Any group is surrounded by people who cop the attitude but don't have the talent. Think of all the wannabe rockstars who focus on the drugs and the groupies, or

Any group is surrounded by people who cop the attitude but don't have the talent. Think of all the wannabe rockstars who focus on the drugs and the groupies, or the people who can't write, but mimic Sartre in coffee and cigarettes. In the case of Oxbridge (and others?) the opposite effect is also important. There are a lot of smart people around those towns who aren't connected to the university. Often they don't get the respect they deserve from university folks, because they don't have the attitude and the style and the in-jokes.