Down with School

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0:00:05 > 0:00:10# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through

0:00:10 > 0:00:14- # It doesn't matter What may come my way...- No! No!

0:00:14 > 0:00:18# Believe me now I will win some day. #

0:00:18 > 0:00:23I hate Mondays. Double mussel sprocket - yuk!

0:00:23 > 0:00:27- Hey, Crash, don't forget you've got a spelling test today.- Oh, no.

0:00:27 > 0:00:30Run away again, Jackie?

0:00:30 > 0:00:34Just cos your grandpa's a champion runner, it doesn't mean you are too!

0:00:34 > 0:00:38- That is enough, Michael. - You ought to lock her up, Shelley,

0:00:38 > 0:00:41now the school have chucked her out.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44- They didn't chuck me out! - Michael, enough!

0:00:44 > 0:00:46I just had better places to go, OK?

0:00:49 > 0:00:52ALARM SOUNDS

0:01:00 > 0:01:05They chucked you out so you have to do all your work here on your own...

0:01:05 > 0:01:08- in between running away.- Which part of "enough" don't you understand(?)

0:01:08 > 0:01:13At least Jackie didn't spend every lunchtime ALONE.

0:01:13 > 0:01:18Just drop it. Once Michael settles in he'll make lots of new friends.

0:01:18 > 0:01:22- ALL: No! - Jackie, I'm away today...

0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Great, I'll go and see Grandpa.- Your home tutor's left you lots of work.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Nathan will supervise you.- Nathan?!

0:01:29 > 0:01:32I'll see you later. And no more running away, OK?

0:01:32 > 0:01:35I'm not promising anything.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39- I wish I was staying home. - Me too, even if it is with Nathan.

0:01:39 > 0:01:44Tracey, you're not going to bunk off, are you? It's football today.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48- And treacle sponge. - And history with Miss Penwellyn.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52Oo-ooh(!) Big deal. I'd much rather spend the day with Jackie.

0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Why can't- I- have a bit of home tutoring too,

0:01:56 > 0:02:00- especially as Nathan's in charge? - Blah-blah-blah-blah...

0:02:11 > 0:02:16- You'd never pull it off.- Just watch. - Have a nice day at school, Michael.

0:02:19 > 0:02:22Have a good day at school, dudes.

0:02:22 > 0:02:26Hurry up, Bounce. You're going to be late for Miss Penwellyn.

0:02:28 > 0:02:32Layla, your physio's coming round today, remember?

0:02:32 > 0:02:35But I'll miss my play rehearsal.

0:02:35 > 0:02:39- It's all arranged. - But I'm the Psychopathic Fairy!

0:02:39 > 0:02:43I get to zap everyone into a coma!

0:02:45 > 0:02:47We're doing Sleeping Beauty.

0:02:47 > 0:02:52- Ah. Sorry, Pumpkin.- I don't want to miss school, Nathan.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55- It's not fair.- I know.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15Aaargh!

0:03:15 > 0:03:18- AAARGH! AAARGH! - Michael, what's happened?!

0:03:18 > 0:03:22- I fell down the stairs! My foot hurts!- Let's see.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25- AARGH!- I'll ring an ambulance.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29- No! I'd better get to school.- Whoa, dude! You're not going anywhere!

0:03:29 > 0:03:34- Oh. Have a nice day at school, Tracey.- Come on, you'll be late.

0:03:34 > 0:03:38Don't worry, Nathan. We're not going anywhere.

0:03:38 > 0:03:42- What?!- School stinks...big time. - Today, we're into home education.

0:03:42 > 0:03:45- You can't do that!- Jackie does.

0:03:45 > 0:03:49You've got to go to school! Think of the things you've got to learn,

0:03:49 > 0:03:53like who invented the bicycle and who discovered the potato.

0:03:53 > 0:03:57We're not going and there's nothing you can do about it.

0:04:00 > 0:04:04- You all right, Nathan?- Aargh! - Yeah, everything's fine.

0:04:04 > 0:04:07Come on. Quick, off you go.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Keep your wig on!- We're going. - Aargh!

0:04:35 > 0:04:40'Hello. This is Elaine. Please leave a message after the beep.'

0:04:40 > 0:04:43It's Nathan. I've got a bit of a situation.

0:04:43 > 0:04:46Can you come over NOW? Bye.

0:04:47 > 0:04:51Jackie, it's about time you did some work now.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54Don't be a spoilsport, Nathan. I'm winning.

0:04:54 > 0:05:00- Chill out, Nathan.- Chill out? Me? Chill out?! Right, that's it!

0:05:01 > 0:05:07- What is?- You want to stay home? Fine. Meet your new tutor, dudes.

0:05:07 > 0:05:13So...two-thirds is bigger than three-quarters.

0:05:13 > 0:05:18No... It's gotta be the other way round. Or was it three-fifths?

0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Pass me that bit of cake, Tracey. - What, this one?

0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Mmm. This is yummy. - Stop eating the maths equipment!

0:05:27 > 0:05:28OK.

0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Want a fight?- Come on, then! - Pack it in now! Come on!

0:05:33 > 0:05:37- This isn't fractions! Come on! - Have another fifth!

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Nathan, try a sixth!

0:05:41 > 0:05:46- What on earth is going on?! - Eighth of cake, Elaine?

0:05:46 > 0:05:48Elaine, you got my message.

0:05:48 > 0:05:54No. I popped in to see Jackie. Why aren't you two at school, Tracey?

0:05:54 > 0:05:57We want to be home tutored too.

0:05:57 > 0:06:01Jackie's special. The school will take her back when she calms down.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Blah-blah-blah. You can't force me to go!

0:06:04 > 0:06:08- And you can't force us! - I've tried everything.

0:06:08 > 0:06:11- They won't budge.- Right.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14Well, there's only one thing to do.

0:06:14 > 0:06:19- Phone Shelley, tell her to come back?- No, Nathan.

0:06:19 > 0:06:22Allow them to experiment with home education.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25- You're not serious...- Perfectly.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28I can't take it. There's this lot,

0:06:28 > 0:06:31Michael's fallen down stairs and hurt his foot,

0:06:31 > 0:06:34Layla's complaining about physio!

0:06:34 > 0:06:36Deep breath, Nathan.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Exhale... Exhale now!

0:06:47 > 0:06:52Why don't you take a break? Go and make yourself a nice cup of tea.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55- I'll take over here.- You?!

0:06:55 > 0:06:57Right...fractions.

0:06:57 > 0:07:03Now, supposing I had a large pie and I cut it into pieces and...

0:07:03 > 0:07:07- What kind of pie? - I don't know. Um...

0:07:07 > 0:07:12- You don't know the flavour?! - It could be dodgy meat passed off as apple!

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Or snot and bogey.

0:07:15 > 0:07:19- The point is...- The point is, Elaine, this is very, very boring.

0:07:19 > 0:07:24- What do you WANT to learn about? - How about why we're here on Earth?

0:07:24 > 0:07:27The secrets of the universe? Or the solar system?

0:07:46 > 0:07:49ALL: Blah, blah, blah, blah!

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Aaargh!

0:07:54 > 0:07:56Hi, Layla. Want a game of cards?

0:07:57 > 0:08:00Or something else? You choose.

0:08:00 > 0:08:05- Go away.- That's not very nice. You should be happy.

0:08:05 > 0:08:10- A day off school...- I didn't have a choice...unlike SOME people.

0:08:10 > 0:08:12How's the ankle?

0:08:12 > 0:08:15Yeah, funny, that, isn't it?

0:08:15 > 0:08:18One minute it's fine, the next it's not.

0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Shall I test you?- No! Go away! - I only asked!

0:08:26 > 0:08:29Hey, look, I can fly! I can fly!

0:08:29 > 0:08:34Michael, stop it! Give me them back! Michael!

0:08:34 > 0:08:36OK. Pay attention, everyone.

0:08:41 > 0:08:44I present to you...the solar system!

0:08:44 > 0:08:47I will demonstrate how a black hole operates.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50A black hole sucks in all matter... like this.

0:08:50 > 0:08:54- MOTOR WHINES - I'm not sure that's a good idea.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57Nothing can survive - planets, stars...

0:09:02 > 0:09:08- Elaine, Michael's got my costume wings!- I have not!

0:09:08 > 0:09:13- Layla, what would a big boy like Michael want with those?- Aargh!

0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Aargh!- Oh, you poor thing!

0:09:15 > 0:09:18How could you chase him like that, Layla?!

0:09:18 > 0:09:22- But...!- If you've got nothing better to do, you'd better join us.

0:09:22 > 0:09:25Right, we'll give the room a tidy,

0:09:25 > 0:09:28and then start some nice geography work.

0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Do you like geography, Michael? - Yes. It's my favourite subject.

0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Everything all right, Elaine?- Fine.

0:09:35 > 0:09:40- Layla, your physio cancelled, so you'll make your rehearsal.- How?!

0:09:40 > 0:09:44SOMEONE'S hidden my script and costume!

0:09:48 > 0:09:52So, as we can see, the river flows on and on

0:09:52 > 0:09:56wearing BIT by BIT by BIT into the riverbank,

0:09:56 > 0:10:00eating away at little chunks of earth...

0:10:00 > 0:10:08- HER VOICE DRONES SLOWLY - ..and stones... and debris...and things...

0:10:20 > 0:10:25..and little by little over hundreds and hundreds of years,

0:10:25 > 0:10:29slowly the river makes a new course.

0:10:29 > 0:10:33Taking a short cut, but doing it very slowly -

0:10:33 > 0:10:36so slowly that you wouldn't even notice it.

0:10:36 > 0:10:39Carving itself a new path,

0:10:39 > 0:10:43but still leaving the old route, which...

0:10:43 > 0:10:47- Where are you all going? - It's lunchtime, Elaine.

0:10:54 > 0:10:58I didn't think anything could be more tedious than school.

0:10:58 > 0:11:02But this has been my best day ever. It's so boring here on my own.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04Why are Nathan's sandwiches soggy?

0:11:04 > 0:11:07I'd swap them all for some treacle sponge.

0:11:07 > 0:11:12- Me too. It's the cross-country race this afternoon.- Is it?

0:11:12 > 0:11:15- I wish you'd come back to school, Jackie.- Me too.

0:11:15 > 0:11:20- They're giving away a silver cup for first prize.- You'd win easily.

0:11:44 > 0:11:45Layla?

0:11:48 > 0:11:52GLASS BREAKS Who said you could come in my room?!

0:11:58 > 0:12:02Think it's funny, do you?! My brother got me this!

0:12:02 > 0:12:05Well, see how funny you find this!

0:12:07 > 0:12:11Michael! No, I didn't mean...!

0:12:12 > 0:12:17- Give Layla her stuff back!- No way! I'm going to rip them to pieces!

0:12:18 > 0:12:23- Don't!- Michael, I thought you'd hurt your ankle.

0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Aargh!- That really is very naughty to pretend like that!

0:12:28 > 0:12:30He HAS hurt it, Elaine.

0:12:30 > 0:12:37One minute it's fine and the next it's not.

0:12:40 > 0:12:45- Sorry I broke your picture, Michael.- It's OK.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48Oh, I thought you were just pulling our leg.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Let me help you.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Come on.- Aagh!

0:12:56 > 0:12:59Elaine, Nathan... I want to go back to school.

0:12:59 > 0:13:06School?! Yeah... Yeah, great! What an absolutely great idea!

0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK. I'll give the head teacher a call.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12Come on, let's go!

0:13:12 > 0:13:16My play rehearsal starts any minute.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Let me help you, Michael.- Aagh!

0:13:19 > 0:13:22We'll do some nice geography this afternoon.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25Are you sure about this, Jackie?

0:13:25 > 0:13:28110% sure. Aren't you, Jackie?

0:13:28 > 0:13:32I'm ready for school. I don't know if it's ready for me,

0:13:32 > 0:13:35but there's only one way to find out.

0:13:35 > 0:13:41# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through

0:13:41 > 0:13:44- # And the fight won't get me down - No! No!

0:13:44 > 0:13:47# My dreams will turn things All around

0:13:47 > 0:13:51# With a smile upon my face I can see a better place

0:13:51 > 0:13:55- # It doesn't matter What may come my way...- No! No!

0:13:55 > 0:13:59# Believe me now I will win some day. #