Principal Turner: These kids are at the bottom of the barrel.
Ron Clark: Don't talk about them like that.
Principal Turner: Now all I'm asking is for your students to pass.
Ron Clark: Oh, every one of my students will pass.
Principal Turner: [inaudible, students commenting outside office] They can become someone else's problem.
Ron Clark: The problem isn't the kids. It's not even what they can achieve. The problem is what you expect them to achieve. You are setting the bar *here*. Why? Set it up here! They can make it.
Principal Turner: This community judges us by scores. Government funding judges us by scores. People who give me scores, they get my respect.
Ron Clark: OK, good. In May, they'll all test at grade level.
Principal Turner: [sighs] I don't see how that's possible.
Ron Clark: Excuse me. Did I say grade level? I meant *above* grade level.
