THE END OF PLAY TIME Hi, l'm Felipe. Hey, what's that? Erase that thing, oh!
This is my brother, Pedro. l liked that hair! ln my house is like that, day after day.
. . We have breakfast, get dressed, get handsome and go to school.
Hey, wait a minute! Give me a hug! - Have a good class!
Bye. - Bye, mom! Hey, hey, hey!
No! Wait! That day there was a very different thing.
lf l tell you, you won't even believe. ln the National Congress, a bill that intends to improve education in Brazil will be voted tomorrow. The author, Senator Cola&Mela, believes that children will have more time to study.
Huh! They want to put an end to our time to play? Are they crazy?
After the voting, the project can be implemented at any time. ln Brasilia, the Senator gives more information about the project. The time to play is a delay, it's a complete waste of time.
Children should be in the classroom, Iearning the necessary content to improve our rates. . .
PIB, IDH, PIS PASEP, INAMPS, IRPF, ENEM, Prova Brasil, And to increase the profit of our companies. l mean, of our country. No more time to play!
The time to play in the schools has to finish. Mom! !
! …the project may become a law at any time. Ending our time to play!
That day, going to school, l couldn't think of anything else. Popular news. The National Congress informs.
The National Congress announces a change, a bill that will put an end to kid's time to play. Yeah! lt's a new and globalized Brazil.
It's the end of the time to play. NO MORE SCHOOL PLAY TIME That day didn't come across as a regular day. At school, eveyone kept talking about that.
It was a general sadness. What could we do? Who was it?
Who threw the paper plane? lf that happens once again, you'll be left without time to play. What's the point?
Next week we won't have time to play anyway. lt's already on TV! We won't have time to play any longer!
That bill was only created to make us more anxious! That's true! That's true!
Folks, you won't solve anything like this. Calm down! Don't act like this.
Easy! Not so. l was really sad.
How could someone think of ending with our coolest thing? And then they say that the time to play is a waste of time. Just look at how many cool things we do!
Felipe, let's play hide and seek! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. .
. Felipe, let's go! Go, go, go!
Let's go! . .
. 16, 17, 18, 19. .
. . .
. 28, 29, 30, 31. Here l come!
WAREHOUSE STUDENTS FORBIDDEN Felipe! Felipe, what are you doing there? - What's that?
- It's a camera. Come on! We can't stay here.
Let's go, dude. - Say something. - Let's go, dude.
We can't stay here. - Say something. - We can’t stay here.
- Say something. What do you want me to say? They're filming it.
lt was like that. Without even realizing, everything started. Yep.
. . l've never thought this game would become such a big deal.
Our time to play is like this. . .
Only 15 minutes, but we are in charge. Just look around the girls. They created this choreography.
And the games with the hands. . .
Look at this. And even had a boy with a message to the Senator. .
Look at him. That day, l wanted to film the fun and the games, but eveyone was talking about the same thing: the end of the time to play. Senator, l know the reason you want to put an end to our time to play.
Because you are not remembering your past. You no longer know what it means to be a child. What childhood means.
You've lost the meaning of the word to play. We are going to get sad. We will not want to come back to school.
We will not want anything else. l can't imagine why they want to put an end to our time to play. We can't just study and study.
We need a time to play as well. And we want to enjoy our time as a child. This moment in life.
lf they are thinking like this, they're crazy. We want time to play! We want time to play!
1, 2, 3. . .
Hey, hey, hey. . .
What's that? Who allowed you to pick up this camera, huh? You two!
To the principal's office. Come on! No giggle.
You both, sit there. l don't want a peep until Fatima arrives. Is that clear?
Look Cleber, l’m watching you. Cleber rocked it! What have you two done this time?
What’s all this, to get equipment from school without permission? May I ask what the two guys were filming? Oh, Cleber.
. . Now we are talking.
. . And you two now.
. . Right to your classroom.
And don't make a fuzz in the hallways. Go! They can't do that.
They were children once and they lived it. lf they cut the time to play, they will leave half of me, because playing is my life. lt's the children from the 5th grade.
Take a look at this. Who would’ve ever imagined that someone would want to watch our video. We study, we learn, but we also like to play to chill out a little.
Our school principal had the idea to put our video on the internet. And it rocked! They are crazy.
They are not thinking. So that's why it's unfair to put an end to our time to play! After the internet, we even went to the news.
Success on the internet. Children’s video bursts on the web. The time to play should continue?
Children say yes, but the Senator strikes back: children should be in the classroom. Children show the importance of the time to play. The financial market supports the Senator and declares: children should be more profitable.
Recordings made by children from a public school appeared online and reached 10 million views. Students from a municipal school in Curitiba are responsible for these strong testimonials. Just look at what they did!
Why do they want to put an end to our time to play? It's unfair! The Senator is crazy.
He is nuts! He's not making sense at all. We want time to play!
We want time to play! The images run the country and unleash many reactions and protests. ln Curitiba, the mood is tense in front of schools.
Children refuse to go to class without having assurances that the time to play will continue. l want images, roll VT. Time to Play!
Time to Play! Time to Play! They are being mean.
l don't want to see the end of the time to play. Time to Play! Time to Play!
Time to Play! ln a surprising indication of children’s organization, hundreds of children gathered in front of the school to claim their right to play. The civil defense has been called into action to follow up this strike and to assure to safety of the children.
Take easy, children. It's not up to you. Making protests won't lead you anywhere.
ln Brazil, protests that defend the time to play are spread throughout the country. A peaceful wave of claims. Artists, unions and drivers have joined the children's mobilization in defense of the time to play.
A single march brought together over six million people in São Paulo. Children have stopped the country for a week, gathering attention throughout the whole world. Heads of state of over 50 countries have stated their support for children's claims.
National Senate divided. The time to play should continue? A wave of protests caused disturbance in Brasilia.
Demonstrations towards time to play are spread throughout the world. Teachers on strike advertise: we stand by the children. And now, Senator?
Final decision. The Senate votes tomorrow the bill that can put an end to the time to play. l remember as if it was today.
ln the day of the final decision, the teacher turned on the TV in our classroom. The wave of mobilizations towards the time to play certainly influenced the Senators. Today, they decided to turn down the bill that would’ve put an end to the time to play.
Senator Armando Cola&Mela, annoyed by this outcome, has disappeared. He is being sought by the ethic council since then. That's the end of our story.
And some people say that protest wouldn't lead you anywhere. Who would have imagined, huh?
