Classroom Number 1
Hugo and Sheep sat at the back of the full school hall. The headmaster greeted everyone, he has a red moustache, a semi bald head and a fat stomach. He is Mr. Blom.
Mr. Blom: Greetings to everyone, teachers, learners and cleaners and the maintenance people, I hope you enjoyed your December holidays, all of you... yes, I myself pretty much enjoyed this holiday, a bit of mountain climbing, picnicking, swimming and eating meat, right?
Some of the teachers laugh but Hugo whispers to Sheep...
Hugo: Fat ass, gluttony
Sheep: He needs to go on a bloody diet...
Mr. Blom: Now, here we are again, healthy and whole, alive and carried by God's grace, lots of naughty learners are gone and brand new naughty ones have joined us, good sportsmen who have kept the school's name high is gone but I thank God there are new sports men who have joined us this year, so I can go on with the list, good learners, hard working learners, excellent teachers, Amen! …
Sheep: So the fat ass doesn't drink anymore? He's now converted?
Hugo lifts his shoulders with a smile...
Mr. Blom: Now, this year? No shit! 08:30 school starts and at 08:31? Gates closed...
The learners start to softly talk to each other but Mr. Blom starts stroking his moustache and laughs like a villain, the deputy principal tries to talk with Mr. Blom...
Deputy: Sir? What if the learners has valid proof for coming late? (whispering)
Mr Blom: No, they will learn!
He whispered back at the deputy principle, but raises his voice again to speak with the learners
Mr. Blom: Anyway first interval, twenty minutes
A few seconds pause while Mr. Blom is smiling awaiting any learners response, one of the learners stood up to say something...
Learner: Sir that's unfair, we are humans not animals, you can't do that
Mr. Blom: Okay, you will stay after school thank you very much, the first learner who will go to the four corners and let it be a lesson for you all no back chatting with me, I'm the guy with the thick neck here, the real dog, I say alone yes and amen so sit down!
The learner sat, the others mumbles among themselves...
Mr. Blom: Can one start the year so badly? Already on your first day? Sitting in the four corners already
And right there and then Mr. Blom starts eating a chocolate bar. …
Mr. Blom: Well now, as you know, Mr. Kotze is no longer the P.T teacher because he wants to be clever with me, (starts laughing) how can you keep yourself clever with the boss (laughs) Mr. Vlok will be the new P.T teacher and it's final.
Some of the learners laugh softly all because Mr. Vlok is the fattest on school.
Hugo: That is a sick principal
Mr. Blom: Jackal? Put the learners in their classes, and oh yes, before I forget, good luck to this year's matric students, I'm done talking
The deputy principal is a little bit pissed off because Mr. Blom calls him a Jackal, but it's about backstabbing in the past, we'll learn about that later as the story goes on.
Mr. Kemp: Okay, we'll start with the matric students, classroom one? Mr. Bond? You can just call your learners forward
Mr. Bond comes forward with a list, he begins to read...
Mr. Bond: Good morning learners, (clears throat) let's begin… Felicia Bentley?
Sheep: There's that girl with the big tits
Hugo: And no ass
Felicia Bentley steps forward and she is directed to stand by the door.
Mr Bond: Stacy De Bruin…
Sheep: There's your hero Hugo
Hugo: She's not my hero
The teacher continued when he saw that Stacy was about to go forward…
Mr. Bond: Hugo Hansen ?
Sheep: Hallelujah
Sheep's celebration was shortly lived, cause his name is also called...
Mr Bond: Shepherd Hlengweni?
Sheep: Oh yes
And so Hugo and Sheep's dream came true, their last year together in one class at last. About forty learners had been called, of which Estelle was also in the class room. They followed their new teacher to his class. The girls and boys stood separately in a line. While they are still standing like that, Sheep gossips in Hugo's ear again...
Sheep: I imagine, old Bond smells like liquor, seems like he had a hell of a party
Hugo: Yip
Mr Bond is so busy rummaging in his pocket he doesn't even hear the key drop, one of the learners had to show him...
Mr. Bond: Oh… thanks son
And then he unlocks the classroom and invites the learners inside. It's chaos in the classroom and everyone scrambles to take their seats. Mr. Bond just stands there and looks, clearly he has a headache and has little desire for order...
Mr. Bond: I'm going to fix things tomorrow, but as you are... er... keep yourselves busy, don't make any noise, I don't feel like working today
There is a CD player somewhere on his table, he presses a few buttons and the song by Bruno Mars plays, Today I'm Not Doing Anything, but not for long ...
Mr. Bond: No! Leave it for tomorrow my head hurts too much, yes keep yourselves busy
And there Mr. Bond sat down, rested his head on his arms and tried to sleep rather. Sheep and Hugo sit next to each other and Sheep had to say something ...
Sheep: Our teacher is a real disaster Hugo
Hugo: So, true
Now in Mr. Bond's class it goes in the following order, first bench by the door, it's a double bench so two learners can sit on it. Jason Witbooi, a boy who is only in his own world, Olwethu Mpakha a dead silent girl, she doesn't speak a word, after them is Braam Venter, a racist white boy, obviously influenced by his father, Kobus Louw, he is great friends with Braam and is influenced by Braam, so he's not really racist, after them is Caster Laurence, a white boy with a very thin voice and is a big talker, and then next to him is Dan Castle, a real pain in the neck, after them are two more quiet girls, Candice Cloete and Janine Bosh, and after them is Thando Mbulawa, a drama gay queen, and his gay friend, a ridiculus gay boy, Christopher Roberts. Row two are the two beauty queens and both likes attention, it's Amanda Van Rooi and Sheila Naidoo, a Hindu girl, after the two sit two nerds, Marko Höltzhausen and Yaseen Josephs, after them, Beautiful Mbeki and Karel Swarts, both is also quiet , but they are the smart ones, after them it is the gangster girl Daniella Kamp, the tomboy Liezel Smit, and then Gert Saunders and his friend Bertus Nel, all of them are fans of the bullies of the school, they are villain lovers. The third row is Gary Stone and Olivia Gray, another quiet learners, Steve Nel and Simphiwe Kosi, the most ridiculous in the class, after them is the loud mouth Estelle Van De Merwe and the cool cat Stacy De Bruin, Felicia Bentley and Neliswa Maloyi , a few more beauty queens, after them are Charles Winter and Stanley Crouch, the bully of the class' fans. The fourth and the last row, Melissa Van De Berg, a quiet girl and Anna Kaptein, a trouble maker of the class, after them it is Craig and Dillion Matthews, they are two talented brothers who also always wanted to be in a class together , and after them it is Hugo Hansen and Shepherd Hlengweni, after them is the big bully at school, Garth Stuart and his right hand Law Jacobs and after them it is Garth's other henchmen, Paulo Mathondo a Congolese, and Carlo Meintjies. This is Mr. Bond's class. Some of them are former class mates and know each other, some are just familiar like for example Garth and the drama filled Thando. Some of them know each other by sight, but are now getting to know each other for the first time in their last year at school. Mr. Bond is not a stranger to them either, they have heard of him, seen him too but he was not yet one of their teachers. Garth breaks the silence in class…
Garth: So why exactly did I come to school ?
Some of the learned laugh softly...
Garth: Just look at how that drunk ass is sleeping over there (some laughs) bet his got wine in that flask again
Mr. Bond has a flask with him every day, many have a debate over the flask, some say it's coffee or tea, some say it's wine, but nobody really knows what's in it...
Garth: Let me tell you what, the Law? Let's go and taste what's in that flask
Annetjie: You two? You ask for shit, who tells you Mr. Bond is sleeping?
Garth: Shut up, am I talking to you?
Annetjie: I'm just saying okay?
Garth: No, you're not saying anything, you're too forward, shut up!
Law: Her mouth needs to be smacked closed
Sheep peeks behind, a mistake he commits...
Garth: What are you looking at? Go and watch your mother
Sheep just looks ahead fearfully...
Hugo: Keep your eyes in front man, I don't don't have the strength for these guys