1:22:02
I just don't understand you.
1:22:24
It's a necktie. A gift from the kids.
1:22:28
Merry Christmas.
1:22:31
The kids were only trying to show
their appreciation of what you did.
1:22:34
Yeah, well, I'd like to give them something
for what they did to me.
1:22:39
The show was a success.
Miller and his boys sang beautifully.
1:22:42
I don't wanna hear about it, Jim.
I don't wanna hear about the show...
1:22:46
...about the school, about anything.
Because I'm through.
1:22:49
I'm finished, I'm quitting.
As far as I'm concerned...
1:22:51
...that school is just dead.
What was it you called it?
1:22:55
Was it a great, big garbage can?
1:22:58
Yeah? Oh, man. How right you were.
1:23:00
Well, I've had it right up to here.
1:23:04
I'm quitting, I'm getting another job.
1:23:06
Ten miles and 3000 delinquents
away from here.
1:23:08
No, no. I was the one that was wrong.
You proved something.
1:23:11
The kids in our school can be taught
if you don't stop trying.
1:23:15
You got through to them.
1:23:17
And those kids, when they came
into my class, a little of your momentum...
1:23:21
...carried over, and all of a sudden,
I wanted to get through to them too.
1:23:25
Hey, that was a big day for me.
1:23:28
- Lf I could have two days a week...
- You can have it. You can have it.
1:23:32
Remember what you told me:
Don't turn your back on it.
1:23:35
If you quit here, you'll quit
at the next school. You'll quit teaching.
1:23:39
So what? Who cares, Jim? Who cares?
You think the kids care?
1:23:43
Their parents care?
Who cares about teachers anyhow?
1:23:48
I wanna show you something
I wrote down.
1:23:50
Now, just listen to this.
Teachers get $2 an hour, right?
1:23:53
Now, listen. A congressman and a judge
are $9.25 an hour.
1:23:56
Policemen and firemen, $2.75.
Carpenter, 2.81.
1:23:59
Plumber, 2.97. Plasterer, 3.21.