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- Look at him.
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- Look at that smug look on his smug face.
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- He thinks the presidency
- is his birthright,
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- like he's the heir to the throne.
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- I don't care who your mother is.
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- You just want to ruin my chances
- of getting into Harvard, don't you?
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- Like when you brought in the governor
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- to upstage
- my kindergarten graduation speech.
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- But I'm not gonna let you get in my way,
- not this time.
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- God, do I detest you.
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- I loathe you, Bennett Russell.
- I despise you, Bennett Russell.
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- - I abhor you...
- - Isn't that right, Lona?
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- I'm sorry?
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- Isn't your president
- usually decided by a vote?
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- Yes, but since we have an even number
- of members, we cannot have a vote.
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- 00:00:49,674 --> 00:00:51,843
- - Well, how many members do you have?
- - Two.
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- - Uh, she and I.
- - Her and I.
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- - Her and myself.
- - Him and me, myself and I. We, two!
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- - I got it.
- - He gets it.
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- 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:00,494
- Therefore,
- seniority should take precedent.
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- - I'm a month older than she is.
- - No, seniority, not age.
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- I've participated and placed
- in more total events than he has,
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- including the state tournament.
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- I've also raised more money
- than she has for our program,
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- and for our school
- and for that lovely building...
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- You don't get to buy your way
- to the top with your mother's Rolodex.
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- Isn't this ultimately
- Mr. Johnson's responsibility?
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- Absolutely.
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- But he said that if he made the decision,
- it would cause tension in our club.
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- - Principal Nelson, this is our...
- - Co-presidents!
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- Co what?
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- Co-presidents!
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- Therefore, unlike years past,
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- the two of you will finally learn
- how to work together.
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- No! Co-presidents goes against the purpose
- of even having a president.
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- Fine. No president.
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- No president?
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- No president, co-president,
- I don't give a damn.
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- A year from now,
- I'm gonna be in the south of France,
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- sipping something strong,
- sweet and expensive, capiche?
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- No capiche.
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- Lona, I don't have the energy,
- I don't have the time.
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- Frankly, I've already forgotten
- what club you're here...
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- - Debate!
- - Debate!
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- Go. Out. Scram.
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- Shoo!
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- Go talk to Kathy.
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- Principal Nelson knows
- how much we hate each other.
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- - What is he trying to accomplish?
- - Maybe it'll teach you a lesson.
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- What lesson?
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- I don't know. Just sounded like
- the kind of thing I should say.
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- Kathy, this is a vehement hatred.
- There's nothing that we agree on.
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- - You both don't like the arrangement.
- - Besides that.
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- - And you both hate each other...
- - You're not helping.
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- You are now one of the presidents.
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- Put that in your little Harvard
- application and move on.
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- - To what?
- - To whatever your heart desires.
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- Kathy, my heart is a muscular organ
- that pumps blood through my body,
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- and, although romanticized,
- has no bearing on my love life
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- - or my moral decision-making.
- - All right.
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- Let me rephrase.
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- You ask anybody to Homecoming yet?
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- No.
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- I'm not a social person.
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- So what? You think I waited around
- for some guy to ask me out?
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- No, sir.
- I got things done on my own terms.
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- And look at me, I did great.
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- Sorry.
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- My greatest skill is arguing with people.
- That's not date material.
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- If you show up at that dance
- wearing a tux,
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- you're gonna be approached by more ladies
- than that guy on that sexist TV show,
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- I can never remember the name.
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- What's it called,
- the one with the bachelor?
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- - The Bachelor.
- - That's the one.
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- I mean, but why have a relationship
- in high school?
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- You wind up at different colleges,
- and then it was all a waste of time.
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- Why do you guys take Calculus
- when you're not gonna become engineers?
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- Because Calculus teaches you to...
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- Whatever it teaches you,
- it doesn't matter.
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- It gives you tools, right?
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- So your argument
- is that I'll become a better kisser?
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- No! My argument...
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- Well, yes. Wait, yes!
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- I was gonna talk about lasting
- relationships, but kissing is better.
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- Forget Yale.
- Focus on becoming a better kisser.
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- - Are you writing this down?
- - You want me to write it?
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- The world needs good men
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- who know how to kiss.
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- I'm dead serious.
- Are you writing this down?
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- - No!
- - Well, you should,
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- because Research Connection
- is the gold standard!
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- You can't even do
- a date-specific search on that site,
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- - and it's a hundred dollars more...
- - It's $50 more.
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- Yeah, easy for you to say
- when you wipe your ass with $50 bills.
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- But for those of us who don't have
- the opportunity to have that luxury...
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- Stop!
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- Not my tempo.
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- "Not my tempo."
- Come on, from Whiplash.
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- Really? Nobody saw it? JK Simmons.
- He won an Academy Award.
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- Mr. Johnson, as I was saying...
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- The extra 50 bucks
- is within our budget, Lona.
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- And furthermore,
- there's no reason you should ever mention
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- your fellow student's estimated wealth
- and whether they can or cannot afford
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- to wipe their butts
- with any type of currency.
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- Mr. Johnson, it's a terrible site.
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- We only get to buy a subscription
- to one research database per year,
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- and it should be East Law.
- It's ranked number one.
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- - By you and your mom?
- - By U.S. News Report.
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- And besides,
- we have to conserve our funds,
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- so that Taylor and Tucker
- have the resources they need to learn.
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- Who?
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- Taylor and Tanner
- joined our club this afternoon.
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- And they deserve to have an opinion.
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- Democracy is democracy.
- It doesn't matter if they're uneducated.
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- - New. She means new.
- - Same difference.
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- She means new.
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- We don't even know
- what a research database is.
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- You both are going to do great.
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- Now, first of all,
- this team needed some new faces,
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- and apparently a new attitude.
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- Second of all,
- if we're gonna get anywhere this year,
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- you two have gotta agree
- on something, anything,
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- or I swear
- I'm gonna make the twins co-presidents.
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- Bennett said he raised money?
- Am I to assume he went door to door?
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- 'Cause his mother's an ATM with lipstick
- who releases 50s every time she farts.
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- She's a very popular senator.
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- Please.
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- Julia's a state senator.
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- And to me, she's still the teenage robot
- who lived in the library.
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- Hey! I live in the library.
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- - Yeah, you're different.
- - Different how?
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- You're just different.
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- Listen, tomorrow you're gonna win
- another trophy
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- and the Harvard application
- isn't due for another week...
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- Four days.
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- Shit! Four days?
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- Okay, well, did you write it in?
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- Yes. Lona Skinner, co-president...
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- ...of the Hemlock Prep Academy
- Debate Club.
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- You should be proud of that.
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- What?
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- You earned it, and you are qualified,
- and you are my son.
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- One second, baby.
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- Julia Russell.
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- Listen, I was in D.C. last week.
- I'm going to D.C. next week,
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- so you tell those wrinkled old bags
- that I am not coming to D.C. this week,
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- and if they lose their shit
- I will buy each of them a diaper.
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- As a first-generation college student,
- I know the importance of higher education,
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- which is why I started this foundation
- that hands out scholarships.
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- I'm hanging up on you now.
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- Sorry, baby.
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- No, it's just that
- being co-presidents is ridiculous,
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- - because Lona is impossible to work with.
- - Oh!
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- Forget about her and her mother.
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- You just need to focus
- on that good-looking dude in the mirror
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- that's getting into Yale. Am I right?
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- Right? Next month,
- you'll qualify for the state tournament
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- and Harvard will give you a full ride,
- just like Hemlock did.
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- Because we're poor.
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- No. Because you're smart.
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- And you're a hard worker.
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- And you're a kick-ass debater.
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- And because we're poor.
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- I'm just glad it'll all be over soon.
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- I'll be at Harvard and Bennett
- will be at Yale, and that will be that.
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- You're right.
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- Good luck today, sweetie.
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- Oh, my God. It's not about luck, Mom.
- We've been through this.
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- This isn't a sport, where the ball drifts
- in and out of play
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- depending upon the weather.
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- This is a skilled event based on research,
- memorization and execution,
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- where I am in charge of my own destiny.
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- - It's not about luck.
- - Obviously.
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- I'm gonna go jump in the coffee
- and make some shower.
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- Ladies and gentlemen, debaters and guests
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- welcome to the 51st Montague Classic.
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- The first round will be starting
- in approximately ten minutes.
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- - Amy!
- - Senator.
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- Senator? Please! Come on.
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- You know it's Julia. How are you?
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- I'm really well.
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- My daughter is the co-president
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- of the Hemlock Prep Academy
- Debate Club, so...
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- How silly was that?
- Co-presidents?
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- Well, I'm just glad
- it all worked out in the end.
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- 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:09,066
- Actually, I don't think it worked out.
- I think Lona deserved it.
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- And that's what makes you
- such a great mom.
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- We should all feel that way
- about our kids, right?
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- No, I think the fact
- that she's the school's
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- only three-time state qualifier
- makes her the best choice.
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- Well, sometimes we just gotta let
- the system work, don't we?
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- It's good to see you, uh, Amy.
- Good luck to your daughter.
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- It's not about luck, Julia.
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- Hello, I'm Bennett.
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- - Hey, nice to meet you.
- - Nice to meet you.
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- 00:11:15,716 --> 00:11:17,259
- All right, it's time. My name is Zach.
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- I'm gonna be your judge
- for today's debate.
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- As previously assigned,
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- Hemlock Prep is gonna be arguing
- for the affirmative
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- and Western for the negative.
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- 00:11:24,558 --> 00:11:25,976
- - Any questions?
- - How's Princeton?
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- It's going great. Thanks, Lona.
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- How are you?
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- I'm just glad you're judging
- and not sitting over there.
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- All right, you're up.
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- 00:11:34,402 --> 00:11:35,903
- Is anyone not ready?
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- I affirm the costs of a college education
- are outweighed by the benefits.
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- As of 2011, student loan debt and credit
- card debt topped one trillion dollars...
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- 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:04,306
- In the evidence previously mentioned,
- the numbers suggest that we...
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- That is why you must vote aff.
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- Is anyone not ready?
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- I negate that the costs of
- a college education outweigh the benefits.
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- 00:12:27,329 --> 00:12:28,640
- ...has effectively become the threshold
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- for middle class and family income.
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- In 1970 almost 60%
- of high school graduates, um,
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- were in middle school
- but that number plummeted...
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- 00:12:37,631 --> 00:12:38,966
- That's why you must vote neg.
- 218
- 00:12:39,550 --> 00:12:41,350
- I'm voting with the affirmative,
- Hemlock Prep.
- 219
- 00:12:46,515 --> 00:12:47,516
- Is anyone not ready?
- 220
- 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:52,271
- I negate the costs of a college education
- outweigh the benefits.
- 221
- 00:12:56,525 --> 00:12:59,171
- One: during times of economic depression
- college educations are vital.
- 222
- 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:00,835
- Given the uncertain nature of the economy
- 223
- 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:03,063
- a college education can function
- as an insurance policy.
- 224
- 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:05,010
- First, the demand for college degrees
- is rising.
- 225
- 00:13:05,034 --> 00:13:07,234
- Getting a college education
- is more important than ever.
- 226
- 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:09,931
- ...significant amount of gains associated
- with higher lifetime earnings.
- 227
- 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:13,035
- If people have more money in their pockets
- they're able to spend that money...
- 228
- 00:13:15,503 --> 00:13:17,689
- The labor report we provided predicts
- job openings will soon increase
- 229
- 00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:19,840
- as the Baby Boomer generation
- continues to retire.
- 230
- 00:13:19,924 --> 00:13:21,693
- Therefore, we should encourage
- college graduation
- 231
- 00:13:21,717 --> 00:13:23,236
- to ensure people have enough
- disposable income
- 232
- 00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:24,779
- to contribute to national
- and global economies.
- 233
- 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:26,531
- A college education remains
- the best option...
- 234
- 00:13:26,555 --> 00:13:27,949
- And that is why you must vote neg.
- 235
- 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:32,269
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- welcome to the awards ceremony
- 236
- 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:34,563
- of the 51st Annual Classic.
- 237
- 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:37,775
- These are some of the biggest statuettes
- I've ever seen.
- 238
- 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:40,194
- And we did that on purpose.
- 239
- 00:13:40,277 --> 00:13:42,404
- Okay, I have a stupid question.
- 240
- 00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:44,782
- - There are no stupid questions.
- - Just stupid people.
- 241
- 00:13:44,865 --> 00:13:47,493
- Uninformed. She means uninformed.
- What's your question?
- 242
- 00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:48,970
- Why do you talk so fast when you debate?
- 243
- 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:51,806
- A few years back, they changed the rules
- so we only have eight minutes per round.
- 244
- 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:54,226
- And then everyone started speaking faster
- to get more points.
- 245
- 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:55,167
- The more arguments you make,
- 246
- 00:13:55,251 --> 00:13:57,331
- the more arguments your opponents
- have to respond to.
- 247
- 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:58,855
- But you can't understand
- what you're saying.
- 248
- 00:13:58,879 --> 00:13:59,880
- - You can't.
- - You can?
- 249
- 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:00,964
- Nobody can.
- 250
- 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:03,568
- Everyone emails judges and opponents
- everything right before the debate.
- 251
- 00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:04,426
- So everyone's reading.
- 252
- 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,387
- And that's a good tip for all of you.
- 253
- 00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:10,182
- When you're debating, don't get bored
- by the sound of your own voice.
- 254
- 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:12,893
- Be bored by the other person's voice.
- 255
- 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:13,811
- Are you guys done?
- 256
- 00:14:13,894 --> 00:14:15,580
- Shouldn't there be one more round
- of debates?
- 257
- 00:14:15,604 --> 00:14:17,290
- - What about the finals?
- - That's a great question.
- 258
- 00:14:17,314 --> 00:14:19,292
- But the last two standing
- are from the same school.
- 259
- 00:14:19,316 --> 00:14:20,627
- You can't debate against your own school.
- 260
- 00:14:20,651 --> 00:14:22,712
- - Stupid rule.
- - So what happens then?
- 261
- 00:14:22,736 --> 00:14:27,116
- Co-champions, ladies and gentlemen,
- from Hemlock Prep Academy,
- 262
- 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:29,326
- Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell!
- 263
- 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,878
- - Lona, congratulations.
- - Thank you.
- 264
- 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,648
- - Bennett, congratulations.
- - Thank you.
- 265
- 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:23,923
- Are you sure we filled out
- the financial part correctly?
- 266
- 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,216
- Well, you're going to community college
- if we didn't.
- 267
- 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:27,676
- Mom!
- 268
- 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,429
- It's fine. I took it to an H&R Block guy.
- 269
- 00:15:30,512 --> 00:15:33,265
- And that guy says you're getting in.
- 270
- 00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:34,642
- And he went to Brown University,
- 271
- 00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:38,604
- which I think
- is also an Ivy League school.
- 272
- 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:41,606
- No?
- 273
- 00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:45,444
- It is. Brown University! Right?
- 274
- 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:02,044
- It's good, Lona. It really is.
- 275
- 00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:04,797
- - I only have one question.
- - What?
- 276
- 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,465
- Is it all true?
- 277
- 00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:11,136
- I mean, in my day if I mowed one lawn,
- I put down "landscape architect."
- 278
- 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:15,099
- I saw one black and white movie,
- the thing said "cinematic historian."
- 279
- 00:16:15,182 --> 00:16:16,892
- It's okay. You can tell me.
- 280
- 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,060
- It's all true.
- 281
- 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:19,853
- Right answer.
- 282
- 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:21,188
- Is anything missing?
- 283
- 00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:23,691
- Honestly, yes.
- 284
- 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:25,859
- - One thing.
- - What?
- 285
- 00:16:25,943 --> 00:16:26,943
- What?
- 286
- 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,655
- My lucky stamp.
- 287
- 00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:33,826
- Your application
- is now guidance counselor-certified
- 288
- 00:16:33,909 --> 00:16:36,161
- and gets my stamp of approval.
- 289
- 00:16:36,245 --> 00:16:37,162
- It's a tradition.
- 290
- 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:38,998
- What's the success rate of your students?
- 291
- 00:16:39,081 --> 00:16:42,501
- One hundred percent of my students
- end up at the institution
- 292
- 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:43,836
- where they're meant to be.
- 293
- 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:45,838
- Oh, God.
- 294
- 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:47,589
- Oh, what are you worried about?
- 295
- 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,968
- Who did your mom get to write you a letter
- of recommendation to get into Yale?
- 296
- 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,655
- - Someone who went to Harvard.
- - Just someone who went to Harvard.
- 297
- 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:54,555
- Barack Obama.
- 298
- 00:16:54,638 --> 00:16:56,974
- - Barack Obama.
- - He's a family friend.
- 299
- 00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,059
- Family friend, Barack Obama.
- 300
- 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:00,620
- He also used to be
- President of the United States.
- 301
- 00:17:00,644 --> 00:17:02,688
- Yeah, I know. I voted for him.
- 302
- 00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:04,356
- And I went to school with him.
- 303
- 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,691
- And I dated his brother-in-law.
- 304
- 00:17:05,774 --> 00:17:08,444
- That's two truths and a lie.
- You pick the lie.
- 305
- 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,488
- - So you'll mail it out for me?
- - Oh, no, no.
- 306
- 00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:13,824
- You have to take this down
- to the school mailbox
- 307
- 00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:14,742
- and mail it yourself.
- 308
- 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:16,410
- Because when you're my age,
- 309
- 00:17:16,493 --> 00:17:19,997
- all your high school memories
- blend in together.
- 310
- 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,999
- Except for a very few moments.
- 311
- 00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:24,460
- And 50 bucks says this is one of them.
- 312
- 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:35,178
- Don't worry.
- 313
- 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:38,557
- - Take your time.
- - Of course.
- 314
- 00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:41,894
- It's just, you know, Harvard.
- 315
- 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,896
- That's a very good school.
- 316
- 00:17:45,147 --> 00:17:46,732
- I'm sure you'll be very competitive.
- 317
- 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:49,568
- I'm going to Yale.
- 318
- 00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,987
- - Oh, that's a good one, too.
- - Thank you.
- 319
- 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:12,924
- Thank you.
- 320
- 00:18:13,383 --> 00:18:14,383
- All right.
- 321
- 00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:40,535
- What are you doing?
- 322
- 00:18:41,161 --> 00:18:43,956
- - What does it look like?
- - Yeah, but you need to be getting ready.
- 323
- 00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:45,767
- I have plenty of time.
- This is more important.
- 324
- 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:48,585
- I have the regional qualifier
- for the state tournament tomorrow.
- 325
- 00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:52,256
- It's your senior year.
- One dance will not kill you.
- 326
- 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:53,757
- It might.
- 327
- 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,926
- It's Homecoming. You're going.
- 328
- 00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:59,304
- - You're meeting up at a friend's house?
- - Yes, I have friends, Mom.
- 329
- 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:00,508
- Then you'll all go together?
- 330
- 00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:03,725
- Mom, you won, okay?
- I'm going to Homecoming.
- 331
- 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,519
- You don't have to know every detail.
- 332
- 00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:10,649
- - Pick one. I'll return the rest.
- - No, those are not my style.
- 333
- 00:19:11,358 --> 00:19:12,442
- And what is your style?
- 334
- 00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,819
- What's wrong with this?
- 335
- 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:17,406
- You're not going to homecoming
- dressed like an accountant.
- 336
- 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,575
- I thought you said
- I was pulling off Diane Keaton.
- 337
- 00:19:20,617 --> 00:19:21,617
- Did I?
- 338
- 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:25,414
- Sweetie, you're a teenager.
- 339
- 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:28,542
- Would it kill you to dress
- like Taylor Swift for one night?
- 340
- 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:33,088
- Here. Try this on. If it fits, it's yours.
- 341
- 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,591
- Please?
- 342
- 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:48,228
- Sweet Jesus.
- 343
- 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,023
- You don't think it's too revealing?
- 344
- 00:19:51,106 --> 00:19:52,566
- You gotta give 'em a little taste.
- 345
- 00:19:52,649 --> 00:19:53,649
- Mom!
- 346
- 00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:55,027
- You look beautiful.
- 347
- 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:57,070
- You look elegant.
- 348
- 00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:58,154
- Is that better?
- 349
- 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:02,659
- It's expensive and the money should be
- going to my college fund...
- 350
- 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,286
- Going to this.
- 351
- 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:07,039
- I would take seven side jobs if I had to.
- 352
- 00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:10,417
- You've been the cheapest teenage daughter
- a mother could have.
- 353
- 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,711
- No jewelry.
- 354
- 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,380
- No makeup. No pregnancies.
- 355
- 00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:17,716
- No jail time that I know of.
- 356
- 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,719
- Honestly, I can't believe you're my kid.
- 357
- 00:20:22,095 --> 00:20:23,388
- I want this for you.
- 358
- 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:25,891
- I want this for me.
- 359
- 00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:30,145
- You know, this is one of those
- 360
- 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,606
- mother-daughter special moments,
- don't you?
- 361
- 00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:35,442
- What, my inability to breathe?
- 362
- 00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:39,196
- Well, I think the goal is to get out
- of the dress as quickly as possible.
- 363
- 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:40,572
- I'm kidding.
- 364
- 00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,396
- ♪ A bird without a swing
- 365
- 00:22:28,597 --> 00:22:29,431
- Oh!
- 366
- 00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:31,683
- - Watch where you're...
- - Sorry.
- 367
- 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,109
- Uh... Theater Two?
- 368
- 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:43,360
- Huh.
- 369
- 00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:37,958
- Shoot.
- 370
- 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:50,219
- Um...
- 371
- 00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:54,266
- I'm just glad I'm not the only one
- who still gets dressed up
- 372
- 00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:55,475
- to go to the movies.
- 373
- 00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,270
- I don't want to talk about it.
- 374
- 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,189
- Um...
- 375
- 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,440
- Do you want a ride?
- 376
- 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:08,989
- I can walk.
- 377
- 00:24:09,072 --> 00:24:10,072
- Lona, it's...
- 378
- 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,741
- It's cold outside.
- 379
- 00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:16,913
- That's a keen observation.
- 380
- 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:19,249
- Well, we got the regional qualifier
- tomorrow, so...
- 381
- 00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:20,332
- Is it tomorrow?
- 382
- 00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:22,961
- God, I better start preparing. Hmm.
- 383
- 00:24:33,930 --> 00:24:35,807
- You'll take me straight home?
- 384
- 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:43,064
- Let me get a number four
- with a large fry and a vanilla shake.
- 385
- 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:44,691
- Do you want something?
- 386
- 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:46,651
- You were supposed
- to take me straight home.
- 387
- 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:48,570
- I don't even understand why we're here.
- 388
- 00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,740
- - She'll have a chocolate shake.
- - I'm not drinking that.
- 389
- 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,575
- I saw a documentary
- about places like this
- 390
- 00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:55,911
- called Fast and Furious:
- On Your Intestines.
- 391
- 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:58,580
- Sure, it goes down easy.
- But you'll be curled over...
- 392
- 00:25:10,425 --> 00:25:12,105
- They said it was supposed to rain tonight.
- 393
- 00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:14,970
- It might.
- 394
- 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:18,183
- Why are you even eating here? Hmm?
- 395
- 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:19,935
- Is your personal chef on holiday?
- 396
- 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,561
- He's vacationing in Belize.
- 397
- 00:25:23,772 --> 00:25:25,023
- I don't have a chef.
- 398
- 00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:28,151
- Well, you should,
- because this crap will kill you.
- 399
- 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:31,529
- I don't know how anyone could make
- the conscious decision to eat here.
- 400
- 00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:33,615
- I'm not drinking it.
- 401
- 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:36,785
- Right? Yeah?
- 402
- 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,663
- This time, dip a fry inside.
- 403
- 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:42,874
- That's disgusting.
- 404
- 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,751
- Everything's better with fries.
- 405
- 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:48,004
- I mean, sweet and salty perfection.
- 406
- 00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:49,088
- Here.
- 407
- 00:25:50,173 --> 00:25:51,173
- Try it.
- 408
- 00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:07,941
- No, thank you.
- 409
- 00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:09,067
- It's just a jacket.
- 410
- 00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:35,802
- Thanks for the shake.
- 411
- 00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:44,352
- Don't be late tomorrow.
- 412
- 00:26:57,699 --> 00:26:59,743
- Hi, Bennett. It's your mother.
- 413
- 00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:01,536
- I know you're inside,
- 414
- 00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:04,622
- but I know today is also the day
- for the qualifiers,
- 415
- 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:06,624
- so I wanted to wish you luck
- 416
- 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,794
- because I know you are going to qualify
- and be at that state tournament.
- 417
- 00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:14,007
- I also wanted to let you know
- that in anticipation of that excitement,
- 418
- 00:27:14,090 --> 00:27:17,427
- I reserved us two rooms at that hotel,
- the one with the waterfall.
- 419
- 00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:18,636
- I can't wait.
- 420
- 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,306
- Anyway, have a great day, honey.
- Oh! And before I forget,
- 421
- 00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:25,727
- I laid on your bed that outfit
- that I think is just so damn charming.
- 422
- 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:27,771
- I'm so excited. I love you!
- 423
- 00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:33,943
- So do you like arguing the con side
- or the pro side?
- 424
- 00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:37,197
- It's called "aff" for affirmative
- and "neg" for negative.
- 425
- 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,199
- That's what I meant, aff or neg.
- 426
- 00:27:39,282 --> 00:27:42,160
- - It doesn't matter.
- - No, I know, but...
- 427
- 00:27:42,243 --> 00:27:44,621
- That's why we have
- the same debate topic all year long,
- 428
- 00:27:44,704 --> 00:27:47,290
- so that we get to know
- both sides intimately.
- 429
- 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:50,085
- But which one are you hoping
- that you get to argue?
- 430
- 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:53,380
- That sort of thinking
- is a loser's mentality.
- 431
- 00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:57,634
- Totally. It was a test. Oh, shit!
- I left my phone in the car.
- 432
- 00:27:57,717 --> 00:27:58,917
- - I'll meet you inside.
- - Okay.
- 433
- 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:15,443
- - Oh! Hi, Amy.
- - Julia.
- 434
- 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:17,779
- Baby, I'll see you inside.
- 435
- 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,244
- Bennett tells me
- Lona's applied to Harvard.
- 436
- 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:25,161
- That's right.
- 437
- 00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:27,580
- That is incredible.
- 438
- 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,504
- You gotta dream big, you know.
- You can't listen to what the critics say.
- 439
- 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,044
- If you want to do something, you do it.
- 440
- 00:28:34,462 --> 00:28:36,148
- - Bennett's applying to Yale?
- - Yeah.
- 441
- 00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,317
- I mean, obviously,
- I would've been happy if he went anywhere
- 442
- 00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:40,009
- but he just fell in love with it, so...
- 443
- 00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:42,512
- Like mother, like son.
- 444
- 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:43,595
- Right.
- 445
- 00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,520
- Oh, did you want to get something
- from your car?
- 446
- 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:52,855
- Oh!
- 447
- 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,751
- I was going to grab something
- but then we started talking, so...
- 448
- 00:28:55,775 --> 00:28:57,652
- You can get it
- and then we can go in together.
- 449
- 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:58,736
- No, it's no big deal.
- 450
- 00:29:01,030 --> 00:29:03,742
- I'm sorry? It's no big deal
- and you don't need anything,
- 451
- 00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:06,286
- or it's no big deal
- and you don't want me to wait?
- 452
- 00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:08,889
- I would have to look for it
- and you would just be standing there
- 453
- 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:11,583
- and I didn't want it to be awkward, so...
- 454
- 00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:17,130
- I'll see you inside, Amy.
- 455
- 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,033
- What was that back there?
- 456
- 00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:46,796
- Everyone found out their first assignment.
- 457
- 00:29:46,868 --> 00:29:48,620
- Who they're debating, what time and where.
- 458
- 00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:49,954
- - Even you two?
- - Yep.
- 459
- 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,791
- - Why didn't you look at your phones?
- - It's a sign of weakness.
- 460
- 00:29:52,874 --> 00:29:54,626
- So you guys think you're gonna win again?
- 461
- 00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:58,463
- At a regional qualifier,
- there's no winner.
- 462
- 00:29:58,546 --> 00:30:01,257
- The top four contestants will move on
- to the state tournament.
- 463
- 00:30:01,341 --> 00:30:03,319
- The costs of a college education
- are outweighed by the benefits.
- 464
- 00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:06,030
- A college education is a strong, positive
- predictor of economic mobility...
- 465
- 00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:08,254
- Consider why the costs of a college
- education are way...
- 466
- 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:13,853
- People don't learn anything
- substantial in college...
- 467
- 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,775
- In 1970, almost 60 percent
- of high school graduates...
- 468
- 00:30:20,026 --> 00:30:22,838
- The fact that such a high number
- of students need to be re-taught skills
- 469
- 00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,590
- learned in high school
- prior to commencing collegiate study
- 470
- 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:27,334
- demonstrates people are ending up
- in college who should not be there.
- 471
- 00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:43,550
- Is anyone not ready?
- 472
- 00:30:43,883 --> 00:30:46,529
- I affirm the costs of a college
- education are outweighed by the benefits.
- 473
- 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:49,180
- It's always important
- to scout potential opponents.
- 474
- 00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:50,825
- But you don't have any more debates today.
- 475
- 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,809
- We're scouting opponents
- for the state tournament.
- 476
- 00:30:58,398 --> 00:30:59,858
- This is his opening statement
- 477
- 00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:02,402
- - which is why he's being so...
- - Cute?
- 478
- 00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:05,530
- Well, I was gonna say vague, but sure.
- 479
- 00:31:05,613 --> 00:31:07,991
- We do that here
- and that is why you must vote aff.
- 480
- 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,001
- Is anybody not ready?
- 481
- 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:23,965
- Whether or not college is worth
- the price of admissions
- 482
- 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:26,009
- is not the debate
- we should be having today.
- 483
- 00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:29,137
- Let me tell you a story.
- 484
- 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:33,766
- Both of my parents have to work two jobs
- to provide for my family.
- 485
- 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:36,311
- And they don't have the luxury of funding
- 486
- 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:39,480
- the test prep courses,
- essay coaches and tutors
- 487
- 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:42,233
- that many of my peers have access to
- in order to get a leg up...
- 488
- 00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:44,545
- - Why is she talking so slow?
- - Shh!
- 489
- 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,321
- Pay attention.
- 490
- 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,364
- ...the admissions process is desirable.
- 491
- 00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:51,576
- Better yet, appropriate,
- or even necessary,
- 492
- 00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:56,164
- given the significant social
- and financial pressures that it places
- 493
- 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:59,208
- on individual students and their families,
- 494
- 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:02,754
- especially those
- from low-income households
- 495
- 00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:05,149
- - like the one I grew up in.
- - Is debating like this even allowed?
- 496
- 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:08,676
- The rules state you're supposed to offer
- evidence to argue aff or neg.
- 497
- 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,971
- But the evidence you use
- is, well, debatable.
- 498
- 00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:13,264
- I don't get it.
- 499
- 00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:16,017
- Okay, if I was going to argue
- water is wet,
- 500
- 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,020
- my evidence would be scientific data
- that proves on Planet Earth,
- 501
- 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:23,441
- throughout history, time and time again,
- water has always been proven wet.
- 502
- 00:32:23,524 --> 00:32:25,544
- - And I would cite my references.
- - Because those are facts.
- 503
- 00:32:25,568 --> 00:32:29,030
- And it's way more convincing
- than if my evidence was water is wet
- 504
- 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:30,365
- because I touched it once.
- 505
- 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:31,950
- Because you can't touch the evidence.
- 506
- 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:34,786
- - No. Because it's anecdotal.
- - It's what?
- 507
- 00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:38,456
- It's what Jasmine was doing
- and what she does every debate.
- 508
- 00:32:38,539 --> 00:32:40,875
- She talks about her personal experiences,
- anecdotes.
- 509
- 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:42,335
- And she can do that?
- 510
- 00:32:42,418 --> 00:32:44,837
- Sure, she can do it but it's risky.
- 511
- 00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:47,465
- Her slow pace keeps her from being able
- to make as many points.
- 512
- 00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,485
- Therefore, in order for her
- to win a competition...
- 513
- 00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:50,551
- Which she never has.
- 514
- 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,988
- ...Jasmine would have to show
- that her own personal experiences
- 515
- 00:32:53,012 --> 00:32:55,223
- are, for some reason,
- more important than facts.
- 516
- 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:58,851
- Always stick to the facts.
- Jasmine's fighting a losing battle.
- 517
- 00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:00,561
- Maybe she doesn't care if she wins.
- 518
- 00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:05,125
- In just a moment, I'll be announcing
- 519
- 00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:07,110
- the names of our four finalists
- 520
- 00:33:07,193 --> 00:33:10,113
- who will go on to compete
- for our state tournament this year.
- 521
- 00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:13,074
- But first,
- we have a special guest speaker.
- 522
- 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,409
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- 523
- 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:19,414
- a few words from a debate mom
- and our state senator, Julia Russell.
- 524
- 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:26,461
- Thank you.
- 525
- 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:30,675
- I know you've been debating the pros
- and cons of higher education all day,
- 526
- 00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:31,926
- and so I will be brief,
- 527
- 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:35,096
- since I don't want to steal the spotlight
- from the kids.
- 528
- 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,682
- Yet she's literally stealing
- the spotlight from the kids.
- 529
- 00:33:37,765 --> 00:33:41,936
- The Yale Alumni Association helped me
- get my first job practicing law.
- 530
- 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:44,522
- And so I started this foundation
- 531
- 00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:48,151
- so that I might be able to help others
- with their start.
- 532
- 00:33:48,234 --> 00:33:52,238
- And today, our donors
- include Oprah Winfrey...
- 533
- 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:55,950
- ...Bono, Mark Zuckerberg.
- 534
- 00:33:56,034 --> 00:34:01,330
- And everyone who gets involved
- always says the same thing.
- 535
- 00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,958
- Stop dropping so many names?
- 536
- 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,046
- They say that their success
- started with a work ethic
- 537
- 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,506
- that began when they were your age.
- 538
- 00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,967
- The costs of listening to this woman
- outweigh the benefits.
- 539
- 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,387
- - As you become more involved...
- - Mom, stop it.
- 540
- 00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:19,849
- Sorry, it seems like there is
- a distraction somewhere in the audience,
- 541
- 00:34:19,932 --> 00:34:22,894
- which probably means
- I'm taking up too much time.
- 542
- 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:26,230
- My apologies, Senator.
- I should've raised my hand.
- 543
- 00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:27,190
- My God.
- 544
- 00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:31,360
- I was just curious if you could give us
- your definition of success.
- 545
- 00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:33,779
- That's a great question.
- 546
- 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:36,991
- But, unfortunately, this is not a Q and A.
- 547
- 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,953
- It's just the people you just listed
- are all multi-billionaires.
- 548
- 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,625
- So are you saying that type of wealth
- is the best way to measure success?
- 549
- 00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:50,296
- Full disclosure, everyone,
- 550
- 00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:53,257
- Amy Skinner and I
- are old high school friends,
- 551
- 00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:57,095
- and so we like to jest with one another
- from time to time.
- 552
- 00:34:57,678 --> 00:34:59,097
- Isn't that right, Amy?
- 553
- 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,140
- I'm just asking about success.
- 554
- 00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,392
- Oh! And I have a great idea.
- 555
- 00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:05,186
- Why don't you come up here
- 556
- 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:08,231
- and share with everyone
- your success story?
- 557
- 00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:10,775
- I'm sure that these students
- would love to hear all about it.
- 558
- 00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:15,321
- I mean, forgive me, I'm not entirely clear
- on all the details myself, so...
- 559
- 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:19,200
- No, thanks. I wouldn't want to steal
- the spotlight from the kids.
- 560
- 00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:24,181
- They were the reason we didn't qualify.
- 561
- 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,626
- After Amy and Julia went at it,
- the judges stopped the awards ceremony
- 562
- 00:35:28,709 --> 00:35:31,838
- and took five minutes to talk
- before they announced the qualifiers.
- 563
- 00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:33,089
- It's not fair.
- 564
- 00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:36,092
- Have you ever considered the possibility
- that sometimes you lose?
- 565
- 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:39,762
- The same thing happened
- in middle school. Twice.
- 566
- 00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:41,430
- Or sometimes you lose.
- 567
- 00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:42,723
- Not often.
- 568
- 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,101
- Mr. Johnson said you have another shot
- next month.
- 569
- 00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,769
- That's just for teams.
- 570
- 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,896
- - And?
- - And I don't have a partner.
- 571
- 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:49,980
- Go with Lona.
- 572
- 00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:52,441
- You're high on chocolate right now.
- 573
- 00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:55,111
- When I come to work high,
- you'll know it.
- 574
- 00:35:55,194 --> 00:35:56,571
- Ask Debbie in Accounting.
- 575
- 00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,197
- We'd kill each other.
- 576
- 00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,075
- No. There is no possible way
- that I'm gonna debate alongside the guy
- 577
- 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,679
- who in the seventh grade
- ripped pages out of my biology textbook
- 578
- 00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:04,847
- so I couldn't do my homework.
- 579
- 00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:08,207
- It's a fact that he is a dick to everyone
- every day all the time.
- 580
- 00:36:08,291 --> 00:36:10,501
- That's a line we don't cross.
- The dick line.
- 581
- 00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:11,752
- Don't cross the dick line.
- 582
- 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:15,631
- We both should've qualified
- as individuals. It's not fair.
- 583
- 00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:18,092
- - Or sometimes you lose.
- - You know what I mean.
- 584
- 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,344
- You should've seen
- how dumb some of those kids were.
- 585
- 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:23,097
- I'm sure they're talented.
- Talented in their own way.
- 586
- 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,474
- One of them didn't know
- the capital of New Mexico.
- 587
- 00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:26,976
- Oh, that's embarrassing.
- 588
- 00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:28,769
- - Albuquerque.
- - Santa Fe.
- 589
- 00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:29,770
- I know.
- 590
- 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,440
- Listen, you're the two best debaters
- in the county.
- 591
- 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:35,193
- Together, you could qualify for State
- and that's another thing
- 592
- 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:38,446
- you can send off to Harvard, right?
- 593
- 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,649
- - You're wasting your time. We lost.
- - Can you let me finish?
- 594
- 00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,368
- - The deadline passed.
- - But we have the twins' slot.
- 595
- 00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:46,054
- - What happened to the twins?
- - They dropped out.
- 596
- 00:36:46,078 --> 00:36:47,455
- - Of the tournament?
- - Of the club.
- 597
- 00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:51,833
- Lona, stop.
- 598
- 00:36:53,711 --> 00:36:56,923
- I need this for Yale.
- And you want to get into Harvard.
- 599
- 00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,634
- We already turned in our applications.
- 600
- 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:02,303
- Come on, we both know
- that the admissions office
- 601
- 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:04,472
- will take into consideration
- any honors we receive
- 602
- 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:06,724
- while they're making their decisions.
- 603
- 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:08,935
- - We wouldn't qualify.
- - Yes, we would.
- 604
- 00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:12,396
- - No, you have extremely bad habits.
- - You disrespect your opponents.
- 605
- 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,607
- - You disrespect the judges.
- - You have bad breath.
- 606
- 00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:17,109
- - You have... Stupid face!
- - A stupid face.
- 607
- 00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:19,779
- I think you meant to say
- you have a stupid face.
- 608
- 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:22,865
- No, actually,
- I meant to say that you're a dick.
- 609
- 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,619
- Do you... Do you think I want this?
- 610
- 00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:28,462
- - I certainly don't.
- - Neither do I.
- 611
- 00:37:28,537 --> 00:37:29,681
- Out of everyone in this school,
- 612
- 00:37:29,705 --> 00:37:31,785
- you're literally the last person
- I want to work with.
- 613
- 00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:34,460
- - The very, very last.
- - Thank you.
- 614
- 00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:36,671
- You're egocentric,
- you speed through crossfire
- 615
- 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,339
- and you refuse to flow rounds.
- 616
- 00:37:40,341 --> 00:37:41,884
- I flow every single one of my rounds.
- 617
- 00:37:41,968 --> 00:37:45,096
- And for your information,
- when you speed through crossfire,
- 618
- 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,574
- you get through more questions
- and you make the other team nervous.
- 619
- 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,517
- No, I think you're right,
- we wouldn't qualify.
- 620
- 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,061
- - You're just not good enough.
- - Oh, please.
- 621
- 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:54,414
- I could carry us both through qualifiers
- and state championship.
- 622
- 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,416
- - You think we'd win?
- - Yeah, if you got out of my way.
- 623
- 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,316
- - Prove it.
- - I will.
- 624
- 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,420
- So it's agreed. You'll prove me wrong,
- we'll play as a team, qualify next month,
- 625
- 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:01,612
- and win the state tournament.
- 626
- 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,531
- We'll start studying after school
- at my place.
- 627
- 00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,224
- I'll give the opening statement.
- 628
- 00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:14,583
- No, I'm gonna give the opening statement.
- 629
- 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,395
- Bennett, the round is one
- of the first five minutes.
- 630
- 00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:19,171
- You make too many arguments
- and don't impact any of them.
- 631
- 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:22,008
- So we lose the round because of that.
- In addition to that...
- 632
- 00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:23,735
- If you did your work
- for the amount of time
- 633
- 00:38:23,759 --> 00:38:25,696
- - you spend arguing with me...
- - I'm already done.
- 634
- 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,930
- I'm already done.
- I already finished page two.
- 635
- 00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:31,142
- - Well, start page three.
- - There is no page three.
- 636
- 00:38:34,687 --> 00:38:36,522
- No. No.
- 637
- 00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:37,606
- - No, no.
- - Stop.
- 638
- 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:38,524
- Excuse me.
- 639
- 00:38:38,607 --> 00:38:39,483
- - What?
- - No.
- 640
- 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,254
- Ask any teacher, they will tell you
- that when you write something physically,
- 641
- 00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:44,715
- it sticks to your brain better
- than when you do it on your computer.
- 642
- 00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:47,366
- Excuse me. Thank you.
- 643
- 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:49,428
- - Condescending tone?
- - Which the judges do not appreciate.
- 644
- 00:38:49,452 --> 00:38:51,912
- And besides,
- it sets the tone for the entire round.
- 645
- 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:55,583
- My judges appreciate my tone.
- I have a very welcoming tone.
- 646
- 00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,730
- Okay, enough, Picasso.
- I'll make these last changes
- 647
- 00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,482
- - and email them to you.
- - Or I can do it.
- 648
- 00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:21,484
- - No, I can do it.
- - I can easily do it.
- 649
- 00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:23,819
- Yeah, you can easily do
- a lot of things, Bennett.
- 650
- 00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:27,740
- Look, I'll make the changes
- and see you tomorrow.
- 651
- 00:39:29,492 --> 00:39:30,576
- We're gonna do great.
- 652
- 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,214
- I know I've said it a thousand times,
- but I really am sorry.
- 653
- 00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,758
- - It's fine, Mom.
- - No, it's not.
- 654
- 00:39:45,841 --> 00:39:48,469
- I let Julia get under my tits,
- and then I made it worse.
- 655
- 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:50,888
- If I had just kept
- my hilarious mouth shut,
- 656
- 00:39:50,971 --> 00:39:52,611
- you would've already qualified for State.
- 657
- 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,100
- Or maybe I just lost that day.
- 658
- 00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:56,936
- Are you kidding me? Did you see
- how stupid some of those kids were?
- 659
- 00:39:58,229 --> 00:39:59,229
- Talented.
- 660
- 00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:01,356
- In their own way.
- 661
- 00:40:03,442 --> 00:40:06,195
- Whoa! Take it easy with that stuff.
- They won't even recognize you.
- 662
- 00:40:07,905 --> 00:40:09,698
- Look, I'm just... I'm flustered, okay?
- 663
- 00:40:09,782 --> 00:40:11,075
- We have no chemistry.
- 664
- 00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:14,036
- We disagree in strategy,
- we have opposite routines and I just...
- 665
- 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,454
- I don't know how it's gonna work!
- 666
- 00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:19,351
- I just wanted to tell you
- that I spoke to the debate leadership
- 667
- 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:20,793
- on the county and state levels
- 668
- 00:40:20,876 --> 00:40:24,588
- about Amy's primal impulses
- and that unfortunate altercation.
- 669
- 00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:27,216
- And they assured me
- that I was in the right, of course,
- 670
- 00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:29,427
- and that you would be judged fairly.
- 671
- 00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:31,429
- - Whatever.
- - Well... No.
- 672
- 00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:33,764
- This is good news, Bennett.
- 673
- 00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,452
- You are going to qualify
- for the state tournament today
- 674
- 00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:40,229
- and you are going to win
- the state tournament.
- 675
- 00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:42,731
- And you will go to Yale in the fall.
- 676
- 00:40:42,815 --> 00:40:44,876
- But first, I have to compete
- in the debate tournament
- 677
- 00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,236
- with a brand new partner
- whom I've hated my entire life.
- 678
- 00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:49,864
- We all know who's carrying this team.
- 679
- 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:52,241
- Goodbye, Mom.
- 680
- 00:41:25,774 --> 00:41:27,067
- - Excuse me.
- - Would you...?
- 681
- 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,537
- We negate that the cost of college
- education is outweighed by benefits.
- 682
- 00:41:35,784 --> 00:41:38,704
- We affirm the costs of a college
- education are outweighed by the benefits.
- 683
- 00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:43,876
- That's the right height.
- 684
- 00:41:43,959 --> 00:41:45,437
- Look at the difference of the height.
- 685
- 00:41:45,461 --> 00:41:47,272
- ...indicates college graduates
- are more likely to earn higher salaries
- 686
- 00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:49,173
- pay more taxes, taxed at a higher rate...
- 687
- 00:41:53,385 --> 00:41:54,821
- - This is our area.
- - Get it out of my area.
- 688
- 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:56,430
- We're on a team. This is our area.
- 689
- 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,394
- Without college educations, prospective
- employees will be ill-equipped...
- 690
- 00:42:03,729 --> 00:42:05,105
- That's why you must vote neg.
- 691
- 00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,866
- Is anyone not ready?
- 692
- 00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:20,579
- Our high school is inferior to yours.
- 693
- 00:42:23,749 --> 00:42:25,501
- We'd bet you money, if we had any.
- 694
- 00:42:25,584 --> 00:42:27,503
- We have no fancy research databases,
- 695
- 00:42:27,586 --> 00:42:29,338
- no personal laptop computers.
- 696
- 00:42:29,421 --> 00:42:32,883
- No debate coaches with
- national championships on their résumé.
- 697
- 00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:36,011
- No, our debate coach works at Sears
- on the weekends
- 698
- 00:42:36,095 --> 00:42:37,680
- because he needs the money.
- 699
- 00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:39,974
- So the moment that timer starts,
- 700
- 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:42,893
- we're already ten steps behind
- and are forced to play catch-up.
- 701
- 00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:44,895
- Well, we don't have to worry about them.
- 702
- 00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:46,772
- What? Why not?
- 703
- 00:42:46,855 --> 00:42:48,524
- They're good, really good.
- 704
- 00:42:48,607 --> 00:42:52,236
- This approach rarely wins. Replacing
- feelings for facts is not debate.
- 705
- 00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:53,612
- The judges will see through it.
- 706
- 00:42:53,696 --> 00:42:55,781
- - Have you ever debated against it?
- - Have you?
- 707
- 00:42:55,864 --> 00:42:58,492
- Jania Santos. Want to hear her story?
- 708
- 00:42:58,576 --> 00:42:59,970
- She was top of her high school class.
- 709
- 00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,079
- Went to a fancy liberal arts school
- on the East Coast
- 710
- 00:43:02,162 --> 00:43:04,623
- and graduated
- with a BA in European History.
- 711
- 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:06,307
- And guess what she's doing now?
- 712
- 00:43:07,334 --> 00:43:08,168
- Sears.
- 713
- 00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:10,254
- She's working at Sears
- with our debate coach!
- 714
- 00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:12,232
- You know, what are these colleges
- really offering
- 715
- 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:14,008
- if they're not offering careers?
- 716
- 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:15,801
- - It's bullshit!
- - It's bullshit!
- 717
- 00:43:15,884 --> 00:43:19,221
- All I'm saying is how do we prepare
- to debate someone's personal experiences?
- 718
- 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:20,991
- There's no way
- to anticipate what they'll say.
- 719
- 00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:23,615
- No. We dismiss it as contrary
- to the framework of the debate topic
- 720
- 00:43:23,684 --> 00:43:26,162
- and the judges will agree
- that what they're saying is meaningless.
- 721
- 00:43:26,186 --> 00:43:28,480
- You think what they're saying
- is meaningless?
- 722
- 00:43:28,564 --> 00:43:30,858
- I think that the facts will always win
- and you do, too.
- 723
- 00:43:40,743 --> 00:43:42,036
- See what I told you?
- 724
- 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:44,472
- Honestly, they shouldn't even
- give a trophy for a qualifier.
- 725
- 00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:45,414
- You can have it.
- 726
- 00:43:45,497 --> 00:43:47,333
- You earned it. Give yourself a break.
- 727
- 00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:50,294
- - I don't have time for breaks.
- - You're nervous, aren't you?
- 728
- 00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:52,796
- - About State?
- - No, about getting into Harvard.
- 729
- 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:53,964
- It's this Friday.
- 730
- 00:43:54,048 --> 00:43:55,650
- - You told them you qualified?
- - Yeah, I did.
- 731
- 00:43:55,674 --> 00:43:58,427
- You're a four-time qualifier.
- That's amazing!
- 732
- 00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:00,095
- Yeah, but am I gonna get in?
- 733
- 00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,656
- - You'll do great.
- - You don't know that.
- 734
- 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:02,848
- They'd be lucky to have you.
- 735
- 00:44:02,931 --> 00:44:04,534
- Look, Harvard has a five percent
- acceptance rate.
- 736
- 00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:07,353
- That means that there's a 95 percent
- chance that I don't get in.
- 737
- 00:44:07,436 --> 00:44:09,188
- - Maybe you're different.
- - Maybe I'm not.
- 738
- 00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:10,391
- Maybe I'm not any different.
- 739
- 00:44:10,439 --> 00:44:13,567
- Maybe I'm just another robot
- who spends too much time in the library.
- 740
- 00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:16,654
- - Is that really what you think?
- - I don't know and neither do you.
- 741
- 00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:21,240
- Okay.
- 742
- 00:44:22,076 --> 00:44:23,661
- Fine.
- 743
- 00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:24,744
- You're right.
- 744
- 00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:29,249
- It doesn't look good.
- In fact, it looks pretty shitty.
- 745
- 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:32,711
- We're talking about Harvard, so the odds
- are clearly stacked against you
- 746
- 00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:34,672
- and it's more than likely
- you'll be rejected.
- 747
- 00:44:36,048 --> 00:44:37,508
- Is that better?
- 748
- 00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:39,885
- Lona, I don't have a clue
- where you're gonna end up.
- 749
- 00:44:39,968 --> 00:44:41,220
- Not in a year.
- 750
- 00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,639
- Not ten years from now.
- 751
- 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:45,891
- We don't know what's gonna happen.
- Nobody does.
- 752
- 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,979
- No matter where you go,
- will you promise me something?
- 753
- 00:44:51,063 --> 00:44:52,231
- What?
- 754
- 00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:53,899
- You're not gonna like it.
- 755
- 00:44:55,609 --> 00:44:59,988
- In fact, many extremely successful people
- will completely disagree with me.
- 756
- 00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:04,535
- I don't know. I hesitate
- to even bring it up. Maybe I'll just...
- 757
- 00:45:04,618 --> 00:45:05,818
- Where are you going with this?
- 758
- 00:45:09,081 --> 00:45:10,707
- When I started working here,
- 759
- 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:12,917
- that wall was empty.
- 760
- 00:45:16,088 --> 00:45:18,132
- That bookcase was empty.
- 761
- 00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:23,679
- And then kids like you left.
- 762
- 00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:28,183
- And they got into their dream school,
- or they didn't.
- 763
- 00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:32,020
- But all of them went on to do stuff.
- 764
- 00:45:33,188 --> 00:45:34,231
- Make stuff.
- 765
- 00:45:35,232 --> 00:45:36,692
- And so they sent me stuff.
- 766
- 00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:42,364
- And I'm not sure
- but I think that's a life.
- 767
- 00:45:47,619 --> 00:45:49,204
- Wherever you end up, kiddo,
- 768
- 00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:51,498
- have fun.
- 769
- 00:46:25,532 --> 00:46:26,532
- Now. Now.
- 770
- 00:46:28,911 --> 00:46:30,579
- Okay, let's type in my password.
- 771
- 00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,795
- Okay, here we go.
- 772
- 00:46:38,879 --> 00:46:41,548
- No matter what happens,
- I love you and I'm so proud of you.
- 773
- 00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:42,674
- Your father would be, too.
- 774
- 00:46:45,844 --> 00:46:46,844
- All right.
- 775
- 00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,109
- Here it is. Here it is.
- 776
- 00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:28,989
- I'm sorry.
- 777
- 00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:30,657
- I thought you were already up.
- 778
- 00:48:51,386 --> 00:48:53,388
- Well, he's the valedictorian of his class
- 779
- 00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:57,559
- and a living president
- wrote his letter of recommendation.
- 780
- 00:48:57,643 --> 00:48:59,853
- Look, I'm not saying
- that you made a mistake,
- 781
- 00:48:59,936 --> 00:49:02,147
- but I wouldn't be surprised if you had.
- 782
- 00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:05,359
- No, I'm not trying to tell you
- how to run your institution,
- 783
- 00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:08,695
- but as an alumnus, I'm saying
- I'm exceptionally disappointed
- 784
- 00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:10,072
- by your decision.
- 785
- 00:49:10,155 --> 00:49:14,618
- Well, obviously, you're forgetting
- that I contributed $100,000...
- 786
- 00:49:15,410 --> 00:49:17,329
- - Are you out of your mind?
- - Bennett.
- 787
- 00:49:17,412 --> 00:49:20,207
- - You're not helping.
- - You know what? You're right.
- 788
- 00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:23,835
- Why don't we fly out there again
- and have another in-person interview?
- 789
- 00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:25,796
- - They've made up their minds.
- - No.
- 790
- 00:49:25,879 --> 00:49:27,589
- It's not that simple... Bennett.
- 791
- 00:49:27,673 --> 00:49:30,425
- Bennett, it's never that simple.
- 792
- 00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:31,718
- I know these people.
- 793
- 00:49:31,802 --> 00:49:33,762
- Sometimes you just have
- to bend their arm...
- 794
- 00:49:33,845 --> 00:49:36,139
- No! There's no bending.
- 795
- 00:49:36,223 --> 00:49:38,684
- They saw the application,
- and it wasn't good enough.
- 796
- 00:49:38,767 --> 00:49:40,435
- End of story. Sometimes you lose.
- 797
- 00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:41,937
- Lose?
- 798
- 00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:43,522
- What are you...?
- 799
- 00:49:43,605 --> 00:49:44,856
- No.
- 800
- 00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:49,236
- We still have plenty of time for me
- to call my friend who owes me.
- 801
- 00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:52,080
- The only thing I should focus on
- is that dude in the mirror, remember?
- 802
- 00:49:52,155 --> 00:49:53,448
- This is different.
- 803
- 00:49:53,532 --> 00:49:55,677
- You have to start considering a world
- where I don't go to Yale.
- 804
- 00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:56,719
- This is your future, Bennett.
- 805
- 00:49:56,743 --> 00:49:58,745
- I'm gonna need you
- to take it a bit more seriously.
- 806
- 00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:00,455
- You don't think I know that?
- 807
- 00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:02,809
- You know how much time
- I've spent trying to get in?
- 808
- 00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:04,543
- How many classes I've taken?
- 809
- 00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:06,253
- How many nights I've gotten no sleep?
- 810
- 00:50:06,336 --> 00:50:09,005
- I wanted it bad. But so what?
- 811
- 00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:11,258
- Will I not have a future
- if I don't go to Yale?
- 812
- 00:50:11,341 --> 00:50:13,009
- Not as bright a future.
- 813
- 00:50:17,639 --> 00:50:18,682
- Wow!
- 814
- 00:50:18,765 --> 00:50:19,765
- So it's all bullshit?
- 815
- 00:50:19,808 --> 00:50:20,934
- What?
- 816
- 00:50:21,017 --> 00:50:22,203
- You give out college scholarships
- 817
- 00:50:22,227 --> 00:50:23,746
- - to poor kids who can't afford it.
- - Bennett.
- 818
- 00:50:23,770 --> 00:50:26,416
- They're not going to Yale or Harvard.
- You send them to public school.
- 819
- 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,818
- - Why do you do it if it's such a waste?
- - Because they have nothing!
- 820
- 00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:33,447
- We give them something to hold on to.
- 821
- 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:34,364
- You...
- 822
- 00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:37,159
- Bennett, you come from everything.
- 823
- 00:50:37,242 --> 00:50:39,870
- And you expect everything!
- 824
- 00:50:39,953 --> 00:50:41,580
- And anything less is a disappointment.
- 825
- 00:50:41,663 --> 00:50:43,832
- - No.
- - No. That's what you're saying.
- 826
- 00:50:43,915 --> 00:50:45,101
- The expectations are so high...
- 827
- 00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:48,128
- Yale made it possible for a girl like me
- who comes from nothing
- 828
- 00:50:48,211 --> 00:50:50,505
- to make something of herself.
- 829
- 00:50:50,589 --> 00:50:52,841
- - So it's Yale or nothing?
- - That's not what I'm saying.
- 830
- 00:50:52,924 --> 00:50:54,134
- Then what are you saying, Mom?
- 831
- 00:50:54,843 --> 00:50:56,052
- Hmm?
- 832
- 00:50:57,387 --> 00:50:58,972
- Yeah. That's what I thought.
- 833
- 00:50:59,973 --> 00:51:00,973
- Bennett.
- 834
- 00:51:41,598 --> 00:51:43,767
- Good morning.
- What do you have for me?
- 835
- 00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,686
- - Here you go.
- - Thanks.
- 836
- 00:51:53,485 --> 00:51:55,153
- Can I help you guys?
- 837
- 00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,197
- I was just waiting to see Kathy.
- 838
- 00:51:57,739 --> 00:51:59,115
- Yeah, me, too.
- 839
- 00:52:03,578 --> 00:52:04,579
- I'm sorry. Uh...
- 840
- 00:52:05,997 --> 00:52:07,958
- Kathy passed away.
- 841
- 00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:12,838
- Kathy, the guidance counselor.
- The candy...
- 842
- 00:52:14,881 --> 00:52:18,343
- Kathy was in an accident...
- 843
- 00:52:18,426 --> 00:52:20,887
- after school on Friday.
- 844
- 00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:24,223
- I'm...
- 845
- 00:52:28,019 --> 00:52:30,397
- ...about to make the announcement
- to the rest of the school.
- 846
- 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:33,816
- I'm so sorry.
- 847
- 00:54:13,458 --> 00:54:16,670
- On the way over, I sort of thought
- we were gonna see Kathy here.
- 848
- 00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:19,381
- I know that doesn't make any sense.
- 849
- 00:54:19,464 --> 00:54:23,677
- But, I mean,
- it's, like, her funeral, and so...
- 850
- 00:54:24,552 --> 00:54:26,429
- she should be here, you know?
- 851
- 00:54:28,098 --> 00:54:29,098
- Yeah.
- 852
- 00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:31,893
- I felt that way about your dad's service.
- 853
- 00:54:33,979 --> 00:54:35,772
- You remember my dad's service?
- 854
- 00:54:37,857 --> 00:54:38,858
- We were six.
- 855
- 00:54:40,735 --> 00:54:42,904
- It was the first funeral
- I had ever been to.
- 856
- 00:54:44,739 --> 00:54:46,866
- Yeah, mine, too.
- 857
- 00:54:56,584 --> 00:54:57,584
- Hey, uh...
- 858
- 00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:00,171
- I watched that fast food documentary.
- 859
- 00:55:01,881 --> 00:55:03,008
- You were right.
- 860
- 00:55:03,091 --> 00:55:06,344
- Eating that junk food
- could seriously damage your organs.
- 861
- 00:55:06,428 --> 00:55:07,971
- I told you.
- 862
- 00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,806
- Yeah. Milkshakes are no good.
- 863
- 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,183
- And fries.
- 864
- 00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:27,239
- Did you get in?
- 865
- 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:30,159
- No.
- 866
- 00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:32,411
- You?
- 867
- 00:55:34,664 --> 00:55:35,664
- No.
- 868
- 00:55:42,756 --> 00:55:44,049
- What did we do it for?
- 869
- 00:55:46,176 --> 00:55:47,635
- What?
- 870
- 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:48,719
- Everything.
- 871
- 00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:52,557
- I mean, I don't think
- we were ever really high schoolers.
- 872
- 00:55:53,391 --> 00:55:56,478
- Are you telling me that I dreamed up
- all those classes and tests?
- 873
- 00:55:56,561 --> 00:55:57,896
- No, I'm saying we never...
- 874
- 00:56:00,065 --> 00:56:01,775
- How many football games did you go to?
- 875
- 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:05,278
- I don't believe in football.
- 876
- 00:56:05,361 --> 00:56:08,031
- Neither do I. How about parties?
- 877
- 00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:10,450
- I believe in them even less.
- 878
- 00:56:10,533 --> 00:56:12,494
- What about goofing off in class?
- 879
- 00:56:12,577 --> 00:56:14,537
- Or passing stupid notes?
- 880
- 00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,415
- Or laughing at a joke so hard
- that you start crying?
- 881
- 00:56:17,999 --> 00:56:19,459
- Is that high school to you?
- 882
- 00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:20,542
- I don't know.
- 883
- 00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:23,421
- I was too busy with...
- 884
- 00:56:23,505 --> 00:56:28,384
- with homework, tests and debate.
- 885
- 00:56:28,468 --> 00:56:29,886
- Yeah, that's high school.
- 886
- 00:56:31,679 --> 00:56:34,641
- Okay, if it is,
- how come you don't have tons of friends?
- 887
- 00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:41,439
- Shut up. You don't know me.
- 888
- 00:56:52,992 --> 00:56:53,992
- Hey.
- 889
- 00:56:55,829 --> 00:56:56,746
- If you're anything like me,
- 890
- 00:56:56,830 --> 00:56:59,040
- Kathy was the only person
- you could really talk to.
- 891
- 00:57:02,418 --> 00:57:05,713
- What if everything we went through
- will be the exact same in college?
- 892
- 00:57:08,466 --> 00:57:09,467
- You think so?
- 893
- 00:57:11,678 --> 00:57:14,180
- I'm pretty sure the Ivy League
- has football games and parties,
- 894
- 00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:18,685
- and there's always gonna be someone
- passing stupid drawings.
- 895
- 00:57:24,399 --> 00:57:26,109
- What's your point?
- 896
- 00:57:27,694 --> 00:57:29,028
- I wish I had one.
- 897
- 00:57:34,701 --> 00:57:36,453
- We could really use Kathy right now.
- 898
- 00:57:39,789 --> 00:57:40,999
- Yeah.
- 899
- 00:57:50,550 --> 00:57:52,719
- ...and what makes this table so expensive
- 900
- 00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:54,596
- is it's made of desert ironwood
- 901
- 00:57:54,679 --> 00:57:58,766
- from a perennial flowering tree
- of the Fabaceae family.
- 902
- 00:57:58,850 --> 00:58:01,394
- Desert ironwood? Are you sure?
- 903
- 00:58:01,978 --> 00:58:04,522
- You don't come across
- desert ironwood every day, so yes.
- 904
- 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:08,234
- Don't get me wrong, it's really nice
- having you here on the couch,
- 905
- 00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:10,987
- but it's just not you.
- 906
- 00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:16,701
- State tournament's in a few weeks.
- 907
- 00:58:18,286 --> 00:58:19,305
- I'm sorry it's with Bennett...
- 908
- 00:58:19,329 --> 00:58:21,289
- Is there anything that you like
- about Julia?
- 909
- 00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:24,458
- What?
- 910
- 00:58:25,793 --> 00:58:27,128
- Anything at all.
- 911
- 00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:43,978
- Her first ever campaign slogan
- was "Julia Russell is the right stuff."
- 912
- 00:58:44,062 --> 00:58:45,647
- Never mind.
- 913
- 00:58:45,730 --> 00:58:49,359
- Come on!
- New Kids on the Block? That's amazing.
- 914
- 00:58:50,777 --> 00:58:55,073
- We ran against each other
- for class president and I kicked her ass.
- 915
- 00:58:55,156 --> 00:58:57,951
- That's right. The cheerleader
- took down the bookworm.
- 916
- 00:58:58,785 --> 00:59:01,829
- It was brutal, though. We were vicious.
- 917
- 00:59:03,456 --> 00:59:04,958
- Still bugs her.
- 918
- 00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:09,462
- I'll tell you a secret.
- 919
- 00:59:12,423 --> 00:59:13,591
- I vote for her.
- 920
- 00:59:15,134 --> 00:59:16,386
- She gets things done.
- 921
- 00:59:17,845 --> 00:59:21,224
- She was on every Top 30 Under 30 list.
- 922
- 00:59:22,475 --> 00:59:24,227
- And then she adopted Bennett.
- 923
- 00:59:24,310 --> 00:59:26,062
- And then she became a senator.
- 924
- 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,733
- And she seems to balance it all
- on her own.
- 925
- 00:59:33,486 --> 00:59:35,321
- She's a great mom. It's very annoying.
- 926
- 00:59:38,658 --> 00:59:39,951
- I'm gonna finish my show.
- 927
- 00:59:41,536 --> 00:59:42,537
- Leave me alone.
- 928
- 00:59:49,252 --> 00:59:53,881
- So, after four years
- of not agreeing on anything,
- 929
- 00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:57,427
- the first thing you both agree on
- is to not compete in the state tournament.
- 930
- 00:59:59,345 --> 01:00:00,847
- So you both agree for the first time
- 931
- 01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:03,141
- and now you're both silent
- for the first time.
- 932
- 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,316
- Since when are you two the quitting kind?
- 933
- 01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:16,529
- So, you didn't get
- into your dream schools.
- 934
- 01:00:16,613 --> 01:00:20,033
- There are greater tragedies in this world.
- 935
- 01:00:21,075 --> 01:00:23,703
- What, were you trying to prove
- to your moms that you... what?
- 936
- 01:00:24,954 --> 01:00:26,331
- Prove what?
- 937
- 01:00:27,081 --> 01:00:30,251
- Oh, you two are so full of crap.
- 938
- 01:00:30,335 --> 01:00:32,712
- You're five-foot nothing.
- You're a hundred and nothing.
- 939
- 01:00:32,795 --> 01:00:35,048
- You hardly got
- a speck of athletic ability.
- 940
- 01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:37,234
- And you hung in with the best
- college football team in the land
- 941
- 01:00:37,258 --> 01:00:38,258
- for the past two years.
- 942
- 01:00:38,301 --> 01:00:40,011
- And you're both about
- to walk out of here
- 943
- 01:00:40,094 --> 01:00:43,389
- with a degree
- from the University of Notre Dame.
- 944
- 01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:46,702
- Mr. Johnson, what are you talking about?
- 945
- 01:00:46,726 --> 01:00:49,562
- Oh, come on.
- Don't tell me you've never seen Rudy.
- 946
- 01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:53,691
- That is one of the best, most recognizable
- motivational speeches in all of film.
- 947
- 01:00:53,775 --> 01:00:55,777
- Everybody loves Rudy.
- 948
- 01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:57,862
- What's your point?
- 949
- 01:00:57,945 --> 01:01:00,615
- If you add state champions
- to your résumé next month,
- 950
- 01:01:00,698 --> 01:01:02,659
- that's only gonna help
- your chances everywhere.
- 951
- 01:01:03,618 --> 01:01:05,995
- I guarantee there won't be
- a week in your life that goes by
- 952
- 01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:10,458
- that you won't regret walking out
- and letting them get the best of you.
- 953
- 01:01:11,417 --> 01:01:13,461
- Do you hear me clear enough?
- 954
- 01:01:14,212 --> 01:01:17,548
- "I rode the bench for two years.
- 955
- 01:01:17,632 --> 01:01:20,218
- I thought I wasn't being played
- because of my color."
- 956
- 01:01:20,301 --> 01:01:21,469
- Is this that movie again?
- 957
- 01:01:21,552 --> 01:01:24,430
- I am honestly nailing it here
- but I'd like to go from the beginning,
- 958
- 01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:25,807
- - uninterrupt...
- - Just stop.
- 959
- 01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:30,436
- I do things by myself.
- 960
- 01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,564
- I've always done things
- by myself my whole life.
- 961
- 01:01:35,149 --> 01:01:38,444
- I want to win so bad
- that it physically hurts.
- 962
- 01:01:40,113 --> 01:01:42,573
- Maybe it'll help me get into school,
- maybe it won't.
- 963
- 01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:47,203
- I just... I want to win.
- 964
- 01:01:48,496 --> 01:01:50,206
- What are you saying?
- 965
- 01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:53,459
- I'm saying that we should play football.
- 966
- 01:01:55,962 --> 01:01:56,962
- Then let's play.
- 967
- 01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:00,633
- Okay. Rudy from the top.
- 968
- 01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:05,072
- Mom, Bennett and I are gonna be
- working in here for a while.
- 969
- 01:02:05,096 --> 01:02:06,472
- - Okay.
- - Hi, Mrs. Skinner.
- 970
- 01:02:06,973 --> 01:02:08,391
- Wait, what?
- 971
- 01:02:09,016 --> 01:02:10,393
- Whoa!
- 972
- 01:02:13,104 --> 01:02:15,940
- - Thank you for having me, Ms. Skinner.
- - Of course, Bennett.
- 973
- 01:02:23,364 --> 01:02:24,991
- Mom, you should put on some pants.
- 974
- 01:02:26,909 --> 01:02:29,245
- You could focus on aff.
- I could focus on neg.
- 975
- 01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,126
- Can I get you something to eat, Bennett?
- 976
- 01:02:35,209 --> 01:02:37,086
- Uh, no, I'm okay.
- 977
- 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:39,672
- We're okay.
- 978
- 01:02:39,756 --> 01:02:40,757
- Something to drink?
- 979
- 01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:44,260
- - We've got water, juice, soda, beer.
- - Beer?
- 980
- 01:02:45,178 --> 01:02:47,930
- I'm fine. Thank you.
- 981
- 01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:49,214
- Well, I made cookies yesterday
- 982
- 01:02:49,265 --> 01:02:51,851
- so I'll go get some of those
- and, um, some milk.
- 983
- 01:02:56,481 --> 01:02:58,483
- I'm sorry.
- Can you please give me a second?
- 984
- 01:03:01,611 --> 01:03:04,947
- - What's the matter with you?
- - You didn't tell me he was coming over.
- 985
- 01:03:05,031 --> 01:03:07,784
- - I'm allowed to bring someone over.
- - But him?
- 986
- 01:03:08,785 --> 01:03:12,872
- The last thing we need is Julia knowing
- what this place looks like.
- 987
- 01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:14,540
- Or my exercise regimen.
- 988
- 01:03:15,666 --> 01:03:16,876
- Or my lack of pants.
- 989
- 01:03:16,959 --> 01:03:20,129
- - He doesn't care about that stuff.
- - Yeah, well, she does.
- 990
- 01:03:20,213 --> 01:03:24,383
- Tell him the dining room table
- is desert ironwood
- 991
- 01:03:24,467 --> 01:03:27,595
- from the penal flowering tree
- of the Fibonacci family.
- 992
- 01:03:28,930 --> 01:03:31,390
- - You're being ridiculous.
- - No, I'm not.
- 993
- 01:03:31,474 --> 01:03:32,308
- Get back out there.
- 994
- 01:03:32,391 --> 01:03:34,578
- You don't want him to think
- we're talking about him behind his back.
- 995
- 01:03:34,602 --> 01:03:35,812
- I'm not. You are.
- 996
- 01:03:41,108 --> 01:03:42,108
- Thank you.
- 997
- 01:03:45,363 --> 01:03:46,364
- Wow.
- 998
- 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:48,824
- Hmm.
- 999
- 01:03:51,536 --> 01:03:52,411
- Mm.
- 1000
- 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,080
- Wow.
- 1001
- 01:03:54,163 --> 01:03:56,916
- They're my mom's recipe.
- I'm sure you've had better.
- 1002
- 01:03:56,999 --> 01:03:58,918
- No, I don't think so.
- 1003
- 01:04:00,711 --> 01:04:04,674
- I like to let the cookie soak in there,
- you know. It enriches the flavor.
- 1004
- 01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:07,676
- You're weird.
- 1005
- 01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:18,479
- For our guest.
- 1006
- 01:04:20,189 --> 01:04:21,774
- Oh, thank you.
- 1007
- 01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:23,901
- Whoa!
- 1008
- 01:04:24,485 --> 01:04:25,862
- Thanks.
- 1009
- 01:04:25,945 --> 01:04:26,945
- Try it.
- 1010
- 01:04:29,407 --> 01:04:33,119
- Not... No, no, no.
- Not a dip. Dunk it.
- 1011
- 01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:35,389
- - Dunk it and hold it. Hold...
- - I did dunk it.
- 1012
- 01:04:35,413 --> 01:04:36,413
- Oh, my God.
- 1013
- 01:04:41,085 --> 01:04:43,963
- - No. No.
- - Yep.
- 1014
- 01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:44,881
- Studying over.
- 1015
- 01:04:44,964 --> 01:04:47,008
- - Special for you.
- - Take a break. Take a break.
- 1016
- 01:04:54,765 --> 01:04:56,225
- Yeah.
- 1017
- 01:04:56,309 --> 01:04:58,769
- This is so good. What's in it?
- 1018
- 01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:01,647
- You got milk on these.
- 1019
- 01:05:03,190 --> 01:05:04,400
- Let's dry it off.
- 1020
- 01:05:06,152 --> 01:05:07,153
- - Ready?
- - Ready.
- 1021
- 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:10,841
- We affirm that the costs of a college
- 1022
- 01:05:10,865 --> 01:05:12,505
- education are outweighed by the benefits.
- 1023
- 01:05:15,494 --> 01:05:16,329
- Trade schools...
- 1024
- 01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:17,246
- Trade schools are far better option...
- 1025
- 01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,040
- Can you switch out the two?
- 1026
- 01:05:22,043 --> 01:05:22,960
- ...college education system.
- 1027
- 01:05:23,044 --> 01:05:24,503
- I'll share.
- 1028
- 01:05:24,587 --> 01:05:26,172
- - Nice.
- - I'm feeling nice today.
- 1029
- 01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:30,092
- Finally.
- 1030
- 01:05:39,060 --> 01:05:41,354
- That is why you must vote aff.
- 1031
- 01:05:44,982 --> 01:05:46,734
- You guys, I'm going to bed.
- 1032
- 01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:50,738
- Bennett, if you're too tired to drive
- home, feel free to crash on our couch.
- 1033
- 01:05:50,821 --> 01:05:53,491
- I left out a, um, pillow
- and a blanket for you.
- 1034
- 01:05:54,492 --> 01:05:55,492
- Thanks, Ms. Skinner.
- 1035
- 01:05:56,661 --> 01:05:57,995
- Don't stay up too late.
- 1036
- 01:05:58,537 --> 01:06:00,498
- - Good night, Mom. Love you.
- - Love you.
- 1037
- 01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:06,503
- You think we're good?
- 1038
- 01:06:07,296 --> 01:06:09,674
- I've never prepared this much evidence
- for a tournament.
- 1039
- 01:06:11,175 --> 01:06:12,175
- Me neither.
- 1040
- 01:06:15,846 --> 01:06:17,348
- You think we can win this thing?
- 1041
- 01:06:20,935 --> 01:06:21,935
- Me, too.
- 1042
- 01:06:24,897 --> 01:06:25,897
- All right.
- 1043
- 01:06:27,566 --> 01:06:29,402
- We make a good team.
- 1044
- 01:06:33,823 --> 01:06:37,284
- - You should take these.
- - I'll take...
- 1045
- 01:07:06,439 --> 01:07:07,690
- The debate is this weekend.
- 1046
- 01:07:10,401 --> 01:07:11,819
- Right.
- 1047
- 01:07:11,902 --> 01:07:13,320
- Uh, um...
- 1048
- 01:07:14,613 --> 01:07:15,656
- We should...
- 1049
- 01:07:15,740 --> 01:07:19,160
- I should take every... Well, everything.
- 1050
- 01:07:19,243 --> 01:07:20,243
- Yeah.
- 1051
- 01:07:20,661 --> 01:07:21,661
- Bennett, I...
- 1052
- 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:24,874
- Tomorrow. Yeah.
- 1053
- 01:07:44,685 --> 01:07:46,270
- Next!
- 1054
- 01:07:47,104 --> 01:07:48,773
- Oh!
- 1055
- 01:07:49,774 --> 01:07:52,252
- - Sorry. I'm such a klutz.
- - It's okay. I can do it for you.
- 1056
- 01:07:52,276 --> 01:07:54,504
- - Just focus on the customers.
- - I can do it here. I've got it.
- 1057
- 01:07:54,528 --> 01:07:57,073
- I wasn't saying you couldn't do it.
- All I was saying was...
- 1058
- 01:07:57,156 --> 01:07:59,158
- Got it. Customers.
- 1059
- 01:07:59,241 --> 01:08:00,951
- How can I help you?
- 1060
- 01:08:04,497 --> 01:08:07,750
- You were really out of line
- at the regional qualifier.
- 1061
- 01:08:09,126 --> 01:08:13,422
- I mean, they just asked me to speak,
- and you obviously wanted to sabotage me.
- 1062
- 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:15,757
- I'm sorry.
- 1063
- 01:08:17,051 --> 01:08:18,344
- What can I get you?
- 1064
- 01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:20,471
- Chai tea latte with milk.
- 1065
- 01:08:21,806 --> 01:08:22,807
- 4.50.
- 1066
- 01:08:23,849 --> 01:08:25,726
- - Anything else?
- - Also...
- 1067
- 01:08:26,769 --> 01:08:29,897
- Bennett has been spending
- a lot of time at your house...
- 1068
- 01:08:29,980 --> 01:08:32,149
- I know. I'm sorry about not wearing pants.
- 1069
- 01:08:32,233 --> 01:08:33,859
- - What?
- - What?
- 1070
- 01:08:34,985 --> 01:08:36,112
- Okay, you go.
- 1071
- 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:38,279
- Well...
- 1072
- 01:08:39,115 --> 01:08:40,217
- He doesn't like my desserts,
- 1073
- 01:08:40,241 --> 01:08:43,619
- and he can't seem to stop talking
- about your damn cookies.
- 1074
- 01:08:44,495 --> 01:08:48,833
- - Really?
- - Yes, really. And it is very annoying.
- 1075
- 01:08:49,416 --> 01:08:50,416
- But...
- 1076
- 01:08:51,418 --> 01:08:53,462
- Well, I just thought that, um...
- 1077
- 01:08:56,799 --> 01:08:58,300
- Is it possible to get the recipe?
- 1078
- 01:09:00,261 --> 01:09:02,638
- Yeah. Sure.
- 1079
- 01:09:03,889 --> 01:09:04,889
- It's not...
- 1080
- 01:09:06,892 --> 01:09:09,979
- If you can hang for a few minutes,
- I'm about to be on break.
- 1081
- 01:09:10,896 --> 01:09:11,897
- Okay.
- 1082
- 01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:13,524
- Chai latte.
- 1083
- 01:09:16,110 --> 01:09:17,110
- Sorry about that.
- 1084
- 01:09:21,365 --> 01:09:22,365
- Well played.
- 1085
- 01:09:26,954 --> 01:09:28,497
- - Everything okay? We good?
- - Yep.
- 1086
- 01:09:28,581 --> 01:09:29,707
- Okay. All right.
- 1087
- 01:09:33,085 --> 01:09:36,255
- Shakespeare didn't write
- the first Romeo and Juliet story
- 1088
- 01:09:36,338 --> 01:09:39,508
- but he wrote the best
- Romeo and Juliet story.
- 1089
- 01:09:39,592 --> 01:09:43,220
- Take the confidants...
- the friar, the nurse, you see,
- 1090
- 01:09:43,304 --> 01:09:45,472
- things out of Shakespeare...
- 1091
- 01:10:04,325 --> 01:10:05,784
- - Yeah.
- - Okay.
- 1092
- 01:10:33,437 --> 01:10:36,815
- ♪ You fill my ears with the songs I love
- 1093
- 01:10:37,524 --> 01:10:38,817
- Hey.
- 1094
- 01:10:39,610 --> 01:10:40,444
- Um...
- 1095
- 01:10:40,527 --> 01:10:42,988
- Did you get my email with the revisions?
- 1096
- 01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:45,324
- Yeah, they're good,
- but I'm making my tweaks.
- 1097
- 01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:47,201
- I'll email them to you in the morning.
- 1098
- 01:10:48,244 --> 01:10:50,079
- Here are the essays we were looking for
- 1099
- 01:10:50,162 --> 01:10:52,373
- about higher education
- at the turn of the century.
- 1100
- 01:10:53,415 --> 01:10:55,376
- It's not a great argument, but...
- 1101
- 01:10:56,293 --> 01:10:58,003
- Just in case our opponents bring it up.
- 1102
- 01:11:02,174 --> 01:11:04,134
- I'll see you in the morning, okay?
- 1103
- 01:11:04,218 --> 01:11:07,263
- Listen, about what happened
- last night, I...
- 1104
- 01:11:12,101 --> 01:11:13,894
- I'm supposed to hate you.
- 1105
- 01:11:13,978 --> 01:11:16,397
- - Lona, I...
- - No, my whole life I've hated you.
- 1106
- 01:11:18,148 --> 01:11:20,109
- Not because I knew you, but because...
- 1107
- 01:11:23,821 --> 01:11:25,155
- I thought you hated me, too.
- 1108
- 01:11:27,866 --> 01:11:30,035
- But this other thing,
- 1109
- 01:11:30,703 --> 01:11:34,581
- this thing where we study together
- and eat cookies...
- 1110
- 01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:38,669
- Well, I just don't think
- that's what I'm good at.
- 1111
- 01:11:38,752 --> 01:11:40,188
- - I disagree.
- - Of course you disagree.
- 1112
- 01:11:40,212 --> 01:11:42,172
- Disagreeing is what we do best.
- 1113
- 01:11:46,010 --> 01:11:47,511
- I'll see you tomorrow, okay?
- 1114
- 01:12:02,192 --> 01:12:06,322
- ♪ You fill my ears with the songs I love
- 1115
- 01:12:19,418 --> 01:12:21,378
- Hey. Hey.
- 1116
- 01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,174
- Huh?
- 1117
- 01:12:25,257 --> 01:12:26,550
- I think it's time for bed.
- 1118
- 01:12:28,218 --> 01:12:29,470
- What time is it?
- 1119
- 01:12:29,553 --> 01:12:32,097
- It's late. I texted you,
- but your phone was off.
- 1120
- 01:12:32,181 --> 01:12:33,181
- Oh.
- 1121
- 01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:36,810
- Oh, my gosh.
- 1122
- 01:12:36,894 --> 01:12:38,771
- Where did you get these?
- 1123
- 01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:39,854
- What?
- 1124
- 01:12:40,147 --> 01:12:41,398
- Oh.
- 1125
- 01:12:41,482 --> 01:12:42,816
- I made them.
- 1126
- 01:12:42,900 --> 01:12:44,360
- At that French bakery you love?
- 1127
- 01:12:45,944 --> 01:12:48,238
- No. I made them.
- 1128
- 01:12:48,322 --> 01:12:51,617
- - You ordered them online?
- - No, I made them, okay?
- 1129
- 01:12:52,618 --> 01:12:55,537
- Just... don't go in the kitchen.
- It's a mess.
- 1130
- 01:12:56,413 --> 01:12:57,413
- Oh.
- 1131
- 01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:04,796
- Mm.
- 1132
- 01:13:07,925 --> 01:13:08,925
- Thank you.
- 1133
- 01:13:17,684 --> 01:13:18,684
- You're welcome.
- 1134
- 01:13:46,171 --> 01:13:47,190
- ...affirm the costs
- of college education...
- 1135
- 01:13:47,214 --> 01:13:48,483
- [girl 1 ...are outweighed by the benefits.
- 1136
- 01:13:48,507 --> 01:13:50,026
- College graduates earn more
- over their lifetime...
- 1137
- 01:13:50,050 --> 01:13:52,890
- Those with a college education
- fare better than high school graduates...
- 1138
- 01:14:02,479 --> 01:14:04,040
- While our opponents
- will try to argue future innovations
- 1139
- 01:14:04,064 --> 01:14:05,732
- in the system should be encompassed...
- 1140
- 01:14:10,362 --> 01:14:11,947
- Who is helping me? Who is helping us?
- 1141
- 01:14:12,030 --> 01:14:14,408
- Where is the priority
- of getting low income...?
- 1142
- 01:14:28,797 --> 01:14:31,592
- ...to national and global economies.
- That is why you must vote neg.
- 1143
- 01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:39,850
- All right.
- 1144
- 01:14:39,933 --> 01:14:40,933
- Is anyone not ready?
- 1145
- 01:14:42,102 --> 01:14:43,371
- - We negate the costs...
- - We affirm the costs...
- 1146
- 01:14:43,395 --> 01:14:45,275
- ...of a college education
- outweigh the benefits.
- 1147
- 01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:09,903
- - That is why must vote neg.
- - That is why you must vote aff.
- 1148
- 01:15:11,381 --> 01:15:12,799
- In a two-to-one decision,
- 1149
- 01:15:13,383 --> 01:15:16,720
- from Hemlock Prep Academy,
- Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell.
- 1150
- 01:15:22,434 --> 01:15:24,228
- Good evening, everyone.
- 1151
- 01:15:24,811 --> 01:15:26,813
- Welcome to the final debate.
- 1152
- 01:15:26,897 --> 01:15:29,775
- Who will be named
- the best team in the state?
- 1153
- 01:15:30,359 --> 01:15:31,944
- You're about to find out.
- 1154
- 01:15:32,027 --> 01:15:36,657
- First, from Hemlock Prep Academy,
- Bennett Russell and Lona Skinner.
- 1155
- 01:15:41,328 --> 01:15:45,624
- And from Washington High,
- Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.
- 1156
- 01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:50,745
- Good luck to you both.
- 1157
- 01:15:51,838 --> 01:15:53,632
- And now, let's begin.
- 1158
- 01:16:04,184 --> 01:16:05,811
- Is anybody not ready?
- 1159
- 01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:10,291
- Do you know what I did this morning?
- I pinched myself.
- 1160
- 01:16:10,315 --> 01:16:11,149
- I know, right?
- 1161
- 01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:15,028
- It's a cliché, but I thought I was
- dreaming. We shouldn't be up here.
- 1162
- 01:16:15,112 --> 01:16:17,990
- Take a look around the room,
- and then look at us.
- 1163
- 01:16:19,866 --> 01:16:21,326
- We shouldn't be here.
- 1164
- 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:23,245
- No, we deserve it,
- but we shouldn't be here
- 1165
- 01:16:23,328 --> 01:16:25,122
- because we should be working.
- 1166
- 01:16:25,205 --> 01:16:29,251
- The truth is we can't afford to be here
- and we don't want to be here.
- 1167
- 01:16:29,334 --> 01:16:32,713
- I mean, honestly,
- do any of you really want to be here?
- 1168
- 01:16:32,796 --> 01:16:36,133
- Do you actually enjoy giving up
- your Saturdays to debate public policy?
- 1169
- 01:16:36,216 --> 01:16:37,216
- Hell, no.
- 1170
- 01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:40,095
- But since you were born into privilege,
- you're expected to, right?
- 1171
- 01:16:40,178 --> 01:16:41,823
- That's just messed up,
- 1172
- 01:16:41,847 --> 01:16:43,056
- both for you and me.
- 1173
- 01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:45,225
- So, what do we affirm?
- 1174
- 01:16:45,309 --> 01:16:46,935
- Our aff is that this process, no,
- 1175
- 01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:50,814
- this business of college admissions
- outweighs the benefits.
- 1176
- 01:16:50,897 --> 01:16:52,107
- And it is so overbearing
- 1177
- 01:16:52,190 --> 01:16:55,110
- that it's turning young people
- into robots,
- 1178
- 01:16:55,193 --> 01:16:59,489
- forcing us to make critical decisions
- about our future at the age of 16.
- 1179
- 01:16:59,573 --> 01:17:01,283
- Are you kidding me?
- 1180
- 01:17:01,366 --> 01:17:04,536
- I mean, just think about it.
- I can't vote or drink,
- 1181
- 01:17:04,745 --> 01:17:07,456
- and yet my entire adult life
- 1182
- 01:17:07,539 --> 01:17:11,668
- is dependent upon my GPA,
- AP courses, and community service?
- 1183
- 01:17:11,752 --> 01:17:13,045
- You know our story by now.
- 1184
- 01:17:13,128 --> 01:17:16,548
- You know that our families
- actually need the money.
- 1185
- 01:17:16,632 --> 01:17:19,468
- You're asking me if college is worth it.
- 1186
- 01:17:19,551 --> 01:17:22,679
- The better question is,
- "Who is helping me? Who is helping us?"
- 1187
- 01:17:22,763 --> 01:17:26,808
- Where is the priority of getting
- low-income students through high school?
- 1188
- 01:17:26,892 --> 01:17:28,977
- - Because we don't see it.
- - We don't see it.
- 1189
- 01:17:50,248 --> 01:17:52,250
- Hey, Bennett,
- can I have the notes, please?
- 1190
- 01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:53,334
- Thanks.
- 1191
- 01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:01,802
- Is anyone not ready?
- 1192
- 01:18:12,020 --> 01:18:13,873
- Bennett and I negate
- the costs of a college education
- 1193
- 01:18:13,897 --> 01:18:15,232
- outweigh the benefits.
- 1194
- 01:18:15,315 --> 01:18:18,235
- Our first contention is that
- our opponents, in their opening statement,
- 1195
- 01:18:18,318 --> 01:18:21,154
- have shown complete disregard
- for the topic, and thus, the frame...
- 1196
- 01:18:21,238 --> 01:18:22,465
- the framework in which we debate.
- 1197
- 01:18:22,489 --> 01:18:24,741
- Their blatant disrespect...
- 1198
- 01:18:35,836 --> 01:18:37,337
- Oh.
- 1199
- 01:19:00,736 --> 01:19:01,736
- You know what?
- 1200
- 01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:04,656
- Jasmine and Dana are right.
- 1201
- 01:19:06,616 --> 01:19:07,951
- We are robots.
- 1202
- 01:19:09,828 --> 01:19:12,539
- Let me tell you a story.
- 1203
- 01:19:14,541 --> 01:19:17,169
- Getting into college sucks.
- 1204
- 01:19:17,252 --> 01:19:20,338
- Well, I shouldn't say that
- because I haven't gotten in yet.
- 1205
- 01:19:20,422 --> 01:19:26,928
- But I've spent the last 18 years
- researching, writing, and debating
- 1206
- 01:19:27,012 --> 01:19:29,306
- both sides of every argument.
- 1207
- 01:19:29,389 --> 01:19:34,519
- I can speak at 400 words per minute
- and cram as many facts as humanly possible
- 1208
- 01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:37,022
- into each round
- before that buzzer goes off.
- 1209
- 01:19:37,731 --> 01:19:41,818
- I did everything I thought
- I needed to do, and...
- 1210
- 01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,280
- what happened?
- 1211
- 01:19:48,283 --> 01:19:54,331
- It resulted in a big fat rejection letter.
- 1212
- 01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:59,085
- Facts over feelings, right?
- 1213
- 01:20:00,253 --> 01:20:01,588
- Is that a good idea?
- 1214
- 01:20:04,883 --> 01:20:06,134
- I'm at a loss.
- 1215
- 01:20:08,053 --> 01:20:09,930
- I am.
- 1216
- 01:20:10,013 --> 01:20:13,809
- Because maybe I will be a politician
- or a lawyer someday
- 1217
- 01:20:13,892 --> 01:20:15,560
- and these Saturdays
- will have provided me
- 1218
- 01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:19,523
- with some skill set that I could not
- attain anywhere else, but...
- 1219
- 01:20:22,567 --> 01:20:23,944
- what if I'm unable to...
- 1220
- 01:20:31,493 --> 01:20:35,372
- What if I'm unable
- to form a human connection?
- 1221
- 01:21:02,816 --> 01:21:04,752
- Raise your hand
- if you can articulate the arguments
- 1222
- 01:21:04,776 --> 01:21:06,903
- that Lona and I have been arguing today.
- 1223
- 01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:19,249
- Now raise your hand if you can understand
- what Jasmine and Dana have been saying.
- 1224
- 01:21:28,592 --> 01:21:30,719
- They've been doing this all year,
- just like us.
- 1225
- 01:21:32,512 --> 01:21:33,722
- But they're nothing like us.
- 1226
- 01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:38,852
- Because they didn't choose to focus
- on the pressure to win that we did.
- 1227
- 01:21:39,603 --> 01:21:41,323
- Instead they chose
- something more important,
- 1228
- 01:21:42,397 --> 01:21:43,607
- communicating.
- 1229
- 01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:48,194
- Next year scares the shit out of me.
- 1230
- 01:21:50,155 --> 01:21:51,795
- I don't know where I'll end up,
- 1231
- 01:21:51,865 --> 01:21:55,785
- or what I'm going to do,
- or what I'll become.
- 1232
- 01:21:56,953 --> 01:21:58,413
- But as of right now...
- 1233
- 01:21:59,414 --> 01:22:00,665
- I'm happy to be here.
- 1234
- 01:22:01,875 --> 01:22:04,002
- And maybe it was all worth it,
- 1235
- 01:22:04,085 --> 01:22:08,048
- just to see you two come in here
- and free the robots.
- 1236
- 01:22:11,801 --> 01:22:14,179
- So that we would stop
- talking at each other,
- 1237
- 01:22:14,763 --> 01:22:16,348
- and start talking to each other.
- 1238
- 01:22:33,865 --> 01:22:34,865
- Thanks.
- 1239
- 01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:05,939
- Thank you, everyone. This is it.
- 1240
- 01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:09,985
- In a 2-1 decision,
- 1241
- 01:23:10,694 --> 01:23:12,237
- your state champions,
- 1242
- 01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:16,908
- from Washington High,
- Jasmine Spencer and Dana Martinez.
- 1243
- 01:23:24,290 --> 01:23:25,542
- Sometimes we lose.
- 1244
- 01:23:42,767 --> 01:23:45,979
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- welcome to Debate Club.
- 1245
- 01:23:46,062 --> 01:23:51,359
- The first rule of Debate Club is,
- you do not talk about Debate Club.
- 1246
- 01:23:51,443 --> 01:23:56,865
- The second rule of Debate Club is,
- you do not talk about Debate Club.
- 1247
- 01:23:56,948 --> 01:23:59,784
- The third rule is,
- if someone yells "stop",
- 1248
- 01:23:59,868 --> 01:24:03,246
- goes limp, or tags out,
- the debate is over.
- 1249
- 01:24:03,329 --> 01:24:05,165
- - Brad Pitt.
- - In Fight Club.
- 1250
- 01:24:05,248 --> 01:24:07,709
- Thank you, Taylor and Tanner.
- 1251
- 01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:08,877
- Once more from the top.
- 1252
- 01:24:10,045 --> 01:24:13,673
- The first rule of Debate Club is,
- you do not talk about Debate Club.
- 1253
- 01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:39,616
- I can feel you watching me, Mom.
- 1254
- 01:24:39,699 --> 01:24:41,910
- Sorry for being excited for you.
- 1255
- 01:24:41,993 --> 01:24:45,830
- - It's just another dance.
- - It's your last dance.
- 1256
- 01:24:45,914 --> 01:24:46,914
- It's prom.
- 1257
- 01:24:47,749 --> 01:24:51,252
- I know you've been all grown up
- ever since I gave birth to you,
- 1258
- 01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:53,922
- but I hate to tell you this,
- 1259
- 01:24:54,005 --> 01:24:57,383
- life after high school
- is just a series of disappointments.
- 1260
- 01:24:57,467 --> 01:24:59,803
- You always know just what to say.
- 1261
- 01:25:00,637 --> 01:25:01,888
- 'Cause I love you.
- 1262
- 01:25:01,971 --> 01:25:04,724
- I love you, too.
- Now let me finish getting ready, please.
- 1263
- 01:25:10,188 --> 01:25:12,816
- The day has arrived
- 1264
- 01:25:12,899 --> 01:25:14,734
- Fresh off the ironing board.
- 1265
- 01:25:16,319 --> 01:25:19,197
- Oh, my gosh. Let me take a look at you.
- 1266
- 01:25:22,992 --> 01:25:24,452
- Take pictures, okay?
- 1267
- 01:25:24,536 --> 01:25:27,497
- - For you or your campaign?
- - Hey.
- 1268
- 01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:29,624
- Very funny. For you.
- 1269
- 01:25:32,210 --> 01:25:35,255
- This is one of those life moments, right?
- 1270
- 01:25:35,338 --> 01:25:38,550
- You're going to college for four years,
- and two years of law school,
- 1271
- 01:25:38,633 --> 01:25:40,914
- and then you're gonna be working
- 14-hour days in your 20s,
- 1272
- 01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:42,220
- so you really just got...
- 1273
- 01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:44,264
- Relax.
- 1274
- 01:25:44,347 --> 01:25:45,347
- Relax.
- 1275
- 01:25:45,765 --> 01:25:46,765
- Exactly.
- 1276
- 01:25:46,975 --> 01:25:48,226
- Uh...
- 1277
- 01:25:48,309 --> 01:25:49,328
- You want me to call a limo?
- 1278
- 01:25:49,352 --> 01:25:50,704
- - Then you can have a driver.
- - No.
- 1279
- 01:25:50,728 --> 01:25:52,540
- - You could stay out all night.
- - I don't need a limo.
- 1280
- 01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,649
- I have a car that works.
- 1281
- 01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:56,233
- I know.
- 1282
- 01:25:57,861 --> 01:25:59,362
- I'll be home by midnight.
- 1283
- 01:26:01,406 --> 01:26:03,324
- One o'clock is fine.
- 1284
- 01:26:04,784 --> 01:26:05,784
- 12:30.
- 1285
- 01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:33,354
- Here you go.
- 1286
- 01:26:34,814 --> 01:26:36,399
- And congratulations.
- 1287
- 01:26:39,611 --> 01:26:40,528
- You look good in red.
- 1288
- 01:26:40,612 --> 01:26:42,280
- - It's crimson.
- - Oh, shut up.
- 1289
- 01:26:42,947 --> 01:26:44,267
- Congratulations to you.
- 1290
- 01:26:44,324 --> 01:26:46,409
- I always thought
- you were a bit of a Bulldog.
- 1291
- 01:26:46,492 --> 01:26:48,203
- I didn't even know what their mascot was.
- 1292
- 01:26:48,286 --> 01:26:50,830
- You're gonna go
- to so many football games.
- 1293
- 01:26:50,914 --> 01:26:52,749
- And so many parties.
- 1294
- 01:26:54,042 --> 01:26:55,710
- Nah, not really.
- 1295
- 01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:58,338
- One popcorn, one soda.
- 1296
- 01:26:58,421 --> 01:27:02,300
- And during this evening's performance
- will you be enjoying some candy?
- 1297
- 01:27:03,426 --> 01:27:08,056
- Yes. We will have
- some Reese's Pieces, please.
- 1298
- 01:27:08,139 --> 01:27:09,390
- - And Milk Duds.
- - And Whoppers.
- 1299
- 01:27:09,474 --> 01:27:11,809
- - And let me get a KitKat.
- - And Twizzlers.
- 1300
- 01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:14,646
- - Let me get the Good and Plenty.
- - And some Jolly Ranchers as well.
- 1301
- 01:27:14,729 --> 01:27:16,606
- And that Mr. Goodbar.
- 1302
- 01:27:19,108 --> 01:27:20,108
- Wait for it.
- 1303
- 01:27:24,864 --> 01:27:26,991
- No. I am not eating
- out of that sweaty hat
- 1304
- 01:27:27,075 --> 01:27:28,451
- that's been on your sweaty head.
- 1305
- 01:27:28,534 --> 01:27:29,619
- My head is not sweaty.
- 1306
- 01:27:29,702 --> 01:27:31,788
- Your head is sweaty, and so is your hat.
- 1307
- 01:27:31,871 --> 01:27:34,916
- - And now our candy is contaminated.
- - Contaminated?
- 1308
- 01:27:34,999 --> 01:27:37,460
- Absolutely,
- at least on a microscopic level.
- 1309
- 01:27:37,543 --> 01:27:40,338
- So by that rationale
- we should never hold hands.
- 1310
- 01:27:40,421 --> 01:27:42,131
- You don't want that.
- 1311
- 01:27:43,383 --> 01:27:45,301
- No. You don't want that.
- 1312
- 01:27:47,220 --> 01:27:48,429
- Look at him.
- 1313
- 01:27:49,013 --> 01:27:52,016
- Look at that smug look on his smug face.
- 1314
- 01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:53,518
- He thinks that we're a couple.
- 1315
- 01:27:55,061 --> 01:27:57,146
- He thinks we have a thing going.
- 1316
- 01:27:57,230 --> 01:28:00,733
- He has no sense that in just a few months
- we'll go our separate ways,
- 1317
- 01:28:00,817 --> 01:28:02,902
- probably lose contact,
- gain the freshman 15,
- 1318
- 01:28:02,986 --> 01:28:05,530
- and jump head first back into studying.
- 1319
- 01:28:05,613 --> 01:28:09,409
- He thinks I actually like him.
- Don't you, Bennett Russell?
- 1320
- 01:28:09,993 --> 01:28:11,327
- You think I like you?
- 1321
- 01:28:13,538 --> 01:28:14,539
- Well, damn it.
- 1322
- 01:28:15,915 --> 01:28:17,041
- You might be right.
- 1323
- 01:28:19,544 --> 01:28:21,087
- - Mm?
- - Mm-hm.
- 1324
- 01:28:21,170 --> 01:28:23,756
- - Yeah, I know. It's awesome.
- - You want some?
- 1325
- 01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,091
- I actually do want some.
- 1326
- 01:28:26,301 --> 01:28:27,343
- Shut up.
- 1327
- 01:28:27,427 --> 01:28:29,095
- Oh.
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