0:00:02 > 0:00:04So...what do you know about our school, Amani?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Above the national average in size, 1,400 pupils.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09The catchment area has high unemployment
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and a large number of students claim free school meals.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14The students struggle to get the five A-C grades
0:00:14 > 0:00:18at Key Stage 4, which I'd love to help tackle.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22What separates you from the other candidates we've seen today?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26I have a first in English Literature and a distinction in my PGCE.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I'm moving 200 miles from my home
0:00:33 > 0:00:37because I want to teach in this school. I'd rather be at home
0:00:37 > 0:00:40marking English homework or prepping my next lesson.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- That's sad, I know.- No, it isn't. - I'm prepared to work
0:00:42 > 0:00:46harder than anyone else, make more sacrifices than anyone else,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48work longer hours than anyone else.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51You do understand the challenges you may face?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- I think so.- You think so?
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I could stay at home and find a job in a nice middle-class comp.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Why don't you?
0:00:59 > 0:01:05Because that's not me. I'm not interested in taking the easy path.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I'm young, full of energy, full of fight
0:01:08 > 0:01:11and I want to make a difference. I know that
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I can make a difference in this school.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I'm terrified by the prospect of this job, I really am.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And if my legs would have stopped shaking for a second,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I might have walked out ten minutes ago, but...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23But I really want this job.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I really want to be a part of this school
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and I'm prepared to go through whatever it takes
0:01:29 > 0:01:31to make it work.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33If you could choose one word
0:01:33 > 0:01:37to best express your personality, your character,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41that encompasses you as a person, what would that one word be?
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Honesty.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52PHONE RINGS
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Hello?- WOMAN: 'Miss Sarin?' Yes, it is.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04'I have some good news for you.'
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- OK.- 'The Principal would like to offer you a job
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- 'in the English Department.' - Thank you! Thank you SO much!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I won't let you down. I promise, I won't let you down.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18'The paperwork will be sent out this week, with an e-mail to follow.'
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Thanks so much.- 'You're welcome.' OK. I won't let you down.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- 'OK.'- Thanks. Bye, bye, bye! - 'Bye-bye.'
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Dad! Dad?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- What's wrong?!- I got the job, Dad. I got the job!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Well done.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I'm so happy for you, sweetheart.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Come in.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17BELL
0:03:17 > 0:03:21CHATTER
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Can you turn your chair round, please.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- What's his name?- James.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37James, can you turn your chair round, please? James!
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Is she new?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I've never seen her before. - What's this story about?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Anyone?
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Well, I've started with an easier... Can you put your phone away, please?
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- An easier story, something you'll recognise.- Is she talking to you?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55What's your name?
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- What's her name?- Morgan.- Morgan, can you put your phone away, please?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01GIRL LAUGHS
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Euw! Did you see the way she...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a classic.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10A classic tale of... Can you all put your phones away?!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13To understand the story of Frankenstein properly,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15it's best if we look at the author's traumatic life.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Why don't you just read it, then?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Born in 1797, Mary's mother died days after giving birth to her.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Oh, she's doing me head in. - I know - and mine.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29You can tell she's new, can't you?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31BELL
0:04:39 > 0:04:41METAL CREAKS
0:04:45 > 0:04:46I'm impressed.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50First day and you find this place.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The smokers were all heading to the bus stop, so I...
0:04:52 > 0:04:55So you walked in the opposite direction?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- What, can't stand them already?- No!
0:04:57 > 0:05:03You're as far away from the school as you can get, without doing a runner.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Electric? Really?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- What's your excuse? - Well, this WAS my local.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13And I'm a solitary puffer, no-one really comes round here.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Been at the school long?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Four years.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- What do you teach?- I'm a mentor.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24HE LAUGHS
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Not impressed? - I...didn't say that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29No, but your eyebrows did.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32It's OK, I get that look from a lot of the newbies.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Really?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39This place closed down a couple of years ago.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42The old landlords just sold up and retired.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45New people came in, with their posh food and fancy wine
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and, within a year, it was like this.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52They misjudged the ethos and the mindset of the people round here.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53And that is?
0:05:53 > 0:05:59You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Confucius?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Matches.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05BOTH LAUGH
0:06:06 > 0:06:09HUBBUB
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Get on!- Quick!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20BELL RINGS REPEATEDLY
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- GIRL: Here's Missie! You all right, Missie?!- What you doing here, miss?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Where's your socks? You forgot to put socks on today!
0:06:26 > 0:06:27LAUGHTER
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Excuse me, love, are you a teacher? Yes, you. Are you a teacher?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Can you have a word with this lot? Get them to calm down.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39GIRLS WHOOP
0:06:45 > 0:06:46PHONE RINGS
0:06:59 > 0:07:00- SHE SIGHS - Dad!
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Where have you been? I've been ringing for ages!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I've just this second walked through the door.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Well, how did it go?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Yeah...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13..really well.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14What did you choose?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Frankenstein.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- 'Really?'- I wanted to start with something they'd identify with.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24All the vampire movies.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Hmm. I would have gone with
0:07:26 > 0:07:29'Lord of the Flies or To Kill a Mockingbird. Something challenging.'
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- SHE SIGHS - They're not those sort of kids.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Kids are kids. Give them a challenge and they'll respond.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38'What do Scout and Jem learn during Mockingbird? What happens to ruin
0:07:38 > 0:07:40'Ralph and Jack's friendship in Lord of the Flies?'
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Look, Dad, can I call you back?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- There's someone at the front door. - 'What happens...'
0:07:49 > 0:07:51BELL HUBBUB
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Sit down, please!- Tell her, miss!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- ALL: Ohh!- Are you threatening me? Don't touch me!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00You're not allowed to touch me!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Sit down, please.- I'll get you done! One finger and I'll get you done.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I'm asking you to sit down!
0:08:09 > 0:08:11ALL LAUGH
0:08:13 > 0:08:19- ALL:- # There's only one Mr Penrose! # - OK, settle down. The lot of you.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Everything OK, Miss Sarin?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Everything's fine. - OK. I was just passing.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30BELL
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- You didn't need to do that.- Real fags. Wow! That didn't take long.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I don't need saving. I'm not a damsel in distress.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Don't know what hacked me off more -
0:08:38 > 0:08:41the fact that you thought I needed help or that they
0:08:41 > 0:08:44swooned at you, as soon as you stuck your head through the door?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46You must admit, I do have a certain charm.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47SHE SIGHS
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- You're an idiot.- A smile!
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Hold on...let me capture this moment for posterity.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Don't! I look terrible.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00You're joking? You're...
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Well, you're stunning.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06SHUTTER CLICKS
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Now I just need your number to go with the picture.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14BELL
0:09:14 > 0:09:17CHATTER
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I'm waiting!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36CHATTER CONTINUES
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I'm...waiting!!
0:09:42 > 0:09:44CHATTER CONTINUES
0:09:50 > 0:09:52BELL
0:09:52 > 0:09:55'I think I've turned a corner.'
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Your mother would be proud.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07What have you been up to?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09'Keeping busy, you know.'
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Doing what?- 'Lots.'
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Are you getting out of the house? - HE LAUGHS
0:10:18 > 0:10:19All the time.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Dad...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24..you've got to get on with your life.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- 'Can't sit and dwell.'- I'm not.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- You're coming here for Christmas, though?- 'Of course.'
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Good.- 'You'll have the whole school
0:10:35 > 0:10:38'eating out of the palm of your hand by then.'
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Do you have a boyfriend, miss? - Just sit down!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Is Mr Penrose your boyfriend? - I'm going to choose to ignore that.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Can you take your coat off please, Morgan?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- Your GCSEs are very important. - Kara fancies Mr Penrose, miss.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Sit down.- She fancies you, miss.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Oh, yeah, that's right, I fancy her.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Sit down or you're going to the headmistress.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Why are you picking on me?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Morgan's got her coat on and her phone out.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Will you stop messing about! I'm sick of it!
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Do you realise how lucky you are having a free education?!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14There are kids in other countries who would die to be sitting where
0:11:14 > 0:11:16you are right now. There are girls
0:11:16 > 0:11:19in Pakistan who have been shot in the head
0:11:19 > 0:11:20cos they campaigned for the right to be educated.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You lot come in here like you own the bloody place!
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Do you want to leave here without any qualifications
0:11:25 > 0:11:28and live on benefits for the rest of your lives, like a bunch of chavs?!
0:11:34 > 0:11:35DOOR OPENS
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Please, don't worry about it, I will sort it.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48- Thanks, Mr McDonald, I'll be in touch.- Good. Come on, love.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Miss Sarin.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- When you chose to call your pupils chavs...- I didn't mean it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05..you are spewing your utmost contempt at them.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- No, I...- To do it behind closed doors is bad enough...
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- I would never...- But... But...to shout it across a full classroom
0:12:12 > 0:12:15at the very children you have contempt for,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17quite frankly, defies belief.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22You're a school teacher, not some mouthy union leader.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And as a teacher, you have a duty of care -
0:12:26 > 0:12:31a duty of care that stretches way beyond any...any personal opinions
0:12:31 > 0:12:35you may have. A duty of care that insists you treat your pupils
0:12:35 > 0:12:38with respect and decency, regardless of their
0:12:38 > 0:12:40background and social status, yes?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Yes.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46SHE SIGHS
0:12:46 > 0:12:50The first thing I would do, were it me in your position,
0:12:50 > 0:12:51is to apologise.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57I'm sorry.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Not to me... To your class.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08CHATTER
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'm sorry.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32CHATTER CONTINUES
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It's hardly surprising this lot are the way they are,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50with the level of dross that's teaching them these days.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Did you ever listen to your teachers?- Yeah, I did, yeah.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And you're driving a bus for a living.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04'No, I'm not making a complaint,'
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I just want to apologise.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Apologise, yeah, to one of your drivers.- MAN: 'What for?'
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Cos I was a bit off.- 'Erm...OK.'
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Look, I just want to say sorry for what I said. It was wrong.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Number 32 bus.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20'What one?'
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Look, this is a bad line. Number 32 bus.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Miss!
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I'm diabetic!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39SHE COUGHS
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Me, too, miss. HE COUGHS
0:14:43 > 0:14:44BELL
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- MAN ON PHONE - I'm not saying that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I'm saying, if your son applied himself more,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- he'd be capable of passing. - HE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
0:14:51 > 0:14:55There's no need for... There's no need for that sort of language.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- I'm just saying he has great potential.- 'Eh?'
0:14:59 > 0:15:01HUBBUB
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Put him down, right now!
0:15:07 > 0:15:13You two, follow me! Now, get out! Shut it! Get out,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16both of you! Come on...out!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Back to you seats. - BELL
0:15:30 > 0:15:32HE SIGHS
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I did say don't bother - and you really haven't.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37In your dreams, mate.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Three of them came up before the end of the lesson and gave me these.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I nearly burst into tears.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- And I don't want to hear what you got.- I didn't get anything.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53- Ah! Bless your little cotton socks. - Because I tell them not to.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Most of them are skint, they've not got a pot to pee in.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Why would I expect a gift from them,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01when I'm getting paid to do exactly what I'm supposed to do?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06SHE SIGHS Amani...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11You know, if they've managed to scrap a few pennies together
0:16:11 > 0:16:14to get you these, then it must mean they like you.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Chavs have feelings, too.- Please don't offer me kindness, Hugh.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Twice in one day might be a step too far.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Well, I, too, come bearing gifts,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- but not gold and frankincense. - And that's why you're a mentor.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Thanks(!)
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I come bearing community spirit. SHE SIGHS
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Look! OK, the staff are having a night out over the holidays.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37They know you're anti-social, but they want you to come.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- They think I'm anti-social? - It was a joke.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40- I'm not anti-social.- Amani, it was a joke. I'm going to go, are you going?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- OK.- OK? I'll come. Good.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55MUSIC: "Driving Home For Christmas" by Chris Rea
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Was it OK?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Your mother made the best roast potatoes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Do you want pudding?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04It's not the same.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07No.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09I wish she was here.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13So do I.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21LAUGHTER ON TV
0:18:24 > 0:18:27HE LAUGHS
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Call me when you get home. - It's been nice.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- I'll come home at half term, to see you.- Don't make any promises.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Dad, I'll be there.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Sorry I haven't been good company.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55You've been fine. I'll be home in a few weeks, I promise.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57OK.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Drive safe.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05I'll call you.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:46 > 0:19:48MUSIC: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard
0:19:55 > 0:19:56HAIRDRYER WHIRS
0:21:02 > 0:21:04PHONE RINGS
0:21:13 > 0:21:16SHE SOBS PHONE RINGS
0:22:01 > 0:22:02DOOR BELL
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Amani! It's me, Hugh.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Look, I just wanted to see if you were OK?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I could only cope with so much of Sandra's hysterectomy saga.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Amani?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32DOOR BELL
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Give me a minute!- Old Bob started talking about going clubbing
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and that was the final straw for me. I'm not giving him CPR
0:22:39 > 0:22:42in the middle of the dance floor at two in the morning.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- You OK?- Er...no.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- What's wrong?- It's a stomach thing. A virus or something.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I rang a few times?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Oh...the phone needs charging.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- Can I get you something? Anything?- No. Thanks.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04You should get back to the party.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I only went because you said you were going.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Sorry. - Look, it's fine, I don't mind.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13We could stay in and get a takeaway and some wine.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- I'm ill.- Just wine, then.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Please, go away.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I'm losing my hair!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I understand, but this is more common than you might think.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38The fact that other people have this doesn't help me.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- Here are some leaflets about the illness.- Is there a cure?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45There are treatments, with varying degrees of success,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48but there's no curer, as such, no.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Stress is often associated with alopecia.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Destressing may be a way of levelling your immune system.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Destressing? Are you kidding?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I have to stand in front of...
0:24:02 > 0:24:05..of emotional predators, five days a week!
0:24:06 > 0:24:07You see this...
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Oh, they'll love this. A fresh carcass to them.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17I walk into the classroom like this and they will...slaughter me.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Or they'll have my life.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23My stress levels can only go one way.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27There are some very good hairpieces available now.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29A wig?
0:24:29 > 0:24:35You might want to consider counselling. Anti-depressants?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- What will anti-depressants do? They can't help me!- See how you feel.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45- I don't want your anti-depressants! - You may not want them right now...
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Thanks.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53MUSIC: "Home" by Gabrielle Aplin
0:24:58 > 0:25:01# I'm a phoenix in the water
0:25:01 > 0:25:04# A fish that's learned to fly
0:25:05 > 0:25:09# And I've always been a daughter
0:25:09 > 0:25:11# But feathers are meant for the sky
0:25:11 > 0:25:14# So, I'm wishing, wishing further... #
0:25:14 > 0:25:16BELL Do I look like Captain Jack, miss?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Very good, James. Back to your desk, please.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23OK, everyone, holidays are over, back to school work.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Come on, you lot, you have THE most important term ahead.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- Morgan, phone!- In a minute. Now! Put it away!
0:25:31 > 0:25:33All right! Keep your hair on, miss!
0:25:39 > 0:25:40BELL
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I was ill and you were trying to get me into bed.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- I wasn't trying to get you into...- Why not?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I can't win with you!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49HE SIGHS
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Hey, come here. Come on.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00HE SIGHS Right, let me help.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- I don't need help. - OK, no help. Advice, then?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Get back in that classroom and make a stand.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Show them who's boss.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19BELL
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Put your phone away, please, Morgan.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Put your phone away, please, Morgan!
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Can you put your phone away, please?- No.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Oi! AMANI SCREAMS
0:26:37 > 0:26:41MORGAN SCREAMS Have you seen this? Urgh! James!
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- Urgh! A dead rat! - GIRLS SCREAM
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Please! Please, give it back! - Miss Egghead!
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Please don't do this.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52She looks like Sloth, from the Goonies!
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Next person who...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56ALL CHANT: Sloth! Sloth! Sloth!
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- Please! - ALL CHANT
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I've got cancer!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- That came out wrong.- Minger!
0:27:17 > 0:27:18That's not what I meant.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- HUBBUB - I didn't mean cancer.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25- Well, It weren't just me!- It's always you! You always start it, you cow!
0:27:25 > 0:27:30- Everybody, stop it! - HUBBUB
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Morgan! Morgan!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44BELL
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- I didn't mean to say that. - I don't doubt that,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49but what has been said has been said.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- You should have told me. - It happened so quickly!
0:27:53 > 0:27:55I...
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- I mean, it's...- It's been a terrible shock, I know.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Where are you being treated?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- St Anne's.- Really?
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Who's your oncologist? My mother and sister were treated at St Anne's.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- Dr Marsh.- Marsh? Is he new?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- I... - SHE SOBS
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- I don't know, I think so.- It's OK.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31SHE SOBS
0:28:33 > 0:28:38- You'll need time off. - No! No time off.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42OK... I respect that.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45AMANI SOBS
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Is there anything we can do?
0:28:50 > 0:28:51No.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57GATE CREAKS
0:28:57 > 0:29:00You're going to be OK? Please tell me you're going to be OK?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02It's not as bad as you think.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04What are you doing?!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Hey, hey, hey, hey!
0:29:19 > 0:29:20SHE SOBS
0:29:27 > 0:29:28OK.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32OK, I want you all to do something for me.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34I want you to close your eyes.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42I want you to imagine sitting in a prison cell on Robben Island.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Grey walls, stone floor...
0:29:47 > 0:29:50..empty other than an old metal bin in one corner,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54a small wooden table , with a metal wash bowl,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56a small fabric stool in the other.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00And you're sitting on the floor on your straw bed.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05Alone. No noise...and scared.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Without hope.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11And then you hear a voice -
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Nelson Mandela's voice echoing through the cells.
0:30:16 > 0:30:22"Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit, from pole to pole,
0:30:23 > 0:30:28"I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul."
0:30:28 > 0:30:34"In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud."
0:30:34 > 0:30:39"Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed."
0:30:39 > 0:30:42"Beyond this place of wrath and tears
0:30:42 > 0:30:45"Looms but the horror of the shade,
0:30:45 > 0:30:50"And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid."
0:30:50 > 0:30:53"It matters not how strait the gate,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55"How charged with punishments the scroll!
0:30:57 > 0:31:04"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."
0:31:07 > 0:31:10MUSIC: "Close To My Fire" by Beth Hart
0:31:10 > 0:31:12# Oh, oh
0:31:12 > 0:31:14# Oh, oh
0:31:15 > 0:31:20# Strike a match and set me on fire
0:31:20 > 0:31:26# Watch it burn and flames getting higher
0:31:26 > 0:31:31# You light me up, sweet old desire
0:31:31 > 0:31:33# So won't you come
0:31:35 > 0:31:37# Close to my fire?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39# Yeah, yeah
0:31:39 > 0:31:42# Yeah, yeah
0:31:42 > 0:31:44# Yeah, yeah
0:31:44 > 0:31:46# Yeah, yeah
0:31:46 > 0:31:51# Baby, it's cold when you're gone
0:31:51 > 0:31:56# Don't make me wait, wait too long
0:31:56 > 0:32:02# Whenever you're near I have all this feeling
0:32:02 > 0:32:05# You're making me weep
0:32:05 > 0:32:07# I'm a believer
0:32:07 > 0:32:11# So, strike a match
0:32:11 > 0:32:14# And set me on fire
0:32:14 > 0:32:19# Watch it burn and flames getting higher
0:32:19 > 0:32:25# You light me up, sweet old desire
0:32:25 > 0:32:27# So won't you come
0:32:28 > 0:32:30# Close to my fire?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32# Yeah, yeah
0:32:32 > 0:32:34# Yeah, yeah
0:32:34 > 0:32:38# Yeah, yeah
0:32:38 > 0:32:40# Yeah, yeah
0:32:40 > 0:32:45# Boy, you are my symptom delusion
0:32:45 > 0:32:51# You're melting me down My resolution
0:32:51 > 0:32:58# I can escape Can't say I'm trying.. #
0:32:58 > 0:32:59BELL
0:32:59 > 0:33:01HUBBUB I won by a nose, miss.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Quick, quick, quick.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Ready? Go!
0:33:04 > 0:33:07ALL: # But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks! #
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Have you got a minute? Mrs Marr wants a word.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13What about?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15I'm not sure.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18In her office. I'll watch this lot.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21It won't take long.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Right, you lot. Desks back to where they were.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Now!
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Where do I start?
0:33:35 > 0:33:41- Firstly, Morgan has been suspended. - Why?- I thought that
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- would be fairly obvious. It's been a long time coming.- Her exams?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I wouldn't worry too much about that.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51How do you think your year has gone so far, Amani?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57It's been...OK.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Do you think we've been fair with you?
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Yeah.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Do you think you've had a tough time of it?
0:34:09 > 0:34:12If you do think you've had a rough ride,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16it wasn't by design or intent from our part.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20That's just how it is in this school. This is a tough job.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25Not a rich borough, which alone, brings its own unique set
0:34:25 > 0:34:27of challenges, set of circumstances.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32So you have to be strong, you have to be resilient
0:34:32 > 0:34:35and you have to be...honest.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42And we feel you've equipped yourself very well.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Whatever we've put in front of you,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46you have met head on,
0:34:46 > 0:34:50coped remarkably well. And you should be commended for that.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54However...
0:34:56 > 0:35:00your illness has rather changed things.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02We feel it would be best if you had less of a challenge
0:35:02 > 0:35:04for the time being,
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- just until you...- I'm not taking time off.- Well, just until... No!
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Good.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12Good for you.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I feel like getting drunk. Really drunk.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Ever taught with a hangover?
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- I'm due a sicky.- You can't tomorrow.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- It was a joke. Remember jokes? - Oh, touche!
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Why not tomorrow?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Come on.- Hugh?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- I thought you knew.- Knew what?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42The collection.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46From the kids and staff.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51They're presenting you with a cheque tomorrow.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55They can't.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58- They really can't.- Why?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06I was going to tell you.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09I really was!
0:36:12 > 0:36:15DOOR BELL CHIMES
0:36:15 > 0:36:16DOG BARKS
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- What do you want? - I'm here to see Morgan.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Why?- I want to talk to her.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- Why?- To see if she'll come back to school.- She can't, can she?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Is she in?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39She wants to see if you'll go back.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Go inside, Dad.- Don't give in to her.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Just go inside!
0:36:45 > 0:36:47It's not over.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- I want you to come back to school. - They won't let me.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57If I can make it happen, if I could get you back, would you?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Is that a "yes"?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Morgan?- Yeah.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08This...this is just a clash of personalities, you and me.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- We're so alike.- Yeah, right.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Determined not to listen to anyone else - single-minded.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- I've got to go! - Promise me one thing.- What?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19If you come back, when you sit your exams, don't just turn up.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Please try your best. It doesn't matter if you get Es or Fs -
0:37:23 > 0:37:25and you won't, because you're a bright girl.
0:37:25 > 0:37:31- It wouldn't matter, anyway, as long as you tried your best, yeah?- Yeah.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Look, me dad'll kick off if I don't get back in.- OK.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- And I'm sorry. - What are YOU sorry for?!
0:37:48 > 0:37:50So if we could all use the side exit
0:37:50 > 0:37:54while the workmen are there, it will be much safer.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Is everybody OK with that?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- ALL: Yes, Miss Marr.- Good.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Now, as you all know,
0:38:02 > 0:38:05we've had a little collection over the past few days.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08We've had to keep it a little bit of a secret,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11but we all agree it's for a very worthy cause.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Now the person in question knows nothing about this,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19so without further ado, I'd like to present her
0:38:19 > 0:38:23with what we've collected so far. Could Miss Sarin
0:38:23 > 0:38:24please come and join me?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:38:41 > 0:38:44We all think you're incredibly brave
0:38:44 > 0:38:49and we'd like to present you with this cheque for £800,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52collected by the pupils and the staff.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53APPLAUSE
0:38:54 > 0:38:55CHEERING
0:38:58 > 0:39:02It's for the cancer ward, or cancer charity, of your choice.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06They do a wonderful job supporting people with your condition.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Very worthy.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Would you like to say something?
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Erm...
0:39:22 > 0:39:23This cheque is a wonderful...
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Speak up.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28Sorry.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33I said, this cheque is a wonderful gesture.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Incredible, giving this much.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46But I can't accept it.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- I can't accept it, because... - Are you OK?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I can't, because I don't have cancer.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14I don't have cancer, I have alopecia.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15I lied.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Do you want to do this in my office?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Alopecia brings ridicule and torment...
0:40:22 > 0:40:26..but cancer... Cancer brings sympathy.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32And I'm sorry.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I'm so, so sorry for what I've done!
0:40:35 > 0:40:38For what I've said.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39I'm so sorry!
0:40:44 > 0:40:46'The words just came out in the heat of the moment.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48'They just came out.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52'Like toothpaste from a tube, once it's out there,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54'you can't put it back in.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59'There was no turning back.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06'And I'm not standing in front of you now begging for forgiveness
0:41:06 > 0:41:09'or anything like that, because...I don't deserve it.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18'You gave me your sympathy and respect, because I was in pain.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21'And because those two positives outweighed the pain,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23'I thought I could live with the consequences.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29'But the pain's still here...
0:41:36 > 0:41:38'..and my own self respect has gone.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43'And that, in itself, creates a bigger, more unbearable pain.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51'So, I'm ready for the consequences...
0:41:55 > 0:41:57'..and all the possible outcomes...
0:41:57 > 0:42:00'to swap this pain for some honesty.'
0:42:08 > 0:42:13I don't have cancer. I have alopecia.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19I have alopecia.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23ALL: # But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks! #
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