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Principal Turner
- Ron Clark: Hey, Mr. Turner, this is fun!
- Principal Turner: You really think it appropriate to do this with the students?
- Ron Clark: Well, I'm certainly not gonna Double Dutch with you.
- 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.
- Principal Turner: I have an opening in grade 3. If your credentials check out...
- Ron Clark: You have an opening right here.
- Principal Turner: No. Last year this class went through six different teachers before Christmas.
- Ron Clark: Yes. Nobody wants them, and I do. So what's the problem?
- Principal Turner: Test scores are very important to me; it's how I keep my job.
- Ron Clark: I can start right now.
- Principal Turner: You can start on Monday.