The Teachers’ Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer)

Yes, I see.

Like I said, we went over this last week...

If something happens to the kids...

I’ll give you the number again...

One second.

Are you still there?

Yes, I’m still here.

Yes.

Got it?

0153...

Six, three, seven, four.

- Four. Yes. - I’ll hear from you?

You’ll hear from me.

I’ve made a note and will take care of it.

Great. Bye.

- Hello, Ms. Nowak. - Hi.

- Sorry I’m late. - It’s fine.

Mr. Liebenwerda has explained it already.

Good, so you know what happened.

We already said that we know nothing.

You may not know for certain,

but do you have any leads?

Did you see anything unusual recently?

Students acting strangely?

I know this is unpleasant for you.

And not just for you.

But put yourself in the victims’ shoes.

We need to put a stop to this.

Class representatives have a duty.

What can we say if we don’t know anything?

Lukas?

Does nobody come to mind?

Someone with a new smart phone,

expensive clothes or lots of cash?

- Don’t want to talk. - Hey.

Then you don’t have to, Lukas.

That’s right. We don’t have to talk at all.

Look here.

I’ll take my pen,

go down this list, and all you need to do is

nod if you have suspicions.

Okay?

Mr. Liebenwerda?

Of course, you don’t have to if you don’t want to, okay?

But I suggest we continue. We’re almost done.

This kid?

Him?

Great. Thanks, Lukas.

Okay.

I’d like to remind you

to keep what we’ve discussed to yourselves.

- Yes? - Okay.

- Yes? - Okay.

THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

Everyone.

Good morning Good, good

Good morning, morning

Good morning, good, good Good morning, morning

I see all the books.

I see the files and notebooks.

Great. Then take out your homework. I’ll come around.

In the interim, look at this warm-up in silence.

Good.

Yes, good.

Ali...

Take another look at exercise two.

Can you explain it to him?

- Expand first... - I can’t do it.

You need the same denominator so you can add them together.

Oh, right.

Hey!

Okay.

Who wants to solve the warm-up?

Is 0.999 the same as 1?

Hatice, yes?

It’s not really the same number.

Not really?

Then please come up to the board

and show us why not.

Well, if you subtract 0.999 from 1,

there’s still a remainder

of 0.000 and then a 1.

So you think there’s a number between 0.999 and 1?

Yes.

So, is this proof or an assumption?

- Proof. - Assumption.

Okay, Oskar wants a try. Thanks, Hatice.

Nerd.

Creep.

All right, 0.111...

is equal to one ninth.

And nine times one ninth

equals 1.

So 0.999...

equals 1.

- What do you all say? - I don’t get it.

There must be a gap between 0.9 and 1.0.

Thanks, Oskar.

Does anyone else not understand?

Right, well, it was complex,

but the crucial thing to understand

is that a proof needs a derivation that builds up step by step.

We’ll get there, don’t worry.

- Come in. - Sorry to disturb you.

If I might take over for a minute.

Hello, everyone.

We have to interrupt briefly.

Mr. Dudek?

Would the girls please stand up?

- Why? - Please stand up.

- Just stand up. - And now?

And now leave the room.

Go on, just leave.

Wait outside, okay?

- We’ll ask you back shortly. - Don’t go far.

Close the door.

Right.

The rest of you, listen up.

We’d like to look in your wallets.

Take them out, put them on the table and come here.

Is this allowed?

It’s voluntary, of course. Nothing to hide,

nothing to fear.

Wallets on the table and up front.

Listen, what is this?

Weren’t you there when they were questioned?

Who sits here?

Oskar sits there.

Oskar, where is your wallet?

I don’t have one.

You don’t have to show it.

- I just said I don’t have one! - And this one?

Guys, whose seat is this?

Ms. Nowak?

It’s Ali’s seat.

Ali, come with me, please.

Come on.

I gave him money this morning so he could buy a gift later.

For his cousin.

Might I ask what he was going to buy?

I think it was a computer game.

Right?

Yeah, for a computer game.

Well, dear Ali,

Mr. and Mrs. Yılmaz, I think that clears things up.

Let’s put this behind us.

What gave you the idea?

- Sorry? - Why my Ali?

He had an unusual amount of money.

So? What if a mother likes to put money in her kid’s pockets?

- Mrs. Yılmaz-- - Carrying money isn’t a crime.

True.

We have a so-called zero tolerance policy,

which means we look into any matter, no matter how small.

What will the other kids think of him now?

You know how they are.

Don’t worry, Mrs. Yılmaz. We’ll set it right.

- Set it right? - Yes, set it right.

We’re lucky the suspicion didn’t prove true,

or this would be much graver.

Sorry you had to come in.

Yes, we’re sorry.

Might I ask you to please speak German?

Speak German?

Right, German it is.

My son doesn’t steal.

Never. If he did, I’d break his legs.

Ms. Nowak?

The substitute teacher plan is in your pigeonhole.

Ms. Holbach is on sick leave.

I saw, thanks.

No one got frisked. It was voluntary.

It wasn’t voluntary. You know that perfectly well.

A heads-up would’ve been cordial.

You still not on a first-name basis?

I understand your outrage,

but it has been going on for a while.

There are people here who steal all they can

without rhyme or reason.

We need to act when we have the chance.

Did those pencils ever reappear?

No.

One thousand pencils.

Who the hell needs a thousand pencils?

I still say it started

when we got the new cleaning company.

Sorry, but...

- Watch what you say, Vanessa. - How about we hire a private detective?

Right, some guy smoking a pipe sits in the yard like a novel!

- Like in stores. - I’m off.

We need to act. Right, Mr. Liebenwerda?

And now hands on your knees! One, two! One, two!

On three, we raise our arms and legs.

- Together? - Yes.

One, two, three!

And those who can, or want to, can shake them.

Go on, Enno!

Nice dribbling.

You two okay?

Great, Vera!