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♪ I don't wanna be ♪

♪ Your teacher today ♪

♪ If we kiss ♪

♪ Would that be so wrong? ♪

♪ You're just a girl ♪

♪ Who I'm forbidden ♪

♪ Who I'm forbidden to know ♪

Fucking hell, that's it, that's it, "Forbidden."

Forbidden, that's title of the song, "Forbidden Love."

Senior camp is still going ahead.

What do you mean still going ahead?

Well, it was, well, because the camp we're going to is double booked.

Ooh.

- Oh, no. - What?

I thought we'd paid the deposit?

It's the one with the pool, took the slides.

That's the one with the brochure that we saw with the pool.

We're fine because I had a chat with Rachel,

and her brother works at a camp.

It's actually a Christian camp.

Oh, listen, this is not everyone's into that, no offense.

No one's really into that shit.

Yeah, but lots of people don't like the idea.

But when you go there, you actually like, it's actually just quite fun.

Yeah, but is there a pool?

Yeah, there's a pool, it's actually a river

that's been damned to sort of form a pool.

So, here's not a pool, it's a river.

- Disappointing, man. - It's camp.

I was thinking spa, I was thinking cocktails.

I was thinking relax. Now you know what I'm seeing?

I'm seeing prayers, I'm seeing kayaks.

We're gonna have to bring a lot of booze 'cause my guy's out,

so I can't bring any of the fucking good stuff.

- Where's he gone? - He died.

- He died? - Yeah.

How?

Apparently he was rock climbing or something.

But he was a psycho. He--

He wouldn't have been wearing like a harness.

He wouldn't have been latched onto the rock at all.

Oh, okay, just like free climbing. I've read about that.

Free climbing on coke.

Free climbing on coke?

He would've been high off his tick rock climbing.

He was very good, though. He had forearms like fucking Popeye.

They were massive. Like fucking veiny as.

Did you go to his funeral?

Yeah, it was so sad.

So what happens when your guy dies? Like, how do you get another guy?

Mm, I know, I've been struggling to find someone, to be honest.

Yeah.

You kind of gotta start from the ground up.

So there's a dairy up the road from me just out the back on Hanson Street.

Mm?

And I'm just sort of... chuck a hoodie on after school.

I'll just pop down there and I'll just sort of hang around,

and then you see a guy come past

and just be a bit like, "Hey, what's up, bro?"

You know, the funeral would've been a great place

to find a hookup rather than doing your Hanson Street theory thing.

You're right.

You should have just sussed it at the funeral.

There would've been heaps of dealers.

It's not a bit insensitive, though? Like, the guy's just died,

and now I'm sort of going up to his, like, brother

and his mates and being like, "You got any fucking hook up, or...?"

I don't think it matters. I think everyone's looking for work, you know?

For participating in PE, Danny Forrest.

So this one's for excellent concentration, aptitude,

and listening in senior metal crafts.

And that is for Robert Spencer.

Whoo!

Don't need to bring your bag up, Robert.

Do you mind if I say a couple of words?

No, I suppose you can do that.

- Thanks. - You want to...?

There's so many people to thank.

Mr. Harrison, 'cause he encouraged me, you know?

When I said I wanted to make a metal bread board.

He said, "Go for it, mate."

Okay, mate.

All right, Robert, thanks very much.

Shall we go and sit down?

I'll just...

Things didn't really work out with me and Maia's mum,

you know, because things fell apart.

And I remember when you were just a little girl in my arms.

You remember that, sweetheart?

♪ Silent night ♪

♪ All is calm All is ♪

So, thank you.

Thanks, Robert, so we'll probably have some more certificates

for you tomorrow afternoon.

One, two.

Can I steal a quick second?

Uh... does this involve the guitar?

Yeah, I've just written a little song for Penny.

For Penny? I thought you were gonna shut that down.

Yeah, I know we spoke about that but didn't shut it down.

No, I really don't wanna be involved in any of this stuff.

Yeah, but I feel like you're like the person that really needs to hear it.

You're the one that told me about Penny, that she liked me.

I told you to shut it down.

Yes, and I haven't shut it down.

Yeah, so that's your mistake. So why am I being punished?

Because you are the one in this with me.

No, I'm not, I'm doing my Know Yourself Better worksheet.

Just hear it out. Gimme two minutes in it.

- No, no, no, no. - Okay, one minute.

- Just hear the first. - Oh!

- Just hear the first line. - God!

♪ Ah ♪

- Okay, I'm gonna stop you there. - You're not giving it a chance.

- No, I'm not. - This is the-- listen!

♪ Ah ♪

♪ And something about being a teacher ♪

Sorry, are these just proxy words?

- Why do you keep talking... - Because I'm saying...

...when I'm trying to show you the fucking art?

...that you're saying something about...

You know what? You're no help. I'm gonna sing it.

- Thanks for nothing. - Okay, last piece of advice: don't do it.

Doing it.

Maia just took it the wrong way.

She didn't see what I was saying to her.

It's a big steaming shit.

Bro, do you want some advice?

Yeah?

I think that you might need to yarn to someone,

you know, and just chat it out.

Not Ms. Duffy 'cause you can't trust her.

So I think you need to find some people your own age.

Like, when you have your homies at school,

and then you have homies who are in the same life place.

Like age range.

Age range, who support you with where you're at?

Yeah.

Another fellow with gray hairs.

Do you have any mates, bro?

You know, friends that you can chat it out with?

My brother.

Well, why don't you talk to your bro?

I can't talk to John anymore.

Why?

Oh, you know, I borrowed his boat and left it empty.

There was no petrol in it or something.

And now he won't talk to me anymore.

- Is that all? - Yeah.

Oh, my gosh, how long have you guys been like silent and stealthy for?

I think about 10 years.

♪ And I'm someone who ♪

Sorry, hang on a sec, just a second.

You just you jump in a second.

- Oh, sorry. - Just because I want you to hear it.

♪ Something about my name ♪

And then I want to kick in-- like, I want to show--

I was trying to think of like how to represent my heartbeat

and so it was like a...

♪ Mm mana ma ha ha ha ha ♪

♪ Something something ♪

♪ Now you're here ♪

♪ Come on come on ♪

♪ Come on ♪

That's good.

♪ Mother motherfucker ♪

♪ You fucking ♪

Lots of swearing, I think.

♪ Ne ne ne ne ne ne ♪

♪ Ne ne ♪

So, what do you reckon?

- It's great, I love it. - Yeah?

It's good, yeah.

- Do you mean that, though? - Yeah, who's it for?

Oh, it's this, just this woman I know.

You've gotta sing it to her.

- You reckon? - Hell yeah.

Yeah, you'd give me your permission to do that?

Yeah, obviously, crazy not to.

Thanks.

Mr. Thompson, you wanted to see me?

Yeah, thanks for coming.

Am I in trouble or something?

No, no, no, as if.

Actually, I wanted to ask a favor.

I've been been working on a song.

Would you mind if I ran it past you 'cause you're cool and you know,

you probably tell me if it's good.

Sure.

Oh, yeah, cheers, thank you.

It's just a chilled song, you know?

It is pretty full of meaning behind it and stuff.

But, you know, hear it out. See what it means to you.

♪ I'm just a boy ♪

♪ Standing here ♪

♪ And you're just a girl ♪

♪ Who I'm forbidden to see ♪

♪ If this is love ♪

♪ How can I turn away ♪

♪ I don't wanna turn away ♪

♪ So come on come on Come on come on come on ♪

♪ Let's fuck tonight ♪

♪ Romeo, Juliet they were fucking ♪

♪ They were fucking all night ♪

- Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thompson. - Yeah, yeah?

It's a really cool song, but I've gotta go meet my boyfriend, Lenox,

by the tuck shop.

Oh, okay.

It's a really cool song, though.

You are a stupid fucking idiot.

You are stupid.

You're stupid! You're...

I'm all right! I'm all right!

You're a fucking idiot. You are, you're a fucking...!

It was suggested by a few of my peers

that maybe I should talk to some people of a similar age.

And I found this thing called a men's group,

men getting together and talking.

I thought maybe we could try that.

I mean, if you were open to it?

Like a school men's group.

Yeah, for the men at the school.

Yeah, I mean, I'm not one for laying out all the problems.

I just like to smile and grin and bear it.

Like this.

Right.

I'll think about it.

Thanks Jarred.

Okay.

Here we go, Milky, missed it.

Pick up your game.

- I don't even have to play. - Good hands, good hands.

All right, okay, break it up.

Boys and girls, split.

We're gonna play a bit of one-on-one.

First boy, first girl, bring them in.

No, no, no, no, not Lenox.

Next, someone else, someone...

Now you know what, Lenox, you come in.

Penny, you're right. You sit one back out.

You know what me and you'll have a quick game, yeah?

Just you and I?

A little bit of one-on-one.

Here we go, bud.

I think we all know that being a man

is a really challenging thing in this day and age.

And I've had some personal struggles.

I love Maia. I love Maia.

I'd do anything for her.

I really-- I love her.

I love her a lot, sorry.

- Is this the adults...? - Yeah, so...

Hey, hey, he's crying, and you guys are talking...

- It's all right. - ...while he's crying.

We're just clarifying.

I know, but you should let him...

Do you want a hug, mate?

What for?

With the crying?

I wasn't crying.

Yeah, you were crying.

No, I wasn't.

He's crying.

- I wasn't crying. - You were crying.

I'm not judging you.

- Can we? - Okay.

Put up your hands if you think he was crying.

Oh, yeah, definitely.

A little bit of crying there.

- Was I? - Yeah, a little bit.

- Yeah, it's fine. - It's all right, it's good.

- And it's fine. - I'm sorry.

He's definitely crying now.

- Yeah. - Definitely.

That's crying, mate.

You're right, you're right.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, mate, it's just this group means everything to me.

- Aw. - It means everything to me.

Miss, how much longer do we have to do this?

Just change direction.

- What's going on? - Everyone change direction.

- Keep running. - What's going on?

I'm taking Vinnie's PE class.

They're not even in PE gear.

There's not even a ball, where's Vinny?

He's in a men's meeting.

A men's meeting, what do you mean?

Men's stuff, I don't really know. I wasn't invited.

Okay, all right, then, I'll do it.

So a couple of months into my six-year term,

I end up fucking over the wrong guy, yep.

What term? In your previous school, or...?

Jail, so, yeah, so I had a couple--

- Jail? - Yeah.

End up knocking out the wrong bloke.

I reached out to the guy that was at the top. His name was Bushy.

Nice bloke, mad bush on him.

That's why he got his nickname Bushy, 'cause it was massive.

It was crazy, all the ringlets.

Hand up, saying to me once a week, "Sit with me for an hour."

After about six months of going, got a bit fucked up, to be honest.

Started to get a bit fucked up for me.

He'd just asked me to turn around, put my pants down

and then pull the jocks down too.

He'd just look at it. He'd just look at my ass.

Like I could just hear him behind me just going,

"Don't you fucking look at it, Bushy. Don't you fucking..."

That fucks you up in the head a bit when you hear that shit,

you know what I mean?

It feels good to get that fucking off my chest.

So, thank you.

Was there much of a break between your time with Bushy

and coming here and working with the children?

Um...

- Jarred? - Hmm?

How long should that have been?

Did you know?

No, I wasn't aware of it clearly, obviously.

- I can't have been aware of it. - Was he aware of it?

- He wasn't aware of it, no. - He wasn't aware of it.

- No. - Okay.

- Jesus. - He had no idea.

- Isn't this off the record, anyway? - Isn't it off the record?

- I don't know? - I was employee.

I'm making rough notes.

Someone else better fucking say something

because I'm not walking outta here

after telling you that I had a guy

looking at my fucking asshole for fucking six years.

- Hi. - Hi.

Finished up?

- Yeah. - Oh, lovely.

See you this afternoon.

- What, why? - Parent-teacher interviews?

No, that's on Thursday.

- No, they've been shifted. - What?

Jarred had that dental hygienist appointment.

Oh, so he's shifted the whole thing because of his own appoint--?

Yeah.

Oh, for heck's sake. I don't need this right now, I'm all like--

Sorry, do you know if I need to be there for...?

Are you covering or...?

I'm relieving today, yeah, the physics.

- I mean, yeah. - Probably.

I think my instinct, which I do enjoy following,

is that yes, you should be there, Pete.

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Just pretend you know more than you do. That's what we all do.

Oh, okay.

It's all pretty snapped up, you know.

What was your name again?

- Mariah. - Mariah.

Mariah, you didn't tell me you had such a beautiful sister.

Oh, this is so sweet.

- What's your name? - My name's Gloria.

- Gloria. - You don't know me?

The head of the border trustees here.

You haven't seen me before?

Something's just not really sitting with me with the whole gluten thing.

Like is that a thing that you're making up maybe?

No, no it's not, it really has a terrible impact on his health.

The eclairs at the tuck shop are definitely not gluten-free.

You've had quite a few of those, Jayden, haven't you?

Yeah.

- So Maia and Drama... - Yeah.

- She's doing great. - Is she?

- Yeah, she's doing really well. - Oh, good.

I would like to talk about her voice, though.

Just say something, Maia.

- What do you mean, like singing? - Ah, you hear that?

No.

I don't know if you know this about voice work,

but you can send your voice out of different orifices in your body.

Here's "ooh" out of my ears:

♪ Ooh ♪

I want to broach next year because, listen,

it's not working out. Let's be honest, okay?

I think it'd be best if you choose another subject

and we just go our separate ways.

No, no, no, no, no, no, I don't think so.

Um, he needs that activity.

- Yeah, he needs it. - Being outdoors.

Get him a nutritionist in your own time. I'm not gonna be that guy.

Why exactly do you think he needs a nutritionist?

- Why? - Yes.

He'll be doing PE next year-- with you--

and you will be giving him an "excellent."

Negative.

Now, did we see each other last Tuesday, was that you?

- I've only talked to you like once. - When was that?

A couple of months ago we talked in the hallway.

Oh, yeah, we had a really interesting chat

- in the hallway about the-- - It was more like a "go to class."

Yeah, Janet and I haven't established a formal relationship yet.

- Right, right. - But I think we do have

the beginnings of something very informal in the hallway.

I just thought this might've all been taken care of.

What do you mean taken care of?

Well, I was just under the impression that you've met all the students and...?

Well, I have met her 'cause I met her in the hallway.

Right, but that was more just to tell her to go to class.

Correct, yes, I don't think we're rehashing

the same old, boring story over.

I mean, is this what he is like at home?

I mean, the same old shit.

So here's "E" out of my vagina:

♪ Eee... ♪

Wow.

And of course I could give you a "Z" out of my asshole.

It sounds a lot like...

I could write those down for you if you like.

Oh, I don't think, no, I'm good.

It was just a drawing of a cock and balls.

It looked a little weird, and so I just made a comment on it.

I know what a penis is.

I just wondered whether he had in fact ever seen a penis.

I mean, he's seen his own. Have you seen another one?

Are you still with your partner?

No, but I mean, you've seen his penis when you were younger.

- Mom. - You would've?

Yeah, I mean this is perfectly natural.

It's just you are very behind the other students

- in terms of your knowledge. - If you can't talk about it

in front of us, who can you talk about it with?

Yeah.

- Hi, Robert. - Hey, Carol, hey, love.

Dad.

Didn't know I was gonna see you here.

Robert, I just wanted to tell you

I have put my name down on the list as a parent volunteer at school camp.

Oh, there's no need to do that, I'll be there.

Yeah, but, well, I'll be there as a parent.

Yeah, but I'm also a parent.

No, student with your five biscuits...

and you're only allowed to have one.

So I think that says it all. Can you put those back?

- Put them back. - The sign.

- You just put them in your pockets. - I was gonna put them back afterwards.

You would be blown away by the amount of money

that a young kid could make cage fighting, okay?

It takes a very certain individual, and I think Jasmine has that.

She's got-- it's a mongrel mentality.

I don't like where this is...

It's not exactly a compliment, is it, calling my daughter a mongrel?

She could be a very rich mongrel.

No, I really don't think we're gonna be able to make that fly.

There's no way your mum would want to hear about you cage fighting.

God, she'd hit the roof.

So you want to get into medicine, do you?

Well, yeah.

So what would you recommend for someone to get into medicine?

- Well, you know, probably the sciences. - Sciences.

Probably anatomy is probably quite key as well.

Oh, really?

Yeah, yeah, just, I think a big thing as well

is probably wanting to help people.

Help people.

Look after people in general.

Help people, those are good.

Why are you writing these down?

Why am I writing it down?

Well, I guess if you wanted to get into medicine, Jan,

I think you should really focus on your sciences.

Oh, Good day, mate.

- Good day. - How's it going?

- I bumped into Carol and Maia. - Yeah.

And she also said that she wanted to come

to the school camp as a parent.

Oh, great.

But can't you stop her from coming?

Well, no, because I needed the volunteers.

Yeah, but she's not very good at that sort of thing.

She's really irresponsible around kids.

She wants a little.

- Is she drinking? - Oh, yeah.

Is this true?

No, I'm making it up.

Could you stop her from coming, please?

- No. - Mr. Needham.

But she's gonna tell me what to do all the time.

She'd be treating me like a kid.

And you know, she's already trying to control how much I'm eating.

- All the biscuits? - Yeah.

- How many of you had? - A couple.

- Well... - You got five biscuits.

The school is not made of biscuits.

I know, but nobody was eating them, Mr. Needham.

They're not because there's none there. Look, you've got six!

- Put them back on the thing, please. - Okay.

So, last time, Jasmine was absent for a number of weeks.

I think I queried-- I think I emailed your wife

but never heard anything back.

Well, I'll have to email her later, I suppose.

You're gonna email your wife?

So, how's communication working in your household?

It's a large house, so sometimes it's easier to just email,

and then you'll hear the ding from somewhere in the house,

and you'll know she's got it, and then you can...

Would you call it a communication breakdown

happening at home?

- I just think-- - I'll pause you there.

Sorry, let me actually direct that question to you.

Do you think one of them's had an affair?

Oh, for God's sake.

Am I allowed to say something now,

or are you still just talking directly to Jasmine?

I'm still talking directly to Jasmine.

But, oh no, no, we're finished.

Yes, what would you like to say?

I don't think I need to. You apparently have all the answers,

so I don't think I need to say anything.

- Well, it's been fantastic. - Apparently you know my life.

- Has it? - Thank you very much.

- Has it? Yeah, okay. - It's been a pleasure.

- It hasn't. Come on, babe. - And, um...

You are great at your job, by the way.

Thank you.

No, that wasn't positive.

Could you email me that anyway, just as a feedback thing?

Hello, everybody, and thank you for coming.

Fun times, here we go.

What are you gonna do, just read all day?

Well, you know, I'm just trying to get a flow on.

Every minute you're away, it's pissing me off massively out there.

Excuse me, you two.

I am trying to read and have a nice time on camp.

You're a student, and I'm one of the parent helpers here.

- You can't tell me what to do. - Whoa, you just pushed in.

- No, I didn't. - I'll get you the rope.

Cheers, big ears.

Go, Frankie!