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Connie's New Job Offer

Our Miss Brooks · July 31, 1949 · 29 min · 4,421 words

The transcript of “Connie's New Job Offer”, an episode of Our Miss Brooks first broadcast July 31, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Our Miss Brooks plays Our Miss Brooks free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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First principles are quite strict when it comes to punctuality among faculty members, but our Miss Brooks who teaches English at Madison High Summer School has always believed that her principal, Osgoode Conklin, is overly severe.

I could never understand why Mr. Conklin had such a passion for promptness until one day I learned that he was born at five o'clock in the morning and he's been early ever since. Anyway, by last Thursday I was determined to get to school on time if I had to stay up all Wednesday night to do it.

Promptly at six thirty Thursday morning my alarm clock went off. Having been up all Wednesday night I ignored it. But then the phone rang in the hall and knowing that my landlady Mrs. Davis was back in the kitchen, I sprang lightly out of bed and glided to the phone. Ouch! Hello?

Hello Miss Brooks, this is Mr. Conklin, are you up? Sort of. What can I do for you Mr. Conklin? Two things, Miss Brooks. You can arrive at school promptly at eight this morning and once you get there, I want your promise that you'll concentrate on teaching English to your class instead of learning biology from Mr. Boynton.

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