1:15:04
What's it all about?
1:15:05
He keeps callin' me names, and sayin'
things about me dad and me mam and...
1:15:09
All right, all right, all right. Calm down.
1:15:12
They all seem to pick on you. Why is it?
1:15:14
- Don't know.
- ls it because you're a bad 'un?
1:15:17
Maybe I am sometimes,
but I'm not that bad, sir.
1:15:20
I know stacks of other kids that's worse
than me, but they seem to get away wi' it.
1:15:26
Why else do you think, eh?
There must be some reason.
1:15:29
Well, take this mornin', sir.
1:15:31
I came in and just dozed off.
I weren't doin' nowt wrong.
1:15:34
l'd been up since six. I had to do t'papers,
then I had to rush home to look at t'bird,
1:15:39
and then run to school.
You'd be tired, wouldn't yer, sir?
1:15:42
l'd be exhausted.
1:15:44
You shouldn't be caned for that, sir.
And you can't tell Mr Gryce that.
1:15:48
And this little lad, sir. He'd only brought
a letter from a teacher, and he got t'cane.
1:15:53
It's nowt to laugh at, sir.
Afterwards, he was sick as a dog.
1:15:58
And teachers, sir.
They're not bothered about us, sir.
1:16:01
lf we're 4C, they think
we're numbskulls, owt like that, sir.
1:16:04
They're always lookin' at their watches,
to see how long there's left of t'lesson.
1:16:09
They're not bothered about us,
and we're not bothered about them.
1:16:16
How are things at home these days?
1:16:18
All right, sir. Usual, I suppose.
1:16:21
- Been in trouble with the police recently?
- No, sir.
1:16:23
Not since I've been
without MacDowall's gang.
1:16:26
You know, they used to go into t'city
and go into t'coffee bars and t'cinema,
1:16:30
but since I've been without them
I've been all right.
1:16:33
- It's all right now, innit?
- But when there's trouble on estate,
1:16:36
all the police come to our house.
1:16:39
Well, I shouldn't worry.
1:16:42
ln a couple of weeks you'll be starting
your new job, gettin' new friends.
1:16:45
Lookin' forward to that, are yer?
Eh? Have you got a job?
1:16:50
No, sir. I've got to see
t'employment bloke.
1:16:52
- What sort of job do you want?
- Anything'll do me.
1:16:55
But you want something that
you're interested in, don't you?
1:16:58
- I'll take what I've got.
- I thought you wanted to leave school.