Which means he does just enough to get by without standing out.

Now, what makes Jamal's case unusual are his test results.

Oh, my God.

I see him reading all these books all the time.

Books I never read. Some I never even heard of.

And he's always writing in his notebooks.

Ever since his father left.

But that's what I see.

All he ever talks about is basketball.

Basketball is where he gets his acceptance.

Kids don't care about what he puts down on paper.

Let's go! Between the yellow lines! Let's go!

Yo, T.

What up, Fly?

- How you? - Maintaining.

Look, look. You looking for tickets, little bro?

Dead tonight.

Sorry about that.

Come on, man. We know you got tickets.

I got four words for you: Bos-ton Red Sox. All right?