I have been a teacher for the past... 25 years of my life... I have been wrong, right, ashamed, proud, and more surprised or bored than anyone will ever be in any line of work ...CJ nailed it!!!
I have an education degree but never taught. My University didn’t do well for us. When I student taught there was a kid who never raised his hand. It was seventh grade, and one never understands them, at least I didn’t! One day when I was being judged by my professor, he raised his hand though I knew he couldn’t answer the question. That kid was so brave to do that for me! I’ve never forgotten him, I hope things turned out well for him!
Underrated moment at the beginning talking about the composer. Bartlet was in the car on the way to the show yammering about how it isn’t quite classical music if the guy was rewriting it the day of the performance. He didn’t think he could be wowed, but he was.
@@jkrasney1 your sentiment, while great, isn't the point of that quote. It was a throwback to the beginning of the episode where CJ didn't have the enthusiasm about Galileo 5. There's a video of that opening where Sam gives the speech and the President said that "he said it right"
I am so glad and proud that this show exited and still exists here. It is a reminder of who we are and who we can be. We simply need to listen to our better angels and let’s the truths we know and share ring out and help to make this a better world. Thank you for these clips. They are a reminder of what we can be.
My favorite show used to be MASH but after The West Wing nothing else comes close. The intelligence and wit of the scripts, the consummate professionalism of the actors, it's almost to much to take in. I have the box set on DVDs and anytime I want a superior show to watch I'll binge a couple of seasons. My favorite episode was when CJ was writing a letter to her father while she was waiting on a floor vote that a Senator wanted funding in the bill for autism. His grandson was autistic and this elderly man put on a stunning display of endurance with a filibuster. Great episode.
I just watched this scene. I've seen it many times, but this is the first time it really stuck. I never really had any issue with CJ. But upon this series rewatch, I've really come to adore her. Amazing character.
Presidents who receive advice from competent, responsible, intelligent, informed, members of their staffs....and who LISTEN to, and act on that advice, make very GOOD presidents.........
When I was being evaluated during student-teaching, a boy who was always surly and a problem raised his hand and acted so well! I was careful not to call on him, because I knew he didn’t know the answer to the questions I asked. It took so much bravery for him to raise his hand. I’ll always remember him! Later, when I had children I learned that kids his age squirm in their chair because they are growing so fast that it can hurt to be in their chairs, and I wonder about the teachers who hated that of me and my classmates.
Beautiful scene, from the best TV show of all time! (just a note, - this scene is out of sync, picture lagging sound by a couple of frames - maybe the bounce off of Mars threw it off, Martian!)
I am pretty sure CJ messed up her line... you raise your hand and then you go to the blackboard. But given the topic of the subject she was talking about, maybe it is good for aspiring actors to see a celebrity miss their line.
I mean she does say "don't go to the blackboard OR raise their hands". The order doesn't matter in this case, since those are 2 separate things.... and then she just reused the same phrase in that order later in her speech.
I’m pretty sure she said the line exactly right. For one, as mentioned, those are two separate actions, not related by anything other than being in the same sentence. Secondly- this was a season 2 episode of an Aaron Sorkin show. If you think a clip with a bumbled line made it into the final cut, you don’t know the man. He is fanatic about the complicated scripts, especially in this phase of his career- and the editors knew that. This is maybe the one show where you can be sure it wasn’t a mistake, simply because it made it into the episode.
Nice try, Aaron Sorkin. You ALMOST got away with it. 😂 This dialog was lifted almost verbatim out of Atlas Shrugged (Richard Halley's fifth concerto). Which is REALLY weird that Sorkin would have known about it.
Some People have banned being surprised by anything or anyone anymore. The satirist Andy Borowitz's stuff is funny. We are openly told it is not real. I do not know if I can laff anymore. And If I can - when to laff. The delay in being told it is allegedly and supposedly a joke - they were ahem JOSHING - and we have no sense of humour stretches for years sometimes. 2 years again.
But Sorkin got it backwards - you raise your hand and then go to the blackboard. Oh well, his political bias limited him to painting with only half the color spectrum. He could have been great.
@@fenrisulven5324 39 court decisions around the country with Trump-appointed judges say otherwise. But hey I'm sure the Democrats are at once incompetent buffoons and also evil masterminds capable of producing the largest election fraud in history of democracy.
I have been a teacher for the past... 25 years of my life... I have been wrong, right, ashamed, proud, and more surprised or bored than anyone will ever be in any line of work
...CJ nailed it!!!
I have an education degree but never taught. My University didn’t do well for us. When I student taught there was a kid who never raised his hand. It was seventh grade, and one never understands them, at least I didn’t! One day when I was being judged by my professor, he raised his hand though I knew he couldn’t answer the question. That kid was so brave to do that for me!
I’ve never forgotten him, I hope things turned out well for him!
@@willmpet You should have taught. Your comment is that of a teacher. I taught for 20 years, and your words all ring true.
"You said it right that time." was prefect.
It sure was. And she said the right thing about education!
Underrated moment at the beginning talking about the composer. Bartlet was in the car on the way to the show yammering about how it isn’t quite classical music if the guy was rewriting it the day of the performance. He didn’t think he could be wowed, but he was.
CJ's face when the president credited her! .... We all need it once in a while
We all need someone, who says, "You got it right, this time," once in a while.
The President's leadership style was superb.
@@jkrasney1 your sentiment, while great, isn't the point of that quote. It was a throwback to the beginning of the episode where CJ didn't have the enthusiasm about Galileo 5. There's a video of that opening where Sam gives the speech and the President said that "he said it right"
Scenes like this
is why this was the best show of all time (so far)
What an amazing program - one of the best ever presented.
that's why this show has been so great.
I am so glad and proud that this show exited and still exists here. It is a reminder of who we are and who we can be. We simply need to listen to our better angels and let’s the truths we know and share ring out and help to make this a better world. Thank you for these clips. They are a reminder of what we can be.
My favorite show used to be MASH but after The West Wing nothing else comes close. The intelligence and wit of the scripts, the consummate professionalism of the actors, it's almost to much to take in. I have the box set on DVDs and anytime I want a superior show to watch I'll binge a couple of seasons. My favorite episode was when CJ was writing a letter to her father while she was waiting on a floor vote that a Senator wanted funding in the bill for autism. His grandson was autistic and this elderly man put on a stunning display of endurance with a filibuster. Great episode.
You must have been over the moon in the last 2 seasons - with Alan Alda joining the cast. However I know what you mean.
That is my favorite episode
I wish we'd show this to kids im school. There's just so much to learn!
Still in love with CJ.
I just watched this scene. I've seen it many times, but this is the first time it really stuck. I never really had any issue with CJ. But upon this series rewatch, I've really come to adore her. Amazing character.
Such great writing, such fine acting and that fantastic background music score, how do they get it so right 😭
Presidents who receive advice from competent, responsible, intelligent, informed, members of their staffs....and who LISTEN to, and act on that advice, make very GOOD presidents.........
Damn this series always gets me. How an American President should aim to be . Mistakes and all. Great writing.
The binging sound at 2:04 made me think I got a Facebook message.
It’s about going to the blackboard and raising your hand….that’s the broader thing.
When I was being evaluated during student-teaching, a boy who was always surly and a problem raised his hand and acted so well! I was careful not to call on him, because I knew he didn’t know the answer to the questions I asked. It took so much bravery for him to raise his hand. I’ll always remember him! Later, when I had children I learned that kids his age squirm in their chair because they are growing so fast that it can hurt to be in their chairs, and I wonder about the teachers who hated that of me and my classmates.
0:29 is a letter to all the aspiring writers out there.
Keep writing your stuff is good!
Poor CJ. It would be so hard but a joy working for a president like this.
That will do, indeed.
This was so nice.
Beautiful scene, from the best TV show of all time! (just a note, - this scene is out of sync, picture lagging sound by a couple of frames - maybe the bounce off of Mars threw it off, Martian!)
anybody else move their mouse trying to get that hand cursor off the screen?
I am pretty sure CJ messed up her line... you raise your hand and then you go to the blackboard. But given the topic of the subject she was talking about, maybe it is good for aspiring actors to see a celebrity miss their line.
I mean she does say "don't go to the blackboard OR raise their hands". The order doesn't matter in this case, since those are 2 separate things.... and then she just reused the same phrase in that order later in her speech.
I’m pretty sure she said the line exactly right. For one, as mentioned, those are two separate actions, not related by anything other than being in the same sentence. Secondly- this was a season 2 episode of an Aaron Sorkin show. If you think a clip with a bumbled line made it into the final cut, you don’t know the man. He is fanatic about the complicated scripts, especially in this phase of his career- and the editors knew that. This is maybe the one show where you can be sure it wasn’t a mistake, simply because it made it into the episode.
Nice try, Aaron Sorkin. You ALMOST got away with it. 😂
This dialog was lifted almost verbatim out of Atlas Shrugged (Richard Halley's fifth concerto).
Which is REALLY weird that Sorkin would have known about it.
I think there is a line from sam somewhere in this show, "good writers borrow from other writers, great writers steal from them outright"
There's ice cream on the camera lens.
I think it's the mouse pointer. Annoying whatever it is
She got all puffed up
Some People have banned being surprised by anything or anyone anymore.
The satirist Andy Borowitz's stuff is funny. We are openly told it is not real.
I do not know if I can laff anymore. And If I can - when to laff. The delay in being told it is allegedly and supposedly a joke - they were ahem JOSHING - and we have no sense of humour stretches for years sometimes. 2 years again.
But Sorkin got it backwards - you raise your hand and then go to the blackboard. Oh well, his political bias limited him to painting with only half the color spectrum. He could have been great.
They were spoken of as two separate events, not one. Order is irrelevant
Too clever by half, Barry. 🙄
I would've said that admitting your mistakes shouldn't be a political leaning thing but I guess only one side really does that anymore.
@@Lightning12456 he says while Democrats brazenly steal the election.
@@fenrisulven5324 39 court decisions around the country with Trump-appointed judges say otherwise. But hey I'm sure the Democrats are at once incompetent buffoons and also evil masterminds capable of producing the largest election fraud in history of democracy.