Human Dignity + Compassion = PEACE.
That’s Mr. Simon’s (Ed Harris) award-winning four-word solution to world peace. Unfortunately, children are cruel, and it’s difficult to maintain peace in his 1965 junior high classroom. “That’s What I Am” is narrated by an adult Andy Nichol, who, as an awkward 13 year-old is popular enough that he gets bypassed by the bullies, but he wouldn’t want to jeopardize that by socializing with the outcasts.