Toujin No Negoto　★　唐人の寝言

Following my quick introduction to the world of GTO in the post below, I have been watching the drama again. I'm sort of on the hunt for good, tacky, quotes to post on here and disect linguistically, and GTO, being largely a story of morals, is a great source.

The situation: Onizuka's student Kikuchi refuses to go to school to be taught by a teacher with such a low IQ. Kikuchi says he can learn nothing from Onizuka, so Onizuka decides to pay him a visit at his home. Onizuka calls Kikuchi out to the window, and stands in the rain, giving him a moving speech. It was actually really hard to pick up, so there may be errors. I'll get someone to check it for me later.

鬼塚：俺には・・・お前から教わることが何もない。
菊池：何だって？
鬼塚：だってお前の言ってること全部教科書に書いてあるんだからよ。　毎日毎日お前そんなもんばっか脳みそ詰め込んで楽しいか？　毎日先のことばかり考えて楽しいか？　人間って言うのはよ・・・本当は今もっと大切に生きなきゃまずいんじゃないのか？　今日一日を大切に生きとくべきなんじゃないのか？

Onizuka: ore ni ha... omae kara osowaru koto ga nanimo nai.
Kikuchi: nan datte?
Onizuka: datte omae no itteru koto zenbu kyoukashou ni kaite arun da kara yo. mainichi mainichi omae sonna mon bakka noumiso tsumekonde tanoshii ka? mainichi saki no koto bakari kangaete tanoshii ka? ningen tte iu no ha yo... hontou ha ima motto taisetsu ni ikinakya mazuin janai no ka? kyou ichinichi wo taisetsu ni ikitoku beki nan janai no ka?

Onizuka: For me... there's nothing I can be taught by you.
Kikuchi: Huh?
Onizuka Well, it's because everything you say is written in a texbook. Is pouring those things into your brain fun? Is thinking about your future fun? Humans have to cherish their lives more, right? You should cherish every day, shouldn't you?

Wow that didn't turn out as natural sounding as I thought, but meh. It's interesting no note that Onizuka was using a water hose to make fake rain, which he promptly turns off after his speech. The only reason he actually gave the speech was to win a bet.

教わる osowaru - to be taught
教科書 kyoukasho - textbook
脳みそnoumiso - brains
詰め込む tsumekomu - to cram in, to stuff
先 saki - the future
べき beki - have to, should