Frankie: [v.o.] You know how Sue was usually invisible to teachers? Well, this year, she finally got noticed by one.
Mr. Glover: The bell has rung, people. The school may find it amusing to have you all dressed up and run around like little babies, but in my class, you will be treated like the young adults you claim to be. Miss Heck... next time you write an essay for my class, let's try using one color ink instead of 20. [pens clatter] Oh, and I hate to rain on your parade, but perhaps it's time to stop dotting your I's with little hearts. [students chuckle and murmur] Silence! [students gasp] Do any of you have the desire to think outside yourselves and to contribute to the world you live in? Somebody say, "yes, I do."
Sue: Yes, I do.
Mr. Glover: No, you don't. You're all pleasure seekers. It's me, me, me 24/7. You get upset if the battery in your phone dies. But did you know that Alessandro Volta invented the battery in 1800? Well, of course you don't. You think it was invented by a little pink bunny who goes around banging away on a big bass drum. Now for your next assignment, you will propose an hypothesis. You will design and produce an experiment to test said hypothesis and determine whether to accept or reject it... And I want this question to come from your soul. Where is your passion? What do you care about? What are you really interested in? The answer is not gonna be on your computer or your television. He's not gonna pop up for you in an app. This project is 40% of your grade. So as you Americans say, you had better get crackin'.
[Sue writes down "Is smiling contagious?"]