Scaffolding (פיגומים)

Go, Hapoel Petah Tikva!

Go, Hapoel!

This guy's wife dies.

The undertakers come, 3rd floor, no elevator.

They carry her down.

When they turn the corner in the stairwell she slips, falls,

stands up, alive!

A few years go by, she dies again.

The undertakers come, put her on a stretcher,

in the stairwell her husband says to them: "Hey!

"Watch that corner!"

This is from me to Radi.

Wait a sec! Enjoy, Radi. - Thanks.

Asher, keep an eye on the chicken.

Asher, happy birthday. - Happy birthday!

Thanks, Dad.

Enjoy.

Nice one. - Happy birthday.

Look at Milo's son,

these muscles are from scaffolds, not the gym.

Happy birthday, Asher!

Cheers!

To your health and happiness.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Asher!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Asher!

Is that the new shirt, Asher?

You bet it is. Feel how soft.

A real Lacoste?

Sure is, you moron, cost 80 bucks.

Let me feel it.

Looking sharp, huh?

Stop with the phone.

I swear, they put something in them that gets you hooked, catches your eye...

Who's they?

The mobile networks. They put something electronic

so you keep looking at it.

How do you know?

Look at Ahmed,

he had a birthday, too. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Ahmed!

He got a shirt from Daddy, too.

Turn around.

Here he goes again.

Where'd you get the shirt?

There was a big sale. Hugo Boss, Lacoste...

Take it off. - No, no...

Take it off before I fuck you up!

Asher, school isn't only for grades, it's also to teach you values.

I didn't mean it, bro. I just told you to change the shirt.

Oh, please.

Instead of focusing on your matriculation exams

we're focusing on inappropriate behavior.

You're wasting your father's time, making him leave work.

I apologized to him, it's you who won't let it go.

If this happens again...

Dad, how much did the shirt cost?

Yes, doctor, my surgery is on the 19th.

I have a big project after that.

If I don't wake up, you have Asher.

Okay, on the 19th then.

No, he knows the work, I can rest easy.

Doctor, you know the joke about the guy whose mother-in-law is dying?

She's in Intensive Care.

Anyway, he goes home and starts making up a room for her.

His wife says, "What are you doing? She's dying."

He says, "Yeah, but we should always prepare for the worst."

Okay, thank you.

Stay well, doctor.

I have a matric exam on the 19th.

Does it have to be on the 19th?

I never heard of someone taking a matric exam who can't read.

How's the pasta?

Good. - Good, huh?

Is he a good doctor? - Yeah.

He does 10 surgeries a day.

Listen, Asher,

you'll cover for me till I'm back on my feet.

You hear me?

Isn't that doll pretty, Dad?

It's like a toy.

Wanna play with it?

How's your mother? - Fine.

It's good that she has someone.

Cellphones in here.

Let's go.

In the box. - My battery's dead anyway.

Asher. - Come back to me later.

It helps me concentrate, Rami.

I didn't bring mine.

You know...

In here.

2,000 years ago people thought the Earth was flat

and this Greek guy, Eratosthenes,

who was a librarian in Alexandria in Egypt,

home to the world's biggest library,

he liked to observe.

That's what he liked to do, to observe people,

buildings, the sky, the stars.

One day he's looking at the sunset,

he sees the sun setting,

he sees the moon rising

and he says to himself,

if the sun is round and the moon is round,

then maybe the planet we live on is round, too.

Isn't that nice?

That would never happen today.

You know why? - Why?

Because the only thing people look at are their phones.

People don't talk to each other.

People used to tell jokes to each other. Today...

it's gone.

Asher's dad tells jokes all the time.

Yeah?

Then Asher's dad is special.

Not special, very special.

Right, Asher?

Don't talk about my dad or I'll fuck you up.

Why? What did I do?

I didn't do anything.

Don't touch the phone.

Read a newspaper instead.

No, I'll behave.

No.

Read the paper instead.

Fine, gimme the newspaper.

What is this?

Why are the pages so big? Is there a sports section?

There's everything.

Look.

On the first page - the most recent, important news.

On the second page - articles on all kinds of topics.

Then there's local news and global news.

What else... Oh, look, obituaries.

Sports, just for you.

Forecast around the world.

Whoa, Tokyo, 36 degrees, thunderstorms.

Man, those Chinese are totally wacko.

Ever been overseas? - No, never.

I recommend it, at least once, on your own.

Why on my own?

You experience things differently.

You look at the sky, it looks different.

The bread tastes different.

Even the way people get on a bus is different

and it's fun.

Rami, is he the teacher's pet?

Asher.

Take the hard hat.

I'm gonna check out tomorrow's site, you finish up here, okay?

Asher, floors 1-2. Radi, you take 3-5. And no missing boards.

You do 1-2. Any problems, call me.

Don't go any higher.

Hi, what's up?

Good morning.

Good morning, how are you?

Okay. What are you waiting for?

Driving lesson.

How many lessons have you taken?

50 or 60.

Wow.

In the third test, he failed me for no reason.

What an asshole. - Totally.

I don't know, my teacher said I was fine.

Don't worry, in the end everyone passes.

Okay... - Good luck.

Thanks. - Bye, see you.

In the middle, Yossi.

Come on. - Yossi!

Fuck!

Come on, Asher!

You guys rule!

Pass it, Yossi!

Come on!

Good morning. - Good morning.

Can I please have the history study guide?

Yes.

Will this be on the matric exam?

Is the exam all you care about?

Following our last class

we'll move on to Karl Haendel's work "Questions for My Father."

Your name, please? - Asher Lax.

"Why did you decide to have children?

"Do you wish you were taller? " Did you ever get into a fistfight?

"When did you stop feeling like a boy?

"Did you ever disappoint your parents?

"Were you ever depressed as a young man?

"Do you ever wish your life turned out differently?

"Did you ever see your parents having sex?"

"Did you ever wish you had a different career?"

"What did you want to be? What did you want me to be?

"What are your regrets? What makes you cry?

"Do you think you are good looking?

"When were you the happiest?

"How did you learn to cook?

"Why were you so angry all the time?

"How close did you come to hitting me?"

For homework

please write why Karl Haendel

asked these questions the way he did, one after the other,