Chapter 9

Summary

• Mr. Sandhu wants to see Manjit during the lunch break
• first M. think he`s going to get suspended

-> then: think what will be, if his family had died in an accident
-> likes this imagination but at least ashamed of himself

• Sandhu tells him, that his performance is dropping

-> asks him, if M. feels this way too
-> tells him his notes and that he`s in the below average now
-> wants to find the reason

• M. just wants to escape of the arranged marriage
• Sandhu asks about other problems with students

-> not the reason (say M.)
-> wants to find the reason as hard as he could
-> asks about M. `s realtionship with Lisa and what his parents think about it

When:

• in early June, a week and a half from summer holidays

Characters:

• Manjit
• Mr. Sandhu (very strict teacher)

Vocabs:

• *distraction - Ablenkung
• deputy head - Stellvertreter
• sweeper - Straßenkehrer
• a scrap - eine Streiterei
• *mug - große Tasse
• *to be tempted to do sth. - versucht sein, etw. zu tun
• to be tripping - auf einem Trip sein (bezügl. Drogen)
• *to dread - sich fürchten-synonym: angry,scary
• to flick - mit den Fingern schnalzen

by Natascha Seitz