1 00:00:02,357 --> 00:00:03,657 The first day of the last year 2 00:00:03,757 --> 00:00:04,957 of high school. 3 00:00:05,057 --> 00:00:06,797 Grade 12: one last year of being big fish 4 00:00:06,897 --> 00:00:08,696 in a small pond, before we swam away... 5 00:00:08,796 --> 00:00:10,736 possibly to become fish food. 6 00:00:10,826 --> 00:00:12,166 -Driving to school. 7 00:00:12,266 --> 00:00:13,166 Isn’t this cool? 8 00:00:13,266 --> 00:00:14,095 -Yup. 9 00:00:20,804 --> 00:00:22,404 -So very cool. 10 00:00:22,504 --> 00:00:23,634 -Get out and push. 11 00:00:23,744 --> 00:00:25,214 -You push, dumbass. I’m a girl. 12 00:00:25,313 --> 00:00:26,953 -Since when are you a girl? -Hey! 13 00:00:27,043 --> 00:00:28,383 -Ow! You’re so pretty. 14 00:00:28,473 --> 00:00:30,443 I’m the one with the learner’s permit. 15 00:00:30,543 --> 00:00:31,842 I gotta drive. It’s the law. 16 00:00:31,952 --> 00:00:34,152 -Wait... Did you say "permit"? 17 00:00:34,252 --> 00:00:36,292 -At least we get to make a first impression. 18 00:00:36,382 --> 00:00:37,821 Come on, Ritche, m’boy. 19 00:00:40,791 --> 00:00:43,730 Nice wheels! 20 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:45,690 -This is better than the bus how? 21 00:00:45,790 --> 00:00:47,730 -Ignore them, Ritche. 22 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:48,830 They’re just jealous. 23 00:00:51,329 --> 00:00:52,629 - Argh, come on. - Okay. 24 00:00:53,829 --> 00:00:55,898 -You get it? -Yeah. 25 00:00:55,998 --> 00:00:57,198 Alright, get in. 26 00:01:00,968 --> 00:01:03,207 -Two bucks each for gas. Let’s go. 27 00:01:03,307 --> 00:01:04,337 We had to push! 28 00:01:04,437 --> 00:01:05,837 We... we were the gas. 29 00:01:05,947 --> 00:01:07,916 Breaking News. Crisis in the fishery. 30 00:01:08,006 --> 00:01:10,276 -Hey. Turn that up. 31 00:01:10,376 --> 00:01:12,516 -The cod fishery, the backbone of the province, 32 00:01:12,616 --> 00:01:14,315 may be about to snap. 33 00:01:14,415 --> 00:01:17,355 Fisheries Minister John Crosbie is in St. John’s today, 34 00:01:17,455 --> 00:01:18,825 where he is expected to announce 35 00:01:18,925 --> 00:01:21,394 a total shutdown of the cod fishery. 36 00:01:21,484 --> 00:01:23,754 Fishermen, plant workers, whole communities 37 00:01:23,854 --> 00:01:25,623 caught in the undertow. 38 00:01:25,723 --> 00:01:28,763 30,000 jobs could disappear overnight. 39 00:01:28,863 --> 00:01:30,863 -Closed? How? 40 00:01:30,963 --> 00:01:33,102 -Mike Critch, VOCM, first with the news. 41 00:01:33,202 --> 00:01:34,742 And just like that, 42 00:01:34,832 --> 00:01:37,002 we went from big fish to endangered species. 43 00:01:37,102 --> 00:01:38,641 -Shutting down the fishery? 44 00:01:38,741 --> 00:01:39,811 -It doesn’t affect you, Aquaman. 45 00:01:39,901 --> 00:01:41,701 Not unless you plan on working on a trawler. 46 00:01:41,801 --> 00:01:43,400 -This is gonna affect everybody. 47 00:01:43,510 --> 00:01:45,710 My uncle packs fish at National Sea Products. 48 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:47,410 It can’t be good for him or my cousins. 49 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:48,850 -They’ll get a job packing something else. 50 00:01:48,950 --> 00:01:50,419 -Like your mudder! 51 00:01:51,949 --> 00:01:53,389 -You know that’s your mudder too? 52 00:01:53,479 --> 00:01:54,579 -Gross! 53 00:01:54,679 --> 00:01:56,078 Can’t we just enjoy our last year? 54 00:01:56,188 --> 00:01:57,588 This is grade 12! We’re seniors, baby! 55 00:01:57,688 --> 00:01:58,618 Woo-hoo! 56 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:00,058 -Yeah. 57 00:02:00,158 --> 00:02:01,227 Fun. 58 00:02:04,687 --> 00:02:07,087 {\an8}Some of us were too busy surfing a wave 59 00:02:07,196 --> 00:02:09,766 {\an8}to see the tsunami coming. 60 00:02:09,866 --> 00:02:10,966 {\an8}No more fish? 61 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:12,706 {\an8} I’m gonna miss that feed ’a cod tongues 62 00:02:12,796 --> 00:02:14,195 {\an8}down at the Scampers. 63 00:02:14,295 --> 00:02:15,995 {\an8} Best tongue since Tammy Loveless. 64 00:02:16,105 --> 00:02:18,275 {\an8}You’re gonna miss more than a few tongues. 65 00:02:18,365 --> 00:02:19,494 {\an8}This changes everything. 66 00:02:19,604 --> 00:02:21,644 {\an8}Does it, though? 67 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:23,974 {\an8}I mean, I don’t even really know anyone who fishes anymore. 68 00:02:24,074 --> 00:02:25,673 {\an8} -30,000 people out of work overnight. 69 00:02:25,773 --> 00:02:27,313 {\an8}Those people buy cars, 70 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:30,653 {\an8} and the people who sell them those cars buy ads on the radio. 71 00:02:30,743 --> 00:02:32,642 {\an8} -Shag this. I’m heading down to Scampers 72 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:33,922 {\an8}for a feed ’a cod tongues 73 00:02:34,012 --> 00:02:35,612 {\an8}while they still got tongues to feed me. 74 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,161 {\an8}-Yes, and while you’ve still got a job to pay for ’em. 75 00:02:38,251 --> 00:02:40,421 {\an8} -Come on, Dad. It’s not that bad. 76 00:02:40,521 --> 00:02:41,861 {\an8}-No... 77 00:02:41,951 --> 00:02:43,420 {\an8}Might be worse. 78 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,900 The present was dark, 79 00:02:47,990 --> 00:02:49,959 {\an8}but we still had the future to look forward to. 80 00:02:50,059 --> 00:02:51,759 {\an8}Good morning, seniors. 81 00:02:52,829 --> 00:02:55,328 {\an8}You’ve made it to the summit. 82 00:02:55,438 --> 00:02:57,578 {\an8}Grade 12. 83 00:02:57,668 --> 00:03:00,868 {\an8}Yesterday, you were children. 84 00:03:00,968 --> 00:03:03,707 {\an8}But yesterday is gone. 85 00:03:03,807 --> 00:03:06,747 {\an8}Today, the fishery collapsed, 86 00:03:06,847 --> 00:03:10,386 {\an8}and with it, your futures. 87 00:03:10,476 --> 00:03:12,346 {\an8} -Okay. That took a turn. 88 00:03:12,446 --> 00:03:16,085 {\an8}So, choose your electives wisely. 89 00:03:16,185 --> 00:03:19,784 {\an8}There will be a demand for manual labour. 90 00:03:19,884 --> 00:03:21,284 {\an8}For the boys, 91 00:03:21,384 --> 00:03:24,824 {\an8}household movers to help in the... 92 00:03:24,924 --> 00:03:26,923 mass exodus. 93 00:03:27,023 --> 00:03:28,193 For the girls, 94 00:03:28,293 --> 00:03:30,533 there’s always room in the convent. 95 00:03:32,032 --> 00:03:32,862 Theatre Arts, 96 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:34,132 Creative Writing... 97 00:03:34,232 --> 00:03:36,072 these were not the tools of a tradesman. 98 00:03:36,172 --> 00:03:39,371 Welcome, Class of ’92. 99 00:03:39,471 --> 00:03:43,011 Enjoy your final year! 100 00:03:43,110 --> 00:03:45,480 These are the end times. 101 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,049 -Thank you, Sister Rose, for that cool... 102 00:03:51,149 --> 00:03:53,649 dare I say, cold, welcome. 103 00:03:53,749 --> 00:03:56,348 -There’s no way I’m becoming a nun. 104 00:03:56,448 --> 00:03:58,018 -What if she’s right? 105 00:03:58,118 --> 00:04:00,018 What if we’re making all the wrong choices? 106 00:04:00,118 --> 00:04:01,987 -She’s just trying to scare you. That’s her job. 107 00:04:02,087 --> 00:04:03,787 -Well, it’s working! 108 00:04:03,887 --> 00:04:06,057 Entertainment is the first thing people cut 109 00:04:06,157 --> 00:04:07,456 when the money gets tight. 110 00:04:07,556 --> 00:04:09,226 I don’t have a back-up plan. 111 00:04:09,326 --> 00:04:10,796 I don’t even have a front-up plan. 112 00:04:10,896 --> 00:04:12,466 I want to be a comedian. 113 00:04:12,566 --> 00:04:13,665 What am I doing? 114 00:04:13,765 --> 00:04:15,435 I’m having a mid-life crisis at 17! 115 00:04:15,535 --> 00:04:16,635 Oh my God, I’m... 116 00:04:16,735 --> 00:04:18,175 I’m only gonna live to be 40. 117 00:04:18,265 --> 00:04:20,534 -Thirty-four. -That’s not helping. 118 00:04:20,634 --> 00:04:22,034 -You’re wigging out. 119 00:04:22,144 --> 00:04:23,714 Everything’s gonna be fine, okay? 120 00:04:23,804 --> 00:04:25,173 -You really think I’m gonna make it? 121 00:04:25,273 --> 00:04:26,273 Yes! 122 00:04:26,373 --> 00:04:28,213 And worst case scenario, you go to work at VOCM, 123 00:04:28,313 --> 00:04:29,483 like your dad and brother. 124 00:04:34,912 --> 00:04:38,051 -Late last night, early this morning, 125 00:04:38,151 --> 00:04:41,291 two youths were arrested for exposing their buttocks 126 00:04:41,391 --> 00:04:42,861 on George Street. 127 00:04:42,961 --> 00:04:45,130 Police were immediately on the scene 128 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:47,690 and able to apprehend our cheeky suspects 129 00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:49,989 before they completed the lunar cycle, 130 00:04:50,099 --> 00:04:52,399 midway between a half and a full moon. 131 00:04:53,699 --> 00:04:56,198 Mark Critch, VOCM news service. 132 00:04:57,638 --> 00:05:00,278 -That’s a deadly ol’ story there, Mark, b’y. 133 00:05:00,368 --> 00:05:02,307 -Ah, thanks, Dick. I-I mean, Mike. 134 00:05:02,407 --> 00:05:04,977 -Listen, I’m gonna needs the apartment to myself tonight. 135 00:05:05,077 --> 00:05:07,416 I gots a hot date comin’ over, Mark, b’y. 136 00:05:08,646 --> 00:05:10,246 Oh, you’re outta soup. 137 00:05:13,585 --> 00:05:15,185 I didn’t want to follow 138 00:05:15,285 --> 00:05:16,685 in anyone’s footsteps. 139 00:05:16,785 --> 00:05:18,625 I wanted to cut my own path. 140 00:05:23,254 --> 00:05:25,793 -Where are you going? -To make a course correct. 141 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:27,823 Father? 142 00:05:27,923 --> 00:05:29,053 -Mark. Come in. 143 00:05:30,133 --> 00:05:32,402 Got something on your mind? 144 00:05:32,502 --> 00:05:33,302 -Well, uh... 145 00:05:35,132 --> 00:05:37,931 I was... wondering if maybe I could 146 00:05:38,031 --> 00:05:40,271 make a couple changes to my course picks. 147 00:05:40,371 --> 00:05:41,911 I mean, if it’s not too late. 148 00:05:42,001 --> 00:05:43,000 -No. 149 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:44,510 Hey, let’s see what you’re rockin’. 150 00:05:46,910 --> 00:05:49,849 Oh! Theatre Arts. No surprise there. 151 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:52,849 Advanced Writing, Visual Arts. 152 00:05:52,949 --> 00:05:54,649 Pretty lefty. 153 00:05:54,749 --> 00:05:56,948 Looks like you got a soft-handed life comin’ your way. 154 00:05:57,048 --> 00:05:58,918 Nice! 155 00:05:59,018 --> 00:06:00,458 -That’s the thing. I... 156 00:06:02,257 --> 00:06:05,097 I-I’m just thinking that... with, you know, 157 00:06:05,187 --> 00:06:07,456 the current economic climate, uh... 158 00:06:07,556 --> 00:06:10,026 maybe I need to focus on something more... 159 00:06:11,896 --> 00:06:13,935 -Practical? 160 00:06:14,035 --> 00:06:15,535 Pragmatic? 161 00:06:15,635 --> 00:06:16,975 Useful? 162 00:06:17,065 --> 00:06:18,905 -Less stupid. Uh... 163 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:20,904 This is my last year in school, 164 00:06:21,004 --> 00:06:23,144 and for the first time, I’m... 165 00:06:23,244 --> 00:06:27,383 I’m starting to think about maybe what I want to do is... 166 00:06:27,473 --> 00:06:28,743 silly. 167 00:06:28,843 --> 00:06:30,543 -Mark... 168 00:06:30,643 --> 00:06:32,042 You... 169 00:06:32,142 --> 00:06:33,512 you give these people comfort. 170 00:06:33,612 --> 00:06:36,012 You make them forget about their troubles. 171 00:06:37,221 --> 00:06:39,321 I mean, it’s kinda the same as being a priest. 172 00:06:41,551 --> 00:06:42,521 -I guess so. 173 00:06:42,621 --> 00:06:44,090 I mean... 174 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:46,160 the altar is kinda like a stage, and... 175 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:48,330 you do wear a costume. 176 00:06:48,430 --> 00:06:49,999 I mean, the whole wine and bread thing 177 00:06:50,099 --> 00:06:51,639 is sorta like a magic trick, and... 178 00:06:51,729 --> 00:06:53,469 you even get to sing! 179 00:06:53,569 --> 00:06:54,869 -You know... 180 00:06:54,968 --> 00:06:56,838 I wanted to be a singer. 181 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:58,208 -Why didn’t you? 182 00:06:58,298 --> 00:07:00,298 -Well, I didn’t think I’d be able to support myself. 183 00:07:00,408 --> 00:07:02,207 -You didn’t think you’d make any money at it, 184 00:07:02,307 --> 00:07:04,407 so you took a vow of poverty? 185 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:06,946 -Well, you can’t be let down if you don’t try. 186 00:07:07,906 --> 00:07:09,146 But... 187 00:07:09,246 --> 00:07:10,646 Next best thing, right? 188 00:07:14,485 --> 00:07:17,285 ♪ Through him, with him, in him ♪ 189 00:07:17,385 --> 00:07:21,324 ♪ In the unity of the Holy Spirit ♪ 190 00:07:21,424 --> 00:07:24,923 ♪ All glory is yours ♪ 191 00:07:25,023 --> 00:07:28,723 ♪ Forever and ever... ♪ 192 00:07:30,363 --> 00:07:32,532 -Right, uh, I think I’m gonna drop Creative Writing 193 00:07:32,632 --> 00:07:33,832 and take Shop. 194 00:07:33,932 --> 00:07:36,332 -What? No! Sit down. 195 00:07:36,432 --> 00:07:37,401 Mark! 196 00:07:39,141 --> 00:07:42,511 You have plenty of time to make up your mind. 197 00:07:42,611 --> 00:07:45,180 You just have to make a decision by the end of the day. 198 00:07:45,270 --> 00:07:46,940 You got like three and a half hours. 199 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,480 ♪ Hosanna... ♪ 200 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:50,279 One day to make a decision 201 00:07:50,379 --> 00:07:51,919 that would change everything. 202 00:07:52,009 --> 00:07:53,279 No pressure. 203 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:56,078 Just the crushing weight of my entire future. 204 00:08:00,458 --> 00:08:01,387 Mark? 205 00:08:01,487 --> 00:08:03,227 What the frig are you doing here? 206 00:08:03,327 --> 00:08:04,597 -Just exploring other options. 207 00:08:04,687 --> 00:08:05,687 -You’re gonna get hurt. 208 00:08:05,797 --> 00:08:07,166 -Sorry I’m late, youngsters. 209 00:08:07,256 --> 00:08:10,196 My God, this school is some size. 210 00:08:10,296 --> 00:08:13,235 -Mr. Chafe? I... I thought you retired. 211 00:08:13,335 --> 00:08:15,175 -Oh, hey, Mark. Fox. 212 00:08:15,265 --> 00:08:17,565 Some nice to see familiar faces. 213 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:20,634 Yes, I was out for a year but it’s hard times, 214 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:23,504 so I had to take on a few shifts as a substitute, eh? 215 00:08:23,604 --> 00:08:25,173 It wasn’t just fishermen 216 00:08:25,273 --> 00:08:26,513 who were feeling the pinch. 217 00:08:26,613 --> 00:08:27,883 -Me wife left me. 218 00:08:27,973 --> 00:08:29,873 -You had a wife? Gross. 219 00:08:29,983 --> 00:08:31,622 -She took it all, Mark, b’y. 220 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:33,382 The house. The car. 221 00:08:33,482 --> 00:08:36,122 Didn’t even leave me with so much as one of the cats. 222 00:08:36,222 --> 00:08:38,161 -Uh, sir, I think we should focus on the lesson. 223 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,051 -Oh, I learned my lesson, alright. 224 00:08:40,151 --> 00:08:41,591 Never to trust a woman ever again. 225 00:08:41,691 --> 00:08:43,960 He means the class. Get a grip. 226 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:45,430 -Oh, right, yes. Jeez. 227 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,860 What am I thinking? 228 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,599 Uh, I’m some glad to be teaching you woodworking. 229 00:08:50,699 --> 00:08:54,469 My first love, and now my only love. 230 00:08:56,298 --> 00:09:00,168 Now, before we start, safety first. 231 00:09:00,268 --> 00:09:01,937 I wanna see them goggles. 232 00:09:12,316 --> 00:09:13,515 -Okay. Uh... 233 00:09:14,745 --> 00:09:18,615 I see why we... need the goggles now. 234 00:09:18,715 --> 00:09:20,014 My course correction 235 00:09:20,124 --> 00:09:21,794 had just corrected itself... 236 00:09:21,884 --> 00:09:23,254 straight out the window! 237 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:37,871 -Good God, Mary! 238 00:09:37,971 --> 00:09:39,311 What are you doing down here? 239 00:09:39,401 --> 00:09:41,201 -I told you I was working this week! 240 00:09:41,301 --> 00:09:44,970 Come to the Soiree. St. John’s 100th birthday party! 241 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:46,440 It’s Come Home year! 242 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:48,919 The fisheries minister is here. 243 00:09:49,009 --> 00:09:51,279 The place is a powder keg. People are losing their jobs! 244 00:09:51,379 --> 00:09:53,619 -Well, I still have a job to do! 245 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:56,388 -Food festivals, music in the park, screech-ins... 246 00:09:56,488 --> 00:09:57,928 What kinda screech-in are you gonna have 247 00:09:58,018 --> 00:09:59,358 when there’s no cod left to kiss? 248 00:10:05,287 --> 00:10:06,726 -What’s all that? 249 00:10:06,826 --> 00:10:09,096 -They locked out the fishermen. This is bad. 250 00:10:09,196 --> 00:10:10,896 Oh, God, it’s about to get worse. 251 00:10:10,996 --> 00:10:12,466 Pop, what are you doin’ here? 252 00:10:12,566 --> 00:10:13,565 -Protesting! 253 00:10:13,665 --> 00:10:16,205 We’re not gonna let that Ottawa fat cat speak. 254 00:10:16,305 --> 00:10:18,375 -Pop, he has to speak so people can find out 255 00:10:18,465 --> 00:10:20,164 what kind of a support package there’s gonna be. 256 00:10:20,274 --> 00:10:21,714 -What, more welfare? 257 00:10:21,804 --> 00:10:24,773 You know, give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. 258 00:10:24,873 --> 00:10:26,213 Teach a man to fish-- 259 00:10:26,313 --> 00:10:27,683 -And he’ll be outta work forever. 260 00:10:27,773 --> 00:10:30,073 Pop, that crowd is some riled up. 261 00:10:30,183 --> 00:10:31,282 You’re gonna get hurt. 262 00:10:31,382 --> 00:10:32,752 -You have my word. 263 00:10:32,852 --> 00:10:33,722 I’m not gonna get hurt. 264 00:10:36,222 --> 00:10:37,861 I’m the one doing the hurting. 265 00:10:37,951 --> 00:10:39,921 Shillelagh Law. 266 00:10:40,021 --> 00:10:41,661 -I don’t have time for this. 267 00:10:41,751 --> 00:10:42,920 I gotta get in there. 268 00:10:44,820 --> 00:10:45,620 -Hey, Gary? 269 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:47,100 -Sorry, Mike. She’s locked tight. 270 00:10:47,190 --> 00:10:48,320 -For them, but I’m press, Gary. 271 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:50,299 -I can’t open the doors and let you in, Mike. 272 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:51,369 They’d storm the place! 273 00:10:58,438 --> 00:10:59,908 {\an8}Give us a call... 274 00:11:00,008 --> 00:11:03,847 I’m making a decision based on the desire 275 00:11:03,937 --> 00:11:07,106 to ensure that the northern cod survives as a species. 276 00:11:10,246 --> 00:11:12,885 -This is Mike Critch, reporting live from downtown St. John’s, 277 00:11:12,985 --> 00:11:15,155 where Fisheries Minister John Crosbie just announced 278 00:11:15,245 --> 00:11:17,545 the closure of the cod fishery, 279 00:11:17,655 --> 00:11:20,224 the largest layoff in Canadian history. 280 00:11:23,354 --> 00:11:25,093 -They’ve locked us out. 281 00:11:25,193 --> 00:11:27,193 -They’ve locked us out! 282 00:11:27,293 --> 00:11:28,693 -Cowards all. 283 00:11:28,793 --> 00:11:30,133 Cowards! 284 00:11:30,233 --> 00:11:31,972 -We should break it down. 285 00:11:32,062 --> 00:11:33,262 -Break it down! 286 00:11:43,110 --> 00:11:44,210 -Gotta get in there. 287 00:11:44,310 --> 00:11:46,180 They don’t need to go berserk 288 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,480 trying to batter on doors to frighten me. 289 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:50,579 In the first place, I don’t frighten. 290 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,949 -It’s utter mayhem as the fishermen attempt 291 00:11:53,049 --> 00:11:55,118 to break down the doors. 292 00:11:55,218 --> 00:11:56,988 I’m gonna try and get inside. 293 00:11:57,088 --> 00:11:59,158 Excuse me... Pardon me... 294 00:11:59,258 --> 00:12:01,127 Mike... 295 00:12:01,217 --> 00:12:02,217 Don’t! 296 00:12:02,317 --> 00:12:03,817 I’m press! Let me through! 297 00:12:03,927 --> 00:12:05,127 -Mike, I told ya! 298 00:12:06,327 --> 00:12:07,826 -Mike! 299 00:12:09,766 --> 00:12:13,635 Back the frig up, or by the Jesus, you’re next! 300 00:12:16,065 --> 00:12:17,705 Mike, honey. 301 00:12:19,674 --> 00:12:21,114 -I told ya. 302 00:12:21,204 --> 00:12:22,404 You could get hurt. 303 00:12:28,343 --> 00:12:31,242 What do you need a job for? Money? 304 00:12:31,342 --> 00:12:33,442 The whole province is unemployed now, b’y. 305 00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:34,752 Sure, you could get a "career," 306 00:12:34,852 --> 00:12:36,751 but why be broke doin’ something you hate 307 00:12:36,851 --> 00:12:39,051 when you can go broke doing something you love? 308 00:12:39,151 --> 00:12:41,451 -But you got a job. 309 00:12:41,551 --> 00:12:44,620 And you still get to act all the time. 310 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,360 Maybe I’ll be a teacher like you. 311 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:49,359 You got the coolest job in the world. 312 00:12:49,459 --> 00:12:52,429 -No, no, acting’s the coolest job in the world. 313 00:12:52,529 --> 00:12:54,229 You think I wanted to grade papers 314 00:12:54,329 --> 00:12:57,068 and haul stoners down to the principal’s office? 315 00:12:57,168 --> 00:12:59,608 This job is a parachute. 316 00:13:02,577 --> 00:13:04,577 I was afraid to fly. 317 00:13:04,677 --> 00:13:06,217 But what’s the use of a parachute 318 00:13:06,307 --> 00:13:08,506 if you never jumps out of a plane, right? 319 00:13:08,606 --> 00:13:10,606 And then, over time, it just weighs you down. 320 00:13:10,716 --> 00:13:13,115 And you know what happens when you jumps out of a plane 321 00:13:13,215 --> 00:13:14,685 with a backpack full ’a rocks? 322 00:13:15,955 --> 00:13:17,555 -You die? -Inside. 323 00:13:19,354 --> 00:13:22,124 Way I figures it, I got ten years to go, but... 324 00:13:22,224 --> 00:13:25,963 you know, with good behaviour and a soft tissue injury, 325 00:13:26,063 --> 00:13:29,833 I can get it down to eight. Seven if I’m lucky. 326 00:13:29,933 --> 00:13:31,802 -You sound like you’re on death row. 327 00:13:33,302 --> 00:13:35,472 -Life’s just one long death row, young fella. 328 00:13:37,471 --> 00:13:39,241 Some folks can break out. 329 00:13:41,401 --> 00:13:43,670 As long as they got a spoon to dig with. 330 00:13:49,309 --> 00:13:50,779 National Theatre School? 331 00:13:55,218 --> 00:13:57,518 There’s a... whole school 332 00:13:57,618 --> 00:14:00,258 that’s just Theatre Arts class, all day? 333 00:14:00,358 --> 00:14:02,457 -Wasn’t an option when I was your age. 334 00:14:02,557 --> 00:14:04,297 -Where’s it to? 335 00:14:04,387 --> 00:14:06,187 -Montreal. 336 00:14:06,297 --> 00:14:08,436 French girls, Critchie. 337 00:14:08,526 --> 00:14:10,266 You only gotta be 18 to drink, too. 338 00:14:10,366 --> 00:14:12,505 -And... theatre. -What? 339 00:14:12,595 --> 00:14:14,835 Yeah, theatre too, yeah. 340 00:14:21,574 --> 00:14:23,274 Don’t let me happen to you. 341 00:14:28,813 --> 00:14:30,213 No parachutes! 342 00:14:30,313 --> 00:14:32,382 No parachutes. 343 00:14:33,952 --> 00:14:34,782 Thanks, sir. 344 00:14:37,581 --> 00:14:39,521 -Now, dodge down and get me book bag, will ya? 345 00:14:39,621 --> 00:14:40,791 Me smokes is in that. 346 00:14:42,351 --> 00:14:43,450 -Uh, yes, sir. 347 00:14:46,530 --> 00:14:48,170 Advanced Writing class. 348 00:14:48,260 --> 00:14:51,099 A whole period about plays, books, and poems. 349 00:14:51,199 --> 00:14:53,439 As far from Shop as I could get. 350 00:14:55,328 --> 00:14:56,728 -Mr. Chafe? 351 00:14:56,838 --> 00:14:58,908 -Ooh, hey, Mark. Good to see you again. 352 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,067 -You’re teaching Advanced Writing too? 353 00:15:02,737 --> 00:15:05,737 -Guess so. Life as a substitute. 354 00:15:05,837 --> 00:15:08,876 -I didn’t know you liked... words. 355 00:15:08,976 --> 00:15:11,446 -Oh, I’d... much rather work with me hands, 356 00:15:11,546 --> 00:15:13,745 but you gotta do what you gotta do. 357 00:15:13,845 --> 00:15:17,645 Okay, class, open your books to page 86, 358 00:15:17,755 --> 00:15:19,694 "The Road Not Taken." 359 00:15:19,784 --> 00:15:23,254 Uh, Mark, you wanna give it a go? 360 00:15:23,354 --> 00:15:24,423 -Sure. 361 00:15:25,693 --> 00:15:28,193 "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 362 00:15:28,293 --> 00:15:30,193 "and sorry I could not travel both 363 00:15:30,293 --> 00:15:32,762 "and be one traveller, long I stood..." 364 00:15:32,862 --> 00:15:34,762 -You can just skip right down to the end, Mark. 365 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:36,531 You only needs the tops and the tails. 366 00:15:36,631 --> 00:15:38,571 That middle stuff, that’s just for show. 367 00:15:40,601 --> 00:15:42,241 -Yeah, uh... 368 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:46,210 "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... 369 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:47,950 "I took the road less travelled by. 370 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:50,919 "And that has made all the difference." 371 00:15:51,009 --> 00:15:53,079 Can anybody tell me what that means? 372 00:15:55,648 --> 00:15:56,848 I dunno. 373 00:15:56,948 --> 00:15:58,718 Mark? 374 00:15:58,818 --> 00:16:01,357 -The fella who wrote it comes to a fork in the road. 375 00:16:01,457 --> 00:16:02,627 Doesn’t know where to go. 376 00:16:03,787 --> 00:16:06,986 Uh, the woods are yellow, so it’s fall. 377 00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:09,296 Almost winter. 378 00:16:09,396 --> 00:16:13,265 The writer picks the path less taken, 379 00:16:13,365 --> 00:16:15,565 so he’s making the harder choice. 380 00:16:18,404 --> 00:16:19,904 Maybe it’s about... 381 00:16:20,004 --> 00:16:21,644 not settling for the way things are, 382 00:16:21,734 --> 00:16:23,904 but making your own way. 383 00:16:26,413 --> 00:16:28,753 -No. It’s about jobs! 384 00:16:28,843 --> 00:16:32,212 Every poem is like a riddle. 385 00:16:32,312 --> 00:16:34,082 And the answer to this one... 386 00:16:34,182 --> 00:16:36,222 is jobs. 387 00:16:36,321 --> 00:16:37,721 Two roads. 388 00:16:37,821 --> 00:16:41,361 One is more trampled because it’s the right way. 389 00:16:41,451 --> 00:16:44,050 And the other one is overgrown 390 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,400 because it’s the wrong way. 391 00:16:45,490 --> 00:16:47,690 Now, turn your books to page... 392 00:16:47,790 --> 00:16:49,229 The road more travelled 393 00:16:49,329 --> 00:16:52,669 seemed to be the safer path. 394 00:16:52,769 --> 00:16:56,108 So, why did I feel like I was going the wrong way? 395 00:17:05,177 --> 00:17:06,007 -Ooh. 396 00:17:07,246 --> 00:17:09,286 How’s your eye? 397 00:17:09,376 --> 00:17:10,876 -Black, thanks to you. 398 00:17:10,976 --> 00:17:12,845 Aw, well... 399 00:17:12,945 --> 00:17:14,515 I mean, it builds character. 400 00:17:14,615 --> 00:17:16,085 Yeah. 401 00:17:16,185 --> 00:17:17,285 What’s for supper? 402 00:17:17,385 --> 00:17:18,754 -Fish! 403 00:17:18,854 --> 00:17:20,994 -It’s my favourite. Fish sticks! 404 00:17:21,084 --> 00:17:22,524 Oh! Hm. 405 00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:25,593 Well... we’re eating American fish? 406 00:17:25,693 --> 00:17:27,933 In Newfoundland? Good God. 407 00:17:28,023 --> 00:17:31,322 Well, where do the potatoes come from, Rhodesia? 408 00:17:31,432 --> 00:17:33,302 This is not real fish. 409 00:17:33,402 --> 00:17:35,972 This is processed American crap! 410 00:17:36,072 --> 00:17:39,211 -There is a moratorium on, as if you didn’t know. 411 00:17:39,301 --> 00:17:42,770 And it is all that I had the energy to make after today! 412 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,810 Some "Soiree." It felt more like a funeral. 413 00:17:46,910 --> 00:17:48,609 It’s not all bad news, though, right? 414 00:17:48,709 --> 00:17:50,309 I mean, they get a package. 415 00:17:50,409 --> 00:17:53,249 220 bucks a week, every week, for 10 weeks? That’s... 416 00:17:53,349 --> 00:17:56,218 -You couldn’t even afford fish sticks on that. 417 00:17:56,318 --> 00:17:58,258 And they’re gonna retrain the fishermen. 418 00:17:58,348 --> 00:17:59,948 -You know, half those fishermen, 419 00:18:00,058 --> 00:18:02,397 they haven’t set foot in a classroom in 50 years. 420 00:18:02,487 --> 00:18:04,527 What are they gonna be? Hairdressers? 421 00:18:04,627 --> 00:18:05,827 -How about some good news? 422 00:18:07,026 --> 00:18:09,126 Mark, how was your first day at Grade 12? 423 00:18:09,226 --> 00:18:10,256 Uh... 424 00:18:10,366 --> 00:18:11,636 Well, uh... 425 00:18:11,726 --> 00:18:14,095 I don’t know if it’s good or not, but, um... 426 00:18:15,835 --> 00:18:17,605 I’m switching streams. 427 00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:18,974 -What do you mean? 428 00:18:21,304 --> 00:18:22,204 -I’m taking Shop. 429 00:18:23,704 --> 00:18:25,243 Sorry, you’re what? 430 00:18:25,343 --> 00:18:27,343 -That’s the first sensible thing I heard all day. 431 00:18:27,443 --> 00:18:28,413 Good for you, Mark. 432 00:18:28,513 --> 00:18:30,452 -Mark... what about your acting? 433 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,982 -Speaking of, uh... 434 00:18:33,082 --> 00:18:35,982 did you know there’s a school in Montreal just for acting? 435 00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:38,251 Good God, what a waste of money! 436 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:40,321 You’ll learn a lot more in that Shop class. 437 00:18:40,421 --> 00:18:42,390 Stop. 438 00:18:42,490 --> 00:18:44,260 -Leave the boy alone. 439 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:45,100 It’s his life. Let him live it. 440 00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:49,659 Or do you want him living one as fake as this fish? 441 00:18:58,438 --> 00:18:59,368 -Mark... 442 00:19:22,184 --> 00:19:24,153 -Oh, no, I-I... 443 00:19:24,253 --> 00:19:26,153 Oh, they’re disgusting, aren’t they? 444 00:19:29,993 --> 00:19:32,362 Hm... 445 00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:34,602 Actually... Not bad. 446 00:19:36,102 --> 00:19:37,371 Ahem... 447 00:19:37,471 --> 00:19:38,671 Our secret. 448 00:19:39,771 --> 00:19:40,841 -Our secret. 449 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:44,040 -Don’t listen to them. 450 00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:49,209 And don’t give up your dreams 451 00:19:49,309 --> 00:19:52,179 just because everyone else has given up on theirs. 452 00:19:55,478 --> 00:19:57,718 -Uh... I guess... 453 00:19:57,818 --> 00:19:59,618 the closer I get to doing it, 454 00:19:59,718 --> 00:20:01,887 the more scared I get, Pop. 455 00:20:05,487 --> 00:20:08,026 -You know, nobody... 456 00:20:08,126 --> 00:20:10,266 ever caught anything worth keeping 457 00:20:10,366 --> 00:20:12,665 by hugging the shoreline. 458 00:20:12,765 --> 00:20:14,205 You want something worth keeping, 459 00:20:14,295 --> 00:20:16,835 you have to shove off into the deep water. 460 00:20:18,065 --> 00:20:20,104 Even when the weather looks rough. 461 00:20:23,304 --> 00:20:24,673 -Did you have a dream? 462 00:20:30,882 --> 00:20:33,352 I went to sea when I was 12. 463 00:20:33,452 --> 00:20:35,152 I was too tired to dream. 464 00:20:37,651 --> 00:20:38,951 But here... 465 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,820 I get three squares a day, a roof over my head, 466 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:45,990 and my family. 467 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,399 I’m living mine right now. 468 00:20:56,668 --> 00:20:58,708 Montreal, huh? 469 00:20:58,798 --> 00:21:00,537 Ooh-la-la. 470 00:21:00,637 --> 00:21:03,007 -It’s just something I’m thinking of. 471 00:21:03,107 --> 00:21:05,047 -Thinking? 472 00:21:05,137 --> 00:21:06,406 Or dreaming? 473 00:21:08,806 --> 00:21:10,006 -We’ll see. 474 00:21:11,676 --> 00:21:13,775 The greatest resource I ever had 475 00:21:13,885 --> 00:21:15,755 growing up wasn’t fish. 476 00:21:15,845 --> 00:21:17,485 It was my family. 477 00:21:17,585 --> 00:21:18,884 If you’re lucky, 478 00:21:18,984 --> 00:21:20,884 you’ll have someone who believes in you enough 479 00:21:20,984 --> 00:21:23,284 to make your dream their own.