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Brad Won't Give Up on a Student, Explained：give up on someone
Thomas insists reading is impossible for him and that Mr. Cohen only finds it easy because he's a teacher. Brad answers with a game: Thomas reads while Brad plays the Tourette's that keeps interrupting him. "That's how hard reading is for me," he says, then promises, "I'm not going to give up on you."
あらすじ
At his elementary school, Brad Cohen walks a student back to her class, then catches Thomas out of the room and gives him detention. When he finds Thomas refusing to read, he turns it into a game: Thomas reads aloud while Brad acts out the tics that make reading so hard for him. Thomas keeps going, and finally guesses the word "magician."
注目の表現
give up on someonebe supposed toconcentratedetention
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このシーンの表現
give up on someone
stop believing in someone
Thomas thinks he can't read, but Brad tells him he won't give up on him.
Never give up on a student who keeps trying.
このシーンの他の表現
- be supposed to
not meant to
- concentrate
focus your mind
- detention
punishment after school
- work extra hard
put in far more effort
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
aren't you supposed to be
Shouldn't you be in your class?The t in shouldn't often drops, so it sounds like should-nyou.
Shouldn't you be in your class?escort someone to a place
All right, come on. I'll walk you to your room.caught — Casual for being caught; keep it out of formal talk.
Busted.with no permission asked
You know you're not supposed to leave the class without asking.negative be supposed to: Not supposed to says something is against the rules, softer than a flat mustn't.
You know you're not supposed to leave the class without asking.dislike doing something
I hate reading.difficult for someone
Reading's really hard for me.care to wager
You want to bet?attempting to
You be Mr. Cohen trying to read, and I will be Tourette's syndrome, okay?conditional clause: The if-clause sets the premise that makes the question a contradiction.
But how can you be a teacher if you hate books?on earth
Everything in the world is in books.bring something out
I just have to work extra hard to get it out.Link give up on into one run, close to gi-vup-on.
I'm not going to give up on you, buddy.pal — Warm and casual; fine with friends or kids.
I'm not going to give up on you, buddy.causative let: Let someone do something means allow it; here Brad refuses to allow self-defeat.
And I'm not going to let you give up on yourself.In let you, you weakens to a short ya.
And I'm not going to let you give up on yourself.discover the answer
Well, I don't know, but if you, uh, keep reading, you might just find out.awesome — Casual praise; too loose for formal settings.
Cool.what comes after this
Keep going. What happens next?「Brad Won't Give Up on a Student」を読み解く
What's really going on
It looks like a reading lesson, but Brad is really answering the question Thomas asked earlier: how can a teacher be someone who struggles to read? Instead of defending himself, Brad hands Thomas his own disability to try on. When Thomas finally feels what it's like to have words stolen mid-sentence, his "you're a teacher, it's easy for you" collapses. Brad never argues the point directly — he lets the experience do it, then states the rule he lives by: "Everything in the world is in books," and the promise, "I'm not going to give up on you." The gap between what Thomas believes about effort and what he just felt is the whole scene: a kid who says "I hate reading" learning that the teacher he resents has to fight the same page every day.
Theme
CourageThomas keeps reading even as every tic breaks the sentence, and Brad keeps believing when the kid has stopped believing in himself.
DutyBrad treats a teacher's job as never giving up on a student, even one who says he hates books.
このチャプターで学べること
- Brad teaches empathy by handing over the hard role.
- Detention and no recess show the school's small rules.
- The promise lands because it is plain, not grand.
- A child's question exposes the flaw in a tidy excuse.
発音のポイント
- Shouldn't you — The t in shouldn't often drops, so it sounds like should-nyou.
- give up on — Link give up on into one run, close to gi-vup-on.
- let you — In let you, you weakens to a short ya.
I'm not going to give up on you, buddy.Brad is promising he will keep helping Thomas no matter how hard reading gets — a commitment, not a pep talk.
Everything in the world is in books.His answer to 'why would a sword be in a rock': books hold all of it. It's why reading, however hard, is worth the fight.
But how can you be a teacher if you hate books?Thomas's real objection: a teacher who struggles to read makes no sense to him, so he assumes Brad must be lying about finding it hard.
And I'm not going to let you give up on yourself.The promise cut both ways: Brad won't quit on Thomas, and he won't let Thomas quit on himself either.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Brad make Thomas act out his Tourette's?
Thomas keeps saying reading is easy for a teacher. By swapping roles — Thomas reads, Brad supplies the tics — Brad lets Thomas feel the interruptions instead of just hearing about them.
Why does Thomas hate reading so much?
He isn't lazy. When he tries, the words don't come easily, and he assumes anyone who reads well must be faking the struggle. Brad's game is the first time he sees it differently.
Is Brad right to compare his Tourette's to Thomas's reading trouble?
The film frames it as a fair trade: both fight their own body or brain to get words out. Brad uses the parallel to say the problem isn't effort or intelligence, so it can be worked on.
What does Brad mean when he says everything is in books?
It's his answer to why reading matters. Stories, ideas, the whole world live in books, so the difficulty is worth pushing through — even for someone who reads slowly.
Who is Amanda, and why is she in the hallway?
A student from his class. She wants to be in Mr. Cohen's room and asks why she can't; he only says her father chose what was best for her, hinting at a decision she didn't make.
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