Classroom Scene

                                    

                                          
STANLEY (Cole's Teacher): Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in this country. A lot of generations have lived here, and died here. Almost any place you go in this city has a history and story behind it. Even his school and the grounds it sits on. Can anyone guess what this building was used for a hundred years ago? Before you went to this school, before I went to this school? [Cole raises his hand] Yes, Cole? 
                          
COLE: They used to hang people here.
                          
STANLEY: No, um, mm-mm, that's not correct. Where'd you hear that?
                          
COLE: They'd pull people in crying, and kissing their families 'bye'. People watching would spit at them. 
                          
STANLEY: Uh, Cole, this building was a legal courthouse. Laws were passed here. Some of the very first laws of this country. This whole building was full of lawyers, and uh, lawmakers. 
                          
COLE: They were the ones that hanged everybody.
                          
[Stan gives Cole a weird look] 
                          
COLE: [Angrily] I don't like when people look at me like that! 
                          
STANLEY: Like what?
                          
COLE: Stop it!
                          
STANLEY: I don't know how else to look! I...
                          
COLE: You're a stuttering Stanley!
                          
STANLEY: Excuse me?
                          
COLE: You talked funny when you went to school. You talked funny all the way up to high school.
                          
STANLEY: What...
                          
COLE: You shouldn't look at people! It makes them feel bad!
                          
STANLEY: How did you....
                          
COLE: [screams] Stop looking at me!
                          
STANLEY: [Stutters] Who have you b-b-been speaking to?
                          
COLE: [repeatedly] Stuttering Stanley! Stuttering Stanley! Stuttering Stanley!
                          
STANLEY: S-s-stop it! [Bands his fist on Cole's desk] Shut up, you f-f-freak!