DETENTION(diˈtenCHən)

DETENTION(diˈtenCHən)

INT: DETENTION - AFTER SCHOOL

Mrs.(-əs,ˈmisəz,ˈmiz-) Tomlin, a middle-aged teacher, addresses(əˈdres,ˈaˌdres) a roomful of sullen(ˈsələn) students.

MRS. TOMLIN

All right, you little monsters(ˈmänstər), welcome to Detention. There is no talking in Detention. There is no gum(gəm)-chewing(CHo͞o) in detention. You may do one of two things in Detention: you may study a verified(ˈverəˌfī) educational(ˌejəˈkāSHənl) subject, or you may silently(ˈsīlənt) reflect on your wrongdoings while noting(nōt) how much of your free time you are wasting(wāst) here with me.

Before we begin, I am obliged(əˈblīj) to tell you that this sort of behavior does not fly in the real world. If you want a job or a promotion(prəˈmōSHən) or, lord(lôrd) help you, a girlfriend or boyfriend, you have to put in effort(ˈefərt). Maybe you think if you don’t try too hard, you’ll never hit the major(ˈmājər) milestones(ˈmīlˌstōn) and you can stay young forever. Well, let me assure(əˈSHo͝or) you that you don’t have to get married(ˈmarēd) and become a parent to get old and stodgy(ˈstäjē). You don’t have to pursue(pərˈso͞o) a power career(kəˈri(ə)r) to wake up and find yourself unrecognizable(ˌənˌrekigˈnīzəbəl
). Suddenly you’re forty-five and stuck in a rental(ˈrentl) with linoleum(ləˈnōlēəm) floors(flôr), drinking a glass of red and wading(wād) through ten thousand papers. At this point in your life you get a passing grade(grād) in a class and you move on to the next, but that isn’t how the real world works, kiddos(ˈkidō). Not every job lets you move up after you master the material(məˈti(ə)rēəl). Life can dead-end you in a second.

Take it from me. Some adults(əˈdəlt,ˈadˌəlt) around here spend more of their time in detention than you do.

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