On the Way to School Page #4

Do your homework! Okay?

Goodbye. Goodbye, Canan.

Goodbye. All right.

- Off you go, Sabri.

- Goodbye, teacher. - Goodbye.

All right.

Sh*t!

For God's sake, what a timing!

The damn power's always going off!

Vehip! Here are

some pencils for you.

- Are they're all for me?

- Yes.

These are yours.

These are Suna's.

...some chocolate.

...some chocolate.

...bought...bought...

...etin...etin...

...bought some chocolate.

...bought some chocolate.

- Do you know what chocolate is?

- Yes. - What does it mean?

Where can you buy chocolate?

Vehip, where you can buy it?

You don't know, isn't it?

What language is this?

What have you written here?

What have you written here?

What does that mean?

Is this Turkish?

What language is it?

Is it Kurdish?

What did I told you?

Didn't I say told you not to

make your homeworks in Kurdish?

What did I told you?

Are you doing this just to be stubborn?

Go up to the blackboard. Go on!

Stand on one foot

when you get there.

We're having a Turkish lesson

and he writes Kurdish in the book!

Okay.

- That can't go there.

- There! There!

This is mine.

That's yours.

I've destroyed you now!

Let's hear the four directions, then.

West, east, south...

...north. - Good. Now point

us the east. Where's east?

Which way is east?

Where the sun rises.

Which way is that?

- This way.

- West?

- West is here.

- North?

- Here. - The north is

in your front of you, okay?

- Flew away.

- Flew away.

- Flew away. - The black...

- The black...eagle...

...eagle...

...flew away...flew away.

- The black... - The black...

...eager...flew away...eager...

...eagle...

...flew away...flew away.

- Pars-ley.

- Pars-ley.

- Pars-ley.

- Pars-ley.

- Parsney.

- Parsley.

- Parsley. - Parsnip.

- Not, parsnip. Parsley!

- Parsley. - Yes, parsley.

- Parsley.

Do you know what parsley is?

- Do you know what parsley is? - Yes.

- Yes? What's parsley like, then?

Have you ever seen a parsley?

Okay, it's green. Green.

And it smells very good.

Did you understand?

Have you ever seen parsley?

Okay, I understand.

You haven't see before.

Go on. Say it:

'Can I go to the toilet? '

Can I go...

Tell me:
'Can l...

Can I, can l...

- Can I, can l...

- Can I, can l...

- Can I go to the toilet?

- Okay, go on.

- Can I go...

- Can I go...

...to the toilet?

...to the toilet?

- Of course you can, go.

Fa-mi-ly.

Fantasy.

- Fa-mi-ly.

- Fa-mi-ly.

- Fa-mi-ly. - Fa-mi-ly.

- Fa-mi-ly.

- Do you have a family? - No.

- What do you mean 'no'?

- Don't you have a

mother and father? - Yes.

Mother, father, brother, sister, you.

All of you make a family.

All together

you're called a family.

Did you understand?

Fa-mi-ly. - Fa-mi-ly.

Zilkif, come here.

Come over here.

Hold the pencil.

Hold the pencil.

Hold the pencil.

Sit like this.

- Do you write with your left hand?

- Yes.

Why don't you use your

right hand? You can't use?

- I can't write, Dad.

- Okay, you can't. Hold the pencil.

Look. Write like this.

Good.

- Good, good.

- Good.

Parsley.

Okay?

P- a-r-s-l-e-y.

Parsley.

How are you, mum?

There's been a power cut for three

days. My battery's running low.

So don't worry

if we get cut off.

I mean, my battery's

about to run out.

I thought I'd give you a call

before the battery went.

On Friday.

Well yes, it's snowing.

Yes, yes I've.

I just called

so you wouldn't worry.

Don't throw the soil away!

Sedat, just throw away

those stones.

- Look, these come in polythene bags.

You take off the bag like this. - Yes.

- You see this soil here?

- Yes.

You dig a hole this big.

Then you fill in the hole.

Start, carefully fill in the hole.

Come on.

Press down, Zlkf.

Press down!

Teacher, Mehmet's speaking Kurkish.

Don't speak in Kurdish.

No Kurdish.

Let's not quarell.

I said let's not quarell.

- Yes, did you understand?

- Yes.

Let's have a round of applause

for planting our first tree.

No one put their rock here.

- Quick! Bring it here! Quick!

- Quick! Be quick!

- You can't even stand up!

- You can't even stand up!

Hasan, come here!

Come here.

- Why haven't you been at school?

- I've been going to the fields.

- What about Rojda?

- She's been with my little sister.

Isn't there anyone

else to look after her?

- No. - But your sister's learning to read

and write. Why isn't she at school?

- Don't you have a father? Don't you have

an older brother? - Brother? No.

Your dad's not here either.

Where is he?

My father went to work, teacher.

- Where did he go?

- I don't know, teacher.

This won't work!

- Rojda must come to school,

do you understand? - Yes.

- You must come to school.

Is it okay? - Yes, it's okay.

- I'm Turkish.

- I'm Turkish.

- I'm honest. - I'm honest.

- I'm hard-working. - I'm hard-working.

- My principles are... - My principles are...

...to protect my youngers... to protect my youngers...

...to respect my elders.

...to respect my elders.

- To rise... -. To rise...

...my country...my country...

...and my nation!

...and my nation!

- To go forward.

- To go forward.

- You, great Atatrk! - You, great Atatrk!

- I vow... - I vow...

...to always walk... to always walk...

...in the path you blazed... in the path you blazed...

...towards the goal you showed.

...towards the goal you showed.

- My existence is a gift... - My existence is a gift...

...to Turkish existence... to Turkish existence.

- Happy is the one who says I'm a Turk.

- Happy is the one who says I'm a Turk.

Today is April, 23rd.

What does April 23rd mean?

Why we are celebrating today?

- Fidan?

- Because Atatrk founded 23 April...

What happened?

What was founded on April 23rd?

- Turkish National... - Turkey Assembly.

- The Turkish National Assembly.

Who governed our country before that?

- The Sultans. - How was it governed?

Yes, the Sultans.

Turkey was rescued from the sultans...

...and parliament

opened today. All right.

What's the only country in the world

that has a children's holiday?

- Which country? The only one?

- Ankara! - I'm asking country!

What's the only nation to celebrate

children's holiday on 23 April?

- The Turkish nation.

- The Turks.

- Okay, and where do we live?

- In Demirci. - In Turkey.

Value that.

Hseyin, come here.

All right. I'm right behind you.

Now sing along with me.

Happy April 23rd!

It's a mighty holiday today.

Happy holiday, everyone!

Happy April 23rd!

- Rejoice and be glad!

- Okay, okay! It ends there.

Off you go over there.

Now, we're going to do some races.

Three!

Fidan! Fidan!

Fidan! Fidan!

Yes, all right!

Seher and Redife win.

Just hold on a minute.

Hold on a minute.

Zlkf, come here.

- Let's hear you read then.

- The Adorable Squirrel. - What?

The Adorable Squirrel.

- Read it.

- On-ce up-up-on a t-time...

...th-th-there w-was...

...a- an a-a-do-dor-able...

...an adorable

s- squ-squir-rel...

...who l-lived...

...i- in the f-fo-for-est.

- Read it properly!

- Read it properly!

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