Alternative Math (2017)
Allyn Carrell: Mrs. Wells
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[first lines]
Mrs. Wells : Oh, hi, Danny come on in.
[Danny presents a failed exam]
Mrs. Wells : Looks like you're having some trouble with addition.
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[last lines]
Mrs. Wells : Wrong. It's twenty-two thousand!
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Mrs. Wells : We had a test. One of the questions was what is 2 + 2. Danny answered 22.
Danny's Dad : And?
Mrs. Wells : And that's not the right answer.
Danny's Mom : Says who?
Mrs. Wells : Says math.
Danny's Dad : Are you calling my son stupid?
Mrs. Wells : No, of course not!
Danny's Dad : Who are you to say that your answer is right and that his is wrong?
Danny's Mom : No no no no, she's right...
Mrs. Wells : Thank you.
Danny's Mom : ...right out of Nazi Germany.
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Principal : I understand you told Danny he had a wrong answer on his test.
Mrs. Wells : He did have a wrong answer on his test.
Principal : It's not our job to tell students when they're right and wrong.
Mrs. Wells : That is exactly what our job is.
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Principal : If you took all the kids in this classroom and divided them by zero, that's exactly the amount of respect you're giving them.
[Mrs. Wells smirks]
Principal : Something you'd like to say?
Mrs. Wells : You can't divide a number by zero and get zero.
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Smug Pundit : So this teacher, this liberal elitist, tells this innocent little first-grade kid that his answer is wrong. Only her answer is acceptable.
Angry Pundit : Yeah, from what I hear, she didn't keep these students for more than a year. After that, they all leave her and go to another teacher.
Mrs. Wells : It's called graduating!