People outside of Australia probably thinking this is exaggerated. I’m telling you now I’ve experienced sooooo many people who acted like this in class
I went to an all girls school in Perth, I was in Year 11 when this came out and every week, the day after it aired, we'd all be talking about it inc. teachers, its how I started watching it from hearing about the epic first ep from the girls. Mr G is still my favorite character.
I absolutely love his series. The comedic approach to a very mundane event is always so good because it's so relatable to the viewer. Like pretty much everyone else said this isn't an exaggeration of what it's like in an Australian school. There's always that one trouble making kid who is desperate for the teacher's attention.
I love watching all the reactions of the kids in the class to his antics. No wonder they crack up, it must be impossible to keep a straight face. Brilliant.
Only way you get sent to adult prison at 17 is if you commit a terrible crime lile a gruesome double homicide that goes for usa and australia. Minor drug charges, petty theft etc all stuff trouboed teens get in trouble for isnt enough to go to jail
Jonah is such the splitting image of a kid in my class from year 7 right into year 10. I remember when year 11 started and saw he wasn’t there, all the students celebrated including me.
You put him next to people who aren't his friends, and he bothers them and ruins their work. Put him next to his friends, he clowns them and bothers everyone. Same in Special ED. Worst kind of kid and this show is so dead on accurate about this phenomenon. Chris, idk if you read comments, but this is genuinely the best representation of High School life I have ever seen. Drama, comedy, or whatever in media. So spot on that I was confused, I thought this was a documentary until I read in on it lol. No joke. Wish this show was more popular where I lived and in US.
Tommy Fresh yes so many people can’t take a joke, cause apparently the charcter Jonah from Tonga is offensive to Polynesians but I know so many Polynesians who love this. The only people offended by it are non Polynesians
The funniest (and saddest) thing is that it really ISN'T too removed from reality (p.s I'm Aussie and kids like Jonah were the bane of my high school existence)
I don't even find this funny because it isn't even an exaggeration. Towards the end, I actually forgot that I was watching an adult act as a teenager and I started to feel sorry for the other students.
*when i had a kid like this in class, I would put the desk facing the board next to mine and then put a cardboard stand around him so that the only people who could see him were me and the front row of kids. And I'd always say the same thing, a clown can't perform without an audience. 100% would always work*
one of my teachers at school was chris lilleys cousin. They were so alike. It was a blast, he was also hilarious. Chris even dropped in one day to say hi when he was visiting family in town. This was around 2009ish.
my favourite line is where he says he can keep his hat on because timeout isn't even real school lol - love Jonah. Had plenty of kids like him in my school and it felt really nostalgic to watch
I remember when I use to watch this during year 8 class, my friend and I would go outside and sit on our phone cause you can download an app where you can watch this for free. Good old days and now I’m 20😭 time goin to fast
I went to Australian schools, I am white, weirdly enough the Austronesian kids I found usually didn't mess with people and were pretty decent people, despite being bigger and probably could beat you up easily if they wanted to. But in my schools it was mostly a minority of white kids that acted just like Jonah, god it's so similar, he hits the nail on the head. In my grade/year we had 2 guys just like Jonah, they were both white guys. I personally think they probably came from rough families and suffered from some kind of mental thing to be honest. In Australia after year 10 is over, you are allowed to leave school, and only kids who want to stay go onto year 11 and 12, the year 11 and 12 are so quiet and calm because all of the kids like Jonah are basically gone.
He'd literally spend 99% of his lesson time facing a wall outside my classroom if I was teaching lol every school has a Jonah or 5. Teachers are just generally pretty weak.
I know is humor and a parody or reality but many of us knew people like that. Forcing some unruly people to study not only gets unsuccessful but damaging for others who are at least trying to study. Thus, there should be some way to look for their interests (if they have any) without compromising the rest. Not everybody is willing or even able to conform to certain learning parameters (may be they are good at other things) and that’s simply how things are, denial or believing that everyone could adapt with enough patience is, for some cases, useless. I am not writing about those who have a bad phase or some psychological fixable problems but those whose personality is already cut in a way that won’t adapt to such systemic expectations.
Some people just have learning difficulties and don't discover it until they're out of school, this then making a student feel "dumb" or distracted because maybe there are problems at home or problems they're struggling with but don't even realise. There's a few reasons as to why there are students like this and i know this because I was one. I have dyslexia and through out my life teachers thought i didnt want to learn but in fact i didnt know how so instead of helping me they ignored me and what do people do when they get annoyed? Annoy others to seek attention. Sorry for not making much sense but i hope it gives you somewhat my perspective.
I've witnessed far worse in High Schools in 1970s. Picture the boys changing rooms covered in spit balls of green snot and chewed paper, walls smashed and graphitied. It was probably worse than prison, more violent, lived in fear of being bashed every day. Most of the teachers were lazy, incompetent, didn't even try...High School in Melbourne.
This class is well behaved compared to a lot of Aussie classrooms. Because it wouldn’t just be Jonah, there’d be at least 2 or 3 other clowns interacting with him. Meanwhile, the good kids would give up on trying to do any work and just start talking and not really doing their work. You’d end up with a couple of kids doing the work, a handful just staring into space and the rest just watching the clowns and enjoying the show. Meanwhile the teacher will be seriously contemplating not coming back the next day and generally hating their life.
People outside of Australia probably thinking this is exaggerated. I’m telling you now I’ve experienced sooooo many people who acted like this in class
Its the same in new zealand
@@Seeyoulater98 straight up. same shit in NZ
Honestly I believe you. Went through school in the UK and people acted worse lol
Same in the U.K.
It’s worse in the uk believe me
We all had a kid like this in our class, let's be honest.
Jayden LOADER You prove my point. You probably were that kid.
g l b haha wrecked!
JFireGaming fuck off
Me
Tyrone Zàrate fuck off
We all had a Jonah in our class
that was probably me tho but maybe not that bad
Yep we did and they either went one of two ways. They grew up and became something or they continue to act like Jonah as an adult.
@BM Videos You must not have gone to a public school lol.
Yea I did too and he was islander
CHUUR CHUUR MA BRUDAH I WAS A JONAH
Troublesome kids hogging the teachers attention is seriously a bigger issue than its given credit for
A I this is fake
Elias Cousins idiot😂 everyone knows this is fake
Ur joking right?
This video is acting but this situation happens in every school in real life. Happened in tons of my classes at a private school
ok nerd
I love these shows because its exactly what Australian schools are like lmao
So true haha
It really ISN'T all that removed from reality
Nz too but much worse
Uriah nah Australia is worse g
@@estiloproductions1778yeah true my cousin moved over to Perth not long ago and adopted the Onefour style hahahah smh.
the only part that isn't accurate is the swearing bit because almost every aussie boy starts swearing from year 3
Lucas Khanis True
No
That’s not true
Harvey Brewis true blue collar Aussie can confirm, most kids started around 9 years old.
Lucas Khanis so tru and tbh most of the girls are swearing just as much by year 6 at the latest lmao
The funniest (and saddest) thing about this show is that it really isn't all that removed from reality if you were an Aussie teenager in the 2000's
Trust me, nothing has changed
Yep 100%. I was 13yo in 2000 and this show gives me nostalgic flashbacks to my time in high school in Sydney.
VoyageOne1 haha imagine the kids today lol
Some people still act like this in high school though
I went to an all girls school in Perth, I was in Year 11 when this came out and every week, the day after it aired, we'd all be talking about it inc. teachers, its how I started watching it from hearing about the epic first ep from the girls. Mr G is still my favorite character.
“Ahhh miss u farted “
“It’s probably ur fart still”
-Laura Alvarez Talero 😂😂
I farted as I read this. Wtf
@@charleswilkinson4458 i farted as u read ur comments about this wtf
😂
I read this while he said it
This is legit an accurate representation of Australian high school.
Ikr lol
I absolutely love his series. The comedic approach to a very mundane event is always so good because it's so relatable to the viewer. Like pretty much everyone else said this isn't an exaggeration of what it's like in an Australian school. There's always that one trouble making kid who is desperate for the teacher's attention.
It's very subtle deadpan humor. That's what I love about the show.
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@@reecemccullough4829Yet your pathetic two word comment isnt a bot comment lmaoooo. Brain rot
Who is here after it’s not on Netflix anymore😔
Calgatron snowflakes! some people are too scared of being offended
It was removed from Netflix due to racial vilification. Some people don't get satire and only react to a brown face.
I love watching all the reactions of the kids in the class to his antics.
No wonder they crack up, it must be impossible to keep a straight face.
Brilliant.
Drug dealer at 14, drop out at 15, prison at 17.
Sure, i was born in croydon, but I was made in the Royal navy
Juvenile detention* this isnt america the average troubled teen isnt going to adult prison at age 17...
Only way you get sent to adult prison at 17 is if you commit a terrible crime lile a gruesome double homicide that goes for usa and australia. Minor drug charges, petty theft etc all stuff trouboed teens get in trouble for isnt enough to go to jail
I'm confused, do you know Jonah personally?
U Wot Croydons a shit hole no offense
The two being interviewed are brilliant.
Class is annoying with these types people, but boring without them
That's nonsense talk
straight up
Facts, class boring asf without em
@@liamc1102 ok nerd
"I am stuck with all my classes with him, every single one..." Poor kid🤣
They can delete it off Neflix but they can't delete my sense of humour 🖕
That’s rAcIsT
Give them time. They work on generational timelines.
@zetta _ relax, he’s/she’s joking
Aye
The acting of these two boys is amazing.
Jonah is such the splitting image of a kid in my class from year 7 right into year 10. I remember when year 11 started and saw he wasn’t there, all the students celebrated including me.
lame
Ok
Do you mean ‘spitting’?
Man, this show is so nostalgic. It's basically comfort television for me at this point.
You put him next to people who aren't his friends, and he bothers them and ruins their work. Put him next to his friends, he clowns them and bothers everyone. Same in Special ED. Worst kind of kid and this show is so dead on accurate about this phenomenon. Chris, idk if you read comments, but this is genuinely the best representation of High School life I have ever seen. Drama, comedy, or whatever in media. So spot on that I was confused, I thought this was a documentary until I read in on it lol. No joke. Wish this show was more popular where I lived and in US.
“It’s not that he’s slow at his work, it’s just that he doesn’t do it in general”
"Stop bullying me im in timeout"😂😂😂
october trademe *bothering me*
bothering*
october trademe 🤦🏾♂️
Yall rly be mishearing everything
I could not stop laughing at the two kids and their brilliant acting hahahahaha
typical Australian highschool classroom in a nutshell
Lol the Asian dude was my year 7 teacher ahahaha
No
No
No
was he your english teacher because i had mr chang for english aswell
It’s true
Polynesian kids at school in South Auckland who were not hardout into sports, church or music were like Jonah 100%
These type of kids always say miss like that 😂
I’m here after Netflix deleted summer heights high off Netflix 😡
What! Why? I'm guessing something about it is offensive to some idiot.
Tommy Fresh yes so many people can’t take a joke, cause apparently the charcter Jonah from Tonga is offensive to Polynesians but I know so many Polynesians who love this. The only people offended by it are non Polynesians
People can't grasp the critique Chris is trying to express through these characters
and then they dont take down cuties
This is 100% spot on Australian high school I love it, wish I could go back to those days !
I fkn hate Australian High schools they’re full of dumbnuts like him
The funniest (and saddest) thing is that it really ISN'T too removed from reality (p.s I'm Aussie and kids like Jonah were the bane of my high school existence)
Mogul Fogulbie that statement proves just how sad you really are mate success in high school means absolutely nothing
CubeRazn it’s so fun having people like them tho
S4lty Oblivion exactly otherwise how do u get through school without dying of boredom
1 second in and its instant high school vibes, chris really captured the australian public high school experience as a year 7 and 8 haha
Damn I realise this is me,I feel bad for my teachers now.
No one likes you, trust me.
ceirho your just a nerd mate lad prolly has mates just not gay boys who just wanna do all the work and listen to the teacher
@@jacobgabriel9530 wasteman
Jacob Gabriel imagine thinking it’s gay to get work done in school you fucking drop-kick
Autism.. it's me too
0:53 that student just take any more of Jonah, look at his face haha I love it!
“ I know u wanna wear it on the weekends” bruhhhhh😂😂😂😂
Is it weird that this is literally how everyone in our class behaves 🤣😭.
I don't even find this funny because it isn't even an exaggeration. Towards the end, I actually forgot that I was watching an adult act as a teenager and I started to feel sorry for the other students.
Wtf u on about
@@kalebhowell1082 its so realistic he forgot that its a show
@@kalebhowell1082 This shit is fairly normal in Australia. I would not be surprised by any of this in one of my classes
Mystery Man wtf u on about also?
JORDYY OFFICIIAL what gronk
“I know you want to wear it on the weekends.” 😂😂
Chris, start making more series PLEASE!!!!!
This scene wasnt deleted tho
oakeyjames it was just some parts that were deleted. This the full scene
It's more like an extended version of the scene in the show
omg what a throwback! who else is watching in 2021!
*when i had a kid like this in class, I would put the desk facing the board next to mine and then put a cardboard stand around him so that the only people who could see him were me and the front row of kids. And I'd always say the same thing, a clown can't perform without an audience. 100% would always work*
I'd like to see these two kids start a series together. They seem like pretty cool friends
"Miss stop disturbing the class they're working"
I thought that asian kid would've being too smart to have any classes with jonah
collingwoodrules go pies thats true cause hes my teacher now
caitlin sweeting does he teach maths
god you're shallow. when you're older you'll understand society
Stereotypic🙄
Summer Verity he goes for collingwood, what else would you expect.
Hell, there was about six kids like this in each of my classes
The guy who plays Stuart is my English teacher.
The Dolphinator that’s dope! Does he ever mention this show?
one of my teachers at school was chris lilleys cousin. They were so alike. It was a blast, he was also hilarious. Chris even dropped in one day to say hi when he was visiting family in town. This was around 2009ish.
I’m 52, live in Texas. Believe me when I tell you, every middle school/high school in the world has a “Jonah”. 😂
my favourite line is where he says he can keep his hat on because timeout isn't even real school lol - love Jonah. Had plenty of kids like him in my school and it felt really nostalgic to watch
Love to see some out takes!! The teacher would be struggling not to laugh
one of the best series australia has to offer fr!
Technically every scene is now deleted 😖
This documentary about Redbank Plains high is amazing
The teachers and students were brilliant actors.
Free Jonah!
This is actually my Year 8 English class ahaha, even looks like it
I remember when I use to watch this during year 8 class, my friend and I would go outside and sit on our phone cause you can download an app where you can watch this for free. Good old days and now I’m 20😭 time goin to fast
20 years old and can’t spell
This show is so nostalgic
Imagine your English teacher not even being in summer heights high.
Also, shout out to the old school OHP on Jonah’s time-out desk!
I went to Australian schools, I am white, weirdly enough the Austronesian kids I found usually didn't mess with people and were pretty decent people, despite being bigger and probably could beat you up easily if they wanted to. But in my schools it was mostly a minority of white kids that acted just like Jonah, god it's so similar, he hits the nail on the head. In my grade/year we had 2 guys just like Jonah, they were both white guys. I personally think they probably came from rough families and suffered from some kind of mental thing to be honest.
In Australia after year 10 is over, you are allowed to leave school, and only kids who want to stay go onto year 11 and 12, the year 11 and 12 are so quiet and calm because all of the kids like Jonah are basically gone.
We had students like this from year 7 to 10. Thankfully they didn't continue on to 11, and we could finally have classes that weren't disruptive.
Welp time to buy every Chris Lilley series on Blu-ray
This was literally me and my mates in school too. Now looking back, must've given our poor teachers mental breakdowns😬
why the hell did they take this off netflix chris is the oily one who had made me through quarantine
How did this end up in my recommendations in 2020 😂
Americans can’t comprehend how there’s no gunshots in the background
Been a supply teacher in high schools in Liverpool. This is too accurate to be funny.
whats a supply teacher? I went to school near parramatta
Liverpool, you poor thing
Literally every one in Australia had a Jonah in their class
I have him in every...single...class.... He looks so tired!! XD
Gold creek right ?
When can we see a new series
Dis da type of quality skits we need
That kid has the best name in the world
I WISH HE WOULD DEMAND MORE EPISODES
Gosh, I miss high school :(
I’m going into year 7 next if this is what it’s like I’m excited
Can’t believe this is an actual student
this is hilarious lmao
Rip to the kids that showed up on set only to have their parts deleted
imagine superwog and jonah together
He'd literally spend 99% of his lesson time facing a wall outside my classroom if I was teaching lol every school has a Jonah or 5. Teachers are just generally pretty weak.
I love how he went to Canterbury Boys before making this show
This show was amazing. I'm from the UK so it had been out for a while before I discovered it but man, absolutely hilarious.
the accuracy is amazing
Why is this show EXACTLY like what Australian public school is like it's like the sameee aha
Don’t you ever scroll through the comments and think “damn, I wish I commented that”
If Jonah went to the school in the islands, the teachers would’ve given him a big hiding before his parents 😂
Gran would sort him out
I know is humor and a parody or reality but many of us knew people like that. Forcing some unruly people to study not only gets unsuccessful but damaging for others who are at least trying to study. Thus, there should be some way to look for their interests (if they have any) without compromising the rest. Not everybody is willing or even able to conform to certain learning parameters (may be they are good at other things) and that’s simply how things are, denial or believing that everyone could adapt with enough patience is, for some cases, useless. I am not writing about those who have a bad phase or some psychological fixable problems but those whose personality is already cut in a way that won’t adapt to such systemic expectations.
Some people just have learning difficulties and don't discover it until they're out of school, this then making a student feel "dumb" or distracted because maybe there are problems at home or problems they're struggling with but don't even realise. There's a few reasons as to why there are students like this and i know this because I was one. I have dyslexia and through out my life teachers thought i didnt want to learn but in fact i didnt know how so instead of helping me they ignored me and what do people do when they get annoyed? Annoy others to seek attention. Sorry for not making much sense but i hope it gives you somewhat my perspective.
We all have the kids like the ones in green in class
And there’s always someone like Jonah
This is pretty much a perfect documentary of kids in Aussie schools.
I've witnessed far worse in High Schools in 1970s. Picture the boys changing rooms covered in spit balls of green snot and chewed paper, walls smashed and graphitied. It was probably worse than prison, more violent, lived in fear of being bashed every day. Most of the teachers were lazy, incompetent, didn't even try...High School in Melbourne.
I was identical to Jonah all through school. I miss those days. So much fun. Now being an adult is boring.... Soooo boring....
I can’t believe how relatable this is
Never gets old
This is so good I’m still wondering if the camera man was hidden or not😂
This class is well behaved compared to a lot of Aussie classrooms. Because it wouldn’t just be Jonah, there’d be at least 2 or 3 other clowns interacting with him. Meanwhile, the good kids would give up on trying to do any work and just start talking and not really doing their work. You’d end up with a couple of kids doing the work, a handful just staring into space and the rest just watching the clowns and enjoying the show.
Meanwhile the teacher will be seriously contemplating not coming back the next day and generally hating their life.
the teachers so real
This is the most Aussie thing I’ve ever seen
I’m an islander I used to act like this when I was a fob
Are these people actors
y e s
Of course- flippin great ones