JOYCE: I got the mail.

BUFFY: Good.

JOYCE: Which included a reminder notice about Parent-Teacher night. Thursday.

BUFFY: That's good.

JOYCE: Which you were planning on telling me about?

BUFFY: Oh, for... the last two weeks.

JOYCE: Uh-huh. So, what do you think your teachers are gonna tell me about?

BUFFY: Well, I think they'll all agree that I always bring a pen to class, ready to absorb the knowledge.

JOYCE: And, uh, this absorption rate? How is it reflected in your homework and test scores?

BUFFY: What can you really tell about a person from a test score?

JOYCE: Whether or not she's ever going out with her friends again.

BUFFY: Oh, that.

JOYCE: Well, I look forward to meeting your principal.

BUFFY: Won't that be something.

JOYCE: Look, sweetheart. Life is more than grades and homework and not getting kicked out of school.

BUFFY: I know.

JOYCE: But we moved once because of you getting in trouble. And I had to start a new business, not to mention a new life in a whole new town.

BUFFY: And you don't wanna do it again.

JOYCE: What I don't want is to be disappointed in you again.

BUFFY: Mom, that's the last thing that I want, too. I'm trying, I really am. I just... I have a lot of pressure on me right now.

JOYCE: Wait till you get a job. Sleep tight. (exits)

BUFFY: I have a job.

• Buffy & her mom

written by: David Greenwalt; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/15school.html