Teachers Discuss Heat and Tests · Misgivings

S04E10 · SCENE 4/22 · 06:28

Teachers Discuss Heat and Tests

Teachers discuss the school's use of heat to make students drowsy for standardized test prep.

06:28→07:09

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What happens

06:28–07:09

A teacher explains that the school uses heat to make students drowsy so they can sit through 90-minute test prep classes. Another teacher jokes about going somewhere warm.

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06:50
l don't follow. Why the heat?

07:01
From now until they're done, everything's about the tests.

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Beats

06:31Discussion begins

07:40Heat strategy explained

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06:28–07:09

A · Political Maneuvering and Power Struggles

B · Western District Crime and Police Work

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C · Personal Struggles and Relationships

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