Bus C

Jack: Working on another article for the School Gazette?

Louisa: Yep

Jack: Do you ever do any actual schoolwork anymore?

Louisa: Not really. Mrs Jamboree thinks schoolwork is a waste of time.

Jack: Kind of an odd position for a teacher

Scott: Well, who'd know better than her?

Jack: So what's your article about?

Louisa: It's an exposé of the school's Gifted scheme

Jack: The one you're part of?

Louisa: I may have been working to bring it down from the inside, yeah

Jack: You've eaten an awful lot of Gifted candy for somebody who's only there to bring it down from the inside

Scott: You guys get candy?

Louisa: I'll give you some later, Scott. Right now I need you to give me some quotes about how it feels for those elitist pigs to get special candy and extra trips.

Jack: He's fine, aren't you, Scott? Something tells me he didn't have a burning desire to visit the Submarine Museum last week.

Louisa: C'mon, Scott, tell me how it feels in your own words. Would you say you're more disgusted or ashamed?

Scott: I don't really get the big deal. Apart from the candy, I mean. If you guys are so smart, maybe you should get some perks.

Jack: See, Scott doesn't need you to speak for him

Scott: Yeah, I...

Jack: Ssh, Scott. I've got this.

Louisa: Who's to say being smart is even a good thing? What if there was a special scheme for only tall students? Or only girls?

Jack: Er, what about the basketball team? Or the Feminist Society? Besides, c'mon, everyone knows being smart is a good thing

Louisa: Says who? Smart people, by any chance?

Scott: Well, they must know what they’re talking about. How else did they get to be so smart?