On the Way to School Page #2

Come with me. Look, you have to

sharpen it over the bin, okay?

Go on then.

Can't you do?

Give it to me. I'll do it.

- I need to pee.

- I didn't hear. Shout.

- Say it again.

- I need to pee.

- You should say "Can I go to the toilet"?

- Can I go too-let?

- Toilet. - Too-let?

- Okay, you can go.

Devran, come here.

Here. Hold this.

There.

What's this? Others, be quiet.

What's this?

- What's this? - A horse.

- What's this? - A cow.

- Quiet! What's this?

- A cow.

No, it's not a cow.

What's this?

A bear.

- A bear.

- A bear!

Okay, off you go.

Zlkf, take off your bag.

Take it off.

Okay.

Come here.

What's this?

Be quiet!

- A butterfly.

- What's this?

- What's this?

- A butterfly.

In Turkish?

- What is this?

- Can I go to the toilet?

What? No, you can't.

What's this? A bee.

- A bee. - A bee.

- A bee. - Off you go.

What is this?

- Vehip, what's this? - What?

- What is this?

- An ear.

- It's not an ear.

- This is your ear.

- What is this? This is your ear, isn't it?

This is your ear.

What is this?

Zlkf, what's this?

What's this?

Cover your mouth!

What is this?

- You don't know either.

A nose. - A nose.

- A nose.

- A nose.

A nose.

What is this?

You tell me.

- A partridge.

- What's this?

- A partridge. -

In Turkish. - A dog.

What's this?

What was this?

- A duck.

- It's not a duck. This is different.

- Rojda, what's this?

- A duck!

Be quiet!

Zlkf, what's this?

- A watermelon.

- It's not a watermelon.

- A bird.

- Right! Who said bird?

- Well done! It's a bird. - A bird.

- A bird. - A bird.

Okay, your turn.

Come here.

- A bell.

- Quiet, everyone!

- What's that? - A bell.

- Tell it to the class!

- Say 'bell'. Shout!

- Zlkf, say it to us.

- Zlkf, say 'this is a bell' to us.

- No Kurdish!

- Tell us! - No Kurdish!

- Bell. - Bell.

- Bell. - Bell.

- Bell. - Bell.

Okay, sit down.

Do you have the knife, teacher?

'Ker' means 'knife'.

So it means 'knife', right?

When you say 'kelepe'

it means the same: Handcuffs.

- What do you call this?

- 'Tornavida'. Screwdriver.

'Tornavida'. So that's

the same word too.

See that string there?

Let's wind that around here.

- Is it long enough?

- No.

How are you doing?

Here, it's coming.

Thank God for that!

Let's go backwards!

I'll kill you when I stand up!

- A horse.

- A horse.

- A chicken.

- A chicken.

- He gave me a pencil.

- Who did?

- He gave me a pencil and notebook.

- Who gave you the pencil?

- We drew pictures.

- You drew a picture?

- No, we didn't.

- Yes, we did. We did.

- Can you go to the toilet by yourself?

- No, I can't.

He goes to the toilet

with the teacher.

I'll ask the teacher

to teach me.

- Is your teacher respectful?

- Yes.

- Is he a good teacher?

- Yes. - Is he? - Yes.

- Does he teach you properly?

- Yes.

- What's this?

- A watermelon.

- A slipper.

- A slipper.

- A baby.

- A flag. - A flag.

- A pepper. - A pepper.

- A pepper. - A pepper.

aga, come and undo this.

aga!

Come here. I'll do it.

Auntie, I've finished.

- You don't want any more? - No.

- Put the leftovers in the basket.

- If I come over there,

you'll be in trouble! - He's gone.

If I come over there,

I'll show you hell!

Don't hit me!

Don't hit me!

You want to be like

neighbor's girl Aysel?

Stop that! Stop!

They can't hear you.

Have you brought the key?

So, this is the situation.

My aim is just to teach them

how to read and write this year.

I mean, forget about

mathmetics...

...social life information...

...and all the other stuff.

I want to teach them at least Turkish

so they can read and write.

If they can gain

that background...

...then next year I can make up

for everything they miss this year.

- It's a penalty!

- It's a penalty!

I'll be the goalkeeper.

Turn around! Don't use

your notebook reverse.

Hold it in your hand.

Look, just like this.

Hold itjust like me.

Hold it like this.

Right, like this.

Look at me. Look.

Don't write.

Hold it like this.

Okay? Wait.

Everyone, look at me. You

will hold the pencil like this, okay?

This is the pencil.

Okay?

Draw lines like this.

Is it okay?

Go on.

Don't rub it out!

Don't! Stop it!

You should start from

the first page.

Take the pencil.

Relax, relax.

Continue. Continue until

the end of the paper.

Okay?

Is it okay?

Go on, do like this.

That's correct.

Don't go backwards.

Keep going this way.

Now, fourth-year students.

You're also fourth-year students.

- Third-year students!

- Third year students, raise your fingers!

- I'm a third-year student, too. - Copy down the

Turkish Oath in your notebook and memorize it!

- Go on. Do it.

- I've finished. - What?

I've finished.

First-year students,

draw those lines.

Start from here.

Move up the page, up!

Come on, up!

Well done.

Now, come here.

Draw this one.

You're almost done, Rojda

but it's not finished, yet.

Move down. Move.

That's good.

Keep going.

That's correct.

Yes, correct.

- Is this correct? - Yes. Don't keep

showing your papers to me. Carry on.

- Is this correct?

- Is this correct?

- I'm Turkish.

- I'm Turkish.

- My principles are...

- My principles are...

- Don't tell her.

- Is this correct?

Yes.

...to protect the youngsters.

Be quiet!

- Is it correct? - Quiet!

- Is it correct? - Quiet!

Why aren't you playing?

You don't understand

a word, isn't it?

Don't you understand anything?

You don't understand, do you?

You don't understand, do you?

Yes, you don't understand.

You don't know Turkish,

is that right?

You don't understand, do you?

You just laugh.

Well, I don't understand you, either.

So what will we do now?

Here, take this.

Give me the other one.

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

- My life... - My life...

...is a gift...is a gift...

...to Turkey.

...to Turkey.

- Happy is the one who says I'm Turk!

- Happy is the one who says I'm Turk!

- Study well in your classes!

- Thanks!

First-year students, enter.

Slowly.

Wait.

Listen, don't start from there.

Start from the beginig, here. Okay?

Start from here.

Now, you write.

Well done. Well done, Zlkf!

Continue writing.

Write.

Look at me!

Which letter is this?

- E!

- What? - E!

- E! - E! - E!

- You, look at your papers.

- E! - E!

- E! - E!

- L! - What's this?

- L! - L! - L!

- L! - L!

- L! - L!

- What is this?

- Hand. - Hand!

- Hand. - Hand!

- Hand. - Hand!

Come here, Pervin.

Devran, come here.

Come on.

Come here. Wait over there.

Hold your hands.

- Hand! - What's that? Hand in hand.

- What's that? Hand in hand.

Is it okay? Okay?

Hand in hand. - Hand in hand.

- Hand in hand. - Hand in hand.

Well done. Sit down.

- Let me see you hand in hand.

Hand in hand now! - Hand in hand.

Join your hands.

Let's see you hand in hand.

Hand in hand now!

Hold your hands! Hold your hands!

Hand in hand.

Hand in hand.

Hold your hands, now!

Hold your hands! Hold you hands!

Hold your hands!

Hand in hand. Hand in hand.

- Hand in hand. - Hand in hand.

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