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Excuse me, Sir, what film is this?
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It's a film about homework...
homework assignment.
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What school do you go to?
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Shahid Massoumi.
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Have you done your homework?
- Yes.
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Sure?
- Sure.
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Good. Go to school now,
we're coming too.
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Excuse me, Sir...
sorry to bother you.
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Can I help you?
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Sir, take our picture!
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Is that a children's movie, Sir?
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Mr. Safavi, take a picture
of these children.
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Excuse me, is it a feature film?
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No, it's a documentary, I guess.
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You can't tell until the film's made.
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Excuse us, we have to start shooting.
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Excuse me, Sir, what is this film?
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It's about homework.
What school do you go to?
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Shahid Massoumi.
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It's about homework...
Have you done yours?
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Yes.
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My homework's better than theirs.
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Off you go to school then.
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Goodbye, Sir.
- Salaam.
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Excuse me, Sir.
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I'm interested in films and I'm
familiar with your work, Mr. Kiarostami.
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Thank you.
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I've seen one of your films too,
on TV.
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it was filmed at school... in class.
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'The First Graders'?
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Is it on the same theme?
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Well, the theme isn't clear yet
because I don't work from a script.
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It's based on impressions...
I've only started today.
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To tell you the truth,
I came across a problem...
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when I was helping my own child
with his homework.
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Homework's supposed to be for kids
but adults are even more involved.
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So I tought I'd bring a camera over
and see what's happening here.
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See if it's only my child's problem,
my own problem...
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or the educational system's.
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So we'll be observing other parents
and children and hearing their views.
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In fact, to give you the right
answer...
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I'd say it's not a movie
in the usual sense.
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It's a research project.
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You could say it's a visual study
of pupils homework assignments.
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Well, good luck to you.
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Islam is victorious!
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Down with the East and the West!
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Say your prayer.
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O Allah! Bless Mohammed
and his household!
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In the name of God the Merciful,
the Compassionate.
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In the name of God the Merciful,
the Compassionate.
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By the declining day,
Lo! man is in a state of loss.
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Save those who believe
and do good works.
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And exhort one another to truth.
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And exhort one another to
endurance...
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One and two and three and four.
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Two and three and four and five,
The warriors are victorious.
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Three and four and five and six,
Saddam's followers are doomed.
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One and two and three and four,
Two and three and four and five.
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Three and four and five and six,
Saddam's followers are doomed.
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Moslems are victorious.
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The first Imam?
- Is Ali.
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Lion-hearted one?
- Is Ali.
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Conqueros of Kheibar?
- Is Ali.
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The first Imam?
- Is Ali.
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Religious leader?
- Is Ali.
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Guardian of religion?
- Is Ali.
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What was your name?
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What?
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Adjust the light a little.
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That's fine now.
- Right, let's start.
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Sound!
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Camera!
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Well, why don't you do your
homework in time?
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My brother always says...
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My mum's out working...
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and I always tell my brother
to write his dictation.
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Then I read his dictation to him
and write mine as well.
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You have to do it all yourself?
Is there no one to help you?
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My sister got married. There's
only me and my older brother...
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Why doesn't your older
brother do it?
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My older brother's working.
There's just the two of us at home.
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So who reads your dictation
to you then?
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I take it to my sister's house.
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Does she live nearby?
- Her house is near Pars.
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Who looks after your brother then?
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My mum and dad are back home
by then.
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Couldn't your mum and dad read
your dictation to you?
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My dad's busy with his plants and
all that and my mum's busy cooking.
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I see. So your sister has to read
your dictation to you?
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Isn't your sister busy? - No.
- Dosen't she do the cooking?
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She does the cooking at night
and I go to her every afternoon.
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So you go to her place
and then return home.
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Why haven't you done your
homework?
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I do it most of the time.
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Perhaps, but sometimes you don't.
Why?
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Once in a while, like on Fridays,
our teacher...
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She gives us a lot of homework...
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She give us three assignments...
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for the same lesson.
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And a lot of dictation and maths.
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And you don't have enough time?
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Can you dad read and write?
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What about your mother?
- No.
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Who helps you with your lessons
at home?
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It's me... and our landlady.
- How?
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When I have a dictation, I go to our
landlady and she reads it out to me...
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Not the landlady... her daughters
read it out to me.
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Her daughters do that?
- Yes.
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What time do you finish your
homework?
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I don't know.
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You mean it takes a long time?
- Well, a little.
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What do you do apart from
homework?
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Does your mother make you
run errands?
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Writing dictation...
Learning Farsi...
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No, I mean housework.
- Housework?
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I don't know what housework is.
- You don't?
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Do you ever go to buy bread?
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No, only when we run out of bread.
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So you don't go when there's
bread at home?
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How about buying other things?
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Fruit... yes, I buy fruit.
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Do you get punished when you
don't do your homework well?
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They punish me when I don't
do my homework well.
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Who?
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Our teacher.
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How about at school, at home,
your parents?
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My parents beat me up.
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How do they beat you up?
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I don't know.
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How can you not know how
you get beaten up?
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Belt...
- With a belt.
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How do they know you didn't do
well if they can't read or write?
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When I show them my notebooks,
they say it's bad.
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But they're not educated.
How do they find out it's bad?
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Because it's big.
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So big is bad?
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What if you buy big fruit?
Do they beat you up?
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No. How about praise?
Do they ever encourage you?
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No.
- Never? - No.
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But they do punish you.
- Punish, yes.
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What was that?
- Punishment, yes.
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But they're never praised you?
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How about at school?
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At school?
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At school, no.
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Not even at school?
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A good-marks card?
- I didn't get one.
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But you're a good pupil,
your teacher says so.
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I'm bad at dictation.
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Maybe they don't read it out well
enough, your landlady's daughters.
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If your teacher was away, you
wouldn't have homework...
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Who'd give me sample lines to copy?
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You wouldn't have to copy anything,
you'd watch TV instead.
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Honestly, which do you like best,
cartoons or homework?
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Homework.
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Tell me about your favourite
cartoons.
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I like... I like Pinocchio.
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What else?
- I like The Bear Family.
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The Bear Family.
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Which do you like best, homework
or The Bear Family?
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When I finish my homework...
- And if you don't finish it?
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I do my homework...
I watch TV in the evening.
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There's no Bear Family on TV
in the evening, only the news.
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Don't you watch the news?
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I go to bed when the news is on.
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You go to bed. Good boy!
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Have you ever got a twenty?
- No.
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Do your parents know what a
twenty is?
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How about your landlady?
- Our landlady... yes.
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If you got a good grade...
a twenty...
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How would you expect to be
rewarded?
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What do you wish them to buy you?
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Cookies.
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Sorry?
- Cookies.
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You like cookies?
And if you got a twenty?
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Two cookies.
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Two cookies? What if you got
three twenties?
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What was that?
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More cookies.
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How many cookies?
- Three.
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Three? So what would you like
if you got twenty in all subjects?
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In all subjects?
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Maybe a cookie shop?
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Can your dad read?
- No.
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What about your mother?
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My mother's studying at the
Literacy Movement centre.
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She's studying. Does she help you
with your lessons, then?
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She can't read yet.
I help her with her lessons now.
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You help her with her lessons...
that's nice.
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So who helps you?
- My sister.
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Does she punish you?
Do you know what punishment is?
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What is it?
- Beating up.
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Do you know what praise is?
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It means applause.
- Sorry?
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People cheer you.
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What does award mean?
- Award means...
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I don't know.
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Don't you?
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Last night I wanted to do
my maths homework...
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but suddenly my mum told me
to go to bed.
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You had to study maths at night?
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I finished my homework late.
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Did you work late?
- Very late.
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Did you watch cartoons too?
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Cartoons... no.
- Why not?
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I was doing my homework...
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I wrote a dictation too...
it was two pages long.
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That took a long time.
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So you couldn't watch cartoons.
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Did you want to?
- Yes.
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Sometimes our teacher gives us a
little homework and sometimes a lot.
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So she gave you a lot?
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I don't know how long it took...
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Yes, sometimes it's a lot
and sometimes it's a little.
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Sometimes my mum gets cross.
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How?
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Like...
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Like when we have a party and
I haven't finished my homework.
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I ask her to wait till I finish...
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and then she gets a bit cross.
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She gets cross, does she?
- Yes.
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Couldn't you take your homework
to the party and do it there?
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There are lot of kids.
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So you couldn't, could you?
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The kids tear up my notebooks.
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We had a test. - In what?
- Social studies.
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Did you do well?
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I had trouble with two questions
but I finally answered them.
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What were the questions?
Do you remember any of them?
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One was "fill in the blanks".
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What's "fill in the blanks"?
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Like: "Children are 'blank'
entrusted to their parents...
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"...and they must strive to 'blank'
them".
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The answer is:
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"Children are a gift from God
entrusted to their parents...
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"...and they must strive
to care for them".
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You're a good pupil
but you're weak in maths.
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Who helps you?
- I go to my brother's house.
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Does he help you with your maths?
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Yes, but he's not very nice.
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I have to do something for him
whenever he helps me.
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Like get his notebooks,
make him tea and so on.
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Does your dad know modern maths?
Can he help you?
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My dad...
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He could have helped once...
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but he can't do the multiplications
and divisions we do today...
248
00:17:43,981 --> 00:17:47,575
so I have to ask my teacher.
249
00:17:47,576 --> 00:17:50,459
Why not your brother?
How old is he?
250
00:17:50,460 --> 00:17:52,218
Eighteen.
251
00:17:53,445 --> 00:17:55,015
Why didn't you ask him?
252
00:17:55,016 --> 00:18:00,106
First when I was writing,
he said it was wrong...
253
00:18:00,107 --> 00:18:04,681
and when I asked how it should be,
he didn't answer.
254
00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,858
Charlie Chaplin movies.
- You like Charlie Chaplin?
255
00:18:08,898 --> 00:18:11,244
How about Pinocchio?
- I like Pinocchio too.
256
00:18:11,245 --> 00:18:16,375
But your mum says you watch TV
before finishing your homework.
257
00:18:16,615 --> 00:18:18,921
There's too much.
- Too much what?
258
00:18:18,922 --> 00:18:21,188
Too much homework.
- Too much homework or cartoons?
259
00:18:21,189 --> 00:18:22,064
Homework.
260
00:18:22,065 --> 00:18:25,525
She says you didn't finish it
even after the news.
261
00:18:26,301 --> 00:18:29,959
Well, I couldn't... there's so much
homework that...
262
00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,583
that I have to study until midnight.
263
00:18:32,584 --> 00:18:35,806
You study until midnight?
- Yes.
264
00:18:36,364 --> 00:18:38,114
What's better, homework
or cartoons?
265
00:18:38,115 --> 00:18:40,103
Both, cartoons and homework.
266
00:18:40,301 --> 00:18:45,632
Which do you like best?
Which do you enjoy most?
267
00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:48,973
Homework.
- Homework is more fun?
268
00:18:48,974 --> 00:18:52,035
Look at me!
Are you telling the truth?
269
00:18:52,037 --> 00:18:53,109
Yes.
270
00:18:53,110 --> 00:18:58,598
Since homework's more fun, are you
ready to give up watching cartoons?
271
00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,920
Yes... - So you'll give that up?
- Cartoons are fun too.
272
00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:05,619
What was your dream about?
273
00:19:06,973 --> 00:19:10,691
It was about Long Nose.
- You dreamt of Long Nose?
274
00:19:10,831 --> 00:19:14,091
Do you dream about homework?
275
00:19:14,748 --> 00:19:16,736
About exams?
276
00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:22,684
Do you dream about homework?
- I do. - How?
277
00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:26,264
I dream of getting a fourteen.
278
00:19:26,264 --> 00:19:28,968
Really? Do you feel happy then?
- No.
279
00:19:28,969 --> 00:19:31,593
Why not, is fourteen a bad grade?
- Yes.
280
00:19:31,594 --> 00:19:33,940
Who says fourteen is bad?
281
00:19:34,179 --> 00:19:36,964
I don't like getting fourteen
- What do you like?
282
00:19:36,964 --> 00:19:38,156
Twenty.
283
00:19:38,157 --> 00:19:40,981
Have you ever got a twenty?
- Yes.
284
00:19:41,161 --> 00:19:43,894
How were you treated when
you got a twenty?
285
00:19:43,895 --> 00:19:46,560
Alright.
- What do you you meant "alright"?
286
00:19:46,561 --> 00:19:48,986
It's obvious they would...
287
00:19:48,986 --> 00:19:52,069
They praised me,
they said it's good.
288
00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:54,833
Why leave your homework
until after cartoons?
289
00:19:54,833 --> 00:20:00,302
The other day I did study...
but I forgot everything in class.
290
00:20:00,303 --> 00:20:05,831
When you forget your lessons,
when you're absent-minded...
291
00:20:05,832 --> 00:20:09,332
How do you expect to be treated?
292
00:20:13,470 --> 00:20:16,292
What should they do so you
don't forget?
293
00:20:18,501 --> 00:20:21,762
Do you know?
- It's fine the way it is.
294
00:20:21,763 --> 00:20:24,607
What would you like as a reward?
295
00:20:24,607 --> 00:20:26,536
Anything.
296
00:20:26,537 --> 00:20:28,485
Like what?
297
00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:31,090
I don't know.
298
00:20:31,309 --> 00:20:33,197
What about punishment?
299
00:20:33,597 --> 00:20:37,194
I don't like punishment...
- What was that?
300
00:20:37,196 --> 00:20:40,059
I don't like being punished,
I'd rather work well.
301
00:20:40,101 --> 00:20:43,679
Who reads your dictation at home?
- My brother.
302
00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,060
What does he do
if you don't do it well?
303
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,265
What if you do a bad dictation?
304
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,178
He beats me up.
- What?
305
00:20:58,934 --> 00:21:00,883
He beats me up.
306
00:21:01,222 --> 00:21:03,369
Why didn't you do your homework?
307
00:21:03,370 --> 00:21:06,233
Because my uncle's family came
to visit.
308
00:21:06,551 --> 00:21:08,260
So what happened?
309
00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:13,572
I couldn't do my homework.
310
00:21:13,791 --> 00:21:15,341
How long did they stay?
311
00:21:15,342 --> 00:21:17,609
Until ten.
312
00:21:17,669 --> 00:21:20,850
How long did it take you to
do your homework?
313
00:21:21,608 --> 00:21:24,569
Until eleven.
- Eleven p.m.?
314
00:21:24,570 --> 00:21:26,340
Weren't you sleepy?
315
00:21:26,957 --> 00:21:29,084
Did you watch a cartoons?
316
00:21:29,324 --> 00:21:31,001
Wich cartoons?
317
00:21:32,824 --> 00:21:35,110
Don't you remember?
- No.
318
00:21:38,075 --> 00:21:41,575
Doesn't your mum get cross when
you don't do your homework?
319
00:21:41,576 --> 00:21:44,717
Your dad, any of them?
- Yes, they get cross with me.
320
00:21:44,717 --> 00:21:48,297
What did you say when they
got cross with you last night?
321
00:21:48,298 --> 00:21:50,882
I said we had guests.
322
00:21:51,281 --> 00:21:54,702
And you can't do homework
with guests there.
323
00:21:54,702 --> 00:21:58,957
How often do you have guests
or visit people in a week?
324
00:21:59,832 --> 00:22:01,503
I don't know.
325
00:22:01,504 --> 00:22:04,447
What happens when you go visiting?
326
00:22:04,804 --> 00:22:06,674
I can't study.
327
00:22:07,828 --> 00:22:11,228
Do you have a lot of homework?
- A lot.
328
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:17,274
You see, we've got a little baby
who doesn't go to school.
329
00:22:17,275 --> 00:22:23,241
She comes in and bites my back
when I'm trying to do homework.
330
00:22:24,136 --> 00:22:27,318
So you can't finish your
homework in time?
331
00:22:27,319 --> 00:22:29,545
What other reasons are there?
332
00:22:29,546 --> 00:22:31,296
I don't know.
333
00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:37,619
Sometimes my mum soaks me
with water.
334
00:22:37,621 --> 00:22:40,464
She soaks you?
Do you like cartoons?
335
00:22:40,465 --> 00:22:42,632
Yes.
- How much?
336
00:22:43,269 --> 00:22:47,604
A bit, but I like homework more
than cartoons.
337
00:22:47,605 --> 00:22:49,355
You prefer homework?
338
00:22:49,356 --> 00:22:51,740
Yes, because I'm learning.
339
00:22:52,398 --> 00:22:56,355
Has your mum ever punished you
for not doing your homework in time?
340
00:22:56,356 --> 00:22:58,383
Yes.
- How?
341
00:22:59,816 --> 00:23:02,560
Our baby is very naughty...
342
00:23:02,561 --> 00:23:06,826
She comes in and throws my pencils
and the points get broken...
343
00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:10,764
then my mum blames me and says
I sharpen my pencils too often.
344
00:23:11,164 --> 00:23:14,363
Does your mum punish you?
- Yes. - How?
345
00:23:14,763 --> 00:23:18,938
She beats me up and says:
"Don't you ever do that again!"
346
00:23:20,709 --> 00:23:25,641
She doesn't beat me with a belt.
She only says: "Don't do it again!"
347
00:23:26,197 --> 00:23:31,687
"This is a bad thing to do"
or "Do your homework earlier"
348
00:23:32,285 --> 00:23:35,346
Why would she use a belt?
349
00:23:35,665 --> 00:23:38,031
I don't know.
She has my dad's belt.
350
00:23:38,032 --> 00:23:39,642
He doesn't wear a belt
very often.
351
00:23:39,644 --> 00:23:42,984
He's a bit fat around here...
and doesn't like to wear a belt.
352
00:23:42,985 --> 00:23:48,155
And my mum sometimes takes the
belt and hides it somewhere...
353
00:23:48,156 --> 00:23:52,967
to beat me up if I get naughty.
354
00:23:55,056 --> 00:23:59,172
Once she had hidden the belt
somewhere and...
355
00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:05,278
and a few days later, when she
wanted to beat me up...
356
00:24:05,279 --> 00:24:09,116
she realised the belt wasn't there.
357
00:24:09,197 --> 00:24:13,214
Who had taken in?
- My mum... I don't know who.
358
00:24:14,527 --> 00:24:18,822
So your dad doesn't need a belt.
- Yes, because he's got a big belly.
359
00:24:18,863 --> 00:24:20,771
So your mum uses the belt
for punishment...
360
00:24:20,772 --> 00:24:24,093
Yes, all his belts get lost.
361
00:24:24,273 --> 00:24:29,482
He's lost more than ten belts...
he buys and loses, buys and loses.
362
00:24:29,484 --> 00:24:35,886
Once we were moving house
and we found a few belts.
363
00:24:35,887 --> 00:24:39,666
They were all found at once.
- Yes, but I wasn't beaten up.
364
00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:43,165
Besides, I helped them too
and hadn't started school yet.
365
00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:47,462
Do you wish he were thin
and had to wear a belt...
366
00:24:47,463 --> 00:24:50,722
so there were no belts available
at home?
367
00:24:51,082 --> 00:24:54,144
He's fat, so he doesn't need
a belt, right?
368
00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:56,412
I don't know why...
369
00:24:56,413 --> 00:24:59,952
He's fat... he feels comfortable
that way.
370
00:24:59,953 --> 00:25:02,139
Most people call him Mr. Chubby.
371
00:25:02,140 --> 00:25:04,526
I'm talking about his belt.
372
00:25:04,925 --> 00:25:08,584
Now that he's fat and doesn't
buy belts...
373
00:25:08,584 --> 00:25:11,984
So what's the belt for?
For punishment?
374
00:25:13,377 --> 00:25:16,717
My dad bought the belt
to beat us with...
375
00:25:16,718 --> 00:25:19,144
and suddenly he couldn't find it.
376
00:25:19,145 --> 00:25:21,113
Did your mum hide it?
377
00:25:21,115 --> 00:25:26,124
My mum hid it and in the end we
realised it had been lost for days.
378
00:25:26,126 --> 00:25:28,671
When you grow up and have
children...
379
00:25:28,672 --> 00:25:31,415
and your child doesn't do his
homework...
380
00:25:31,416 --> 00:25:33,920
will you punish him with a belt?
381
00:25:34,617 --> 00:25:37,103
No.
- Why?
382
00:25:39,292 --> 00:25:41,221
Speak up so we can hear you.
383
00:25:41,222 --> 00:25:45,238
My dad didn't beat me up
and I wouldn't beat them either.
384
00:25:45,238 --> 00:25:48,659
Wouldn't beat who?
- My children.
385
00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:51,046
Your children?
You won't beat them?
386
00:25:51,305 --> 00:25:53,431
What if your dad had beaten you?
387
00:25:53,432 --> 00:25:55,580
I'd beat him too.
- You'd beat your son?
388
00:25:55,580 --> 00:25:59,001
It's not his fault... your dad
shouldn't have beaten you up.
389
00:25:59,002 --> 00:26:01,187
Well, I would beat him up.
390
00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:06,120
You said you're the class monitor.
- Yes.
391
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,109
Why did you become a moinitor?
392
00:26:08,110 --> 00:26:13,280
I'm a good pupil, they asked me
to be a monitor and I accepted.
393
00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:20,599
Do they also praise you at home
for being a good pupil?
394
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:22,787
How do they encourage you?
395
00:26:22,788 --> 00:26:26,168
For instance, my dad
buys me things.
396
00:26:26,169 --> 00:26:30,186
And my mum buys me notebooks
or something...
397
00:26:30,187 --> 00:26:33,606
drawing books, colouring pencils,
trousers or shirts.
398
00:26:33,607 --> 00:26:37,385
And punishment?
How have you been punished?
399
00:26:37,705 --> 00:26:42,616
Well, they slap me in the face...
slap me in the face.
400
00:26:42,617 --> 00:26:44,506
Who does?
- My dad.
401
00:26:44,507 --> 00:26:46,454
Do you think it's right?
402
00:26:46,534 --> 00:26:48,483
No... for my dad?
- Yes.
403
00:26:49,717 --> 00:26:51,187
Does he do the right thing?
- Yes.
404
00:26:51,487 --> 00:26:52,799
Why do you think so?
405
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,743
Because we make him lose
his temper.
406
00:26:57,374 --> 00:27:00,078
How many times
does he slap you?
407
00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:02,424
Five or six times.
408
00:27:02,425 --> 00:27:06,561
Five or six... do you think
that's enough or not?
409
00:27:06,641 --> 00:27:09,366
That's enough.
- No more than that? - No.
410
00:27:09,367 --> 00:27:12,786
What about less?
- Not less, no.
411
00:27:12,787 --> 00:27:18,136
So how many slaps would you give
your son if he were naughty?
412
00:27:18,674 --> 00:27:21,458
Seven.
- Seven times?
413
00:27:21,936 --> 00:27:25,195
So it's five from your dad
and seven from you?
414
00:27:25,196 --> 00:27:30,168
When my dad tells us to be quiet
and we don't he gets mad...
415
00:27:30,169 --> 00:27:32,834
then he gets up and slaps us
seven times.
416
00:27:32,835 --> 00:27:34,206
Seven times?
- Yes.
417
00:27:34,207 --> 00:27:37,687
Now, if you're tell your son...
what will you call him?
418
00:27:38,484 --> 00:27:41,227
I'll name him Hossein...
419
00:27:41,229 --> 00:27:43,971
and if it's a girl,
I'll call her Sara.
420
00:27:44,171 --> 00:27:46,557
How many times will you slap
Hossein if he's not quiet?
421
00:27:47,215 --> 00:27:49,321
Dad's gone to the war...
422
00:27:49,322 --> 00:27:51,151
He's at the front.
423
00:27:51,152 --> 00:27:54,333
My mum always tells us
to go downstairs...
424
00:27:54,334 --> 00:27:56,013
What's downstairs?
- My aunt's flat.
425
00:27:56,014 --> 00:28:01,335
When we're at my aunt's, I don't
get round to doing my homework.
426
00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:05,670
Mum knows you have homework?
- What?
427
00:28:05,671 --> 00:28:09,209
Do you tell your mum you have
homework?
428
00:28:09,907 --> 00:28:12,930
I say that... I have homework.
429
00:28:13,249 --> 00:28:15,316
And she still tells you to go
to your aunt's?
430
00:28:15,316 --> 00:28:18,219
Yes... no, my aunt forces us
to go there.
431
00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:21,661
Why don't you do your homework
at your aunt's?
432
00:28:21,662 --> 00:28:25,459
We take our books, but her children
keep bothering us.
433
00:28:25,917 --> 00:28:28,700
Who helps you with your lessons
at home?
434
00:28:28,881 --> 00:28:34,270
My mum, or my dad before he
went away... or my cousins.
435
00:28:34,907 --> 00:28:36,974
Do they read your dictation?
436
00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:39,779
Yeah, but badly.
437
00:28:39,780 --> 00:28:41,768
What's "badly"?
438
00:28:42,286 --> 00:28:44,313
I mean, they can't.
439
00:28:44,951 --> 00:28:48,490
They can't read well?
- They just read too fast.
440
00:28:49,067 --> 00:28:51,811
They don't give you enough time?
441
00:28:51,812 --> 00:28:54,158
Yes.
- Why do they do that?
442
00:28:56,923 --> 00:28:59,986
Well, I can't write fast.
443
00:29:02,413 --> 00:29:08,060
I try to write well, nice handwriting,
but they say that I should write fast.
444
00:29:08,897 --> 00:29:10,764
So they're in a hurry?
- Yes.
445
00:29:10,765 --> 00:29:12,436
What does your mum do?
446
00:29:12,516 --> 00:29:15,319
Other than reading your dictation
to you?
447
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,993
She sometimes does the washing
and, what do you call it? The dishes.
448
00:29:20,511 --> 00:29:24,806
Well, Mr. Keramati, what do you think
about encouragement?
449
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:30,773
Encouragement!
450
00:29:30,774 --> 00:29:33,398
Do you think rewards are effective?
451
00:29:35,367 --> 00:29:37,992
How?
- They make you a good pupil.
452
00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:40,061
How about punishment?
- What?
453
00:29:40,698 --> 00:29:42,407
Punishment, no.
454
00:29:42,747 --> 00:29:45,788
Why not?
- It makes kids even more stubborn.
455
00:29:45,789 --> 00:29:48,373
What makes them stubborn?
456
00:29:48,793 --> 00:29:52,689
I mean,
when you beat up the kid...
457
00:29:53,407 --> 00:29:56,906
he gets stubborn and doesn't
do his homework.
458
00:29:56,907 --> 00:29:59,451
Then beating is useless.
459
00:29:59,452 --> 00:30:01,659
A little yes... a little no.
460
00:30:01,958 --> 00:30:04,782
Who helps you with your homework
at home?
461
00:30:04,783 --> 00:30:07,844
My sister.
- Your sister...
462
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,802
How about your dad?
Why not?
463
00:30:11,903 --> 00:30:14,567
Because he can't read or write.
464
00:30:14,687 --> 00:30:17,511
And your mother?
- She can't either.
465
00:30:17,511 --> 00:30:19,181
Only my sister.
466
00:30:19,182 --> 00:30:21,568
Your sister?
- And my brother.
467
00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:24,033
Has she ever punished you?
- Who?
468
00:30:24,034 --> 00:30:26,859
Your sister. Has she ever
punished you?
469
00:30:26,860 --> 00:30:29,802
When?
- Do you know what punishment is?
470
00:30:29,803 --> 00:30:34,177
What is it? - It's beating up.
- What? - It's beating up.
471
00:30:34,178 --> 00:30:35,928
What's encouragement?
472
00:30:36,027 --> 00:30:37,936
I don't know.
473
00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:39,528
Think...
474
00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:43,822
You don't know what praise is?
475
00:30:43,823 --> 00:30:46,905
What's punishment?
476
00:30:47,125 --> 00:30:48,875
It's getting beaten up.
477
00:30:48,876 --> 00:30:52,415
Do you know what punishment is?
- Beating someone.
478
00:30:52,495 --> 00:30:56,193
What's encouragement?
- Encouragement means well done!
479
00:30:56,592 --> 00:30:58,580
Who reads your dictation?
480
00:30:58,581 --> 00:30:59,773
My sister.
481
00:30:59,874 --> 00:31:03,473
What happened to your face?
- My sister did that.
482
00:31:03,474 --> 00:31:04,716
How?
483
00:31:04,717 --> 00:31:09,649
She did it... we quarrelled...
and my sister scratched me.
484
00:31:09,927 --> 00:31:14,421
Who helps you with your lessons?
Who reads you dictation?
485
00:31:15,497 --> 00:31:17,126
My sister.
486
00:31:17,366 --> 00:31:20,546
Your sister?
Can your dad read and write?
487
00:31:20,547 --> 00:31:22,258
My dad, no.
488
00:31:24,396 --> 00:31:26,504
Do you know what punishment is?
489
00:31:26,505 --> 00:31:29,168
Punishment... yes.
- What does that mean?
490
00:31:31,476 --> 00:31:33,226
Being beaten up.
491
00:31:33,227 --> 00:31:35,811
What does encouragement mean?
492
00:31:41,997 --> 00:31:43,985
Do you know?
493
00:31:45,716 --> 00:31:48,480
Is your dad literate?
- No.
494
00:31:48,770 --> 00:31:50,797
So who helps you with your lessons?
495
00:31:50,798 --> 00:31:51,832
My sister.
496
00:31:51,832 --> 00:31:55,252
Does she punish you if you're
not prepared?
497
00:31:55,253 --> 00:31:57,081
What's punishment?
498
00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:01,846
It's being beaten up.
499
00:32:01,965 --> 00:32:04,948
And what's encouragement?
- I don't know.
500
00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:07,613
You don't?
- No.
500
00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:07,607
You don't?
- No.
501
00:32:08,104 --> 00:32:09,709
What does it mean?
502
00:32:11,653 --> 00:32:13,674
It means that...
503
00:32:16,530 --> 00:32:20,257
...you get beaten up when
you're naughty.
504
00:32:20,853 --> 00:32:22,953
What's encouragement?
505
00:32:24,283 --> 00:32:26,839
It's being treated well.
506
00:32:27,674 --> 00:32:30,250
It means they beat you up.
507
00:32:31,381 --> 00:32:33,363
What does praise mean?
508
00:32:33,364 --> 00:32:35,940
It means they applaud you.
509
00:32:37,488 --> 00:32:41,373
Were you ever punished?
- Yes. - How?
510
00:32:41,879 --> 00:32:43,861
It's very simple.
511
00:32:43,902 --> 00:32:45,368
How?
512
00:32:45,369 --> 00:32:47,826
Well, they just beat you up.
513
00:32:48,144 --> 00:32:49,769
What do you want to be?
514
00:32:49,771 --> 00:32:52,109
A Committee engineer.
515
00:32:52,636 --> 00:32:54,697
Why do you want to be
a Committee engineer?
516
00:32:54,698 --> 00:32:56,600
For instance...
517
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,446
to arrest the drug addicts
and bad people...
518
00:33:00,725 --> 00:33:05,601
To arrest people who accuse people
or steal...
519
00:33:05,801 --> 00:33:13,082
[No translation]
520
00:33:16,488 --> 00:33:20,313
What was it you wanted to be?
- A Committee engineer.
521
00:33:22,495 --> 00:33:25,329
Do you like to be praised?
522
00:33:25,330 --> 00:33:28,442
Yes.
- What about punishment? - No.
523
00:33:28,443 --> 00:33:31,456
Who do you think must be punished?
524
00:33:31,814 --> 00:33:36,096
Bad boys.
- For doing what?
525
00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:40,656
For instance, if they don't listen
to their mum and dad...
526
00:33:41,668 --> 00:33:44,997
...or if they don't listen to what
the teacher says...
527
00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:51,243
...or if they don't listen to what
the headmaster says.
528
00:33:52,315 --> 00:33:54,138
Then...
- They must be punished.
529
00:33:54,139 --> 00:33:56,478
Alireza Hassani.
- Mr. Hassani...
530
00:33:56,479 --> 00:33:59,174
Your teacher said you haven't done
your homework. Why?
531
00:33:59,175 --> 00:34:02,386
I learnt a poem by heart...
it's a song.
532
00:34:02,506 --> 00:34:03,576
What song?
533
00:34:03,577 --> 00:34:07,461
To sing at school on the 21st
of this month.
534
00:34:07,582 --> 00:34:11,229
Can you sing it for us?
Do you know it by heart?
535
00:34:11,746 --> 00:34:13,925
Let's hear it, then.
536
00:34:14,045 --> 00:34:17,494
So you don't know it by heart?
537
00:34:29,392 --> 00:34:36,726
O caravan, don't be at a run,
the traveller is my beloved one.
538
00:34:39,365 --> 00:34:46,343
The throbbing heart of mine
goes away with die dear one.
539
00:34:47,870 --> 00:34:54,372
O camel driver, drive at leisure,
not like a deer.
540
00:34:55,564 --> 00:35:02,422
As the love of that dear,
my soul goes not near.
541
00:35:03,296 --> 00:35:10,433
She walks away proudly,
leaving me behind so lonely.
542
00:35:11,028 --> 00:35:17,828
Ask me about her no more,
from the sight goes the dear soul.
543
00:35:19,692 --> 00:35:26,869
She's left me lonely and hurt,
in melancholy and regret.
544
00:35:27,465 --> 00:35:34,066
As if her absence stings me
to the bone.
545
00:35:34,742 --> 00:35:42,017
O caravan, don't be at a run,
the traveller is my beloved one.
546
00:35:42,513 --> 00:35:48,520
That beating heart of mine
leaves me with the dear one.
547
00:35:50,801 --> 00:35:54,488
Did you say that you're
the lead singer? - Yes.
548
00:35:54,805 --> 00:35:57,542
How come they made you lead
singer?
549
00:35:57,543 --> 00:36:00,159
One of the kids brought a poem.
550
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:04,006
The teacher wanted to know
who sang best.
551
00:36:04,007 --> 00:36:08,010
My voice was the best of all,
so they chose me.
552
00:36:08,011 --> 00:36:10,072
On the third day of shooting...
553
00:36:10,073 --> 00:36:13,244
we received 526 out of 856
questionnaires...
554
00:36:13,245 --> 00:36:16,536
which had been sent to parents...
555
00:36:16,537 --> 00:36:20,779
asking how pupils did their
homework.
556
00:36:20,859 --> 00:36:23,118
More than 37% of the parents...
557
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:29,215
couldn't help their children with
their homework due to illiteracy.
558
00:36:29,216 --> 00:36:31,119
Of the literate parents...
559
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:38,396
a large percentage was too tense,
exhausted, busy or impatient.
560
00:36:38,397 --> 00:36:42,520
Many parents had been asking
the teachers...
561
00:36:42,521 --> 00:36:45,930
to excuse them from
the resposibility...
562
00:36:45,931 --> 00:36:50,768
of helping their children
with their homework.
563
00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:56,121
Through these questionnaires,
we got to know those pupils...
564
00:36:56,122 --> 00:37:00,542
whose difficulties were due
to special circumstances.
565
00:37:00,633 --> 00:37:02,217
What's wrong with your face?
566
00:37:02,218 --> 00:37:05,013
My face... I fell down.
- Fell down?
567
00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:07,590
Who helps you with your lessons
at home?
568
00:37:07,591 --> 00:37:11,675
My lessons? My mum helps me
with my lessons.
569
00:37:11,676 --> 00:37:13,657
My grades aren't bad.
570
00:37:13,658 --> 00:37:16,830
Your teacher says that you've been
improving recently.
571
00:37:16,831 --> 00:37:18,892
Is that right?
- Yes.
572
00:37:18,892 --> 00:37:22,144
What do you have to do
to improve?
573
00:37:22,145 --> 00:37:25,138
Study every day... every day.
574
00:37:25,139 --> 00:37:29,440
To do this... to study...
to get twenties.
575
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,423
To get twenties...
576
00:37:32,078 --> 00:37:34,258
What are you going to be?
577
00:37:35,290 --> 00:37:37,113
An engineer.
578
00:37:38,541 --> 00:37:41,436
How many brothers and sisters
do you have?
579
00:37:41,437 --> 00:37:46,948
Counting me, there are five boys...
also five girls.
580
00:37:48,772 --> 00:37:53,014
Five boys and five girls...
anyone else?
581
00:37:53,431 --> 00:37:56,623
I think there are eleven of us.
582
00:37:56,822 --> 00:37:59,003
Don't you know how many?
583
00:37:59,004 --> 00:38:03,840
I know,
but two of them are married.
584
00:38:03,841 --> 00:38:08,678
And three of them aren't married
and one them is...
585
00:38:09,908 --> 00:38:12,921
She's fifteen...
586
00:38:13,596 --> 00:38:16,529
Who helps you
with your homework?
587
00:38:16,530 --> 00:38:21,467
My sister, my brother,
my dad and my mum.
588
00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:26,661
Your dad said you don't finish your
homework until after the cartoons.
589
00:38:28,099 --> 00:38:32,887
Sometimes I don't finish it
before cartoons.
590
00:38:33,125 --> 00:38:38,279
He says Gholamreza seldom
finishes homework before the news.
591
00:38:38,777 --> 00:38:43,554
Why? - Not the 9 o'clock news,
he means the sports news at 7.
592
00:38:43,554 --> 00:38:48,510
The sports news, like last night...
when they played in the water.
593
00:38:48,512 --> 00:38:50,811
Did you watch that?
Did you like it?
594
00:38:50,811 --> 00:38:52,278
Yes.
595
00:38:52,279 --> 00:38:55,291
And cartoons,
do you like them? - Cartoons?
596
00:38:55,589 --> 00:38:57,790
There's a bear and a fox...
597
00:38:57,830 --> 00:39:03,142
and the fox plays a trick
on the bear...
598
00:39:04,651 --> 00:39:08,814
and then the hunter comes
and takes the bear...
599
00:39:08,894 --> 00:39:11,390
and this... this fox...
600
00:39:11,391 --> 00:39:16,664
then these two mice free it
and they all go off together.
601
00:39:17,259 --> 00:39:19,440
What else do you like?
602
00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:22,653
Cinema, films...
- You like that.
603
00:39:24,319 --> 00:39:26,697
We go to the cinema every Thursday.
604
00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,473
What was the last film you saw?
605
00:39:29,474 --> 00:39:33,518
The last one I saw... it was a film,
but I don't know its name...
606
00:39:33,519 --> 00:39:36,055
but it was very interesting.
607
00:39:36,592 --> 00:39:38,970
They fight in a boat.
608
00:39:39,863 --> 00:39:43,471
They fight in a boat...
is that a good thing?
609
00:39:43,472 --> 00:39:47,040
The Iranians are sitting
in a boat...
610
00:39:47,041 --> 00:39:50,609
then two Iraqis come
and want to capture them.
611
00:39:50,610 --> 00:39:54,138
Then one them goes
to keep watch.
612
00:39:55,130 --> 00:39:59,887
And one gets smart and says:
"you can't beat me!"
613
00:39:59,888 --> 00:40:04,784
And he pushed one of them...
he had a friend over there...
614
00:40:04,785 --> 00:40:11,625
then he did this and cut the man's
head off and threw him into the sea.
615
00:40:11,626 --> 00:40:13,568
Did you like it?
- Yes.
616
00:40:13,569 --> 00:40:15,987
Then the place where he...
- Wait, listen...
617
00:40:16,107 --> 00:40:19,120
You like fighting in films?
618
00:40:19,121 --> 00:40:21,261
I like it if it's in the war.
619
00:40:21,262 --> 00:40:24,711
Do you like it at home too?
- At home, no.
620
00:40:24,712 --> 00:40:26,416
Do people fight in your home?
621
00:40:26,417 --> 00:40:29,351
At home,
the people downstairs...
622
00:40:29,352 --> 00:40:32,245
They fight with their sister.
- Who are they?
623
00:40:32,246 --> 00:40:34,367
My stepmother... both of them.
624
00:40:34,368 --> 00:40:36,726
They're both your stepmothers?
- Yes.
625
00:40:36,846 --> 00:40:41,286
First the woman downstairs...
she's the first wife.
626
00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:45,807
He married her first?
And then your mother?
627
00:40:45,808 --> 00:40:50,804
Are they friendly?
- With my mother? It's not bad.
628
00:40:50,805 --> 00:40:53,064
Don't they fight each other?
- No.
629
00:40:53,065 --> 00:40:54,769
Never?
630
00:41:00,956 --> 00:41:05,396
Sometimes they kid around,
they tease each other.
631
00:41:05,397 --> 00:41:07,815
They argue too.
632
00:41:07,816 --> 00:41:09,560
With each other?
- Yes.
633
00:41:09,561 --> 00:41:11,821
And does it upset you?
634
00:41:11,822 --> 00:41:14,715
My mum beats her up...
but...
635
00:41:14,716 --> 00:41:16,856
She beats her up?
- Yes.
636
00:41:16,977 --> 00:41:21,536
And you're glad your mum
is stronger than her.
637
00:41:21,537 --> 00:41:26,412
The people downstairs have a boy
who's done his military service.
638
00:41:26,513 --> 00:41:31,568
My dad takes their side and my
grandpa takes my mother's side.
639
00:41:31,767 --> 00:41:34,304
My grandpa is stronger
than all of them.
640
00:41:34,305 --> 00:41:36,763
He's even stronger than my dad.
641
00:41:37,001 --> 00:41:39,856
There was a fight the other day.
642
00:41:39,857 --> 00:41:43,147
Then the first wife's father came.
643
00:41:43,148 --> 00:41:46,914
Her son came and beat my mum
and - that's my cousin...
644
00:41:46,915 --> 00:41:49,709
And he picked him up.
645
00:41:49,711 --> 00:41:52,188
He's the strongest and he works
at the Committee too.
646
00:41:52,189 --> 00:41:57,502
Then he went and beat up my brother
who was beating up my mum.
647
00:41:57,503 --> 00:42:00,179
So he beat him up...
and you were pleased?
648
00:42:00,180 --> 00:42:03,371
So do you like these fights or not?
649
00:42:03,372 --> 00:42:06,028
I don't.
- What do you like?
650
00:42:06,822 --> 00:42:08,605
Nothing.
651
00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:14,434
I'm not old enough to fight yet.
652
00:42:14,435 --> 00:42:17,329
Will you fight when you grow up?
653
00:42:17,330 --> 00:42:18,916
No.
654
00:42:19,987 --> 00:42:22,523
Don't they fight at the front?
655
00:42:22,524 --> 00:42:25,855
The fight at the front is different...
it's war.
656
00:42:26,410 --> 00:42:29,145
What's the difference?
657
00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:32,794
The difference is that we must kill.
658
00:42:34,897 --> 00:42:39,258
If takes an hour to write
two pages...
659
00:42:39,933 --> 00:42:42,985
I write two pages...
660
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:45,959
I copy numbers and...
661
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,052
and then the cartoons start.
662
00:42:49,569 --> 00:42:51,709
Then you watch cartoons?
- Yes.
663
00:42:51,710 --> 00:42:53,890
Do you like cartoons?
- No.
664
00:42:53,891 --> 00:42:55,952
Why do you watch it then?
665
00:42:58,214 --> 00:43:00,393
Cartoons? No...
666
00:43:00,672 --> 00:43:04,993
I mean,
my little brother watches a lot.
667
00:43:05,866 --> 00:43:09,474
So it's your little brother who
doesn't do his homework.
668
00:43:10,070 --> 00:43:12,131
But you ought to do yours.
669
00:43:13,123 --> 00:43:15,263
What do you do after cartoons?
670
00:43:15,264 --> 00:43:17,881
After cartoons...
671
00:43:19,150 --> 00:43:23,512
my mum makes me write
three more pages.
672
00:43:24,742 --> 00:43:28,884
What does your dad do?
- My dad works at the store.
673
00:43:28,985 --> 00:43:31,601
Isn't he at home?
- No.
674
00:43:33,208 --> 00:43:35,210
Then who reads your dictation
to you?
675
00:43:35,211 --> 00:43:37,192
Dictation?
676
00:43:37,312 --> 00:43:39,889
My dad comes home at night...
677
00:43:39,890 --> 00:43:43,101
I mean, at noon,
and reads it out to me.
678
00:43:44,747 --> 00:43:48,591
Have your mum and dad ever
punished you? How?
679
00:43:49,565 --> 00:43:53,728
He gets the belt and
beats me up.
680
00:43:54,978 --> 00:44:00,270
Does he praise you? Do you
know what praise is? - No.
681
00:44:00,271 --> 00:44:02,650
Has he ever given you a reward?
682
00:44:04,753 --> 00:44:06,616
He hasn't?
683
00:44:07,410 --> 00:44:09,669
Do you help with the housework?
684
00:44:10,344 --> 00:44:11,929
What do you do?
685
00:44:11,930 --> 00:44:16,767
My mum asks me to get
the bread-basket...
686
00:44:16,768 --> 00:44:19,424
and I go and get it.
687
00:44:19,425 --> 00:44:20,970
What else?
688
00:44:21,289 --> 00:44:27,235
Then she wants me to wash the cups
and I go and wash them.
689
00:44:27,693 --> 00:44:33,183
She asks me to get the kerosene
so I go and get it.
690
00:44:35,425 --> 00:44:37,427
What else does she ask?
691
00:44:37,428 --> 00:44:40,401
She tells me to go... to go...
692
00:44:40,402 --> 00:44:44,009
to go and get the dishes for her
so she can wash them...
693
00:44:44,010 --> 00:44:49,283
then I go and get them
and she washes them.
694
00:44:49,919 --> 00:44:51,405
What else?
695
00:44:53,150 --> 00:44:55,608
Then in the moming...
696
00:44:56,482 --> 00:45:02,824
at night, she wants me to go and
get the food, so I go and get it.
697
00:45:02,825 --> 00:45:05,086
What does your mum do?
698
00:45:05,483 --> 00:45:09,249
My mum... nothing...
she's ill.
699
00:45:10,241 --> 00:45:12,520
Your mum's ill?
700
00:45:16,586 --> 00:45:19,440
Sorry?
- I don't want to be punished.
701
00:45:19,590 --> 00:45:22,732
You don't? - No.
- How about encouragement?
702
00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:27,510
I like it.
703
00:45:28,562 --> 00:45:30,663
Is your dad literate?
704
00:45:31,555 --> 00:45:33,142
Yes.
705
00:45:35,025 --> 00:45:37,344
What about your mum?
706
00:45:47,219 --> 00:45:48,289
No.
707
00:45:48,468 --> 00:45:52,016
So who helps you with
your homework?
708
00:45:54,277 --> 00:45:57,251
I do my homework...
709
00:45:57,252 --> 00:46:00,819
as soon as I get home.
710
00:46:00,819 --> 00:46:04,072
Why does it take you so long
to finish it?
711
00:46:04,072 --> 00:46:07,382
Until bedtime...
- There's too much homework.
712
00:46:07,383 --> 00:46:09,543
When does your dad come home?
713
00:46:09,544 --> 00:46:12,676
7 o'clock in the evening.
714
00:46:13,648 --> 00:46:16,543
And then he helps you with
your lessons?
715
00:46:18,465 --> 00:46:20,052
Yes.
716
00:46:20,747 --> 00:46:23,362
Can he do your maths problems?
717
00:46:23,363 --> 00:46:25,584
My maths problems? Yes.
718
00:46:25,585 --> 00:46:28,082
Who reads your dictation to you?
719
00:46:28,083 --> 00:46:29,747
My sister.
720
00:46:30,541 --> 00:46:32,998
Does she punish you?
721
00:46:34,070 --> 00:46:36,211
Once in a while.
722
00:46:37,242 --> 00:46:39,859
Does she beat you up?
- Yes.
723
00:46:40,097 --> 00:46:42,595
Why didn't you do your homework
last night?
724
00:46:42,596 --> 00:46:44,795
I couldn't.
- What?
725
00:46:44,796 --> 00:46:47,255
I couldn't.
- Why?
726
00:46:51,608 --> 00:46:54,501
Speak up so I can hear you.
- My brother annoyed me.
727
00:46:54,502 --> 00:46:57,316
How did he annoy you?
- He didn't let me write.
728
00:46:57,318 --> 00:47:00,806
He didn't let you?
How old is your brother?
729
00:47:01,957 --> 00:47:04,692
Nine.
- Nine?
730
00:47:04,693 --> 00:47:06,834
Is he older than you?
731
00:47:07,192 --> 00:47:10,998
Didn't you tell your mum to
make him stop upsetting you?
732
00:47:15,002 --> 00:47:16,589
Why?
733
00:47:18,573 --> 00:47:21,030
Did you do your maths problems?
734
00:47:22,023 --> 00:47:24,421
You haven't done maths either?
735
00:47:25,116 --> 00:47:27,693
Who reads your dictation to you?
736
00:47:27,811 --> 00:47:30,349
My sister or my brother.
737
00:47:30,350 --> 00:47:32,569
Your sister or...
- My brother.
738
00:47:33,383 --> 00:47:36,277
How about your mother?
- No. - Why?
739
00:47:36,635 --> 00:47:39,747
I don't know.
- Is she literate? - No.
740
00:47:40,759 --> 00:47:44,247
Who reads dictation better,
your sister or your brother?
741
00:47:46,151 --> 00:47:48,490
What?
- My sister.
742
00:47:48,491 --> 00:47:51,703
Your sister...
and who is kinder?
743
00:47:55,629 --> 00:47:57,730
Who?
- My sister.
744
00:47:59,535 --> 00:48:02,627
Doesn't your dad read your
dictation for you?
745
00:48:03,261 --> 00:48:04,748
Why?
746
00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:07,881
Why doesn't he?
747
00:48:08,001 --> 00:48:11,074
My dad can't...
- Why?
748
00:48:11,689 --> 00:48:13,611
He works for the bus company.
749
00:48:13,612 --> 00:48:17,537
What does he do?
- He works for the bus-line...
750
00:48:17,796 --> 00:48:21,106
We didn't hear you.
- Dad works on buses.
1
00:48:22,014 --> 00:48:24,949
So he can't read your dictation
to you.
2
00:48:25,267 --> 00:48:27,169
I see... you can go.
3
00:48:29,313 --> 00:48:34,866
My child doesn't go to this school
but I live around here.
4
00:48:34,867 --> 00:48:38,434
I've come to discuss
transferring him to this school.
5
00:48:38,436 --> 00:48:40,855
I heard you're making a film
about homework...
6
00:48:40,856 --> 00:48:44,821
and I thought I'd come and
discuss some problems with you.
7
00:48:44,822 --> 00:48:45,852
Please do.
8
00:48:45,853 --> 00:48:50,375
I've lived for many years
in foreign countries...
9
00:48:50,376 --> 00:48:54,262
first studying and then working.
10
00:48:55,254 --> 00:49:00,509
I've observed the educational
systems in other countries.
11
00:49:00,709 --> 00:49:04,039
In many countries, America
and Canada for example...
12
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,380
there's no such thing as homework.
13
00:49:06,381 --> 00:49:09,116
In countries where they still have
homework...
14
00:49:09,117 --> 00:49:13,004
the emphasis is mostly on
the children's creativity.
15
00:49:13,005 --> 00:49:17,486
For instance, in England they mostly
work on drawing, handicrafts...
16
00:49:17,487 --> 00:49:21,254
geography, composition
and other such subjects.
17
00:49:21,256 --> 00:49:26,133
They don't say: "For good handwriting
you must write, write and write!"
18
00:49:26,134 --> 00:49:29,465
The pupils are taught the rules
of good handwriting...
19
00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:32,916
because there are, of course,
rules and methods.
20
00:49:32,917 --> 00:49:35,138
But once you learn them,
you acquire the skill.
21
00:49:35,139 --> 00:49:40,492
In Japan, where the traditional system
of hard work has been in effect...
22
00:49:40,494 --> 00:49:44,618
the rate of suicide among children
increased.
23
00:49:44,619 --> 00:49:49,655
For a while now, they've been revising
the system, creating new ones...
24
00:49:49,656 --> 00:49:52,748
as the old system isn't effective
any more.
25
00:49:52,829 --> 00:49:57,231
As we can see, with this system
our kids are under great pressure.
26
00:49:57,450 --> 00:50:02,824
Teachers seem to know how to
tackle the problem and live with it.
27
00:50:02,825 --> 00:50:06,394
But when the kids get home, they
have to deal with us, home teachers...
28
00:50:06,395 --> 00:50:08,893
and we have no idea what to do.
29
00:50:08,894 --> 00:50:10,994
We haven't been trained to
deal with it.
30
00:50:10,996 --> 00:50:16,786
What we actually do is dump our
own frustrations on the children...
31
00:50:16,787 --> 00:50:21,824
and we end up with an indignant,
surly and defensive generation...
32
00:50:21,825 --> 00:50:25,473
susceptible to every possible
mental problem.
33
00:50:25,474 --> 00:50:29,876
With such pressure and unhappiness
imposed on our kids...
34
00:50:29,956 --> 00:50:34,001
we'll end up with a generation
lacking in any creativity.
35
00:50:34,002 --> 00:50:37,700
[No translation]
36
00:50:37,691 --> 00:50:40,308
...capable only of copying.
37
00:50:40,309 --> 00:50:44,156
We need to move on into
the 20th century...
38
00:50:44,157 --> 00:50:47,111
or we'll end up with nothing.
39
00:50:47,201 --> 00:50:52,774
We should use whatever resources
we have to do something about it.
40
00:50:52,775 --> 00:50:55,411
The Ministry of Education,
in my opinion...
41
00:50:55,611 --> 00:50:58,663
ought to change the current system.
42
00:50:58,664 --> 00:51:01,677
This system belongs in
the Middle Ages...
43
00:51:01,679 --> 00:51:06,448
yet our education authorities
still uphold it.
44
00:51:06,448 --> 00:51:11,366
Teachers must think differently
however hard it might be for them.
45
00:51:11,367 --> 00:51:13,964
Kids must be made to us
their imagination...
46
00:51:13,965 --> 00:51:16,047
but not beyond their capacity.
47
00:51:16,048 --> 00:51:21,600
I believe parents should leave the
children to themselves at home.
48
00:51:21,601 --> 00:51:27,312
It's basically wrong for parents to
force their kids to do homework...
49
00:51:27,313 --> 00:51:30,288
because kids tend to react to
such pressure.
50
00:51:30,289 --> 00:51:35,801
By building up natural resistance
against the education system.
51
00:51:35,802 --> 00:51:38,062
We don't know their
maths or literature.
52
00:51:38,062 --> 00:51:41,195
Modern education systems
have been put into practice...
53
00:51:41,196 --> 00:51:46,431
but we're overworking these kids
under unnecessary pressure.
54
00:51:46,551 --> 00:51:51,151
I believe that children must be
allowed to be naughty, to rebel...
55
00:51:51,231 --> 00:51:55,870
and develop their own ways of
resisting these rules and regulations.
56
00:51:55,871 --> 00:51:58,132
After all, we can't expect our kids...
57
00:51:58,133 --> 00:52:01,226
to accept everything
without question.
58
00:52:01,306 --> 00:52:05,272
Another point I wanted to make...
59
00:52:05,472 --> 00:52:10,508
relates to the special circumstances
which most kids have to face.
60
00:52:10,509 --> 00:52:15,307
There's a new system of teaching
maths, literature and so forth...
61
00:52:15,726 --> 00:52:19,036
Parents are not familiar with it.
It's completely new.
62
00:52:19,037 --> 00:52:24,112
The government's established new
teacher training colleges...
63
00:52:24,113 --> 00:52:27,326
to train teachers in the new
methods.
64
00:52:27,327 --> 00:52:29,230
But at parent-teacher meetings...
65
00:52:29,231 --> 00:52:35,180
the parents are asked whether they
help the children with their lessons.
66
00:52:35,181 --> 00:52:39,306
The child comes home confused,
asking questions and expecting help.
67
00:52:39,307 --> 00:52:42,558
The parents, who aren't familiar
with the new methods...
68
00:52:42,559 --> 00:52:45,534
try teaching the child
the old way...
69
00:52:45,652 --> 00:52:48,587
and it all ends up in arguments.
70
00:52:48,588 --> 00:52:53,426
Part of the responsibility is dumped
on older brothers or sisters...
71
00:52:53,428 --> 00:52:56,401
and that makes the problem worse.
72
00:52:56,402 --> 00:53:00,686
For instance, I'm in my room, I hear
them arguing and go in to intervene.
73
00:53:00,686 --> 00:53:02,351
I ask: "What's going on?"
74
00:53:02,352 --> 00:53:05,862
My elder son says he's trying to help
his brother with his homework.
75
00:53:05,863 --> 00:53:10,542
The younger boy says it's wrong,
that's not what the teacher told him.
76
00:53:10,543 --> 00:53:14,469
I look at it and get neither the boys'
nor the teacher's method.
77
00:53:14,708 --> 00:53:16,135
The point is:
78
00:53:16,136 --> 00:53:21,748
if I'm supposed to be qualified
to teach my children at home...
79
00:53:21,749 --> 00:53:24,901
then what's the teacher
training college for?
80
00:53:24,903 --> 00:53:26,488
If that's not the case...
81
00:53:26,489 --> 00:53:29,661
they should send me on
a training course...
82
00:53:29,662 --> 00:53:31,545
so I know what to do.
83
00:53:31,546 --> 00:53:34,362
Are there any questions?
- Yes.
84
00:53:34,363 --> 00:53:38,625
I want to ask whether you and
your wife have disagreements...
85
00:53:38,706 --> 00:53:40,966
concerning your children.
86
00:53:40,967 --> 00:53:44,814
A lot. I believe that the child's
grade is excellent...
87
00:53:44,815 --> 00:53:48,007
if it's just a little above a pass.
88
00:53:48,007 --> 00:53:53,620
The idea that the child must get
twenty in every subject is nonsense.
89
00:53:53,621 --> 00:53:55,801
However, my wife insists...
90
00:53:55,802 --> 00:53:59,965
that the child must be top pupil
and reach top level in every subject.
91
00:53:59,966 --> 00:54:02,941
My child has a talent for music
and art...
92
00:54:02,942 --> 00:54:09,466
even for maths, but not for subjects
which require memorising, like History.
93
00:54:09,466 --> 00:54:12,342
In addition, all subjects, even
literature...
94
00:54:12,343 --> 00:54:16,030
are taught with a religious
perspective.
95
00:54:16,211 --> 00:54:20,949
Now, apart from his difficulty
in memorisin information...
96
00:54:20,950 --> 00:54:24,718
he has trouble copying the same
lesson several times.
97
00:54:24,718 --> 00:54:28,962
His teacher wants them to copy
each complicated word twice.
98
00:54:28,963 --> 00:54:33,444
It really seems as if they want to
suppress all the child's imagination.
99
00:54:33,444 --> 00:54:34,872
I went to his school...
100
00:54:34,873 --> 00:54:39,036
asked them to revise the method,
find better ways to teach maths...
101
00:54:39,038 --> 00:54:44,115
I strongly feel that children must
develop a personality.
102
00:54:44,115 --> 00:54:47,684
We have to give him as much
as we can...
103
00:54:47,685 --> 00:54:50,382
The 21st century is going to be
different.
104
00:54:50,383 --> 00:54:53,514
Right now, on the other side
of the globe...
105
00:54:54,189 --> 00:54:59,783
children start working with
computers from the earliest age.
106
00:54:59,902 --> 00:55:03,352
They deal with emotional
and mental problems.
107
00:55:03,353 --> 00:55:05,493
What I'm getting at...
108
00:55:05,494 --> 00:55:09,718
refers to the proverb of the Indian
telling the British...
109
00:55:10,076 --> 00:55:13,526
not to give him the fish
out of the river...
110
00:55:13,527 --> 00:55:15,747
but rather teach him
how to catch it.
111
00:55:15,749 --> 00:55:18,723
We shouldn't give our children
the fish.
112
00:55:18,723 --> 00:55:21,102
We should teach them
how to catch it.
113
00:55:21,103 --> 00:55:23,403
We must teach them
how to think.
114
00:55:23,404 --> 00:55:25,465
But with our system of education...
115
00:55:25,466 --> 00:55:28,995
the children might learn everything,
though I doubt it...
116
00:55:28,996 --> 00:55:32,209
but they certainly won't
learn how to think.
117
00:55:34,550 --> 00:55:39,348
Pinocchio...
I said: only Pinocchio.
118
00:55:39,448 --> 00:55:41,153
Only Pinocchio?
- Yes.
119
00:55:41,154 --> 00:55:44,009
Do you watch other programmes?
- No. No.
120
00:55:45,082 --> 00:55:48,055
Did you like the show last night?
- It was fine.
121
00:55:50,714 --> 00:55:54,263
Your mother says you're very
cheeky. Is that right?
122
00:55:54,264 --> 00:55:55,652
Yes.
123
00:55:56,684 --> 00:55:59,300
I don't like it.
- Don't like what?
124
00:55:59,381 --> 00:56:01,046
Being cheeky.
125
00:56:01,483 --> 00:56:03,506
What do you do, then?
126
00:56:03,724 --> 00:56:06,163
I just sit there because I can't do
anything...
127
00:56:06,164 --> 00:56:09,217
unless the teacher writes the
example lines in my notebook...
128
00:56:09,217 --> 00:56:11,775
so I can copy them at home.
129
00:56:11,776 --> 00:56:14,928
My sister now lives at my uncle's...
130
00:56:15,009 --> 00:56:18,795
so she can't write the example line
for me.
131
00:56:19,422 --> 00:56:23,229
Who helps you with arithmetic
and other lessons?
132
00:56:25,054 --> 00:56:27,810
My older brother does...
133
00:56:27,811 --> 00:56:29,774
Abbas Abedy...
134
00:56:29,775 --> 00:56:32,709
He helps me with my lessons.
135
00:56:32,710 --> 00:56:37,350
Is he nice or harsh?
- He's harsh. - How?
136
00:56:39,374 --> 00:56:41,355
He beats me up...
137
00:56:41,754 --> 00:56:46,830
This brother of mine... he's in
second grade and I'm in first.
138
00:56:46,831 --> 00:56:50,360
So a second grader is teaching
a first grader...
139
00:56:50,361 --> 00:56:52,819
and what's more,
he's harsh too.
140
00:56:52,820 --> 00:56:55,457
Is there no one else to help you?
Your mum?
141
00:56:55,458 --> 00:56:57,797
My mum's illiterate.
142
00:57:01,131 --> 00:57:03,827
How about your dad?
- My dad?
143
00:57:04,026 --> 00:57:05,969
So is my dad.
144
00:57:06,665 --> 00:57:11,026
Are you punished when you don't
do your homework in time?
145
00:57:11,028 --> 00:57:12,713
Yes...
146
00:57:12,951 --> 00:57:15,925
Who punishes you?
- My teacher.
147
00:57:16,481 --> 00:57:19,297
Does anyone punish you at home?
148
00:57:20,030 --> 00:57:21,815
My mum.
149
00:57:21,816 --> 00:57:23,659
How?
150
00:57:23,660 --> 00:57:25,544
With a belt.
1
00:57:25,436 --> 00:57:28,905
What does she do with it?
- She beats me up.
2
00:57:30,134 --> 00:57:32,492
What do you want to be?
3
00:57:33,601 --> 00:57:35,248
A pilot.
4
00:57:36,041 --> 00:57:37,527
Why?
5
00:57:37,528 --> 00:57:39,745
To kill Saddam.
6
00:57:40,529 --> 00:57:44,574
Saddam is cruel, because
he destroys houses...
7
00:57:45,408 --> 00:57:47,449
He ruins them.
8
00:57:51,392 --> 00:57:55,395
And if Saddam is dead by then,
what will you be?
9
00:58:13,039 --> 00:58:17,399
The ones with a heart that
doesn't work...
10
00:58:17,598 --> 00:58:19,084
Who?
11
00:58:20,848 --> 00:58:23,703
People who have heart trouble...
12
00:58:23,704 --> 00:58:28,340
people who go to the hospital,
who get ill...
13
00:58:28,341 --> 00:58:32,424
who have to lie down and have
an operation.
14
00:58:32,564 --> 00:58:35,080
You want to operate on them?
- Yes.
15
00:58:35,279 --> 00:58:37,220
So you want to be a physician.
- Yes.
16
00:58:37,221 --> 00:58:39,877
A pilot and a physician, both.
17
00:58:40,116 --> 00:58:45,269
Islam is victorious!
Down with the East and the West!
18
00:58:48,441 --> 00:58:52,285
We're not going to hurt you.
Why'are you crying?
19
00:58:53,297 --> 00:58:55,219
What is it?
- My friend's gone.
20
00:58:55,219 --> 00:58:58,035
What?
- My friend's gone.
21
00:58:58,195 --> 00:58:59,778
Your friend?
- Yes.
22
00:58:59,779 --> 00:59:02,276
That's no reason to cry, is it?
23
00:59:03,942 --> 00:59:06,002
Tell my friend to come back.
24
00:59:06,281 --> 00:59:08,243
Ask your fnend to come back?
- Yes.
25
00:59:08,243 --> 00:59:10,364
You mean Molaie?
- Yes.
26
00:59:12,267 --> 00:59:15,279
Molaie!
You stay here, stay here...
27
00:59:15,894 --> 00:59:19,165
Why do you cry when Molaie's not
here? We're not nasty to you.
28
00:59:19,165 --> 00:59:21,504
I want my friend.
29
00:59:25,034 --> 00:59:27,014
You want your friend?
- Yes.
30
00:59:27,015 --> 00:59:29,828
You'll see him when you leave.
31
00:59:31,019 --> 00:59:34,269
Tell him to come back.
32
00:59:34,349 --> 00:59:36,687
Who?
- Molaie.
33
00:59:36,966 --> 00:59:39,662
You want Molaie to come?
- Yes, please.
34
00:59:51,833 --> 00:59:54,844
You want to go?
- Yes! - Go, then.
35
00:59:56,610 --> 00:59:59,742
Molaie, why was your friend,
Madjid, crying?
36
01:00:02,934 --> 01:00:07,314
They were scolding the bad boys
in the first grade.
37
01:00:07,315 --> 01:00:10,564
So now he's frightened.
38
01:00:11,059 --> 01:00:13,914
Who's been scolding them?
- Our teacher.
39
01:00:14,430 --> 01:00:16,331
Has he been a bad boy?
40
01:00:16,332 --> 01:00:20,455
He hasn't been studying well
and he's been naughty too.
41
01:00:20,457 --> 01:00:23,626
How does she scold the bad boys?
42
01:00:24,379 --> 01:00:26,938
She beats them with a ruler.
43
01:00:26,940 --> 01:00:30,187
We can't hear you.
- She beats them with a ruler.
44
01:00:30,267 --> 01:00:32,467
How?
45
01:00:35,978 --> 01:00:40,118
Once the teacher beat him
and the ruler broke.
46
01:00:40,118 --> 01:00:44,617
Speak up.
- The ruler got broken...
47
01:00:44,618 --> 01:00:51,496
so the teacher said that she'd use
a cane from now on.
48
01:00:52,231 --> 01:00:56,354
So now he's frightened.
- Is he always like this?
49
01:00:56,355 --> 01:00:59,763
How? - What grade are you in?
- Second grade.
50
01:01:00,199 --> 01:01:02,102
Is he in your class?
- Yes.
1
01:01:04,676 --> 01:01:07,199
So that's why Madji's frightened...
- Yes.
2
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:11,565
But we weren't going to hurt him,
we don't have any rulers here.
3
01:01:11,833 --> 01:01:14,147
I don't know why he's frightened.
4
01:01:14,148 --> 01:01:16,198
He's always frightened.
5
01:01:16,731 --> 01:01:17,983
Is it the same in class?
6
01:01:17,986 --> 01:01:21,020
He's frightened when the bell
rings... he starts crying.
7
01:01:21,135 --> 01:01:25,255
Or when the kids are called out
for punishment.
8
01:01:25,369 --> 01:01:28,880
Sometimes he cries during break too.
9
01:01:29,337 --> 01:01:32,752
So it's not our fault?
- No.
10
01:01:32,944 --> 01:01:35,355
We have no rulers, so
why is he scared of us?
11
01:01:35,356 --> 01:01:37,119
I don't know.
12
01:01:45,380 --> 01:01:47,504
Say it again, I didn't hear you.
13
01:01:47,504 --> 01:01:51,112
He thought you have a ruler
hidden here somewhere...
14
01:01:51,112 --> 01:01:56,769
and you'd bring him in and beat
him up after you closed the door.
15
01:01:56,770 --> 01:01:58,971
But you don't think so?
- No.
16
01:01:58,973 --> 01:02:01,687
Aren't you scared?
- No. - That's good.
1
01:07:27,034 --> 01:07:30,406
don't you think his mother's right?
2
01:07:30,546 --> 01:07:34,458
He was so anxious he couldn't
understand anything we said to him.
3
01:07:34,459 --> 01:07:38,451
This must be the case,
undoubtedly.
4
01:07:38,452 --> 01:07:42,683
But we finally had to come
to the conclusion...
5
01:07:42,765 --> 01:07:45,239
that my method didn't work...
6
01:07:45,240 --> 01:07:49,711
but that his mother's emotional
protective method didn't work either.
7
01:07:49,712 --> 01:07:53,963
Either way,
the child was getting nowhere.
8
01:07:54,143 --> 01:07:58,175
He was still confused.
- So have you found a solution?
9
01:08:01,750 --> 01:08:06,599
Basically, I believe that the solution
must be found at school.
10
01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:12,768
Time, subjects and number of pupils
must be organised in such a way...
11
01:08:12,829 --> 01:08:16,462
that pupils won't need to study
out of school...
12
01:08:16,463 --> 01:08:19,456
and we won't need to
teach the kids at home.
13
01:08:19,457 --> 01:08:23,050
Of course, homework can still be
done at home...
14
01:08:23,051 --> 01:08:26,364
but the actual learning should be
done at school.
15
01:08:26,365 --> 01:08:30,536
Then there won't be any problem.
16
01:08:31,355 --> 01:08:37,083
We don't know how to teach
and can't be expected to do it.
17
01:08:37,824 --> 01:08:39,979
Madjid, come and stand here.
18
01:08:39,980 --> 01:08:43,173
Can Molaie stay there?
Aren't you frightened?
19
01:08:43,174 --> 01:08:45,889
Molaie, you stand behind him...
20
01:08:46,488 --> 01:08:50,400
You stay there and keep an eye on
Madjid because he's afraid of us.
21
01:08:50,401 --> 01:08:52,715
But why are you afraid of us?
22
01:08:52,796 --> 01:08:54,831
I'm not afraid.
23
01:08:54,832 --> 01:08:58,745
And if Molaie goes out?
Won't you be afraid then?
24
01:08:59,783 --> 01:09:02,218
Molaie, you can go now.
25
01:09:06,052 --> 01:09:08,167
Aren't you afraid any more?
26
01:09:10,404 --> 01:09:13,357
So why were you afraid of us
before?
27
01:09:16,354 --> 01:09:19,426
My mind was somewhere else.
28
01:09:19,587 --> 01:09:22,581
And that's why you were scared.
- Right.
29
01:09:23,062 --> 01:09:25,656
What were you afraid of?
- Nothing.
30
01:09:25,657 --> 01:09:28,530
Did you think we would hurt you?
31
01:09:31,805 --> 01:09:33,661
I didn't know.
32
01:09:34,121 --> 01:09:38,173
What did you think
we'd do to you? - Nothing.
33
01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:41,127
We weren't going to hurt you.
34
01:09:45,799 --> 01:09:49,192
So if Molaie goes now,
you won't be afraid?
35
01:09:51,389 --> 01:09:54,103
Can I tell Molaie to go to his class?
36
01:09:56,299 --> 01:09:57,897
No.
37
01:09:58,696 --> 01:10:05,233
Yes, yes.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry...
38
01:10:06,122 --> 01:10:08,556
Shall I call Molaie back?
- Yes.
39
01:10:08,557 --> 01:10:10,474
Stay here... I'll call Molaie back.
- All right.
40
01:10:10,475 --> 01:10:12,310
Molaie!
41
01:10:14,387 --> 01:10:18,139
Djahan, bring Molaie back here.
Stay here, alright?
42
01:10:24,390 --> 01:10:25,745
Djahan!
43
01:10:25,746 --> 01:10:27,602
Send Molaie back.
44
01:10:28,343 --> 01:10:30,797
Molaie, stand behind him...
45
01:10:33,173 --> 01:10:35,348
Is it alright with Molaie here?
46
01:10:35,349 --> 01:10:39,021
Molaie, move up here...
a little further... right...
47
01:10:39,021 --> 01:10:40,958
Right, Molaie's here now.
48
01:10:40,959 --> 01:10:43,412
So you aren't you afraid now?
49
01:10:51,740 --> 01:10:55,590
But our religion class is
about to start.
50
01:10:55,950 --> 01:10:58,027
What class?
- Religion.
51
01:10:58,267 --> 01:11:01,540
Do you know the answers?
- No.
52
01:11:01,661 --> 01:11:04,775
None of them?
- No. - Why not?
53
01:11:04,776 --> 01:11:07,648
Didn't you prepare for the lesson?
- I did.
54
01:11:07,850 --> 01:11:10,324
Molaie, do you know the answers?
- No.
55
01:11:10,326 --> 01:11:13,878
You don't either?
Do you know the questions?
56
01:11:14,477 --> 01:11:15,975
I... no...
57
01:11:17,212 --> 01:11:20,325
Is that why you want to go?
- Yes.
58
01:11:20,326 --> 01:11:23,910
Alright, Molaie can go now.
You'll join him later--
59
01:11:23,911 --> 01:11:27,543
No, I go first and then he goes.
60
01:11:27,544 --> 01:11:29,060
You want to go first?
- Yes.
61
01:11:29,061 --> 01:11:33,413
Tell me why you're afraid of us
and I'll let you go first.
62
01:11:33,414 --> 01:11:35,249
Just tell me.
63
01:11:39,162 --> 01:11:42,695
I don't want to miss religion class.
64
01:11:43,035 --> 01:11:45,050
Ask your classmates later.
65
01:11:46,369 --> 01:11:49,282
Come near... nearer...
- I...
66
01:11:51,520 --> 01:11:54,713
Say one of your religion lessons.
67
01:11:54,714 --> 01:11:57,728
Do you know any?
Do you remember any?
68
01:11:57,729 --> 01:12:00,403
I can recite: "O Lord"
- Alright.
69
01:12:02,380 --> 01:12:05,454
O Lord!
O thou, Lord of beautiful stars.
70
01:12:05,455 --> 01:12:10,403
O thou, Lord of colourful cosmos.
O thou, who created Venus.
71
01:12:10,404 --> 01:12:13,039
Thou who created the moon
and the sun.
72
01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:17,691
All the mountains, hills, oceans.
The beautiful and colourful trees.
73
01:12:17,692 --> 01:12:22,203
Beautiful wings for the butterfly.
Nests for the birds.
74
01:12:22,204 --> 01:12:27,235
Happiness, games, strength.
Eyes for us to see.
75
01:12:27,236 --> 01:12:29,729
Snow and rain, heat and cold.
76
01:12:29,730 --> 01:12:32,005
We're all created by Thee,
O Lord.
77
01:12:32,006 --> 01:12:34,820
You granted all I wished for.
78
01:12:34,821 --> 01:12:39,032
Fill our hearts with happiness
and joy.
79
01:12:41,209 --> 01:12:45,599
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