1
00:00:04,310 --> 00:00:06,886
[BOYS SPEAKING QUIETLY]
Don't look at her. Just pretend we're talking...

2
00:00:06,886 --> 00:00:08,556
Here she comes!

3
00:00:18,536 --> 00:00:19,853
[BOY BANGS SIDE OF CAR WITH HAND]

4
00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:23,361
BOYS: Miss! Stop the car. 
Miss! Stop the car Miss.

5
00:00:23,361 --> 00:00:26,508
- Fuckin' Jonah, Miss.
- Miss, look what you've done. Look!

6
00:00:26,508 --> 00:00:28,491
Miss, you killed him.
MISS: Are you alright?

7
00:00:28,491 --> 00:00:30,934
- Miss, call an ambulance.
[ALL SHOUTING]

8
00:00:30,934 --> 00:00:31,851
Jonah, get up!

9
00:00:31,851 --> 00:00:35,163
Ah, Miss, you got punk'd! We punk'd you.
[CHEERING, CLAPPING]

10
00:00:35,163 --> 00:00:36,285
Sucked in, Miss.

11
00:00:36,285 --> 00:00:38,444
You boys will all be
seeing Miss Murray today.

12
00:00:38,444 --> 00:00:40,999
And this is not funny. 
Now get out of the way.

13
00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:43,101
It was a joke, Miss. Can't you take a joke?

14
00:00:43,101 --> 00:00:44,828
You got your period or what, Miss?

15
00:00:44,828 --> 00:00:46,328
MISS: Out of the way!

16
00:00:46,328 --> 00:00:48,840
JONAH: It was one of our best ever, boys!

17
00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,028
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

18
00:00:51,028 --> 00:00:52,238
JONAH: Watch out.

19
00:00:52,448 --> 00:00:53,870
In addition to the other ones.

20
00:00:53,870 --> 00:00:57,504
Oh look, it's the Islander boys, late
again. Why is it always you lot?

21
00:00:57,504 --> 00:00:59,463
My leg hurts, Miss. It took me ages to get here.

22
00:00:59,463 --> 00:01:01,076
Oh Jonah, it was the other leg yesterday.

23
00:01:01,076 --> 00:01:02,659
Could you make up your mind please?
JONAH: Bullshit!

24
00:01:02,659 --> 00:01:05,284
JONAH: It wasn't. Ask him if you don't
believe me. I hurt it kicking the wall.

25
00:01:05,284 --> 00:01:07,114
JONAH (interview): People always say I'm disruptive...

26
00:01:07,114 --> 00:01:10,010
- Miss, I don't want to sit next to Troy. He's a homo.
MISS: Sit next to Troy!

27
00:01:10,010 --> 00:01:12,838
JONAH (interview): ...but they don't even
know that I'm just trying to make things

28
00:01:12,838 --> 00:01:16,135
more fun and more interactive.

29
00:01:16,135 --> 00:01:20,055
[LOUD TAPPING SOUND]

30
00:01:20,055 --> 00:01:22,926
JONAH (interview): Kids in the class don't
even care because they're doing their work

31
00:01:22,926 --> 00:01:26,911
and they're concentrating and it's
boring and all of a sudden they get a joke

32
00:01:26,911 --> 00:01:30,546
and they just get a little break
from their work and they get to laugh.

33
00:01:30,546 --> 00:01:34,437
So if that's being disruptive then 'fuck you'.

34
00:01:34,437 --> 00:01:36,501
That's not disruptive, that's entertainment.

35
00:01:36,501 --> 00:01:39,255
JONAH: I'm just getting the worksheet Miss.
Let me do some work for once.

36
00:01:39,255 --> 00:01:40,615
MISS: Do it quietly thank you.

37
00:01:40,615 --> 00:01:42,512
JONAH: I'm doing it quietly.

38
00:01:42,512 --> 00:01:43,636
There you go, Homo.

39
00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:46,839
MISS: Don't use... Jonah, do not 
use that word in this class thank you.

40
00:01:46,839 --> 00:01:49,806
Why not? It's an English word. 
This is an English class isn't it?

41
00:01:49,806 --> 00:01:51,999
DOUG (welfare teacher):
Jonah now has a contract.

42
00:01:51,999 --> 00:01:54,487
I got Jonah to come up with a list of promises

43
00:01:54,487 --> 00:01:56,223
that he thought he could fulfil

44
00:01:56,223 --> 00:01:59,779
in areas where he felt that he could
make an improvement in himself.

45
00:01:59,779 --> 00:02:03,776
So we've got behavioural promises 
and academic objectives

46
00:02:03,776 --> 00:02:06,388
and it works remarakably well.
MISS: No no no no. Sit down!

47
00:02:06,388 --> 00:02:08,164
I just want to sit next to
Leon. I'll learn more.

48
00:02:08,164 --> 00:02:10,098
MISS: Sit over there, now!

49
00:02:10,098 --> 00:02:11,331
Puck you, Miss.

50
00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:12,510
Beg your pardon!?

51
00:02:12,510 --> 00:02:15,296
I said 'puck you', with a 'p'.

52
00:02:15,296 --> 00:02:17,604
Don't you even know how to spell, Miss?
MISS: I know what you meant.

53
00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:22,501
JONAH (interview): I have to do all the work 
required in class and respect all teachers.

54
00:02:22,501 --> 00:02:24,387
JONAH: I like what you're wearing, Miss.

55
00:02:24,387 --> 00:02:26,160
Looks nice on you.
Is that from Sussan's?

56
00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,894
Jonah, what does your contract
say about talking in class?

57
00:02:28,894 --> 00:02:30,691
DOUG: It gives him a boundary.

58
00:02:30,691 --> 00:02:34,900
See, he knows when he stepped outside of 
the rules because he made the rules.

59
00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,160
MISS: Jonah, cap off,
balls on the ground now!

60
00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,921
Okay Miss.

61
00:02:39,921 --> 00:02:41,226
MISS: What are you doing?

62
00:02:41,226 --> 00:02:43,612
You said put my balls on the ground...
MISS: Get up off the ground. Get up.


63
00:02:43,612 --> 00:02:45,144
But my balls are on the ground Miss, look.
[LAUGHTER]


64
00:02:45,144 --> 00:02:46,817
Get up off the ground.
JONAH: Stop molesting my arm.

65
00:02:46,817 --> 00:02:47,492
I am not...

66
00:02:47,492 --> 00:02:49,714
It's his own authority
that he created, you know.

67
00:02:49,714 --> 00:02:51,724
He's not letting anybody
else down except himself.

68
00:02:51,724 --> 00:02:54,738
Excuse me class, I'm looking for two strong boys
for 10 minutes to help me move some stuff.

69
00:02:54,738 --> 00:02:56,217
Sir, sir, pick me. Pick me sir,
please. Please, Please.

70
00:02:56,217 --> 00:02:58,167
DOUG: Troy and Cameron.

71
00:02:58,167 --> 00:02:59,674
JONAH: Puck you, Sir.

72
00:02:59,674 --> 00:03:00,871
Excuse me Jonah?

73
00:03:00,871 --> 00:03:02,837
I said 'puck you' Sir.

74
00:03:02,837 --> 00:03:05,966
Well Jonah, you're going to have to go
and sit outside Miss Murray's office.

75
00:03:05,966 --> 00:03:06,688
Why, Sir?

76
00:03:06,688 --> 00:03:08,842
And you've broken your contract. Well done.

77
00:03:08,842 --> 00:03:14,149
DOUG: I organise various programs. 
This one is directed towards our Islander kids

78
00:03:14,149 --> 00:03:16,062
and I've called it Polynesian Pathways.

79
00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:17,515
Okay, hurry in, everybody get a seat.

80
00:03:17,515 --> 00:03:22,783
DOUG (interview): We're offering alternate
pathways in life for the Islander kids

81
00:03:22,783 --> 00:03:27,405
to help steer them away from the
deadly spiral of unemployment,

82
00:03:27,405 --> 00:03:29,152
crime and drug abuse.

83
00:03:29,152 --> 00:03:32,497
JONAH: You got a girl one.
Joseph got a girl one.

84
00:03:32,497 --> 00:03:34,733
DOUG: Jonah's responding,
you know, very well.

85
00:03:34,733 --> 00:03:38,529
He's sort of relishing the opportunity
of displaying his traditional culture.

86
00:03:38,529 --> 00:03:40,534
JONAH: I'm not wearin this
shit in front of anyone, Sir.

87
00:03:40,534 --> 00:03:43,528
I fuckin' hate Polynesian Pathways.

88
00:03:43,528 --> 00:03:46,070
It's fucked up. They make you dance like a homo.

89
00:03:46,070 --> 00:03:48,306
And we have to do this performance in assembly.

90
00:03:48,306 --> 00:03:49,964
LUKE: You two stop pissing around.

91
00:03:49,964 --> 00:03:51,397
I'm not pissing. He keeps trying....

92
00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:52,725
JONAH: I fuckin' hate it.

93
00:03:52,725 --> 00:03:54,325
DOUG: We've got a special
guest speaker today.

94
00:03:54,325 --> 00:03:58,294
Now, Luke is Samoan and
he has been in gaol.


95
00:03:58,294 --> 00:04:02,928
LUKE: If you fuck up in school you're 
gonna fuck up in life. That's fucked.

96
00:04:02,928 --> 00:04:05,514
JONAH: Were there girls in your gaol?
[LAUGHTER]

97
00:04:05,514 --> 00:04:08,025
You're going to end up 
being my girl in a minute.

98
00:04:08,025 --> 00:04:09,104
[TRADITIONAL MUSIC]

99
00:04:09,104 --> 00:04:13,142
DOUG: There's career options,
anger issues, development stuff....

100
00:04:13,142 --> 00:04:14,752
DOUG: Man boobs.

101
00:04:14,752 --> 00:04:16,700
What are they? Where do they come from?

102
00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:20,467
DOUG: ...and a strand on 
modern music and hip hop.

103
00:04:20,467 --> 00:04:23,981
JONAH SINGING HIP HOP STYLE: 
We are Tongan. Come from the islands.

104
00:04:23,981 --> 00:04:27,309
Respect your culture ... mother fucker.

105
00:04:27,309 --> 00:04:30,347
DOUG: This is a chance for them
to celebrate their culture

106
00:04:30,347 --> 00:04:33,412
and also to show them that
we celebrate their culture.

107
00:04:33,412 --> 00:04:35,572
So when is this shit over?

108
00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,350
JOSEPH: Gumnut Cottage.

109
00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:40,820
It's a little place where you go
to learn how to read and crap.

110
00:04:40,820 --> 00:04:42,258
For remedial reading.

111
00:04:42,258 --> 00:04:44,160
THOMAS: People who have
no nuts usually go there.

112
00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,328
JOSEPH: Call it gumnut no nuts because
if you go there it means you've got no nuts.

113
00:04:47,328 --> 00:04:48,743
Jonah and Leon go there.

114
00:04:48,743 --> 00:04:50,503
JONAH: He goes there. Leon
goes there. I don't go there.

115
00:04:50,503 --> 00:04:52,961
LEON: I don't go there.
JOSEPH: Yous both go there.

116
00:04:52,961 --> 00:04:55,484
JONAH: Bullshit! I don't fuckin' go
there. Your mum goes there.

117
00:04:55,484 --> 00:04:56,234
Shut up.

118
00:04:56,234 --> 00:04:57,716
LEON: I saw you last time there.

119
00:04:57,716 --> 00:05:00,383
I don't fuckin' go to Gumnut Cottage.

120
00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:04,253
JAN (teacher): Jonah attends Gumnut Cottage
5 periods a week for remedial reading.

121
00:05:04,253 --> 00:05:07,057
Jared felt what with Jane?

122
00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:08,351
Oh, Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss.

123
00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:09,155
Okay, Jonah.

124
00:05:09,155 --> 00:05:10,219
Pissed off?

125
00:05:10,219 --> 00:05:10,939
No.

126
00:05:10,939 --> 00:05:13,563
JAN (interview): One of the goals
that Jonah has written into his

127
00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:15,656
Polynesian Pathways contract

128
00:05:15,656 --> 00:05:18,053
is that he wants to be able to learn to read

129
00:05:18,053 --> 00:05:19,928
by the end of the year...

130
00:05:20,788 --> 00:05:23,394
JAN: How many?
- 2.5 Miss



131
00:05:23,394 --> 00:05:26,730
JAN: And at the moment he is
reading at about an 8 year old level,

132
00:05:26,730 --> 00:05:29,923
which, that's not unusual,
particularly for boys.

133
00:05:29,923 --> 00:05:31,373
JAN: Sound it out.
JONAH: C...

134
00:05:31,373 --> 00:05:34,043
JAN: S...Cir...
JONAH: Surfing.

135
00:05:34,043 --> 00:05:37,376
JAN: No, cir...cus.
JONAH: It starts with a fuckin' C.

136
00:05:37,376 --> 00:05:38,346
JAN: Yeah, 's'.

137
00:05:38,346 --> 00:05:41,228
JONAH: Reading is the main thing
I want to do in my contract

138
00:05:41,228 --> 00:05:45,583
because if I could learn to read then
I could read books all day. I could just...

139
00:05:45,583 --> 00:05:47,874
I could read like, Harry Potter in a day.

140
00:05:47,874 --> 00:05:51,924
JAN: What might you find at a circus? 
The eleph.... Yeah, come on.

141
00:05:51,924 --> 00:05:53,936
JONAH: Clowns!
JAN: What's that word?

142
00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:55,047
I dunno.

143
00:05:55,047 --> 00:05:57,535
JAN: Okay, so sound it out.
JONAH: I don't wanna sound it out.

144
00:05:57,535 --> 00:05:59,779
JAN: I want you to sound it out.
JONAH: Maybe I don't want to.

145
00:05:59,779 --> 00:06:01,894
Well that's what we're doing 
at the moment, we're reading.

146
00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:03,912
JONAH: Too slow. You're too slow.

147
00:06:03,912 --> 00:06:07,347
JAN (interview): Jonah's 
quite erratic in his approach.

148
00:06:07,347 --> 00:06:10,524
He's all enthusiasm and all
guns blazing one minute,

149
00:06:10,524 --> 00:06:15,029
and then the next minute he can snap 
and I'm the worst person in the world

150
00:06:15,029 --> 00:06:17,037
and it's "fuck this" and "fuck that".

151
00:06:17,037 --> 00:06:19,292
JONAH: It's bullshit children's book!
I don't feel like I want to read it anyway.

152
00:06:19,292 --> 00:06:22,163
JAN (interview): That's the intriquing
thing about Jonah and you know,

153
00:06:22,163 --> 00:06:25,228
it's the thing that I love about Jonah too; 
you never know what you're going to get.

154
00:06:25,228 --> 00:06:27,327
JONAH: Why don't you fuckin'
kill yourself you bitch!

155
00:06:27,327 --> 00:06:28,393
JONAH (interview): Miss Palmer's alright.

156
00:06:28,393 --> 00:06:31,276
She's one of the maddest
teachers in the whole school.

157
00:06:31,276 --> 00:06:33,551
She's better than any other teacher here.

158
00:06:33,551 --> 00:06:36,357
JAN: Jared was ....
JONAH: Wanking.

159
00:06:36,357 --> 00:06:37,658
JAN: Pardon?
JONAH: Wanking?

160
00:06:37,658 --> 00:06:39,713
JONAH (interview): Sometimes
I give her electric shocks.

161
00:06:39,713 --> 00:06:43,466
Like you do the old feet on 
the ground like this, like that,

162
00:06:43,466 --> 00:06:46,074
and then when Miss goes 
past I go, "Miss" and touch her

163
00:06:46,074 --> 00:06:48,748
and it gives her an electric shock 
and she just laughs at me.

164
00:06:48,748 --> 00:06:50,338
JAN: Silently means quietly.

165
00:06:50,338 --> 00:06:53,093
- Silently means stop talking, Miss
- Exactly.

166
00:06:53,093 --> 00:06:56,555
JONAH (interview): She's got a good
sense of humour but she appreciates me.

167
00:06:56,555 --> 00:06:59,896
JAN (interview): I think Jonah really 
really does want to learn

168
00:06:59,896 --> 00:07:03,033
and ah, he really wants to
be able to learn to read.

169
00:07:03,033 --> 00:07:06,825
JONAH: Miss! Miss! Look at this. Look.

170
00:07:06,825 --> 00:07:08,877
It's better on the mat, Miss. 
I'll show you at lunch.

171
00:07:08,877 --> 00:07:10,411
- Okay.
- See ya, Miss.

172
00:07:10,411 --> 00:07:12,261
- See ya.
- Come find me at the amphitheatre.

173
00:07:12,261 --> 00:07:13,999
JAN: How do you spell amphitheatre?

174
00:07:13,999 --> 00:07:17,190
I'm out of the room Miss, I'm 
not spelling. Sucked into you.

175
00:07:17,190 --> 00:07:18,225
See ya, Miss.