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You have seen a great deal of life,

but about your teaching experience...

Actually, I have never taught before.

We have a lot of troubled students in our school.

We need someone experienced.

I think our school is not suitable for you.

I could write you a reference letter.

Why don't you go try other schools?

Excuse me, principal lin.

Long hours, no allowance.

Extremely low pay.

Think carefully.

I will do the cleaning as well.

School starts at 8.

Don't be late on the first day of school.

Mr. chen.

Why would you like to be a teacher here?

See you on the first day of school.

Up all night again?

We are late! Brush up and get changed!

I'm almost done!

Hey, give it back.

Seriously?

Yes.

Hey, still mad?

Save it.

Let's get going.

Uncle long.

My dad asked me to cash in these concert tickets.

What are you doing? Are you dealing?

Stand on the side!

What's in your bag? Open it.

There's nothing inside, sir

alright, run along now.

What are you looking at, over here.

Come, have breakfast.

Gotta get to school, I'll pass.

Don't forget the pocket money.

Hey, and don't mix it up.

The five hundred dollar note is for your brother.

Why is he getting more than I do?

He is a boy.

He needs it more than you.

Unfair!

Grandma, I'm heading out to school.

I fixed your shoes.

I told you it's fine.

The restaurant paid me yesterday, I'll get a new pair.

Pay the rent today.

Better hurry before someone bugs us.

Good morning, class.

Good morning, Ms. liang.

Fourteen, just enough.

Spacious and no need for class reduction.

A new school year starts. Be prepared to do mock papers everyday.

Keep in mind.

You all have only one goal for this year.

It is to Ace the dse.

School ends at three forty-five.

I have to be ready to go at three-thirty.

Punctuality is an important virtue to every secondary school student.

Good morning.

Good morning, class 6b.

Good morning.

Pay first.

I'll give you more msg.

You put the entire packet of msg in?

What?

Do you know there's 1000 to 2000 milligram of sodium in every packet of msg?

Which exceeds the reference daily intake standards of the world health organization.

Meaning you will have high blood pressure from consuming too much sodium.

I suggest that you put at most one-third of it in only.

Eat up and put your things away.

What the hell...

You should tune the g string first and then the a string.

Do...

Yes, pitch perfect.

Good stuff.

You know about cars?

This is a great one, top speed of 307 kilometers per hour.

However, the speed limit in Hong Kong is 110 kilometers per hour.

Over 100,000 speeding tickets have already been issued by the police this year.

So, drive safely when you get your driving license in the future. Ok?

Are you done?

Stop bugging me, I'm gonna break the highest score!

Do you know the specific absorption rate of a mobile phone ranges from 0.27 to 0.58 w/kg?

I am using an anti-radiation screen protector.

Just the screen is not enough, you gotta wrap it around the entire phone.

If you have to use it, take a break every fifteen minutes.

Wake up.

Good morning.

Starting today, I am your class teacher and liberal studies teacher.

I am Henry chen.

I lived in the states for a while.

My Chinese name is chen xia.

Chen xia?

Chen is the surname.

Look, he's got a tattoo.

Chen xia?

This is my number.

Have been living abroad for too long. I can't even write Chinese properly.

Don't call me if it's not an emergency.

What is he writing?

- Hello? - Henry, save it.

What are you doing, sir?

Everybody.

Welcome to my class.

What is the new teacher's name? Mr. chen?

First day around and already looking for troubles.

Good that my phone case is water-proof.

Else, my phone should have been dead.

Dared to mess up my breakfast business...

We cannot just let it be. We have to do something.

Relax. He will be gone in one week.

Most of you didn't do well in the mock test today.

Write the model answers ten times.

There's no better way to memorize than writing it over and over again.

Got it?

Jenn got the highest score this time.

Ask her if there's anything that you don't understand.

Hey, he is checking jenn out! She's the beauty queen!

- Here... - Nice, dude.

Did he do anything bad with the photogragh?

Let's see

give me back.

What smell is this?

What a smell...

Of course it smells, look at all these trash here.

What are you saying?

Nowadays, the pressure is real for students who have low grades

so, they smoke their stress away here.

Let's see how their teacher's gonna save them this time.

Got it, I will report to their class teacher right away.

You think results are everything?

You gonna tell on us, Jake?

- Bob! Catch it! - Yes!

- Hey, what are you doing? - You want a fight?

You wanna fight?

It could get you expelled.

Don't set your filthy foot on basketball team premises again.

Let's practise.

Ok, let's practise...

Guard...

Hey, it's your girl.

Run! Not walk!

Run! Cover up, cover up!

Oh... need to ask your mom to pick you up?

You got what you deserve, idiot.

Aren't you all cool?

Your fangirls better not see you like this.

You...

Jack.

You five come with me to the office and write the school rules ten times.

Penalty? For what?

What now? Do we do it for real? That's a lot...

I am not doing it. I still have to go to work later.

Hey, what can we do then?

Ms. liang, I'm done.

- Already? - Yup.

Alright then, hurry home.

Are you alright, Ms. liang?

I hope we didn't scare you, Ms. liang?

Don't stay behind for too long.

Goodbye, Ms. liang.

Chief huang,

it is our honor to have you here today for our school evaluation.

Tak chi secondary school cannot measure up to the other elite schools in the district,

but we have a long history.

If the education bureau could Grant us more funding,

I'm sure we can do much better.

Another word for historical is obsolete.

Obsolete means only to be eliminated in the end, right?

Here he comes...

Everyone have your camera on!

Who came up with this crappy idea to prank me?

If you want to skip my class,

it is easy.

Just answer my three questions correctly

and I will let you go.

Don't bluff, Mr. chen.

I don't like bluffing.

I knew a few students in my class smoke at school.

Jack, give me a pack of cigarettes.

Relax, I am not going to punish you.

My first question.

Do you know what are the chemical constituents of cigarettes?

Nicotine.

You didn't raise your hand.

Nicotine.

And?

Tar.

Anymore?

Carbon monoxide.

Correct. You may leave now.

Seriously?

Of course.

Can I really go?

Just go!

You guys enjoy class, bye!

I wanna go too...

Yeah... no class for me.

I wanna go too...

Bye...

You are only excused from this class.

Be back on time when the class's over.

Anyone else wants to go early?

Chief, let's continue in the meeting room.

Second question.

The second question is, can anyone tell me

what are the parts of a cigarette?

I know!

Br... Bruce

tobacco filler, cigarette paper and filter.

That's right.

Correct. A cigarette is made up of three parts,

cigarette paper, tobacco filler and the filter.

What's special about the filter?

It must be cotton.

Nonsense.

A filter is hollow.

Not entirely correct.

It is also made of tobacco.

Wrong.

There are weird little holes on the filter.

How is it weird?

- How do I know? - Found it.

According to Wikipedia,

the small holes on the filter draw in fresh air

to reduce the amount of harmful substances, like nicotine inhaled.

It doesn't say weird on it.

Are you lying to us?

I am not lying, it's the tobacconists lying.

Jack.

Please show us how do you smoke a cigarette.

Cool...

Enough.

You can sit down.

Just now, in the demonstration,

Jack clamped onto these small holes with two fingers.

Clamping on the filter will allow less air get in,

this way the nicotine intake will be different from what it says on the box.

You will then be addicted.

When you are addicted, you will continue to pay for cigarettes.

What if we continue to pay for them?

Do you know the annual profits of the

top six tobacconists in the world is 35 billion us dollars?

That much? Really?

Data tells us that

every cigarette you smoke

deducts fourteen minutes from you lifespan.

Smokers fear no death.

Dying is fine, everyone will die one day.

However, there's nothing worse than dying and not knowing why, right?

You jump from science to economy to philosophy...

It's hard for us to follow.

You are a liberal studies teacher, aren't you?

I think you are liberating our minds too far.

That's not what I meant to,

I am training you to think critically,

to have your own judgement so that you won't be fooled.

The more knowledgeable you are,

the more analytical you become.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power

I am not asking you to know everything.

I just want you all to have the ability to judge.

What a chance!

In these few years,

almost none of your students got admitted to any universities.

The enrollment in the past two years were severely insufficient,

less than fifty in total.

According to the education bureau standards,

if the enrollment situation persists next year,

we will terminate the funding.

Meaning, the closure of your school.

Chief huang,

by any chance we could settle this at the discretion of the bureau?

Good luck

Ok, that's it for today. Dismiss.

Just a reminder,

before you go, I need all my cigarettes back.

Go...

I don't care if you smoke outside,

but we are on school premises.

I hope all of you will show some respect for that.

I am taking this away.

Captain.

Trash...

Hey, over here, got seats here.

You really love coke?

Bottles? It's slippery.

Watch where you're going. Stop playing while you walk.

- What are you doing? - You wanna fight?

- You want a fight? - Don't you touch her!

Hit me! What...

Shut up!

Didn't your parents teach you not to fight in public when you were little?

Oh, right.

I forgot some of you don't even have parents.

Shut up!

What did you just say?

Stop it.

I have borne with you for long.

Principal.

There's no need for discussion.

The five students in your class who took part in the fight are getting expelled.

Stop it.

Move...

Stop it!

Stop fighting!

Stop it!

Stop...

Hey... stop.

You! Stop it!

He said I don't have a mother.

That's right, you don't even have a mother.

Say it again if you dare!

Calm down! Stop!

I don't care whose fault it is.

Fighting is in no way right.

I don't want anymore nonsense.

Tell me, we all took part in the fight today.

Why are we the only ones getting expelled?

Why?

It is because the world is unfair like that!

Are you done?

Are you throwing a fit?

You are so cool.

If you think the world isn't fair,

starting from now, you should do your best in this class and in this school,

let everyone know you are better than that.

Let's go, Ms. liang.

Here are five letters of repentance.

The school is giving you all one last chance, think about it.

I'll leave them here.

Everyone gets back to class,

aren't you tired of all the standing?

Come on...

Let's go back to class.

Let's resume class.

Go...

Ms. liang,

taking too much instant noodles are no good for your health.

Thank you.

Mr. chen,

you should take a look if you have time.

Thank you.

My name is faiyaz ahan. You can call me Gordon.

My hometown is Karachi, Pakistan.

But I was born in Hong Kong, so I'm a hongkonger.

Ever since I was little, I like singing.

I remember competing in singing contests when I was a kid.

People burst out laughing every time I sing.

I thought...

Why doing so?

It turns out, my Chinese is so good, they think it doesn't match my skin tone.

Everyone thinks I am different.

Some even consider us terrorists because of our skin tone.

The truth is, our family set foot in Hong Kong since my grandpa's generation.

Your culture is part of who we are.

I want to become a canto-pop singer in the future,

and people will accept me for who I am.

I am Gladys, my Chinese name is wang denan.

From my name,

you could guess how eager my dad would like to have a son.

But, it's all good.

My brother was born five years later.

To dad, it was better than winning the lottery.

He always said he loves us the same,

in fact he loves only my brother.

I grew up hating myself for being a girl.

I started to wear my hair short ages ago.

Not a person in this family

cared about my feelings.

They don't even know what I like.

They thought I like stuff toys and playing house.

In fact, I like cars the most.

My dream is to become

a formula one racer.

My name is Chris.

When I was eight,

my mother went away with a man with a golden watch...

Is mommy never coming back?

You two, shut up!

I don't have a family anymore from that day onwards.

However, I found somewhere way more interesting.

A place where you can start all over again when you lose,

unlike the cruel reality.

All roads can lead to Rome.

I can be a world champion here.

My name is Bruce.

Obviously, Chris and I are twins.

Wake up! Go get me liquor!

I will go get them for you.

But I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

I have difficulties concentrating.

Erm... and with my crazy alcoholic father,

making a mess at home everyday.

All you know is gaming... let's go.

Apart from the housing issue,

I still have to take care of my brother, how am I supposed to study?

Give it a break, it's time to eat.

Go get liquor for me.

What are you waiting for?

No matter how hard it is, I will study hard and earn more money.

I will then move out with my brother

and break free from my alcoholic father.

For Jack and the other kids,

the fact that they got into a fight is a problem,

but it doesn't mean we have to give up on them.

If we teachers are to give up on these students,

aren't they more geared to giving up on themselves.

Each year, the education bureau

evaluates the banding of a school

according to the results of its students.

If we want to keep the school running,

we need more students like Jake

to score good in the public examinations.

If only twenty percent of the students in Hong Kong get admitted,

what about the other eighty?

Do we give them up?

The majority serving the minority?

We, educators,

are not here to teach students how to take examintions.

Rather, we should be enlightening them to take their own paths.

Nowadays, education is all about scoring high and getting into elite schools.

The students are pressured,

so am I.

Must we drift along with this ridiculous social norm?

I think if we are to educate,

we must have our own beliefs.

All are educable. All can be successful.

This is our school motto.

Did you say you can come work earlier if you need not go to school?

You had everyone waiting.

Get to work!

Here... more tea.

Alright... over there.

Come on... hit me from the left.

- Left! - Dodge!

Boss zhang,

you really can fight.

- You are flattering me. - You can be a boxing champion.

Hello.

Take a seat...

Boss zhang, you are born to be a boxer.

You are flattering me.

Simon.

Look at this.

This piece of land is good for developing luxury houses.

There is a tak chi secondary school here,

you know where it is?

I think so.

So you know.

The school will be scuttled by the government by the end of the year.

After that, we could acquire the land and develop it.

However, there's a lot of small shops around.

For all those ownerships... And messy trivia,

you know how to deal with them, right?

I won't disappoint you, boss.

Cheers...

Hey, one more.

Game on!

Go... go...

You've won!

Congrats, boss zhang.

Will come and drink again next time.

Of course. Be careful...

Remember to practise at the boxing gym tomorrow at 9.

Bye.

Bye, see you tomorrow.

Got a light?

What?

Dared to steal from my boss?

Dared to steal from my boss?

Crawl along!

Keep moving!

Did your mum ever told you not to steal?

Kill me if you dare!

A tough one, huh?

What's your name?

It's none of your business. Stupid!

Jack, student of tak chi secondary school.

Why don't you study at school and do serving tables here?

You can always come to me if you want to make money.

This, you can have as many as you wish in the future.

- Bro. Long. - What is it?

Here are the concert tickets, count them yourself.

We lined up whole night for them.

Hello!

I am looking for Gordon.

Are you his mother?

Yea.

I'm his teacher.

Oh, really?

Where is he?

I think he is outside?

He's outside? Ok, I go look for him.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, sir.

Missing one ticket.

That's not possible...

- You punk! - No! What are you looking for?

No?

What is this?

I want to go too.

You want to go?

Do you know what is the price for one of these now?

Help me go get him, bro. Long.

What the hell!

Hey, Gordon.

Mr. chen?

I was looking for you.

Help me, Mr. chen!

Gordon.

Mr. chen. It's not looking good.

Excuse me.

Mr. chen, what are you doing?

- I'll have to borrow this. - They are here!

- I will return it later. - Help, Mr. chen!

Stand behind me...

What is it...

What happened?

You little rascal, ganging up with an outsider against your dad?

Your dad?

Yes...

I'm sorry... it's a misunderstanding.

Just for a scalper ticket?

I stole it just because I wanted to hear the music live.

Have you thought of singing on stage?

I hate singing on stage.

Stage fright?

Me?

Yea.

Why would 1? I sing better than the pros nowadays.

- For real? Don't bluff. - For real.

- Admit it... - You aren't scared?

- No way I will be scared. - Then sing, right here.

Here?

Yea.

Seriously?

Stop messing with me...

Watch me.

I'll show you.

If I can do it, you can do it.

What?

Come on.

Excuse me. Let me sing for a while, may 1?

Three, two, one. Go.

"Look over here, the girl across me."

"Look over here. Look over here."

I can do it. Believe in yourself.

You can do it as well. Come on!

"Look over here. Look over here."

"Don't be scared by the way I look."

"I look to the left, look to the right, look up and look down."

"I found every girl complicated."

"I think and rethink. I guess and I guess it again."

"Girls have strange thoughts on their minds."

"Strange... come on..."

There is no more beer. One of you go get it for me!

Do it yourself.

What did you just say?

You go ahead!

Go buy it yourself.

I worked so hard to raise you guys.

You can't even do something easy as this for me?

You work two days a week at most!

When were you ever sober?

Are you getting beer for me or not?

No! Don't you see I am doing my homework?

Homework your ass.

Don't you come back!

Mr. guan...

Mr. guan...

Hi

I am the class teacher of your sons.

What's up? Got queries on your assignment?

You know this one?

The answer is 27x-y=35.

Why are you so dumb?

You are the smart one, come over to teach me.

- I don't understand this one. - X+35=28

how about this one?

Dumb... that's all you ever said...

- You are so done... - Help me, dad!

Are you interrupting your brother's studies again?

Here,

- these are yours. - What is this?

Make-up.

Do you know putting make up on is how a girl shows respect to the others?

Come to lunch with me tomorrow.

Lunch? I have school tomorrow!

Boss zhu wants you to meet with his son.

There's no problem to know a new friend, right?

Treat it as accompanying dad to a business meeting.

That's medieval. I'm not going.

Since when you have a say.

It's all set.

Alright... stop arguing with your dad.

I can't read your mind.

You don't study well.

Don't you see?

You could be married into a good family right after graduation.

How many girls dream of that and now you say you don't want it?

Dad, perhaps Gladys still wants to continue her studies?

Would she be admitted by any university?

Mind your own business

and study hard.

Ace the entrance examination next week.

All I want is for you to study in Boston.

Work hard!

Do you know how to do with the make-up, Gladys?

Can try it...

Your sister snuck out again?

You got full marks in mathematics.

Are you confident about another full score?

Sure.

What is this?

Gladys was practising how to put on make-up.

Mr. chen?

Gladys, got you finally.

What are you doing?

What's with it? I'm just driving my dad's car around in the parking lot.

First, you broke the law.

Second, you don't have a driving license.

Third, I guess your father does not know about this,

does he?

I just really want to drive.

Alright.

You want to drive, right? No problem.

Are you ready? You are up next.

Of course. Aren't you racing with me?

Someone will, but it's not gonna be me.

Then who?

It's you?

I am here to race with you.

If you won,

if you lose,

you will finish school and then get married.

No more complications.

Then there's not a chance I am getting married.

Ready, go!

Go... go... go... yeah...

Go... yeah!

Good race!

Keep your words.

What words?

You really think you are so great?

You were just driving around in circles.

I still haven't said a word about your stealing my car

and drive it out of the parking lot.

We will talk when you can drive on the roads.

No problem.

Hey!

You brat, are you done?

Do you know how serious I am about driving?

It is never just for fun.

You told me to drive on the roads, I am just doing as you said.

Am I wrong again?

Do you know how dangerous it is?

So you are finally caring about me.

I am worried about the car. If you ruin it, it will cost me a fortune.

Just leave me alone!

Hey! Stop!

Dad.

Gladys... Gladys...

I didn't mean to scold you.

I was just eager to tell you,

but you thought I was telling you off.

I am not.

I really do love you, Gladys...

I care so much about you.

Answer me! Where are you?

Please don't blame your dad.

I was just eager to tell you, I wasn't meant to tell you off.

I care too much about you.

Or, why would I run all the way after you?

Sweetheart, get out please.

Who are you crying your heart out for?

You... you are not under the car?

Thank god...

Ouch...

What is it? Are you ok?

It hurts.

You sure had a rough fall.

Stop messing around! It's dangerous...

I know...

I am worried about you.

- I am fine... - Does it hurt?

That bad?

Everybody ok? All good?

All good.

Actually it doesn't matter who wins or who loses.

You two are family.

Yea. You lost! Stop controlling me.

Alright... do whatever you want.

What a mess!

I'll treat this as... a challenge for us.

Was it really a challenge?

This is a challenge.

You'd have to pay for it.

I'll pay for you if you don't have credit cards with you.

Thanks, Mr. chen. I'll leave my dad to you.

I'll get going now.

Hey!

Bye! Take a cab back please.

You little brat! Hey!

Hey, aren't you her dad? Go! Go after her!

Hey, Bruce...

He's gone.

Come up and get changed!

Ok, you wait for me.

Hurry up then!

Is Mr. chen messing with us?

We are the only ones in the entire campus reporter program visiting...

Those... rehabilitated offenders?

Excuse me, we are from tak chi secondary school.

Tak chi secondary school...

- Mr. chen has everything set for you guys. - Thank you.

You better buy me lunch... buffet lunch.

Mr. guan is waiting inside.

He recently joined our sobriety program.

You guys just go ahead and talk to him.

Take your time.

Morning, Mr. guan.

Good morning...

Did you prepare the questions for today?

Nope... no one asked me to prepare.

I got one.

May I know who is in your family, Mr. guan?

I have two sons.

I have been divorced for more than ten years.

Was it because of your drinking problem?

I started drinking because

my wife was having an affair.