second chances
"My school is beautiful. Maybe not the most beautiful, but it’s mine. So… At first, when I started coming here, my mom kept saying how nice it was.
Personally, I found it ok… But now, six years later, I also think it’s really nice. Because it’s mine. A big yard to play soccer and basketball, where parents drop their kids off in the morning. They take care of us, check to see if we have lice, how our teeth are, if we’re aggressive or hyperactive. But this nice school is where Martine Lachance* hanged herself. With her blue scarf from the big pipe on a Wednesday night.
My mom was in Miami because she's an airline pilot.
I wish she had come back right away because I had a really tough time.
Martine must’ve been discouraged with her life. The last thing she did was kick her chair to make it fall over. Sometimes I wonder if she wasn’t sending a violent message.
When we're violent, we get a detention. But we can't give Martine Lachance a detention, because she's dead"
- Alice, a grade school child from Monsieur Lazhar.
*Martine Lachance was a teacher who committed suicide at the start of the film.
Personally, I found it ok… But now, six years later, I also think it’s really nice. Because it’s mine. A big yard to play soccer and basketball, where parents drop their kids off in the morning. They take care of us, check to see if we have lice, how our teeth are, if we’re aggressive or hyperactive. But this nice school is where Martine Lachance* hanged herself. With her blue scarf from the big pipe on a Wednesday night.
My mom was in Miami because she's an airline pilot.
I wish she had come back right away because I had a really tough time.
Martine must’ve been discouraged with her life. The last thing she did was kick her chair to make it fall over. Sometimes I wonder if she wasn’t sending a violent message.
When we're violent, we get a detention. But we can't give Martine Lachance a detention, because she's dead"
- Alice, a grade school child from Monsieur Lazhar.
*Martine Lachance was a teacher who committed suicide at the start of the film.