THE CLASS SYSTEM KIDS

EXT: INSIDE A SCHOOL PLAYGROUND AT LUNCHTIME.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
Cor Hugh...what's your parents made you for lunch this time.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
Just a olive and sun blushed tomato foccacio with a evenly spread tapanade paste filled with mozzarela and parma ham.

MACCELSFIELD LOWER-TON:
A what.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
Jeeze Maccelsfield...its just a cheese and ham sandwich.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
Ah...my parents have made me a BLT on a wholemeal baguette.

MACCELSFIELD LOWER-TON:
What...like Mcdonalds.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
No stupid...its a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich...what have your parents made you Maccelsfield.

MACCELSFIELD LOWER-TON:
They never...my dad left for work at six and my mum slept in...so i just made a peanut butter, jam and banana filling inside a sesame seeded bun.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
What score did you get in your geography test Hugh.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
20 out of 20...after my fathers light hearted conversation about his extensive european business trips over dinner...I went into his office and Googled the world atlas for the rest of the evening.

MACCELSFILED LOWER-TON:
his What.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
Jeeze Maccelsfield...his lap top...computer.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
I got 10 out of 20...after watching the discovery channel on sky and listenening to my parents gap year stories about their european trekking experiences...my dad let me read his atlas's at the kitchen table...what score did you get Maccelsfield.

MACCELSFIELD LOWER-TON:
5 OUT OF 20...after listening to my grandfather talking about his european war experiences i had to walk him home...and when i returned the dog had ate my work...so i spent the rest of the evening trying to remember it.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
have you chosen your outfit for the disco on friday Hugh.

HUGH UPPER-TON
Not yet...my mothers just returned from Milan with my summer vacation outfits...for our yearly trip to our holiday home in Portofino...its basically a choice of three Roberto Carvallio's.

MACCLESFIELD LOWER-TON.
who.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
Jeeze Maccelsfield...he's a designer.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
i've chosen mine...my parents took me to Harywood Mall and let me buy a complete outfit from the gap...i cant wait...what are you wearing maccelsfield...anything new.

MACCELSFIELD LOWER-TON:
Just jeans,t-shirt and trainers...my mum buys my clothes seasonally.

SAUL MIDDLE-TON:
Ah...has anyone seen that new girl in our maths class...i was thinking of asking her to go with me then picking her up in my dads Mondeo and then taking
her to Mcdonalds afterwards.

HUGH UPPER-TON:
I was thinking off asking her then picking her up in my fathers brand new soft top Mercedes...then inviting her back to my house for a swim in my large heated indoor pool.

MACCLESFIELD LOWER-TON:
Tough...i've already asked her and she's said yes.

Interesting a build up - reminded me of 2 Ronnies and Cleese class thing - I look up to him etc.

I think the last line was a bit weak though.

How about -
Tough - I asked her and we already did.
(or something)

I guess but I didnt really see them as that old..though I do understand what your saying. thankyou for your opinions.

I enjoyed this, loved the premise, with the competitive sarnies building up to the cars etc and it made me laugh.

The peanut butter, jam and banana kid just had to get the girl (lol)!

I liked this, but felt that all the kids spoke with the same upper-class voice... maybe you should re-write(especially lower-ton) some dialogue to fit the class stereotypes more - I can't imagine any kids at the comprehensive I went to saying that their parents bought them clothes 'seasonally' for example!

firstly thankyou Jude you crazy imaginative person you. I guess your right though I explained in my other post. This french system can turn off at any moment so i type as fast as i can, as i read it from my printed copy. About the way they talk i agree with you. The clothing was about a kid i knew who's parents only bought him clothes when he needed them...shorts and t-shirt in the summer sales...thick coat in the winter sales...they wern't trailer trash but they wasnt related to the Hilton's either.

I preferred this to the St Martins piece I've just read although,again, for me it falls flat a bit at the end. The general concept is good though. For once (!) I don't agree with Stylo ... there are schools that have these broad class mixes although the mixed-sex ones are fairly few and far between. The 'lower-ton' types are usually scholarship entrants ... and they generally have a tough time keeping up with the posher kids ... more socially than academically!