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>But yes, once you're in, you're 'set' and they do protect each other, it's similar to Oxbridge and Ivy League to some degree. Just two weeks ago the headmaste
by razakel 7y ago
>But yes, once you're in, you're 'set' and they do protect each other, it's similar to Oxbridge and Ivy League to some degree.
Just two weeks ago the headmaster of a prestigious private school in the UK claimed that the rise in Oxbridge admissions from students educated at state schools was a form of "social engineering" and likened it to anti-Semitism.
>Privately educated pupils in the UK are also being accused of dominating the top jobs and stifling social mobility
Huh, it's almost as if... they actually do.
"Meritocracy" for these people really means "quis paget entrat".
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/11/head-likens-criticism-of-private-schools-to-antisemitic-abuse https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/11/head-liken...
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> "quis paget entrat". Um, what? Only one out of three of those is actually a word.
- mcguire 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_in-jokes_in_Private_Eye https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_in-jokes_in_Privat...