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Exvareon
Since: Jul, 2018
4th Jul, 2018 04:42:25 PM
Its not a movie.Its a series called Freaks & Geeks.
ProbeMeRogerSmith
Since: Nov, 2016
5th Jul, 2018 02:20:18 PM
Thank you! I almost mentioned that it was possible it was actually a TV show, just wasn't sure and thought movie might be more likely.
A couple years ago on Tumblr I saw a photos-with-captions version of a scene from some movie. There was a girl(pretty sure brunette) who was probably the main character. She was in detention and tried to start doing her homework. The teacher stopped her and said they are supposed to just sit there and do nothing during detention. The girl protests and says something about how their contributing to dumbing people down and teaching them not to work. I feel like this must be really famous. Link to scene would be good if possible. Thanks.