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Front of the Class · 2008 — 第 3 / 17 章 · 5'01" · B1

Brad's Childhood with Tourette's, Explained：at the end of one's rope

At dinner, Dad announces he's been seeing someone, and Brad's tics interrupt him until Dad snaps. School is worse: a teacher calls Brad the class clown while his mother learns the teachers are at their wits' end. "I know you think you're the class clown, but I've had it with you!" is what Brad hears from that teacher.

あらすじ

What happens: young Brad, who has Tourette's, keeps making noises he cannot control. At dinner his dad announces he is seeing a woman named Diane and wants the boys to accept a stepmom, and Brad's tics make his dad lose his temper. At school a teacher shames him in front of the class, and his mother takes him to a library to look for answers.

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lose itclass clownat one's wits' endthe last chance

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このシーンの表現

at the end of one's rope

out of patience and options

On the phone the mother finally admits she has run out of patience and options.

I'm at the end of my rope with this job.

このシーンの他の表現

  • lose it

    lose control of your temper

  • class clown

    the funny one in class

  • at one's wits' end

    completely out of ideas

  • the last chance

    the final opportunity

  • sabotage yourself

    undermine your own success

このシーンのメモ一覧

97 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1see somebody

be dating someone

I've been seeing somebody.
発音seeing somebody

Link seeing and somebody so they run together.

I've been seeing somebody.
表現 · A2What do you mean ...?

what are you saying

What do you mean seeing somebody?
文法 · B1mean seeing

mean doing: Mean followed by a gerund asks what the other person is implying.

What do you mean seeing somebody?
スラング · A2No way

absolutely not — Strong casual refusal; formal talk needs a softer phrase.

No way!
表現 · B1be fine with something

be okay with something

I talked to your mom about it, and she's fine with it.
表現 · B2lose it

lose control of your temper

In voice-over Brad excuses his father, saying anyone might have lost it under the same pressure.

See, I couldn't really blame Dad for losing it.
文法 · B2Trying to concentrate

gerund as subject: The gerund phrase is the subject, so the verb is singular.

Trying to concentrate brought out the worst in my constant companion.
表現 · B1be the class clown

the funny one in class

The teacher reads Brad's tics as deliberate joking and calls him the class clown to shame him.

I know you think you're the class clown, but I've had it with you!
表現 · B2have had it with someone

be fed up with someone

I know you think you're the class clown, but I've had it with you!
発音had it

The d in had it flaps, sounding like ha-dit.

I know you think you're the class clown, but I've had it with you!
表現 · A2apologize to someone

say sorry to someone

Don't apologize to me.
表現 · A2have something to say

have a comment to make

Brad has something to say to you.
表現 · C1be at one's wits' end

completely out of ideas

The principal tells the mother the teachers have run out of ideas, shifting the burden back to her.

Jah-jah![children laughing] As difficult as this may be for you, Mrs. Cohen, I assure you, the teachers are at their wits' end.
文法 · C1As difficult as this may be

concessive as-clause: As difficult as this may be means although this is difficult, softening bad news.

Jah-jah![children laughing] As difficult as this may be for you, Mrs. Cohen, I assure you, the teachers are at their wits' end.
表現 · A2take someone home

bring you home

Now, she's going to take you home today.
表現 · C1sabotage oneself

ruin your own chances

"Why am I sabotaging myself?"
表現 · B2go down the wrong track

follow the wrong approach

Well, maybe we're just going down the wrong track.
スラング · B1Wet Willy

a prank with a wet finger in the ear — Kids' slang for a schoolyard prank.

Chihuahua! Chihuahua!Wet Willy!
表現 · A2take up time

use up time or space

On the phone the mother promises not to take up much of her ex-husband's time before making her case.

I won't take up much of your time, but I really think that you should hear this.
スラング · A2Keep it down

be quieter — Used to tell someone to lower the noise.

Boys! Keep it down. I'm talking to your dad!
表現 · B2come down to someone

end up being about

The mother tells Norman that to the school and doctor it is all bad parenting, which ultimately falls on her alone.

Listen, you know, those teachers and that doctor, to them it's all about bad parenting which, of course, comes down to me because I'm the only one here.
文法 · C1which, of course, comes down to me

non-defining relative clause: The which-clause comments on the whole idea rather than one noun.

Listen, you know, those teachers and that doctor, to them it's all about bad parenting which, of course, comes down to me because I'm the only one here.
表現 · C1be at the end of one's rope

out of patience and options

On the phone the mother finally admits she has run out of patience and options.

He is out of control, and I am at the end of my rope.
発音out of

Out of blends into something like ow-da in fast speech.

He is out of control, and I am at the end of my rope.
表現 · A2give someone back

return someone to me

All right, but give him back to me when you're done.

「Brad's Childhood with Tourette's」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter stays inside Brad's point of view, and what it shows is a boy being punished for something he cannot control. Every adult around him reads his tics as behavior: at the dinner table his father pleads, "Brad, please! Stop doing that!" and later a teacher insists, "I don't want to hear any more excuses." The one person who refuses that reading is his mother. When the principal says the teachers are at their wits' end, she asks, "What if he's telling the truth? Hmm?!" Her line about being at the end of her rope is not surrender; it is the sound of a parent who has run out of people to ask and is starting to look for the answer herself. The scene's real subject is the gap between what Brad is and how he is seen.

Theme

IdentityA boy is defined by adults as a troublemaker because of tics he cannot control.
ParenthoodBrad's mother refuses to accept the school's verdict and starts researching on her own.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The teacher turns a medical tic into a public confession.
  • The principal frames expulsion as a last chance.
  • The mother refuses the blame and starts researching herself.
  • The phone call shows a woman alone with the whole problem.

発音のポイント

  • seeing somebody — Link seeing and somebody so they run together.
  • had it — The d in had it flaps, sounding like ha-dit.
  • out of — Out of blends into something like ow-da in fast speech.
What if he's telling the truth? Hmm?!

The mother's challenge to the school's verdict: instead of calling Brad a troublemaker, she asks the principal to consider that his tics are real and involuntary.

He is out of control, and I am at the end of my rope.

On the phone, she admits the situation has beaten her down — not that she is giving up, but that she has no strength left and needs a different answer.

I don't care if they expel me.

Brad's defiance after being humiliated: he would rather be thrown out than keep facing a school that treats his tics as misbehavior.

I know you think you're the class clown, but I've had it with you!

The teacher's accusation: she reads Brad's tics as deliberate jokes and says she is finished putting up with him.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Brad's dad get angry at dinner?

Brad's tics make noises while his dad is announcing he is seeing a woman named Diane. His dad reads the interruptions as bad behavior, so he snaps instead of understanding that Brad cannot stop.

Why does the teacher make Brad apologize in front of the class?

She believes Brad makes his noises on purpose to be funny, so she calls him the class clown and forces him to promise, in front of everyone, never to make the sounds again.

What does 'at the end of my rope' mean?

It means being completely out of patience and strength, with nothing left to try. Brad's mother uses it on the phone to say the situation has worn her down.

Why does Brad's mother take him to the library?

She has decided the teachers and doctors are missing something and goes looking for the answer herself, reading medical books to try to name what is wrong with her son.

Why does Brad say he doesn't care if they expel him?

After being publicly shamed, he is defiant: he hates the school and would rather be thrown out than keep being treated as a deliberate troublemaker.

Front of the Class · 全 17 章

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第 1 章elephant in the roomBrad Asks for a Chance第 2 章drive someone nutsBrad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy再生中 · 第 3 章at the end of one's ropeBrad's Childhood with Tourette's第 4 章live withBrad Learns He Has Tourette's第 5 章face something head-onBrad Refuses to Hide第 6 章get in the wayBrad's Dad Offers Him a Job第 7 章take something as a challengeBrad Stands Up in a Job Interview第 8 章have the giftDiane Tells Brad He Has the Gift第 9 章color outside the linesBrad Cohen's Best Interview第 10 章go to bat for someoneBrad Gets Kicked Off the Golf Course第 11 章talk the talk, walk the walkBrad Gets His First Teaching Job第 12 章a whole alphabet of problemsMr. Cohen Teaches Second Grade第 13 章take it to heartAmanda's Dad Pulls Her from Class第 14 章make an exceptionBrad's Dad Threatens a Lawsuit第 15 章give up on someoneBrad Won't Give Up on a Student第 16 章fed upBrad Worries He'll Hurt Nancy第 17 章je ne sais quoiBrad's Dad Finally Says He's Proud
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