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After Pre-College

Adamie Philie. Noah Matthew Jaaka
May 25, 2017
Kangiqsujuaq

"Don't be shy to ask questions."

Adamie Philie, Inuit

"Studying in the South is 10 times more difficult," Adamie Phillie tells his friend Noah, who will soon be leaving for an internship in Ontario. To reduce the gap, the Katavik School Board offers a one-year pre-college program for young Nunavik graduates. This year alone isn’t enough to guarantee success. Once in class, students must learn not to be afraid to disturb the group and to raise their hands if they need help. That's Adamie's advice to Noah. He knows, he's been there!

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Indoors. In a hallway is a large notice board, picture frames, and other posters on the walls. Two rugs overlap at the bottom of orange doors, one of which is open. Classrooms are accessible via blue, open doors. Hooks, shelves, and benches are placed in a corner. Across the front door is a black stone sculpture placed on a pedestal and a fresco showing a harpoon hunting scene takes up the whole wall.

Adamie Phillie

Apparently, I'll be going back, uh, to college…

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

…In a couple of months.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

That's cool.

Adamie Phillie

You know, the first year it’s not easy.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

No, it's not.

Adamie Phillie

‘Cause we’re from a small town, moving to a big city.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yes!

Adamie Phillie

So the culture, it's quite a huge difference, like you mentioned.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah, it’s huge… Yes, you know, from a small town to a big city, that's a big change.

Two young men come from the hallway on the right and stop in front of the two orange doors. They stand in front of each other and face the camera.

Adamie Phillie

Exactly, because here we know everybody and down south, like, our family’s not there.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

No…

Adamie Phillie

Our friends are not there, so we have no choice to go down south, ‘cause once we graduate up north.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

We don't have college up north, so we have no choice to move out of here then.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Exactly.

Adamie Phillie

So apparently, you'll be going.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah, I'm gonna go for four weeks in Cornwall.

Adamie Phillie

Okay!

Noah Matthew Jaaka

It's gonna be, uh, it’s gonna be for, uh, as an observer /communicator, I just hope it works out well. After that, if I pass, I’ll have to have another training here for four weeks, another four weeks, so…

Adamie Phillie

Yeah!

Noah Matthew Jaaka

I just hope it works out.

Adamie Phillie

It will work out right, great, ‘cause, uh… When you wanna learn, you learn quite a lot of new stuff, but if you don't ask questions, once you don't know what you’re looking at, don't be shy to ask questions.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

‘Cause my first year I was too shy to ask questions, so there was quite a few stuff that I didn't know before, so don't be shy to ask question…

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

…If you don’t know! And, like I mentioned, the education up north from down south is a huge difference.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Hmm…

Adamie Phillie

Because here we have a lack of education.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

No, it's not the same.

Adamie Phillie

It's not the same, it's twice as difficult as it is from up north, so…

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

That's why I'm not too sure if I'll raised my children here in the future…

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah!

Adamie Phillie

…Probably, I’ll prefer that they‘ll learn down south, cause they’ll learn a lot, the knowledge is bigger, and once we move up north to down south, it's difficult for everybody.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yes.

Adamie Phillie

Even for me, it was, was not easy!

Noah Matthew Jaaka

No!

Adamie Phillie

So, yeah! Will there be a project tonight?

Noah Matthew Jaaka

There’s a show going on at 6 o'clock, We should go check it out. They’re gonna show a couple, couple of clips that they filmed throughout the year.

Adamie Phillie

So it's like, uh, projects?

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah! There were at least maybe 5 different projects that they’re gonna show.

Adamie Phillie

Okay!

Noah Matthew Jaaka

That they filmed during the year.

Adamie Phillie

Let's go, check it out!

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Let's go!

Adamie Phillie

All right, cool!

The two young men go back to walking in the hallway and disappear at the end.

Noah Matthew Jaaka

Yeah, it’s the [Inaudible] that filmed… They did a pretty good job filming.

Adamie Phillie

Wow, interesting.

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