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St. Notker's this year - Ms. Oru!

- No! Even I didn't know!

- Dude, Oru has topped the school!

Thank you.

Where is Killam?

I don't know how man...

but, even I passed!

Cigarettes and chillum,

congratulations Killam!

Excuse me, sir?

I've been teaching for 20 years!

I know when students have cheated.

Sure, they could've passed.

But suddenly they've topped?

And that too only in Science

and Maths?

The great Ms. Mathur's subjects?

Magic.

Sir, they've worked hard sir.

Or cheated hard?

Sir, the answers are right,

but there is no working.

If there are workings,

they're not part of the syllabus.

How did they get these answers?

No idea.

This can only happen, if you know the

questions, and the answers are rote.

I know my teaching methods

are different... out of box even.

But that doesn't mean 9F has cheated.

There are many ways to get

to a solution Mr. Wadia!

Why is only your method correct? Or

is that written in the syllabus also?

The question papers

were leaked Ms. Mathur.

Aatish and Killam came to Shyamlal

peon for the leaked question papers.

Is that one of the out-of-the-box

solutions you taught 9F?!

Out!!

Ms. Mathur, your students

are failures! And will remain so!

Sir, 9F is municipality garbage

that's making all of St. Notker's rot!

Please Mr. Wadia!

Mind your language.

You're talking about students

of St. Notker's!

Not anymore Ms. Mathur.

Tomorrow, in the assembly

they will be expelled.

To set an example that...

St. Notker's cannot and

will not be a school for cheaters.

Sir, I believe my students

have not cheated.

I think I've heard enough Ms. Mathur.

You can leave now.

Ma'am...

Ma'am, I agree we got

the question papers.

But I swear ma'am,

we didn't cheat ma'am!

Ma'am, say something ma'am...

why aren't you scolding us?

Because I know none of you

has cheated.

Otherwise all of you would've

topped like Oru.

Anyway, it doesn't matter

what I think.

It matters to us ma'am.

Ma'am, we are your students first,

then St. Notkers'.

Sudha and Vinay told me

what happened in school today.

You must be happy.

I'll lose my teaching job.

You're here with another

banking job?

Naina, you're getting me wrong.

Aren't you tired of this

pretence, Dad?

Who are we fooling?

Each other? Or ourselves?!

What do you think, Dad?

You can walk out of our lives

whenever you want...

...and waltz back in, when you feel?

You left us, Dad. Remember.

You left us. Now just stay out!

You know for any parent...

...for a father...

what's most important?

Being able to solve any problem,

your family...

...your child faces.

I could never solve your Tourette's.

I wanted to fix it.

It didn't need fixing dad.

It's who I am.

It will always be who I am!

Look...

whatever happens in school tomorrow,

you don't have to prove anything

to anyone.

I saw those kids...

...what you did for them,

I could never do that for you.

You stood by them.

I'm proud of you!

Sir.

What are you thinking?

Too bad.

We couldn't participate in the

National Science Fair this year.

But we have a bigger victory, sir!

We threw 9F out of the school

after all.

We?

Ya, I mean, that's what you wanted,

right sir?

So I did it!

I sent Shyamlal to Aatish and Killam,

with the wrong papers.

So all of 9F learns the wrong

answers... and fails.

They didn't fail, but who cares!

At least they're out of St. Notker's.

And look, sir! In the end,

the Prefect Badge stays in 9A.

I promise sir, we got 9F this year,

next year we'll get the

National Science Fair also.

I'll see you in class.

As you are all aware,

what 9F has done...

...is completely unacceptable.

We have come to a decision.

9F can no longer be a part

of St. Notker's.

I request Mr. Wadia to continue

with the proceedings.

When I was young,

I used to think being a teacher

is the most difficult thing.

After teaching for 20 years,

I've learnt...

...there is something

even more difficult...

...being a student.

A student can lose marks

for learning something wrong,

but a teacher never loses marks

for teaching something wrong.

Teaching is easy...

Learning is hard.

We all want to teach

others something.

I too set out to teach

9F something...

...that they aren't good enough

for St. Notker's.

And you know how easy

it was to do that?

So easy that I...

...leaked the wrong question

papers to Shyamlal.

So that all of 9F will learn

the wrong questions...

...and fail in the exam.

Not because they were failures,

but because I wanted

them to be failures.

Ms. Mathur, 9F may we please

have you on stage?

Come.

There are some teachers who

simplify learning for their students,

no matter how difficult

it is to teach.

Ms. Mathur. Do the honours please.

Sir.

Ms. Mathur, you were right.

There are no bad students -

just bad teachers.

Sir... sir!

Sir, I don't think you leaked

the question papers.

Ms. Mathur, even I don't think

you planned that...

...window burst in class!

I don't think all the scores

are settled sir.

We still need to complete the

National Science Fair hat-trick.

Sir, it's not as posh as your project,

but I swear some of the parts

we've used...

...are straight out of

real automobiles!

Equations in the syllabus

stayed the same,

but the equations between

the kids did change.

There were even,

some new equations.

Like me, everyone made friends

with their Tourette's.

I wonder what Tourette's really is?

Just some tics?

Or is it how we think about life?

Of course, it's about 'how we think'!

Because the difference between

"why" and "Why not",

is just that... a hiccup.

Today, I'm retiring from

St. Notker's.

And just like that twenty years passed

trying to grasp these equations.

25 years,

just trying to make sure

no hiccup goes unheard.

Every dream you dream

will come true.

Have heart, dear heart...

just a little longer.

Who you are, will shine through.

Have heart, my dear heart...

a little bit longer.

The feet that walk a million mile,

sleep sound with a smile.

The feet that walk a million mile,

sleep sound with a smile.

Live a life so full of wonder,

a story everyone will remember.

Darkness whispers to the sky,

a star shines within every firefly.

Don't cry those precious tears.

Don't blame your worst fears.

Live a life so full of wonder,

a story everyone will remember.

Hear what every mistake

screams to you,

lessons only blunders can teach you.

Don't let anger get to your mind,

rage will cause the heart

to go blind.

Don't cry those precious tears.

Don't blame your worst fears.

Live a life so full of wonder,

a story everyone will remember.

You will chart a path to the stars,

It just might take...

more than a day.

You will turn cold hearts

into open arms,

but it just might take...

more than a day.

u z i e k

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