Prom Pact

666 00:31:12,078 --> 00:31:13,079 No, I know. 667 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,207 Wait. Do you not know my name? 668 00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:19,878 I do. Obviously. I mean, you're-- you're like-- 669 00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:22,130 You're you. [chuckles] 670 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:25,008 -You don't know my name! -No, of course I do. Of course I do. 671 00:31:25,091 --> 00:31:27,760 LaToya Reynolds. I just mean that, you know, you're like-- 672 00:31:27,844 --> 00:31:29,345 [chuckles] 673 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:32,390 LaToya Reynolds, I mean, does that make any sense? 674 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:34,726 Not entirely. [chuckles] 675 00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:36,686 -Try to hang on to that. -Right. 676 00:31:36,769 --> 00:31:40,273 But if you lose it, we have your name at the door, Ben Plunkett. 677 00:31:40,356 --> 00:31:42,817 Thank you, LaToya Reynolds. 678 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:43,902 [chuckles] 679 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:49,657 -There are people in line behind you. -Right, behind-- Okay, I'll-- 680 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:50,950 So sorry. Um-- 681 00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:54,120 Ebbinghaus was famous for his forgetting curve, 682 00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:57,498 which shows that you forget about 75% of the information you learn in a day 683 00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,542 without relearning or repetition. 684 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:02,378 Which is kind of what makes tutoring such an effective tool. 685 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:03,838 Can you stop with the tapping? 686 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:07,008 Sorry, but if you're just gonna sit here and talk at me like Ms. Allen does, 687 00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:08,092 I'm gonna get antsy. 688 00:32:08,176 --> 00:32:11,429 Like it's my fault you have the attention span of a golden retriever. 689 00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:14,641 Well, this was fun. 690 00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:17,435 Thank you. I'll let you know how I do on the next test. 691 00:32:17,518 --> 00:32:18,937 Wait. I'm sorry. 692 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,272 [sighs] I'm sorry. 693 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:24,651 -Can we start over? -I don't think this is gonna work. 694 00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:26,235 You're right. 695 00:32:28,529 --> 00:32:29,822 Follow me. 696 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:31,616 You serious? 697 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,452 You said it yourself. You get antsy. 698 00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:38,665 So, let's redirect that nervous energy into something else so you can focus. 699 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:41,417 It'll be like a fidget spinner for jocks. 700 00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:42,627 We prefer the term athletes. 701 00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:44,128 I'm sure you do. 702 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:46,547 So, Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve says 703 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:51,386 you forget 75% of the information you learn in one day without relearning. 704 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:53,096 -[Graham] He shoots. -What did I just say? 705 00:32:53,179 --> 00:32:55,264 He scores. 706 00:32:56,557 --> 00:32:59,060 You said Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve says 707 00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:05,441 we forget up to 75% of the things we learn in a day without relearning them. 708 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,821 -You might be onto something. -["bad guy" playing] 709 00:33:09,904 --> 00:33:12,699 The stereotype threat is where someone does worse academically 710 00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:14,617 because they're told they're not good enough. 711 00:33:14,701 --> 00:33:17,161 Oof. That one hits deep. Thanks a lot, Dad. 712 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,288 [song continues] 713 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:20,832 Mandy, heads up. 714 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:23,334 No. 715 00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:25,628 So, me being able to remember the last thing you said 716 00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:27,839 is an example of the recency effect. 717 00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:29,298 That actually makes sense. 718 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:31,259 You can store that explicit memory… 719 00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,054 in your hippocampus. 720 00:33:35,138 --> 00:33:36,764 -Am I right? -You actually are. 721 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,725 Huh. Look at me learning. 722 00:33:39,475 --> 00:33:41,436 -Mandy, I got an 88 on my quiz. -[song continues] 723 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,271 -[squeals] -[Mandy chuckles] 724 00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:45,023 Did Graham Lansing just hug you? 725 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:48,985 Girl, that was not just a hug. He slid into your DMs with his eyes. 726 00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:50,194 It is on. 727 00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:51,529 It is not like that. 728 00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:54,115 Girl, it should be, 'cause he is hot. 729 00:33:55,324 --> 00:33:57,160 [no audible dialogue] 730 00:33:57,243 --> 00:33:59,787 [song continues] 731 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:03,249 [student] Oh, my God. Yes, I'll go to prom with you! Oh, my God! [laughs] 732 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,962