Clip 5: Moment 1b

Catherine:

What do you think about that?

Michael:

Yeah, well, I mean he's sitting down! But I was just thinking that, as he did that, what’s still sitting there is an unwillingness to really engage with you in the conversation that you haven't confronted. So he’s sitting down, but he’s still … what he is probably doing is thinking, “She's trapped me a little bit, but I still don't want to really be here.”

Catherine:

Is that how you felt?

Allan:

Yep, definitely.

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Michael:

Well, Jack, thanks for letting me watch the lesson. As we talked about before, I want to have a talk about how that went and where we go from here. So grab a seat, and we'll have a conversation.

Jack:

I just want to stay standing so I can keep an eye on the class. Cause they’ll play up if I don't keep an eye on them.

Michael:

Well, I can understand that, but that’s not going to work for me, because the things I want to talk with you about are very important from my perspective. And it’s not going to work with you legitimately having half a brain on the kids and only half a brain on me. So we need to find some other way of handling that. It may be possible to find a reliever. I’ve talked with Sarah, and she is happy to watch your class while we have a chat.

Jack:

Yep, okay.

Michael:

And you're happy to give me that time, so you can focus on it then?

Jack:

Okay, yeah.

Michael:

Sure?

Jack:

Yep.

Michael

Sure?

Jack:

Yeah, that's fine.

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Catherine:

What was different? I don't understand what was different?