Up the Down Staircase - Frustration with Overly Simplistic Solutions
Joe Ferone: [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.
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