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Clips from Abbott Elementary - New Tech (S01E01)

"- Okay, let's move on to "ard." - ALL: Ard."
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"Right, which means "all right.""
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"So, the kids here use a lot of Philadelphia slang,"
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"or as we call it, "Philly slang.""
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"So I like to incorporate it as sight words,"
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"which are words that kids recognize"
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"without sounding them out."
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"For instance, "boul" means "boy,""
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"so I'd say like,"
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""Ooh, I have a crush on boul." (laughs)"
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"Or, Boul Meets World is my favorite show."
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"- JANINE: "Cheesesteak." - CHILDREN: Cheesesteak."
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"And let's go to "boul.""
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"Boul."
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"Right. Sometimes it's spelled B-U-L, which is interesting."
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"What is going on in this classroom?"
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"Hey, Mrs. Howard."
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"I'm just teaching the kids some sight words."
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"(chuckles)"
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"It's a helpful teaching tool, because these kids use these --"
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"- CHILDREN: Jawns. - ...jawns all the time."
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"You're abandoning the phonics principle"
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"that these children need."
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"This is a classroom, not a hoagie stand."
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"Oh, boom. Hoagie."
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"Hoagie."
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"We had it on the board, so..."
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"Hm."
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"Okay, kids."
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"Let us move on to "oldhead," one word."
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"CHILDREN: Oldhead."
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"Young bouls are so disrespectful."
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"Mm."
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"(Maker's "Hold'em" playing)"
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"♪"
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"MELISSA: They said that -- Oh, they do. Look."
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"Excuse me. Excuse me."
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"What it do, Abbott teaching crew?"
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"Damn, the last time I was up this early"
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"was to cuss out the mailman."
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"I don't need all them bills coming."
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"Uh, I thought breakfast was being provided."
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"Don't act like you don't see these little boxes of cereal"
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"right here."
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"So, listen up."
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"Your favorite HBIC, AKA me,"
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"has acquired some new learning technology"
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"that will help our little ones with their reading."
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"Well, the school district mandated it."
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"- It's a city-wide push. - (cereal rattling)"
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"What are you doing here?"
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"This isn't for 6th through 8th grade teachers."
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"I'm just here for the camaraderie,"
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"and this tasty breakfast."
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"You guys, I have been reading up on this,"
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"and our students are gonna get a huge boost"
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"from this software."
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"I mean, our kids are gonna be reading"
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"at the speed of light."
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"Well, I, for one, prefer the tried and true methods"
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"over whatever the latest doohickey is."
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"I mean, I have yet to see the program"
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"that can do what I do by, you know, teaching."
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"Well, old-school teaching is great,"
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"but the latest doohickey can be a helpful addition."
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"Yeah, tech has its place."
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"Like when you haven't been with a man for a few years."
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"Um, are subs gonna have to do this?"
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"I thought I'd mainly be showing Pixar movies."
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"You guys, all I'm saying is, we should keep an open mind."
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"There was a great website called AtoZOneTwoThree"
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"that taught me how to read when I was a kid."
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"My parents certainly weren't around to do it."
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"(laughs) I had to potty-train myself."
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"Overshare."
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"Well, I do not need some young Zuckerburn --"
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"Zuckerberg."
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"Pimple-faced kid fresh from the Smart Bar --"
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"- Genius Bar. - ...telling me how to teach!"
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"Good morning."
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"You're the tech teacher?"
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"Sure am."
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"Can't keep us old folks down, right?"
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"All right, what I'm providing you with today"
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"will revolutionize your classrooms."
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"It not only helps in teaching students how to read,"
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"it delivers up-to-the-minute data on their progress"
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"that will be analyzed at the end of each day."
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"And the better the results, the more funding we get,"
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"- so this is good, y'all. - Mm-hmm."
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"Each of you will get one of these."
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"New tablets! (chuckles)"
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"(whispering) Yeah!"
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"Okay, who do you got to bang to get into the analytics annex?"
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"It's really very easy."
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"Just use the highlight tool"
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"to pinpoint the pronunciation mistakes,"
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"create a word cloud, output a ranks list,"
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"see the percentage of your students that missed that word,"
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"and that'll determine whether it becomes a "TAI,""
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"or "Targeted Area for Improvement.""
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"- Easy-peasy, keep it breezy! - Oh."
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"(tablet beeping)"
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"Hey. How's it going, Barb?"
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"- Oh. Easy-peasy. - Mm-hmm."
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"(beeping)"
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"Yeah, sure."
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"I am so excited that Barbara is so confused,"
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"because it means I get to help her with something."
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"I need her help every day,"
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"so if I can return the favor just once,"
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"it means I'm no longer a newbie --"
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"I'm her peer. (laughs)"
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"Gregory. Broseph. Brotato."
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"Yeah, I'm still, uh -- still finding that."
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"What's up, man? I'm just looking for some creamer."
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"Listen, you're the new guy here."
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"I've been here a month."
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"I am the second-year vet. I figured I would, you know,"
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"show you a few things around here."
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