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Everyone voted.

You must accept the majority decision.

How can I accept it when Pheng cheated?

Today’s voting is void.

No one is going home.

Why am I the only one being hated?

It’s because you refuse to accept the truth.

Get lost.

Maki.

Pheng!

Pheng!

Pheng.

It’s me.

Tibet.

I know

this is hard for you.

But you didn’t mean to, did you?

Someone like me deserves no friends.

Don’t say that, Pheng.

You have me.

I’m your friend.

We can still help each other fix

the mistake you made.

It’s already too late.

No matter what I do,

no one will care about me.

Everyone hates me.

I don’t, Pheng.

I want to help you, Pheng.

Don’t be scared.

Let me help you, okay?

What’s up?

Biw, I’m sorry.

I’m sorry about everything I did.

I’m sorry that I deceived you

and lied to you,

making you feel uneasy.

From now on,

I won’t do those things again.

I’m truly sorry.

Have you finished?

It’s alright, Pheng.

It’s not easy for her

to forgive you right away.

It may take some time.

But in the end,

I believe Biw and other friends will understand you.

You did well, Pheng.

I’m proud of you.

Everyone can make a mistake.

Life is like taking an exam.

If we pass it,

we’ll learn which answer is right or wrong.

Master Amin,

I have a concern about the course we’re teaching the kids.

Everything must follow the curriculum we have designed, Headmaster.

But how can you be sure that everything will go as planned?

GEN6 is not like any other GEN.

That’s why I want us to speed up

and proceed to the next step.

As you said, this GEN is not like any other GEN.

We can’t use the old ways with them anymore.

But Master Amin,

if we fail this time just like what happened to Run,

things will even get out of hand.

To me, Run is not our failure.

(Attention, please.)

(All GEN6 students, please report to the meeting room now.)

I have an important announcement to make.

There will be an exam tomorrow.

Please be well-prepared.

Shit.

What freaking exam is it now?

We haven’t studied anything.

What exam are we taking, Headmaster?

Since the beginning of the term,

we’ve barely studied anything.

How can we take an exam?

She’s right.

What knowledge do we have to do the exam?

Stop.

Be quiet

and listen.

This exam will test your basic knowledge and skills.

It’s part of our curriculum here at Home School,

so do not complain about anything.

If your Master tells you to take an exam,

you must do it.

Here comes a surprising exam.

What exam will it be?

I don’t know.

Damn it.

They didn’t tell us

which subject the exam will be about.

Who on earth would know

what to study?

Why are we taking this exam?

All they make us do is nothing.

They just keep testing us

and punishing us.

I’m freaking sick of this.

Just don’t care about it.

You don’t need to study.

If you fail, you just retake it

because they won’t kick you out of this school anyway.

Well, it happens that.

I’m not a good-for-nothing type like you are.

This is damn boring.

I freaking miss my phone.

This place has nothing fun to do at all.

I freaking want to play the game.

My rank must have been moved down already.

Today’s exam is special,

and it’s meaningful to all of you here the most.

Which subject’s exam are we taking, Master Amin?

It’s the subject,

which requires you to apply every bit of your intelligence,

talents, tactics, and strengths.

For this exam, you need to use everything I’ve mentioned.

Let me repeat this.

For this exam, only one student will be rewarded.

Here’s the reward.

Shit.

The phone.

That’s right.

The reward for the person who passes the exam is

the right to use the phone.

You can call anyone you want to.

We’re at a disadvantage

if the exam tests our academic knowledge.

You haven’t even tutored us anything.

That’s right.

You didn’t give us any exam guideline either.

How can we do it?

True.

This is unfair.

Of course, Home School strictly sticks to fairness.

You can choose to take the exam for the subject you’re good at.

Most importantly, you can do whatever way you want

to pass the exam.

Let me repeat it.

You can do it in any way.

What do you mean by ‘any way’?

It means as explained, Hugo.

There will be three rounds in this exam.

Only those who pass will be eligible

to advance to the next exam round.

Don’t be sad if you fail

because ever since I’ve established Home School,

there has been only one student who made it to the final round

and got the reward.

Who is that person?

He’s GEN4’s Run.

In the first round,

you have five subjects to choose from.

Maths.

History.

Physical Education.

Agriculture.

Maki, Tibet.

Can I join you?

Sure, Pheng.

And English.

You’re allowed to choose the subject you believe you can do best,

but we do ask you to do it your best

and with your fullest potential.

Have you already considered it well enough

to choose this subject for your exam?

Hugo, why did we choose Maths?

I’m not good at it.

Are you?

Though we aren’t good at it,

someone is.

Trust me.

We will certainly pass the exam.

What are you plotting, Hugo?

It’s none of your business.

Why don’t you take an English exam?

Not your business.

What does it mean?

I don’t get it.

- Right. I know. - Let’s not fight.

Alright, students.

Let’s begin.

Please take your seat.

Well,

let me tell you something before we start.

Previous GENs usually called me Master Prasat.

Are you curious why?

You will find out soon.

But let me warn you that.

Physical Education exam at Home School isn’t easy.

Our exam is a lot tougher and more challenging

than you might expect.

Come on, Master.

Don’t try to scare us.

We aren’t afraid.

In the morning, you made us run for many rounds.

I’m telling you,

my arm and leg muscles are so well-prepared for this.

You can make us do either sit up or push up.

Just go ahead.

We’re not afraid.

Are you making us take an exam

or trying to scare us, Master?

I really like how brave you are, Nai.

Before our exam begins,

let me ask you why you chose this subject.

I like social studies, political studies

as well as history.

That’s why I believe I can do best.

I perform best in social studies,

so I think this subject can help me pass this round.

To me, this subject involves memorization and understanding.

I’m confident that I can do well in memorization.

It looks like all of you are confident.

Miss Biw, it seems you aren’t worried at all.

Aren’t you afraid of failing?

This subject isn’t easy at all.

Well, I’m the only person who chose this subject,

which means I don’t have to compete with anyone.

So, I have a higher chance to pass, right?

Do you think it’s that easy, huh?

There are 100 questions in this exam.

You have 30 minutes to finish it.

There’s only one task for you in this exam.

We’ll run and you must overtake me.

If you can do it, you pass this exam.

Whoa. This is just a piece of cake, Master.

You have one hour to figure out

what message the author wants to deliver in this passage.

Remember that you’re allowed to do anything

to find the answer.

The person who scores the highest will pass this exam.

Those who score low will automatically fail this exam.

Do you understand the rule?

You have to find no fewer than 12 species of flowers

within one hour, Miss Biw.

Do you think you can do it?

Of course.

I’ve learned how to arrange flowers before.

All I have to do is find any types of flowers

and arrange them in this vase.

Am I right?

Yes.

You have one hour to

answer 20 questions.

Any question?

Hang on, Master.

There are 100 questions,

but you’re giving us just this amount of time.

Who will finish it in time?

She’s right.

I guess we can’t even finish reading the questions.

It’s your problem, not mine.

Master,

we can choose to sit anywhere we want, right?

Yes.

You can sit wherever you want.

You can do any way

to get as many correct answers as possible.

Do it.

I’ll copy yours.

Good luck to you all.

You may begin the exam.

To all Home School students,

good luck on your exam.

Please also remember that

only those who pass will advance to the next round.

Only one student will get the reward.

You may begin.

Huh?

You may begin.

I’ll start now.

Three, two, one.

Hey! Stop it!

Don’t you think what you two are doing is too disgusting?

How are we wrong?

The Master told us himself

that we can do it in any way.

Master Diluk.

Are you sure this is the right passage?

It seems these sentences are not connected.

She’s right.

I can’t understand it.

How can we interpret it?

This is the right one.

It’s your job to find the answer.

Remember that

only the winner will be recorded in the history.

The student who gets the first place will be remembered.

Do you know I made it today because whatever I do,

I must be No.1?

In this world,

nobody cares about those who rank below the first place.

If you can’t be the first place,

don’t show me your school report.

From now,

you can use whatever way you want.

You can either cheat or bribe.

I don’t care about it.

But you must be the first place.

Everyone in our family is second to none.

Get this into your head.

Leave!

You have three minutes left.

Who on earth will finish it in time?

Will you let these two cheat on the exam this shamelessly?

As I told you,

you can do the exam any way you want.

You decide.

What kind of adult are you

to teach students to cheat?

This means we can help each other.

We don’t have to do it separately.

Let’s help each other, okay?

Deal.

Two heads are much better.

But I’m afraid I’ll be a burden to you.

Pheng, no one is a burden to anyone

if we help each other.

Master!

Master!

Master!

Hey! Master!

Ow!

Pennhung, don’t let them copy yours.

Got it?

White, if you don’t shut your mouth,

I’ll tear your answer sheet.

What are you doing, Jingjai?

Hey.

You’re disturbing us while we’re doing the exam.

I’ll do the same thing to you,

so all of us will fail.

Give me.

Jingjai!

Students, your time is nearly up.

If you don’t speed up,

all of you might fail.

You have one minute left.

I think this passage uses some capital letters strangely.

You’re right.

In English, we only use a capital letter for the first word of each sentence

and for a proper noun.

But in this passage, capital letters are used randomly.

Where am I now?

Hey, Master!

I won’t give in!

Master!

What’s your decision?

Do you want all of us to fail

or pass it together?

Pennhung, let’s help each other do this exam

for these idiots to copy.

What does it mean?

Or is it a sentence?

But what sentence?

Three.

Damn it.

Two.

How could we catch up?

He is damn fast.

What did he freaking eat?

Should we just jump and catch him?

Alone we go fast, but together we go far.

Headmaster,

we’ve got the answer.

One.

Time’s up.

Please stop.

Damn it!

Master!

Everyone!

Can anyone hear me?

Help me.

I’m here.

Master, I don’t want to take this exam anymore.

Help me.

I’m here.

Congratulations, Nai.

You scored the highest.

You passed this round of exam.

Congratulations.

All of you passed this exam.

Yay!

You passed.

Master!

Master!

Everyone!

I can’t take it anymore.

Can you get me out of here?

How was it?

Do you still find it a piece of cake?

I can’t bear it.

We give up.

I can’t go on.

Master, aren’t you tired at all?

Master, you should become a national runner.

I used to be a national athlete.

Wait.

Seriously, Master?

Yes.

Oho.

Why would I lie to you?

Then why did you become Home School’s Master?

It doesn’t matter why.

What matters now is that you failed the exam.

Master Phoban.

I thought I would die in the forest.

I’m here to help you, Miss Biw.

But as for now,

you failed the exam.

You two failed the exam.

Join others in the meeting room.

But don’t be glad yet.

This is just the start.

From now, there won’t be a regular exam anymore.

You must compete against each other

because only one student will get the reward.

Those who passed the exam,

please report to Master Praeporn’s class

to prepare for the next round.

Those who failed,

please gather in the meeting room now.

Run, let’s see if GEN6 students could perform well like you did.

Whoa. Mork?

Someone like you failed the exam.

What a sight for sore eyes.

Shut up.

Why must I?

I won’t.

You failed the exam.

What’s the point of saying that, huh?

- Why? I just want to. - Do you want me to knock you out?

Why are you two fighting?

You scared me.

You’re so scary.

I can’t believe someone like you could pass a Maths exam.

I’m smart, you know.

I had a trick.

You just cheated.

You can’t say you’re smart.

What a toxic trait you have.

Congratulations to all of you who passed the first round of the exam.

In this second round, I’ll be your examiner.

But before we begin,

please listen to the rule carefully.

Think, analyze, and distinguish

the task in this exam thoroughly.

If you can do these,

you’ll certainly pass the exam.

So what exam are we taking this time?

Please get changed, everyone.

For what?

Is this a group exam, Master?

But why are the chairs facing one another like that?

I guess you’re making us play the Musical Chairs Game.

That’s right.

This exam is similar to the Musical Chairs Game

you’re already familiar with.

Huh?

Are you kidding?

Why are we taking such an exam?

What’s the point?

You’ll get to see true colors.

You must do whatever you can to get to sit,

but it’s not exactly the same as the Musical Chairs Game

you played when you were young.

The rule for this exam is

you must find a space to sit until the music stops.

When the music stops,

those who aren’t sitting will automatically fail the exam.

There will be three rounds in this exam,

and we’ll keep reducing the number of chairs in each round.

What kind of exam is this?

It’s totally nonsense.

At Home School,

no exam is considered nonsense,

but if you don’t want to do it,

feel free to give up your chance.

A very important rule for this exam is

as long as the music is still playing,

you can do whatever to get to sit.

Any question?

Are you saying that

violence is also allowed here?

If I use it, I won’t be wrong, right?

You can use violence,

state your reasons to convince your friends,

or beg them.

It’s your right to do so.

You’re also allowed to do anything to protect your seat.

Alright.

If there’s no more question,

let’s begin the exam.

Biw, who do you think will pass this round?

I think those boys will.

I don’t think girls can beat them.

Being girls doesn’t mean we’re always losing, does it?

Hey. Let’s bet

who will fail first.

Deal?

What do we get from betting?

Just to satisfy ourselves.

Those who guess it right will get to smack

those who get it wrong on their heads.

Deal.

This is damn nonsense.

I think Pennhung can’t catch up with others.

I think Pheng will be eliminated first.

Wait and see if you don’t believe me.

But I think it will be either Hugo or Jingjai.

Why are you saying so?

It’s because they’re assholes.

They deserve to be eliminated.

Awesome.

Am I right?

I didn’t say you’re wrong.

Please be ready.

The exam begins in

three, two,

one.

Ow!

Move.

White!

Pheng, sit.

Pennhung, sit.

Damn it.

Hugo, how could you do this to me?

I’m sorry, Beauty.

But this is an exam.

Please understand me.

Damn you.

Hey, the music is still playing.

Hey, Jingjai.

Steal Pheng’s seat.

She doesn’t deserve to pass the exam.

She bullshitted us before.

Yeah. You’re right.

Pheng, get up.

Will you stand up or not?

Stand up now.

Let go of me.

- It hurts. - Jingjai.

Jingjai, stop.

-Jingjai, don’t do that. -I want your chair.

Get up.

I’ll sit here.

You don’t deserve to pass the exam.

Stand up now.

Let go of me.

It hurts.

Enough already.

Get up.

Jingjai.

You won’t, right?

Get up!

White!

If you dare, give up your seat.

But if you do so, I’ll steal yours.

White.

Why would you care?

Pheng is bullshitting us.

Don’t you remember what they did to us?

You two are even worse.

Are we?

So what?

Don’t be so shameless.

You pushed Pheng.

So what?

I followed the rule.

What freaking rule?

Do you still have a human’s heart?

You also pushed me first.

That served you right.

If you’re brave enough,

get up.

Why must I?

You pushed her first.

Will you give up your chair or not?

I can’t stand you anymore.

I can’t either.

You’ve been behaving like this so many times.

- Hugo and you. - You started it first.

I have borne with you so many times already.

So what?

Will you get up or not?

I won’t.

Give up yours if you want.

I can’t stand you anymore!

I told you to get up!

What will you do to me?

Please. Don’t fight.

Beauty, don’t give in.

Come.

Bring it on!

Come.

You’ve always made such a confident face.

Don’t fight.

Pennhung doesn’t like it.

Don’t fight.

Bring it on.

Don’t fight.

Don’t be such an asshole.

I can’t take it anymore.

I want to slap you!

Go ahead!

Bring it on.

- Don’t fight. - Bring it on!

If these chairs are such a problem for us,

just destroy them.

Let nobody pass the exam.

DIRECTED BY KANITTHA KWUNYOO

As long as the music is still playing,

you can either start again or remain sitting.

Come!

Doing this won’t help!

Only one student will get the reward.

I think those Masters are messing with our heads.

It’s the only way we can do to get Run back.

I’m searching for my brother.

It’s the reason I came to study here.

You mean GEN4’s Run?