"Before trying to become a parent, people should first make sure that they meet the criteria. Henry, who was interviewed, said earnestly. The voice dragged slightly, like a light smoke, dissipated little by little in the air, the gaze was slightly condensed, and a trace of confusion and deep thought flashed in the depths of the pupils, but in an instant, the smile bloomed greatly, and said teasingly, "Don't do experiments at home." The humorous words were so bitter that the corners of his mouth had not had time to rise completely, and then he relaxed weakly.

Meredith's father is a bastard, mean, irritable, angry, extreme, and narrow-minded, venting all his anger on his daughter, even mocking Meredith's weight, and on the other side, Henry and Erica are sitting at a humble dining table, and Henry tells Erica to take vitamins and aspirin, and hopes that Erica should be tested for HIV/AIDS if she has the chance.

"Why did you cry that day on the bus?"

Erica asked, Henry stood in place, his eyes were distracted, the emotions between his eyebrows slowly dissipated, but he couldn't read the details, and pictures of memories flashed in his mind, from his childhood, from ...... Mother, finally, Henry regained his composure again, "Sleep." He replied.

Mark sat quietly in his chair and inexplicably began to grieve.

Henry is so gentle, so peaceful, so indifferent, without any particular sadness and pain, everything is well hidden, like a meandering river, sparkling, gurgling water, but he always has a Hamlet-like aura in him, and every move, word and deed carries the weight of time.

Mark really likes Lan Li's performance, even if it's just an eye-raising action, it's so delicate and profound. Along with it, Mark began to love the story, even if it was so heavy that it was breathless.

"Hello. It's been a wonderful life, all those detentions, school suspensions, expulsions, and these death meetings. ”

The words were a real-time message from the school's teacher's office, the former director of teaching was on the other end of the phone, he had been absent from school for many days in a row, and at first he was looking for an excuse for illness or family affairs, but this time, he no longer had patience, and vented all his anger through the phone message.

"Those paper-cuts, boring parents, vicious children, they are a burden. They have defiled my soul, and this humiliation must stop! Those principles must be observed! These children think that nonsense is justified, we are the ones to be judged, all this is crazy, is every child worthy? Is this the so-called price of education? Those children who have no motivation, no enthusiasm, no brains, you all die!"

Language is so powerful, but even more powerful than words are the images: chalk drawings are reappearing, children are in power, and parents and teachers are pets – or slaves – on dog chains, and children can beat and abuse them at will. In the midst of that roar, the answering machine seemed to be about to explode.

The next second, his roar changed to German, and then the black-and-white footage of Adolf-Hitler appeared in class, showing students a World War II historical footage.

The visual impact, the auditory impact, and most importantly the implication of a series of montages: is this a condemnation of half-teachers, or of lawless children, or of irresponsible parents?

In just a few camera switches, it set off a fierce response in the screening hall. This is Berlin, they started World War II, but they also endured the ordeal of World War II, and furthermore, they are the country with the most intense reflection on World War II at the moment. Tony Kaye's montage of the current socio-educational issues in the United States is just beginning.

"Even if you know it's a lie, you're willing to believe it. Henry, on the other hand, was roaring, trying his best to inject new souls into the students with his own weak energy, "Such examples abound in life. I can only be happy if I become beautiful; I can only be beautiful if I have undergone plastic surgery; I must lose weight, become famous, and be fashionable! Today's young people, under the influence of public opinion, think that women are lowly and can be toyed with, bullied, ravaged, and humiliated. ”

For the first time, anger appeared in Henry's elegant and handsome countenance, and his heroic eyebrows were entangled, "This is mass destruction, and for the rest of our lives, twenty-four hours a day, that force will drive us to work hard, and then gradually die in silence. ”

"So, in order to protect our minds from poison, to be able to confront the forces that invade our minds and silence us, we must learn to read. Standing on the podium, Henry's tall figure and passionate words made the students raise their faces, "to activate our imagination, to cultivate our own consciousness and faith." We need these skills to defend and defend our minds. ”

Ironically, while Henry is doing his best to do his duties as a teacher, the school's board of trustees is trying to destroy these. While they respect the responsibilities of teachers and the status of education, school performance is now lagging behind average, which reduces the value of the community and the economy of the community as a whole. So, before educating children, they have to improve their grades – those numbers, not thoughts.

Only by improving grades, fame, and admission rates will society prosper and schools will have more and more students. But what about the numbers behind the grades, behind the economic interests, what about the individual students, and what about the thinking in the midst of the financial deluge?

Teachers' responsibility should be to teach and educate, but now their responsibility is to create economic value. This is reality, not an allegory.

Subsequently, the film enters a stage of embarrassment: every teacher, after stripping himself of his or her work identity, returns home, but has to face his own problems.

Their pain, their sorrow, their struggles, are full of negative energy that no one can solve, but in school, they have to pick themselves up and do their job well, because no one can afford the consequences of their mistakes.

Under pressure, the teachers began to crumble one by one, as if they could see the quiet and peaceful campus and the education system hidden behind it, falling apart little by little.

The pressure came over little by little, as if drowning, and the air in the lungs disappeared little by little. Mark had to open his mouth and breathe heavily, but his eyes were reluctant to blink, lest he would miss the excitement on the big screen if he blinked slightly, staring at Lan Li deadly, and his dry eye sockets suddenly began to hurt.

My grandfather was critically ill.

When she was critically ill, Erica received a call from the hospital and rushed to the hospital, after which Henry hurried. The story hidden behind Henry's cold and detached back is finally revealed:

His father abandoned Henry early, and Henry lived with his mother and grandfather since he was a child. At the age of seven, his mother swallowed a large amount of sleeping pills and ended his life, Henry was the first to find the body, and his grandfather fell into a complete breakdown, taking all the blame on himself, and he was not able to forgive himself until he died, but he forgot that there was another Henry who needed to be cared for.

Henry grew up alone, savagely, and wantonly. Sitting in front of my grandfather's hospital bed, I simulated my mother's tone and told my grandfather, "It's not your fault. But there was dazedness and timidity in those dark brown eyes, and there was no concern for him, the child who found his mother naked on the cold floor of the bathroom at the age of seven.

Mark's eyes widened, sadness and bitterness flowed in his sockets, but there were no tears at all, as if his mouth was wide open, but he didn't feel any oxygen at all. Suddenly, endless pain came flooding up. Just looking at Henry, who was sitting quietly on a park bench, his thin shoulders showing a little loneliness, his fingertips began to tremble slightly.

Meredith arrives in the classroom, where she creates a painting for Henry, and is praised by Henry for her talent, which makes Meredith excited. But then, Henry discovered Meredith's fragility and pain, he tried to help her, but Henry was already unable to protect himself, he was a quagmire, an abyss, he couldn't even save himself, how could he help others?

Henry took half a step back, but Meredith fell into a breakdown, she snuggled in Henry's arms fragile and painful, Henry tried to push Meredith away, but the shattered Meredith clung to the last straw and refused to let go.

This scene is seen by Sarah, who mistakenly thinks that Henry is taking advantage of Meredith and confronts Henry loudly. This scared Meredith away and also angered Henry. The second time, Henry's emotions spiraled out of control, and he vented his anger in the classroom, angry at Sarah's misunderstanding, angry at his own powerlessness, and angry at Meredith's disintegration.

Just when Mark thought it was the bottom, Henry continued to fall again.

My grandfather died. Standing in the bathroom of the ward, Henry's eyes were red, and there were no tears or sorrow to be seen, but gradually they reddened, and pain, soreness, and despair fainted in a daze.

"I wish there could have been a different ending, I tried, but the truth is, we ......" Facing the camera close-up, Henry can barely breathe, his gaze spreads little by little, as if the numbing ice has been brutally and bloodily shattered, "we all have our own problems, sometimes things are better, sometimes they are worse, and sometimes we can't give others much space." ”

Henry was breathing heavily, but he was still deprived of oxygen, and every word was so hard, like every breath, "These kids need something else." They don't need me. ”

Henry decides to hand Erica over to a social worker.