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Mr. Welch:
So whoever wins the school bee today gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month. Akeelah:
Why would anybody want to represent a school where they can't even put doors on the toilet stalls? [coughing] Mr. Welch:
Akeelah, if we can't show students can perform, we're not going to have money for books, let alone bathroom doors. [pause] Mr. Welch:
Now, I want you to do the bee today, okay? Akeelah:
So everyone can call me a freak and a brainiac? No, I ain't down for no spelling bee. Mr. Welch:
Well, maybe you'd be down for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences?
So whoever wins the school bee today gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month. Akeelah:
Why would anybody want to represent a school where they can't even put doors on the toilet stalls? [coughing] Mr. Welch:
Akeelah, if we can't show students can perform, we're not going to have money for books, let alone bathroom doors. [pause] Mr. Welch:
Now, I want you to do the bee today, okay? Akeelah:
So everyone can call me a freak and a brainiac? No, I ain't down for no spelling bee. Mr. Welch:
Well, maybe you'd be down for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences?
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So whoever wins the school bee today
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gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month
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Why would anybody want to represent a school
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that can't even put doors on the toilet stalls
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Akeelah if we can't show our students can perform
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we're not gonna have money for books let alone bathroom doors
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Now I want you to do the bee today all right
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So everybody can call me a freak and a brainiac
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No I ain't down for no spelling bee
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Well maybe you'd be down
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for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences
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Movie Summary
A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.
