The History Boys

497 00:36:45,261 --> 00:36:47,219 I wish it was. 498 00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:49,843 Why, sir? Do you not like teaching us? 499 00:36:49,933 --> 00:36:53,882 We're not just a hiccup between the end of university and the beginning of life, 500 00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,556 like Auden, are we, sir? 501 00:36:55,646 --> 00:37:00,024 - Do you like Auden's poetry, sir? - Some, yeah. 502 00:37:00,109 --> 00:37:03,893 Mr. Hector does. We know about Auden. 503 00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:05,268 Oh, yes, we do. 504 00:37:05,364 --> 00:37:08,116 - He was a schoolmaster for a bit. - I believe he was. 505 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,657 Yeah, he was. Do you think he was more like <i>you</i> or more like Mr. Hector? 506 00:37:13,747 --> 00:37:16,285 I have no idea. Why should he be like either of us? 507 00:37:16,375 --> 00:37:18,996 Oh, I think he was more like Mr. Hector. 508 00:37:19,086 --> 00:37:22,704 Bit of a shambles. He snogged his pupils. 509 00:37:23,799 --> 00:37:26,254 Auden, sir, not Mr. Hector. 510 00:37:26,343 --> 00:37:29,012 So, you could answer a question on Auden, then? 511 00:37:29,095 --> 00:37:33,638 No, sir! Mr. Hector's stuff's not meant for the exam! 512 00:37:33,725 --> 00:37:36,263 It's to make us more rounded human beings. 513 00:37:36,352 --> 00:37:41,347 Listen! This examination's gonna be about everything and anything you know and are, 514 00:37:41,441 --> 00:37:45,485 and if there's a question on Auden or whoever and you know about it, answer it. 515 00:37:45,570 --> 00:37:47,776 That would be a betrayal of trust. 516 00:37:47,864 --> 00:37:50,437 Yeah! Is nothing sacred, sir? We're shocked. 517 00:37:50,533 --> 00:37:53,534 I would, sir, and they would. They're taking the piss. 518 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:55,576 "England, you've been here too long, 519 00:37:55,663 --> 00:37:57,786 And the songs you sing are the songs you sung 520 00:37:57,873 --> 00:38:01,076 On a braver day, now they are wrong." 521 00:38:01,168 --> 00:38:03,326 - Who's that? - Oh! Mr. Irwin! 522 00:38:03,420 --> 00:38:06,836 Sir! It's Stevie Smith of "Not Waving But Drowning" fame. 523 00:38:06,924 --> 00:38:09,000 Don't tell me that's useless knowledge. 524 00:38:09,092 --> 00:38:12,010 If you get an essay on post-imperial decline, 525 00:38:12,095 --> 00:38:15,511 you're losing an empire, finding a role, all that kind of stuff. 526 00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:18,718 A gobbet like that, it's the perfect way to end it. 527 00:38:18,810 --> 00:38:20,470 A what, sir? 528 00:38:21,688 --> 00:38:25,520 A gobbet. A quotation. 529 00:38:25,608 --> 00:38:27,684 How much more have you up your sleeves? 530 00:38:27,777 --> 00:38:31,063 We've got all sorts. Hey! The train, the train! 531 00:38:35,451 --> 00:38:40,658 I really meant to do it. I stood there trembling right on the edge. 532 00:38:40,748 --> 00:38:43,702 But I couldn't. I wasn't brave enough. 533 00:38:44,919 --> 00:38:48,999 I should like to able to say the thought of you and the children prevented me. 534 00:38:49,089 --> 00:38:52,339 But it wasn't. I had no thoughts at all. 535 00:38:52,426 --> 00:38:55,676 Only an overwhelming desire not to feel anything at all ever again. 536 00:38:55,763 --> 00:38:57,839 Not to be unhappy any more. 537 00:38:59,224 --> 00:39:03,601 I went back into the refreshment room. That's when I nearly fainted. 538 00:39:03,687 --> 00:39:05,264 - What is all this? - Shh! 539 00:39:08,817 --> 00:39:12,352 - Laura. - Yes, dear? 540 00:39:14,155 --> 00:39:18,235 Whatever your dream was, it wasn't a very happy one, was it? 541 00:39:20,620 --> 00:39:23,289 No. 542 00:39:23,373 --> 00:39:26,576 Is there anything I can do to help? 543 00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:28,743 Fred, you always help. 544 00:39:30,922 --> 00:39:34,373 You've been a long way away. 545 00:39:34,467 --> 00:39:38,464 Thank you for coming back to me. 546 00:39:46,395 --> 00:39:49,645 God knows why you've learned <i>Brief Encounter</i>. 547 00:39:50,857 --> 00:39:54,273 I think you ought to know this lesson's been a complete waste of time. 548 00:39:54,361 --> 00:39:58,358 A bit like Mr. Hector's lessons then, sir. They're a complete waste of time too. 549 00:39:58,448 --> 00:40:01,782 Smart arse. But he's not trying to get you through an exam. 550 00:40:01,868 --> 00:40:03,410 Ooooh! 551 00:40:04,871 --> 00:40:07,742 - French Kiss? - I beg your pardon? 552 00:40:07,832 --> 00:40:11,415 Newmarket, three o'clock. 553 00:40:13,671 --> 00:40:16,209 - Dorothy. - Thank you, Stanley. 554 00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:21,336 So, how are you finding them? 555 00:40:21,429 --> 00:40:25,343 You've taught them too well. They can't see it's a game. 556 00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:28,469 - History? Is it a game? - For an exam like this, yeah. 557 00:40:28,561 --> 00:40:31,846 - Dorothy. - Ah, fuck. 558