TEN MINUTES.

Ten minutes is how long they waited.

"Where's Garaboski?" Maya and Sophia asked.

"Uh-oh. Did we do it?" Riley asked.

"Did we finally break him?" Farkle asked.

Mr. Matthews walked in, "You broke him."

They all clapped Garaboski was the worst.

"Quiet! Mr.Garaboski retired yesterday."

They all clapped again.

"Quiet! The guy survives Vietnam and Mrs. Garaboski, and he can't get past you. Now, he left a letter here that expressed his feelings.
"Dear you little" okay, I can't read this."

Mr. Matthews folded the letter.

"He always talked about the good old days before nineteen eighty-five." Lucas said.

"What happened in nineteen eighty-five?" Sophia asked.

"That was the year the New York board of education said you couldn't hit a kid with a ruler." Farkle said.

""Bored" of education? I do believe I am." Maya said.

"Well, now you're gonna need a new English teacher." Mr. Matthews said.

"That's okay, thanks." Sophia said.

"Uh, I don't know, Sophia. You may want to consider this one." Thomas said.

He was looking out the window.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ms. Harper Burgess." Mr. Matthews said.

She walked in, she almost looked like a student.

"You got a bike that goes with that outfit?" Lucas asked.

"Bob fuel tank wide glide." She said, "What do you ride?"

"He rode a sheep." Sophia said.

"Count before you fall asleep. Baa baa." Maya said.

"Wanna race?" Ms. Burgess asked.

"No."

"Ms. Burgess is here to teach you about great books and great ideas. Please give her the same respect that you give me." Mr. Matthews said.

"Oh, we could do better than that." Riley said.

She grabbed some books from her table and passed them out.

"Frank Miller, the dark night returns." Ms. Burgess said.

"This is Batman." Farkle said.

"A future Batman."

"What's the difference?" Thomas asked.

"This story is the continuation based on an original series of characters." She said, "Do you guys know what that means?"

"Yeah."

"Um, aren't you supposed to be teaching us the important books?" Riley asked.

"Mmm, this graphic novel was as important to its style of literature as any book you can think of." Ms. Burgess said.

"What's it about?" Sophia asked.

"It's about a world that's become so tough that Batman fights superman. You will tell me why he does that."

"You're gonna start by teaching us a comic book, Miss. Motorcycle?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, and you're gonna start by not calling me Miss anything. You can call me Harper." She said.

"Harper?" Farkle shouted.

"Yes?"

"I just wanted to see if it would work."

"Farkle?"

"You know my name, Harper?"

"I know all of your names. Mr.?Matthews told me all about you." Harper said.

"When is this due, please?" Riley asked.

"Hi, Riley."

"Hi."

"How do you like having him here?" She asked.

"It's terrible."

"It's wonderful. My father gave me my love of books."

"He did?"

"He's why I became a teacher. It's why he named me Harper. You'll figure it out."

"Riley, Sophia, stop me right now." Maya said.

"From what?" They asked.

"I can't like a teacher, I'm Maya."

"It's a good day, Maya." Sophia said.

"School got better and now nothing bad is ever going to happen again." Riley told her.

Principal Yancy walked into the classroom.

"So, I'm passing by your classroom on this, your first day, and I can't help noticing that somebody has a comic book that everybody has a comic book." He said.

"They're graphic novels." Farkle told him.

"Pipe down, Farkle."

"I think Harper's trying to teach us something important." Sophia said.

"Oh, Harper is? Hm? Well, she's not. It isn't literature, it's comic books. Which are against school policy, Ms. Burgess. And so is calling Ms. Burgess by her first name. You will gather these up, and you will teach something important." He said dropping a book on her desk.

"'To Kill A Mockingbird?'" Are you familiar with this?" He asked her.

"I know this book."

"Then teach it, Ms. Burgess." He said walking out.

"So, The Dark Knight Returns. Read it tonight, and tomorrow we will learn something important." She said.

They all clapped.

"Ah, stop it. You're not supposed to like a teacher." Harper said, "You're Maya."

"Oh, no, what are you doing to me?" Maya asked standing up.

Only, the clapping continued.

Matthews Residents

The girls were shoving food down their throats.

"Girls, slow down." Topanga said, "What is the rush?"

"Dinner is keeping us from our homework." Maya said.

"The new English teacher wants us to read this." Sophia said.

She passed her the book.

"Well, this looks like a comic book." She said.

"Yes." Mr. Matthews said.

"Didn't we have a teacher who taught us-"

"Yes."

"Tell me more about this new English teacher." She said.

"Motorcycle." Riley said.

"Leather jacket." Maya said.

"Sounds familiar." Topanga said, "Weren't you on the committee to hire the new English teacher?"

"Yes."

"Principal Yancy doesn't like her very much." Sophia told her.

"She's a young idealist. You think she's gonna win him over."

"I'm just looking for a little action."

"Not all history repeats, Cory."

"Why, what happened to you guys?" Riley asked.

"Well, we had a pretty cool teacher once." Topanga said.

"Feeny!" Riley said.

"No, we actually had one other teacher."

"Did that teacher get along with the principal?" Sophia asked.

"Feeny was the principal."

"Feeny taught you every year and was also your principal?" Auggie asked.

"Yes."

"That would never happen today right?" He asked.

"We'll see."

"Our principal won't let her teach us this." Maya said.

She held the book up.

"But she is anyway?" Topanga asked.

"It's a more complicated world now. Heroes and villains aren't as easily recognized. Maybe it takes different teaching methods to tell them apart. She thinks this will help, and I like that she believes in something."

"But Cory, the world isn't so different that the principal doesn't still make the final decision."

"Yeah, that's interesting, isn't it?" He asked, "Yancy has a lot of power. He's like- Who's a guy with a lot of power, girls?"

"Superman." Sophia muttered.

"Whoa." Maya and Riley said.

"Then Harper's like-" Riley started.

"Batman!" The girls finished.

"Whoa!"

"What's the difference between the two?" Topanga asked.

"Well, one has superpowers and one doesn't."

"Well, how can that be a fair fight?" She asked, "I mean, that's like a fight between you and me."

"I know." Mr. Matthews said.

"You know, I don't want Harper-" Riley said.

"Batman." Maya and Sophia added.

"-To lose." She said.

"Well, maybe you should do your homework and find out what happens next." Mr. Matthews said.

"Yeah, like they're gonna run-"

Sophia grabbed the book from Topanga and the girls ran upstairs.

English: Harper

"Can good change?" Harper asked.

"Good is good." Riley said.

"Can evil change?" She asked.

"It seems like just when we think we've seen the worst that there can be, somebody, comes up with something." Lucas said.

"Why do you suppose that is?"

"Because it's evil that fascinates us." Maya said.

"But doesn't good have to win in the end?" Thomas asked.

"Does it?" Harper asked.

Yancy walked in again, "So I'm passing by your classroom on this, your second day, and I see no mockingbird. But I still see comic books."

"Yes, we're studying the nature of good and evil."

"I don't care. Class dismissed." He said.

"Excuse me?" Harper questioned.

"Study hall, all of you! Except Farkle. You go sit in a garbage can." Yancy said.

"Yay!" He said.

They only sat there.

"Leave now." Yancy said.

"Go." Harper muttered.

"Riley, Sophia." Maya said.

"Yes." They said.

They were the first ones out the door.

They ran to find Mr. Matthews and once they finally found him they pushed him into the room.

"Uh, What's going on here?" Mr. Matthews asked.

Most of the conversation was muffled.

They could most definitely hear that both teachers were now fired.

Matthews Residents

"How was everybody's day today?" Topanga asked.

"It was a good day and then my friends treated me nicely and then my teacher measured me, and I'm growing, and then Jenny Lewis loves me." Auggie said.

"Wait a minute, this already happened." Topanga said.

"Yeah, I'm out of stuff." Auggie said.

"He's right. Nothing new happened at all." Mr. Matthews said.

"Matthews got fired today." Sophia said.

"Well, there's that. "You know how you thought there might be trouble between Yancy and the new teacher?" He asked.

"The young idealist who was gonna win him over?" Topanga asked.

"She didn't so much." He said.

"But you defended her?"

"I did."

"So Yancy fired you?"

"So much."

"Yancy can't fire you. According to statute thirty twenty-eight, teacher dismissals have to come from the state." Topanga said.

"Mom, do you know everything?"

"Yeah."

"So Mr. Matthews is safe?" Maya asked.

"Aw, Maya you care?" Mr. Matthews asked.

"No, I just haven't spoken yet." She said.

"I've met principal, Yancy. He can be pretty stubborn."

"Yeah, he's gonna pursue this." Mr. Matthews said.

"What will we do next?" Riley asked.

"Well, he has to take it to his boss. He has to take it to the superintendent of schools." Topanga said.

"Doesn't that make you guys nervous?" Riley asked.

They just sat there.

"Um, they don't seem nervous." Sophia said.

English: Harper

"We have some special guests in our classroom. Please behave as you normally would." Harper said.

"Hi." Riley said.

"Hi."

"We love Harper." Riley told Mr. Turner, "Do you understand, Uncle Jon?"

"Real Uncle, or do you just call him that?" Yancy asked.

"He comes over like a million times a week-" Riley said.

"I withdraw my complaint." Yancy said.

"You got them calling you by your first name?" Jon asked.

"Sir, I wanted them to put together the mockingbird thing to see how much I care about what I'll be teaching." Harper said.

"All right, does anybody understand the significance of Harper's name in regards to the author of to kill a mockingbird?" Jon asked.

"Harper's first name is Charles Twain!" Maya said.

"You're doing a bang-up job with her, Matthews." Jon said.

"Look, she was told by the principal not to teach us something, but she did anyway. That's gotta mean something." Sophia said.

"Psst, will you stop helping us?" Mr. Matthews whispered.

"Yeah, it means something. Now, may I see what you've learned? Because that's what means everything."

"Farkle goes first, Farkle always goes first!"

"Stuart Minkus' kid?" Jon asked.

"Yeah."

"Super genius?"

"Outer space."

"Real human boy?"

"We're not sure yet."

"Sit down." Jon said and Farkle sat down.

"I'll make the presentation." Lucas said standing up.

"You like this teacher?" Jon asked.

"I like both of these teachers."

"Are you familiar with the material?"

"Me?"

"No, I never saw this thing before.
I never saw this thing before in my life. Yeah, I read it. I read it, actually, a lot." He said turning back around and sat down.

"Thanks for telling the truth." Jon said.

"Yeah, I can't help myself." He muttered.

Sophia started to twirl the ends of her hair.

"Now, I prefer someone who is unfamiliar with the material.
Someone who is notoriously unteachable."

He stopped in front of Sophia's desk.

"How you doin'?" Sophia asked.

"She's teachable, she's a good one, sometimes." Mr. Matthews said.

"Then let's see what she knows." Jon said.

She stood up and Riley and Maya followed.

"Not you, guys." Mr. Matthews said.

"I only looked at the pictures." Maya said.

"I read the words." Riley said.

"I read and looked at the pictures."

"It's a trio." Mr. Matthews said

"I hope you learned something, girls." Harper said.

"I learn something all the time."

"I come here because my apartment leaks."

"I come because no one is at home to watch me."

"Come here." Harper said.

Sophia walked towards the front, "Yes?"

"I know you're a lot smarter than you want us to know." She said.

"Shhhh." Sophia whispered.

"We got this." Maya said.

"I hope so. Our future's in your hands." Mr. Matthews said.

"In Frank Miller's The Dark Night Returns the keyword is dark. He doesn't write heroes or villains that you are used to. You have to really think about what's right and what's wrong." Sophia explained.

"The pictures make you work, too. You have to look up, down, across, and sideways, but I believe he's trying to get us to look at what our own world has become. Up, down, across, and sideways." Maya said.

"Heroes that should be friends with a common goal, fight each other instead." Riley said.

"One hero was trying to inspire his old friend to take a look at the world, and realized that it's changed." Thomas said.

"So, he needed to change, too.
But he wouldn't, so he fought against him. Which was hard to look at, because the world is dark enough and heroes are supposed to bring light." Lucas said.

"Everyone in this room knows that someone with real power doesn't need to hit a kid with a ruler to get the kid to want to learn." Sophia said.

"Because this is a new world, and we don't do that here." Maya said, "Frank Miller turned a comic book into what's the word?"

"You know the word." Harper said.

"Literature and Harper here, is named after someone who gave us a great story." Maya said.

Sophia walked over to Mr. Matthews.

"Which her father taught her to appreciate, and it means everything to her that her father taught her. She's taught me so much already."

"You did that in two days?" Jon asked.

"They're smarter than they want us to know." Harper said.

"She did that in two days! Shape up, Matthews."

"Yes, sir."

"Jon, comic books are against school policy." Yancy said.

"Yeah, and you can hit a kid with a ruler in nineteen states."

Yancy walked out of the room.

"Hey, Matthews, I know it was you that chose Harper for these kids." Jon said, "Is that because maybe she, uh reminded you of someone?"

"No."

"Okay."

Bay Window

"Riles, Soph?"

"Yeah?"

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Maya asked.

"I don't know yet." They said.

"Is that okay?" Sophia asked.

"Yeah." She said.

"Am I supposed to ask you now?" Riley asked.

"That would certainly keep this going."

"Maya?" Riley asked.

"Yes!"

"Do you have any idea what you want to be when you grow up? Sophia asked.

"No. But being a teacher might be cooler than I thought."

"You know what else is cool? Uncle Jon used to take care of Shawn when he was younger." Riley said.

"You don't say."

"She do say." Sophia said.

"And my dad said that they were really good for each other."

Auggie walked in and sat on Sophia's lap.

"Okay, Sophia, I finished this Archie comic you gave me."

"I wanted to start him on the road to good books." Sophia said.

"What's it about?" Maya asked.

"Well this dark-haired girl and this blonde girl both like the same boy and they all stay best friends and there's this brown-haired girl who likes this guy and she doesn't know why." He said, "Could that really happen?"

"No." Riley said.

"Okay." Maya said.

History: Mr. Matthews

"Good morning." Mr.Matthews said walking in with Jon.

"Before we begin today, a decision has been reached. Now, I know you're all going to remain quiet and calm." Mr. Matthews said.

The three girls stood up.

"We love her!"

"Thank you." He said.

They sat down.

"We appreciate it when students are fond of a teacher. I mean, it factors into a decision, but it cannot be the first priority. That has to be preparation that a teacher puts into a lesson plan, and what the students take from it. Cory, what are you teaching today?" Jon asked.

"I don't know. I'm probably making something up." He admitted.

"All right, now Ms. Burgess went against school policy. The principal decided what he saw fit.
Right and wrong can be difficult to identify sometimes. That's what you just read in English class. But this is history. And what does history teach us? You?"

"When it's a struggle between right and wrong, that's when the real hero fights hardest." Mr. Matthews said.

"So for the greater good of this school, it has been decided that someone had to go. So I would like to introduce you to your new English teacher." Jon said.

"No!" Maya shouted.

"Why is it worth learning anything if we can't change the world for the better?" Riley asked.

"How are we supposed to be heroes if we can't do anything about anything?" Sophia asked.

"Hi!" Harper said as she walked in.

"Wow!" Riley shouted.

"Sometimes you can beat superman." Maya said.

"Very good, Maya. You get an A." Harper said.

"This new teacher's out to ruin my reputation." Maya said.

Matthews Residents

"He was one of your teachers, mommy?"

"Yeah, Mr. Turner helped me learn everything I know."

"She knows everything." Auggie said.

"I know."

"Was my daddy a good student?"

"He was a wonderful student."

"Why would you lie to my kid?" Topanga asked.

"He tried his best."

"Why would you lie to my kid?"

"He was so bad, he became a teacher so he could go back to school again." Mr. Turner said.

"That's the best thing I've heard all night." Sophia said.

"So word has it you took care of Shawn Hunter?" Maya asked.

"Yeah, I did. His dad was a little off and on. No kid should have that."

"Yeah."

"Did you care about him, though?" Sophia asked, "You weren't his real father."

"No, I wasn't."

"But was it possible for you to-"

"Maya. Sophia. I loved him like a son. I still do." He said.

"That's good." Maya said.

"That's nice to know." Sophia added.

"Dad?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you for being a good teacher."

"Yeah, thanks."

"Thank you." Sophia said.

"Boy, there's nothing better than hearing that from your students." Mr. Matthews said, "Mr. Turner."

"Thank you for being a good teacher." Topanga said.

"Yeah, thanks."

"You gave me an A-minus once." Topanga said.

"Topanga."

"Topanga."

"I want you to change it."

"Okay."

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Updated on: November 6th, 2018

i hate this a lot more than you think (i think y'all know)

Before anyone tells me about Archie

Anyways I need your help back in Girl Meets The Forgotten Lucas said that "If you give me a better reason to tell me why you don't believe in hope anymore, I'll tell you why I care so much." I need to know when and what episode to tell him why Sophia doesn't believe in hope anymore or I'll put it in Texas

Nobody comments on here anymore ( good )

Anyway I just watch the season 3 promo for Girl Meets World and let me tell you I can't want for next month

See ya soon