Page 13 - Student: dazed And Confused

LESSONS

Radio 4 - Drama documentary

Jack - 6th form student, 17
Mrs Atkins - worried mother, 40s

Mr Atkins - late 40s

DS Short - male, indifferent

1 Ext. Shop doorway. Usual sounds of street. Shop
bell rings.

JACK: Bet they ain't even missed me, bastard parents.

Father who don't give a shit, and a mother who

may well be a whore, the amount of men she
screws. Nah, I bet they're brother and sister

and I'm their illegitimate bastard child. Or,
he's just her pimp. Thought, run away, that'll

show 'em. Probably aint even noticed I'm gone.
Don't even care that I'm out here, freezing me

balls off, next to some geezer who used to be

this hotshot city bloke but stinks of piss now.

POLICE Come on now, lads, eh. Move it along.

Grunts and the smash of a glass on the floor.

JACK: I'm goin', I'm goin'. Jesus Christ. Never
give you a minutes peace round 'ere, they

don't.
God, it's cold. I'm freezing, but I ain't

going back to that house. Seems warm now but