:42:00
Well, wonder how he knew
it was your birthday.
:42:03
I don't reckon he did.
:42:05
"Dear Homer, congratulations
on your rocket building.
:42:09
Continue your education
and maybe one day--"
:42:11
Boy, you better take an interest
in your own damn town...
:42:15
instead of wastin' your time
worryin' about...
:42:17
Wernher von Braun
and Cape Canaveral.
:42:20
John, it's his birthday.
:42:26
All right, Homer.
:42:36
Yes?
:42:40
Homer, there's strike talk
startin' up again. Your father's--
:42:43
Yeah, he's got a lot on his mind.
Well, I don't give a damn!
:42:50
"Principles of
Guided Missile Design."
:42:53
I had Miss Waters order it for you
a while back, and it just came.
:42:58
I know the math is too advanced for you.
It is for me too.
:43:01
- There's calculus, differential equa--
- I'll learn the math.
:43:04
This is great, Miss Riley.
I'll learn everything.
:43:08
It's the best present
anyone's ever given me.
:43:11
Thank you.
I'm gonna show the guys.
:43:14
- Quentin will probably go cra--
- Goodness gracious.
:43:17
Watch where you're goin'.
:43:21
- Where'd you get this?
- I gave it to him.
:43:24
Bye, Miss Riley.
:43:28
Miss Riley, our job is to give these
kids an education, not false hopes.
:43:33
False hopes?
:43:36
Do you want me to sit quiet...
:43:38
let 'em breathe in coal dust
the rest of their life?
:43:41
Miss Riley, once in a while...
:43:44
a lucky one will get out
on a football scholarship.
:43:47
The rest of 'em
work in the mines.
:43:50
How about I believe
in the unlucky ones, hmm?
:43:53
I have to, Mr. Turner,
or I'd go out of my mind.