Graduation Extreme School

Eight kids who just couldn't stay out of trouble...

SHE SCREAMS

..agreed to enrol at four of the world's most extreme schools.

THEY YELL

It's so stressful.

For most of them, it was an eye-opening experience.

Don't move, keep standing.

And kiss. That's right.

But did any of them really learn to change their ways?

I actually can't be bothered doing it. I can't be bothered.

Do you know how much I hate this school?

Today on Extreme School, all eight pupils are meeting at a

cinema in London

to relive some of their most shocking moments

and hear a few home truths.

They are naughty.

Will they have done enough to graduate?

And has their behaviour improved since they returned to the UK?

Let's find out what your Extreme School report says.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to your Extreme School graduation day.

THEY CHEER

Today, we'll find out if you've made the grade,

plus we'll see your school highlights in all their glory

on the big screen.

ALL: Oooh...

Come on, let's go.

Eight Extreme School pupils with one thing in common -

the ability to cause mayhem in the classroom.

Let's take a look at some of their finest work.

It all began in Manchester with likely lads Adolphe and Christna.

Adolphe had a knack for getting into sticky situations.

I had to send him out of the classroom for gluing a girl

to a chair.

And Christna was known by all as the class clown.

Priority at school is just, like, messing about.

He loves to be the centre of attention.

Never takes anything seriously.

Then we were in Hertfordshire to meet troublesome twosome

Jodie and Chelsea.

Jodie's rebellious reputation certainly got her noticed.

She thinks she knows better than her teachers.

And Chelsea's attitude to school impressed no-one.

I don't care what people think, so I just go ahead and do what I like.

Next up was Reagan and Saqlain, the dynamic duo from Glasgow.

Reagan cared more about scoring goals than getting good grades.

My dream job when I'm older would be a football player.

That's more important to me than anything, to be honest.

And Saqlain's favourite hobby was breaking the rules.

I'm not the king of rule breaking but I think I'm the prince.

Finally came the excitable Essex girls - Trewley and Macey.

SHE LAUGHS

Trewley loved to flout school rules.

Unfortunately, she often is disruptive in the classroom.

And Macey got an A* for bad attitude.

I will argue with them because I think it's funny.

I'm normally in detention every day.

That's quite a long list of misdemeanours there,

but I'm interested.

Who do you think is the worst behaved?

I think the worst behaved was Christna.

I think it was Macey.

Yeah?

I think Adolphe because, like, he glued a girl to a chair.

THEY LAUGH

Jodie, you seemed a bit shocked about what the teacher

said about you.

I am quite shocked because I never thought they thought that about me.

Yeah, I wasn't really expecting them to,

like, point out that much stuff about me.

It makes me feel a bit bad to hear about my behaviour now.

I was a bit embarrassed to know how disruptive I can be in lessons

and how much I talk.

I thought it was a bit of a shock

cos I didn't actually think that I was that bad.

Extreme Schools are known for their unbending rules,

but there's one that you all tried to break with varying

degrees of success - the uniform.

HE SHOUTS ORDERS

At the Hong Kong Sea School, Adolphe and Christna got that sinking

feeling when they tried on their naval style uniforms.

This uniform looks weird, feels weird. Don't like it.

You look weird.

It looks so bad.

And I've got to wear this for five days. That's a joke.

And things went from bad to worse for Christna.

-Did they cut your hair?

-Yeah.

No way!

They've asked me to.

Jodie and Chelsea weren't wild about their safari style outfits at

the Okavango International School.

Look at this.

I'm not wearing that, no.

Green's a disgusting colour.

THEY LAUGH

In Singapore, the Scottish boys just couldn't take the uniform

seriously at their strict Islamic school.

THEY LAUGH

HE LAUGHS

-Look at me.

-I know.

No, I'm not wearing the hat. You can wear your hat.

I'm not wearing my hat.

But it was Trewley and Macey in Alaska whose Holy Rosary

uniform left them cold.

What is that? That's a curtain. I'm not a curtain.

I'll just roll it up, I don't care.

THEY LAUGH

Now you've seen everyone, who do you think had the worst deal?

-Us.

-Yeah, I think...

-You thought you had the worst?

It was the ugliest colour.

Seriously, they need to get some fashion sense.

The uniform I liked the most was their uniform.

I reckon it was all right compared to the others.

Chelsea and that had the worst uniform because,

like, even looking at it, it actually hurts my eyes.

And you had to go for a haircut.

I literally had skin at the back of my head.

My hair was just embarrassing.

I thought Chelsea and Jodie's uniform weren't even that bad.

I think me and Trewley had the worst uniform

cos it made you look like a frumpy old lady.

It made you look like a bogey.

I feel sorry for them. I actually feel so bad for them.

Who wears green trousers?

Who in their right mind wears green trousers?

You don't.

Sit up straight, stop talking, stand still, be quiet.

Sounds familiar, kids?

-ALL: Yeah.

-Yep.

It's time for my favourite category, the Extreme School teachers.

Oh, how I admire them.

Trewley and Macey were faced with the softly spoken principal,

Miss Neumayr.

We do not allow for students to wear make-up.

But there was nothing warm about her school punishments.

There's one part of the campus that has not been shovelled.

'The principal made us shovel the whole pathway.'

'Tomorrow morning you wake up and you say,

'"I'm just not going to fight it."'

Jodie and Chelsea had a close call with disciplinarian Mr Manenji,

who made it very clear what would happen if they stepped out of

line at Okavango.

You needed to tie your hair back.

Tie it back.

THEY LAUGH

And wash off your make-up or else you go for punishment -

cleaning the school grounds or picking litter around the school.

He is very scary.

I really don't want to do their punishments.

Their punishments look well harsh.

In Singapore, the boys had straight talking teacher Mr Mustaqim

who expected obedience at all times.

Raise your trousers. Why are you wearing white socks?

-You have to wear black socks. Do you have black socks?

-No.

-You have to buy.

-No money.

-If you keep talking back to me, I'll send you to the principal.

-OK.

But when it came to scary teachers, there was one school that

really stood out from the rest.

Stand up. Put on your shoes.

Stand here.

Your beret should be like this, OK?

Right, don't move, keep standing.

-Don't look around.

-Sorry.

Don't look around.

HE GIGGLES

THEY LAUGH

So why are you laughing?

What's funny?

They don't really ask you stuff here, they just demand,

like, "Stand still, don't move."

It's really intense.

Wow, they looked scary. But what were they like in person?

He was pretty hard because if you'd done something wrong,

he'd be like, "Do it properly."

We're supposed to run and walk a certain way,

like, everywhere we go, and it's just really hardcore.

When we met him, he was kind of like strutting towards us,

like proper staring.

He's quite a scary person.

You're looking up and you're like, "What have I done wrong?"

Trewley, what did you think of your teacher? Was she strict?

You know when your mum goes to shout at you in front of people,

but she don't want to shout really loud so she goes,

"If you don't do that..." So she's going, "Take your make-up off."

Has it changed your opinion of your teachers back here?

I don't backchat as much to my teachers,

like, I show my teachers more respect than what I used to.

Before I used to think they were all against me.

Now I know they're just there to help me.

Now, you're known at your school in the UK for your, let's say,

excitable behaviour, but what happened

when you got up to your old tricks at your Extreme School?

You'd think Christna and Adolphe would keep a low profile

at the super strict Sea School, but I guess old habits die hard.

MUSIC: Apache by The Sugarhill Gang

Teacher's watching us.

Why are you not taking our rules seriously?

Saqlain and Reagan's rule breaking earned them a shift on toilet

cleaning duties in Singapore.

Well, if we just wore black socks, we wouldn't actually be here,

so we should have just stuck to the uniform rule.

So what you have learnt?

Don't break rules.

Good. You may go to your class now.

Trewley and Macey started badly when they were asked to leave

their very first assembly.

OK, and we also have Trewley.

I told her to shut up.

OK.

-You need to go to my office for now so you can compose yourself?

-Yeah.

So our first assembly,

we got kicked out after - we weren't in there for a minute.

In Botswana, Jodie and Chelsea shocked their new classmates

when they were quizzed about their bad behaviour.

Do you guys ever get in trouble?

We do get into trouble quite a lot.

Why?

Getting into fights.

So you don't follow the rules?

No.

I think they're really, really naughty. Really naughty.

So when we were watching the clip there, you said it sounded

like an interrogation that you were getting from your classmates.

It did really feel like an interrogation, cos they're

all, like, looking at you and it was just really, like, uncomfortable.

Christna and Adolphe, wow, dancing with the flags.

People weren't very impressed, were they?

We never noticed it when they came over because we were just,

like, that much into the messing about, that when he came over,

he was just stood there and it just shocked us, so...

It was funny, though. It was funny.

Reagan and Saqlain, because you didn't wear the right

colour of socks, you ended up cleaning a toilet.

-How was that?

-That was his fault, cos he wore his trousers up

cos they were too long for him, he got caught wearing white socks.

It absolutely stunk!

You all saw school as your own private playground,

but did your view of education change after doing time

at one of the world's strictest?

In Singapore, sports mad Reagan got to train with an Olympic sprinter.

-Hi, Reagan.

-Hi.

-I'm Gary.

-Hi, Gary.

Who helped him understand the importance of hard work.

You want to be a professional athlete?

-Yeah.

-You need to look up to your teachers.

They are basically your coaches for your mind.

I think you'll go far.

Hi, you must be Saqlain.

-Yeah.

-My name's Leonard. I'm a pilot.

Saqlain's aspirations to become a pilot were given a boost when

he got the opportunity to attend flight school.

Keep turning to the left.

This is very cool, man.

Saqlain has a good chance to be a pilot and,

just as long as he works hard in school, he has done very well.

In Alaska, Trewley and Macey did a shift at the local homeless shelter.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

And it definitely got them thinking.

Hello. It's times like this when you realise what you've got.

Makes me feel I need to start knuckling down on my work.

I just wish you the best.

You guys are lovely girls, both of you.

Thank you.

Adolphe had all but given up on his final challenge in Hong Kong,

but pulled it together after meeting semaphore flag instructor Mr Pun.

We can practise, OK? Yeah?

W.

E.

N.

I believe you...you can do that. Well done.

Thank you.

They all talk like they're giving you inspiration.

I want to go for it tomorrow, just to prove to Mr Pun

that I can do it, so I don't let him down after him

saying he believes in me and everything.

N.

Car obsessed Christna learnt the value of hard graft

when he did some work experience at McLaren.

You know what's your job today?

Oh, right. Is it cleaning?

Yes.

This is definitely a lot harder than I thought it'd be.

Since you're doing a very good job, there's a reward for you.

I will drive you around with my McLaren.

Wow!

Yeah.

That is me, pal.

My dream's to build an exact car like that.

I'm just going to put my head down at school and just really go for it.

Jodie and Chelsea visited people in the local community,

where they both had a revelatory experience.

So you do this way. And you weave.

Oh, that's clever. How did you start basket weaving?

I started helping people when I was 18,

but now it's more than 10,000 people I've been teaching doing baskets.

Now they are doing for their own things.

That's why I love that.

Hi, I'm Puni.

This is the house.

This is where we cook the stuff and they keep food inside.

Her house is falling apart.

Even we can sleep here, like, ten of us

or more than ten in the same room.

Oh. Are you happy here?

Yeah, we are.

With my family, I'm happy, right, because they're always there for me.

We are always there for each other.

Wow, there are some really incredible experiences there.

I was so shocked and, like, just the way they live, I thought

it was, like, unbelievable.

Now I've been there, I appreciate, like, more.

Like, I know what I've got and I'm grateful for what I've got.

One thing I will take away is that you can be so happy but have

so little.

I definitely realised that...how much

I need to really concentrate on my work and focus on my work

and commit myself to whatever I do in life.

I learnt that you shouldn't always think that the

teachers are against you and you should sometimes understand that

they have to do their job and it's part of their job to discipline you.

Five days of hard graft, strict discipline

and unbending rules wasn't all you had to face at Extreme School.

To succeed you had to pass a final challenge.

Look away now if you're of a nervous disposition.

HE YELLS ORDERS

The boys' final challenge in Hong Kong was to perform a complex

semaphore flag routine.

Their aim was to spell out a message for a special guest from the

British Consulate General.

One wrong letter meant failure.

HE GIVES ORDERS

HE YELLS OUT LETTERS

We did really well in that performance.

Today's been absolutely amazing.

Oh, so happy!

In Botswana, there were 300 in attendance to watch Jodie and

Chelsea perform with the young class they'd been teaching.

We begin our journey in 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II is crowned.

The show opened badly.

What are they doing? What are they doing?

(Say something, guys. Say something.)

HE SPEAKS IN TSWANA

-The drums.

-Drums!

But the girls' persistence soon won over the crowd.

In 2012, London hosted the Olympic Games. Go!

We would like to say thank you to everyone who has made us feel

so welcome.

-IN TSWANA:

-Ke a leboga.

-Ke a leboga.

I'm so happy it's over because, ah, it's all done, no stress,

no worries.

I want to go back on stage.

In Alaska, the Mayor was front row for Trewley and Macey's

classical debate.

The topic was the importance of friendship and the girls had

to argue for and against it.

Trewley is my best friend because we feel really comfortable

with each other and we share everything we have together.

She is 'Trewley' loyal.

As President Roosevelt once said,

"It is better to be faithful than famous."

We believe that family is the most important relationship in the world.

But the thing about true friends is eventually they become your family.

Thank you very much for listening.

We've done so well, I think.

Like, I'm really proud of both of us.

I'm proud of you too.

The boys in Singapore were in full traditional costume for their

final challenge.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC STARTS

Oh, man.

In front of several distinguished guests, they had to recite

a poem that reflected their time at the school.

When I stepped off the plane I loved the views

The palm trees, the heat And the high-rise buildings

I learnt to speak Malay In only just one day

I came to Singapore And I wanted to explore

I went to an Islamic school To learn to respect the rules

Terima kasih.

Yes, I'm happy with that. Yes!

All eight stepped up to their final challenge abroad.

But had any of them really got their act together?

I headed back to all four UK schools to reveal who had graduated

and to discover if anyone was up to their old tricks.

In front of a packed assembly, it was time to find out who had

nailed it and who had failed it.

Christna and Adolphe, I have in my hand your Extreme School report,

direct from Headmaster Lee at the Hong Kong Sea School.

Headmaster Tregilges at the Okavango International School.

Headmaster Isham in Singapore.

From Miss Neumayr at the Holy Rosary Academy in Alaska.

Let's find out what your Extreme School report says.

Adolphe got off to a very shaky start.

-Christna also made a very bad first impression.

-What?

AUDIENCE: Ooooh...

Both girls looked out of their depth

when they lost control of the young class they were in charge of.

Initially pushed the boundaries with their attitude in class.

Both girls showed a lack of respect for the teachers at the school.

But...

..by the end of the week,

both boys had turned their attitudes around.

They both showed leadership qualities.

The boys had shown real improvement in lessons.

And proved they could work hard

when they triumphed at the tough final challenge.

Congratulations, you've passed your Extreme School challenge!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Here you go, Jodie, there you go, Chelsea. Well done.

Well done.

A few close calls, but it was a full house of Extreme School graduates.

But the big question is - are they really reformed characters?

-140.

-140. How did you do that, Chelsea?

I knocked the zero off the 20 and added the zero onto the answer.

Excellent.

'Since I got back from Botswana,'

my behaviour has improved,

because, like, I try harder with all the teachers.

Like, I give them chances. They give me chances.

We've now seen signs that she's working hard

and trying to focus in the lessons.

Five, and then the one.

Since she's been back, Chelsea's beginning to realise that she

needs to mature and grow up a bit, which is a really good thing.

Well done, Chelsea.

-Do or...?

-Yeah.

'Before I went to Botswana, I wasn't'

the best behaved child.

-All right, well done.

-Thank you, Miss.

'Botswana had a massive effect on me.

'It will always be something that stays with me.'

I'm planning to go back and to do some voluntary work there.

It's made her realise her goals and her ambitions

and what she needs to do to reach those goals.

The speaker of the poem is a farmer who is ploughing a field.

While he is ploughing, he comes across a little mouse.

Before I went to Singapore, I was really disrespectful

and unfocused, but now I am not talking, being more focused

and I'm not disrespectful to my teachers.

I've noticed that Reagan has improved in terms of his maturity

and his work ethic, and I think that this has given him more focus

to help him achieve whatever it is that he sets out to achieve in life.

Miss, I need help, please.

From my Extreme School experience, I learned that you need to work

hard and have good indication and behave to get a good job.

The experience has helped Saqlain

focus more upon what he might want to do as a career.

I would say that I see more responsibility in him.

He seems to know more where the boundaries are.

-OK, boys, that's excellent. Well done.

-Thanks.

Going to Alaska made me realise I need to take full advantage

of school, like, I need to make the most of it while I can

because we only get it once.

My target is my punctuation.

She actually seems to be a lot calmer, less confrontational

and therefore has come back really quite a reformed person.

I think Macey's future is very, very bright.

She just needs to really grab it with both hands now.

Since I've got back from Alaska, I've tried to avoid

confrontation with the teachers.

I still have got my personality, but I just tone things down now.

I guess I've become less aggressive than I used to be.

She has actually become much more calm

and I would say probably a little bit more thoughtful

about the way that she behaves around the school.

She's still got a way to go to be angelic but she's getting there.

So who do we think's responsible for the sinking of the Titanic and why?

Christna.

Since I've got back, I honestly know I've changed a lot

because I've really put my head down in class and my grades are suddenly

raising the roof, and the class clown has definitely disappeared.

He does not shout out as much.

He does not try to be the centre of attention as much.

And I think he's starting to show a bit more maturity.

Christna's realised that he needs to leave the class clown

in the playground.

He needs to get his head down and work in class,

and that's exactly what he's doing now.

Sir, please can I have some help?

'When you visit a school like that, it makes you really think about'

what you have and how you should... Like, don't take advantage of it.

I've learnt from Hong Kong that you shouldn't really act bad in school

because in the end, you have to have a good GCSE and you have to know

what you want, and messing about isn't really going to get you there.

-Thank you, sir.

-Yeah.

Since he's come back from Hong Kong,

we have seen a turnaround in Adolphe.

He's certainly not as argumentative as he used to be,

and that's a real positive.

He's very calm.

He doesn't run around as much as he did

and there's been no glue incidents.

It's success for our newest class of Extreme School graduates.

Keep up the good work. Cheese.

ALL: Cheese!