Hello everybody, today we're going to be reading chapter 4 of New Kid. by Jerry Craft. A little review of chapter three.
There's a second half of Jordan's first day of school and started off with lunch, but the first half of the day was not the best. He kept getting lost, but as he made more friends and went out the second half of his school day, it got better. So let's see what happens next.
Chapter four, Upper Upper West Side Story. Now, as I mentioned in the last video. Each chapter is a reference to another form of pop culture and this one is a reference to the musical West Side Story and I believe that musical is about two members of rival New York street gangs. They fall in love with each other and it's a big ordeal because of course they're not supposed to like each other since they're different gangs. So we'll see if that plays into this chapter at all.
Let's begin. Morning mom, morning dad, good morning my little sweet potato. Is my baby ready for his second week of school?
He's 12 years old hun. Well he'll always be my baby. So handsome. Have a great day, son. Thanks.
See you later, guys. Bye, honey. Got your keys?
Yes, Dad. Wallet? Yes, Dad.
Phone? Yes, Dad. Does anybody else's dad or mom always ask them if they have everything before they leave?
Putting on his shades. I don't know what he's doing here. I am Batman!
Freak. Hi Mr. and Mrs. North. Hi Jordan.
Look, everybody's got glasses on, even the baby. Here we have another book from his journal. Another book.
Another page from his journal. Jordan's tips for taking the bus. Fitting in on the ride to school is hard work.
I have to be like a chameleon. For example, in Washington Heights, I try to look tough. I think that's why everybody's wearing sunglasses.
Again, even the baby. Inwood is a little different, so I can lose the hood. No one ever smiles in the morning, so you won't catch me doing that either.
Kingsbridge is where all the public school kids get off, so it's okay to take off my shades. I can even draw. Look at this.
There's a dog drinking a huge cup of coffee. Last comes Riverdale, where I do my best not to look cool at all. No shades and definitely no hood.
I don't even like to draw because people might think I'm going to use my markers to tag the bus. I love quadratic equations, don't you? Martin, by the time I get to school, I'm exhausted.
That new kid is kind of cool, yet so non-threatening. Here we see again, Jordan is so worried about fitting in. We've seen it in the last chapter. and he's even trying to fit in on the bus. Hey, mister, I drive to school in a fancy car while other people have to take the stinky bus.
It's not that fancy, okay? Sorry, dude. I was only joking.
My bad, Jordan. My mom always stresses out. Let me try that again. I messed up.
My bad, Jordan. My mom always stresses out when my dad is gone. Does your dad travel a lot, too?
Nah. He runs the community center a few blocks from our house, so he's always close by. You're lucky.
My dad is always on some kind of business trip. or golf trip or both. Good morning class.
In the next few weeks each of you will be required to try out for a team sport or this semester's production of George Washington the musical. There's also parents night and several weekend school trips that you can sign up for. Just remember that there's an extra fee for these trips for those of you on financial aid.
The school will pick up a portion of the cost. Let me see both Jordan and Drew with a bunch of eyeballs around them. Are there any other questions, especially from you new students? DeDeandre? Jordan?
Alexander? Uh, my name is Drew. I'm sorry Drew. DeDeandre is one of my former students.
He was a real handful. I can't believe she called him DeDeandre. Deandre. Some kid called me Murray yesterday.
That stinks. Be right back. Then I'll help you get to class.
Thanks. I'm tired of ending up on the football field. Hello, Jordan. How are things going? Oh, hi, Mr. Mr. Garner?
Pretty good, except I keep getting lost. My old school was only one building. Yes, that can be a little daunting. How are you fitting in?
Okay, except they keep calling me and Drew by the wrong names. I wouldn't read anything into it. I'm sure it's only because you're new.
Good luck this season, Roach Rick. I hope we go undefeated. Oh, cool. What do you coach?
I'm not the coach. Oh, so then you must be new too. I've been here 14 years! Oh.
Uh... I'm gonna go now, but I'm glad we had this talk. Uh-huh. What was that about?
Poor guy's having a hard time fitting in. Ah, too bad. Come on, let's get you to class. There's no telling where you'll end up this time.
And then he received Mr. Garner walking away. 14 years! I think Mr. Roach, my bio teacher, is my favorite. He's hilarious.
And the whole hardness thing is cool too. We all sit around a big conference table. Feels like I'm at an important board meeting. This is my assistant, Mr. Skeletor. He's a real numbskull.
I am definitely Bruce Wayne. Back to the Batman thing from the beginning of the chapter. Rrrring!
Alright you Looney Tunes, beat it! No homework tonight, I've got tickets to Hamilton! Hey Murray, I'm Jordan. Hi Jordan. So, where do you live?
Oh, um, the city? You know, downtown? Oh, like Central Park West?
Well, sorta. So, Xbox or PlayStation? Actually, I'm really not much of a gamer, but I did try Minecraft once.
Uh, you mean Minecraft? You gonna try out for a team? Nah, I'd rather play Alexander Hamilton in George Washington musical.
Or at least play cello in the orchestra. But I do kinda like squash. Do you?
Nah, I'm more of a broccoli guy. But in case you don't understand this little joke right here, squash is a sport, I don't really know how the sport is played, but Jordan has no clue what it is and he said he just likes broccoli. Yeah, so, uh, nice meeting you, Jordan. See you, Murray.
Seems like Murray and Jordan don't really have much in common. Come on, Jordan. Time for lunch. Thank goodness. At least the food here is good.
Hey, check it out, Liam. The auditorium has the same name as you. Garner's Auditorium.
Liam seems a little shocked that Jordan saw that. Oh yeah, let's hurry. How come everything is named after someone? The Keef Art Center, the Lieber Gym.
Hey, wait up! The two things that I can always count on during lunch. The freezing breeze that comes from the hallway.
And a daily visit from the three horsemen of the apocalypse. I'm still not sure which one is worse. Enjoy your lunch, girls!
Hey guys, Jordan, this is Ashley Martin and Ruby Woo. Hi Ashley, hi Ruby. Ruby Doobie Woo!
You're such a jerk, Andy. So Jordan, where's Washington Heights? Is it near Dobbs Ferry?
No, it's in the city near the George Washington Bridge. And who do you live with? Just your mom and his dad and he's trying to eat lunch. You have all year to get all up in his business.
Fine. All right. Oh, did you decide what team you're going out for yet, Jordan?
I think soccer. I've never played before, but Liam says it should be fun. And that's the end of chapter four.
Looks like in chapter five, we're going to see a little soccer. Something that I want to talk about before we move on to the next few chapters, which you see appear in this one, is stereotypes. And if you don't know what stereotypes are, they are ideas about a group of people that may not necessarily be true. For example, some stereotypes that you may know are assuming that African-American people are good at sports or as you can see in this case all the eyes are on them because when they said that or when miss Rall said financial aid everyone automatically assumed it was going to be these two because they're from the city like downtown they're not from the area that the rest of the students are those are stereotypes another one can be Asian students being good at math you never want to just automatically believe stereotypes.
You shouldn't at all. You cannot know what someone is like until you actually go and meet them, which we saw happen with Murray. Jordan finally met him and he was nothing like Jordan was expecting.
They have absolutely nothing in common, yet people in the school call Jordan Murray for some reason. So I want you to you to remember the idea of stereotypes as we continue reading this book because I want you to be able to point out whenever another student or a teacher is using a stereotype against another character and the better that you're able to identify stereotypes means that you'll become better at stopping yourself from believing stereotypes in the future so let's finish with a light-hearted question because I just wanted to bring forth that topic to you so you can remember it and because it's an important thing to know throughout your life but in this chapter we found out that all students at this school have to try out for a sport or the play so if you had to try out for a sport what sport would it be or if there was a club or a music musical or a theater production in this case what would you try out for for me I would probably try out for basketball. I love basketball.
I'm not the best at it in any case, but if I had to try out for something, I would try out for basketball. So what would yours be? And in the next chapter, we'll see how Jordan does at soccer. Thanks for watching. Have a good rest of your day.