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Meet year 7.

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Awesome!

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It's the most important year of school so far.

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You're not here to have a laugh and a good time, you're here to learn.

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With so many changes,

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new friends...

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Miss, have you got a cloth?

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..and new teachers...

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You are a Greenwood boy.

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..it's an exciting world to discover.

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Wow!

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It can be fun,

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but sometimes it can be tough.

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There are different challenges for everybody.

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We're in year 7 and we're acting like three-year-olds.

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We've rigged another secondary school with loads of cameras...

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Is this what you see when you look through a camera?

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Because this is awesome.

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..so you can find out exactly what happens.

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You're on report by my request.

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I'm Trev. I used to go to school here,

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but now I'm one of the teachers.

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Last question because you're going to run out of time.

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Welcome to Our School.

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I need a wee!

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Starting at secondary school can seem scary -

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unfamiliar classrooms,

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strange-looking teachers and a whole bunch of new kids to mix with.

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Today on Our School we're going to see how

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two of year 7 are settling in to their new surroundings.

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Later, we'll meet Taylor-Jay.

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Helloooo.

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But first say hello to...

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I'm really good at dancing. Do you want to see me dancing?

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He's just transferred to Greenwood from another school

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and comes with a reputation.

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I get told off for being cheeky and chatting a lot.

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He's not exactly a shy boy.

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I was in the shower and I saw a hair and was I like, "Hallelujah!"

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But he's glad his old mate Spencer's on hand to help him settle in.

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-We're Sparchie.

-Sparchie?

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-Spencer and Archie.

-Oh, that's good.

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-RAPPING:

-We are Sparchie...

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..we put some spray on and make sure it's Versace.

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-BOTH:

-Yeah!

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Oh, mate, what a goal! Mate, what a goal.

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He's funny and he's cheeky, like, he can get away with things easy.

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GROANING

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Archie lives a short walk from school.

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I live with my mum, my dad and my little brother.

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Jenson's like me, kind of a cheeky boy.

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This cheerful lad is keen to settle in fast.

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Jack. I keep calling you Jack, it's Jake.

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Archie's antics may be raising a few smiles with fellow pupils...

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How many yellow cards have you got?

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-I've only had one.

-Already.

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2 x 5.

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But he's not proving popular with everyone in the classroom,

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especially in maths with Mr Bruton.

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Archie, your chair is there.

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Why are you over there?

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Look at everyone else. What are they doing?

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Sitting down.

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-Everyone is sitting down.

-Yeah.

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So why are you not sitting down?

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-Sit down.

-Yes, sir.

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I lent on my chair.

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-Sit down.

-OK, OK.

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-The longer you take, the longer you'll stay in.

-I'm sitting down.

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You're not, you're swinging.

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So I can stand up, then?

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Archie's clowning about has alerted

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the attention of head of year 7

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Miss Richardson.

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Now, young man. I'm giving you a very clear warning now.

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You do not come here to Greenwood Academy

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and start getting on my behaviour log, young man.

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Now, I know for a fact Miss Rowan's already

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spoken to you about showing off.

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Now, I'm putting an end to that now.

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You're on report and I tell you now, if you fail that in a week,

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you'll be with me in isolation and I'll have your parents in.

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I don't care.

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You sort out your behaviour now, Archie.

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Do you understand?

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-Yes, Miss Richardson.

-(Yes, Miss Richardson.)

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Right, go to your lessen.

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Not a good start, Archie.

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He is now on report, which means the teachers must give

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a mark for behaviour and effort after every lesson.

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I think he's settling in a bit too much, too fast.

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I had two yellow cards and I'm on report, that's it.

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And everyone else has had ambers and reds and all that.

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-It's not even fair, is it?

-No. That's life.

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Bad luck, Archie.

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You've quickly found your way into Miss Richardson's bad book.

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It's not all about being centre of attention, you know.

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Archie, why are you still not working? You're bobbing your head...

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-I am, sir. Look.

-This is not a dance session. This is a maths lesson.

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It's not dancing, sir, it's an impression...

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First warning.

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But Archie still appears to be causing a disruption,

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and Mr Bruton is less than impressed.

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-Second warning.

-Second warning, what for?

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-You're not working.

-I'm working, sir.

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I've got my work here.

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How is this dancing?

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Unhappy with his performance,

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Miss Richardson wants another one-to-one with Archie.

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You've got two cards already.

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We weren't impressed. Why did you get them cards last week?

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I think it was because I was talking with Spencer and everyone.

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-Do you think you were you showing off a bit?

-No, I was just talking

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and I got cards for talking.

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OK, you know that you are not allowed to in lessons.

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You should be listening to miss or sir.

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It is about speaking at appropriate times.

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You don't have to sit there in silence for the entire hour.

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I don't expect you to sit there in silence for the entire hour, OK?

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But I do expect you to be listening to members of staff,

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especially to make a good impression as you've only just arrived.

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-OK? All right. Thank you very much for that.

-It's all right.

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He's a nice character, he just needs to start getting it right

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within lessons. I think that's where he's trying to show off

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a little bit to get more friends.

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Let's hope Archie's learned his lesson now.

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Time to meet Taylor-Jay...

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-Sir, sir, sir, sir!

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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..Greenwood's very own self-confessed drama queen.

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-SIGHING

-Duh!

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I'm bratty, I'm hyper.

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Duh!

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I'm in the middle of a mean and nice.

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Taylor-Jay is such a bubbly, loud character - it's brilliant.

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She's full of enthusiasm whenever she comes through the door.

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I don't care.

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This is one girl who loves to be centre stage.

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Yes!

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I'm confident. I do what I want to do.

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But Taylor's a drama queen with the dream.

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Drama is important to me because, like,

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I want to get somewhere in life.

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and with my drama it can actually help me.

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Young Stars is a youth group and we

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do singing, acting and dancing and all that.

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She's been in lots of shows. She's just fantastic, she's brilliant,

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she really is. She's the biggest diva of them all.

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THEY SHOUT

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Taylor lives at home with her biggest fans - her brother,

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mum and dad.

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My family mean a lot to me because they have been there ever

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since I was little and have looked after me.

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I'm really proud of your singing and your acting.

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You need to keep that together.

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You do make us proud.

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Taylor's full of energy when it comes to playing centre stage.

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Aggrhhh!

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Please, I'm a special child.

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-Smell it.

-Go ahead with question one,

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write these percentages as fractions in the simplest form.

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But in maths, her wide-awake performance

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could do with a little more practice.

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So we're increasing this... Taylor, put your head up.

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Like you are ready to learn and not ready to take a nap.

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And in history, Mr Saunders has noticed her concentration technique

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needs more thought.

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You're not paying attention.

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You cannot flap around and pay attention. Come on, girls.

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Can you wait for me outside, please?

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This is the third time I have found you laughing and giggling.

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It is not work going on.

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You haven't even taken you work out of your packs yet.

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It's not going to happen.

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So what's the problem over there?

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-Why are you laughing? Hang on.

-Tamar was making me laugh.

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Why? Now it's her fault?

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Your fault, you are laughing, you're not focusing.

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Now you have taken me away from the rest of the class.

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But it's English with Mr Cross which spells frustration for Taylor-Jay.

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First of all, I'd like you to write today's header.

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Sir, I've got an announcement to make.

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I have actually spelt February right for once.

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I am rubbish at spelling.

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I still don't know how to spell Wednesday.

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My favourite word is LOL because I use it a lot.

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My mum and dad tell me to shut up when I say it.

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If you open your books, you will see I have marked them.

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GROANING

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So how's Taylor-Jay's English grade this week?

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I've gone down!

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Why have I gone down?

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-Read my comment.

-I'm not happy.

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Whoops!

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Perhaps a bit of Shakespeare will help cheer you up.

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Any questions?

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Sir, can I go to the toilet?

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Ah, yes, to pee, or not to pee, that is the question.

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If we end up writing our own poem, I'm going to flip.

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I'm rubbish at writing poems. I end up writing a bleeding story.

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Shall I compare thee to summer's day?

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Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

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It's a bit posh. My nan would love it.

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My nan's posh.

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Does Romeo really love Rosaline?

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No! No, cos he likes Juliet.

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Boom!

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It appears Taylor-Jay has Romeo's romances sorted,

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but what about her own?

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The best-looking boy would be Spencer

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because I've been out with him for about four...

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Like three or four times.

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# My head is a jungle Jungle

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# My head... #

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Go away. What's your problem?

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Yeah, look. You're my problem.

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We're not going out.

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She needs to ask me.

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Say it.

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I've just said yeah, didn't I?

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So say it. Just hurry up, man.

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-Just say it.

-God!

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I'll give you a straight answer and it'll be yeah.

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-Spencer, ask her out.

-No, she can ask me out.

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I think I know what's coming.

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I need you to say it in person to me.

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-Would you go back out with me?

-No.

-You see?

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-I do like you.

-No, you don't.

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As a friend I do, but I don't like you in a girlfriend way.

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BELL RINGS Saved by the bell, Spencer.

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But they're not the only ones thinking about romance.

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In year 7, there's lots of boyfriends and girlfriends.

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-Are you going to go out with him?

-Are you?!

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Basically, there is a lot of love going around.

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This is what I have heard, he asked you out and then you asked him out.

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I don't think many relationships last long in year 7.

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I don't want a boyfriend right now.

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-It could be a day.

-It could be a day, it could be an hour, actually.

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They split up and then they got back together and then they split up

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and then they get back together.

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Spencer! Do you like Spencer?

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They only went out for a day.

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Cara's got a boyfriend.

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Ask Courtney! She's the one...

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Did you kiss him?

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Did you kiss him?

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Did you hug him?

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I don't want a boyfriend. I don't like none of them in the school.

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Well, there's plenty more fish in the sea for me.

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-Farewell, my friend.

-Farewell, my friend.

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Yeah, I'm over it now. If he asks me out again I'll just say no.

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So perhaps Taylor can now turn her full attention to class.

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Taylor! Taylor!

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Earlier we met new boy Archie.

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He's a lively lad, full of beans.

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I actually farted! I actually farted! I actually farted!

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I actually farted!

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But his entertaining behaviour has quickly got him on report.

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I don't want to be like one of those kids who's labelled as a bad kid.

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I want to let the teachers know I can turn it around

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and be a good kid.

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Has he learned his lesson now?

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Archie, I don't appreciate you ignoring me. Sit in that seat.

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Yeah, I am, miss.

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We'll start looking at complex ones because I believe...

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Enough now!

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Get on with your designs! Where's your pencil?

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-Now, that should be out.

-OK.

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That'll be no, then.

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I love it even more.

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It seems his fooling about has been detected

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by the Richardson radar.

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We had a discussion in the morning about that.

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So now, young man, you've lost your break and lunchtime today

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and you'll be coming straight down to my room in 016. Stand still.

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Stand up straight. Get off the wall.

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Have a bit of respect for yourself when you're speaking to me, as well.

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Now, I've also been in contact with your mum and left a voicemail

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and we're also going to contact your old school, as well.

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I am not too happy.

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I tell you, no-one gets away with having a conversation with me

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yesterday and then decides to get on the behaviour log again.

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If you don't understand what happens at this school and how to behave,

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it's not a problem. You can spend every break, lunchtime and

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after school with me and we can just do lines.

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-Do you understand? Yes, Miss Richardson.

-Yes, Miss Richardson.

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OK. Come straight down to 016. Do you understand?

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If you don't, it will be an hour after school.

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Archie's keen-to-be-seen approach has got him noticed

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for all the wrong reasons.

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That third Miss Richardson chat should really give him

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something to chew on.

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Go outside, spit out what you're chewing.

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-Thank you.

-I spat out my chewing gum.

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-Out!

-OK.

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Oh, poor Archie.

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You're not allowed to chew chewing gum in class,

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but it's a very, like, addictive thing.

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I concentrate better when I have chewing gum.

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Chewing gum's amazing!

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It's tutor time and Mr Elliott is about to announce why he's

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dressed in a rather peculiar fashion.

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Sir, it looks like you play the piano every Thursday.

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OK, so, 7A/7B. On Monday you guys will be going on a trip to the

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Black Country Museum.

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It is a museum that is in Dudley.

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Dudley.

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Obviously you can tell it's an older place and you'll be...

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-Victorian era...

-Victorian era.

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..hence our attire today to show you what

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kind of dress they wore back in Victorian times.

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So it will be...

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-A sleepover, guys.

-..a sleepover.

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School trips can be a great chance to hang out with your mates

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and even make some new ones.

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But what else is a good about school trips?

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Trips, I think, are good for having

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fun instead of having to be at school.

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You can mess around more, can't you?

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You get to miss lessons.

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-You get out of work.

-You get to mess around and that.

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Not quite what I was thinking of, Taylor.

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And you might want to think twice about messing about on this trip.

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It was very strict in those days, Taylor.

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I know, you got hit with the cane.

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I swear, if they hit me with the cane...

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-They ain't going to do that.

-..I'm going to throw down.

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Being away from home for the night could be a good

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chance for Archie to bond with his new classmates.

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Now I know quite a lot of people in year 7

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so I can, like, talk to everyone.

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Now I look like a Victorian. Woo-hoo!

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# The wheels on the bus Go round and round

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# Round and round Round and round... #

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Taylor-Jay and Tamar

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were singing loud, really loud.

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# The drivers on the bus Go beep, beep, beep

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# All day long... #

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Everyone was like, "Shut up!"

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The journey is an opportunity for Lucy to think about how different

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Victorian times were.

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I was reading and they had to wear corsets

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that had, like, whalebone or something like that in them.

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That was really tight.

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-I love learning about Victorians.

-Can you imagine the back ache?

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For Taylor-Jay, it's time to carefully plan the evening.

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Sweets! Messaging me mother!

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What do you think's a good plan for tonight?

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What time do you think's a reasonable

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time for the children to go to sleep?

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-Do think the kids are going to sleep?

-I hope so!

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All-nighter! All-nighter!

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-All-nighter!

-It's going to be an all-nighter.

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Yeah, we all brought munchies.

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Lucy, did you buy munchies? We all got munchies.

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The Victorian era spanned from 1837 to 1901

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during the reign of Queen Victoria.

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Welcome to the Black Country Living Museum, everybody.

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-ALL:

-Whoo!

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And this living museum is a great way for year 7 to experience

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how different life would have been in those days.

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How will a traditional Victorian lesson with a rather strict

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Mr Williams compare to theirs?

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Quickly!

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What's your name? Rosie, get in line.

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Follow me. This way.

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Best pay attention, class.

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It was split into two groups.

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Boys on this side, girls on that side.

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The other way around.

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No, boys sat there, girls sat there.

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No, because we were facing that way,

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girls sat that side and boys sat that side.

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Well, you know!

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You may sit.

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In Victorian times school was different

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because you only had three subjects to learn.

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The lessons would have been called the three Rs -

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reading, arithmetic, writing.

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You would have come to this school to learn those three things.

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It must have been really horrible

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because the teachers are really strict.

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Some of the questions I shall ask...

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-What is wrong with you, boy?

-Sorry, sir.

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Are you a clown? Are you, boy?

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-Are you a clown?

-No, sir.

-Right.

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First of all, you are going to do the two and three times table.

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So sit up straight.

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1 x 2 = 2.

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2 x 2 = 4.

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I go, 1 x 2 = 2.

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-BOTH:

-2 x 2 is 4.

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Why can't you just go, one twos are two, two twos are four?

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It's easier.

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Are you laughing, girl? Stand up.

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Come out here.

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Archie and Spencer were in front of me and they kept making me laugh.

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They were making me laugh that much the teacher told me to go up.

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Put your left hand out, girl.

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Oh!

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Do you think Taylor-Jay knows he's not really going to hit her?

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Now...

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Let this be a lesson to you all when I say no talking or laughing.

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Maybe she doesn't.

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Put your hand out, girl.

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Sit down, girl.

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He was this close to whacking me on my hand.

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Nah, not really.

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Then Mr Williams grabbed Archie by his ear

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and pulled him out to the front of the class.

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Stand up, boy.

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Actually, Courtney, he only pretended to grab his ear.

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Stand out there. Don't worry about that.

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-LAUGHTER

-Stand there.

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Looks like for Archie a Victorian lesson is no

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different from today.

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I really liked the school. I liked the old-fashioned beams and

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how it looked really good inside.

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They had the little chalk and that.

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I liked the writing because I like really curly writing.

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After a good old-fashioned telling off,

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what better remedy than a trip to the Victorian chemist?

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So you arrive in me shop and you tell me what's wrong with you.

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In the olden days you had to pay to see a doctor

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and not everyone could afford to.

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So the local chemist was the next best thing.

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This was your poor man's doctor.

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Not only were they the poor man's doctor, because people couldn't

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afford to go to the doctor, they were the poor man's dentist.

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And also, they were the poor man's vet.

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See them big glass jars in the window? We should have four.

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They represented the four elements.

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That's earth, wind, fire and water.

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So you would know straightaway if you saw those signs

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in the window, this is the chemist shop.

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Finally, a chance to explore one of the very coal mines which

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helped give the Black Country its name.

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I don't like this!

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We were all excited, but when we got in there, it was all like,

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"Oh, my gosh! I can't see."

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SCREAMING

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I was excited, but the man told us it was haunted,

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so I was really scared.

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It was horrible down there. It was all dirt.

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I personally liked the mine because I like the really earthy smell.

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I thought it was interesting but scary at the same time.

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I was just looking at the people and I was like,

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"Wow, this was like the way they lived down here.

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It was pitch black.

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Seeing how their great-great-grandparents once lived

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is proving to be a real eye-opener.

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It made me think it was horrible

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for the children in Victorian times

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because they never had no technology.

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We're lucky now because we've got all the internet and stuff.

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Well, Courtney, they may not have had the internet,

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but lots of things were invented in Victorian times -

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like the telephone, bicycle, typewriter,

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and even the flushing toilet.

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TOILET FLUSHES

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The busy day has barely left Taylor-Jay

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and Archie any time to hang out with their mates.

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Welcome to your second home. Come in.

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Perhaps tonight will be the perfect opportunity.

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I'm scared.

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No smelly boys allowed. Don't come in because we don't like you.

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-That told you, Spencer.

-No smelly boys!

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While the girls neatly settle in for the night,

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the boys decide to let off some steam.

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Good to see Archie getting to grips with his mates, though.

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Oh, look out, guys!

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Put everything out nicely.

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I'm going there. Darnell's going there, I think.

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Spencer is going in the coroner.

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But when you're away from Mum and Dad for the night,

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surrounded by friends, sleep is

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going to be the last thing on your mind.

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School trips with your mates can be the perfect opportunity

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to catch up on the gossip.

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THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

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And get yourself a makeover, right, Leo?

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After a hectic day, it's time to finally get some sleep.

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You can stay awake, all right?

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But I don't want you to upset people who want to sleep.

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-Good night, everyone.

-Good night, God bless.

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What time did you go to sleep last night?

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I went about five.

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It was fun going on a school trip, but it was a bit exhausting.

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We should do it again.

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I am not looking forward to going back to school because everyone

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is tired and everyone's going to be weird with everyone.

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Sorry, Kyra, all good things must come to an end.

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But before you all go, Mr Saunders has a job for you...

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You're not leaving unless this place is absolutely clean.

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..a spot of good old-fashioned tidying up.

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I think that going on an overnight trip with our classmates in year 7

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was a really big thing for us.

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I mean, some of us got to know each other

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a little bit more than we did before, I feel.

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I got to know Tamar more, Kyra more,

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because I obviously don't know them that well.

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I didn't make any new friends, but I bonded with them more.

0:25:030:25:07

I got to know Casey more.

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-Because I'm just amazing.

-You're so full of yourself.

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Friends are really important to me

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because what would school be without friends?

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Having become more familiar with their friends, perhaps Taylor-Jay

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and Archie can now focus more on their classwork

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instead of their classmates.

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It's music, and a good opportunity for Taylor to show

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she's making an extra effort.

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Right, I need to take the register.

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Can you do what's on the board, please?

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I love music, I've made my own CD.

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People say that I'm going to be famous in about ten years' time

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and I really believe that.

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We're going to go straight in to having a go

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at playing it on the offbeat because you've done very well so far.

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One, two, three, four,

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one, C,

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two, C, C.

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You see, just look at the concentration.

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C, C.

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And also in maths, things are really beginning to add up.

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-Taylor, what did you get?

-I got 44%.

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The answer should be 44.

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Yay!

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I care about maths because I want to be like my dad in maths.

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My dad is really smart at maths.

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I bet you it is four.

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See!

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Perhaps Miss Richardson's wise words may finally

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have taken effect on Archie.

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He's starting now to understand how to behave in lessons

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and how not to get the yellow cards.

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I'm like, two, four, six, eight.

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Oh, eight, you can't do that!

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But then you see on the thing that you've got to add one to it.

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So then...

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So I reckon I have learned my lesson, but I still will get

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a few yellow cards and ambers and reds.

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Well done, Taylor-Jay and Archie.

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After all, it's good to get noticed in school,

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but for all the right reasons,

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not the wrong ones.

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Next time...

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can Lucy, year 7's BFG...

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-Who's your favourite giant?

-You.

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Yas!

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..overcome some big nerves?

0:27:140:27:16

Are you feeling brave enough to talk about it next lesson?

0:27:160:27:19

And meet Darnell, who thinks he's Mr Cool...

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-HE RAPS:

-To be, or not to be

0:27:230:27:25

that is my q-q-question.

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..but finds himself in hot water.

0:27:280:27:30

I've had enough of your comments.

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You can go and stand outside.

0:27:320:27:33

What?! I'm thinking.

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He's looking at me like...

0:27:370:27:39

Is anything working in there?

0:27:410:27:43

The thing that they've done...

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You've got a bogey.

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It's on camera. I could say now or

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I could let you look

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like you've got a really

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big bogey, and you have!

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