Life Is Wild

Tomorrow is the midterm,

so sign the school's honor code in front of you.

Please note, witnessing another student cheating

and not reporting it will make you guilty of cheating as well.

Mr. Banks, Miss Banks, please collect all the signed documents

and deposit them on my desk.

The midterm will be worth 50% of your final grade.

And as such, I suggest, you study appropriately.

If you've worked hard, you'll have no problem.

Cla ???

Mr. Weller, a moment.

I could dance around it, but the fact is,

you're failing this class, young man.

You should care more.

And yet, I don't.

Your brochure said we'd see lots of animals on a game walk.

Where are the animals?

This is nothing like the wildebeest migration.

The Serengeti National Park or the pink flamingos.

Or the Masai Mara.

We've been friends since university.

Freshmen roommates.

Friends ever since, uh? Yeah.

Every year, we take a trip together...

Shh! Shh! Shh! I was just saying...

: Quiet. Unless you want to spook him,

and you don't want to do that.

Spook who?

: Take that, Serengeti National Park.

Look at him.

The white lion-- unique, proud, tough.

That animal represents

everything that's magical about this country.

I can't believe he's making that stupid midterm

worth 50% of our total grade.

I mean, that's not fair.

B students don't get into Oord.

And I'm going to be lucky if I get that.

Well, there are universities other than Oxford.

Not to our dad.

No offense, but how do you expect to get into Oxford with just a B average?

Legacy-- four genes of Banks have walked the hallowed halls.

But they were a little more book smart than me.

Yeah, so if Ollie doesn't get in, the legacy will die and...

And so will I. Mm-hmm.

At least there's no pressure on you then.

If I flunk this test, no trip to Paris this summer,

no haute couture.

Instead, I'll be stuck here,

resitting this completely useless class.

If I don't do well, no more soccer,

and history is my worst subject.

Guys, have a little perspective.

I mean, 50% of the grade is a lot, but it's just one test.

Coming from a straight-A student.

And I don't want to hear any perspective from you either,

Miss I've-Never-Had- a-B-in-My-Life.

Okay, come on, guys.

Who actually cares? It's South African history.

I do. I do.

Yeah, well, you would, you're South African.

That may have something to do with it.

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So what are we doing?

We're not doing anything.

Themba and I are playing soccer.

Can't I play?

No, I'm sorry.

But we're playing one-on-one.

That's how it works in South Africa.

And tonight, Themba's sleeping over,

so don't expect to play in any of our games then either.

Hi. Hi. There's this cool soccer drill I know, and three people can play,

so do you want to play?

She can't.

She's not part of the club.

Club?

Yeah, you have to, um, be over four-foot-eight to join.

It's like a roller coaster.

That's not fair.

He's not four-foot-eight.

I'll be the judge of that.

My club, my rules.

When you have your own club, you can make your own rules.

This is rooibos, a special South African tea,

and these are Ntatu's rusks, best in the world.

Also the reason why I never miss an afternoon tea.

I hear you guys saw a white lion today.

Yeah, he was... he was beautiful.

We got lucky.

I haven't spotted one of those for what must be...

20 years.

As beautiful now as they were then.

They're loners.

They're never really part of a family unit.

But appearances can be deceiving.

They're very, very vulnerable creatures.

You know, a long time ago, when I was a child,

it was believed that the white lions

are the children of the sun god,

sent down to earth once in every hundred years,

as a sign of good in all creatures.

So to set one free is to free the soul of Africa.

So, can you arrange the hunting permits for us?

I'm sorry? You want to hunt that lion?

It'd be pretty tough to mount him on a wall

if he's still alive.

Uh, we would like to do a guided hunt.

What's a guided hunt?

They used scented spray,

radar, laser sights,

high-powered rifles.

So, the permits, you can get them?

No.

Well, this is a hunting lodge, isn't it?

I mean, I assume with all the trophies on the wall...

You assumed incorrectly.

No one's going to kill a white lion,

or any other animal for that matter, on this property.

We're not killing; we're hunting

Hunting is killing,and it's barbaric.

Bottom line, gentlemen, this is not a hunting lodge.

And if that's what you came here for,

then you both are definitely in the wrong place.

Well...

thank you

Lion got your tongue?

I don't believe in hunting lions,

but make no mistake, I am a hunter

through and through.

This is Africa.

What does that mean?

When I was younger than Chase,

I knew how to hunt, track, dress,

and cook my own kill over an open fire.

Hunting isn't a thing we do.

It's part of our culture, it's who we are.

Well, that sounds fantastic,

but they're not going to cook the lion over an open fire.

They want to shoot it for fun.

Why did I ever think he would agree with me on this?

I mean, all those heads in the hall?

Give me a break. It's like an animal graveyard around here.

Hey, that's me, my father, and my grandfather on those walls.

It's my heritage you're talking about.

Tread lightly, my friend.

Hey.

So, what did Mr. Rogers have to say?

Nothing.

You know, a few of us are going to have

a study session tonight, and...

Study session, wow!

Somehow "No" just doesn't seem like enough.

I'm just trying to be nice.

Jesse, it's no secret that you're kind of failing the class.

I'm doing just fine.

And, hey, don't let that study session get out of control.

We both know how wild those things can get.

Hey.

hey

Don't you have some studying to do?

No. I got it all under control.

Really?

'Cause, um, that's not what the principal said when she told

us you were almost flunking out.

I just want you to know that

our offer still stands and we'll get you a tutor if you want one.

Mom, I said I got it all under control.

Okay.

Just know that it was hard enough

to get you guys into Pecanwood

in the middle of a semester, so if you get kicked out,

there will be some serious changes to your lifestyles,

including home-schooling.

Sounds great-- kick back at home all day.

Well, I guess you're right.

It'll just be you,here alone all day with a local tutor.

And you won't have to worry about the distractions

of working at the Ant Hill, or hanging with Emily,

or driving.

Of course, I'm here all day, so is Danny, so...

We'll just be one big, happy home-schooling family.

all right

as much as I love our verbal sparring sessions,

I really don't have time.

Seriously, Jesse, go away.

I can't.

Why?

What?

Well, I never imagined myself saying this to you,

but I am going to need your help with the midterm.

You're not going to make this easy on me, are you?

Well, I'm going to make this as easy on you

as you would on me.

Well, our first walkouts.

We don't want people like that staying with us anyway.

You're both going to have to come to terms

with the fact that part of South Africa's

tourist economy revolves around hunting.

It's a money-maker.