Ms. Mimi quotes from Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps

[In Ms. Mimi's class]

Ms. Mimi

Now wiggle your nose.

[Ms. Mimi and the class in the classical music dance while bending down to their toes wiggle their noses. Ms. Mimi goes first bending down to her toes and wiggling her nose]

[As the kids --Angelina, Gracie, Vicki, and Marco-- are playing their birthday song. Polly --on the other hand-- snuggles on to Ms. Mimi's lap. Ms. Mimi gently scoops up Polly and gently sits her --Polly-- down on her lap. She holds Polly close and hugs her --Polly-- on the belly and waist. Then she says...!]

Ms. Mimi

To be very good, all a gift needs is to have lots of love in it.

[Polly hands Ms. Mimi the muffin with the birthday candle on it. Ms. Mimi --even though the real birthday cake was ruined-- does like muffins too.]

[As Angelina still raps --from the drum-- Ms. Mimi --as Angelina keeps going-- gets upset.]

Ms. Mimi

Angelina...? ANGELINA...?!

[Angelina pauses and Ms. Mimi's shadow hovers over her.]

Ms. Mimi

COME AND SEE ME AFTER SCHOOL PLEASE!

[As Ms. Mimi says this, Angelina knows that she is in big trouble.]

[At the dance stage.]

Ms. Mimi

[in between flashback narration lines] WHAT A DAY! First that big gust of wind, then Mr. Chirpyface dropped my lunch! The protein bars did not fill me up! And I wasn't able to dance in the dance studio because of the waxed floor! But now, I am not only hungry! I am also really thirsty!

[The scene cuts from the dance stage to Ms. Mimi's story. And back to Ms. Mimi's story, the scene is shown in the classroom. In this scene, Ms. Mimi whips out her water bottle and tries to drink some water. That is, while she is grading and correcting the multiplication quiz packets.]

Ms. Mimi

[narrating] Luckily, I remembered to pack my water bottle.

[But before she can take a drink, her water bottle spills. And there is water all over the multiplication test. So the final straw happens where she --Ms. Mimi-- accidentally spills water --from her water bottle-- on her desk and on the multiplication test.]

Ms. Mimi

[sadly --after she had spilled her water] Oh dear!

[Ms. Mimi picks up the multiplication quiz.]

Ms. Mimi

MY PROBLEMS ARE MULTIPLYING!

[As she says this, she holds out the multiplication quiz. And she acts like the multiplication problems on it are her problems.]

Ms. Mimi

[narrating] I dried off the multiplication test. That is, when I was met with a happy surprise.

[The scene cuts from Angelina's room --where Angelina was making a broom into a dancing doll and impersonating it to look like Alice-- to the lunchtime theater at Camembert Academy. In this scene, Vicki tells Ms. Mimi that her dance partner Gracie has the sniffles, and so does --Angelina's partner-- Alice.]

Ms. Mimi

[to Viki] Oh Viki...! I am sorry that Gracie has the sniffles. (That is, and so does Alice.)

[Ms. Mimi hugs Viki in comfort. The scene cuts to Angelina with her dancing doll and sets her on one of the lunch tables. Marco comes up to Angelina with the clipboard. Then he --Marco-- says to Angelina...!]

Marco

(to Angelina) Ms. Mimi said to tell you that you and your partner are going to dance in the showcase.

[Marco sees the "dancing doll" which Angelina created.]

Marco

Wow! That is your partner?

Angelina

Yes.

Marco

But she is not real.

Angelina

Yes, she is. She is a real dancing doll.

[After Angelina says this, Marco looks at the rules.]

Marco

[to Angelina] The rules do not say, "No dancing dolls".

Angelina

Good.

Marco

But it does not say they are okay either. I am not sure about this Angelina.

[The scene cuts to Ms. Mimi now talking to Angelina.]

Angelina

Ms. Mimi? I really wish I could dance in the showcase.

Ms. Mimi

You really want to be in the showcase. Do you?

Angelina

[crying] Yes. I really do.

[Tears run down Angelina's cheeks after she --Angelina-- says this.]

Ms. Mimi

And are you willing to work hard?

Angelina

[in between tears] Mm-hmmm.

[Angelina --after saying this-- resumes crying.]

Ms. Mimi

Then I will give you some extra time to come up with a routine. And instead of dancing first, you and your partner may dance last today.

[The scene --after the lunchtime theater where Marco, Gracie, and Vicki were-- then cuts to Ms. Mimi's classroom. Angelina has to stay after school and she's in the classroom. That afternoon --after school-- Ms. Mimi has asked Angelina to stay after school for after school detention because Angelina was talking in class. Ms. Mimi is disciplining Angelina. In other words: "The scene cuts to where Ms. Mimi is issuing Angelina with her after school detention". Angelina is seen in Ms. Mimi's classroom. She was making noises like the drum after being asked for quiet. So it cuts to where Angelina is in after school detention. She --sitting on a time-out chair-- is facing Ms. Mimi in front of her desk. Before assigning Angelina after school detention after school, Ms. Mimi talks to Angelina.]

Ms. Mimi

[to Angelina] So, when I asked for quiet, Angelina...!

[Ms. Mimi then expects answers from Angelina.]

Ms. Mimi

...I really do expect to get it! I am surprised!

Angelina

[apologizing to Ms. Mimi for talking in class] I am sorry, Ms. Mimi.

[It is true that Angelina has apologized for her unruly behavior in class. And she does promise it will never happen again. But even though Angelina apologizes --for her unruly behavior which was talking and Ms. Mimi asked for quiet but she did not listen-- she knows that sometimes an apology/promise does not cut it. Her behavior was still not okay. Really, she's still in trouble. Because in reality, if one apologizes and/or makes a promise --which is a promise to not do it again-- sometimes it does not allow them to get away with being punished. Sometimes it doesn't and therefore, they still have to pay the consequence. There are appropriate/common/natural/local consequences for actions. That means they --one and in this case Angelina too-- must be accountable for their actions. In this case --like for Angelina who talked in class-- she has to pay the consequence. She is ordered to stay after school and see Ms. Mimi to do after school detention. Possibly for a whole week and no drum day on said day. So --as a result-- Angelina is --in fact-- still in trouble. She still did something in class that she was not supposed to do. It was on purpose. Not only on purpose, but also a big no-no. So her "apology" does not work and she's still considered a wrongdoer --according to Ms. Mimi-- and must be punished or disciplined. Additionally, she --by extension-- is also held responsible for talking and disrupting in class. Although her after school detention was not seen, she still was assigned it by Ms. Mimi for being disruptive even though Ms. Mimi asked for quiet. Now Angelina has it for a whole week and she gets no drum day the next day or in other words, "not this year". From this point, Angelina's "after school detention week" with Ms. Mimi --after school-- starts, and starting today. So until her "after school detention week" is over, there is no drum day nor any after school activities for Angelina. Because she is in after school detention with Ms. Mimi. We may be sorry, and we may make an apology/promise. But we are still considered a wrongdoer. An apology/promise alone does not erase the action you --and in this case Angelina-- did. In the meantime, Angelina is in trouble, she gets a week of after school detention, and she gets no drum day this year. Her turn for the drums --on drum day-- is dismissed.]

[The scene cuts to daytime. When morning comes, Mrs. Mouseling turns on the light in the attic and wakes up Angelina, Vicki, and Gracie. She says a big, long "RISE AND SHINE!" in a singy-songy tone. Her "Rise and shine!" command in a singy-songy tone to the girls echoes through the attic window.]

[The girls are too tired since they were up all night.]

Angelina

Look, I think we broke lamp.

Angelina

I did break my promise. And I am really, truly, sorry.

[The scene then cuts to Angelina's school. Angelina, Gracie, and Vicki get back to school and end up extremely tired since the night before]

Angelina

[narrating] I am not just sorry...! BUT ALSO SO SLEEPY! Things are not looking very good.

Ms. Mimi

[about the girls being late for class] You girls are late.

Ms. Mimi

I hope you have learned your double pirouettes, Angelina.

[To practice for the performance, which is the next day, Ms. Mimi plays the song on the radio.]

Ms. Mimi

The only dance you can do on this state, it is "Sleeping Beauty". So, I am going to have to ask you three to go home and go straight to bed.

[Then she talks to the girls about a make-up rehearsal. That is, after she tells them that "Sleeping Beauty" is the only dance that they can do in this stage. From her --Ms. Mimi's-- previous quote, she says, "The only dance that you can do in this stage is Sleeping Beauty". Then she --Ms. Mimi-- next says...!]

Ms. Mimi

Then we have a make-up rehearsal later this afternoon.

[Gracie mentions that she and Angelina and Viki have the fair. That is, the Silly Hat Carnival. And she knows that she and the others may have to miss it since they are going to do an afternoon rehearsal for a make-up rehearsal.]

Gracie

But that is when the carnival starts...!

Ms. Mimi

Mm-hmm.

Angelina

Oh no.

[After Angelina and Gracie have mentioned the fair since they had made their silly hats the night before, Ms. Mimi starts with the options.]

Ms. Mimi

[to Angelina, Gracie and Vicki] Well, if you like, you can do the carnival and miss the rehearsal.

Gracie

[smiles] We can?

Ms. Mimi

Yes.

[But Ms. Mimi has another option if the girls go to the fair.]

Ms. Mimi

But if you miss the rehearsal, then you miss out the performance.

[Soon, the girls --Angelina, Gracie, and Viki-- have the choice between the performance or the carnival. If they go to the rehearsal and practice, they get to be in the performance. But if they go to the fair and miss the rehearsal, they are going to have to miss the performance.]

Angelina

Oh no.

Ms. Mimi

If you have not rehearsed, that would be not fair to the dance, the audience, nor to yourselves. Think about it girls. It's your decision.

Angelina

[she is paired up with not Alice; but Marco] But I want to pair with Alice! Alice and I already talked about it!

Ms. Mimi

Sorry, Angelina. But you and Alice always pair up together. And this time I want you to be with someone else (like Marco). That way you can explore different approaches and styles.

[According to Ms. Mimi, Angelina and Alice always pair together. But Ms. Mimi says Angelina should be with someone else so she "explores different approaches and styles". As a result, Angelina is paired with one of the boys. And it is Marco]

[After wasting one too many sheets of paper for the poster]

Ms. Mimi

[hands Angelina a new sheet of paper for the poster after Angelina has asked for a new one to "start again", but sadly tells Angelina that it is the last one] This is the last one I am afraid, Angelina.

[Angelina takes the sheet of paper. The scene cuts to the dance studio.]

Angelina

[to Marco about the last piece of paper] Well, I don't know what to do!

[At the dance class on Saturday.]

Ms. Mimi

Repeat after me just the way I am speaking.

[Ms. Mimi states a quiet sentence.]

Ms. Mimi

[whispers] Today, we are going to learn the word "dynamics".

[Ms. Mimi states a loud sentence.]

Ms. Mimi

[says the sentence again but in a loud voice] TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE WORD "DYNAMICS"!

Ms. Mimi

Good.

[After they repeat the same phrase --but in a loud voice-- Ms. Mimi asks them what they think the difference was between the two sentences.]

Ms. Mimi

[then to Angelina, Vicki, Gracie and Marco] What is different about those two sentences?

[Angelina raises her hand]

Ms. Mimi

Yes, Angelina?

[Even those two sentences are the same --the same phrase-- Angelina raises her hand. Then --despite the fact the sentence was the same-- she explains what the difference was between the two sentences.]

Angelina

The first one is soft. The second one is loud.

Ms. Mimi

Exactly. We changed the dynamics. First the loudness, then the softness.

[So the similarity between those two sentences was that they are the same phrase --"Today we are going to learn the word 'dynamics'". But the difference was, the sentence --said the first time-- was quiet, but the one --said the second time-- was loud. That is how the second sentence is different from the first.]