03x10 - The Taming of Mr. Shue

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♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ What they will do next

♪ You never can tell

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ Brother and sister

♪ And best friends as well

♪ With each misadventure, they're put to the test ♪

♪ Working together is what they do best ♪

♪ Helping their family and friends, that's a start ♪

♪ They make a great team as they each do their part ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ What they will do next you never can tell ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ It's Maya ♪

♪ And Miguel

♪ And Miguel

♪ Brother and sister

♪ And best friends as well

♪ Brother and sister

♪ Maya and Miguel

I know.

I look a mess.

Well, everything was a mess until--

[Sighs]

I better start at the beginning.

Mrs. Langley, our favorite teacher of all time,

needed to take a break from teaching to have her baby.

KIDS: Yeah! Yeah!

Give me a "b"!

"b"!

Give me an "a"!

"a"!

Give me a "b"!

"b"!

Give me a "y"!

"y"!

Because I said so, that's why.

MAYA, VOICE-OVER: It was the best going away for a while party ever,

and then we got a substitute math teacher.

And so if Marvin has more points

in the basketball game than Greta,

who has less than Mark,

who is more than Bill, who has ,

and all the points can be divided by ,

that gives Marvin points.

Everyone got that?

Good. Let's move on.

Did you follow that?

Follow what?

Mr. Shue? Hi!

Mrs. Langley used to--

Please take out your pencils.

Mr. Shue?

Um...

Mr. Sh--

Hello, there.

Get ready to take a pop quiz.

Pop quiz?

Huh? Pop quiz?

Pop--

Oh, I have a headache.

minutes, that's seconds,

to complete the quiz.

Mr. Shue, if you could explain--

, , ...

OK, later.

He didn't even call on me.

I was practically standing on my head.

I loved math when Mrs. Langley taught it.

She was so nice.

At least the quiz was easy.

Easy?

That wasn't easy.

That wasn't easy.

We have to do something.

Yeah, if we don't, Mr. Shue could give us a pop quiz every day.

I miss Mrs. Langley.

So, any big ideas, Maya?

I'll think of something.

Big ideas! Big ideas!

I'm working on it, Paco.

You cannot rush inspiration.

Maya, todo el mundo es diferente.

I'm sure once you get to know Mr. Shue

you'll find he's a very nice man.

Get to know him?

Mama, he won't even look at us.

Oh, come on.

You haven't even given him a chance.

Maybe this will help you think.

[Squawking]

Watch the toes!

Paco, that's my social studies report!

[Gasps]

Eso es!

Miguel, you gave me an idea!

Gracias!

Uh-oh.

Mmm.

OK, to get to know Mr. Shue,

we have to find out what he likes.

So just ask him these questions.

Tell him you're doing a report.

But my report is on the history of the automobile, Maya.

Miguelito, do you want pop quizzes every day?

All right, all right.

Oops.

Sorry.

Mr. Shue, I'm doing a report.

So how does it feel to be a new teacher?

I'm a substitute.

Right, substitute teacher.

Here are my questions.

Do you have a favorite sport?

No.

A favorite movie?

No.

Music? Not really.

Dance?

Negative.

Color. Nope.

Flower?

Uh-uh.

Animal? Yuck.

Vegetable?

Not really.

Ice cream?

Definitely not.

[Bell rings]

Oh, the bell.

Got to go.

That was very informative.

Thank you, Mr. Shue.

That box!

It's from Senor Lopez' bakery.

Lo siento, chicas.

I don't know anyone named Mr. Shue,

but while you're here,

why don't you help me frost these muffins?

[Doorbell rings]

Excuse me.

Buenos dias, Tom.

You are back again today.

Mm-hmm.

It's him.

I'll just get you a couple of muffins

with cream cheese frosting right now.

Chicas?

Celia, por favor, don't let him see us.

Here you are.

Thank you.

That was close.

Maggie, watch out!

Aah!

Phew.

He's leaving.

That was him, Celia.

Tom?

He's your scary new teacher?

He comes in every morning.

A very nice man.

Bueno!

What else can you tell us?

He likes muffins.

Muchas gracias, Celia,

but we need to know more than just muffins.

Vamonos, amigas.

Ah.

He's looking at a toy in the window.

Toys tell a lot about a person.

Maybe he likes board games.

I like board games.

We could talk to him about board games.

Hmm.

It's a math puzzle.

I guess he really likes math.

Ay!

Hola!

[Paco squawking]

So the only thing he likes is math.

And muffins.

Math and muffins.

Muffins and math.

Math and muffins.

Muffins and math.

Eso es, Paco!

What?

Guys, if math is what Mr. Shue likes,

then we'll talk to him about math.

What did you say?

But I don't really like math.

Well, unless you like pop quizzes every day,

you're going to need to try.

We all need to show him how much we love math.

Why don't we start a math club?

Mr. Shue can be our advisor.

Si.

And our first club activity will be called "Project Mr. Shue."

I love it!

Let's do it.

Great!

Project Mr. Shue.

Bubbles!

First thing, his favorite muffins.

Here he comes.

Hmm.

OK, math club, forward!

Good morning, Mr. Shue.

I'm looking forward to all minutes of class,

which is / of an hour, if we're talking fractions.

That was a fun assignment, Mr. Shue.

I did it twice, which is one more time than you asked,

but gave me double the fun!

Mr. Shue, guess what.

I can walk to school in minutes,

but I can skateboard in minutes.

That means I can sleep more minutes in the morning.

And here's an apple for you, sir.

Without books, I weigh pounds.

With my books, I weigh pounds.

That means my books must weigh pounds.

However, the density of the books

is greater than that of Miguel's body

by a ratio of : or ..

Very interesting.

Now everyone take your seats.

You've inspired us all so much in one day, Mr. Shue.

We've all decided to start a math club

and do lots of math projects.

I designed the t-shirts.

Red, blue, yellow, but no green.

Green does nothing for the skin tones.

I don't know if they write that in math books,

but it's true.

And we'd like you to be our math club advisor.

I'll have to think about it.

Mr. Shue, according to our count,

kids ate hot lunch today.

That means it's likely

that kids eat hot lunch every week.

If half of them eat the mac and cheese

that is served in / pound portions, that's--

/ pounds of mac and cheese a week!

Excuse me.

I'm on my lunch break.

Mr. Shue, we're using math in our dance.

Watch!

and a ,

shimmies and kicks.

And again.

[Sighs]

Mr. Shue, we made a human triangle!

Over here, Mr. Shue!

We made a square!

And look, Mr. Shue,

a circle!

It's a good thing we didn't try the dodecahedron.

Maya, donde estas?

Maya?

Aqui!

En las burbujas!

There are so many bubbles.

I think we used too much soap.

Rar!

Watch out!

It's Bubble Andy!

Rar!

I'm a bubble alien from outer space,

telling you--we have too much soap!

Maya, ajudanos a sacar el jabon.

That car needs some water, Miguel.

We have to do it...

now.

MR. SHUE: What's going on?

Mr. Shue, hi.

Our math club thought it would be a good problem

to figure out how many gallons of water

we would need to wash your car.

We measured your car feet long.

And we used gallons of water.

That's gallon per foot.

And pints of soap.

Which was maybe pint too many.

But don't worry,

we're ready to wash all that soap off.

OK, everyone, water time!

, , , agua!

Hey, it sparkles.

It's so clean.

Do you like it, mister--

[Gasps]

Oh, boy.

Oh.

feet.

That reminds me.

Does anyone know why the boy slept

with the ruler under his pillow?

He wanted to see how long he could sleep.

Hey, that's a good one.

That's funny.

You should do stand-up.

Now that's funny.

Progress: Mr. Shue told us a joke.

Amazing!

kicks, / turns,

claps, and ta-da!

Meet our official math club mascot.

, pieces.

We had to multiply the numbers

on the directions to make it big.

Good work.

All right, students,

let's all look at the math that's involved in making this math club mascot.

Who has questions?

Maybe he'll say yes to being our advisor now.

And he's not even wearing green.

Miguel, help me wash the dishes, please.

You need more soap, Maya.

So, kids, how is the new math teacher?

Fantastico!

I like to multiply everything now.

utensils times people equals .

I figured that if I save $. every week,

then in weeks i can buy new comic books

and a new video game.

Mama, you were right.

We just needed to get to know Mr. Shue.

Yeah, he's great.

And he doesn't even wear green anymore.

Maya, el agua!

El agua?

Oh, the water!

Too many bubbles!

Too much soap!

Not again.

Looks like about . quarts of water to me.

As a substitute teacher,

I've never had a class that got so excited about math.

To reward your efforts today,

I've planned a field trip.

Yes!Yes!

Field trip! Field trip!

This really is a field trip.

Sports use math all the time.

Like to add up the points.

And timing.

A good quarterback always knows the clock, right?

Exactly.

Now, you'll each go through the course here.

Hurdles, -yard dash,

long distance run, long jump, high jump,

frisbee throw,

and you'll measure and time each other.

I've got stopwatches, tape measures,

pencils and paper,

so let's go!

ALL: Field trip!

I love it!

And we're learning a lot of math!

Yeah!

Woo-hoo!

I am the man!

I am the man!

All right!

Yes!

Yeah!

Yes!

Whoops!

Yeah!

Mr. Shue, the class would like to ask you

to be our official math club advisor.

You're the best!

Please?

You're a great math teacher.

I'd be honored.

We'll have our first meeting tomorrow afternoon.

Yeah!

All right!

Hey!

See you at math club, Mr. Shue.

Maya!

You dropped something.

What's this?

Uh-oh.

Don't look at that, Mr. Shue.

"Project Mr. Shue"?

I'm your project?

Mr. Shue, uh, I can explain.

Maya, I think the math club should get another advisor.

Oh, no.

This is bad.

Now Mr. Shue thinks it was all a trick,

that we didn't even care about the math club.

Ay.

Todo es un desastre.

Pretty bird.

It's never too late to explain.

He doesn't want to talk to us.

Maybe he'd talk to you,

but not us.

Yeah, he talks to you all the time

when he comes here for your muffins.

Eso es!

Muffins!

Hey!

Take it easy on the shirt, please.

Oh, Celia, I'd bet he'd come here to talk to you, right?

So if we can use your kitchen...

You have to get him here first.

Muffins and math.

Miguel, por favor,

can you draw the most beautiful, scrumptious,

tasty, cream cheese frosting covered muffin you've ever seen?

I can try.

Did you write on the certificate

that Mr. Shue is the lucky winner?

Yes, the winner of a dozen muffins,

and that he has to pick up all of his muffins

today at :.

Quick!

We got to catch it!

[Kids shouting]

Almost got it!

Sorry!

Coming through!

Hey, dog, that's not yours.

I'll go this way.

Come back here, pooch.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Watch out!

I got it!

No!

Don't get that wet!

Save.

Maya, do you think Mr. Shue will really come?

We know he loves Celia's muffins,

so cross your fingers.

[Whispering]

Yeah! Yeah.

Muffins!

Get your muffins!

Huh?

Huh?

And the winner is...

Celia, he's here!

OK, I'm on.

Tom, congratulations on winning a dozen muffins.

The winner and still champion!

Felicidades!

Exactly how did I win the muffins?

Oh!

There was a vote.

A vote?

You got it.

Oh, yes, my assistants voted you

the person they most wanted to talk to.

Let me introduce you.

Come on back.

OK, go!

Mr. Shue, you are about to see some math in action.

. cups rolled oats.

cup milk, raisins,

large carrots grated into /-inch shavings.

Oil, spices, baking powder, eggs.

Careful with the eggs.

Don't worry.

We practiced.

Whoops!

Here, let me clean that up.

Whoops.

Uh-oh.

[Coughing]

Turn it-- Stop that!

Turn it off!

Turn it off!

Where's the switch?

What's going on?

Is this another trick, Maya?

No!

Well, sort of.

We wanted you to come here

so that we could apologize.

It's true that at first we wanted to get you to stop giving us quizzes...

But somewhere along the line,

we really did start to like math.

And now we like math more than ever.

Because of you, Mr. Shue.

Hmm.

Especially your jokes.

And your flowered shirts.

Mr. Shue, would you please think again about being our advisor?

Because we still want to have a math club.

Math and muffins! Muffins and math!

Math and muffins! Muffins and math!

Oh, boy!

You've got them truly excited about math, Tom.

I mean, Mr. Shue.

You really want me to be your advisor?

The math and muffin club is now called to order!

Yay! Yeah!

All right!

Hooray for Mr. Shue!

All right!

Mr. Shue!

Math and muffins--

Uh-oh.

[Coughing]

Sorry.

Just like mama said,

before you make a decision about someone,

you have to get to know them.

Maybe we took the long way

to making a great relationship,

but we finally got the recipe right.

You said it!