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Clips from Abbott Elementary - Gifted Program (S01E01)

"the gifted program, and we have a solution."
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"Oh, good."
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"'Cause Black Bobby Fischer is killin' me right now."
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"Okay."
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"Um, well, we thought instead of a few kids"
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"getting to do something special every week,"
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"what if every kid got to do something special"
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"every few weeks?"
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"This way, no kid feels left out."
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"We consider all the intelligences they could have."
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"We get everyone excited about learning."
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"And, you know, Jacob will still teach."
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"- We'll help. - Yes."
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""O Captain! My Captain!" for everyone."
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"So if everyone's special, then no one's special."
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"Works for me."
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"What do you normally do after school, anyway?"
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"Work out, watch Jeopardy!"
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"- Work out and watch Jeopardy!? - Yeah, at the same time."
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"It stimulates the body and the mind."
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"That's cool."
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"- Are you okay? - Yeah, yeah."
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"I, um... I can't open the door or they'll escape."
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"Who will escape?"
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"I found the seventh and eighth snake, okay?"
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"They were -- They were in my bag."
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"- JANINE: Oh, no. - And, um..."
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"- now they're in my car. - JANINE: Oh, God."
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"- Um... - Uh..."
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"That man teaches the gifted program."
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"- (laughs) - Mm-hmm. (chuckles)"
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"That sucks, how you had to come up,"
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"like, not thinking you're special."
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"I mean, I really hope you don't carry that with you,"
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"because I think you're gifted."
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"- Just not as gifted as me. - (laughs)"
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"Oh. Oh, is that so? Okay."
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"That is. It is so."
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"Um, but in all seriousness, Gregory..."
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"I was just thinking, um..."
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"do you need me to back your car out for you?"
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"Because I can do that."
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"You know, I have the brain that it takes to --"
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"All right, now. You have a good night."
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"(both laugh)"
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"- All right. See you later. - I'll see you."
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"I'm really happy Gregory's opening up."
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"I mean, he's great,"
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"and it's really nice to have another friend at the school."
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"What?"
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"Today I learned that snake eggs and chicken eggs look alike."
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"We never got to do fun stuff at my old school."
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"(screams)"
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"Oh, God! Aah!"
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"I like Principal Coleman. She's like a big kid."
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"She's silly, and she doesn't have a job."
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"(telephone ringing in distance)"
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"(candy, plastic clattering)"
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"There's one area of giftedness that always goes overlooked."
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"I've started a gifted custodian program."
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"It's like reverse Good Will Hunting."
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"You see a genius cleaning."
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"I see a cleaning genius."
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"- Captions by VITAC --"
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"- GREGORY: Um... - JANINE: Oh."
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"- MALCOLM: Mm-hmm. - JANINE: Okay."
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"Okay, so, if the store has 10 potatoes, right,"
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"and you take away two of them,"
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"how many potatoes would the store have left?"
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"I don't like potatoes."
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"Let's not focus on that part of it."
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"You have eight potatoes."
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"Marie, we know that you know."
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"I was asking Sydnee."
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"Why don't you go sharpen up some colored pencils?"
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"That'd be fun."
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"I have a lot of kids in my class,"
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"and, uh, some of them are pretty smart potatoes."
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"So I try to get creative with the ones who finish early"
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"with some special projects."
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"I'm done with the pencils, Ms. Teagues."
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"Okay. Then why don't you..."
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"help me grade some of the other students' worksheets, okay?"
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"Just don't tell anyone."
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"Okay, so, if you don't like "potato" potatoes,"
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"what if we say they are sweet potatoes?"
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"I really don't like sweet potatoes."
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"You've really got to work with me, Sydnee."
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"Janine, what did I say"
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"about taking my potatoes from the lunchroom?"
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"But visual learning is so much better!"
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"Well, guess what."
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"Now you have zero potatoes."
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"Yay!"
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"(Maker's "Hold'em" playing)"
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"♪"
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"- AVA: Good morning, y'all. - Morning."
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"Please allow me to introduce our newest student, Malcolm."
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"He just moved to the area."
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"He went to that smart private school, Elway Academy,"
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"with the orchestra classes and everything."
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"So he's like baby Beethoven."
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"My parents wanted me to go to a school with other Black kids."
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"Well, you are in luck, because we are swimmin' in Black kids."
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"Malcolm got straight A's,"
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"and he was in the gifted program and everything."
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"Welcome, Malcolm."
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"Yes. Welcome to Abbott, Malcolm."
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"I was in the gifted program, too."
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"What were you gifted at? Being annoying?"
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"(laughs)"
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"No."
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"Anyway, Malcolm has a bright future."
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"I can already see him at the White House,"
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"thanking Ms. Ava Eva Coleman"
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"for turning him into the Oprah of Science."
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"All you ever have to be is the Malcolm of Science,"
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"and that will be enough."
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"- JANINE: Mm-hmm. - Thank you."
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"Malcolm, would you like to get breakfast with the other kids?"
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