I passed out the tests, had them break the seals, showed them how to fill in the bubbles properly with the right pencils, told them, ‘Try your best,’ and then I took the tests home and switched all their answers.
-- Narrator (“Bettering Myself”)

Importance: Because Miss Mooney believed she was stuck with the dumbest students, she felt she had to cheat by changing their answers on their tests. She argues that she did not want to take the chance that the dumb students would make her lose her job by having low test scores. In reality, Miss Mooney did little teaching. Instead, she talked to her students about her sex life.

How does it feel to be a middle-aged divorcée living with your retarded nephew and working in a computer café? Is it everything you ever dreamed?
-- Text by Mr. Wu (“Mr. Wu”)

Importance: Even though Mr. Wu knows that he should send the woman at the video arcade an...