Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

"Was there really a tiger, or just a recording of a tiger's roar?" 378 00:27:28,715 --> 00:27:31,784 "Maybe there was a tiger behind the other door," 379 00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:35,321 "and he'd die like all the other princes before him." 380 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:37,724 That's good, Bennie. That's real good. 381 00:27:37,757 --> 00:27:41,127 Mother, what's this word? 382 00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,867 I need to get new reading glasses. Sound it out. 383 00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:54,707 Ag... Ag... 384 00:27:54,741 --> 00:28:00,479 Agriculture. A-G-R-I-C-U-L-T-U-R-E. 385 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:03,515 Agriculture. Excellent, Benjamin. 386 00:28:03,549 --> 00:28:05,885 Kathy. "Combine." 387 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:10,522 Combine. C-O-M-B-I-N-E. Combine. 388 00:28:10,556 --> 00:28:12,591 For a 20-point bonus, here's your toss-up. 389 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:14,560 You know, several limericks begin, 390 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:17,363 "There was a young lady from Perth." 391 00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:20,032 Limerick is in Ireland. For 10 points, where is Perth? 392 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,268 Australia. 393 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:24,570 Wow. How could they know so much? 394 00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:27,473 - Right, for 10 points. - I don't know. 395 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:31,143 And, finally, for 10 points, what poet describes... 396 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,481 * Don't know much about history 397 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:40,386 * Don't know much biology. 398 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:42,354 Bennie, come on, we're gonna be late. 399 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:47,693 * Don't know much about the French I took 400 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:51,230 * But I do know that I love you 401 00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:54,333 * And I know that if you love me too 402 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:57,303 * What a wonderful world this would be. 403 00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:03,275 Excuse me. Do you have any books on rocks? 404 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:06,412 * Don't know much trigonometry 405 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:09,515 * Don't know much about algebra * 406 00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:13,552 Okay, class, 407 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:19,025 what about this one? Does anybody know what this is? 408 00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:23,495 Anybody? 409 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,770 Yes, Benjamin, 410 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,574 can you identify this rock? 411 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:40,980 It's obsidine. 412 00:29:41,013 --> 00:29:43,850 Obsidian. That's right. 413 00:29:43,883 --> 00:29:45,451 Do you know how it was made? 414 00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:50,322 Well, it was formed after a volcanic eruption, 415 00:29:50,356 --> 00:29:53,592 by the supercooling of the lava when it hits the water. 416 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:58,097 The volcano erupts, and the lava flows down red hot. 417 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:02,334 So, when it hits the water, the elements coalesce, 418 00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:06,105 and since that water is cold, the air is forced out, 419 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:10,943 and the surface glazes over, and the lava becomes hard, 420 00:30:10,977 --> 00:30:16,215 and that makes obsidine. I mean obsidian, sorry. 421 00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,319 May I see you after class? 422 00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:26,993 What happened? 423 00:30:27,026 --> 00:30:28,294 I'm sorry. 424 00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:30,897 What are you sorry for? Someone unlocked the door. 425 00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:33,332 Look at this. 426 00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:53,685 You know what that is? 427 00:30:55,321 --> 00:30:57,856 That's a whole other world, Benjamin. 428 00:30:57,890 --> 00:31:00,326 You just stepped into a whole other world. 429 00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:14,673 Magnitude. M-A-G-N-I-T-U-D-E. Magnitude. 430 00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:18,244 Mark. "Perpetuate." 431 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:19,745 Perpetuate. 432 00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:27,753 "The feast" 433 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:34,493 "of unleavened..." 434 00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:36,128 "The un..." 435 00:31:36,795 --> 00:31:38,397 Unleavened. 436 00:31:38,430 --> 00:31:39,731 Unleavened. 437 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:40,766 Yeah. 438 00:31:42,701 --> 00:31:44,403 B, come on. I gotta go. 439 00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:50,009 Bennie, are you in there? 440 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:54,613 What potion had a sort of mixed flavor of cherry tart, custard, pineapple... 441 00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:56,448 Alice In Wonderland. 442 00:31:56,482 --> 00:31:58,350 The potion which Alice in Wonderland drank, 443 00:31:58,384 --> 00:32:00,619 which made her grow into various sizes. 444 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:05,724 Tell me, when Cain settled down east of Eden, in what land did he live? 445 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,659 In the land of Nod! In the land of Nod. 446 00:32:07,693 --> 00:32:10,496 Right. For 10 points. How many tales in The Canterbury Tales? 447 00:32:10,529