"Hey, Sam." "Yeah." " Have a good day." "Love you." " You too." "In the morning shift here at..." "Chicago." "Go on in." "You're gonna be late." "Morning, Fernando." "Good morning." "Hey." "Hi." "No, can you get your paper turned around..." "Pass up your papers." "Want to talk about this worksheet before you leave for the pep rally." "Ms. Abbott, we want to talk about the school closing." "Yeah, what you gonna do, Ms. Abbott?" "You gonna transfer to Mitchell?" "Oh, I don't know." "With the school closing, all of us teachers have to look for new positions, but I'm sure you guys will give me good recommendations, right?" "I want to talk about prom." "Uh-uh, I want to talk about graduation, 'cause I'm ready to get the hell up out of here." "Okay, good." "Great." "Yes, we all want to graduate." "Right?" "So this semester, I really want you guys to focus on what you're gonna do after you graduate, okay?" "I'm a play ball." "Jamal, you don't even play ball now." "I'm a go to college, though." "I'm a get my degree, and I'm a travel all around the world, and if I like you, I'm a send you a postcard." "Yes, Jasmine is right, you guys." "We should all be wanting to go to college." "Every single one of us, okay?" "Hi, do you sell pregnancy tests?" "What?" "Pregnancy tests?" "Uh-uh." "You girls are supposed to be at the pep rally, okay?" "Let's go." "Come on." "Fuck." "Hello." "Hey, you're home late." "Yeah, I had Cliff's thing, remember?" "Retirement party?" "Anyway, went to Hopleaf." "I got you some beers." "I'm putting them in the fridge." "What you working on?" "Oh, my God." "I did..." "Hey." "I think I'm pregnant." "Are you okay?" "I don't..." "I don't..." "I don't know what to do, you know?" "I..." "I mean, we've never really, like, talked about this before, you know?" "No, yeah, I don't know." "But I don't know, you know." "I might not be." "I was looking some stuff up online, and I guess if you have too much potassium, this guy on a message board said that it can give you a false positive, and I had..." "I had a..." "I had a banana with my yogurt this morning, and... and... and I don't..." "I don't know." "It was really big, and I just..." "I don't know what is going on with the bananas at Trader Joe's right now." "They're just so big, and I think that I just..." "Hang on." "Hang on." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Just... so you took a test?" "Yes." "And you are pregnant." "Oh, God, I just thought we would deal with this later if we got married or... fuck." "Oh, my God." "I'm gonna lose my job, John." "I'm gonna lose my stupid job, and now I'm pregnant." "Hey." "Hey." "Come on." "Come here." "This is not how I thought it would happen." "Fuck." "Yeah." "Fuck." " Hey." " Hey." " Good morning." " Want some coffee?" "Yeah." "John." "Listen, I know this probably isn't how you imagined it happening." "John, I don't want you to propose to me just because I'm pregnant." "And I don't want you to say yes just 'cause I gave you pancakes." "I want to be your husband." "You know?" "I want to have this baby with you." "This is what we want, right?" "This is what you want?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Sam, will you marry me?" " Yes." " Yeah?" "Yeah." "Here." "Mmm, it's pretty good." "It's beautiful." "Oh, my God." "Yeah." "Oh, gosh, what are we gonna do?" "What are we gonna do when this baby comes, John?" "The school's closing, right?" "Take a couple years off." "Enjoy being a mom." "I'll float us." "This is gonna be so cool." "Hey." "We're gonna be a family." "Right?" " Oh, God, I love you." " I love you." "Do you, Samantha Abbott, take John Bruzek to be your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do." "And do you, John Bruzek, take Samantha Abbott to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "I do." "Then by the power vested in me by the state of Illinois," "I now pronounce you husband and wife." "Congratulations." "That was so easy." "Why do people make it so complicated?" "Now you're just my husband." "I know, and you're my wife." "Did you notice the judge's name was Judith?" "No way." "We just got married by Judge Judy." "That's great." "We got to tell our parents." "Do we have to?" "I am so excited you guys wanted to come over for dinner." "That looks great, Carolyn." "Thank you, John." "Give me your plates." "Actually, Mom, we had something that we wanted to tell you." "Uh-huh." "Um, well, John and I..." "Got engaged." "I knew it." "I am so happy for you two." " Oh." " Baby." "This is absolutely fabulous." "We have so much to do, so tell me everything." "Actually, Mom, we... we already got married." "What did you say?" "We already got married." " Why would you do that?" " Um..." "Oh, my God, you're pregnant." "How did this happen?" "Well, it was a surprise." "What will you do now?" "How will you get a job next year?" "We talked about it, and I'm thinking of..." "I'm staying home for a little while." "Honey, you don't want to stay at home." "Well, with the cost of child care and my salary," "I'd hardly be bringing anything home." "But you have a master's degree." "When your cousin Valerie quit her job after Max was born, you said it was a waste of talent." "What?" "I didn't say that." "Oh, you did say that." "Okay, fine, Mom." "Well, I've changed my mind, and... and besides, no school is gonna hire me when I'm due in August." "Well..." "I guess you two have it all figured out." "I just don't know how two people are gonna take care of a baby." "You don't even own a washer/dryer." "Hey, we don't need a washer/dryer, okay?" "You know, Mom, we didn't do this to hurt your feelings." "These are supposed to be happy things." "But they're not happening in a happy way." "This is not want I wanted for you." "I wanted to see you walk down the aisle in a wedding dress, and I wanted a big cake, and I wanted flowers and all of it." "Then you get pregnant, Sam, after the wedding." "Samantha, I just... what do you want me to tell people?" "Well, that wasn't so bad." "Are you kidding me?" "That was the worst." "I mean, she hates me, and she hates our baby." "Okay, she doesn't hate you, and she's gonna love our baby probably more than we can handle." "I just wish you would have helped me out a little bit more in there, John." "What?" "I said the thing about the washer/dryer." "John." "What?" "Maybe she's right." "We rushed it." "Did we rush it?" "Well, we kind of had to." "That's what I'm saying." "'Cause we all posing and stuff." "You about to get your ass beat, Jamal!" " She mad now." " Hey." "Guys, settle down, okay?" "Ooh." "Guys." "Hey, I want everyone back in their seats right now." "Somebody need to get this bitch out my face 'cause I'm about to pop the fuck off right now." " Try it." "Try it." " Hey, hey." "Come on." "Come on." "I need you to sit down." " LaParis, give me the phone." " He hit me in the face." "I don't care." "You're being loud and disrespectful." "Now give me that phone." "God, I'm not up for this today." "Ms. Abbott got a rock on her finger, damn." "Ooh, that's nice." "You gonna get married, Ms. Abbott?" "She gonna marry Coach Harwell." "Coach Harwell is 30 years older than me, okay." "She ain't with no Coach Harwell." "She got a boyfriend." "Hey, you know, we're not talking about this right now." "You gonna change your name?" "Okay, listen, guys." "I got married, which is normal." "You can still call me Ms. Abbott." "That's all we're gonna talk about to..." "Ew!" "How you feeling?" "Humiliated." "You think the whole school knows I'm pregnant?" "You puked in front of 30 teenagers." "I think everybody knows." " Hey, Jasmine." " Hey." "I just wanted to see if Ms. Abbott was feeling better." "Yeah." "I'm okay." " Thanks." " Okay." "Y'all have a great weekend." "Hey, wait." "Jasmine, when are you gonna give me your list of colleges?" "I haven't narrowed it down yet." "Okay, well, do you think you could give it to me in homeroom next week?" "Yeah." "Look, if you need any help, you know where to find me, okay?" "Yeah, leaning over a trash can." "Bye, Ms. Abbott." "Bye, Jasmine." "With pollen crushed into its stigma, the hammer orchid is fertilized." "The little dummy female withers, its purpose served." "How do you know?" "Trust me." "You can tell." " She's not showing." " I'm telling you." "She's pregnant." "Um, are you guys talking about me?" "No, we know about you." "Garrett thinks Jasmine Davis is pregnant." "Jasmine Davis?" "No." "Oh, she's pregnant." "I just don't understand how these girls get themselves into these situations." "It's like they want to get pregnant..." "All you got to do is go to the school clinic, get yourself some condoms." "And it's only gonna get worse when CPS closes all these schools." "A huge chunk of 'em are just gonna drop out." "I'm telling you." "She came up to me in the lunchroom in my line, came up to me acting like I want her dirty-ass dude, and I'm like, "Bitch, I'm not trying to talk"" "to his dopey ass."" "Let her know." "She think I'm trying to talk to him because we lab partners." "You know I ain't pick his ass." "His breath stinks so bad." "I'm trying to get away from him." " He do have stink breath." " Mm-hmm." "Ooh, Ms. Abbott, can you play checkers with us?" "Oh, no, thank you." "I'm just gonna borrow Jasmine here for a second." "Want to come with me?" "Chynice, rotate in." "Are you pregnant?" "You're pregnant." "How did this happen?" "You the science teacher." "Come on, Jasmine." "Ms. Abbott, you know me since freshman year." "You know this isn't something I planned on." "How pregnant are you?" "Ten weeks." "And who's the father?" "Another senior?" "Nah, this boy I been talking to for a while." "He don't go here." "Don't worry." "I'm not gonna drop out or nothing." "Well, no shit you're not gonna drop out." "I know, but you was just all hard up on me going to college and stuff." "Well, Jasmine, you have to at least apply." "You've got a 3.8 GPA." "I know." "So do you think that you want to keep it?" "I don't know." "All right." "Yes?" "Hi, um, I just found out that one of my students is pregnant." "I don't know what the protocol is or..." "Is she in a dangerous situation?" "I don't..." "I don't know." "She's one of my best students." "I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary." "Well, unfortunately, that kind of thing happens a lot here." "We have some pamphlets." "There are resources." "We have a daycare here at the school." "She'll have to go on homebound when she gets closer to delivery." "What's her name?" "Jasmine Davis." "I'll put a note in her file." "Okay." "Thanks." "Hey." "Where's Grandma?" "At work." "You gonna spoil your dinner if you eat all them Cheetos." "I decided to keep it." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "I'm sure." "And you know all of your options?" "You mean, like, give it up or have an abortion?" "Yeah." "I'm gonna keep it." "All right." "What are you gonna do?" "About what?" "Oh, I'm..." "I'm gonna keep it." "Cool." "You know, there's some scholarships on here" "I think you could get." "Your grades are really good." "What schools were on your list?" "I was really excited about Illinois." "Illinois." "That's where I went." "That would be perfect for you." "Ms. Abbott, ain't no way I'm going to Urbana with this baby." "Well, let's just look, okay?" "I know they have family housing..." "There." "Yeah, maybe." "Jasmine, you have to go to college." "Okay?" "I mean, that decision is more important for your baby than anything else." "If you were planning on going to college before you found out you were pregnant, you should stick with it." "What college is gonna accept a pregnant girl from Englewood?" "Oh, we are gonna find one that does." "Oh, sorry, Ms. Abbott." "Hey, Grandma." "With Ms. Abbott doing some college stuff." "Okay, hold on." "Ms. Abbott, can you drive me home?" "Yeah, sure." "Okay, she said she's gonna drive me home, Grandma." "Okay, I will." "See you tonight." "She said thanks." "No problem." "I bet you know everything about having a baby." "You got it all planned out, nursery painted, always on your way to prenatal yoga." "How is someone always on their way to prenatal yoga?" "Never even been to regular yoga." "What?" "Didn't you take it in gym?" "No, I took square dancing." "They didn't have yoga when I was in high school." "I mean, there was this yoga place on my way home from work." "I've just never been." "Lifting up out of your left hip, open your right knee toward the right, and rest your toes on the ground with your heel above your ankle or bring the sole of your foot to your inner calf." "Feel free to lift the hips a little higher if this feels too intense." "Turn your heart center toward the ceiling." "Open your left knee toward the left." "Give your knees a baby bend." "Sprawling with your fingers..." "Is it weird doing this with your teacher?" "Nah." "Okay, it's a little weird." "Rest your hands on your belly and feel free to close your eyes." "Begin to deepen your breaths and focus on the life that is moving and growing within your belly." "Is everything okay?" "I don't feel anything." "Try closing your eyes." "You know, I thought I would feel different when I was pregnant." "What do you mean?" "I mean, I don't know." "Do you feel different than before?" "Yeah." "I think I feel pregnant." "I've been having dreams about the baby." "I don't have any dreams." "Never even changed a diaper." "What?" "Yeah, I'm really unqualified for motherhood." "Don't you have brothers and sisters?" "No, my parents got divorced when I was little." "Don't your friends have babies?" "No, not yet." "But you're old." "No, I'm not." "I'm 30." "My sister's 23, and she got two kids." "Hmm." "Are you sad the school's closing?" "Yeah, I am." "You?" "Yeah." "I'm glad I'm a senior, though, so I don't have to worry about it too much." "Right." "So you gonna stop teaching and just be a stay-at-home mom now?" "Stay-at-home mom." "Uh, yeah." "Yeah, I guess so." "You know, I was gonna apply for this job at the Field Museum, but now that I'm pregnant," "I don't think I can do both." "What's the job?" "Well, it was kind of my dream job." "It would be helping to design the high school science curriculum for the whole city." "That's cool." "Yeah." "Yeah." "What about you, huh?" "What's your..." "what's your dream job?" "I think I want to go into business." "I always wanted to be one of those ladies that gets dressed up in a suit to go downtown, tell people what to do." "Yeah, you'd be good at that." "Yeah." "It's right over here?" "All right, you ready to start working on this college stuff tomorrow?" "Mm-hmm." "I'm ready to try, at least." "Good." "Be safe getting home, Ms. Abbott." "I will." "Good night." "Good night." "How you doing?" "Kevin, what you doing up?" "Monique, your son out of bed." "Hey, so I was..." "I was thinking about applying for a job for next fall." "Don't you think that's kind of a lot to take on right after the baby's born?" "I don't know." "A lot of people do it." "Yeah, I mean, I think we could talk about it after the baby comes just 'cause then we'll finally know what it's like to be parents, and we'll have a better idea of, you know," "what it's like for you to go back to work." "Yeah." "Hey, I just want you to enjoy being a new mom without having to worry about a bunch of stuff." "Yeah." "Well, we had a month delay on our Link card in October, and that really put me back." "Now, I know about this already, Mrs. Taylor, and we've already taken care of it." "Yeah, well, we got the Link back working, but you never sent me a check for what I spent." "Auntie J, can I see your phone?" "Now, you know we can't do that, Mrs. Taylor." "Yeah, just the letter game." "Because this one's pregnant, and she's eating for two now." "When the baby comes, you can add it to your household, but I can't increase your money before the baby's born." "Listen, after the baby is born or if anything should change before then, make sure you give me a call." "Make sure you stop by the office." "Okay?" "Okay." "That man would ever answer the phone, we wouldn't have to waste the whole afternoon coming down here to listen to him tell us no." " Hi, everybody." " Hi." " Hi." " I'm Steve." "I'm gonna be performing your ultrasound today." "Great." "This is just a standard 20 week?" "Right." "Well, technically 21 weeks." "Okay." "Okay, great." "I'm gonna need you to scoot back a little bit..." "Okay." "And if you could unbutton the top button of your jeans there." "Gonna have you tuck this towel in." " All right." " Right." "And were you hoping to find out the sex of the baby today?" "Yes." "We would like that." "Okay, well, let me take a few measurements, and then we will go exploring." "All right." "Right there, that is the baby's head." "Just measure that real quick." "Holy shit." "That's the baby's head." "What is that little blinking light there?" "That is the baby's heart, and it's going really strong, so let me record that." "Are you ready to find out the sex?" "Yeah." "Congratulations, you're having a baby girl." "Oh, my God." "It's a girl." "Yeah, everything looks good, and, again, these aren't 100% accurate, so sometimes there are some surprises, but... but I am seeing all girl from right here." "Right." "Hey." "Hey." " Don't worry." " I'm sorry." "This is a really overwhelming visit for a lot of people." "Yeah." "I'll just give you a few minutes." " Thank you." " Sorry." "Hey, hey." "Talk to me." "What's going on?" "What's happening?" "Is this because she's a girl?" "No." "Is it because it's a baby?" "Oh, baby." "We knew there was a baby in there." "No, not really." "Yeah, for a while now." "But you can't see it, you know?" " You can feel it, right?" " Yeah, but it's just..." "It's different when you see it moving around like that." "Yeah." "I just thought..." "I don't know." "I thought we would, like, come here, the guy would be like," ""I'm sorry." ""You know, there's been a mistake." "There... the baby has no heart,"" "or... or something." "No, no." "Okay, so you're just relieved." "I just..." "I feel like I just found out I'm having a baby." "We're having a baby." "We're having a baby." "All right, so our project is about bee disappearance." "Okay." "So bees are flying insects closely related to wasp and ants." "They're known for their pollination and their production of honey and beeswax." "Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the super family Apoidea." "We still have to get all the information on the board, though, yeah?" "Are you gonna print that off later today?" "Okay." "Good." "So let's just look at this math." "So what are we doing?" "55..." " Bunnies." " Okay, by 30." "Okay, and is this... is this the diagram you're gonna use for that?" "It looks good." "How are you gonna attach this?" "Oh, okay." " Hey." " Hey." "You help me clean up, I'll help you get into college." "Okay." "My boyfriend's picking me up when he gets off work." "Oh, okay." "Where does he work?" " In a warehouse." " Doing what?" "Moving boxes." "Oh, cool." "That's great." "Hey, what did he say when you told him about the baby?" "Was he mad?" "Why would he be mad?" "I don't know." "Was he excited?" "Yeah." "Okay, so I think that you should work on your Illinois University application first." " Okay." " All right." "And then we'll work on Truman and Northeastern once we get that one sent off." "Right." "So what you need to do is talk to Mr. Hope and get copies of your transcript." " Okay." " All right." "And then go to all your teachers and get those rec letters now, because everybody waits until the last minute." "And then there's the essay." "That is... that's the most important part, so we really need to work on that." "Okay." " Does it sound good?" " Yes." "Great." " Oh, I got to go." " Oh." "Well, hey, I want to meet him." "Okay." "He gonna be shy." "That's okay." "Travis, this is Ms. Abbott." "Ms. Abbott, this is Travis." "How you doing?" "I'm good." "How are you?" "I'm doing fine." "I told you he was gonna be shy." "What you talking about?" "You all get some work done?" "A little bit." "Want to get something to eat?" " Always." " Nice to meet you." " You too." " Bye." "Bye, guys." "What?" " John." " Huh?" " I invented something." " What?" "I invented a pregnancy thing for pants." "That's awesome." "I'm gonna head out." " I'll see you after work." " All right." "No, I'll take care of it." "It's okay." "Okay, I'm a hold you to that." "You said today that you would babysit my baby, so when I come calling, Teresa..." " That's fine." " Don't hit ignore." "So as you can see, each pump operates a little differently, but most of them are electrical." "Who has the manual pump?" "Take a deep breath in." "Exhale." "Bend into your knees." "Bend into your elbows." "Broaden your chest by reaching your elbows slightly back." "Oh, feel it." "She's kick... yeah, right there." "Hey." "Good luck." "Thanks." " Give us some." " Hmm?" "Give us some." "What you got?" "I wish." "I wish I could rap like this, but I can't, so I'm stuck." "How's little man?" "How you know it's gonna be a boy?" "Just 'cause I do." "I can't believe you making me find out when I want to wait." "You always be convincing me of doing things." "You gonna text me as soon as you know?" "For real?" "I thought you were coming with me." "Nah, I got to meet up with Eddie and them." "Thought we were doing this together." "I already told you I know it's gonna be a boy." "Hey, I'll come by tonight." "The heart is beating so fast." "Nope, it's perfect." "You sure you don't want to know what it is?" "No." "I want to be surprised." "Hi, this is Shelly Roa." "Leave a message." "Hey, Shelly, this is Samantha Abbott." "Listen, I was just wondering if you still had any connections at the Field Museum." "I'm thinking about applying for a position there." "Anyway, if you could give me a call back, that'd be great, and I hope you're well." "Bye." "Hi!" "Yeah!" "Save our schools!" "Save our schools!" "Yeah." "Save our schools!" "Save our schools!" "Save our schools!" "Save our schools!" "Whoo!" " So I got news." " Yeah?" "I got a job offer from Uno." " A charter school?" " I know." "I know, but there's not that many positions at CPS." "Well, hey, you know what?" "That's great." "You still thinking about the museum?" "Yeah, actually, I already applied." " Good for you." " Yeah." "I haven't told John yet." "Why?" "I don't want to jinx it." "We sort of decided that I would stay home with the baby, and I don't want to get into a fight if I don't have to." "Well, I think you'll get it." " Oh, really?" " Yes." "Well, thank you." "So how's the belly?" "Oh, well, she is doing great." " It's a girl." " It's a girl." "Oh, that's so great." "I know." "I'm really excited." "I just..." "Oh, God, I hope I don't mess her up, you know?" " You'll do great." " You think so?" "Yes." "I hope so." "Hello?" "I'm back here." "Oh, my God." "This is incredible." "Honey, did you just do this all by yourself, like, today?" "Yeah." "Do you like it?" "I love it." "You got a little... here." " You got a little schmutz." " Oh, yeah." "Let me get that for you so you're..." " It'll happen." " I got it." " Thank you." " This is amazing." " You're the best." " Yeah, I am." "This is..." "I can't even believe this, like..." "Wait, you got to see what else I got." "There's more?" " Oh, there's more." " John, that..." "So I know I said I don't want the whole place to feel, like, too girly..." " Yeah." " But she is a girl, right?" "Yeah." "So." "Pink dinosaurs." " Oh, I love 'em." " Right?" " I love 'em." "I was so psyched when I saw these." "Oh, they're perfect." "I can't even believe they exist." "Well, you know, technically, they're extinct." "Hi, Samantha." "This is Katie calling from the Field Museum." "We recently got your application for the education coordinator position, and we would love to set up an interview." "Give me a call back." "We can set up a time." "Thanks so much." "Bye-bye." "Hey, Ms. Abbott." "Hey, Jasmine." "I thought Travis was dropping you off." "Well, that didn't exactly work out." "We stopped talking." "Stopped talking?" "We broke up." "Shit." "It wasn't a fight or anything." "I just realized I can't be with him." "Did he cheat on you?" "No, it ain't even like that." "He's just getting drunk with his friends, not taking work seriously, not taking the baby seriously." "You know his mama still buy his clothes?" "He ain't do anything bad." "He just needs to grow up." "He not grown." "Can't imagine having kids with my high school boyfriend." "I thought when I got pregnant that he would straighten up and do right and everything." "He's still gonna help out with the baby, and I think he'll be a good father." "I just can't take on this baby and him." "I can't worry about waking him up for work on time and nagging him to get home." "I just can't think about that, you know?" "Am I being stupid?" "Jasmine, you are anything but stupid." "I just picked out a few things I thought were cute." "Mom, you bought her three bags of clothes." "I can't help it." "I'm excited, Samantha." "I just..." "I haven't even bought any clothes for the baby yet." "Great." "Now you don't have to." "Well, you know, I want to, though, Mom, you know, and it would be silly because you've bought enough clothes for five kids." "Samantha, by the time you get around to it, the kid's gonna come out with nothing to wear." "You're spending all your time with some teenager instead of focusing on your own baby." "Mom, Jasmine is my friend, okay?" " I'm helping her." " Right." "And it's pretty strange to be friends with a 17-year-old." "Well, you know what, Mom, that's not of your business, and you know what else?" "This is my baby, okay, Mom?" "This is not your baby." "Fine." "Don't take the clothes." "Give them to the poor girl." "Mom." "What?" "You want to help your friend, and she probably needs them." "Just because Jasmine doesn't have a lot of money doesn't mean she has shitty taste." "Ladies and gentlemen, listen to me." "Listen to me." "You must have 25 passing credits by May 29th." "If you don't have 25 passing credits, you will not receive a cap and gown, and you will not walk across the stage." "If you have any questions about that, you can come see me in my office." "Now give your attention to Principal Clements, please." "Good afternoon, seniors." "Settle down." "Settle down now." "I am here to congratulate a few folks who have received college admissions letters this week." "Kiara White, please stand up." "Bianca Jones." "Terry Lewis." "Kevin Jackson." "And Tijuan Anderson." "Congratulations to you all." "Yes, yes." "Now, we are posting your acceptances on our front board, so when you receive something in the mail, please, please let the front office know." "Hi, baby." "Say hi, Josephine." "How old is she?" "Four months." "She's so cute." "When are you due?" "August." "You got to get one of these carriers." "It's the best thing I got." "You can get a used one online way cheaper." "No." "Yes." "Duchess." "Mm-hmm." "Is she dying?" "Hey." "Hey." "Grandma left you a plate." "Okay." "Jasmine." "Hey." "Gosh, I'm so excited for you." "Me too." "Did they send you anything about scholarships?" "They sent me a whole packet." "Oh, my gosh." "Well, we have to make an appointment for the financial aid office when we get there on Saturday." "That... that still works for you, right?" " Your grandma's okay with that?" " Yeah." "Oh, my grandma wanted me to give this to you." "Aw, it's for your baby shower." " Mm-hmm." " I will definitely be there." "We were all really impressed with your resume." "Thanks." "I'm really impressed with your education department." "You know Shelly Roa." "I saw that she gave you a recommendation." "Yeah, I do." "I actually met her last year." "I came here for a teacher workshop." "She's... she's great." "She loves you guys." "Well, we love her." "So tell me a bit about your background." "How did you get involved in teaching science?" "Well, to be honest," "I kind of fell into the teaching aspect of it." "I got my degree in biology, and then I applied to Teach For America as a way to beef up my resume before grad school, but I just fell for teaching, and now I'm just as passionate about both." "That's excellent." "What do you think you can bring to the coordinator position with your experience as a high school teacher?" "You know, I think that my excitement for this position comes from my limitations as a teacher." "I love my students, but I can't always do the things that I think will really help them learn, so the idea of working from a macro level and influencing the science curriculum, potentially affecting all of the students in the city, just... it really excites me." "Us too." "So this is a full-time position." "Right." "Paid vacation, benefits, 401." "We would be looking to have somebody take over at the end of summer." "Sorry, so the start date is?" "Realistically, August 1st." "Um, so you may have noticed that I am pregnant." "Actually, I have a long list of things I am not allowed to discuss in an interview, and that is number one." "No, I know." "It... it's just you seem like a real person, and I think I would be great at this job." "It's just I cannot start August 1st." "When are you due?" "July 24th." "And is this your first?" "Yeah." "I will be honest." "It gets really crazy here in August." "Right." "We are getting ready to launch our new curriculum at the start of the school year." "This is an incredible place to work, but I don't know that I could have done it when my son was first born." "If we were talking about a December start date," "I would say no problem, but with a week-old baby..." "I'm speaking for me personally." "No, no." "I..." "I get it." "And I really appreciate you saying that." "It just really sucks to hear." "I hate that clown." "Yeah, he's bad." "I mean, get him out of here." "Hey." "What's going on over there?" "You have a bad day?" "I'm just really mad about being pregnant today." "Why?" "I applied for a job I can't have." "Wait, what job?" "I interviewed for a job at the Field Museum, and I nailed it." "And you didn't tell me about it." "Well, I'm..." "I'm telling you about it right now." "What are you doing applying for jobs?" "You said you were gonna stay home." "That wasn't decided." "That's what we agreed on." "Okay, fine, John, you know what, you're right." "I'm just gonna stay home and take care of the baby, so you don't even have to worry about it anymore, okay?" "I'm just gonna be a wife and a mother, and that's it." "That'll be my life." "Samantha, you have got to stop this." "That is what you want." "I mean, you want me to stay home." "It's not what I want." "It's what made sense, okay?" "You going back to work right after having a baby is completely unrealistic." "Is it unrealistic?" "Tell me how it's unrealistic that someone with a baby can work." "In fact, tell the nation of working mothers how they're all wrong." "I'm not saying they're wrong." "I'm saying..." "Listen, we have to talk about stuff like this, okay?" "You can't make decisions like this by yourself anymore." "These are decisions about our whole family, and I don't know why you're so hell-bent on working." "This could be a nice break for you." "Oh, you... you think that staying home with an infant is a break?" "Really?" "Well, then why don't you just quit your job and do it?" "I mean, I can't do everything for this baby." "No one's asking you to do everything, all right?" "I can't breast-feed a newborn." "Working is something I can do." "And apparently it's not anything I can do anymore, so just put another point on the board for men." "Yes, great, more points." "I'll be sure and let all the other worker men know." "You know what?" "Maybe... maybe we fucked up, John." "Maybe we shouldn't have done this." "What, gotten married?" "Yeah, gotten married." "You know what, Samantha, whether or not you think we're soul mates right now doesn't change the fact that we still have a child on the way, okay, so you might want to just get over it." " Hey, Ms. Abbott." " Hey." "I brought snacks." "Aw, yummy." "So you ready to see your new school?" "Yes, ma'am." "Okay, so we have the tour scheduled for 11:00." "Okay." "I think it's gonna be really fun, and then we have an appointment at the admissions office to go over financial aid and family housing, and then when we're done I really want to take you to Quatro's for pizza 'cause it is so good." "Okay." "Mmm, mmm, mmm." "What are you doing?" "Pouring my juice in here." "And you're gonna do what with it?" "I'm gonna drink it." "Oh, my God, no." "Jasmine, no." "Don't do that." "Don't do that." " Oh, my... stop." " Yes." " No, stop it." " Mmm." " Oh, my gosh, that's disgusting." "Stop it." " Mmm." "It's so good." " Stop it." "It smells so bad in here." " I'm gonna pull over." " Ms. Abbott." "No, you need to get rid of that." "I'm serious." "I'm getting..." "I'm gonna throw up." "What you want me to do with it?" "No, Jasmine, I'm pulling over, and I want you to get it out of the car, okay?" "No, no, throw it out of the car." "Where do you want me to put it?" "Just litter!" "Litter!" "Throw it on the ground?" "You want me to..." "Just litter it." "Just throw it... just throw it in the ditch." "I don't even care." "Just get rid of it." " Ms. Abbott." " Just chuck it." "Just..." " Go, go." "Go, go, drive." " Gonna get arrested." "Oh, oh, my gosh, it still smells in here." " Ugh, it was so good though." " It smells so bad." "It's beautiful, right?" "Yeah." "Let's go." "So how's your visit been?" "Did you take a tour with us today?" " Yeah." " Great." "Yeah, we... we actually had a few questions about housing." "Great." "Did you get to see one of our residence halls?" "We did, yes, but Jasmine is pregnant, and she's gonna be bringing her baby with her next fall." "We wondered if it would be possible to tour the family housing?" "Oh." "Well, those are only available to students in our graduate program." "No, I spoke to the housing department on the phone." "They didn't mention that." "They must have misunderstood." "Undergraduates do not have access to family housing." "If a student is attending with a child, they generally find housing off campus." "But she can't get financial aid for off-campus housing." "Correct." "Okay, well, that's crazy." "How is she gonna afford that?" "You... you can't make exceptions for this?" "We don't make exceptions." "Even if we did, the family housing has a long waiting list." "Even graduate students have a difficult time getting in." "I'm sorry." "This university is not the most accommodating to students in your situation." "Thank you for your time." "This is ridiculous." "Can you believe this?" "Now we're gonna have to come back and look at apartments, and all the good ones are probably gonna be gone already." "Are you out of your mind?" "I can't go here." "What, you're just gonna give up on college now just because some dumb admissions lady can't get her shit straight?" "You're the one who can't get her shit straight." "You're the one who messed up about the housing, not her." "Hey, look, okay." "We'll figure it out." "They have a work studies program." "You can get a job and pay for your apartment that way." "How am I going to go to school and work and take care of my baby?" "Okay, okay, look, how about this, all right?" "You... you... you stay here during the week." "You... you..." "you get financial aid." "You stay in the dorms, and... and your grandmother takes the baby, and you can go home on the weekends." "I mean, there is a train that goes straight to Chicago." "Go home and be with the baby on the..." "Wait, you want me to leave my baby three hours away for the next four years?" "You... you wouldn't be leaving it." "It would be with your grand..." "No." "No way." "Well, why not?" "It's an option." "I'm just trying to think of options here." "Can you stop talking to me?" "Are you crazy?" "I'm not about to leave my newborn all week long while I live in a dorm with a roommate and try to pretend to be some normal college freshman." "Jasmine, this is a really great opportunity for you, okay?" "And it is gonna be better for your baby in the long run if you take advantage of this now." "Would you leave your baby?" "Huh?" "I don't belong here, okay?" "Even if I did get into the family housing," "I'd still be here alone without my friends, without my family, trying to raise a baby on my own, and where would you be?" "In Chicago thinking about what a great thing you did for that pregnant girl." "How could you say that?" "God, Jasmine, I have spent so much time trying to get you into this place." "Do you know how many students I have?" "You... you are..." "you are this close, and you don't even want to work a little bit harder to get it, and that is just so disappointing, Jasmine." "You don't even know disappointment." "You've gotten everything you've ever wanted in your life." "My whole life is this shit." "My whole life is disappointment." "You set me up." "I trusted you, and that's on me." "I just feel so stupid for letting you do that." "Listen, Jasmine, I didn't..." "I don't need your help anymore, okay?" "I can do it from here." "You need to use the bathroom or anything?" "This is John." "Leave a message." "Jasmine, I'm really sorry." "Did I ever tell you about my mother?" "No." "She raised me and my sister until I was 11." "Then my grandma took us, and I don't talk about my mom much 'cause I tried so hard to put it past me, but it was hard, Ms. Abbott." "There were times when things were fine, and there were other times when she'd be so strung out." "Different men always in the house." "One time, all the furniture was out on the street when I came home from school." "We had to sleep on the floor." "When I was nine, we lived without electricity for six months." "Oh, Jasmine." "I didn't..." "I'm not telling you for you to feel bad for me." "Like I said, I'm past it." "It's behind me." "But I want you to know that I made a choice to be a mother to my child better than I ever had, and I'm not about to just toss it aside and keep going like it doesn't exist." "I'm really sorry." "Hi, are you home?" "Sam, you want honey in your tea?" "Please." "Thanks, Mom." "Of course." "I think I really screwed things up with Jasmine." "I have been spending so much time trying to help this girl on her path, and she doesn't need my help." "She's got it all figured out." "I'm the one who doesn't know what she's doing, and I just..." "I wish I could have taken this job." "It would have been so perfect for me." "Would it be, really?" "You have to leave your baby with someone else while you worked, which is really tough to do." "Trust me." "Well, you worked when I was a baby." "I know, and I loved my job, but it was still really tough for me not to be with you." "As much as I wish it weren't true, it's a sacrifice either way whether you go to work or whether you stay at home, but let me tell you, it's so worth it." "You're gonna be a great mom." "I was wondering when you were gonna come home." "Well, here I am." "Hi." "Hi." " Are we still in a fight?" " Oh, I hope not." "I am in so many fights." "Your mom?" "No, actually." "Jasmine." "The college trip was a bit of a train wreck." "Oh, Sam, I'm sorry." "I don't know, John." "I'm kind of freaking out." "Nothing is going as planned." "Nothing." "What do you mean?" "I just..." "I don't want my whole identity to be someone's mom." "Hey, look, I'm sorry." "I..." "I hope you don't feel like I've been trying to pressure you into that." "You know, that..." "'cause that's not what I'm trying to do at all." "I know." "I know." "I-I want to stay home with the baby." "You know, at least... at least at first, but I just..." "I think I've been so scared to say that out loud because I think I'm afraid if I... if I stop working," "I'm gonna lose myself." "You know what, I wish..." "I wish it was enough for me." "I wish I could stay home with her every day and it be... it would be enough for me, but it's not, and I just..." "I feel so guilty about that." "You know, I just think that I need to know that you're gonna be there for me to support me when I'm ready to get my career back." "Yes." "Absolutely." "We're partners." "Right?" "Come here." "And who knows, you know?" "We might have to just send the baby to work, and then we stay at home." "I'm serious." "I like that." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "Oh, good." "What do you think, little person?" "You ready to go work at a factory?" "Hmm." "I think she's almost ready to come out of there." "Well, then, it's a good thing we've got everything figured out, huh?" "Get in here." "Get in here." "Okay, ten..." "Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!" "Thanks for a great year." "Remember, before you leave these hallowed halls, clean out your lockers." "They should be as beautiful when you leave as they were when you arrived." "Have a safe and active summer." "Well, that's it." "Usually I'm excited." "Today I'm kind of sad." "Yeah." "Oh." "I'm gonna miss y'all." "Hey, did... did Jamal graduate?" "What do you think?" "I'm gonna miss you." "Yeah, you too." "Okay, I'm gonna go pack up." "Okay, me too." "There's this racist lady, and she's like," ""I can eat my food 'cause I hear you talking on me."" "I'm like, "I don't really know what that means," and then her..." "Bye, Ms. Abbott." "Bye." "They didn't tell me to take those." "Get the overnight bag." "Where... where... where is the overnight bag?" "I have it." "I'm just checking it." "Where's the birth plan?" " I can't find the birth plan." " Fuck the birth plan." "Let's go!" "Are you ready?" "I'm not ready!" "For... for what?" "God damn it!" "Just breathe." "Just breathe." "Breathe, breathe, breath, breathe, breathe." "No, John." "John, I need to poop." " No, no, it's the baby, okay?" "Don't poop." "It... it's not poop;" "It's the baby." "Oh, God, I need the drugs." "I need drugs." "I need something." "I can't do this." "It hurts so much." "Waiting to happen." "I need an epidural." " Hey, wait." " Okay." "Can you get me an epidural?" "Sweetie, let's see where we are first before we do anything else." "Okay, not on the ground." "Let me get you up in the bed." "How long has she been laboring?" " About three hours." " All right, sweetie, come on." "Oh, wait, I need to take my underwear off." " Okay." " My underwear." "I can't get it." "Okay, Samantha, you're gonna feel a little bit of pressure." "I just want to see how far along we are." "Just get it for me, please." " Get the midwife." " What, why?" "Is it time?" "Samantha, honey, it's too late for an epidural." "You're ready to push." "Fuck." "Okay, Samantha, the head is out." "One more big push for the shoulders, okay?" "When you have another contraction, give me one more big push." "Oh, you're so nice." "I thought you were going to be mean, but you're so nice." "Sam, I just felt her head." "Samantha, do you want to feel the baby's head?" "No, I just want to lie here." "Oh." "Oh, God." "Can you see her?" "Where is she?" "Hi." "Hi." " Hi." " Hey." "Ticky, ticky, ticky, ticky." "Do you hate that?" "Okay, okay, okay." "Hi." "Hey, baby." "Hi, baby." "So glad you made it." "I hope it's okay that I came." "You were invited, weren't you?" "Come on in here." "Hello." "You can set your gift on the table." " Everybody's in the backyard." " Okay, thanks." "Here, you... you want it back?" "Okay, but yeah, girl." "I seen Kiara, like, last week, and she was just crazy." " Hi." " Hey." "It's good to see you." "Yeah, it's good to see you too." "Glad you came." "Thank you." " Oh." " Oh." "Where's the baby?" " Oh, she's at home with John." " Oh." " Yeah." " Auntie J, Grandma needs you." " Give me one second." "I'll be back, okay?" "Hey, LaParis." "How you doing?" "Hey, Ms. Abbott." " Want to do the quiz?" " Yeah." "Yes." "Cousins, then who's older?" "I am." "Okay, everybody, I just want to say something because you know Jasmine and her sister are very special to me, and, baby, we are all here for you, and I want you to know that we are all looking forward" "to helping you love that new little baby." "I got booties." "This is so cute." "Oh, cute." "That's really cute." "A little wash Muppet, look." " Little boy." " You like it now?" "Thank you." "Let's see what's up." "Oh, formula." "Yeah, need that." " Okay." " All right." "Bye-bye." " Hey." " Hey." "How's the baby?" "Oh, she's so good." "I really like her." "How are you feeling?" "Are you getting excited?" "Yeah, I'm just ready to get this baby out of me." "Oh, well, you're gonna do great." "It seems like you got a lot of help." "Yeah." "I signed up for classes at Truman." "You did?" "Jasmine, that's amazing." "Yeah, it's just a city college, but I think it'll be good." "It's close to home, so, you know." "Wow, I'm..." "I'm so proud of you." "Look, I'm sorry that I got so caught up in you going to Illinois." "It's okay." "I should have never poured that pickle juice into them flaming hots." "Oh, my gosh." "It's so... it's still so gross." "Why do you even bring that up?" "Hey, maybe we could go do yoga and get some milkshakes sometime soon?" "I think that place has baby yoga." "Maybe after the baby comes, we could go." "Um, how 'bout we just do milkshakes." "Yeah." "That sounds good." "Yeah, I like that." "Okay, now, so tell me." "How bad did it hurt to get that baby out of you?" "Do you want the honest answer, or you want the fake answer?" "Don't lie to me, Ms. Abbott." "It was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life." "No." " It was pretty bad." " Don't tell me that."