The Class Page #7

Those clothes are worn

by a huge number of people

Most people who wear them

are gloomy inside

...so we're all kind of alike

- You're all alike, you're all gloomy,

so thats not you.

By being different

You're different and the same.

Thank you for taking a stand

...and being brave enough to do so

Boubacar, go on

Boubacar, my pal

Listen to him

Ive come up to reply to Nassim

He says that since Mali

isnt in the Africa Cup of Nations

black Africans have no team to support

But he's forgetting Ivory Coast!

With an ace player Didier Drogba

He beats any Moroccan

He plays for Chelsea

What Moroccan plays in England?

They're not up to it

I'm through.

Thanks, Boubacar

I think that rectification

was indeed...

...indispensable

Who wants to speak now?

Carl, go on

Actually, I'd like to say

they're starting to piss us off...

...with the Africa Cup

At recess you're there

pissing us off with your cup

It hasn't even started yet...

Carl, I'll be polite with you

Sorry to interrupt, but tell me,

what's your national team?

France

Why do you say you're Caribbean...

...rather than French?

We're French. It's a French region

Why don't you ever say

you're French?

- It's the same

- I don't think so

Look at the players.

Thierry Henri, Wiltord

...Abidal, Thuram...

Where does Diarra play?

He won't play in Mali, bro,

he's not crazy enough.

Shut your mouth, pal,

I'm not your bro!

An ape like this jerk

No need to loose your cool.

We can talk calmly!

That isnt a slanging match.

Its a debate.

Souleymane,

watch your language

He's fuming!

Clam up. Go get f***ed!

No vulgarity

- I aint talking to you, man

- Im talking to you

Is that any way

to talk to a teacher?

That's enough now

You're coming with me

- I'm talking to you

- Don't start yelling at me, ok

I'll get you, f*ggot

You just cant talk normally?

Shut up, ape

Nobody else moves

Hurry it up

- Move it

- Hands off!

Arent you sick

of assing around?

Sorry to bother you

I have a troublemaker who's

been disrespectful in class.

I didnt ask you to sit down,

Souleymane.

My class is waiting

Sit down now.

I'm listening

Will you tell me what happened?

A teacher should have to leave

his class to bring you here?

"Results

..."too uneven

"Too much talking in class

Now let's move on to Louise,

present here today

A total disaster.

What can we do with you?

No, good work

Always good, I'd say

It's a joy having a student

like her. We need to say it.

Shall we offer this young lady

a commendation?

I'm sorry, but I don't

...totally agree with you.

She's relatively well-placed

in the class

from a numerical angle

But a commendation?

There's room for progress,

huge room for progress

and I dont think

her general attitude

...really merits a commendation

That's the problem

with commendations

...Are they purely numerical

and mathematical

or are they also to do

...with her attitude and behavior

as top of the class?

That means, to get commendation,

...you have to be an excellent student

...and, at the same time,

be a class leader?

So a commendation this term

Louise is intelligent

...and will realize she can do better

to satisfy you

Now, Cherif

...Our friend Cherif

I have a problem with Cherif

...He's a kid with abilities

he could do well

could easily give him 17/20

...but he spends so much time talking

...and disturbing the class,

...his average grade is poor

And that's a pity

His behavior's irregular.

He can be a disaster

and you cant do a thing with him

or he can be really good

- What does Cherif get?

A warning about his work

or his behavior?

For me, behavior,

...not work

- In my class, it's more his work

- Thats a problem.

It's more like a work problem

looking at his grades.

Mathematics:
6

French:
8

History and geography: 9

English:
9,5

Excuse me!

Science 12. Music 11

His grades are pretty low but

...it seems to be a behavior problem

Why don't we put that for now

and say he can work harder?

So I'll put Cherif

..." can succeed as long as

..." his attitude changes

..." in relation to his work. "

Let's move on to Souleymane

Someone else can start.

What do we say?

Nothing good.

- What else?

- We already discussed him

in the first term. We said it all

He has huge weakness,

notably in written French

I dont think theres anything

particularly new

this term

Feeling better, Esmeralda?

I didnt know being class rep

was such fun

We were talking about Souleymane

In relation

to what Francois just said,

he forgot his things

most of the time this term

...and didnt do much

Its not just that,

Its way beyond that

Sir!

Hes more and more unruly

He prevents the others from working.

Can I say something?

If you put the biscuit away.

Remember, you arent allowed

to eat in classroom

Well, his overall grade

has gone from 6,75 to 7,25.

We're not discussing his grades

...but his behavior for now

I have the impression

...we need to consider

disciplinary action

His attitude's wrong

It's simple. Every other class

I throw him out

I dont even throw

him out anymore,

...Hes only too happy when I do.

I dont think disciplinary action

will help...

...because things will get

...really bad then

Theyre already really bad

Its gone too far.

Its like hes mad at the others

for being normal

I'll remind you Mr. Marin

...you brought him to me yesterday.

Yes, but it was this year's

first incident.

He was disrespectful, I set a limit

I did what I did but I dont think

it will go any further than that

I dont have any real complaints,

...apart from yesterday

Our job isn't to make sure

students sit quietly at the back

and dont cause any trouble.

We have to bring them out!

I wont do that

with threats or punishment,

...I'd rather stress his good work.

Some things interest him.

He can come out

with some pretty good stuff

Simply because he does

...something positive now and then,

...we let him sink

and wallow in his hole...

...and we do nothing. You

just want to buy social harmony.

That said,

what do we say? What do we do?

A warning?

I dont think a warnings

what he needs.

Maybe we should say

he has reached his limit,

...because hes

limited scholastically.

Thats all well and good

but Im dim and have a line to fill.

What do we put?

Its not right

...saying that

Three rhymes per verse.

What do you call that?

- Verses of three lines... Wey?

- A tercet

Very good

And four rhymes would be?

A quatrain

From quatre, four

Tercet, three rhymes.

Quatrain, four

How many syllabes per line?

Can you tell me that?

Khoumba.

I know here are 10

You know that?

- Want me to show you?

- Yes.

"Noir-dans-la-nei-ge...

..."et-dans-la-bru-me. "

Thats 10

You say that and...

...You have two

...extra syllables

by counting the mute Es.

Dont count them, theyre mute

That makes 8

...We can underline each syllable

I'll come back to that one

Two octosyllables

and one four-syllable line

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