The transcript

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Prue Macsween: But it’s a number of issues. I mean, the, the woman is put into this room with all these special needs kids, so many of them, she should have - for a start, it’s a reflection of the bad system. These special needs kids should not be in a class with or-, you know, kids that don’t have special needs for a start, so, you know, we need to throw more money at the education system, make sure that these kids are properly administered to because they almost need one-on-one help –
Paul Murray: Yeah but, but I disagree there. I, I, I [Andrew O’Keefe: Yeah, I disagree with that too] I think that they should. I think that as much as possible–
Prue: I know I know what (all you intelligentsia?) are saying.
Paul: No, no, no. That’s rubbish.
Prue: No, it is. It’s (all police stuff?).
Paul: Come one, come on, come one. No, no, no.
Andrew: It depends on the nature of the special needs.
Paul: What they need is two teachers in the room to be able to make sure that there’s one who can cover the gap, but, but you can’t just -
Prue: No. I’m sorry I don’t agree with you.
Paul: It’s about socialising. It’s not about-
Prue: I understand that but if they’re disrupt-.
Paul: It’s not[ a lefty thing?]...
Prue: What about the kids who are quite – normal, normal and adequately able to understand. They’re being held back. It’s like girls going into school-school rooms with bloody boys. Boys are so retarded, they keep them back. (Andrew O’Keefe laughs) I mean I honestly think that we need to make sure that we have these special needs kids put somewhere where they are prop-properly trained and then slowly, once they are in a capacity of being able to-
Andrew: We’re getting head of ourselves here. That’s next week’s topic. Are all boys retarded?
Prue: Well, you are (laughs).
Andrew: I’m looking forward to hearing your views on that.

No wonder we find it so hard to get a fair go for our kids in this country!! Thank God that this is not the opinion of the people I meet - some might have been wary but they ahve been pretty easy to 'win over' - as any fair minded person should be to compelling argument - that our kids (yes 'those' to Prue) have the same rights as any kids ...