The First Grader ENG Subtitles

At 00:03:32,170, Character said: My people, my people.

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At 00:03:34,923, Character said: Now, the new government
has announced

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At 00:03:37,634, Character said: free education for all.

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At 00:03:40,011, Character said: All they want is for you to turn up
with a birth certificate.

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At 00:03:44,558, Character said: A government that keeps its promise?
Unbelievable!

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At 00:04:58,381, Character said: My son needs to be educated.

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At 00:05:00,383, Character said: Kamau Chege,
Kamau Chege. Chege!

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At 00:05:14,272, Character said: Teacher Jane, Teacher Jane!
Come on, he's asking for you.

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At 00:05:17,984, Character said: Please!

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At 00:05:20,278, Character said: Teacher Katherine!

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At 00:05:22,030, Character said: Teacher Katherine, can you come?

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At 00:05:24,741, Character said: OK, give me a moment, please.

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At 00:05:27,410, Character said: This is not a birth certificate.
Mama, you are not the first.

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At 00:05:36,753, Character said: May I help you, mzee?

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At 00:05:38,755, Character said: This is a primary school.

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At 00:05:49,975, Character said: Mzee, they meant children, not adults.

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At 00:05:53,228, Character said: No. I heard on the radio,
with my own ears.

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At 00:05:57,858, Character said: They said everybody.

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At 00:06:01,319, Character said: We have 200 students
and only 50 desks. Look at this.

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At 00:06:04,698, Character said: We can't waste them on an old man
with one foot in the grave.

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At 00:06:07,742, Character said: Mzee, where are your exercise books?

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At 00:06:09,911, Character said: You need two,
and one HB pencil, sharp,

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At 00:06:13,790, Character said: with a rubber on one end.

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At 00:06:15,333, Character said: Those are the regulations.

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At 00:06:23,633, Character said: Pole, mzee. Pole.

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At 00:06:59,377, Character said: Good morning, boys and girls.

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At 00:07:02,047, Character said: Good morning, madam!

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At 00:07:04,549, Character said: - How are you?
- Fine, thank you, madam!

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At 00:07:08,470, Character said: - How do you do?
- How do you do, madam?

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At 00:07:12,182, Character said: I do very well, thank you.

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At 00:07:14,392, Character said: I ** so excited to have you here
all in my classroom.

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At 00:07:18,104, Character said: Welcome. Karibuni.
Sit down, please.

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At 00:07:21,066, Character said: Thank you, madam.

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At 00:07:23,068, Character said: Now, I know that some of you
may be a little nervous,

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At 00:07:26,237, Character said: but there's nothing to be afraid of.

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At 00:07:28,156, Character said: Learning is about having fun,
so we are all here to have fun.

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At 00:07:32,077, Character said: - Si ndiyo?
- Yes.

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At 00:07:33,662, Character said: Alright, let me check.
Has everybody g***t their books?

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At 00:07:35,956, Character said: - Yes!
- Very good!

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At 00:07:38,291, Character said: - And has everybody g***t their pencils?
- Yes!

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At 00:07:40,835, Character said: - OK. Good... I heard a few noes.
- Who said no?

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At 00:07:44,631, Character said: OK, well, Francis, can you give out
some pencils, please?

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At 00:07:47,592, Character said: OK...

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At 00:07:50,011, Character said: Paris and Pauline,
come to the front, please.

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At 00:07:53,014, Character said: So, everyone, tomorrow,
your books and your pencils.

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At 00:07:55,350, Character said: - Yes.
- OK, very good, very good.

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At 00:08:00,105, Character said: Sorry, sorry, excuse me.

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At 00:08:13,827, Character said: Go home, mzee.
I can see you've had a hard life.

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At 00:08:17,539, Character said: Go home and rest in peace.

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At 00:08:19,666, Character said: Rest in peace?

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At 00:08:21,376, Character said: I'm not dead.

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At 00:08:23,044, Character said: Look, mzee...

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At 00:08:24,796, Character said: My name is Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge.

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At 00:08:30,301, Character said: Well, Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge,

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At 00:08:34,431, Character said: we cannot accept anyone
without a school uniform,

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At 00:08:37,517, Character said: and that means school shoes too.

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At 00:08:40,729, Character said: And you do not have money
for such things.

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At 00:08:43,606, Character said: Jane?

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At 00:08:50,822, Character said: Mzee, why does someone as old as you
want to go to school?

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At 00:08:55,702, Character said: I want to learn to read.

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At 00:08:57,787, Character said: We've g***t too many pupils already.

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At 00:09:01,916, Character said: I wish I could help you.

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At 00:09:04,461, Character said: I'm sorry. Pole.

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At 00:10:46,104, Character said: Alright, here we are.

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At 00:10:48,356, Character said: - OK, asante sana.
- Asante.

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At 00:10:52,443, Character said: Goodbye, Teacher.

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At 00:10:58,366, Character said: You know that old man
I told you about?

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At 00:11:00,451, Character said: He came back again.

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At 00:11:03,830, Character said: I hope you did not let him in.

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At 00:11:06,416, Character said: The poor old boy might be senile.

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At 00:11:09,169, Character said: Why don't you stick to battles
you can win, hm?

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At 00:11:11,880, Character said: Like finding more desks.

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At 00:11:16,426, Character said: How was your week?

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At 00:11:18,052, Character said: The Swedish company
hasn't paid me the consulting fee.

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At 00:11:21,848, Character said: The government job is starting to sound
very appealing.

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At 00:11:24,893, Character said: Except it had to be full time
in Nairobi,

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At 00:11:27,437, Character said: and then we'd never
see each other at all.

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At 00:11:29,772, Character said: Not if you came to Nairobi.

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At 00:11:31,900, Character said: We'll live in a big house, make babies.

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At 00:11:36,946, Character said: Have a little bunch of Obinchus.

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At 00:11:38,990, Character said: Charles, I can't.

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At 00:11:42,994, Character said: The school needs me.

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At 00:11:45,163, Character said: What about me?

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At 00:11:49,000, Character said: You've g***t me.

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At 00:14:06,763, Character said: We've g***t five children
to a desk here, sir.

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At 00:14:09,932, Character said: There are children sitting on the floor.

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At 00:14:12,602, Character said: They can't work like this, Mr. Kipruto.

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At 00:14:19,359, Character said: You need a form for every single
new child, in triplicate?

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At 00:14:23,488, Character said: No, you can't be serious. I don't
have time to do that, Mr. Kipruto.

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At 00:14:26,449, Character said: Could you not just take my word for it?

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At 00:14:29,035, Character said: Yes, I know, regulations.

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At 00:14:32,497, Character said: Good day to you too, Mr. Kipruto.

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At 00:14:36,084, Character said: What ** I to do, Alfred?

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At 00:14:37,960, Character said: Our esteemed superintendent has made
one of his executive decisions.

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At 00:14:44,217, Character said: You've g***t to see this.

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At 00:14:45,760, Character said: What?

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At 00:15:03,277, Character said: You don't give up easily,
do you, Maruge?

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At 00:15:06,656, Character said: You can't fall for this.

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At 00:15:09,117, Character said: You'll be asking for trouble
with the authorities.

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At 00:15:11,577, Character said: You know he's right, Maruge?

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At 00:15:13,538, Character said: What will I say to
the board of education?

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At 00:15:16,124, Character said: Hm?

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At 00:15:18,042, Character said: What will I say to the parents?

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At 00:15:21,379, Character said: I'll be a good pupil.

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At 00:15:24,924, Character said: I'll work very hard.

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At 00:15:26,551, Character said: If Kipruto finds out...

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At 00:15:28,094, Character said: Kipruto's not the head here, Alfred.

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At 00:15:30,513, Character said: I **.

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At 00:15:40,106, Character said: Let him in.

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At 00:15:41,649, Character said: I'm making an executive decision.

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At 00:15:46,696, Character said: Let Maruge in.

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At 00:16:00,751, Character said: Maruge? Welcome.

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At 00:16:04,255, Character said: Karibu.

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At 00:16:38,247, Character said: Thank you.

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At 00:16:40,041, Character said: Francis, take your seat.

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At 00:16:45,963, Character said: Class, we have a new student today,

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At 00:16:49,383, Character said: and his name is Maruge.

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At 00:16:51,969, Character said: Welcome, Maruge!

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At 00:17:01,646, Character said: Jennifer, raise your hand, please.

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At 00:17:03,439, Character said: I would like you to go
and sit next to Jennifer

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At 00:17:06,067, Character said: at the back there, please, Maruge.

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At 00:17:07,818, Character said: If I sit far, I won't see. I can't.

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At 00:17:11,197, Character said: OK.

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At 00:17:12,740, Character said: Uh... Suzanne, can you sit there?

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At 00:17:16,244, Character said: Sarah, can you sit next to Niva, please?

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At 00:17:19,664, Character said: Maruge, you can sit there.

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At 00:17:21,958, Character said: Sit next to Niva, OK, Sarah?

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At 00:17:25,086, Character said: Back down. Yes? Good.

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At 00:17:29,966, Character said: Let's begin!

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At 00:17:31,968, Character said: Open your exercise books.

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At 00:17:34,804, Character said: Pencils nice and sharp.

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At 00:17:37,306, Character said: Nice and sharp!

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At 00:17:39,392, Character said: My pencil is my friend.

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At 00:17:41,477, Character said: I keep him to the end.

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At 00:17:44,105, Character said: My pencil is my friend.

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At 00:17:46,857, Character said: I keep him to the end.

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At 00:17:49,652, Character said: OK, we are going to begin
with small letters today,

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At 00:17:55,449, Character said: beginning with the letter 'A', OK?

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At 00:17:59,328, Character said: And this is how we write
our small letter 'A'.

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At 00:18:03,749, Character said: OK, a fatty, a thinny.

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At 00:18:09,755, Character said: A fatty, a thinny.

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