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Previously on Young Sheldon...

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Hello. I'm Sheldon Cooper,
and this is

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Why Sheldon Cooper Should Go
to College.

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I firmly believe that I'm ready

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for this next step
in my academic life.

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I guess our baby's
going to college.

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So I don't want to get married.
It's nothing personal.

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After everything that I've done
for you and your family.

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You give my grandson a job
so I'm supposed to marry you?

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Well, you can forget
I even asked.

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Oh, no.

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I screwed up.

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You're fired.

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Here's for firing
my grandson.

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Jackass!

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ADULT SHELDON:
I never understood
why kids didn't like

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being sent
to the principal's office.

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I thought it was great.

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Sheldon, you are
a remarkable young man.

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Thanks, and you're
a remarkable old man.

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Sheldon.

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So you sure he's got
all the credits he needs?

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Yeah, between his coursework
and his AP tests,

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he's met all
of his academic requirements.

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He even managed
to get a good grade in P.E.

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I earned extra credit
snitching on kids

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who were smoking
behind the equipment shed.

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I don't have to buy cigarettes
for a year.

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So he's really good to graduate?

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He sure is.
I got to tell ya,

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usually when kids leave school
after two years,

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it's not for college.

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It's for prison or pregnancy.

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Well, between Georgie and Missy,
we may hit the trifecta.

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George!

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Well, I'm not rooting for it.

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It's just a thing
that could happen.

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One other bit of business.

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Since you're graduating early,

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and you're
top of the class,

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that makes you
our valedictorian.

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Way to go, buddy!

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I'm so proud
of you, baby.

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You seem surprised.

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Well, it's quite
an accomplishment.

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Being top of the class
in this school?

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I don't think so.

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We're really gonna miss you.

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♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪

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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪

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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪

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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪

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♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪

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I imagine my leaving
will be hard for you.

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Oh, yeah, being
best friends

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with a little kid really
boosted my game with the ladies.

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Makes sense.
I'm a conversation starter.

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Just think. You'll have
this table all to yourself.

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Actually,
I joined the jazz band.

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Those guys have their own table
in the cafeteria.

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Oh.

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They're pretty cool.

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The drummer's even got a goatee.

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Well, I'm glad I knew you before
you became a heroin addict.

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Where are my safety goggles?

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I don't have no orange today.

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No, I have a lab later.

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Just use the room goggles
like everyone else.

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And risk eyebrow lice?

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They don't just like
head hair, Tam.

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They must be in my locker.

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Don't eat my fluffernutter!

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I won't.

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Mmm.

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"Don't eat my fluffernutter."

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Hello.

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Thank you for seeing me.

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You might not be so happy I did
by the time we're done.

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(sighs)

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All right,
let me start by saying

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that I owe you an apology.

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You can finish
with an apology, too.

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I'm sorry we had a fight. I'm...

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I'm really sorry
I lost my temper,

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and I'm very sorry
that I took it out on Georgie.

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That wasn't great.

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But I want you to know
that I'm trying to change.

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'Cause that's what people do--
they change.

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I mean it. You know, I'm tired
of being a cranky old bastard.

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It's tiring
for everybody else, too.

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Would you please?

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Sorry. Go ahead.

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(sighs)

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I'm admitting I was wrong,
and that's not something I do.

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What do you want from me?

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One more chance.

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I don't know.

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Oh, come on.

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I went to three stores
to find these purple flowers.

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They are pretty.

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They're not as pretty as you.

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(laughing):
Oh, God.

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(laughing)

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Safety pins, safety scissors,

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no safety goggles.

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Did you happen to see
a pair of safety goggles?

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Sheldon, we're in
the middle of a test.

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Sorry.

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I can't give
you the answer,

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but what you have
is not even close.

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Out!

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(sobbing)

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These things happen.

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(sobbing)

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My mother had me
when she was young.

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Sorry to interrupt. I can't
find my safety goggles.

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Well, they're not here.

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I have to find them.

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Nothing's more important
than protection!

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(sobbing loudly)

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Dad, you need to take me home.

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Why? What's the matter?

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I don't have my safety goggles.
Let's go.

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Sheldon, I'm busy.

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You're just watching TV.

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I'm reviewing game tape.

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So you know how it ends.
I'll meet you at the car.

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Sheldon, I'm not
driving you home.

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I got practice
in 20 minutes.

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Then call Mom and tell her
to bring them to me.

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She's working, too.

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But I need my goggles!

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Then use the ones in class.

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And I don't want to hear
about eyebrow lice.

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The ones in class
are too big for me.

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What if they fall off and
something happens to my eyes?

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If I go blind,
I'll need a Seeing Eye dog,

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and I'm scared of dogs.

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Hey!

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Is this how you plan on acting
when you get to college?

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No.

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Good, 'cause you're gonna need

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to handle stuff like this
on your own.

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I can handle it.

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I hope so.

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ADULT SHELDON:
I ended up using
the class goggles that day

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and did not get eyebrow lice.

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But eight months later,

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I did contract a mild case
of pink eye.

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Were the two events related?
This scientist says yes.

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Do you think
I can make it from one end

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of the college campus
to the other

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in under ten minutes,
including a bathroom break?

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I don't know. How important
is the bathroom break?

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Very. The class schedules
are designed

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for fully-grown bladders,
and mine is child-sized.

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Then don't put your classes
so close together.

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Well, it's either this or I move
my labs to Tuesday afternoons.

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Is that bad?

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Yes. That's when
Professor Proton is on.

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Well, we'll tape it,
and you can watch it later.

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But what if I have a lot
of homework and can't get to it

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until the next day
and one of the kids

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in my class
spoils the episode for me?

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Sheldon, has anyone ever spoiled
Professor Proton for you?

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No.

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Has anyone even talked to you
about Professor Proton?

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Do you count?

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No.

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Then no.

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Thanks again for
giving me another shot.

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Oh, my pleasure.

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And I got
something else for you.

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(drawer opens)

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(drawer closes)

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Wow. Thank you, but why?

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Well, I'm trying to get better
at forgiving people.

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Well, I'm glad
to hear you say that,

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'cause I'm the one
who egged your store last night.

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That was you?

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Well, me and Meemaw.

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Oh.

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It's okay.

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I forgive you.

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Cool.
Thanks again for the money.

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Mm, forgiving people sucks.

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Bless us, Lord, for the food
we are about to receive,

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and bless the hands
that prepared it.

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And thank you

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for Georgie getting
his job back. Amen.

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ALL:
Amen.

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That was nice of Dale.

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I know. He even forgave me
for egging his store.

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You went egging
without me?

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Georgie Cooper!

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Dale already forgave me,
and God has to.

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You can't get mad.

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Ha. Burn.

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Oh. Hold on.
Hold on.

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Your chair, milady.

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"Milady"?

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Where did that come from?

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I don't know.

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My brain.

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(laughs)

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Can I get y'all started
with some drinks?

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Yeah. Uh, margaritas?

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Mm-hmm.

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Split a pitcher?

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Mm, no, I think I'm okay.

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More of a beer night?

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No, not really.

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I'm gonna take a little break.

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I'll just stick with water.

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Really?

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Well, you know,
I don't do my best thinking

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after I've been drinking.
(laughs)

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(chuckles)

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Should I not get one, then?

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No, no, you go ahead.

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I don't want it to get weird.

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I can come back.

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No, no. Hey, just
bring her a margarita.

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No, don't.

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I insist.

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I don't want one.

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Yeah, you do.

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It's getting weird.

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Maybe come back.

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Missy, how would you and Sheldon
like a graduation party?

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Why would Missy have
a graduation party?

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'Cause I'm graduating
elementary school.

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That counts?

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Of course it counts.

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Yes, it's a big deal.
She's going to a new school.

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New friends, new teachers.

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Same clothes
'cause we're poor.

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(phone ringing)

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We're not poor.

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So I can get new clothes?

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We're not rich,
either.

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Do I really got to sit
through two graduations?

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Yes. It is a special day for
your brother and your sister.

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I'm giving the
valedictorian speech.

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And I'm singing
"This Land Is Your Land"

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with a bunch of other kids.

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And we are proud
of you both equally.

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Guess what.
The local news wants

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to do story on Sheldon
being valedictorian.

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(chuckles)
Isn't that great?

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What?

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Cheers.

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How is it?

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Good. Yours?

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A little watery.

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I want to tell you
how much I appreciate you

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giving Georgie his job back.

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Well, I didn't
do it just for you.

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It was
the right thing to do.

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I even forgave him
for egging the store.

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(gasps)
He egged your store?

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That rascal!

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00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:13,863
I know you did it, too.

264
00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,865
Okay, I did.

265
00:10:20,077 --> 00:10:21,746
You go to church,
don't you?

266
00:10:23,998 --> 00:10:25,708
Yeah, when I'm not hungover.

267
00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:28,377
Well, maybe I'll go
with you sometime.

268
00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:30,546
Really? You?

269
00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:34,050
Yeah, I was thinking a little
religion might do me some good.

270
00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:36,761
Well, good for you. (chuckles)

271
00:10:36,844 --> 00:10:40,014
I was thinking
it was a fajita night.

272
00:10:40,097 --> 00:10:43,392
Your daughter runs
a Bible study, doesn't she?

273
00:10:44,977 --> 00:10:46,896
Uh-huh.

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00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:49,565
ADULT SHELDON:
The next day, the local news
showed up to interview me

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and my family,
which may sound impressive,

276
00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:55,571
but this is the same local news
that covered a potato chip

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00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:56,906
shaped like Texas.

278
00:10:56,989 --> 00:10:59,033
So act natural.
We're just having a chat.

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00:10:59,116 --> 00:11:00,576
I'm gonna ask y'all
a few questions

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00:11:00,659 --> 00:11:02,328
about Sheldon's
high school graduation.

281
00:11:03,371 --> 00:11:04,705
I'm graduating, also.

282
00:11:04,789 --> 00:11:07,416
Really? You're graduating
from high school, too?

283
00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,251
No, elementary school.

284
00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:10,252
Oh.

285
00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,922
My class is singing
"This Land Is Your Land."

286
00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:14,215
Want to hear it?

287
00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:16,217
♪ This land is your land... ♪

288
00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:18,594
Hey, can I ask my girlfriend
to the prom on TV?

289
00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:20,262
It would blow her mind.

290
00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,431
♪ To the New York Islands,
from the... ♪

291
00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,725
We're here
with the Cooper family.

292
00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:27,478
Mary, George
and 11-year-old Sheldon,

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00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:30,398
who's going to be Medford
High School's valedictorian.

294
00:11:30,481 --> 00:11:33,609
Mom and Dad,
you must be so proud.

295
00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:34,944
Oh, very proud.

296
00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:36,570
But we're proud
of all of our children.

297
00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:39,407
She has to say that.

298
00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:41,200
I was a little worried
about missing

299
00:11:41,283 --> 00:11:42,785
Professor Proton,
but I'm going to tape it

300
00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,120
and watch it at night.

301
00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:45,413
Once I'm in college,

302
00:11:45,496 --> 00:11:47,415
can we push my bedtime to 8:30?

303
00:11:47,498 --> 00:11:49,750
Let's talk bedtime when
we're not on the news, honey.

304
00:11:49,834 --> 00:11:51,919
I'm sure it'll work out
since I have all summer

305
00:11:52,002 --> 00:11:53,796
to recalibrate
my bathroom schedule.

306
00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:55,005
Let's not talk
about that, either.

307
00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:59,301
So what's it like being the
parents of such a special child?

308
00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,761
Get it away! Get it away!

309
00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:02,179
Fascinating.

310
00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:07,476
(chicken clucking,
Sheldon screaming)

311
00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,270
Every day's a blessing.

312
00:12:09,353 --> 00:12:10,813
Sheldon, tell us
what you're gonna miss

313
00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,481
the most about high school.

314
00:12:13,607 --> 00:12:14,817
Nothing.

315
00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:16,318
Really?

316
00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,195
Not your teachers, your friends?

317
00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:19,947
I only have one friend.

318
00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:21,532
And I don't think
he's gonna miss me because

319
00:12:21,615 --> 00:12:24,160
he already found other people
to have lunch with.

320
00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:25,244
Oh, I'm sure
he'll miss you.

321
00:12:25,327 --> 00:12:27,788
And I said I'm okay with
watching Professor Proton

322
00:12:27,872 --> 00:12:28,998
at night,
but that'll never work.

323
00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,125
I get overtired--
everybody knows that!

324
00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:32,251
Maybe we could turn
the camera off.

325
00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:33,252
And the other day, I couldn't
find my safety goggles

326
00:12:33,335 --> 00:12:35,880
and I freaked out in school,
and my dad asked

327
00:12:35,963 --> 00:12:38,299
is this how I plan on acting
when I get to college,

328
00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:39,425
and I said no,
but it probably is

329
00:12:39,508 --> 00:12:41,844
because even though I'm smart,
I'm just a little boy!

330
00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:44,597
I think we have enough.

331
00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:44,597
Cut.

332
00:12:51,979 --> 00:12:53,856
Here you go, baby.

333
00:12:54,815 --> 00:12:57,818
I don't know if I can go
to college next year.

334
00:12:57,902 --> 00:12:59,069
Are you kidding me?!

335
00:12:59,153 --> 00:13:00,362
George.

336
00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,656
Buddy, I know you're upset.

337
00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:04,992
But are you kidding me?

338
00:13:05,075 --> 00:13:06,702
Don't listen to him.

339
00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:08,329
There is no pressure.

340
00:13:08,412 --> 00:13:11,165
If you want to spend
another year in high school,

341
00:13:11,248 --> 00:13:12,750
that is your decision.

342
00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:14,877
I don't know.

343
00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,755
May I be excused?

344
00:13:17,838 --> 00:13:19,715
Uh, of course.

345
00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:27,431
We support you, buddy!

346
00:13:34,605 --> 00:13:36,190
I get it.

347
00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:38,359
What do you get?

348
00:13:38,442 --> 00:13:40,277
Why you don't want to go
to college.

349
00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:42,738
I doubt that you do.

350
00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:46,575
You're scared everything's
gonna be different

351
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,661
and it'll be hard.

352
00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:52,623
And you're gonna miss
the way that it was.

353
00:13:53,874 --> 00:13:55,876
How do you know that?

354
00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,629
'Cause that's how I feel.

355
00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:02,883
You're scared?

356
00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:06,387
Yeah.

357
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:08,514
So what do we do?

358
00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:14,436
I guess be scared
and do it anyway.

359
00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,981
Hmm.

360
00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:22,236
It's comforting to know that
you feel the same way that I do.

361
00:14:22,319 --> 00:14:24,822
That's why I said it, dumbass.

362
00:14:26,824 --> 00:14:28,158
(sighs)

363
00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:31,745
Mom?

364
00:14:31,829 --> 00:14:33,122
Dad?

365
00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,249
MARY:
Yeah, baby?

366
00:14:37,835 --> 00:14:39,962
I'm ready to graduate.

367
00:14:40,045 --> 00:14:41,839
Good night.

368
00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,301
(door closes)

369
00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:48,137
That's because I supported him.

370
00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:49,805
(page turns)

371
00:14:49,888 --> 00:14:51,557
(sighs)

372
00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,975
(applause)

373
00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:54,810
PETERSEN:
Our next young speaker needs

374
00:14:54,893 --> 00:14:56,478
no introduction,
but that didn't stop him

375
00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:59,481
from writing one
and making me read it.

376
00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,358
(laughter)

377
00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:02,776
"Fun fact."

378
00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:04,111
(audience groaning, murmuring)

379
00:15:04,194 --> 00:15:06,280
I hear you.

380
00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:09,700
"The word 'valedictorian' is
from the Latin 'valedicere,'

381
00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:13,287
"meaning 'to say farewell.'

382
00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:15,497
"It is primarily used
in the United States,

383
00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:18,125
Canada, the Philippines
and Armenia."

384
00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:21,295
Maybe that fact's more fun
in Armenia.

385
00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:26,842
Please welcome your
valedictorian, Sheldon Cooper.

386
00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:29,053
Yay, Shelly!

387
00:15:32,056 --> 00:15:33,599
Hello.

388
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,312
I'm not very comfortable
speaking in front of crowds.

389
00:15:38,395 --> 00:15:41,231
But there's a technique
to reduce stage fright

390
00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,817
by focusing on
one person in the audience

391
00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:46,236
and delivering your speech
just to them.

392
00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,324
That's what I'll be doing today.

393
00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:55,496
If it weren't for this person,
I wouldn't be here right now.

394
00:15:55,579 --> 00:15:57,706
They've taught me a lot,

395
00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,167
and it's by their example
that I found the courage

396
00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:03,921
to move forward into this new
and exciting chapter of my life.

397
00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:07,549
Missy...

398
00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:11,387
...this is for you.

399
00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:15,182
Change can be scary,

400
00:16:15,265 --> 00:16:18,560
but I know
we're going to be fine...

401
00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,272
...because like you said,

402
00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:24,566
"It's okay to be scared.

403
00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,276
We just have to do it anyway."

404
00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:33,575
So if any of my fellow graduates
are nervous about the future,

405
00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:36,245
know that you're not alone.

406
00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:40,416
I suggest you all try to be
as brave as my twin sister.

407
00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,418
That's my plan.

408
00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:44,086
Missy,

409
00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:46,755
I wish I could give you advice
about middle school,

410
00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:49,591
but I was so smart,
I skipped it.

411
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,719
If you make it to high school,
we'll talk.

412
00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:53,595
Thank you.

413
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,723
(applause)

414
00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,941
(kids singing)

415
00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,941
ADULT SHELDON:
The following day,

416
00:17:06,024 --> 00:17:08,944
I attended my sister's
elementary school graduation.

417
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,738
She didn't deliver
a speech to me,

418
00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,239
but she did make eye contact

419
00:17:12,322 --> 00:17:14,241
while she sang
"This Land Is Your Land."

420
00:17:14,324 --> 00:17:16,785
♪ From the Redwood Forest ♪

421
00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:20,622
♪ To the Gulf Stream waters ♪

422
00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:24,877
♪ This land was made
for you and me... ♪

423
00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,754
ADULT SHELDON:
Later that day, we had

424
00:17:26,837 --> 00:17:29,089
a graduation party
for me and my sister.

425
00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:30,424
I don't normally care
for parties,

426
00:17:30,507 --> 00:17:31,967
but this one wasn't so bad.

427
00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:33,177
Who's ready for cake?

428
00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:34,428
Me!

429
00:17:34,511 --> 00:17:37,306
Hey, should we say grace?

430
00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:39,767
Heck, yeah! Let's hold hands.

431
00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:43,103
Oh, cool. Let's say grace.

432
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,147
ADULT SHELDON:
Dale invited Jesus to the party,

433
00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:49,151
and while he wasn't
on my guest list, it was okay

434
00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:50,611
because it made my mom happy.

435
00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,654
And bless our
friends and family...

436
00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,990
ADULT SHELDON:
In fact, it was
the best graduation party

437
00:17:55,073 --> 00:17:56,950
I had ever been to,

438
00:17:57,034 --> 00:18:01,121
until the one we had
for my son, Leonard Cooper.

439
00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:03,332
ALL:
Amen.

440
00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:03,332
Cake!

441
00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:05,626
ADULT SHELDON:
I wanted his name to be

442
00:18:05,709 --> 00:18:09,004
Leonard "Nimoy" Cooper,
but Amy wouldn't let me.

443
00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:11,006
AMY:
Be happy I let you
name him Leonard!

444
00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:12,883
ADULT SHELDON:
Okay, okay!

445
00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:14,927
AMY: Love you.

446
00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:14,927
ADULT SHELDON: Love you, too.

447
00:18:18,555 --> 00:18:21,475
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