- She's only six.
- That is not a valid excuse! I hear that every day and I dismiss it.
8 seconds sound clip from the Uncle Buck (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:37 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I've been an educator for 31.3 years, and in that time, I've seen a lot of bad eggs.
- I say eggs because at the elementary level, we are not dealing with fully developed individuals.
- I see a bad egg when I look at your niece.
- She is a twiddler, a dreamer, a silly heart. She is a jabberbox.
- And frankly... I don't think she takes a thing in her life or her career as a student seriously.
- That is not a valid excuse! I hear that every day and I dismiss it.
- I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job.
- Does anyone have a special story to tell the class about something that happened this week?
- My uncle was microwaving my socks, and the dog threw up on the couch for about an hour.
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