.

331
00:16:32,643 --> 00:16:34,950
Now, she's going to take you
home today.

332
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,647
And you can come back... Jah-jah!

333
00:16:36,691 --> 00:16:38,693
Jah-jah!
I can't help it.

334
00:16:38,736 --> 00:16:39,781
Sorry, what did you say?

335
00:16:39,824 --> 00:16:41,913
He said he can't help it.

336
00:16:41,957 --> 00:16:43,393
Right.

337
00:16:43,437 --> 00:16:45,569
What if he's telling the truth?
Hmm?

338
00:16:45,613 --> 00:16:47,049
You've got a bright boy,
Mrs. Cohen,

339
00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:49,138
but making excuses for him...
Jah-jah!

340
00:16:49,182 --> 00:16:51,053
Jah.

341
00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:53,490
Making excuses is not going to help.

342
00:16:53,534 --> 00:16:55,971
Now, he needs to use this time
to ask himself this question:

343
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,755
Brad, come on.
Let's go.

344
00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:01,585
"Why am I sabotaging myself?"

345
00:17:01,629 --> 00:17:03,544
I don't care if they expel me.

346
00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:05,111
I hate that school.

347
00:17:05,154 --> 00:17:07,287
Well, it's that school
or another one.

348
00:17:07,330 --> 00:17:10,072
I hate all schools.
Why are we going here?

349
00:17:10,116 --> 00:17:11,943
To find some answers.

350
00:17:11,987 --> 00:17:14,250
I can't go in the library.

351
00:17:14,294 --> 00:17:17,819
They'll throw me out.
Please, Mom.

352
00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:19,647
All right, come here.

353
00:17:19,690 --> 00:17:22,171
Sit over here.

354
00:17:22,215 --> 00:17:24,478
Well, maybe we're just going
down the wrong track.

355
00:17:24,521 --> 00:17:25,957
Who?

356
00:17:26,001 --> 00:17:27,785
All of us.

357
00:17:28,525 --> 00:17:31,963
Drop-drop.

358
00:17:32,007 --> 00:17:34,575
Get off me!

359
00:17:34,618 --> 00:17:38,274
Chihuahua!
Chihuahua! Wet Willy!

360
00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:39,667
I know you're busy, Norman.

361
00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:40,972
I won't take up
much of your time,

362
00:17:41,016 --> 00:17:42,539
but I really think
that you should hear this.

363
00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:45,020
Boys! Keep it down.
I'm talking to your dad!

364
00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:46,413
I want to talk to him!

365
00:17:46,456 --> 00:17:48,632
In a minute!
Keep it down!

366
00:17:48,676 --> 00:17:50,808
Listen, you know, those teachers
and that doctor,

367
00:17:50,852 --> 00:17:52,245
to them it's all
about bad parenting

368
00:17:52,288 --> 00:17:53,681
which, of course,
comes down to me

369
00:17:53,724 --> 00:17:55,552
because I'm the only one here.

370
00:17:55,596 --> 00:17:58,164
No, I'm not blaming you, Norman.

371
00:17:58,207 --> 00:18:00,731
In fact I'm going
to stop blaming myself.

372
00:18:00,775 --> 00:18:02,168
I was talking to a friend,
and she thinks that

373
00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:04,039
the doctors are
missing something.

374
00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:06,520
I got this stack of medical
books from the library

375
00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:08,348
and I've been doing
a little bit of research.

376
00:18:08,391 --> 00:18:10,915
Stop saying he just needs
more discipline, Norman!

377
00:18:10,959 --> 00:18:12,961
Nothing I do helps.

378
00:18:13,004 --> 00:18:16,399
He is out of control,
and I am at the end of my rope.

379
00:18:16,443 --> 00:18:18,619
Wup.

380
00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:20,360
Can I talk to Dad?

381
00:18:22,753 --> 00:18:24,538
Can you just
wait a minute, honey?

382
00:18:24,581 --> 00:18:26,061
Mom!

383
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,367
All right, but give him back
to me when you're done.

384
00:18:27,410 --> 00:18:29,804
What is it,
Jeffrey?

385
00:18:29,847 --> 00:18:32,807
Hey, Dad. Wah!

386
00:18:32,850 --> 00:18:34,374
Yeah, it was a great game.

387
00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:36,811
I got two base hits and a walk.

388
00:18:49,824 --> 00:18:53,828
I'm sorry I cause you
so much trouble, Mom.

389
00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:57,397
I want you to read something
in this book I found.

390
00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:58,876
It's a medical book
that might explain

391
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,051
why you make all those noises.

392
00:19:00,095 --> 00:19:00,922
I hate reading, Mom.

393
00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:03,403
Read.

394
00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:09,452
Tourette's syndrome.

395
00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:15,502
Th-That's Brad, isn't it?
The noises and the twitches.

396
00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:18,853
I'll still need to do
more tests, but, uh...

397
00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:20,202
You could be right.

398
00:19:20,246 --> 00:19:22,073
We may have been headed
down the wrong road here.

399
00:19:22,117 --> 00:19:24,989
Jah-jah!

400
00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:30,212
I've never actually seen
a case of Tourette's before.

401
00:19:30,256 --> 00:19:34,173
So, at last my constant
companion had a name.

402
00:19:34,216 --> 00:19:36,610
Look, this says there's no cure.

403
00:19:36,653 --> 00:19:39,047
But that may have changed.
This is an old book.

404
00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:42,703
That hasn't changed,
Mrs. Cohen.

405
00:19:42,746 --> 00:19:44,357
I'm very sorry.

406
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,794
Yeah, but they're still
looking for a cure, right?

407
00:19:46,837 --> 00:19:48,317
I mean, they will find one,
won't they?

408
00:19:48,361 --> 00:19:50,101
They have...

409
00:19:51,929 --> 00:19:53,409
They have to.

410
00:19:54,845 --> 00:19:57,021
It's okay, Mom.

411
00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:59,023
We'll get through this, all right.

412
00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:00,982
Oh, come here.

413
00:20:04,942 --> 00:20:07,989
See, there's a reason, Dad.
Drop-drop.

414
00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:10,992
I'm not being weird on purpose.

415
00:20:11,035 --> 00:20:12,602
Listen, uh, Brad.

416
00:20:12,646 --> 00:20:15,257
I, um...

417
00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:21,481
All right, well,
that's all I wanted to say.

418
00:20:21,524 --> 00:20:24,310
Bye.

419
00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:37,671
Finally, my dad believed me,
but he never believed in me:

420
00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:41,849
that I would succeed;
that I could teach.

421
00:20:47,985 --> 00:20:49,857
Hello, this is Brad.

422
00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:54,209
A dog? Um, yes, yes, ma'am.
That is my dog, uh-huh.

423
00:20:57,734 --> 00:21:02,130
Uh, okay. Yes, yes, I can
be there at 11:00 a.m.

424
00:21:02,173 --> 00:21:04,524
My very first interview.

425
00:21:04,567 --> 00:21:08,832
Great, that sounds great.
Okay, thank you.

426
00:21:08,876 --> 00:21:11,835
I tried not to overreact.

427
00:21:11,879 --> 00:21:14,098
I held in my tics.

428
00:21:14,142 --> 00:21:16,884
Yes! Waffle! Yes!

429
00:21:22,368 --> 00:21:25,327
After the first call,
I got two more.

430
00:21:25,371 --> 00:21:27,851
Three interviews
with three principals.

431
00:21:27,895 --> 00:21:29,723
Needless to say,

432
00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:34,162
my constant companion was more
than a little enthusiastic.

433
00:21:43,867 --> 00:21:46,305
Hmm, well, I see you only
have your bachelor's degree.

434
00:21:46,348 --> 00:21:48,176
Are you planning
to get your master's?

435
00:21:48,219 --> 00:21:50,004
Yes, sir. Jah!
As soon as I can.

436
00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:52,441
We don't require it for entry-level...
Jah-jah!

437
00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:53,573
but if you're serious...

438
00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:55,575
I'm very serious.

439
00:21:55,618 --> 00:21:59,361
I want to make teaching my life.

440
00:22:01,407 --> 00:22:04,540
I, uh...

441
00:22:04,584 --> 00:22:07,195
I make these noises because
I have Tourette's syndrome.

442
00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:09,371
I'd like to tell you about it.

443
00:22:09,415 --> 00:22:11,460
It's a neurological disorder
where my brain

444
00:22:11,504 --> 00:22:13,201
sends mixed signals to my body.

445
00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:15,856
It's like a sneeze.
It's irrepressible.

446
00:22:15,899 --> 00:22:17,379
weeks and I'll give you a call.

447
00:22:17,423 --> 00:22:18,989
Okay, great.
Thank you very much.

448
00:22:19,033 --> 00:22:21,209
Thanks. Take care.

449
00:22:21,252 --> 00:22:23,777
Well, strike one.

450
00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:26,649
But like Mom always said:
Don't ever give up.

451
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,351
When I was little,
Mom never stopped researching.

452
00:22:32,394 --> 00:22:36,224
Because while
there was no cure,

453
00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:38,748
but there might be ways
to live a normal life.

454
00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:43,753
It's a church, Mom.

455
00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:46,756
Honey, you're not going
to have to get a Bible lesson.

456
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,803
It's just a support group.

457
00:22:49,846 --> 00:22:51,718
Do I have to?

458
00:22:51,761 --> 00:22:53,937
You need to connect
with other people

459
00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:55,156
who have Tourette's.

460
00:22:55,199 --> 00:22:57,376
Find out how they live with it.

461
00:22:57,419 --> 00:23:00,422
Okay... let's do it.
Jah-jah!

462
00:23:04,165 --> 00:23:06,428
I'm not going in there.

463
00:23:06,472 --> 00:23:07,386
Honey...

464
00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:16,003
I'd never seen anyone
with Tourette's before.

465
00:23:16,046 --> 00:23:18,005
Drop-drop.

466
00:23:18,048 --> 00:23:21,356
There were eye-blinkers
and nose-twitchers,

467
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,012
foot-stompers and neck-jerkers.

468
00:23:25,055 --> 00:23:26,753
Some of them yelped
and coughed.

469
00:23:26,796 --> 00:23:29,233
Is this what I looked like
to other people?

470
00:23:29,277 --> 00:23:30,452
Wah!

471
00:23:30,496 --> 00:23:32,672
Come on, Bobo.
We're here to learn.

472
00:23:32,715 --> 00:23:35,718
Let's start learning.

473
00:23:35,762 --> 00:23:37,546
The Americans with Disabilities
Act gives us the right

474
00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:41,028
to do anything or go anyplace
that we want to.

475
00:23:41,071 --> 00:23:42,595
But try going to a movie.

476
00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:45,467
Or a concert or a restaurant.

477
00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:46,729
That law doesn't mean anything

478
00:23:46,773 --> 00:23:48,818
when people are yelling
at you to shut up.

479
00:23:48,862 --> 00:23:51,386
I come home and my parents
close the windows and blinds

480
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,475
'cause they don't want
the neighbors to see me tic.

481
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:55,695
No one was even trying
to be accepted.

482
00:23:55,738 --> 00:23:58,349
The adults were out of work;
the kids stayed at home.

483
00:23:58,393 --> 00:24:03,093
I knew one thing:
I didn't want to be like them.

484
00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:07,010
Even the coaches on his team
wouldn't accept him.

485
00:24:07,054 --> 00:24:09,535
Oh, I'd had it.

486
00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:12,668
Of course, you're
home-schooling, too?

487
00:24:12,712 --> 00:24:16,019
No. Brad goes to school
like any other kid.

488
00:24:16,063 --> 00:24:18,369
These kids aren't
like any other kids.

489
00:24:18,413 --> 00:24:20,894
School's a waste
of time for them.

490
00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,983
I took him out
at the third grade

491
00:24:23,026 --> 00:24:24,332
just to save my sanity.

492
00:24:24,375 --> 00:24:27,857
You want my advice,

493
00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:30,381
Wup.you'll do the same.

494
00:24:30,425 --> 00:24:33,384
Yeah. Thanks.

495
00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:35,865
Let's go, Bobo.

496
00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:38,912
It's supposed to be
a support group.

497
00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:40,609
Where's the support?

498
00:24:40,653 --> 00:24:43,177
You're supposed to just hide
away for the rest of your life?

499
00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,788
I'm really so sorry that
I brought you there, honey.

500
00:24:45,832 --> 00:24:47,486
Let's just forget this.

501
00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:48,922
I don't want to
forget this, Mom.

502
00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:50,576
Those people let Tourette's win.

503
00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:52,229
I'm never going to do that.

504
00:24:52,273 --> 00:24:54,971
It's difficult to imagine that,
at the age of 12,

505
00:24:55,015 --> 00:24:58,409
I would find a genuine
philosophy to live by.

506
00:24:58,453 --> 00:25:01,848
But here it was:
this defining moment.

507
00:25:01,891 --> 00:25:03,458
Wup.

508
00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:07,288
To always face my adversity
head-on.

509
00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:08,768
When I went
to my next interview,

510
00:25:08,811 --> 00:25:10,944
I decided to be even more

511
00:25:10,987 --> 00:25:13,642
get the Tourette's stuff
out of the way first,

512
00:25:13,686 --> 00:25:15,731
and then dazzle them
with my approach to teaching.

513
00:25:15,775 --> 00:25:17,167
You seem to have been
very successful

514
00:25:17,211 --> 00:25:18,865
in spite of your Tourette's.

515
00:25:18,908 --> 00:25:20,649
I've worked very hard to become
the best teacher I can be.

516
00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:22,564
Thank you for coming in.

517
00:25:22,608 --> 00:25:24,740
I'll let you know. Thanks.

518
00:25:24,784 --> 00:25:26,525
So much for being upfront.

519
00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:29,136
For my third interview,

520
00:25:29,179 --> 00:25:32,574
I decided to avoid discussing
my Tourette's at all.

521
00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:35,011
Each week, I like to send home
a progress report

522
00:25:35,055 --> 00:25:37,361
to my students' parents... Wha...

523
00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:39,581
I like to give my students
a voice in their learning.

524
00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:41,409
Chop, chop!
To be hands-on

525
00:25:41,452 --> 00:25:43,019
and interactive in the classroom...

526
00:25:43,063 --> 00:25:44,804
Drip, pa, wha!

527
00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:48,285
but also to keep the parents
closely involved... Yurp!

528
00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:51,027
Yurp! Whop.

529
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:53,203
Ron, it was a huge mistake
not mentioning my Tourette's.

530
00:25:53,247 --> 00:25:54,509
Whup! Whup!

531
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:57,294
It was like, you know,
I was trying to hide it.

532
00:25:57,338 --> 00:25:59,470
Fat chance.
Whap!

533
00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:00,907
Okay, that's a negative.
No, the negative

534
00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:02,691
is you got to stop
stressing out.

535
00:26:02,735 --> 00:26:04,171
You're stressing me out.

536
00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:05,520
But the positive is

537
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,740
that, hey, the others
didn't seem to have

538
00:26:07,783 --> 00:26:09,350
a problem with it, right?
Ftt! Ftt!

539
00:26:09,393 --> 00:26:11,874
I just...
I got to wait for the call.

540
00:26:11,918 --> 00:26:13,354
The positive is,
you're coming out with me.

541
00:26:13,397 --> 00:26:14,747
My new girlfriend—

542
00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:16,618
she has a roommate.

543
00:26:16,662 --> 00:26:19,403
Will you stop trying to set me up?
Wha! Wha!

544
00:26:19,447 --> 00:26:22,319
When I'm ready to date, I will date.
Come on.

545
00:26:22,363 --> 00:26:23,582
She's heard all about you,

546
00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:24,844
and she still wants to meet you.

547
00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:26,715
Oh, thanks.

548
00:26:26,759 --> 00:26:27,716
Real kind.

549
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,717
Listen, I want to relax, okay?

550
00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:29,718
I want to watch the Braves.

551
00:26:29,762 --> 00:26:31,720
We all want to watch the Braves.

552
00:26:31,764 --> 00:26:34,244
Get changed.

553
00:26:34,288 --> 00:26:38,771
So, Ron tells me that
you're on a big job hunt.

554
00:26:38,814 --> 00:26:40,381
How's it going?

555
00:26:40,424 --> 00:26:43,427
Pretty good... Wha! Wha!
except no one's hired me yet.

556
00:26:43,471 --> 00:26:46,561
I guess they're all too busy
fighting to get to me.

557
00:26:51,914 --> 00:26:52,785
You do this?

558
00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:54,787
I am impressed by this.

559
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:57,180
You should be.
I was not expecting this.

560
00:26:57,224 --> 00:26:58,617
That's amazing.

561
00:26:58,660 --> 00:26:59,835
But I'm pretty good.You are.

562
00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:01,707
Wha! Wha! Wha!

563
00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:03,143
Wha! Wha!

564
00:27:03,186 --> 00:27:04,623
So you are really a sports fan?

565
00:27:04,666 --> 00:27:05,972
Ah, yes. Big-time.
Okay.

566
00:27:06,015 --> 00:27:08,670
Soccer, softball, tennis.
Okay. Mm-hmm.

567
00:27:08,714 --> 00:27:10,803
Yep. I played a lot in college,

568
00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:12,456
but I'm not good enough
for the pros.

569
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,677
I hear that because I wish
I was good enough to be him.

570
00:27:15,721 --> 00:27:17,679
Who?
Him.

571
00:27:19,202 --> 00:27:22,075
Oh, you want to be a mascot?

572
00:27:22,118 --> 00:27:23,685
His name is Homer.

573
00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:25,165
Homer.
Whup!

574
00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:26,862
And it's a lifelong ambition.

575
00:27:26,906 --> 00:27:27,994
Okay. All right. Fa! Fa!

576
00:27:28,037 --> 00:27:28,647
Wha! Wha!

577
00:27:30,126 --> 00:27:32,302
Wha! Fa! Fa!

578
00:27:32,346 --> 00:27:35,436
Don't look now. Don't look now,
but there's this guy behind us,

579
00:27:35,479 --> 00:27:37,351
and I don't know what his
problem is. He keeps staring.

580
00:27:37,394 --> 00:27:40,267
Ah.

581
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:41,921
I actually get that look

582
00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,749
a lot.
Wha! Wha!

583
00:27:43,792 --> 00:27:45,489
It's a look of envy.

584
00:27:45,533 --> 00:27:50,146
He's thinking, "How can I make
cool noises like that guy?"

585
00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:54,803
You have such a great attitude
about your...

586
00:27:58,198 --> 00:28:00,156
Bye, Homer.

587
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,724
Bye... bye, Ron.
Bye-bye.

588
00:28:02,768 --> 00:28:03,943
Bye, Homer.

589
00:28:03,986 --> 00:28:05,727
Go, Braves!

590
00:28:05,771 --> 00:28:07,729
So, that must
have gone well, huh?

591
00:28:07,773 --> 00:28:09,209
Did you ask her out again?

592
00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:10,689
Yeah, I asked,

593
00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:12,212
but it's second date
syndrome— p-wha!

594
00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:13,692
You know, I'm a great guy;

595
00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:15,389
she had a lot of fun, but, uh...

596
00:28:15,432 --> 00:28:18,435
Your tics are just
too cool for her?

597
00:28:18,479 --> 00:28:20,089
Actually, no, she says

598
00:28:20,133 --> 00:28:22,004
because my roommate's
breath smells so bad.

599
00:28:22,048 --> 00:28:23,658
What do you mean?
You know what I mean.

600
00:28:27,444 --> 00:28:29,142
Wa!

601
00:28:29,185 --> 00:28:33,015
Ra!

602
00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:34,016
Yop! Wa!

603
00:28:34,060 --> 00:28:35,670
This is Brad.

604
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,368
Oh, hey, Dad.

605
00:28:38,412 --> 00:28:39,979
Yeah, no,
Ron-Ron-Ron told me

606
00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:41,545
you called, I just, uh,

607
00:28:41,589 --> 00:28:44,592
you know, I've been
so busy that...

608
00:28:44,635 --> 00:28:47,160
No, I haven't had lunch yet.

609
00:28:47,203 --> 00:28:48,770
Wha! Wha!

610
00:28:48,814 --> 00:28:50,598
All right, that sounds great.

611
00:28:50,641 --> 00:28:51,817
Where do you want to meet?

612
00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:55,124
Lunch at Dad's work.

613
00:28:55,168 --> 00:28:57,648
He wouldn't have to worry
about my noises there.

614
00:28:59,433 --> 00:29:01,609
Yip! Wha!

615
00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:03,263
Yip!

616
00:29:03,306 --> 00:29:04,699
Let me know if you need any
more of those trusses, okay?

617
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,701
All right. Hey.
Hey.

618
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,181
Hey, Dad. See you found
your way.

619
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:09,791
Yeah. Let's go have lunch
outside my office.

620
00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:11,532
It will be a little
more private. All right.

621
00:29:13,316 --> 00:29:15,797
Diane's wondering when
you're gonna come by.

622
00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:17,799
I guess you've been pretty
busy with the job-hunting.

623
00:29:17,843 --> 00:29:18,887
Any luck?

624
00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:20,671
I'm still interviewing.

625
00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,675
How is that going?

626
00:29:24,719 --> 00:29:26,939
Are they giving you any
trouble with your, uh...?

627
00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:28,723
You can say the word, Dad:
Tourette's.

628
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,117
Some of them are;
some of them aren't.

629
00:29:33,946 --> 00:29:35,469
How's your money
holding out?

630
00:29:35,512 --> 00:29:37,471
I'm not asking you for money.
I know that.

631
00:29:37,514 --> 00:29:38,777
You never ask me for anything.
No.

632
00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,039
But if you ever do get short,

633
00:29:40,082 --> 00:29:41,649
you know you got
a job with me.

634
00:29:41,692 --> 00:29:44,043
I'm gonna teach, Dad—
drop! drop!-- okay?

635
00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:46,306
I can't let anything get
in the way of that.

636
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:47,829
Okay... I'm just saying

637
00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:49,700
there's nothing wrong with
keeping your options open

638
00:29:49,744 --> 00:29:51,050
in case things don't work out.

639
00:29:51,093 --> 00:29:53,095
You know, there are other
things besides teaching.

640
00:29:53,139 --> 00:29:54,923
Not for me.

641
00:29:57,447 --> 00:30:00,624
Dad could never understand
my optimism.

642
00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:03,497
Like when I graduated
to middle school.

643
00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:05,586
I was really hopeful
things would be different.

644
00:30:05,629 --> 00:30:06,979
What's the matter, Brad?

645
00:30:07,022 --> 00:30:08,632
Eating alone?

646
00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:10,373
Make a fresh start.

647
00:30:10,417 --> 00:30:12,375
New school, new friends.

648
00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,334
J-J-jup!

649
00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:15,683
Same result.

650
00:30:15,726 --> 00:30:18,338
Today, we're gonna be talking
about fractions.

651
00:30:18,381 --> 00:30:20,296
Fractions are your friend.

652
00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:22,908
You use fractions
in everyday life. Jup-whup-jup!

653
00:30:24,213 --> 00:30:26,041
You just don't realize it.

654
00:30:26,085 --> 00:30:29,131
For example, say your
mother bakes a pie.

655
00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:30,829
She cuts the... Jup-whup-whup!

656
00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:34,615
Cohen...

657
00:30:34,658 --> 00:30:37,357
just go to the principal's office.

658
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,490
Ooh...

659
00:30:40,534 --> 00:30:44,843
Not the best way to introduce
myself to the principal.

660
00:30:44,886 --> 00:30:46,583
Whup-whup!

661
00:30:46,627 --> 00:30:49,021
Whup-whup-whup!

662
00:30:50,152 --> 00:30:51,371
Whup.

663
00:30:51,414 --> 00:30:53,373
Whup-whup.

664
00:30:56,332 --> 00:30:58,639
What do you think
a school is for, Brad?

665
00:30:58,682 --> 00:30:59,945
Whup-whup-drop!

666
00:30:59,988 --> 00:31:02,034
I'm sorry I keep disrupting
the class.

667
00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:03,296
You're not answering
my question.

668
00:31:03,339 --> 00:31:05,994
What's a school for?

669
00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:07,648
To educate, isn't it?

670
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:09,041
Whup-drop!

671
00:31:09,084 --> 00:31:10,869
To use knowledge
to wipe out ignorance.

672
00:31:17,571 --> 00:31:19,181
The school's orchestra
is having a concert

673
00:31:19,225 --> 00:31:20,966
this afternoon—
you planning on going?

674
00:31:21,009 --> 00:31:23,185
No, sir, my tics
will ruin the music.

675
00:31:23,229 --> 00:31:25,100
Hmm.

676
00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:26,928
I want you to be there.

677
00:31:32,586 --> 00:31:34,153
Drop-drop.

678
00:31:37,286 --> 00:31:38,157
Jup-jup.

679
00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:41,725
Drop-drop.

680
00:31:41,769 --> 00:31:43,423
Drop-drop!

681
00:31:44,554 --> 00:31:46,513
Wha-wha.

682
00:31:46,556 --> 00:31:48,558
J-jup-jup.

683
00:31:48,602 --> 00:31:49,864
Jup!

684
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:50,865
Shh.

685
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,780
Jup!

686
00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:00,309
Everybody, just keep your seats
for a minute, please.

687
00:32:02,224 --> 00:32:03,834
Thank you.

688
00:32:03,878 --> 00:32:05,184
Did you enjoy the concert?

689
00:32:06,576 --> 00:32:08,056
Great job.

690
00:32:10,406 --> 00:32:13,540
Did you hear any noises
during the quiet parts?

691
00:32:13,583 --> 00:32:15,194
Yes.
Wha-jop-jup.

692
00:32:17,326 --> 00:32:19,459
Yeah, so did I.
Drop-drop.

693
00:32:19,502 --> 00:32:21,591
They're pretty annoying,
aren't they?

694
00:32:21,635 --> 00:32:24,551
The person making those noises

695
00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:26,031
is Brad Cohen.

696
00:32:31,819 --> 00:32:32,907
Come on up here, Brad.

697
00:32:41,176 --> 00:32:42,961
J-jop-jop.

698
00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:48,227
Jop.

699
00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:58,193
Whup-whup.

700
00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:02,023
Whup-whup.

701
00:33:04,286 --> 00:33:05,679
Whup-whup.

702
00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:14,731
Do you like making noises
and upsetting people, Brad?

703
00:33:14,775 --> 00:33:17,386
No, sir.

704
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:18,518
Then why do you do it?

705
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,216
Wh-wha!

706
00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:23,175
Because I have
Tourette's syndrome.

707
00:33:23,218 --> 00:33:25,829
Drop.
What's that?

708
00:33:25,873 --> 00:33:27,831
It's a thing
in my brain

709
00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:29,790
that causes me
to make weird noises.

710
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,577
But you could control it
if you wanted to, right?

711
00:33:34,621 --> 00:33:36,144
Yop... no, sir.

712
00:33:36,188 --> 00:33:38,059
It's a sickness.

713
00:33:38,103 --> 00:33:39,191
Hmm.

714
00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:42,281
Well, why can't you
just get cured?

715
00:33:42,324 --> 00:33:44,196
There isn't any cure.

716
00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:49,636
I don't like making noises
any more

717
00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:51,507
than you like hearing them.

718
00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:55,468
They're even worse
when I get stressed.

719
00:33:55,511 --> 00:33:59,820
When you don't accept
that I can't stop them.

720
00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:04,825
But when I feel accepted,
then they're not so bad.

721
00:34:04,868 --> 00:34:07,958
What can we do?

722
00:34:08,002 --> 00:34:10,135
And I mean everyone
in this school.

723
00:34:13,790 --> 00:34:16,141
What can we do
to help you, Brad?

724
00:34:19,970 --> 00:34:22,190
I just want to be treated
like everybody else.

725
00:34:26,673 --> 00:34:28,675
Good job.

726
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:30,068
You can sit down.J-jup.

727
00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:32,157
Drop-drop.

728
00:34:38,032 --> 00:34:40,643
Drop-drop.

729
00:34:40,687 --> 00:34:42,254
Drop-drop.

730
00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:45,692
Drop-drop-wha.

731
00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:03,101
Drop.

732
00:35:05,277 --> 00:35:09,324
A few words,
a little education,

733
00:35:09,368 --> 00:35:12,240
and it was like opening a door
to a brand-new world.

734
00:35:23,251 --> 00:35:25,993
Now someday, some way,
I knew...

735
00:35:26,036 --> 00:35:29,127
Tourette's or no Tourette's,

736
00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:32,130
I was going to be a teacher.

737
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,355
I had no choice
but to prove Tourette's

738
00:35:40,399 --> 00:35:42,531
would never get the best of me.

739
00:35:42,575 --> 00:35:45,360
If I quit, I'd be agreeing
with everyone

740
00:35:45,404 --> 00:35:48,537
who had ever told me I was
barking up the wrong tree.

741
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:51,061
Mm-hmm.

742
00:35:51,105 --> 00:35:53,890
Hmm.

743
00:35:53,934 --> 00:35:56,284
Hmm. Uh, sorry
about the air-conditioning.

744
00:35:56,328 --> 00:35:58,591
It's supposed to have already
been fixed by now.

745
00:35:58,634 --> 00:36:01,420
Oh, that's, uh...

746
00:36:01,463 --> 00:36:04,945
Well, your, um...
your résumé looks okay,

747
00:36:04,988 --> 00:36:06,642
and we do have an opening
in the fifth grade.

748
00:36:06,686 --> 00:36:09,819
Okay. I...

749
00:36:09,863 --> 00:36:11,299
But I do have
to tell you,

750
00:36:11,343 --> 00:36:13,388
this is a tough place to work.

751
00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:16,609
Um, we've got some really
hard cases.

752
00:36:16,652 --> 00:36:18,480
Well, I take that as a challenge.

753
00:36:18,524 --> 00:36:20,743
I don't believe
that any kid is hopeless.

754
00:36:20,787 --> 00:36:21,570
They all want to learn.

755
00:36:21,614 --> 00:36:23,485
You can't ever give up.

756
00:36:23,529 --> 00:36:25,487
You just, uh, got to find
the right way to teach them.

757
00:36:25,531 --> 00:36:26,706
You got something stuck
in your throat.

758
00:36:26,749 --> 00:36:28,534
Would you like a drink?

759
00:36:28,577 --> 00:36:29,578
I have Tourette's syndrome.

760
00:36:29,622 --> 00:36:31,189
I'd like to tell you...

761
00:36:31,232 --> 00:36:34,279
Tourette's? Isn't that where
you yell out obscenities?

762
00:36:34,322 --> 00:36:36,324
That's coprolalia.
It's a rare symptom

763
00:36:36,368 --> 00:36:37,586
that a small percentage
of people with Tourette's have.

764
00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:38,892
I don't have that.

765
00:36:38,935 --> 00:36:40,198
Listen. They did not tell me

766
00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:41,590
that you were going to be
handicapped.

767
00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:44,419
How do you expect to handle
a bunch of wild students

768
00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:47,161
with a handicap like that?

769
00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:48,728
Well, by educating them.

770
00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:51,339
By letting them know
it's okay to talk about it.

771
00:36:51,383 --> 00:36:54,081
These students would laugh
at you.

772
00:36:57,127 --> 00:36:58,564
Uh...

773
00:36:58,607 --> 00:37:01,741
Not... when they understand
it's simply...

774
00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:05,484
Okay, I have seen teachers
with disabilities before

775
00:37:05,527 --> 00:37:08,487
and never with what you've got.

776
00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:10,576
I just don't see how
you could ever teach a class.

777
00:37:13,143 --> 00:37:14,841
I can teach...

778
00:37:14,884 --> 00:37:16,799
Look at my résumé.

779
00:37:16,843 --> 00:37:18,236
Look at it.

780
00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:19,498
Okay, I was very successful
as a student teacher.

781
00:37:19,541 --> 00:37:20,673
My Tourette's never posed
a problem.

782
00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,937
I can teach. Okay, bottom line.

783
00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:27,767
I need somebody now
for the fifth grade.

784
00:37:27,810 --> 00:37:32,075
You want to teach here,
you're going to have to refrain

785
00:37:32,119 --> 00:37:33,425
from making these
noises in class.

786
00:37:36,471 --> 00:37:39,474
You know what?
Thank you very much

787
00:37:39,518 --> 00:37:41,433
for the interview.
But don't you want the job?

788
00:37:41,476 --> 00:37:44,392
Yes, actually.
I want it really bad.

789
00:37:44,436 --> 00:37:46,394
But I would never ever work
for a man

790
00:37:46,438 --> 00:37:48,353
that doesn't care
about his students.

791
00:37:48,396 --> 00:37:50,006
So I'll take my portfolio
and, uh,

792
00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:52,008
and take no more of your time.

793
00:37:52,052 --> 00:37:53,488
You got a great boss.

794
00:37:56,839 --> 00:37:58,841
Wow.

795
00:38:47,586 --> 00:38:49,196
That was the worst interview
I've ever had.

796
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,459
All he could see when he looked
at me was my Tourette's.

797
00:38:51,503 --> 00:38:53,766
That's all any of them see.

798
00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:56,377
Well, honey, if they can't see
what a great teacher

799
00:38:56,421 --> 00:38:58,336
you would be, that is
their failure, not yours.

800
00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:01,077
Well, it sure seems
like my failure.

801
00:39:01,121 --> 00:39:03,036
Well...

802
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:05,038
If you say so.

803
00:39:05,081 --> 00:39:06,518
You know what?

804
00:39:06,561 --> 00:39:08,520
Why don't you just throw
in the towel and come home, huh?

805
00:39:08,563 --> 00:39:09,999
I'll buy you a ticket.

806
00:39:10,043 --> 00:39:11,827
I'm not saying that.

807
00:39:11,871 --> 00:39:13,176
Really? It's sounds like
that's what you're saying.

808
00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:14,482
It sounds like you're letting
Tourette's win.

809
00:39:14,526 --> 00:39:16,963
I am not letting Tourette's win.

810
00:39:17,006 --> 00:39:17,529
Really?

811
00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:18,747
Yes, really.

812
00:39:18,791 --> 00:39:20,532
Look, I'm never going to give up.

813
00:39:20,575 --> 00:39:22,055
I just..

814
00:39:22,098 --> 00:39:24,753
I have to find the right school.

815
00:39:24,797 --> 00:39:26,320
You will, Bobo.

816
00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,800
You will.

817
00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:35,198
So I decided it wasn't Tourette's.

818
00:39:35,242 --> 00:39:38,376
I just hadn't found
the right school yet.

819
00:39:38,419 --> 00:39:40,290
I'd keep barking,
and I wasn't quitting

820
00:39:40,334 --> 00:39:43,468
until I found that principal.

821
00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:46,601
I made a map of every school
where I hadn't interviewed.

822
00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:18,154
If the principal wasn't in,
I'd give my résumé

823
00:40:18,198 --> 00:40:20,069
to his secretary or a janitor

824
00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:22,681
and ask them to drop it off
when the principal returned.

825
00:40:22,724 --> 00:40:25,553
I didn't care; I needed a job.

826
00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:33,909
I wasn't going to stop
until I had one.

827
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,609
You'll be starting at the bottom,

828
00:40:37,652 --> 00:40:39,045
but that's no big deal.

829
00:40:39,088 --> 00:40:40,481
That's where I started.

830
00:40:40,525 --> 00:40:41,961
And you're working 7:00 to 4:00.

831
00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,832
I told you this was
only part-time.

832
00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:46,008
I need to keep my mornings
open for interviews.

833
00:40:46,052 --> 00:40:47,270
I thought that school
had started already.

834
00:40:47,314 --> 00:40:48,489
No, not all of them.

835
00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:50,056
Well, we'll see what happens.

836
00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:52,537
Here are your tools
of the trade.

837
00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:54,452
At least for the time being.

838
00:40:54,495 --> 00:40:56,062
Like I said, at the bottom.

839
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:57,716
But every job is important here,

840
00:40:57,759 --> 00:40:58,891
and who knows,
maybe you'll end up liking it.

841
00:40:58,934 --> 00:41:00,283
And if you put your time in...

842
00:41:00,327 --> 00:41:01,850
Didn't you hear
what I just said?

843
00:41:01,894 --> 00:41:04,505
I'm only working here
until I get a teaching job.

844
00:41:07,726 --> 00:41:09,554
All that stuff has to go
in the dumpster.

845
00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:14,646
The hiring season was ending.

846
00:41:14,689 --> 00:41:16,735
My interviews had dried up.

847
00:41:16,778 --> 00:41:18,650
School had started.

848
00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:21,479
I was running out of time
and money... and hope.

849
00:41:31,576 --> 00:41:32,794
Diane.

850
00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:34,274
I gave up on you
ever coming to me,

851
00:41:34,317 --> 00:41:35,667
so I just came to you.

852
00:41:35,710 --> 00:41:37,320
You busy?

853
00:41:37,364 --> 00:41:40,193
It was my stepmom Diane,

854
00:41:40,236 --> 00:41:42,804
trying to build bridges with bagels.

855
00:41:42,848 --> 00:41:45,241
Your dad built his business
with his own two hands.

856
00:41:45,285 --> 00:41:48,418
You can't blame him for wanting
you to be a part of it.

857
00:41:48,462 --> 00:41:50,290
He's just being a dad.

858
00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:52,553
He wants you in his life.

859
00:41:56,122 --> 00:41:57,776
So how do you like Atlanta?

860
00:41:57,819 --> 00:42:00,126
You meeting any nice girls?

861
00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:05,087
I'm just saying
all the right things, huh?

862
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:07,481
Let me get you a refill.

863
00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,483
Brad, Brad.

864
00:42:12,051 --> 00:42:13,400
Your dad loves you...

865
00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:14,923
Da!
so much.

866
00:42:14,967 --> 00:42:18,492
Wa!

867
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:21,016
He just doesn't want
to see you get hurt.

868
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:22,583
The only thing
that hurts is the fact

869
00:42:22,627 --> 00:42:24,237
that he has never
accepted who I am.

870
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:25,804
Ja! Ja!

871
00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:28,371
See, he's got this idea
of a perfect son...

872
00:42:28,415 --> 00:42:30,591
who is normal and
does normal things.

873
00:42:30,635 --> 00:42:32,724
Well, I'm never going
to be normal.

874
00:42:32,767 --> 00:42:36,466
Well, maybe that's
not hisidea, Brad.

875
00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:38,120
Maybe that's yours.

876
00:42:38,164 --> 00:42:39,644
And you're right.

877
00:42:39,687 --> 00:42:42,168
You are not normal.

878
00:42:42,211 --> 00:42:45,780
You have the gift...
to teach.

879
00:42:49,871 --> 00:42:52,091
And it's not in spite
of your Tourette's.

880
00:42:56,486 --> 00:42:58,271
It's because of it.

881
00:43:04,277 --> 00:43:05,931
I have to go.

882
00:43:27,909 --> 00:43:29,868
Ba! Ra!

883
00:43:29,911 --> 00:43:32,131
Hello, this is Brad.

884
00:43:32,174 --> 00:43:35,003
Uh... yes, uh,
that's a sheepdog.

885
00:43:35,047 --> 00:43:36,483
Uh-huh.

886
00:43:36,526 --> 00:43:37,789
Yep, Brad, Brad Cohen.

887
00:43:40,182 --> 00:43:43,229
10:00 is, is perfect for me.

888
00:43:43,272 --> 00:43:44,404
Absolutely.

889
00:43:44,447 --> 00:43:45,666
Okay, great.

890
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:49,757
Wa!

891
00:43:49,801 --> 00:43:51,193
Ba! Ba!

892
00:43:51,237 --> 00:43:52,368
Ba!

893
00:43:55,023 --> 00:43:56,546
Da! Da!

894
00:44:02,596 --> 00:44:05,164
Da! Ha!

895
00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:07,470
Raise your hand.
Raise your hand.

896
00:44:07,514 --> 00:44:09,559
You got to raise your hand.
Come on...

897
00:44:09,603 --> 00:44:12,127
You must be Brad Cohen.

898
00:44:12,171 --> 00:44:13,128
Hi.

899
00:44:13,172 --> 00:44:14,347
Ja! Ra!

900
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:16,871
Jim Ovbey.
I'm the principal around here.

901
00:44:16,915 --> 00:44:19,352
Hilarie Straka, assistant principal.
Hi.

902
00:44:19,395 --> 00:44:20,919
Come on in the office, Brad.

903
00:44:20,962 --> 00:44:23,008
We heard you coming all the way
from the parking lot.

904
00:44:24,313 --> 00:44:26,272
I hear you've been making
the rounds.

905
00:44:26,315 --> 00:44:27,403
Uh, 25 schools so far.

906
00:44:27,447 --> 00:44:28,753
Ja! Ja!

907
00:44:28,796 --> 00:44:30,058
And, uh, here's,
here's my résumé.

908
00:44:30,102 --> 00:44:31,233
Oh, here...
Oh.

909
00:44:31,277 --> 00:44:32,931
We can look at that
in a minute, Brad.

910
00:44:32,974 --> 00:44:36,238
Just come on in and tell us
why you want to be a teacher.

911
00:44:36,282 --> 00:44:38,501
Okay.

912
00:44:38,545 --> 00:44:39,502
Well, it's, uh...

913
00:44:40,939 --> 00:44:42,723
it's all I ever wanted
to be— wa!--

914
00:44:42,767 --> 00:44:44,116
ever since I was in school.

915
00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:46,031
You must have had some
pretty inspiring teachers.

916
00:44:46,074 --> 00:44:49,948
Uh, well, I had an inspiring
principal— Mr. Myer—

917
00:44:49,991 --> 00:44:52,515
but my teachers—
they really only inspired me

918
00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:54,343
to be the kind of teachers
that they never were.

919
00:44:54,387 --> 00:44:55,605
Ja! Wa! Wa!

920
00:44:55,649 --> 00:44:58,608
What kind of teacher is that?

921
00:44:58,652 --> 00:45:01,437
One who makes it possible
for a kid to learn,

922
00:45:01,481 --> 00:45:04,179
even if he's different.

923
00:45:04,223 --> 00:45:08,618
In a way, the best teacher
I ever had was my Tourette's.

924
00:45:08,662 --> 00:45:10,142
Y-You don't have to
talk about that, Brad.

925
00:45:10,185 --> 00:45:11,447
N-No, it's okay.

926
00:45:11,491 --> 00:45:13,493
I make a point
of being open about it.

927
00:45:13,536 --> 00:45:16,061
It's never off-limits
to my students.

928
00:45:16,104 --> 00:45:18,150
They can ask me anything
they want about it at any time.

929
00:45:18,193 --> 00:45:19,455
Wa!

930
00:45:19,499 --> 00:45:20,718
You must get some pretty
interesting questions.

931
00:45:20,761 --> 00:45:22,850
Oh, yeah.

932
00:45:22,894 --> 00:45:25,940
Sometimes it gets
really personal.

933
00:45:25,984 --> 00:45:26,941
I hope this question

934
00:45:26,985 --> 00:45:28,769
isn't too personal, Brad.

935
00:45:30,118 --> 00:45:32,338
Do you make those noises

936
00:45:32,381 --> 00:45:33,861
in your sleep?

937
00:45:35,254 --> 00:45:37,430
I don't know.

938
00:45:37,473 --> 00:45:38,431
I'm asleep.

939
00:45:41,129 --> 00:45:42,522
No.

940
00:45:42,565 --> 00:45:44,393
No, I, I don't tic in my sleep.

941
00:45:44,437 --> 00:45:47,353
When I'm relaxed, the noises
give me a little bit of a break.

942
00:45:47,396 --> 00:45:49,311
Like just now.

943
00:45:49,355 --> 00:45:50,530
Okay, Brad.

944
00:45:50,573 --> 00:45:51,836
I want to hear more

945
00:45:51,879 --> 00:45:53,925
about your teaching philosophy.

946
00:45:53,968 --> 00:45:56,579
Yeah, I'd love to tell you
about my teaching philosophy.

947
00:45:56,623 --> 00:45:59,191
We talked for nearly two hours.

948
00:45:59,234 --> 00:46:01,410
It was the best interview
I had ever had.

949
00:46:02,803 --> 00:46:04,849
Well, Brad,
it was a pleasure to meet you.

950
00:46:04,892 --> 00:46:06,633
Yeah, you, too, you, too.

951
00:46:06,676 --> 00:46:08,940
We've still got a few more
teachers to interview... Wa! Wa! Wa!

952
00:46:08,983 --> 00:46:10,680
but we'll let you know
when we've made a decision.

953
00:46:10,724 --> 00:46:11,812
Okay, great.

954
00:46:11,856 --> 00:46:15,511
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.

955
00:46:15,555 --> 00:46:18,384
Yes!

956
00:46:19,994 --> 00:46:22,997
Still, my constant companion,
as always,

957
00:46:23,041 --> 00:46:26,218
warned me
not to get my hopes up.

958
00:46:26,261 --> 00:46:29,961
But hope is a hard habit
to break.

959
00:46:34,356 --> 00:46:36,532
Ba!

960
00:46:57,336 --> 00:47:01,166
Ja! Wa! Wa!

961
00:47:09,478 --> 00:47:11,306
I was called one last time

962
00:47:11,350 --> 00:47:12,873
and asked to come in and meet
with the second-grade staff.

963
00:47:12,917 --> 00:47:15,136
Ja!

964
00:47:15,180 --> 00:47:17,922
Oh, so you student-taught
second grade?

965
00:47:17,965 --> 00:47:19,880
Oh, I love second grade.

966
00:47:19,924 --> 00:47:21,490
The kids are still
so open-minded.

967
00:47:21,534 --> 00:47:22,927
They're open to everything.

968
00:47:22,970 --> 00:47:25,146
Yes, but you do manage

969
00:47:25,190 --> 00:47:26,713
to maintain a little discipline, right?

970
00:47:26,756 --> 00:47:28,454
While they're being so open?

971
00:47:28,497 --> 00:47:31,022
Fa! Wa! I do let them know
what the boundaries are, yes.

972
00:47:31,065 --> 00:47:32,284
Fa!

973
00:47:32,327 --> 00:47:33,894
So, Brad, what do you think

974
00:47:33,938 --> 00:47:36,070
is the most important thing
youhave to teach?

975
00:47:36,114 --> 00:47:37,376
Yeah.

976
00:47:37,419 --> 00:47:40,727
Uh, well, besides the
importance of reading

977
00:47:40,770 --> 00:47:42,207
and the value of math,

978
00:47:42,250 --> 00:47:44,513
that it's okay to be yourself.

979
00:47:44,557 --> 00:47:45,732
Wa! Ja! Wa!

980
00:47:45,775 --> 00:47:47,299
It's okay to color
outside the lines

981
00:47:47,342 --> 00:47:48,735
if that's who you are.

982
00:47:48,778 --> 00:47:52,478
So, um, it's okay
to ignore the boundaries?

983
00:47:52,521 --> 00:47:54,480
No, and I, I didn't... ja!

984
00:47:54,523 --> 00:47:55,655
Fa! Fa!

985
00:47:55,698 --> 00:47:58,092
Ja! Ja! Wa!
I'm sorry,

986
00:47:58,136 --> 00:48:00,486
but how can you expect kids
to learn

987
00:48:00,529 --> 00:48:01,226
when you're doing that
all the time?

988
00:48:01,269 --> 00:48:02,923
Oh, come on, Brenda.

989
00:48:02,967 --> 00:48:04,403
No, no, no. It's okay.

990
00:48:04,446 --> 00:48:06,666
It's a valid question,
and I want to answer it. Ja!

991
00:48:08,189 --> 00:48:10,061
Before they know me,

992
00:48:10,104 --> 00:48:13,412
kids sometimes do think
I'm just weird, or even scary,

993
00:48:13,455 --> 00:48:16,023
but once I educate them
about my Tourette's...

994
00:48:16,067 --> 00:48:17,198
Fa! Fa! and
they can see that

995
00:48:17,242 --> 00:48:18,939
that Mr. Cohen's a real person,

996
00:48:18,983 --> 00:48:20,898
who just happens
to make funny noises,

997
00:48:20,941 --> 00:48:23,074
well... then they accept me

998
00:48:23,117 --> 00:48:25,032
as a good teacher. Ja!

999
00:48:25,076 --> 00:48:28,079
Just like they
accept all of you.

1000
00:48:29,384 --> 00:48:31,952
Well, maybe we should all

1001
00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:33,214
try to be more
like second graders.

1002
00:48:34,694 --> 00:48:37,610
Does anyone have any
other questions for Mr. Cohen?

1003
00:48:39,003 --> 00:48:41,962
Brad, thanks
for coming in.

1004
00:48:42,006 --> 00:48:43,094
The school will be
in touch with you,

1005
00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:45,879
and, so just be patient.

1006
00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,968
It's hard to be patient
when you feel as though

1007
00:48:48,012 --> 00:48:49,013
you've blown your last chance,

1008
00:48:49,056 --> 00:48:50,362
and patience was never

1009
00:48:50,405 --> 00:48:52,451
my constant companion's
strong suit.

1010
00:48:52,494 --> 00:48:54,540
I'm guessing you never
heard from that school.

1011
00:48:54,583 --> 00:48:56,672
No, not yet. They're
still interviewing. Wa! Wa!

1012
00:48:56,716 --> 00:48:57,630
I'm not worried. Ha.

1013
00:48:57,673 --> 00:48:58,848
Okay.

1014
00:48:58,892 --> 00:49:00,241
What's that supposed to mean?

1015
00:49:00,285 --> 00:49:01,373
I just said okay.

1016
00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:03,070
Wa! Wa! I know what you mean.

1017
00:49:03,114 --> 00:49:04,637
You don't think
anybody would hire me

1018
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:05,943
if they had a choice.
Wa! Wa!

1019
00:49:05,986 --> 00:49:07,205
What are you, a mind reader now?

1020
00:49:07,248 --> 00:49:08,423
You know what, Dad?

1021
00:49:08,467 --> 00:49:10,425
This is gonna be
my last day here.

1022
00:49:10,469 --> 00:49:12,732
Well, why don't you wait and see
if you got the job first?

1023
00:49:12,775 --> 00:49:14,734
I'm gonna get the job, Dad. Wa!

1024
00:49:14,777 --> 00:49:16,344
I just have to stay focused.

1025
00:49:16,388 --> 00:49:18,346
Why can't you stay focused
and realistic at the same time?

1026
00:49:18,390 --> 00:49:20,174
What's wrong with that?

1027
00:49:20,218 --> 00:49:21,654
Here. Wa!

1028
00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:28,052
Huh!

1029
00:49:28,095 --> 00:49:29,705
Wa! Wa!

1030
00:49:29,749 --> 00:49:31,794
Whoa! Are you all right, man?

1031
00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:33,622
You'll knock yourself out
doing that.

1032
00:49:33,666 --> 00:49:35,102
What if that happens

1033
00:49:35,146 --> 00:49:36,625
while you're driving?

1034
00:49:36,669 --> 00:49:38,105
I'm fine.
Oh, yeah. I don't know.

1035
00:49:38,149 --> 00:49:39,715
You ought to see another doctor.

1036
00:49:39,759 --> 00:49:40,847
I've seen doctors

1037
00:49:40,890 --> 00:49:42,153
my whole life, Ron.

1038
00:49:42,196 --> 00:49:43,328
Okay? They don't help.

1039
00:49:43,371 --> 00:49:44,459
Well, don't you think
you need to see

1040
00:49:44,503 --> 00:49:46,635
somebody?

1041
00:49:46,679 --> 00:49:48,637
I really don't.

1042
00:49:50,117 --> 00:49:52,337
So just...

1043
00:50:00,954 --> 00:50:03,652
There I was waiting
for the phone to ring again.

1044
00:50:03,696 --> 00:50:06,742
I tried to convince myself
something good would happen.

1045
00:50:10,790 --> 00:50:12,009
Wa!

1046
00:50:15,882 --> 00:50:17,797
My kid brother.

1047
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:19,538
Not exactly what I had in mind.

1048
00:50:19,581 --> 00:50:20,887
Oh!

1049
00:50:20,930 --> 00:50:22,628
How you doing, Bobo?

1050
00:50:22,671 --> 00:50:24,934
Jeff! What-What
are you doing here?

1051
00:50:24,978 --> 00:50:27,328
Why didn't you tell
me you were coming?

1052
00:50:27,372 --> 00:50:29,504
You know you're in
your boxers, right?

1053
00:50:29,548 --> 00:50:32,159
Did, uh, Mom send you
to check up on me?

1054
00:50:32,203 --> 00:50:33,900
Why? You need checking up on?

1055
00:50:33,943 --> 00:50:35,989
No, but...
Where do I put my stuff?

1056
00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:37,164
That's

1057
00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:38,383
great.

1058
00:50:38,426 --> 00:50:39,601
You get the couch.

1059
00:50:39,645 --> 00:50:40,559
Whoa! Nice clubs.

1060
00:50:40,602 --> 00:50:41,777
Are these new?

1061
00:50:41,821 --> 00:50:42,996
Uh, they're Dad's.

1062
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,171
He let me borrow them.

1063
00:50:44,215 --> 00:50:45,390
Thought maybe you
and I could, uh...

1064
00:50:45,433 --> 00:50:46,913
Wa! Wa! Wa! Wa!
play a little golf.

1065
00:50:46,956 --> 00:50:49,133
He got us a tee time
at his club.

1066
00:50:49,176 --> 00:50:52,832
So, what do you think, a three
iron from here, little bro? Ja!

1067
00:50:52,875 --> 00:50:54,616
Hey, by the way,
thanks for the round.

1068
00:50:54,660 --> 00:50:56,009
Well, thank Dad.

1069
00:50:56,053 --> 00:50:58,098
Oh, wait.
Ja! Wa! Wa!

1070
00:50:58,142 --> 00:50:59,099
I forgot. You guys
aren't speaking.

1071
00:50:59,143 --> 00:51:00,187
I don't want to talk

1072
00:51:00,231 --> 00:51:01,797
about Dad right now.

1073
00:51:01,841 --> 00:51:03,625
You're just saying that to
rattle me because you know...

1074
00:51:03,669 --> 00:51:04,844
ja! wa!
I'm going to beat you.

1075
00:51:04,887 --> 00:51:06,280
I'm serious, Brad.

1076
00:51:06,324 --> 00:51:07,847
You-You and Dad got
to start getting along.

1077
00:51:07,890 --> 00:51:08,978
We get along just fine.

1078
00:51:09,022 --> 00:51:10,241
Ja! Wa!

1079
00:51:10,284 --> 00:51:11,677
As long as we keep
it long-distance.

1080
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:12,939
Is that why you
moved down here?

1081
00:51:12,982 --> 00:51:13,983
To keep him long-distance?
Wa! Wa!

1082
00:51:14,027 --> 00:51:15,202
I mean,
it's not like

1083
00:51:15,246 --> 00:51:16,464
you have anything
to prove to him, right?

1084
00:51:16,508 --> 00:51:17,683
What are you now,
Jeff? A shrink?

1085
00:51:17,726 --> 00:51:18,901
Dr. Jeff, huh?

1086
00:51:18,945 --> 00:51:20,425
Wa! Wa!
I'm sorry.

1087
00:51:20,468 --> 00:51:22,427
Sir,

1088
00:51:22,470 --> 00:51:24,690
I'm going to have to ask you
to stop making those noises.

1089
00:51:24,733 --> 00:51:25,952
Look, pal, he's not doing it...

1090
00:51:25,995 --> 00:51:27,562
No, no, no. I can handle
it, Jeff. I got it.

1091
00:51:27,606 --> 00:51:29,216
Look, it's just not fair
to the other golfers.

1092
00:51:29,260 --> 00:51:31,914
No, I understand. Um, I can't
help making these noises. Ja!

1093
00:51:31,958 --> 00:51:33,002
Wa! Ja! because I have
Tourette's syndrome.

1094
00:51:33,046 --> 00:51:35,092
It's a neurological disorder.

1095
00:51:35,135 --> 00:51:36,963
I'd like to tell you
about it. Ja! Ja! Ja!

1096
00:51:37,006 --> 00:51:38,269
You're going to have
to leave the course.

1097
00:51:38,312 --> 00:51:41,315
I got to think
of the other members.

1098
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:44,449
Hey, Joe, leave the guy alone.
He's fine.

1099
00:51:44,492 --> 00:51:45,928
Hey, man,

1100
00:51:45,972 --> 00:51:47,408
we're a twosome, and
our buddies don't appear...

1101
00:51:47,452 --> 00:51:48,627
Ja! Ja!
to be showing.

1102
00:51:48,670 --> 00:51:49,889
Would you like to join us?

1103
00:51:49,932 --> 00:51:51,891
If you don't leave,

1104
00:51:51,934 --> 00:51:53,458
I'm gonna have to call security.

1105
00:51:53,501 --> 00:51:55,460
Okay. Okay.
Um... Okay.

1106
00:51:55,503 --> 00:51:56,678
Thanks, guys.

1107
00:51:56,722 --> 00:51:58,158
Maybe next year, all right?
Ja!

1108
00:51:58,202 --> 00:52:00,508
Jeff, come on.
Come on, buddy.

1109
00:52:00,552 --> 00:52:02,249
Thanks.

1110
00:52:05,948 --> 00:52:07,254
Come on, Jeff.

1111
00:52:07,298 --> 00:52:08,734
It's not like you
haven't seen it before.

1112
00:52:08,777 --> 00:52:10,518
How can you stand
living in a world

1113
00:52:10,562 --> 00:52:11,737
where everybody is
soignorant?

1114
00:52:11,780 --> 00:52:12,955
Everybody's not.

1115
00:52:12,999 --> 00:52:14,131
You saw those golfers
back there. Wa!

1116
00:52:14,174 --> 00:52:15,349
They went to bat for me.

1117
00:52:15,393 --> 00:52:16,611
My life is full
of people like that.

1118
00:52:16,655 --> 00:52:18,352
That's not always my experience.
Wa! Wa!

1119
00:52:18,396 --> 00:52:20,354
Well, that's cause you're
always getting into fights

1120
00:52:20,398 --> 00:52:22,487
sticking up for me.
You and Mom.

1121
00:52:22,530 --> 00:52:24,228
You've always been there
for me and my tics.

1122
00:52:24,271 --> 00:52:25,664
You know what?
What?

1123
00:52:25,707 --> 00:52:27,187
You're beginning to tickme off.
Oh, yeah?

1124
00:52:27,231 --> 00:52:28,493
Race you to the car.
What?

1125
00:52:28,536 --> 00:52:29,711
Hey! Hey!
Sucker!

1126
00:52:29,755 --> 00:52:31,670
Cheater!

1127
00:52:31,713 --> 00:52:33,802
Jeff's visit did give me
a break from my worries. Uh! Uh!

1128
00:52:33,846 --> 00:52:36,762
And right after he left,
I got a call from the school.

1129
00:52:36,805 --> 00:52:38,894
The principal wanted
to see me in his office.

1130
00:52:38,938 --> 00:52:40,374
Ha!

1131
00:52:40,418 --> 00:52:42,159
Just like old times.

1132
00:52:57,913 --> 00:53:00,394
Pretty noisy, huh?

1133
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,398
And yet somehow the kids manage.

1134
00:53:04,442 --> 00:53:05,965
Don't they?

1135
00:53:07,096 --> 00:53:09,360
Yes, they do.

1136
00:53:09,403 --> 00:53:11,579
They do.

1137
00:53:11,623 --> 00:53:13,973
Hilarie and I discussed
you with the teachers.

1138
00:53:14,016 --> 00:53:15,844
Ja!

1139
00:53:15,888 --> 00:53:20,545
And we talked about how proud
we are of teaching our kids

1140
00:53:20,588 --> 00:53:23,287
to never let anything
hold them back in life.

1141
00:53:26,507 --> 00:53:30,163
And Hilarie said if we're
going to talk the talk,

1142
00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:33,732
we need to walk the walk.

1143
00:53:33,775 --> 00:53:35,647
She's waiting to show you
your classroom.

1144
00:53:36,691 --> 00:53:39,172
Welcome.

1145
00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,218
All right.

1146
00:53:41,261 --> 00:53:42,741
The second grade is overcrowded,

1147
00:53:42,784 --> 00:53:44,917
so we've had
to create a new class.

1148
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,006
Your kids are being taken
out of other rooms,

1149
00:53:47,049 --> 00:53:49,530
so some of them might be
a little confused.

1150
00:53:49,574 --> 00:53:51,445
They've already been in
school for three weeks.

1151
00:53:51,489 --> 00:53:54,143
Ba!

1152
00:53:58,104 --> 00:53:59,801
There's your student roster.

1153
00:54:02,195 --> 00:54:04,153
The fun starts Monday, Brad.

1154
00:54:04,197 --> 00:54:05,764
Let me know
if there's anything you need.

1155
00:54:05,807 --> 00:54:06,765
I need everything.

1156
00:54:06,808 --> 00:54:08,462
Fa!

1157
00:54:08,506 --> 00:54:10,899
I looked down at that roster
like I was announcing

1158
00:54:10,943 --> 00:54:13,772
the starting lineup
for an all-star baseball game.

1159
00:54:13,815 --> 00:54:15,077
Hilarie, this is, uh...
Thank you.

1160
00:54:15,121 --> 00:54:18,994
Hey, we thought
you might need these.

1161
00:54:19,038 --> 00:54:21,432
Hey, everybody, bring 'em in.

1162
00:54:21,475 --> 00:54:23,347
Just put 'em down anywhere.

1163
00:54:23,390 --> 00:54:25,218
We'll get 'em arranged.

1164
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:26,611
The... Here, let me help you
with that. Thank you.

1165
00:54:27,916 --> 00:54:29,266
Wa!

1166
00:54:31,398 --> 00:54:34,401
Welcome to Mountain View.
Wa!

1167
00:54:36,490 --> 00:54:37,970
Yeah, Mom, it's phenomenal,
but, you know,

1168
00:54:38,013 --> 00:54:39,319
it's taken me
so long to get here,

1169
00:54:39,363 --> 00:54:40,799
I still have to remind myself
that I'm just

1170
00:54:40,842 --> 00:54:42,366
at the beginning.
Wa! Wa!

1171
00:54:42,409 --> 00:54:44,716
Oh, honey, that is...

1172
00:54:44,759 --> 00:54:47,022
that is wonderful news!

1173
00:54:47,066 --> 00:54:47,762
That's wonderful.

1174
00:54:47,806 --> 00:54:49,286
Yes, Mom,

1175
00:54:49,329 --> 00:54:50,591
it is absolutely wonderful,
but, you know,

1176
00:54:50,635 --> 00:54:51,810
they've only given me a contract
for a year.

1177
00:54:51,853 --> 00:54:52,811
Okay?
Pa! Pa!

1178
00:54:52,854 --> 00:54:53,986
I still have to prove to them

1179
00:54:54,029 --> 00:54:56,118
that they've made
the right choice.

1180
00:54:56,162 --> 00:54:57,859
Honey, listen, just take
a moment to enjoy this.

1181
00:54:57,903 --> 00:54:58,947
Oh, my gosh.

1182
00:54:58,991 --> 00:55:00,166
Oh, my...
Did you call your father?

1183
00:55:00,209 --> 00:55:01,689
He is going to be so proud.

1184
00:55:01,733 --> 00:55:03,300
Wa!
I will, Mom,

1185
00:55:03,343 --> 00:55:05,519
but, you know, right now,
I literally have about two weeks

1186
00:55:05,563 --> 00:55:07,478
of preparation to do
in about two days,

1187
00:55:07,521 --> 00:55:09,654
and, uh, you know,
now that I have the job,

1188
00:55:09,697 --> 00:55:11,351
I got to really,
seriously start working

1189
00:55:11,395 --> 00:55:12,483
on getting my master's degree.

1190
00:55:12,526 --> 00:55:14,920
Okay, one thing at a time,
all right?

1191
00:55:14,963 --> 00:55:16,661
Listen, are there any
cute teachers at that school?

1192
00:55:16,704 --> 00:55:17,792
Mom!

1193
00:55:17,836 --> 00:55:19,316
Well, I want you to be happy.

1194
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:20,621
Okay, all right.
Yes. Don't worry.

1195
00:55:20,665 --> 00:55:21,709
I'm working on that, too.

1196
00:55:21,753 --> 00:55:24,233
I got to go.
Good-bye.

1197
00:55:36,507 --> 00:55:39,074
Ha! Ja! Wa!

1198
00:55:39,118 --> 00:55:41,512
Whoa!

1199
00:55:41,555 --> 00:55:43,862
You must be Brad.

1200
00:55:45,254 --> 00:55:47,909
You must be Nancy. Ra!

1201
00:55:47,953 --> 00:55:49,998
Ra! Ra!
Hi, I'm Brad.

1202
00:55:50,042 --> 00:55:51,260
I know.

1203
00:55:51,304 --> 00:55:53,872
Right, of course.

1204
00:55:53,915 --> 00:55:55,177
I guess I'm a little nervous.

1205
00:55:55,221 --> 00:55:56,527
Please.

1206
00:55:56,570 --> 00:55:57,919
Ha!

1207
00:55:57,963 --> 00:55:59,921
This is my first time,
uh, computer dating, so...

1208
00:55:59,965 --> 00:56:00,879
Ga! Wa!
Oh, yeah.

1209
00:56:00,922 --> 00:56:02,359
Ra!
Me, too.

1210
00:56:02,402 --> 00:56:04,012
My mom thinks
it's dangerous.

1211
00:56:04,056 --> 00:56:05,623
Ra! Well, yeah.

1212
00:56:05,666 --> 00:56:08,060
I mean, you never know what
kind of weirdo you might meet,

1213
00:56:08,103 --> 00:56:09,844
but you look
pretty normal, so...

1214
00:56:12,673 --> 00:56:14,196
Good, I'm glad.

1215
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:17,417
Yeah. Actually, you look
much better than normal.

1216
00:56:17,461 --> 00:56:20,072
Thank you.

1217
00:56:20,115 --> 00:56:21,639
So, uh,

1218
00:56:21,682 --> 00:56:22,857
I guess we're just supposed

1219
00:56:22,901 --> 00:56:24,859
to tell each other
our life stories, or...?

1220
00:56:24,903 --> 00:56:26,121
Um, okay,

1221
00:56:26,165 --> 00:56:27,645
do-do you think I...
Ya! Ha!

1222
00:56:27,688 --> 00:56:30,125
Do you think I could get
a cup of coffee first?

1223
00:56:30,169 --> 00:56:31,605
Cup of coffee?
Yeah.

1224
00:56:31,649 --> 00:56:33,694
Right. Yeah.
Of course, coming up.

1225
00:56:33,738 --> 00:56:36,697
Thanks.
Uh, do you want, like, a muffin?

1226
00:56:36,741 --> 00:56:39,657
Uh, I'm on a diet.

1227
00:56:39,700 --> 00:56:41,398
But I would love a muffin.

1228
00:56:49,754 --> 00:56:53,801
My roommate is driving me
absolutely crazy.

1229
00:56:53,845 --> 00:56:58,284
She never makes her bed.
She's got clothes everywhere.

1230
00:56:58,327 --> 00:56:59,894
She's, like,
always blasting her music...

1231
00:56:59,938 --> 00:57:00,895
Ba! Ha! Wa! Ba!

1232
00:57:00,939 --> 00:57:02,462
night and day,
but of course,

1233
00:57:02,506 --> 00:57:04,333
whenever I want to listen
to my music,

1234
00:57:04,377 --> 00:57:06,597
she's all like,
"You need to keep it down."

1235
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:10,557
Da! So what kind of music
do you listen to?

1236
00:57:10,601 --> 00:57:12,646
Well, um...
Yeah?

1237
00:57:12,690 --> 00:57:14,039
Mostly oldies stuff.

1238
00:57:14,082 --> 00:57:17,042
Uh-huh. Especially Sting.
Oh, I love Sting.

1239
00:57:17,085 --> 00:57:20,785
Uh, Madonna, Bon Jovi,

1240
00:57:20,828 --> 00:57:24,353
you know... Milli Vanilli?

1241
00:57:24,397 --> 00:57:25,616
I love Milli Vanilli.

1242
00:57:25,659 --> 00:57:27,356
Really?

1243
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:28,793
Wait, you, too?

1244
00:57:28,836 --> 00:57:30,316
We've got to be
the only two people on Earth—

1245
00:57:30,359 --> 00:57:31,317
ja, ja!--

1246
00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:32,710
that love Milli Vanilli.

1247
00:57:32,753 --> 00:57:34,451
You do not.
Yeah.

1248
00:57:40,413 --> 00:57:42,415
Well, I had a really nice time.

1249
00:57:42,459 --> 00:57:43,372
Thank you.

1250
00:57:45,549 --> 00:57:46,811
I shouldn't have had
that muffin, but...

1251
00:57:48,073 --> 00:57:49,509
Uh, I...

1252
00:57:49,553 --> 00:57:50,858
I really enjoyed
meeting you. Yeah, me, too.

1253
00:57:50,902 --> 00:57:53,121
Fa! Fa!

1254
00:57:55,994 --> 00:57:57,212
Okay, well,

1255
00:57:57,256 --> 00:57:59,998
thanks again, Brad.

1256
00:58:07,571 --> 00:58:10,138
Aah! Yeah.

1257
00:58:11,357 --> 00:58:12,793
Ya! Ya!

1258
00:58:12,837 --> 00:58:15,230
I can't believe you.

1259
00:58:15,274 --> 00:58:17,145
You said she was perfect.

1260
00:58:17,189 --> 00:58:18,451
She was perfect.

1261
00:58:18,495 --> 00:58:19,974
I just didn't want to ruin it.

1262
00:58:20,018 --> 00:58:21,454
Oh, by asking her out again?

1263
00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:23,064
Wa!
Ah... right.

1264
00:58:23,108 --> 00:58:24,588
Second date syndrome.

1265
00:58:24,631 --> 00:58:26,807
So is that going
to be your life?

1266
00:58:26,851 --> 00:58:29,114
Nothing but first
and only dates?

1267
00:58:29,157 --> 00:58:31,203
How do you ever expect
to have a relationship?

1268
00:58:31,246 --> 00:58:32,639
Maybe I don't.

1269
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:37,557
Ba! Ba!

1270
00:59:18,642 --> 00:59:20,731
Ba!

1271
01:00:13,479 --> 01:00:15,176
Come on in. Get in there.

1272
01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:18,789
Weirdo!

1273
01:00:26,579 --> 01:00:28,276
Did your teachers warn you

1274
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,801
that Mr. Cohen makes
funny noises?

1275
01:00:30,844 --> 01:00:32,454
Yeah.

1276
01:00:32,498 --> 01:00:35,414
She said you had...
Tour... Tour...

1277
01:00:35,457 --> 01:00:36,937
Tourette's syndrome.

1278
01:00:36,981 --> 01:00:38,635
Okay, anything
you want to know about it...

1279
01:00:38,678 --> 01:00:40,593
wah, wah, wah...
I want you to ask.

1280
01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:41,594
Yes.

1281
01:00:41,638 --> 01:00:42,769
Is it catching?

1282
01:00:42,813 --> 01:00:44,989
No, absolutely not.

1283
01:00:45,032 --> 01:00:47,034
You have to be born
with it like I was.

1284
01:00:47,078 --> 01:00:48,035
Mm-hmm?

1285
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:50,255
Does it hurt?

1286
01:00:50,298 --> 01:00:52,083
Well, sometimes,
like when my neck jerks,

1287
01:00:52,126 --> 01:00:54,041
but the noises
do not hurt at all.

1288
01:00:54,085 --> 01:00:55,869
These are great questions.

1289
01:00:55,913 --> 01:00:57,088
Keep 'em coming.

1290
01:00:57,131 --> 01:00:59,699
It's okay. Ask anything...

1291
01:00:59,743 --> 01:01:00,831
about Tourette's.
Yes?

1292
01:01:00,874 --> 01:01:02,136
Can you go to movies?

1293
01:01:02,180 --> 01:01:03,747
Yes.

1294
01:01:03,790 --> 01:01:07,489
I can go to movies,
but sometimes I get kicked out,

1295
01:01:07,533 --> 01:01:08,752
and that makes me sad.

1296
01:01:10,536 --> 01:01:12,625
What's the bunny's name?

1297
01:01:12,669 --> 01:01:15,584
Wa-Wa-Waffle.

1298
01:01:15,628 --> 01:01:17,717
Wa-Wa-Wa-Wa-Waffle?

1299
01:01:19,763 --> 01:01:21,286
His name is just Waffle.

1300
01:01:21,329 --> 01:01:22,722
All right, guys.

1301
01:01:22,766 --> 01:01:25,682
Any more questions
about Tourette's?

1302
01:01:27,858 --> 01:01:30,121
Anyone?

1303
01:01:30,164 --> 01:01:32,732
Are they ever going
to make you well, Mr. Cohen?

1304
01:01:32,776 --> 01:01:35,300
Well, right now
there's no medicine

1305
01:01:35,343 --> 01:01:37,476
that can cure Tourette's...
fi-fi... but it's okay.

1306
01:01:37,519 --> 01:01:38,782
I've learned to accept it.

1307
01:01:38,825 --> 01:01:40,261
I don't let it run my life.

1308
01:01:41,219 --> 01:01:42,742
Uh-huh?

1309
01:01:42,786 --> 01:01:46,528
What can't you do?
Like can you not eat?

1310
01:01:46,572 --> 01:01:48,661
I can eat. I eat a lot.

1311
01:01:48,705 --> 01:01:51,142
In fact, I can do anything
that anybody else can do,

1312
01:01:51,185 --> 01:01:54,711
but there is... one thing
that Mr. Cohen can never do.

1313
01:01:55,755 --> 01:01:57,191
What is it?

1314
01:02:02,022 --> 01:02:06,287
Mr. Cohen can never play—
wa, wa— hide and go seek.

1315
01:02:09,595 --> 01:02:11,075
Why can't you
play hide and seek?

1316
01:02:11,118 --> 01:02:12,946
'Cause they hear
him, stupid.

1317
01:02:12,990 --> 01:02:16,994
Well, that's the right answer,
but it's the wrong words.

1318
01:02:17,037 --> 01:02:18,299
Because there won't be
any name-calling

1319
01:02:18,343 --> 01:02:19,431
in Mr. Cohen's class.

1320
01:02:19,474 --> 01:02:20,737
Wa, wa.

1321
01:02:20,780 --> 01:02:21,738
Excuse me, where you going?

1322
01:02:21,781 --> 01:02:22,826
Bathroom.

1323
01:02:22,869 --> 01:02:24,784
And what's your name?
Thomas.

1324
01:02:24,828 --> 01:02:26,873
Okay, well, Thomas,
if you want to leave your seat

1325
01:02:26,917 --> 01:02:28,179
you have to ask
for permission.

1326
01:02:29,615 --> 01:02:30,747
Weirdo.

1327
01:02:34,794 --> 01:02:36,013
Bye, Mr. Cohen.

1328
01:02:36,056 --> 01:02:37,101
Bye, Gaylon.

1329
01:02:37,144 --> 01:02:38,929
Good-bye, Mr. Cohen.

1330
01:02:38,972 --> 01:02:40,234
Oh, bye, Heather. Ba, ba.

1331
01:02:40,278 --> 01:02:41,540
I'll see you tomorrow.

1332
01:02:43,324 --> 01:02:44,543
Ba, ba, ba.

1333
01:02:44,586 --> 01:02:46,675
I really like your
class, Mr. Cohen.

1334
01:02:46,719 --> 01:02:48,677
Oh, well, thank you, Amanda.

1335
01:02:48,721 --> 01:02:49,635
How you doing, Mr. Wright?

1336
01:02:49,678 --> 01:02:50,854
I'm fine.

1337
01:02:54,074 --> 01:02:55,380
Four Eyes!
Stop.

1338
01:02:55,423 --> 01:02:57,208
Four Eyes, give them up.
Leave me alone.

1339
01:02:57,251 --> 01:02:58,470
Okay, take them, Thomas.

1340
01:02:58,513 --> 01:03:00,298
Eli, Thomas, which one

1341
01:03:00,341 --> 01:03:01,734
of you guys
thinks that you

1342
01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:03,562
can help me, huh?
I can, I can!

1343
01:03:03,605 --> 01:03:05,042
All right, here's the deal.

1344
01:03:05,085 --> 01:03:07,348
I need to get this ball
and put it back in that bin.

1345
01:03:07,392 --> 01:03:09,742
Why don't you guys
shoot for it.

1346
01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:11,483
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

1347
01:03:11,526 --> 01:03:13,093
All right, Eli,
you win today.

1348
01:03:13,137 --> 01:03:14,616
Boom.Aw, man.

1349
01:03:14,660 --> 01:03:16,749
It's okay, Thomas.
You can help him.

1350
01:03:23,190 --> 01:03:25,497
Sorry I stuck you with Thomas,

1351
01:03:25,540 --> 01:03:27,673
but he was making
my class impossible.

1352
01:03:27,716 --> 01:03:30,371
He's got a whole alphabet
of problems.

1353
01:03:30,415 --> 01:03:33,418
ADD, ADHD, OCD.

1354
01:03:33,461 --> 01:03:35,812
You want my advice, you'll
pass him on to special ed.

1355
01:03:35,855 --> 01:03:36,813
No— Ta, ta—

1356
01:03:36,856 --> 01:03:38,815
Ca, ca.

1357
01:03:38,858 --> 01:03:41,252
I can't, uh...
I can't do that.

1358
01:03:41,295 --> 01:03:43,602
Oh, see how you feel after
he's trashed a few classes.

1359
01:03:43,645 --> 01:03:44,995
He'll be all right.

1360
01:03:45,038 --> 01:03:46,866
I just need to get settled.

1361
01:03:46,910 --> 01:03:48,215
I can't wait for tomorrow.

1362
01:03:48,259 --> 01:03:49,738
Okay.

1363
01:03:51,915 --> 01:03:53,220
Fa, fa.

1364
01:03:53,264 --> 01:03:55,179
Wa, wa, ta.

1365
01:04:00,575 --> 01:04:02,577
Fa, fa, whop, whop.

1366
01:04:02,621 --> 01:04:04,666
Hup, hup, hup.

1367
01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:07,278
You make more noise
than my air horn.

1368
01:04:07,321 --> 01:04:11,325
Sounds like you got a
healthy case of Tourette's.

1369
01:04:11,369 --> 01:04:13,893
I was just kiddin'
with you, son.

1370
01:04:13,937 --> 01:04:15,460
Got a dispatcher buddy with TS.

1371
01:04:15,503 --> 01:04:18,506
You ever need

1372
01:04:18,550 --> 01:04:20,987
any cross-country hauling,
just call for Maxine.

1373
01:04:21,031 --> 01:04:23,250
Hey, um, do you have a card?

1374
01:04:23,294 --> 01:04:26,993
I wasn't being serious, son.

1375
01:04:27,037 --> 01:04:28,603
Unless you're in
the shipping business.

1376
01:04:28,647 --> 01:04:29,778
No, I teach second grade.

1377
01:04:29,822 --> 01:04:32,042
Whop.

1378
01:04:32,085 --> 01:04:34,392
Here's my card. All right.

1379
01:04:34,435 --> 01:04:36,960
Maxine gave me a great idea
for a geography lesson.

1380
01:04:37,003 --> 01:04:38,744
Thank you so much, Maxine.
You're welcome.

1381
01:04:38,787 --> 01:04:40,050
Safe trucking.

1382
01:04:41,747 --> 01:04:43,792
I found myself focusing
on teaching all the time.

1383
01:04:46,143 --> 01:04:48,841
Well, almost.

1384
01:05:23,876 --> 01:05:25,051
Know what I just realized?

1385
01:05:25,095 --> 01:05:26,096
What?

1386
01:05:26,139 --> 01:05:27,140
Wa, wa.

1387
01:05:27,184 --> 01:05:29,055
All ducks have Tourette's.

1388
01:05:29,099 --> 01:05:31,231
Why is that?

1389
01:05:31,275 --> 01:05:34,974
Wa, wa. I don't know.
We're birds of a feather.

1390
01:05:50,033 --> 01:05:51,948
So it really doesn't
bother you, does it?

1391
01:05:51,991 --> 01:05:53,688
What?

1392
01:05:53,732 --> 01:05:55,603
You know what.
My Tourette's.

1393
01:05:55,647 --> 01:05:57,518
My noises.

1394
01:05:57,562 --> 01:06:02,610
Not when I compare them
to the noises other guys make.

1395
01:06:02,654 --> 01:06:06,397
You know, like braggers,
loud talkers,

1396
01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:11,489
and those, like, egocentric,
humor-challenged idiots.

1397
01:06:11,532 --> 01:06:13,926
Seriously, no, your noises don't
bother me at all.

1398
01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:15,667
Long as you
keep me laughing.

1399
01:06:15,710 --> 01:06:16,755
Well, don't say that.

1400
01:06:16,798 --> 01:06:18,104
You know how I get
under pressure.

1401
01:06:18,148 --> 01:06:19,366
Ba, ba. Oh, I'm sorry.

1402
01:06:21,238 --> 01:06:23,414
My dad always said
I was going to marry someone

1403
01:06:23,457 --> 01:06:26,243
who made me laugh.

1404
01:06:26,286 --> 01:06:30,551
Not that that has
anything to do with...

1405
01:06:30,595 --> 01:06:31,857
with anything.

1406
01:06:41,084 --> 01:06:42,955
Say something.

1407
01:06:45,827 --> 01:06:47,612
Quack!

1408
01:06:47,655 --> 01:06:49,135
Hey, don't laugh.

1409
01:06:49,179 --> 01:06:51,616
That was a serious quack.

1410
01:06:51,659 --> 01:06:53,183
I got you, though.

1411
01:06:59,885 --> 01:07:01,365
Mr. Cohen.

1412
01:07:01,408 --> 01:07:02,931
Hey.

1413
01:07:02,975 --> 01:07:06,152
My mom said to ask
if it's okay.

1414
01:07:06,196 --> 01:07:07,980
Is what okay,
Heather?

1415
01:07:08,024 --> 01:07:09,677
If I give this
to Waffle.

1416
01:07:09,721 --> 01:07:11,201
Bah!

1417
01:07:11,244 --> 01:07:13,072
You tell your mom
that I said that's fine.

1418
01:07:13,116 --> 01:07:14,769
Okay?

1419
01:07:16,206 --> 01:07:18,295
Did he say it's okay? Yeah.

1420
01:07:18,338 --> 01:07:19,383
Feel okay?

1421
01:07:19,426 --> 01:07:20,471
Mm-hmm.
Yeah?

1422
01:07:20,514 --> 01:07:23,039
I love you.
I love you, too.

1423
01:07:23,082 --> 01:07:25,432
You have a good day, okay?
Okay.

1424
01:07:25,476 --> 01:07:26,955
I'll see you right after school.
Okay.

1425
01:07:26,999 --> 01:07:28,348
Bye-bye.

1426
01:07:37,879 --> 01:07:39,620
Amanda?

1427
01:07:39,664 --> 01:07:41,144
Is everything all right?

1428
01:07:41,187 --> 01:07:44,016
I want to be
in your class, Mr. Cohen.

1429
01:07:44,060 --> 01:07:45,148
You are in my class, Amanda.

1430
01:07:45,191 --> 01:07:46,149
Jup!

1431
01:07:46,192 --> 01:07:48,803
No, he made them
take me out.

1432
01:07:52,677 --> 01:07:53,895
See you after school,
honey, okay?

1433
01:07:53,939 --> 01:07:56,115
It's not fair!

1434
01:07:56,159 --> 01:07:58,117
Is everything okay?

1435
01:07:58,161 --> 01:07:59,292
I'm Amanda's teacher,
Mr. Cohen... jup!

1436
01:07:59,336 --> 01:08:00,815
We met yesterday.
Oh, no, no, no, there...

1437
01:08:00,859 --> 01:08:02,252
there's nothing wrong.

1438
01:08:02,295 --> 01:08:03,731
I just have to do
what's right for my daughter.

1439
01:08:03,775 --> 01:08:05,081
Come on, Amanda.

1440
01:08:06,473 --> 01:08:08,127
Come on.

1441
01:08:11,565 --> 01:08:14,568
He's concerned about Amanda's
ability to concentrate.

1442
01:08:14,612 --> 01:08:16,222
He just thought that

1443
01:08:16,266 --> 01:08:17,876
you'd make it
a little harder for her.

1444
01:08:17,919 --> 01:08:19,225
Can't he just give me a chance?

1445
01:08:19,269 --> 01:08:20,966
Jup-jup!
We've only just started.

1446
01:08:21,009 --> 01:08:22,272
I pointed that out.

1447
01:08:22,315 --> 01:08:24,404
And?
He said he's sympathetic,

1448
01:08:24,448 --> 01:08:27,886
but that Amanda needs,
as he put it,

1449
01:08:27,929 --> 01:08:29,975
a normal teacher.
Jup!

1450
01:08:30,018 --> 01:08:32,891
Don't take it to heart, Brad.

1451
01:08:32,934 --> 01:08:35,937
Parents are the hardest part
of the job.

1452
01:08:35,981 --> 01:08:38,723
All right, who can tell me
the names of the capitals

1453
01:08:38,766 --> 01:08:40,768
Maxine and her big, red truck
have passed through?

1454
01:08:40,812 --> 01:08:42,030
Anybody?
Ooh, ooh!

1455
01:08:42,074 --> 01:08:43,945
Whoa, all these hands.

1456
01:08:43,989 --> 01:08:44,729
Wha-wha...
excuse me.

1457
01:08:44,772 --> 01:08:46,905
Excuse me.

1458
01:08:46,948 --> 01:08:48,385
Ah, man, who do I choose?

1459
01:08:48,428 --> 01:08:50,082
Wha-wha.

1460
01:08:50,126 --> 01:08:51,866
I don't know.

1461
01:08:51,910 --> 01:08:54,130
Oh... Heather.

1462
01:08:54,173 --> 01:08:56,784
Atlanta, Nashville,

1463
01:08:56,828 --> 01:08:58,351
um... Springfield?

1464
01:08:58,395 --> 01:09:00,179
That's great because
a lot of people

1465
01:09:00,223 --> 01:09:01,441
think it's Chicago.

1466
01:09:01,485 --> 01:09:03,791
And, uh, this is Springfield, right?

1467
01:09:03,835 --> 01:09:05,619
No!

1468
01:09:05,663 --> 01:09:07,491
That's Indianapolis.

1469
01:09:07,534 --> 01:09:08,796
Oh, that's right.

1470
01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:09,928
What am I thinking?

1471
01:09:09,971 --> 01:09:11,712
This is Springfield.

1472
01:09:11,756 --> 01:09:13,801
No!

1473
01:09:13,845 --> 01:09:15,107
That's Columbus.

1474
01:09:15,151 --> 01:09:16,717
Springfield's over
there, Mr. Cohen.

1475
01:09:16,761 --> 01:09:18,197
Where is it, Eli, over here?

1476
01:09:18,241 --> 01:09:19,546
No!
Wha-wha-wha!

1477
01:09:19,590 --> 01:09:20,982
Where is Springfield?

1478
01:09:21,026 --> 01:09:23,333
I don't know. You guys got
to point it out for me.

1479
01:09:23,376 --> 01:09:24,682
Point it out.

1480
01:09:24,725 --> 01:09:25,944
Point it out.

1481
01:09:25,987 --> 01:09:27,728
I-I don't see it still.

1482
01:09:31,819 --> 01:09:33,517
Oh, I see it.

1483
01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:34,996
Wha-wha!

1484
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,216
You're telling me that
this is Springfield, right?

1485
01:09:37,260 --> 01:09:39,784
Yes!

1486
01:09:39,827 --> 01:09:41,699
You don't have permission
to leave your seat, Thomas.

1487
01:09:41,742 --> 01:09:43,875
That's right:
Mr. Cohen has eyes

1488
01:09:43,918 --> 01:09:45,224
in the back of his head.

1489
01:09:45,268 --> 01:09:46,573
Go back and sit down, please.

1490
01:09:46,617 --> 01:09:48,227
And next time, ask.

1491
01:09:48,271 --> 01:09:50,142
But I need to sharpen my pencil.

1492
01:09:50,186 --> 01:09:51,665
Now, Thomas.

1493
01:09:51,709 --> 01:09:53,189
Wha!

1494
01:09:53,232 --> 01:09:56,104
Wha!

1495
01:09:56,148 --> 01:09:57,889
All right, now, where's Maxine

1496
01:09:57,932 --> 01:10:01,675
and her big, red truck
gonna be on Tuesday?

1497
01:10:02,032 --> 01:10:03,675
See you bright and
early tomorrow, David.

1498
01:10:03,895 --> 01:10:05,418
Jup-whup-whup!

1499
01:10:05,462 --> 01:10:07,290
All right... hey,
remember to walk.

1500
01:10:08,378 --> 01:10:09,770
I really like your hat,

1501
01:10:09,814 --> 01:10:11,076
Mr. Cohen.
Oh, thank you, Heather.

1502
01:10:11,119 --> 01:10:12,512
I like your hair.

1503
01:10:12,556 --> 01:10:14,949
It's just short
'cause of the medicine.

1504
01:10:14,993 --> 01:10:16,429
Bye.

1505
01:10:17,909 --> 01:10:18,997
Hey, honey.

1506
01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:20,825
Hi, Mom.

1507
01:10:22,566 --> 01:10:24,394
Um, can you wait right here
for just a minute?

1508
01:10:24,437 --> 01:10:25,438
Sure.

1509
01:10:25,482 --> 01:10:26,439
Okay.

1510
01:10:27,788 --> 01:10:28,920
Hey.

1511
01:10:28,963 --> 01:10:30,138
Um, I've been
meaning to come

1512
01:10:30,182 --> 01:10:31,227
speak to you about...

1513
01:10:31,270 --> 01:10:32,967
I think I know.
Yeah.

1514
01:10:33,011 --> 01:10:35,840
Um, we were just reluctant
to tell anyone at first.

1515
01:10:35,883 --> 01:10:38,146
Of course, it was
only a matter of time

1516
01:10:38,190 --> 01:10:41,062
before the chemo
became obvious, so...

1517
01:10:41,106 --> 01:10:43,804
Wha... is, uh...
is she gonna be okay?

1518
01:10:45,328 --> 01:10:48,679
Um, Heather just loves
your class.

1519
01:10:48,722 --> 01:10:52,160
She can't wait to get
to school every day.

1520
01:10:52,204 --> 01:10:54,685
And, um, I'd be grateful

1521
01:10:54,728 --> 01:10:57,427
if you kept our secret
a little longer.

1522
01:10:57,470 --> 01:10:59,603
I just don't want her
to be singled out.

1523
01:11:00,647 --> 01:11:01,779
Yeah.

1524
01:11:01,822 --> 01:11:03,607
Thanks.

1525
01:11:03,650 --> 01:11:06,087
All right, baby girl, let's go.

1526
01:11:06,131 --> 01:11:07,524
Bye.

1527
01:11:10,135 --> 01:11:12,093
How about...

1528
01:11:12,137 --> 01:11:13,486
some ice cream?

1529
01:11:13,530 --> 01:11:15,314
Yeah.
Okay.

1530
01:11:17,969 --> 01:11:19,318
Uh-oh.

1531
01:11:19,362 --> 01:11:20,928
What do you think?
What do you think?

1532
01:11:20,972 --> 01:11:22,365
I already have that one. Wha!
What?

1533
01:11:22,408 --> 01:11:23,801
Looks great on you, though.

1534
01:11:26,325 --> 01:11:28,545
Hey, what's wrong?

1535
01:11:28,588 --> 01:11:32,157
Oh, nothing. I'm just
focusing on school stuff.

1536
01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:34,202
Can you focus on me
for a minute?

1537
01:11:34,246 --> 01:11:35,595
Sorry.

1538
01:11:35,639 --> 01:11:37,162
Hey, hey, hey,
try this one on.

1539
01:11:37,205 --> 01:11:38,511
It will make you feel better.

1540
01:11:38,555 --> 01:11:39,512
Yeah.

1541
01:11:39,556 --> 01:11:40,687
Okay, yes.

1542
01:11:40,731 --> 01:11:41,819
Yeah?
Yes.

1543
01:11:41,862 --> 01:11:43,255
Really?
Oh, my goodness.

1544
01:11:43,299 --> 01:11:45,083
This suits you—
mm-hmm.

1545
01:11:45,126 --> 01:11:46,476
More than you know.

1546
01:11:46,519 --> 01:11:51,307
I've, uh, decided it's time

1547
01:11:51,350 --> 01:11:53,352
to go for my master's degree.

1548
01:11:53,396 --> 01:11:55,354
Wow.

1549
01:11:55,398 --> 01:11:57,487
Wow, does that...

1550
01:11:57,530 --> 01:11:59,619
does that mean
you'll be going away?

1551
01:11:59,663 --> 01:12:01,708
No, I'd go locally... wha!

1552
01:12:01,752 --> 01:12:03,623
Anyhow, I have to pass
the entrance test

1553
01:12:03,667 --> 01:12:05,059
to graduate school first, so...

1554
01:12:05,103 --> 01:12:07,148
Oh, wait, isn't that
like the SATs?

1555
01:12:07,192 --> 01:12:10,195
Do you have to take that
in a big room

1556
01:12:10,238 --> 01:12:11,718
with a lot of people?

1557
01:12:11,762 --> 01:12:13,938
Yeah, they said I could have
a room all to myself. Wha!

1558
01:12:13,981 --> 01:12:15,113
Oh, good.

1559
01:12:15,156 --> 01:12:17,115
Tourette's does have
its privileges.

1560
01:12:18,595 --> 01:12:20,988
Would it bother you
if I did go away?

1561
01:12:21,032 --> 01:12:23,948
Of course it would.
Are you kidding me?

1562
01:12:23,991 --> 01:12:25,384
Get out of here.

1563
01:12:25,428 --> 01:12:26,559
Come here, I want to show you something.
Crazy.

1564
01:12:28,779 --> 01:12:29,736
Next.

1565
01:12:29,780 --> 01:12:31,477
Hey, uh...

1566
01:12:31,521 --> 01:12:32,913
Brad Cohen.

1567
01:12:32,957 --> 01:12:35,176
Brad Cohen.

1568
01:12:35,220 --> 01:12:36,743
Here you are, Mr. Cohen.

1569
01:12:36,787 --> 01:12:38,876
All right, I need you to take
this package,

1570
01:12:38,919 --> 01:12:40,181
and I need you to go

1571
01:12:40,225 --> 01:12:41,574
right in there for me.

1572
01:12:41,618 --> 01:12:44,577
I'm supposed to have
special accommodations.

1573
01:12:44,621 --> 01:12:47,319
I don't have
any notation of that.

1574
01:12:47,363 --> 01:12:50,148
I mean, everybody tests
on the same conditions today.

1575
01:12:50,191 --> 01:12:52,542
Okay, yeah, but I called
and they said— Wha! Wha!

1576
01:12:52,585 --> 01:12:55,240
they said that I could
have a space to myself.

1577
01:12:55,283 --> 01:12:57,155
You know what? I need you

1578
01:12:57,198 --> 01:12:58,765
to talk to the administrator
about that.

1579
01:12:58,809 --> 01:13:00,288
His office is right over there.

1580
01:13:00,332 --> 01:13:01,420
Ja!

1581
01:13:01,464 --> 01:13:02,639
I can't make an exception.

1582
01:13:02,682 --> 01:13:03,640
Ja! Ja! Okay, but...

1583
01:13:03,683 --> 01:13:05,032
We're not set up that way.

1584
01:13:05,076 --> 01:13:06,425
They promised— Wha!
and I have the right

1585
01:13:06,469 --> 01:13:07,687
to special testing accommodations.

1586
01:13:07,731 --> 01:13:09,297
Listen, I'm sorry
about your disability,

1587
01:13:09,341 --> 01:13:11,299
but there isn't anything
that I can do.

1588
01:13:11,343 --> 01:13:13,214
If you want to take the test,
Ba! Ba!

1589
01:13:13,258 --> 01:13:14,825
you need to go in there now.
Fa! Look at me.

1590
01:13:14,868 --> 01:13:18,002
How could anybody possibly
concentrate if I'm in that room?

1591
01:13:18,045 --> 01:13:21,658
Ja! Ja! Listen, I have to start
the exam now.

1592
01:13:21,701 --> 01:13:23,442
Wha!

1593
01:13:23,486 --> 01:13:24,661
Do you need me
to call you a doctor?

1594
01:13:24,704 --> 01:13:26,706
Isn't there anyone
you could call for help?

1595
01:13:26,750 --> 01:13:27,881
Fa! Fa!

1596
01:13:27,925 --> 01:13:30,667
Brad, calm down.
I can't understand you.

1597
01:13:30,710 --> 01:13:33,104
But they said you could
take it alone?

1598
01:13:33,147 --> 01:13:35,236
Okay, all right, no problem.

1599
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:36,324
I'll be right there.

1600
01:13:36,368 --> 01:13:37,369
Did something happen?

1601
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:40,328
Wha! Wha! Fa! Fa! Ja!

1602
01:13:45,246 --> 01:13:46,944
You can take the test.

1603
01:13:46,987 --> 01:13:49,207
And you'll have a
room to yourself.

1604
01:13:49,250 --> 01:13:50,687
What did you say
to them? Fa!

1605
01:13:50,730 --> 01:13:54,430
The magic word: lawsuit.

1606
01:13:54,473 --> 01:13:57,041
I gotta get to work.

1607
01:13:57,084 --> 01:13:57,824
Hey, Dad...

1608
01:13:57,868 --> 01:13:58,825
Yeah?

1609
01:13:58,869 --> 01:14:00,610
Thanks.

1610
01:14:00,653 --> 01:14:02,438
Good luck on the test.

1611
01:14:07,965 --> 01:14:09,967
As it turned out,

1612
01:14:10,010 --> 01:14:11,969
I needed more than just dad's
good luck.

1613
01:14:12,012 --> 01:14:13,797
I needed time. Ra! Ra!

1614
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:17,061
Ja! Ja! With the clock and my
Tourette's ticking away

1615
01:14:17,104 --> 01:14:19,890
I failed to get all the way
through the test.

1616
01:14:19,933 --> 01:14:21,587
Ja!

1617
01:14:23,676 --> 01:14:26,287
Ja! Ha!

1618
01:14:29,029 --> 01:14:30,988
Ja! Ja! Fa!
Fa! Fa!

1619
01:14:31,031 --> 01:14:32,555
Good job, guys.

1620
01:14:32,598 --> 01:14:34,165
Thomas, I am so proud of you.
Wha! Wha!

1621
01:14:34,208 --> 01:14:35,558
Thank you, Mr. Cohen.

1622
01:14:35,601 --> 01:14:37,647
Wow, look at that

1623
01:14:37,690 --> 01:14:39,300
turkey, Heather. Thank you.

1624
01:14:39,344 --> 01:14:40,867
So,

1625
01:14:40,911 --> 01:14:43,217
are you gonna have
a big Thanksgiving this year?

1626
01:14:43,261 --> 01:14:44,567
Uh-huh. Mom says

1627
01:14:44,610 --> 01:14:45,959
all my grandparents
are gonna come.

1628
01:14:46,003 --> 01:14:47,787
Well, that sounds special.

1629
01:14:47,831 --> 01:14:49,615
Except when they cry.

1630
01:14:49,659 --> 01:14:51,965
They try to hide it,
but I always see them.

1631
01:14:54,098 --> 01:14:55,795
Ba!

1632
01:14:55,839 --> 01:14:58,319
Can I pet Waffle?

1633
01:14:58,363 --> 01:14:59,843
You bet you can pet Waffle.

1634
01:15:01,845 --> 01:15:03,499
Are you gonna have a good
Thanksgiving, Mr. Cohen?

1635
01:15:03,542 --> 01:15:05,457
Yes, I am.

1636
01:15:05,501 --> 01:15:07,503
Me and Waffle are gonna
take a little trip

1637
01:15:07,546 --> 01:15:09,026
to see my mom in Saint Louis.

1638
01:15:09,069 --> 01:15:10,375
I know where that is!

1639
01:15:10,418 --> 01:15:11,768
Oh, yeah. Wha! Wha!

1640
01:15:15,249 --> 01:15:17,600
Well, that is super, Heather.

1641
01:15:17,643 --> 01:15:19,384
That's exactly where it is.

1642
01:15:19,427 --> 01:15:20,907
Now, do me a favor, will you?
Hmm?

1643
01:15:20,951 --> 01:15:22,996
And I'm going to trust
you to take good care

1644
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:24,432
of my friend Waffle.

1645
01:15:24,476 --> 01:15:25,521
All right?
Sure.

1646
01:15:25,564 --> 01:15:26,826
And I will be right back.

1647
01:15:26,870 --> 01:15:28,132
Mm-hmm.

1648
01:15:28,175 --> 01:15:29,699
Hi, Amanda.

1649
01:15:29,742 --> 01:15:32,919
Shouldn't you be in your class?

1650
01:15:32,963 --> 01:15:35,095
All right, come on.
I'll walk you to your room.

1651
01:15:35,139 --> 01:15:36,880
Why can't I be

1652
01:15:36,923 --> 01:15:38,708
in your class, Mr. Cohen?

1653
01:15:38,751 --> 01:15:40,710
Well, uh, your father
had to do

1654
01:15:40,753 --> 01:15:42,146
what was best for you, Amanda.

1655
01:15:42,189 --> 01:15:43,190
Ja! Ja!

1656
01:15:43,234 --> 01:15:44,278
And you know what?

1657
01:15:44,322 --> 01:15:45,584
You've got a great teacher.

1658
01:15:45,628 --> 01:15:46,585
Okay.

1659
01:15:46,629 --> 01:15:48,544
See you later, Mr. Cohen.

1660
01:16:01,426 --> 01:16:03,341
Ja!

1661
01:16:05,473 --> 01:16:07,867
Busted.

1662
01:16:07,911 --> 01:16:10,087
Where did you learn those words,
Thomas?

1663
01:16:13,003 --> 01:16:14,613
You know you're not supposed

1664
01:16:14,657 --> 01:16:16,833
to leave the class without asking.

1665
01:16:16,876 --> 01:16:18,748
Well, you're going
to clean that up. Ja!

1666
01:16:18,791 --> 01:16:20,619
Ja! And then, uh,

1667
01:16:20,663 --> 01:16:22,926
you're on detention—
no recess.

1668
01:16:22,969 --> 01:16:25,581
But you do get an "A"
for spelling.

1669
01:16:27,626 --> 01:16:30,411
You can't read it if you
don't open it, Thomas.

1670
01:16:30,455 --> 01:16:32,413
I hate reading.

1671
01:16:35,721 --> 01:16:37,680
So do I.

1672
01:16:37,723 --> 01:16:38,985
You do?
Yeah.

1673
01:16:39,029 --> 01:16:39,899
Reading's really hard for me.

1674
01:16:42,293 --> 01:16:44,251
It's not hard for you.

1675
01:16:44,295 --> 01:16:45,470
You're a teacher.

1676
01:16:45,513 --> 01:16:46,950
You want to bet?

1677
01:16:46,993 --> 01:16:48,125
Let's play a game.

1678
01:16:48,168 --> 01:16:49,517
You be Mr. Cohen

1679
01:16:49,561 --> 01:16:50,736
trying to read,

1680
01:16:50,780 --> 01:16:53,739
and I will be Tourette's
syndrome, okay?

1681
01:16:53,783 --> 01:16:55,741
Read this page.

1682
01:16:55,785 --> 01:16:57,395
"Once upon a time... Wha! Wha!

1683
01:16:57,438 --> 01:16:58,396
Wha!

1684
01:16:58,439 --> 01:16:59,397
Keep reading.

1685
01:17:01,355 --> 01:17:02,792
"... upon

1686
01:17:02,835 --> 01:17:04,141
a time, there was a..."

1687
01:17:04,184 --> 01:17:05,316
That itches!

1688
01:17:05,359 --> 01:17:06,578
Does it itch a little
bit? All right.

1689
01:17:06,622 --> 01:17:07,971
Keep reading.

1690
01:17:08,014 --> 01:17:09,189
"... there was a..."

1691
01:17:09,233 --> 01:17:11,757
Hey, Thomas!

1692
01:17:11,801 --> 01:17:13,193
All right, that's
hard, isn't it?

1693
01:17:13,237 --> 01:17:14,760
It's hard to concentrate.
Fa! Fa! Fa!

1694
01:17:14,804 --> 01:17:16,762
That's how hard
reading is for me.

1695
01:17:16,806 --> 01:17:18,764
It's not that hard
for you, is it?

1696
01:17:18,808 --> 01:17:20,984
No, it's easy for me.

1697
01:17:21,027 --> 01:17:24,378
But how can you be a teacher
if you hate books?

1698
01:17:24,422 --> 01:17:26,380
Hate books?

1699
01:17:26,424 --> 01:17:28,208
I don't hate books.

1700
01:17:28,252 --> 01:17:29,819
Everything in the world
is in books.

1701
01:17:29,862 --> 01:17:32,125
I just have to work
extra hard to get it out.

1702
01:17:32,169 --> 01:17:34,171
I'm not going to give
up on you, buddy.

1703
01:17:34,214 --> 01:17:35,476
Okay?

1704
01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:36,782
And I'm not going to let
you give up on yourself.

1705
01:17:36,826 --> 01:17:38,175
Now keep reading.
Right here.

1706
01:17:38,218 --> 01:17:41,221
"Once upon a time there was a..."
Wha! Fa! Fa!

1707
01:17:41,265 --> 01:17:44,224
"magi... magi...
magi..."

1708
01:17:44,268 --> 01:17:46,574
Ma-gi-cian.

1709
01:17:46,618 --> 01:17:50,143
"A magician who met a small boy.

1710
01:17:50,187 --> 01:17:52,929
"A small boy who was trying to pull a big sword
Wha!

1711
01:17:52,972 --> 01:17:54,931
out of a big rock."

1712
01:17:54,974 --> 01:17:56,628
Weird.

1713
01:17:56,672 --> 01:17:58,195
Why would a sword be in a rock?

1714
01:17:58,238 --> 01:18:00,197
Well,

1715
01:18:00,240 --> 01:18:02,765
I don't know, but if you, uh,

1716
01:18:02,808 --> 01:18:04,549
keep reading, you might
just find out.

1717
01:18:04,592 --> 01:18:06,203
"The magician told

1718
01:18:06,246 --> 01:18:09,554
"the small boy that
whoever could pull the sword

1719
01:18:09,597 --> 01:18:11,599
"out of the rock

1720
01:18:11,643 --> 01:18:14,559
would be the true king."

1721
01:18:15,647 --> 01:18:17,562
Cool.

1722
01:18:21,087 --> 01:18:22,436
Keep going.
What happens next?

1723
01:18:52,379 --> 01:18:54,338
Hey, what's wrong?

1724
01:18:54,381 --> 01:18:56,166
I'm so nervous.

1725
01:18:56,209 --> 01:18:57,602
What's there to be
nervous about?

1726
01:18:57,645 --> 01:18:58,951
You're just going
to meet my mom.

1727
01:18:58,995 --> 01:18:59,952
Wha!
Thank you.

1728
01:18:59,996 --> 01:19:00,910
That-that's helpful.

1729
01:19:00,953 --> 01:19:02,912
And Jeff!

1730
01:19:02,955 --> 01:19:05,131
And my aunts and uncles.

1731
01:19:05,175 --> 01:19:08,265
And anybody I've ever loved
in my entire life.

1732
01:19:11,834 --> 01:19:13,400
Prepare yourself.
This is big.

1733
01:19:13,444 --> 01:19:14,880
I'm ready.
I'm ready.

1734
01:19:14,924 --> 01:19:15,881
That's right.

1735
01:19:15,925 --> 01:19:17,883
Prepare yourself.

1736
01:19:20,973 --> 01:19:22,975
Oh, you're here!

1737
01:19:23,019 --> 01:19:24,977
Oh, hi!

1738
01:19:25,021 --> 01:19:26,544
I can't believe I'm finally...

1739
01:19:26,587 --> 01:19:27,458
Oh, Nancy! Hi.

1740
01:19:27,501 --> 01:19:28,502
Oh!

1741
01:19:28,546 --> 01:19:29,808
Oh, my God!

1742
01:19:29,852 --> 01:19:31,636
You're even prettier
than I thought!

1743
01:19:31,679 --> 01:19:34,204
Brad has told me so much
about you, Mrs. Cohen.

1744
01:19:34,247 --> 01:19:35,640
Oh, Ellen.
Well, that's more

1745
01:19:35,683 --> 01:19:37,163
than he tells me about you.
Wha-what?

1746
01:19:37,207 --> 01:19:38,730
What? I tell you
all about Nancy.

1747
01:19:38,774 --> 01:19:40,253
Oh, you never tell me
the real stuff.

1748
01:19:40,297 --> 01:19:42,168
Come on, Nancy.
Bobo, get the bags, honey.

1749
01:19:42,212 --> 01:19:43,517
Yes, Bobo, get on that.

1750
01:19:43,561 --> 01:19:44,867
Thanks.
So are you exhausted?

1751
01:19:44,910 --> 01:19:46,303
No. Oh, good,

1752
01:19:46,346 --> 01:19:47,434
because we have a pedicure

1753
01:19:47,478 --> 01:19:48,218
appointment in an hour.

1754
01:19:48,261 --> 01:19:50,002
Oh.

1755
01:19:50,046 --> 01:19:51,482
This is Nancy.
Hi.

1756
01:19:51,525 --> 01:19:53,484
Who I was telling you about.
So nice to meet you.

1757
01:19:53,527 --> 01:19:54,833
And, don't wait... Janice.
Oh, okay.

1758
01:19:54,877 --> 01:19:56,443
Hi.
Here come and meet— Nancy.

1759
01:19:56,487 --> 01:19:57,967
Hello.

1760
01:19:58,010 --> 01:19:59,838
And one other person over here.
Mom's going

1761
01:19:59,882 --> 01:20:01,622
a little overboard making
Nancy feel like family.

1762
01:20:01,666 --> 01:20:03,450
Is that a possibility?

1763
01:20:03,494 --> 01:20:04,625
Her being family?

1764
01:20:04,669 --> 01:20:06,018
I don't know. Ja!

1765
01:20:06,062 --> 01:20:09,282
I mean, you know,
I know, but I don't...

1766
01:20:09,326 --> 01:20:11,023
I don't, I don't, I don't know.
Oh, yeah, it's serious.

1767
01:20:11,067 --> 01:20:13,025
Has she met Dad?
No.

1768
01:20:13,069 --> 01:20:14,244
No, no, no, no, no.

1769
01:20:14,287 --> 01:20:15,680
No. What are you waiting for?

1770
01:20:15,723 --> 01:20:16,855
Hey, back off, will ya?

1771
01:20:16,899 --> 01:20:18,465
Ja!

1772
01:20:18,509 --> 01:20:20,511
Like a horse. That was his favorite bike.

1773
01:20:20,554 --> 01:20:22,339
And he ended up falling flat.
He loved that.

1774
01:20:22,382 --> 01:20:24,341
And then he hit his head
straight against the curb.

1775
01:20:24,384 --> 01:20:26,343
Yeah.
Gave himself a concussion.

1776
01:20:26,386 --> 01:20:27,518
Oh.

1777
01:20:27,561 --> 01:20:28,954
Will you excuse me?

1778
01:20:28,998 --> 01:20:30,260
Nancy's needed in the kitchen.

1779
01:20:30,303 --> 01:20:31,957
I'm just going to steal
her for one second.

1780
01:20:32,001 --> 01:20:33,959
Needed in the kitchen.

1781
01:20:36,005 --> 01:20:37,789
Are you rescuing me?

1782
01:20:37,833 --> 01:20:39,573
'Cause I don't need rescuing.

1783
01:20:39,617 --> 01:20:41,837
Uh, I do.

1784
01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:43,577
Ja! Ja!
What's going on?

1785
01:20:43,621 --> 01:20:45,841
How was your pedicure?

1786
01:20:45,884 --> 01:20:49,192
If you're wondering what
your mom and I talked about,

1787
01:20:49,235 --> 01:20:51,194
we talked about you.

1788
01:20:51,237 --> 01:20:53,196
And us.

1789
01:20:53,239 --> 01:20:55,415
Is something wrong?

1790
01:20:55,459 --> 01:20:57,417
I was just wondering

1791
01:20:57,461 --> 01:20:59,202
if I told you...

1792
01:20:59,245 --> 01:21:01,073
Ja!

1793
01:21:03,075 --> 01:21:05,991
I love you.

1794
01:21:15,479 --> 01:21:17,916
I mean, it just...
it scares me, right?

1795
01:21:17,960 --> 01:21:19,744
I never thought about it before.

1796
01:21:19,787 --> 01:21:20,919
Ho!

1797
01:21:20,963 --> 01:21:22,486
I never dared think
about it. Ja!

1798
01:21:22,529 --> 01:21:24,488
Look, Brad.
Jo!

1799
01:21:24,531 --> 01:21:27,056
She understands
about your noises.

1800
01:21:27,099 --> 01:21:28,927
She doesn't care.

1801
01:21:28,971 --> 01:21:30,668
You know, you make her happy.

1802
01:21:30,711 --> 01:21:32,496
She told me that, Brad.

1803
01:21:32,539 --> 01:21:34,019
You make her laugh.

1804
01:21:34,063 --> 01:21:35,934
Ja!

1805
01:21:35,978 --> 01:21:37,240
Well, what if one day
she stops laughing?

1806
01:21:37,283 --> 01:21:39,329
Ra!

1807
01:21:39,372 --> 01:21:41,331
What if one day

1808
01:21:41,374 --> 01:21:43,942
she gets fed up

1809
01:21:43,986 --> 01:21:46,118
of living with someone
who... Ja! Ja! Ra!

1810
01:21:46,162 --> 01:21:48,294
Ja! Ja!

1811
01:21:48,338 --> 01:21:51,036
Shh.

1812
01:21:54,387 --> 01:21:57,521
I just...

1813
01:21:57,564 --> 01:21:59,566
I don't want to hurt her, Mom.

1814
01:21:59,610 --> 01:22:00,959
Maybe you don't want
to get hurt.

1815
01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:07,052
Both.

1816
01:22:07,096 --> 01:22:09,098
The only thing

1817
01:22:09,141 --> 01:22:11,100
that can hurt either of you
is if you

1818
01:22:11,143 --> 01:22:13,276
let Tourette's drive
her away from you.

1819
01:22:13,319 --> 01:22:15,800
If you let it win.

1820
01:22:20,587 --> 01:22:22,938
Ja! Ja!

1821
01:22:22,981 --> 01:22:25,549
Heather's mother had called

1822
01:22:25,592 --> 01:22:28,421
to say Heather was no longer
able to attend school.

1823
01:22:28,465 --> 01:22:31,163
So the class all pitched in
to cheer her up.

1824
01:22:31,207 --> 01:22:32,599
Oh, wow, look at this table.

1825
01:22:32,643 --> 01:22:33,774
Wha! Wha! Wha!

1826
01:22:33,818 --> 01:22:35,907
Looks very good. Ja!

1827
01:22:35,951 --> 01:22:38,344
Oh, this looks great
over here. Wha!

1828
01:22:38,388 --> 01:22:39,215
Ra! Ra!

1829
01:22:39,258 --> 01:22:41,565
Ja!

1830
01:22:51,531 --> 01:22:53,969
The news we'd all been
dreading came a few weeks later.

1831
01:23:00,671 --> 01:23:02,020
Ra!

1832
01:23:02,064 --> 01:23:03,848
Hey.
Hi, Mr. Cohen.

1833
01:23:03,891 --> 01:23:05,458
What's up, Henry?

1834
01:23:05,502 --> 01:23:06,851
Hi.

1835
01:23:06,894 --> 01:23:08,940
Hey, Eli.
Hi, Mr. Cohen.

1836
01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:10,811
Hey, Mr. Cohen. What's up, Gaylon?

1837
01:23:10,855 --> 01:23:12,683
These are my grandparents,
Hi.

1838
01:23:12,726 --> 01:23:14,076
James and Shirley.

1839
01:23:14,119 --> 01:23:15,642
Ra!

1840
01:23:21,039 --> 01:23:22,998
Ja!

1841
01:23:23,041 --> 01:23:25,000
Wha!
Sir,

1842
01:23:25,043 --> 01:23:26,131
they're about to start
the service.

1843
01:23:26,175 --> 01:23:28,003
You, you go ahead.

1844
01:23:35,619 --> 01:23:38,622
Mr. Cohen?

1845
01:23:38,665 --> 01:23:40,624
Aren't you coming in?

1846
01:23:40,667 --> 01:23:42,060
I'm sorry. Ja!

1847
01:23:42,104 --> 01:23:44,062
I thought I could, but I, uh,

1848
01:23:44,106 --> 01:23:45,672
I think I'd be too disruptive.

1849
01:23:45,716 --> 01:23:47,413
Ja!

1850
01:23:47,457 --> 01:23:50,460
You made such a huge difference
in Heather's life.

1851
01:23:50,503 --> 01:23:52,157
You were her favorite teacher.

1852
01:23:54,464 --> 01:23:57,728
Please don't leave
without saying good-bye to her.

1853
01:24:09,392 --> 01:24:10,523
Ja! Ja!

1854
01:24:10,567 --> 01:24:11,611
Bop! Bop!

1855
01:24:17,443 --> 01:24:19,097
Ra! Ra!

1856
01:24:33,242 --> 01:24:35,940
Ja.

1857
01:25:02,575 --> 01:25:05,317
Okay, Thomas, what is
your team's word? Wah! Wah!

1858
01:25:05,361 --> 01:25:07,667
Weird!"Weird."

1859
01:25:07,711 --> 01:25:09,452
Anybody not on Thomas' team

1860
01:25:09,495 --> 01:25:11,367
know what that word means?
Bop! Strange.

1861
01:25:11,410 --> 01:25:13,108
Creepy.
Scary.

1862
01:25:15,197 --> 01:25:17,460
Very Good.
Wah! Wah!

1863
01:25:17,503 --> 01:25:19,244
Who can use the word
"weird" in a sentence?

1864
01:25:19,288 --> 01:25:20,593
Wah! Wah! Wah!
Ooh, me! Me!

1865
01:25:20,637 --> 01:25:22,813
25, 30, 35, 40.

1866
01:25:22,856 --> 01:25:24,249
40, the girl in the pigtails,
50— Gaylon!

1867
01:25:25,990 --> 01:25:27,122
I like weird movies.

1868
01:25:27,165 --> 01:25:29,950
Sorry, Mr. Cohen, I know you

1869
01:25:29,994 --> 01:25:32,127
can't go to them 'cause you get
thrown out at the movie theater.

1870
01:25:32,170 --> 01:25:33,911
Well, that's okay, Gaylon.

1871
01:25:33,954 --> 01:25:36,914
Boom! 'Cause I can rent movies,
and I also like weird movies.

1872
01:25:36,957 --> 01:25:39,177
Drop! Wah! Bop! Wah!

1873
01:25:39,221 --> 01:25:40,700
So weird is
a good word, right?

1874
01:25:40,744 --> 01:25:42,224
But what if someone
comes up to you

1875
01:25:42,267 --> 01:25:44,791
and they say, uh, "Hey, you!

1876
01:25:44,835 --> 01:25:46,967
Yeah, you, I'm talking to you.
You're weird."

1877
01:25:48,099 --> 01:25:49,535
Is it still a good word?

1878
01:25:49,579 --> 01:25:52,582
No.

1879
01:25:52,625 --> 01:25:53,887
What's that?

1880
01:25:53,931 --> 01:25:55,237
I want to see.
Come on!

1881
01:25:57,326 --> 01:25:59,197
Okay, everyone,
stay in your seats.

1882
01:26:01,025 --> 01:26:02,722
It's Maxine and Big Red. Yeah!

1883
01:26:02,766 --> 01:26:04,898
Mr. Cohen, can we go see them?

1884
01:26:06,378 --> 01:26:08,467
Okay, but everyone,
inside voices.

1885
01:26:08,511 --> 01:26:10,121
Everyone, line up by the door,
and no running.

1886
01:26:10,165 --> 01:26:11,644
Wah!

1887
01:26:11,688 --> 01:26:13,168
Bop! Bop!

1888
01:26:22,742 --> 01:26:24,222
Go.

1889
01:26:24,266 --> 01:26:26,442
Shh! Shh!

1890
01:26:26,485 --> 01:26:28,008
Ja!

1891
01:26:34,232 --> 01:26:36,147
Tanner, you got it.

1892
01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:37,670
Yeah, exactly, exactly.

1893
01:26:37,714 --> 01:26:38,802
That's called a pigtail.

1894
01:26:38,845 --> 01:26:40,020
Eli, get in there, man.

1895
01:26:40,064 --> 01:26:41,413
All right, but be careful.

1896
01:26:47,463 --> 01:26:48,681
What do you think of it?
Pretty cool, huh?

1897
01:26:48,725 --> 01:26:51,031
Eli!

1898
01:26:51,075 --> 01:26:52,207
What did I tell you?

1899
01:26:52,250 --> 01:26:54,034
All right, no pulling the horn.

1900
01:26:54,078 --> 01:26:55,862
Or else you guys
are coming down.

1901
01:26:55,906 --> 01:26:57,255
Sorry, Maxine.

1902
01:26:57,299 --> 01:26:59,431
That's all right.
Wah-wah!

1903
01:26:59,475 --> 01:27:01,085
Kids will be kids.
Yes.

1904
01:27:01,128 --> 01:27:03,261
Yeah. Yeah, they will.

1905
01:27:07,178 --> 01:27:08,701
They still getting along?

1906
01:27:10,137 --> 01:27:11,704
Well, it looks like it.

1907
01:27:11,748 --> 01:27:13,271
Give 'em time.

1908
01:27:13,315 --> 01:27:15,317
Wah!

1909
01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:17,797
Ho!

1910
01:27:17,841 --> 01:27:19,930
Bop! Oh!

1911
01:27:19,973 --> 01:27:21,279
I like Nancy.

1912
01:27:21,323 --> 01:27:24,064
She reminds me of your
mom when we first met.

1913
01:27:24,108 --> 01:27:25,240
They don't look
anything alike.

1914
01:27:25,283 --> 01:27:26,719
I'm not talking about looks.

1915
01:27:26,763 --> 01:27:28,417
I'm talking about that

1916
01:27:28,460 --> 01:27:30,462
spark, you know, that spirit.

1917
01:27:30,506 --> 01:27:33,030
That, uh, je ne sais quoi.

1918
01:27:34,336 --> 01:27:35,598
How are things at school?

1919
01:27:35,641 --> 01:27:37,339
Oh, you know...

1920
01:27:37,382 --> 01:27:38,949
We got more books
than bookcases,

1921
01:27:38,992 --> 01:27:41,473
roof leaks, budget cutbacks...

1922
01:27:43,258 --> 01:27:45,825
A little worried they might not
ask me back next year. Ja.

1923
01:27:45,869 --> 01:27:47,262
There's plenty of teachers

1924
01:27:47,305 --> 01:27:49,002
with a lot more experience
than me.

1925
01:27:49,046 --> 01:27:51,483
I'm proud of you, regardless.

1926
01:27:51,527 --> 01:27:52,919
Drop!

1927
01:27:52,963 --> 01:27:54,704
Doesn't feel that way. Wah!

1928
01:27:54,747 --> 01:27:57,184
Why do I feel like
you're still embarrassed by me?

1929
01:27:57,228 --> 01:27:58,925
Drop! Wah!

1930
01:27:58,969 --> 01:28:00,536
And it's okay, Dad.
You can admit it.

1931
01:28:00,579 --> 01:28:01,711
You're not trying
to start something, are you?

1932
01:28:01,754 --> 01:28:03,539
No, no-no, but,
you know, we're talking.

1933
01:28:03,582 --> 01:28:05,541
Fa. And, uh, it's good,
so let's talk.

1934
01:28:07,412 --> 01:28:09,284
I've always been
an embarrassment to you.

1935
01:28:09,327 --> 01:28:12,069
I have, haven't I? Even when
you used to come to visit me,

1936
01:28:12,112 --> 01:28:13,853
you used to squirm when
all those eyeballs
would click my way.

1937
01:28:13,897 --> 01:28:15,768
Drop, wah!

1938
01:28:15,812 --> 01:28:17,509
You've never been
able to accept it.

1939
01:28:25,343 --> 01:28:26,605
You're right.
Drop!

1940
01:28:28,172 --> 01:28:30,696
It is tough being with you sometimes.

1941
01:28:30,740 --> 01:28:32,698
I hate it when we
go to restaurants

1942
01:28:32,742 --> 01:28:33,917
and people give
you those looks.

1943
01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:35,614
Sometimes I want to just...

1944
01:28:41,185 --> 01:28:44,144
I just feel so helpless.

1945
01:28:44,188 --> 01:28:46,495
You know, I've always been a guy
who could fix things.

1946
01:28:46,538 --> 01:28:48,714
Ja. But the one thing I could never fix

1947
01:28:48,758 --> 01:28:50,368
was the one thing
that was hurting you most.

1948
01:28:50,412 --> 01:28:51,978
It doesn't need fixing. Bah!

1949
01:28:52,022 --> 01:28:53,328
Nobody can fix it.

1950
01:28:54,677 --> 01:28:56,983
I know. I know.

1951
01:28:59,943 --> 01:29:04,513
But... maybe it's my fault.

1952
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:08,734
Maybe I gave it to you.

1953
01:29:16,960 --> 01:29:19,876
I think these babies are done.

1954
01:29:19,919 --> 01:29:21,181
Ja!

1955
01:29:21,225 --> 01:29:23,053
Come on, guys.

1956
01:29:23,096 --> 01:29:24,533
We only got two minutes
until the media center closes.

1957
01:29:24,576 --> 01:29:25,882
Hurry up back there.

1958
01:29:25,925 --> 01:29:27,536
Stay to the side, guys.
Stay to the side.

1959
01:29:27,579 --> 01:29:28,624
What did I tell you?

1960
01:29:28,667 --> 01:29:30,190
Guys in the back,
come on, hurry up.

1961
01:29:34,673 --> 01:29:36,327
Dad? Bah!

1962
01:29:36,371 --> 01:29:38,024
What are you, uh...
what are you doing here?

1963
01:29:38,068 --> 01:29:39,243
You said you needed
bookshelves, didn't you?

1964
01:29:39,286 --> 01:29:41,941
Your father's built us

1965
01:29:41,985 --> 01:29:43,769
new bookshelves for the library.

1966
01:29:43,813 --> 01:29:45,423
Things are a little
slow at the office.

1967
01:29:48,731 --> 01:29:49,601
This way, gentlemen.

1968
01:29:51,386 --> 01:29:53,039
Oh, and I got you something
for your collection.

1969
01:29:58,393 --> 01:29:59,655
Put it on, Mr. Cohen.

1970
01:30:07,445 --> 01:30:09,665
A hard hat
for an extremely hard head.

1971
01:30:12,407 --> 01:30:14,234
Hey, class, that's my dad.

1972
01:30:14,278 --> 01:30:17,412
Hi, Mr. Cohen.
Hi.

1973
01:30:20,197 --> 01:30:22,155
Come on.

1974
01:30:23,505 --> 01:30:25,855
Come on.

1975
01:30:25,898 --> 01:30:28,640
And-and Hilarie didn't say
what this was about?

1976
01:30:28,684 --> 01:30:31,600
No idea. We were at recess,
and she said

1977
01:30:31,643 --> 01:30:33,471
she needs to see you
in the classroom. Fah, fah!

1978
01:30:33,515 --> 01:30:34,951
I think it might be
about next year.

1979
01:30:39,651 --> 01:30:42,524
Here he is.
Brad, uh...

1980
01:30:42,567 --> 01:30:44,569
can you come over here
a minute, please?

1981
01:30:45,744 --> 01:30:47,616
Hilarie has got
an announcement to make.

1982
01:30:48,965 --> 01:30:50,662
Some of you
may have noticed

1983
01:30:50,706 --> 01:30:52,664
an observer hanging
around school

1984
01:30:52,708 --> 01:30:54,579
the last few weeks.

1985
01:30:54,623 --> 01:30:56,842
Well, he was here to assess

1986
01:30:56,886 --> 01:30:59,410
one of our teachers, Mr. Cohen.

1987
01:31:01,281 --> 01:31:03,327
And I'm here to announce

1988
01:31:03,370 --> 01:31:06,504
that our very own Brad Cohen

1989
01:31:06,548 --> 01:31:08,811
has been chosen from amongst

1990
01:31:08,854 --> 01:31:11,466
all new educators in the state
Ra!

1991
01:31:11,509 --> 01:31:13,903
of Georgia to be Sallie Mae's

1992
01:31:13,946 --> 01:31:17,210
First Year Teacher of the Year.

1993
01:31:23,739 --> 01:31:26,524
As I look at my students,
I felt like a kid inside

1994
01:31:26,568 --> 01:31:30,702
because children look at life
differently than most adults.

1995
01:31:30,746 --> 01:31:33,270
They see the world and say,

1996
01:31:33,313 --> 01:31:36,273
"I will," not "I can't."

1997
01:31:36,316 --> 01:31:37,666
And so did I.

1998
01:31:45,456 --> 01:31:46,762
This shirt is too tight.

1999
01:31:46,805 --> 01:31:47,937
The label's digging into my back.

2000
01:31:47,980 --> 01:31:49,504
I cut out the label out.

2001
01:31:49,547 --> 01:31:51,593
I don't know what you're so nervous about.
Bah!

2002
01:31:51,636 --> 01:31:53,464
You're in front
of a crowd every day.

2003
01:31:53,508 --> 01:31:55,161
Well, these aren't
second-graders.

2004
01:31:55,205 --> 01:31:56,598
You know. Wah, wah!

2005
01:31:56,641 --> 01:31:58,600
Oh, man, I wish I was invisible.

2006
01:31:58,643 --> 01:32:01,777
That is something you will
never have to worry about.

2007
01:32:01,820 --> 01:32:03,735
Hold still. Hold still.

2008
01:32:03,779 --> 01:32:05,955
bring up Brad Cohen.

2009
01:32:05,998 --> 01:32:06,912
I love you.

2010
01:32:21,231 --> 01:32:23,494
Go, Mr. Cohen!

2011
01:32:23,538 --> 01:32:25,061
Go, Mr. Cohen, yeah!

2012
01:32:34,287 --> 01:32:35,506
Wah! Wah!

2013
01:32:35,550 --> 01:32:37,987
Wah-wah! Wah!

2014
01:32:38,030 --> 01:32:39,771
Wah, drop!

2015
01:32:41,773 --> 01:32:44,515
Come on, Bobo.
You can get through this.

2016
01:32:44,559 --> 01:32:46,735
Don't worry.
He's going to get through it.

2017
01:32:49,041 --> 01:32:52,610
The noise you just heard
is the Tourette's syndrome

2018
01:32:52,654 --> 01:32:54,569
I've been living with
since I was six years old.

2019
01:32:58,311 --> 01:33:01,619
I'm standing up here today
because the love and support

2020
01:33:01,663 --> 01:33:03,229
of a lot of people
put me up here.

2021
01:33:03,273 --> 01:33:06,276
Wah. My family,

2022
01:33:06,319 --> 01:33:08,931
my school family,

2023
01:33:08,974 --> 01:33:10,280
my students

2024
01:33:10,323 --> 01:33:12,630
and all my friends...
drop, wah!

2025
01:33:12,674 --> 01:33:15,111
I owe this award to all of them.

2026
01:33:15,154 --> 01:33:17,896
But I also owe it
to the toughest

2027
01:33:17,940 --> 01:33:20,682
and-and most dedicated teacher
I have ever had:

2028
01:33:20,725 --> 01:33:24,207
my constant companion,
my Tourette's.

2029
01:33:28,385 --> 01:33:29,952
Now, some of you may think
that's pretty weird

2030
01:33:29,995 --> 01:33:31,606
to thank a disability.

2031
01:33:31,649 --> 01:33:32,955
And calling it a "great teacher,"

2032
01:33:32,998 --> 01:33:35,435
that's really weird—
wah, wah!

2033
01:33:35,479 --> 01:33:37,699
I mean, what could I possibly
learn from a disability?

2034
01:33:46,708 --> 01:33:48,840
Yes, Gaylon.

2035
01:33:48,884 --> 01:33:50,929
You learned to keep going.

2036
01:33:56,065 --> 01:33:57,719
Eli?

2037
01:33:57,762 --> 01:34:00,199
You learned not to let it stop you.

2038
01:34:05,204 --> 01:34:06,292
Yes, Thomas?

2039
01:34:06,336 --> 01:34:07,598
You learned to not let it win.

2040
01:34:10,993 --> 01:34:13,038
That's right.

2041
01:34:13,082 --> 01:34:16,085
Ba! Coping with my Tourette's

2042
01:34:16,128 --> 01:34:17,695
has taught me
the most valuable lesson

2043
01:34:17,739 --> 01:34:20,002
that anyone could ever learn.

2044
01:34:20,045 --> 01:34:23,396
And that is to never let
anything stop you

2045
01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:25,224
from chasing your dream. Wah!

2046
01:34:25,268 --> 01:34:27,879
From working.

2047
01:34:27,923 --> 01:34:30,577
Or playing.

2048
01:34:30,621 --> 01:34:33,015
Or falling in love.

2049
01:34:36,192 --> 01:34:37,889
That's right. Ja!

2050
01:34:39,412 --> 01:34:40,892
Coping with my Tourette's has

2051
01:34:40,936 --> 01:34:42,285
taught me the most
valuable lesson that...

2052
01:34:44,330 --> 01:34:46,071
Yes, Thomas?
Can you bring that award

2053
01:34:46,115 --> 01:34:48,117
to show-and-tell on Monday?

2054
01:34:57,387 --> 01:34:59,302
You bet.

2055
01:35:04,307 --> 01:35:06,004
Yay, Mr. Cohen!