it was guaranteed under the peace deal, but the question is, will khartoum honor the agreement? would it really let the south, with all its oil fields, go? or are the people here just months from another war? >> you know, look, there's angelo. >> okay, okay. >> that's angelo. >> the possibility of more fighting worries valentino deng's supporters. the school is just a short drive from the northern border, near what could be the front line. >> khartoum has never allowed anything like this to happen and none of their behavior would predict that they would allow this to happen peacefully. so there's a lot of fear, and a lot of people say, "how can you build a secondary school when there might be war a year from now?" but again, valentino has to always err on the side of hope and--and moving forward. um, so that's the greatest challenge, is that, will this school be used as a barracks a year from now? >> so are you optimistic or--or pessimistic? >> i am optimistic. >> after all the bad things you've seen and been through? >> well, the bad things i've seenappened r a reas. there is w