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She has two bucks.
You.
Thanks for coming in, Mr. Clarkson
I'm concerned about your son, Jaden.
Really? Because I thought he loved school.
Well, maybe he does,
but he's not doing well here
in French class.
Really?
So what seems to be the issue?
Well, he's not turning
his assignments in on time,
and his vocabulary
is, as we say, "terrible"
Is there anything I can do to help?
The best thing you could do
is make sure he turns
in his assignments on time
and have him take advantage
of free after school
tutoring if he needs it.
Will do, Got it. Thanks.
Au revoir.
Just what do you think you're doing?
I'm doing Xbox.
I'm building my future.
No, you're ruining your future.
You need to go and do your homework.
French isn't important.
It's not going to help me get a job.
Well, you're not going have any job
unless you graduate.
That's why I'm doing Xbox.
The more I play, the better
the job I'll get.
Well, if you don't stop
playing that thing,
I'm going to take it away.
Fine.
I'll stop and do my homework.
But you're not in charge of me.
I am.
As long as you live in this house.
[Narrator] Jaden wants gaming to be his career,
but dad won't hear of it.
Time for the ninth crystal in the game.
OK, Java, validate module.
What are you doing?
I'm programing.
That's no school work,
that's a video game.
I told you I'm writing a game for Xbox.
If you want an Xbox game,
why don't you mow lawns
on the weekends like your neighbor Kevin,
and then you can buy one.
You don't understand.
Then it wouldn't be my game.
Well, pretty soon
you're not going to
have an Xbox to play with
unless you stop that nonsense
and do your French homework.
Fine.
I was just about to get to that anyway.
What are you going to do
after graduation?
Well, I really want to be an astronaut,
so I think I'm going to study
aerospace engineering or astrophysics.
I haven't decided yet.
I think I'm going to do Italian studies
because I really want to go to Rome.
Hey ladies. Speaking of graduating,
guess what I'm going to do?
I don't know, football?
Maybe you should start a dating service,
since that's all you seem to want to do.
Oh, no, I have a way better idea.
I'm going to become a video game millionaire.
What?
I don't think there is such a thing.
What do you think?
Those games write themselves?
Yeah.
Never thought about it that way.
Yeah.
And I'm going to invite
you guys to my big parties
when I get my mansion.
OK. Deal. Count us in.
And the next thing you do in my game
is you have to find
the fourth magic crystal.
Jayden!
You're on the Xbox again?
You're supposed to be
doing your homework.
Dad, you don't understand
this is really important.
Oh, and I suppose being on
the phone is important, too?
Listen, I'm writing my own Xbox game
and I'm telling my friends about it.
Look, I'm going to take your phone
and your Xbox away.
If you don't get your
grades up in French.
You can't do that.
How am I supposed to write my game
without an Xbox?
Fine, I'll take your phone.
But Xbox is only on the weekends.
And if you don't get
your French grades up,
I'm taking your laptop too.
Oh, fine.
Here's my phone.
I'll go do my homework.
And I got you French tutoring
in the library after school.
[Narrator] Jaden needs to get his French grades up
so Dad will stop interfering with his video gaming.
OK, Jaden, welcome to
after school French tutoring.
Can you tell me some French words
that you know,
Umm restaurant,
cafeteria
hamburger?
OK, those are the same in
French and English.
Do you know any others?
Yeah.
Pizza, French fries.
Those are all foods.
And a lot of them are the same.
By the way, it's frites, not French fries.
OK, fine.
What other words
you want me to teach you?
That's not the way it works.
I'm here to tutor you.
Let's start with the basics.
Do you know the words for red, blue and green?
In French, nah?
Well, repeat after me.
rouge, bleu, vert.
Oh, that's easy.
Rouge, blue.
What's the third one?
Bonjour jolies filles.
Bonjour what?
Oh, jolies filles,
It means pretty girls.
She's right.
I speak French now.
Since when?
I thought you were flunking French class?
Not at all, Mademoiselle.
In fact, I was thinking about taking
one of you two out
to a French restaurant.
We'll get back to you on that.
Yes, Mr.
Clarkson, it's Mr.
Beaumont from Rebel High.
Oh, I don't know anybody named.
Misser from the school.
It's Mr. in french
I'm your son's teacher.
Oh, yeah, I remember you.
You're the one that made me
get him a tutor.
So how's he doing now?
Oh, the tutoring is going very well.
He's passing and he'll be graduating
as a normal senior this year.
Well, I'm so glad the tutoring
and everything else is working out.
Me, too.
Thank you.
Merci beaucoup.
Well, that was good news.
Jayden, get down here.
Hey, dad, what's up?
I was just finishing my...
homework.
Well, good news.
I just got off the phone
with your teacher
and you've improved your grades
and you're going to graduate on time.
Yes, I knew it.
Now we should be able to get you
that construction job with Kevin.
I'm not working construction.
I'm going to write video games.
In fact,
why don't you get me the new Xbox?
You want the new Xbox?
Why don't you buy it yourself?
I heard the hiring down at quake burger.
Quake burger?
That makes me hungry.
Looks like we got a visitor.
Wait, Can I get my phone back?
Excuse me.
Is there a Jayden...
Clarkson that lives here?
He's not in some sort of trouble, is he?
Not at all.
We've been trying to reach him,
but he's not answering his phone
or texts.
Yeah, he hasn't had his phone.
Oh, well, I'm from Microsoft
and we've been looking for him.
Look, I can explain
all the video game playing.
I'll make sure he cuts back,
on the contrary.
He's a genius.
We'd like to talk to him.
Oh, really? OK.
Hey Jayden.
Hi. This man's from Microsoft.
He's right, and at Microsoft,
we like brilliant young minds,
just like yours.
And we'd like to offer you a job
developing video games,
developing video games?
I think I will.
[Narrator] Dad wanted his son
to get a construction job after graduating.
He didn't listen
when Jaden had other goals.
Sometimes being a good listener can make you a better parent
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