1 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:21,653 Okay Ned, you've got 90 minutes. 2 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:24,890 Any subject you like, time starts now. 3 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:33,899 We all have one thing we're ashamed of. 4 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:37,269 The memory of one moment so embarrassing 5 00:00:37,271 --> 00:00:39,538 we don't think we'll ever get over it. 6 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:43,776 A moment that still wakes us at four A.M. sweating. 7 00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:47,546 My terrible moment happened because I was afraid, 8 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:49,815 I was afraid because I lost the only true friend 9 00:00:49,817 --> 00:00:51,650 I'd ever known. 10 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,453 People do bad things out of fear. 11 00:01:01,594 --> 00:01:06,231 For me, the good life ended when Mum died a few years back. 12 00:01:06,233 --> 00:01:08,167 Suddenly, Dad married Natalie. 13 00:01:08,169 --> 00:01:10,903 They were living in Dubai and I was in boarding school 14 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:12,404 in the middle of nowhere. 15 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:15,040 A school where rugby was a religion. 16 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:16,942 Where I was persecuted daily. 17 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:18,343 I mean, legally you guys shouldn't be able 18 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:20,112 to force me to go to school. 19 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:22,014 Legally I'm basically an adult. 20 00:01:22,016 --> 00:01:24,183 You're basically an adult but you're actually like 16. 21 00:01:24,185 --> 00:01:26,819 Yes, 16 is your actual age. 22 00:01:26,821 --> 00:01:28,053 Which is why the idea of us letting 23 00:01:28,055 --> 00:01:29,855 you leave school is absurd. 24 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:31,957 So you're pretty much sending me to gaol? 25 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,560 Even prisoners make an effort to fit in. 26 00:01:34,562 --> 00:01:38,597 They do jigsaws together, play ping pong with each other. 27 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:40,766 Could you please listen to yourself 28 00:01:40,768 --> 00:01:42,301 for the briefest of moments? 29 00:01:42,303 --> 00:01:43,535 Excuse me? 30 00:01:43,537 --> 00:01:45,104 Ned, conforming is part of being a grown up... 31 00:01:45,106 --> 00:01:46,872 and letting you leave school early would be sending 32 00:01:46,874 --> 00:01:48,707 you to gaol, in a way. 33 00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:50,843 Boys that leave school at your age doom themselves 34 00:01:50,845 --> 00:01:53,078 to a life of sweeping up supermarket floors. 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,413 Dad was obsessed with 36 00:01:54,415 --> 00:01:56,115 the guys who swept supermarket floors. 37 00:01:56,117 --> 00:01:57,950 And then crime, naturally. 38 00:01:57,952 --> 00:02:00,119 Nat, Adam Quinn's boy, he was expelled 39 00:02:00,121 --> 00:02:02,654 from school last year, now apparently, he's a bum in Paris. 40 00:02:02,656 --> 00:02:04,156 No way, really? 41 00:02:04,158 --> 00:02:07,392 Yes, reading his poetry on the Metro for money. 42 00:02:07,394 --> 00:02:10,229 Practically begging, it's desperately sad. 43 00:02:10,231 --> 00:02:11,997 So just think about that. 44 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:14,099 A bum in Paris. 45 00:02:14,101 --> 00:02:15,834 I would've loved that. 46 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:18,403 But was I bad enough to get expelled? 47 00:02:18,405 --> 00:02:20,072 This year would tell. 48 00:03:42,088 --> 00:03:44,323 Have my own room, magical. 49 00:03:44,325 --> 00:03:47,192 Did you just say you have your own room? 50 00:03:47,194 --> 00:03:48,827 No way, let me see. 51 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:51,430 Oh. 52 00:03:51,432 --> 00:03:54,166 Ladies and gentlemen, my tormenter-in-chief. 53 00:03:54,168 --> 00:03:55,234 Okay. 54 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:58,604 Maybe the reason you have your own room 55 00:03:58,606 --> 00:04:01,573 is so nobody gets bummed, you know, 56 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,242 in the middle of the night. 57 00:04:03,244 --> 00:04:05,377 And hello to you too, Weasel. 58 00:04:05,379 --> 00:04:06,812 I trust the summer treated you well. 59 00:04:06,814 --> 00:04:11,083 I trust the summer treated you well. 60 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:14,052 Oh, you are an utter bender. 61 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:17,322 Weasel, you fucking ledge, I haven't seen you in ages. 62 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:18,390 Alright. 63 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:21,893 Back to gaol. And just like prison, 64 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:24,429 if nobody likes who you really are, 65 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:28,433 then buddy, you'd better hide yourself away. 66 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:31,203 Here's an example, for English essays, 67 00:04:31,205 --> 00:04:33,372 I stole the lyrics from obscure songs, 68 00:04:33,374 --> 00:04:36,675 the very old Mr Fatrell would never know. 69 00:04:36,677 --> 00:04:38,377 But it was a private joke. 70 00:04:38,379 --> 00:04:40,312 But nobody else knew the songs 71 00:04:40,314 --> 00:04:42,281 or cared one way or the other. 72 00:04:42,283 --> 00:04:45,617 Everyone at Wood Hill College was obsessed with rugby. 73 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:47,519 And I didn't hate rugby but what happened 74 00:04:47,521 --> 00:04:49,221 if you didn't love it? 75 00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:54,726 Yeah, that sound means gay. 76 00:04:55,528 --> 00:04:57,896 I have no idea why it means that 77 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:00,732 but believe me, I heard it a lot. 78 00:05:01,901 --> 00:05:03,335 I should explain. 79 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,472 Gay means crap, bad, or different 80 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,608 and the fear of being in any way different 81 00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:12,678 ran through our school from top to bottom. 82 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,180 Ask the lady to dance and then, you know, 83 00:05:15,182 --> 00:05:18,517 you get into a sort of a... member it's kind of that 84 00:05:18,519 --> 00:05:21,186 but do not do that, okay. 85 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:22,854 So, any questions? 86 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:25,424 There were other kinds of schools, of course. 87 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:28,493 Cool, modern-day schools where anything went. 88 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:29,628 But not here. 89 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:37,102 Today, we're gonna be looking at... 90 00:05:37,104 --> 00:05:39,071 talking about sexual identity 91 00:05:39,073 --> 00:05:42,441 to anyone in our school, that was like staring at the sun. 92 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:45,010 Have you any idea? 93 00:05:47,715 --> 00:05:49,481 It seemed, you could be whoever you liked 94 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,683 out in the world. 95 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:02,294 But our school wasn't a part of the world. 96 00:06:02,296 --> 00:06:05,097 Firstly, some sad news. 97 00:06:05,099 --> 00:06:07,733 After a short illness our dear colleague 98 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:11,136 and friend, Glen Fatrell, has passed on... 99 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:19,077 ...which will mean some reshuffling 100 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:21,146 in the English department. 101 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:24,316 In honour of our recently deceased English teacher, 102 00:06:24,318 --> 00:06:26,318 one victorious student will be chosen 103 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,053 to represent the school in 104 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,756 the National Essay Writing Competition. 105 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:33,925 There is a first prize of five grand... 106 00:06:38,664 --> 00:06:41,266 ...as a donation to the school. 107 00:06:43,170 --> 00:06:44,236 Now... rugby. 108 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,811 Did you ever meet an adult who wishes 109 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:54,312 they were a kid again? 110 00:06:54,314 --> 00:06:57,048 That was our headmaster, Walter. 111 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:04,456 This school has won 17 senior cups. 112 00:07:06,225 --> 00:07:10,595 But it has been a long decade since the last. 113 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:14,466 We have a fine crop of players. 114 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:18,703 The entire school needs to support our fantastic coach, 115 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:23,842 Mr Pascal O???Keeffe. 116 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:27,913 As for this guy, rumour had it Pascal's wife left him 117 00:07:27,915 --> 00:07:31,249 because he was too obsessed with rugby. 118 00:07:32,985 --> 00:07:36,655 And that - that's the guy who changed everything. 119 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:43,195 Guys, guys. 120 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:57,108 Now young man, before we show your mother your digs, 121 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:59,945 I need you to promise me something, 122 00:07:59,947 --> 00:08:01,146 I'm told you left your old school 123 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:03,782 for repeated and persistent fighting? 124 00:08:03,784 --> 00:08:05,217 We're happy to educate you as long 125 00:08:05,219 --> 00:08:09,421 as that kind of behaviour remains in your past, understood? 126 00:08:09,423 --> 00:08:10,489 Follow me. 127 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,961 Get out of that bin Kennedy and cease your egregious playing. 128 0...
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