Lillian: Michael was just reading about the role electrolytes play in conduction, weren't you?
Michael: Yes, ma'am.
Lillian: Well, all right, then. Go ahead. Keep reading. We don't have all year.
Michael: "An elec-trolyte is a soob-sti-nin-a-nence which e-mits ions when..." [slams table] Dangit!
Lillian: [slaps Michael] You don't use that language in school, do you?
Michael: Yeah. [off Lillian's look] I mean, no. Sorry, ma'am.
Lillian: All right. That's what I thought. Now, keep going.
Michael: I can't.
Lillian: Listen, you use that word "can't" one more time, and not reading will be the last of your worries.
Adult Dean: What was my mother doing? You don't poke the bear. She was racking up a swirly tab that I was gonna have to pay for tomorrow at school.