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Previously on Young Sheldon...
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Hello. I'm Sheldon Cooper, and this is
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Why Sheldon Cooper Should Go to College.
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I firmly believe that I'm ready
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for this next step in my academic life.
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I guess our baby's going to college.
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So I don't want to get
married. It's nothing personal.
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After everything that I've
done for you and your family.
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You give my grandson a job
so I'm supposed to marry you?
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Well, you can forget I even asked.
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Oh, no.
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I screwed up.
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You're fired.
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Here's for firing my grandson.
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Jackass!
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ADULT SHELDON: I never
understood why kids didn't like
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being sent to the principal's office.
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I thought it was great.
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Sheldon, you are a remarkable young man.
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Thanks, and you're a remarkable old man.
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Sheldon.
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So you sure he's got
all the credits he needs?
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Yeah, between his
coursework and his AP tests,
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he's met all of his
academic requirements.
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He even managed to get
a good grade in P.E.
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I earned extra credit snitching on kids
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who were smoking behind
the equipment shed.
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I don't have to buy
cigarettes for a year.
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So he's really good to graduate?
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He sure is. I got to tell ya,
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usually when kids leave
school after two years,
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it's not for college.
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It's for prison or pregnancy.
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Well, between Georgie and
Missy, we may hit the trifecta.
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George!
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Well, I'm not rooting for it.
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It's just a thing that could happen.
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One other bit of business.
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Since you're graduating early,
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and you're top of the class,
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that makes you our valedictorian.
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Way to go, buddy!
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I'm so proud of you, baby.
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You seem surprised.
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Well, it's quite an accomplishment.
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Being top of the class in this school?
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I don't think so.
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We're really gonna miss you.
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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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I imagine my leaving
will be hard for you.
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Oh, yeah, being best friends
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with a little kid really
boosted my game with the ladies.
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Makes sense. I'm a conversation starter.
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Just think. You'll have
this table all to yourself.
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Actually, I joined the jazz band.
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Those guys have their own
table in the cafeteria.
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Oh.
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They're pretty cool.
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The drummer's even got a goatee.
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Well, I'm glad I knew you before
you became a heroin addict.
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Where are my safety goggles?
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I don't have no orange today.
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No, I have a lab later.
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Just use the room goggles
like everyone else.
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And risk eyebrow lice?
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They don't just like head hair, Tam.
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They must be in my locker.
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Don't eat my fluffernutter!
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I won't.
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Mmm.
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"Don't eat my fluffernutter."
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Hello.
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Thank you for seeing me.
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You might not be so happy I
did by the time we're done.
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(SIGHS)
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All right, let me start by saying
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that I owe you an apology.
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You can finish with an apology, too.
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I'm sorry we had a fight. I'm...
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I'm really sorry I lost my temper,
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and I'm very sorry that
I took it out on Georgie.
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That wasn't great.
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But I want you to know
that I'm trying to change.
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'Cause that's what
people do... they change.
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I mean it. You know, I'm tired
of being a cranky old bastard.
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It's tiring for everybody else, too.
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Would you please?
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Sorry. Go ahead.
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(SIGHS)
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I'm admitting I was wrong,
and that's not something I do.
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What do you want from me?
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One more chance.
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I don't know.
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Oh, come on.
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I went to three stores to
find these purple flowers.
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They are pretty.
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They're not as pretty as you.
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(LAUGHING): Oh, God.
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(LAUGHING)
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Safety pins, safety scissors,
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no safety goggles.
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Did you happen to see a
pair of safety goggles?
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Sheldon, we're in the middle of a test.
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Sorry.
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I can't give you the answer,
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but what you have is not even close.
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Out!
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(SOBBING)
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These things happen.
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(SOBBING)
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My mother had me when she was young.
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Sorry to interrupt. I can't
find my safety goggles.
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Well, they're not here.
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I have to find them.
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Nothing's more important
than protection!
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(SOBBING LOUDLY)
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Dad, you need to take me home.
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Why? What's the matter?
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I don't have my safety
goggles. Let's go.
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Sheldon, I'm busy.
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You're just watching TV.
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I'm reviewing game tape.
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So you know how it ends.
I'll meet you at the car.
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Sheldon, I'm not driving you home.
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I got practice in 20 minutes.
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Then call Mom and tell
her to bring them to me.
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She's working, too.
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But I need my goggles!
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Then use the ones in class.
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And I don't want to
hear about eyebrow lice.
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The ones in class are too big for me.
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What if they fall off and
something happens to my eyes?
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If I go blind, I'll
need a Seeing Eye dog,
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- and I'm scared of dogs.
- Hey!
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Is this how you plan on
acting when you get to college?
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No.
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Good, 'cause you're gonna need
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to handle stuff like this on your own.
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I can handle it.
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I hope so.
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ADULT SHELDON: I ended up
using the class goggles that day
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and did not get eyebrow lice.
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But eight months later,
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I did contract a mild case of pink eye.
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Were the two events related?
This scientist says yes.
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Do you think I can make it from one end
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of the college campus to the other
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in under ten minutes,
including a bathroom break?
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I don't know. How important
is the bathroom break?
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Very. The class schedules are designed
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for fully-grown bladders,
and mine is child-sized.
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Then don't put your
classes so close together.
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Well, it's either this or I move
my labs to Tuesday afternoons.
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Is that bad?
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Yes. That's when Professor Proton is on.
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Well, we'll tape it, and
you can watch it later.
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But what if I have a lot of
homework and can't get to it
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until the next day and one of the kids
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in my class spoils the episode for me?
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Sheldon, has anyone ever
spoiled Professor Proton for you?
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No.
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Has anyone even talked to
you about Professor Proton?
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Do you count?
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No.
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Then no.
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Thanks again for giving me another shot.
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Oh, my pleasure.
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And I got something else for you.
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(DRAWER OPENS)
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(DRAWER CLOSES)
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Wow. Thank you, but why?
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Well, I'm trying to get
better at forgiving people.
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Well, I'm glad to hear you say that,
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'cause I'm the one who
egged your store last night.
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That was you?
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Well, me and Meemaw.
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Oh.
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It's okay.
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I forgive you.
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Cool. Thanks again for the money.
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Mm, forgiving people sucks.
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Bless us, Lord, for the
food we are about to receive,
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and bless the hands that prepared it.
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And thank you for Georgie
getting his job back. Amen.
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ALL: Amen.
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That was nice of Dale.
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I know. He even forgave
me for egging his store.
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You went egging without me?
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Georgie Cooper!
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Dale already forgave me, and God has to.
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You can't get mad.
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Ha. Burn.
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Oh. Hold on. Hold on.
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Your chair, milady.
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"Milady"?
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Where did that come from?
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I don't know.
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My brain.
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(LAUGHS)
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Can I get y'all started
with some drinks?
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Yeah. Uh, margaritas?
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- Mm-hmm.
- Split a pitcher?
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Mm, no, I think I'm okay.
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More of a beer night?
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No, not really.
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I'm gonna take a little break.
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I'll just stick with water.
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Really?
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Well, you know, I don't
do my best thinking
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after I've been drinking. (LAUGHS)
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(CHUCKLES)
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Should I not get one, then?
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No, no, you go ahead.
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- I don't want it to get weird.
- I can come back.
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No, no. Hey, just bring her a margarita.
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No, don't.
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I insist.
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I don't want one.
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Yeah, you do.
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It's getting weird.
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Maybe come back.
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Missy, how would you and
Sheldon like a graduation party?
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Why would Missy have a graduation party?
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'Cause I'm graduating elementary school.
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That counts?
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Of course it counts.
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Yes, it's a big deal.
She's going to a new school.
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New friends, new teachers.
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Same clothes 'cause we're poor.
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- (PHONE RINGING)
- We're not poor.
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So I can get new clothes?
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We're not rich, either.
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Do I really got to sit
through two graduations?
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Yes. It is a special day for
your brother and your sister.
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I'm giving the valedictorian speech.
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And I'm singing "This Land Is Your Land"
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with a bunch of other kids.
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And we are proud of you both equally.
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Guess what. The local news wants
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to do story on Sheldon
being valedictorian.
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(CHUCKLES) Isn't that great?
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What?
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Cheers.
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How is it?
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Good. Yours?
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A little watery.
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I want to tell you how
much I appreciate you
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giving Georgie his job back.
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Well, I didn't do it just for you.
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It was the right thing to do.
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I even forgave him for egging the store.
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(GASPS) He egged your store?
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That rascal!
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I know you did it, too.
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Okay, I did.
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You go to church, don't you?
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Yeah, when I'm not hungover.
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Well, maybe I'll go with you sometime.
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Really? You?
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Yeah, I was thinking a little
religion might do me some good.
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Well, good for you. (CHUCKLES)
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I was thinking it was a fajita night.
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Your daughter runs a
Bible study, doesn't she?
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Uh-huh.
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ADULT SHELDON: The next day, the
local news showed up to interview me
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and my family, which
may sound impressive,
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but this is the same local
news that covered a potato chip
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shaped like Texas.
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So act natural. We're
just having a chat.
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I'm gonna ask y'all a few questions
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about Sheldon's high school graduation.
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I'm graduating, also.
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Really? You're graduating
from high school, too?
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No, elementary school.
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Oh.
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My class is singing
"This Land Is Your Land."
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Want to hear it?
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♪ This land is your land... ♪
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Hey, can I ask my
girlfriend to the prom on TV?
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It would blow her mind.
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♪ To the New York Islands, from the... ♪
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We're here with the Cooper family.
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Mary, George and 11-year-old Sheldon,
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who's going to be Medford
High School's valedictorian.
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Mom and Dad, you must be so proud.
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Oh, very proud.
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But we're proud of all of our children.
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She has to say that.
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I was a little worried about missing
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Professor Proton, but
I'm going to tape it
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and watch it at night.
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Once I'm in college,
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can we push my bedtime to 8:30?
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Let's talk bedtime when
we're not on the news, honey.
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I'm sure it'll work out
since I have all summer
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to recalibrate my bathroom schedule.
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Let's not talk about that, either.
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So what's it like being the
parents of such a special child?
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Get it away! Get it away!
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Fascinating.
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(CHICKEN CLUCKING, SHELDON SCREAMING)
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Every day's a blessing.
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Sheldon, tell us what you're gonna miss
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the most about high school.
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Nothing.
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Really?
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Not your teachers, your friends?
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I only have one friend.
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And I don't think he's
gonna miss me because
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he already found other
people to have lunch with.
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Oh, I'm sure he'll miss you.
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And I said I'm okay with
watching Professor Proton
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at night, but that'll never work.
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I get overtired... everybody knows that!
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Maybe we could turn the camera off.
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And the other day, I couldn't
find my safety goggles
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and I freaked out in
school, and my dad asked
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is this how I plan on
acting when I get to college,
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and I said no, but it probably is
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because even though I'm
smart, I'm just a little boy!
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- I think we have enough.
- Cut.
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Here you go, baby.
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I don't know if I can
go to college next year.
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Are you kidding me?!
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George.
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Buddy, I know you're upset.
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But are you kidding me?
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Don't listen to him.
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There is no pressure.
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If you want to spend
another year in high school,
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that is your decision.
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I don't know.
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May I be excused?
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Uh, of course.
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We support you, buddy!
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I get it.
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What do you get?
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Why you don't want to go to college.
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I doubt that you do.
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You're scared everything's
gonna be different
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and it'll be hard.
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And you're gonna miss
the way that it was.
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How do you know that?
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'Cause that's how I feel.
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You're scared?
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Yeah.
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So what do we do?
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I guess be scared and do it anyway.
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Hmm.
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It's comforting to know that
you feel the same way that I do.
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That's why I said it, dumbass.
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(SIGHS)
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Mom?
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Dad?
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MARY: Yeah, baby?
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I'm ready to graduate.
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Good night.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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That's because I supported him.
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(PAGE TURNS)
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(SIGHS)
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(APPLAUSE)
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PETERSEN: Our next young speaker needs
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no introduction, but
that didn't stop him
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from writing one and making me read it.
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(LAUGHTER)
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"Fun fact."
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(AUDIENCE GROANING, MURMURING)
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I hear you.
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"The word 'valedictorian' is
from the Latin 'valedicere,'
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meaning 'to say farewell.'
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It is primarily used
in the United States,
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Canada, the Philippines and Armenia."
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Maybe that fact's more fun in Armenia.
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Please welcome your
valedictorian, Sheldon Cooper.
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Yay, Shelly!
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Hello.
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I'm not very comfortable
speaking in front of crowds.
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But there's a technique
to reduce stage fright
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by focusing on one
person in the audience
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and delivering your speech just to them.
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That's what I'll be doing today.
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If it weren't for this person,
I wouldn't be here right now.
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They've taught me a lot,
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and it's by their example
that I found the courage
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to move forward into this new
and exciting chapter of my life.
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Missy...
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...this is for you.
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Change can be scary,
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but I know we're going to be fine...
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...because like you said,
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"It's okay to be scared.
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We just have to do it anyway."
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So if any of my fellow graduates
are nervous about the future,
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know that you're not alone.
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I suggest you all try to be
as brave as my twin sister.
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That's my plan.
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Missy,
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I wish I could give you
advice about middle school,
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but I was so smart, I skipped it.
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If you make it to high
school, we'll talk.
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Thank you.
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(APPLAUSE)
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- (KIDS SINGING)
- ADULT SHELDON: The following day,
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I attended my sister's
elementary school graduation.
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She didn't deliver a speech to me,
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but she did make eye contact
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while she sang "This Land Is Your Land."
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♪ From the Redwood Forest ♪
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♪ To the Gulf Stream waters ♪
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♪ This land was made for you and me... ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: Later that day, we had
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a graduation party for me and my sister.
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I don't normally care for parties,
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but this one wasn't so bad.
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Who's ready for cake?
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Me!
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Hey, should we say grace?
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Heck, yeah! Let's hold hands.
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Oh, cool. Let's say grace.
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ADULT SHELDON: Dale
invited Jesus to the party,
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and while he wasn't on
my guest list, it was okay
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because it made my mom happy.
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And bless our friends and family...
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ADULT SHELDON: In fact, it
was the best graduation party
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I had ever been to,
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until the one we had for
my son, Leonard Cooper.
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ALL: Amen.
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Cake!
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ADULT SHELDON: I wanted his name to be
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Leonard "Nimoy" Cooper,
but Amy wouldn't let me.
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AMY: Be happy I let
you name him Leonard!
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ADULT SHELDON: Okay, okay!
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- AMY: Love you.
- ADULT SHELDON: Love you, too.
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