Someone Saw Me - Prodigal Son Monologue
Because I'm young?
All my life I've been young so I never get a turn.
Somebody, a grown person, decided I was good enough before I was good.
And you want to throw me out of that?
Why do I have to listen to you when you have zero to say?
Because I'm young?
school has been a miracle for me but not because of you.
Because somebody, Mr. Hoffman, finally saw me.
I read Plato. I read him in a park bench in the Bronx.
But let me tell you something.
Plato wasn't afraid.
Diogenes wasn't afraid.
Why are you the head master and in the student?
Do you understand?
You're lost.
Everybody talks to me like in the one, like I should change.
I never even got the chance to figure out who I am and you want me to change, that's crazy!
I mean, you tell me I'm bad, before I even get to be anything.
Why should I change?
I never even got the chance to figure out who I am and you want me to change, that's crazy!
What the hell is that? Original Sin on something?
I read Plato. I read him in a park bench in the Bronx.
I'm not gonna cry.
I'm gonna find my place in this world, you count on that.
That's you asking for the "A" before we even start but when I ask for the same thing, then I'm nuts, right?
I'm not gonna cry.
Well, you know what I say?
I've never met your God and I don't want to.
Because somebody, Mr. Hoffman, finally saw me.
More than that.
But let me tell you something.
Plato wasn't afraid.
Do you understand?
So I have to earn your respect but you don't have to earn mine?
Diogenes wasn't afraid.
Socrates wasn't afraid.
More than that.
Somebody, a grown person, decided I was good enough before I was good.
What is that?
That's you asking for the "A" before we even start but when I ask for the same thing, then I'm nuts, right?
They were men.
Why are you the head master and in the student?
Why am I always in the wrong?
Why do I have to listen to you when you have zero to say?
*First line*
Why is it your school?
Socrates wasn't afraid.
They were men.
Everybody talks to me like in the one, like I should change.
Why should I change?
I'm gonna find my place in this world, you count on that.
This school has been a miracle for me but not because of you.
All my life I've been young so I never get a turn.
This school is lost if you ask me.
And you want to throw me out of that?
Well, you know what I say?
So I have to earn your respect but you don't have to earn mine?
What is that?
I mean, you tell me I'm bad, before I even get to be anything.
What the hell is that? Original Sin on something?
Why is it your school?
Why am I always in the wrong?
This school is lost if you ask me.
You're lost.
