"The Glue of the School"
Clip: Season 44 Episode 1 | 1m 3s
Jaime Lincoln Smith plays a school security guard trying to do right by keeping order.
"You got a bunch of parents, teachers, politicians, whoever, trying to understand these kids. But how you gonna understand a book you only skimming?" So says Dun, a hard-working high school security guard. In this complex look at American education, actor Jaime Lincoln Smith explores the heights and depths of being in the role of both protector and enforcer at a struggling public institution.
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Major support for this episode is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Major funding for Live From Lincoln Center is provided by the family of Robert Wood Johnson III,...
"The Glue of the School"
Clip: Season 44 Episode 1 | 1m 3s
"You got a bunch of parents, teachers, politicians, whoever, trying to understand these kids. But how you gonna understand a book you only skimming?" So says Dun, a hard-working high school security guard. In this complex look at American education, actor Jaime Lincoln Smith explores the heights and depths of being in the role of both protector and enforcer at a struggling public institution.
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