The Class Page #6

She doesnt understand the notes

I realize that

You know the situation now

I'm telling you officially:

there's a problem

- Talk to him.

- I'll talk to him about it

Just having an idea.

Maybe conversation with his father

could help.

I'll talk to my father

and see what we can do

We're not settling scores.

We want to improve things

- Your mom?

- You bet.

- Ugly old crow!

- She hates photos

Me and my bro pissed her off

Sir! Souleymane has a photos

...for his self-portrait

Cut it out, my photos are crap.

- Thats a good idea.

- Get your down

Painters do self-portraits

- I'm no painter

- Yes, I know that.

Let's go

Caps, please

I spend all my free time

playing the guitar.

If youre typing, hurry and finish

to let the others...

...type up their self-portraits

Souleymane,

Dont blow the place up!

- You know what youre doing?

- Yeah

As a computer genius

youll put it all back after.

Dont worry.

Im counting on you.

- Ok, Carl?

- Yes, sir

- I cant see it?

- No, not yet.

Sir?

How do you spell Lafayette?

- How do you mean?

- Like Galeries Lafayette.

Why mention that?

I go there often

so I want to add it

Wow! Thats four metro stops

A huge leap from your neighborhood

We're not Hicks

We're city kids

Really? You go into

the center of Paris?

I go everywhere. The 1st, the 5th,

the 20th, the 12th, the 19th

Why do you go to the 5th?

In the 5th, I go to see pals

...in high school

Near Luxembourg.

The Luxembourg gardens?

Not the gardens, Luxembourg.

The country?

No, the Luxembourg metro station!

So you do get out and about

I see you two have made up

- It's our business

- And not yours

So, how do you spell Lafayette?

Lafayette is L-A-F-A-Y-E-T-T-E.

With a capital

Much better now!

Much better

Yes, that is a good photo

- You could add a legend.

- A legend?

Like a story or tale.

A caption under the photo

like in papers.

You mean, like in Le Parisien?

Yes, like in Le Parisien

What could you put? Who is she?

- My old woman.

- Meaning?

- My mother

- You could say she's your mother.

Then you could explain

...why she's making this gesture

to the photographer

They'd pissed her off

I'm not gonna write that!

- So why is she doing that?

- She hates photos

So write that

"My mother hate having

..."her photo taken".

That's a legend.

- Understand?

- Yeah

Do that with all the photos

and you're set

- Printed everything?

- Yeah, Im good

Excellent

What are you doing now, sir?

As you can see,

Im putting the photos up

...to get a global view

The others read out,

their self-portraits

...so youre going to put yours...

...on show.

You know my photos suck

Not at all, theyre very good

Sure

When a student does good work,

...I let the whole class see it

Youre just winding me up

No, I wind you up if I feel

...you can do better. This is good.

That's bullshit

If you've finished,

come and take a look

...at Souleymane's masterpiece

Slowly

I'll straighten them

Look at the tattoo!

You're hideous!

I like playing soccer

I like playing computer games

I like playing with pretty girls

I like vacations in the Carribean

I like fries, zouk and dancehall music

I like watching MTV Base

and I like my parents and my brother.

I like my pals and staying up all night

I like the series on the slave trade

I like my hood

I like the series Homeland Security

I like eating in restaurants

and going wild.

I hate people crying for no reason

I hate techno and tectonic

I hate guys and girls who show off

I hate visiting my brother in jail

I hate talent contest shows on TV

I hate politicians,

the war in Iraq,

Goths and skaters

I hate teachers who are too strict

I hate mathematics, racists

and I hate Materazzi

I hates the Paul Eluard school

and I like being here

I have something to say

Could you listen to me, please?

I have something to say

The mother of Wey

...a student in 4/3

has been arrested

She was in France illegally.

She has been picked up

and may be tried next week

She may be deported to China.

I thought you should know

as its important

She's been here 3 years now!

I know but that's how it goes,

wrong place, wrong time

Not the father?

He doesnt have papers either

but they dont bother him

To start with

as lawyers cost a lot

we could do a collection

and maybe even go to court

to try have some influence

on the verdict

Will Wey have to leave?

Not for now but you never know.

Well,

I feel kind of pathetic after that

I had something to tell you,

...but this isnt a good time

Youve said too much now

I'm pregnant

That calls for a celebration!

How far gone?

Two months. I'll only have a drop

Just a drop

Bravo, Vincent!

I didnt do it on purpose!

Who shook it?

Any names yet? If its a boy, say?

...You already know?

If its a boy, I like Enguerran.

Seriously?

What a handicap!

That won't be easy

I hope not. Thanks a lot!

You all have a glass?

Hold on a second

I have two wishes

I have two wishes

My first wish

is that Wey's mom stays in France

And my second wish

...is that my child will be

as intelligent as Wey

"Jackie Chan"!

C'mon, play

I didnt do nothing

He just fell!

Play, Souleymane

- What do you say, Mali man?

- Whats up, you Caribbean sh*t?

Malian bastard!

Motherf***er

Cmon lets play!

- Caribbean fag!

- Ill waste the f***er

Shut up

Blow Thierry Henri, f*ggot

Stand there. Talk loud enough

for them to hear

and try to convince them.

Go ahead

The African Cup of Nations

will be starting soon

I'm glad Morocco's playing

It's the best team in the world

in my opinion.

The sick thing is

that my pals,

the Malians aren't playing.

It's tough for them.

They weren't good enough to qualify.

Morocco would have let them play

on a friendly basis...

but 4-0 is really hurts

- 4-0 how?

- Last time

...Mali played Morocco,

they wasted 4-0

But the weird thing is

...when Mali doesn't play

...it's like all the Africans here,

...aren't African

With each cup, they all go crazy

but when Mali doesnt play,

they keep a low profile.

Weird.

So, whether Mali plays in the

African Cup of Nations or not,

...the Africans in this class

feel more or less African. Ok.

Thank you, Nassim.

I get the feeling

your words are directed

...at your neighbor, Souleymane

Morocco jerk's

...not even on my radar,

Arthur is next

I see you have your notes

just like a politician

- Exactly

- That's good

Speak up Arthur.

Esmeralda, let him speak first

I want to defend my look

...A lot of people say it sucks

I dont dish your clothes,

so you dont dish mine.

Clothes are freedom of speech

I dress how I want

you dress how you want, ok

I dress like this to be different

...and not follow the others

like sheep.

You're the sheep here!

I feel better being myself

and not being like others

I also think

if there were 22 goths here,

...and one guy like you

you'd keep quiet then

There's a contradiction

in what you say

You want to be you.

Are those clothes you?

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