THIRD SCENE
Prof. Loi (getting
angry with the class where the buzz continues and many boys are surrounding the
teacher desk)
- Put your booklets on the desk and go
to your places! And be quiet!
(with a punch on
the desk the teacher finally gets the silence to start reading the Circular)
- It's enough now! Listen to this
circular: it comes from the Presidency!
First student
- What's this about, teach?
Prof Loi
- The object is "Reality Show at The
Mattei Institut".
Second student
(with surprise)
- Eeh!!! Are you serious?
Third Student
- A reality show here? Right in our
school?
Fourth student
(addressed to the teacher)
- What do you mean, prof?
Prof Loi
- If you
please allow me to read it... I don't
know anything about it either... It is addressed to the students and teachers
of your class : "We hereby inform the students of the third cycle and the teachers of the Course that the class has been chosen for the realization
of a project that the Ministry of Education has developed in collaboration with
the television network "Video Time Plus" of the Media Plus International Group. Therefore, a TV crew will
set up special cameras that will broadcast, without interruption, what is
happening in the classroom, from the sound of the first bell at 8:30 a.m. to
the final bell at 1:30 p.m.; mobile cameras will also follow the classroom or
part of the students in their movements during the yard’s breaktime. “
Fifth student
- Wow!!!
First student
- Cool guys!!!
Second Student
- Finally we are going to live! Let’s Go!!!
Eighth student
- We're in the magic box!!!
Ninth student
- And when does this thing start?
Tenth student
- We'll be all stars!!!!
Sixth student
- But do we get paid?
Seventh student
- Prof, I didn't understand...
Eleventh student
- Neither do I! When do we start?
Prof Loi (beating his
fist on the desk)
- If you let me finish reading, may you’ll understand
better!!! (the professor resumes reading once silence is obtained)
“ Today, the
official of the television network Dr. Mario Giannetti and the director of the
program Maria Compagnangelo will come to the classroom to explain the rules of
the Reality Show and how it is carried out. Please cooperate as much as
possible, because the success of this important initiative is linked to
significant funding for our school. “
Signed authentically
by our School Manager Professor Franco Olianesu
First student
(exchanging a five with numerous companions)
- Let’s Go!!!! We're on the ether!!
Second Student
- An Hurray for master Olianesu!!!
Third student
- And for our classroom: hip, hip HURRAY!!!
HURRAY!!!!!!!
Fourth student.
- But couldn't they give us the money???
Why do they give it to the school?
Fifth student
- Paolo's right!
Sixth student
- We're the actors, not the
headmaster!!
Tenth student
- But who cares about the money!!! As
long as we are going to appear on television!!!!
Eleventh student
- Of course!!!! We'll all be stars!!!
Eighth Student
- Oh, but how is going to manage Professor De Lussu when she has got to answer
to her cell phone with the cameras
pointed at her??
(general laughter)
Ninth student
- And Professor Nugnes is going to keep
his computer on all the time?
Prof Loi
(pandering to the students' game)
- How are you guys going to copy from those cell phones during classwork?
Sixth student
- No way, teacher! We never copy!
Prof Loi
- Oh, yeah! When I go around the desks like a watchdog! Let's say it suits you better when a
teacher indulges your desire of doing nothing!
Seventh student
- What's that got to do with it? We
don't get paid like you surely do to come to school!!!!
Prof Loi
- Whatever! Any excuse to get out of
the studio!!
(Rings the
recreation bell. The students rush noisily out of the classroom).
Prof Loi
- Go, go and recreate yourselves! That's
the thing you do better!
...to be continued...
