Growing Pains

Mike: We're still going to study together tonight at your place, right? Julie: You bet. Mike: Right. Julie: The key word is "study". Mike: Well, gee, the key word for me was "together."

Mike: You know, this C- really makes me miss the days when I just never studied and got crummy grades. Jason: Yeah, that was some great times. Mike: You know, back then, I would have paid big bucks for a C-. A couple times, I did. Jason: Pardon me? Mike: Just an expression, Dad.

Jason: Hey, Mike, I'm just pleased that you're now trying for good grades. I mean, that alone is quite an accomplishment for somebody with your pitiful academic record. I mean that as a compliment.

Jason: In college, the competition is tougher. You have to be more precise, say what you mean. That unclarity that was somehow okay before, now is, uh, it's clearly, it's unclear. Mike: I have no idea what you just said.

Jason: Hey, for the rest of your life, you're going to find people who are tough on you when you don't really deserve it. I mean, first of all, it's a teacher, then it's gonna be a co-worker, then it's a boss, finally it's a wife. Maggie: (listening from behind) What about a wife? Jason: I... was just, uh, telling Mike that life without a wife would be impossible.

Maggie: You wrote Mike's psychology answers and you got a D? Mike: You mean you don't know this stuff and you're charging people?

Dr. Rosenfeld: I suggest that you're looking at your son's work through a father's eyes, and not through the eyes of a competent professional. Which, of course, I'm sure you are in your own, little world.

Mike: How would you like to stand on the wind-blown deck of the Staten Island ferry and watch the sun go down and the lights of Manhattan come up? Julie: Mmmm. Would you be with me? Mike: Well, of course I'd be with you. Julie: Then I don't wanna go.

Mike: Remember when I asked you to constantly remind me to study? Julie: Yeah? Mike: Well, I no longer want you to do that anymore. Julie: Why? Mike: Because you constantly remind me to study!

Mike: Oh, so now I gotta go work off an F? Jason: Oh, like you've never had an F before?