Boston Public, Season 1

Harry Senate:
The assignment was the read the book. Did anybody read the book?

[Silence.]

Harry Senate:
Jamal, what do you want to be when you grow up?

Jamal:
Not a teacher.

Harry Senate:
You know, as a teacher, it would be inappropriate for me to tell you that you're a total screw-up. So what I want you to do is go home and ask your father, as a favor to me, to tell you that you're a total screw-up. I bet you can't wait to get out into the real world because you're all going to be rich. Companies are going to pay you a ton of money to sit there like lumps and do nothing all day. I want all my books back. Just leave them right here on my desk on your way out because, well, unlike a mind, a book is a terrible thing to waste.