The Ron Clark Story movie plot
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Ron Clark: Y'landa, good morning. Do you have a list of the public schools in Harlem?
Y'landa: Sure I do, baby.
[Y'landa hands him the phonebook]
Ron Clark: Okay, thank you.
Y'landa: What do you want school listings for?
Ron Clark: I'm a teacher.
Y'landa: And you wanna teach - up in Harlem?
Ron Clark: Yes.
Y'landa: Well then, honey, you're gonna need something else. Personal injury lawyers.
[she flips through the phone book]
Y'landa: Cause once your white behind goes on up in there they be carrying you back up the same way you went in. What kind of foolishness is this? Going on up there and all trying to teach? You know you ain't gonna...
Ron Clark: Okay thank you.
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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.