:21:01
I therefore sentence you...
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to the state home for boys
in Jamesburg...
:21:07
from this day till you're
21 years of age.
:21:11
- So be it.
- It's okay, son.
:21:15
Jamesburg was a place of horror
that I would be forever sorry...
:21:18
to have known existed.
:21:20
It was there that I spent the next
eight years learning how to maim...
:21:24
butcher and fight for my survival.
:21:38
I don't get what's goin' on here.
I'm the boy's father.
:21:41
I take care of him.
I don't know what you people--
:21:44
I mean, what's it to you?
:21:47
M-Mr Martin, we've gotten to know
Lesra over the past few weeks.
:21:50
And I gotta tell you, he's got
more natural ability and enthusiasm...
:21:54
than just about any kid
I've ever worked with.
:21:58
So, when he told us
he wanted to go to college...
:22:02
wejust fi gured
that's the way it was gonna be.
:22:04
Well, I know he's smart.
:22:07
There's no doubt about that,
but, uh...
:22:09
he can't read, Mrs Martin.
:22:13
But we think that we could teach him.
I mean, within...
:22:15
probably two years, with a lot ofwork,
we could get him ready for college.
:22:18
- Yeah, well, that school
sure not doin' it.
- Now waitjust a second.
:22:21
- I am that boy's father--
- But if they can give him more--
:22:23
They're talkin' to me, Alma!
:22:25
Uh, Mr Martin, you know,
we got plenty of room.
:22:28
And if Lesra wants to learn,
then we can teach him.
:22:31
Ifyou don't want that, that's fine.
That's up to you.
:22:33
But no one here is trying
to replace you, sir.
:22:44
- This what you want, boy?
- I wanna go to college.
:22:50
And if that's what it's gonna take,
then, yeah.
:22:54
It don't seem right.