He is responsible for a class of 14 boys aged between 13 and 15. He works closely with his pupils’ families to try to keep the boys focused on their education, based on simple rules: a green card for a first infraction, yellow for the second, and after that boys are kept back after class. These boys are relatively lucky; other Gypsy children attend institutions for the mentally disabled, among other reasons, because they have not passed – or more likely, never sat – a state education test that assesses a child’s aptitude and abilities for learning at the age of six.