S04E09 · SCENE 22/43 · 27:24
Know Your Place · classroom
Colvin's class model-building competition

Colvin has students build scale models in teams to teach cooperation.

27:24→28:10
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What happens

27:24–28:10

Colvin organizes a model-building competition in class, assigning teams to build landmarks. He removes instructions to make it more interesting. Students complain but start working.

Whereclassroom
DriverColvin
Positionact2 · setup
ThreadSchool and community

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28:02

We took those out. Makes it more interesting, don't you think?

28:05

Yeah, it ain't like we follow instructions anywhere else, right?

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27:31Colvin assigns teams to build models
28:02Instructions removed to make it interesting

Scene in the episode

27:24–28:10
A · Bodie street crew
B · Carcetti political transition
C · Bubbles informant deal

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Michael Asks Marlo For Help - The Wire S4 E9 · jr1
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