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Partager la citation sur facebook When I finally get the chance, the first few precious minutes to talk to them about something I want them to understand, and I find that I am some kind of enemy... the butt of some enormous joke.

Partager la citation sur facebook If you deny what you know, or what you are, or where you are, you deny the simplest part of being alive, and then you die.

Partager la citation sur facebook Ever tried "punctuation sex", Henrietta? Hyphens are kisses, commas are maybes, and a period is a definite no. And then of course, there's the... limitless realms of semicolons and apostrophes. I shudder to think what an exclamation point might mean.

Partager la citation sur facebook [to Miss Barrett] I've just seen your type before, that's all. There's one every year. "Not living up to your potential," they say. Is that what you were going to say, teach? "Just wanna help you, Joe?" "Just wanna be your friend?" Then they get to feeling very sorry for your about your "environmental factors", and your "low socio-economic level". Till you've just have to tell 'em; "Get your nose outta my environmental factors, will ya? Keep your damn hands off my potential"... and then they turn you in.

Partager la citation sur facebook [Mr. McHabe notices Miss Barrett walking towards class with a homemade suggestion box]
Mr. McHabe: Oh. Suggestions, Miss Barrett, ahh? I must say you've got guts.
Sylvia Barrett: It's just an idea, Mr. McHabe. It seems to me that if the students have a chance to speak freely without fear of punishment...
Mr. McHabe: Listen, you start running this school with ideas, you'll have riots in your rooms. Fear - That's all they understand.

Partager la citation sur facebook Sylvia Barrett: The theme of MacBeth is that too much ambition can lead to ruthless ambition, and end up in disaster. That's what words are for - to be used. Who can tell me what "ruthless" means? Joe?
[Gets no response]
Sylvia Barrett: Eddie?
Eddie Williams: Steps all over.
Sylvia Barrett: Use it in a sentence.
Eddie Williams: Steps all over, like white people. I know because I'm colored.

Partager la citation sur facebook Simple words that could start a war.

Partager la citation sur facebook The first mistake this pretty young teacher made was to get off the bus. The second was to walk into Calvin Coolidge High School for the first time. The third was to fall in love with it.

Partager la citation sur facebook Up The Down Staircase, is the story of a girl who fell in love with a monster... (The Girl is Sylvia Barrett. Occupation: Brand new teacher)

Partager la citation sur facebook Simple words that start a war: "Good morning. My name is Miss Barrett. I am your Home Room teacher..."

Partager la citation sur facebook Roy Poole - Mr. McHabe