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> They had exactly the same education. Exactly the same opportunities. a working class boy has the same education and opportunities as a boy going to a boardin

> They had exactly the same education. Exactly the same opportunities. a working class boy has the same education and opportunities as a boy going to a boarding school? At my school I was expected to become a builder, farm hand or similar. Its only because I had parents with enough time and education to _expect_ me to be different. My genetics are not superior, had I been adopted at 3 weeks and given to a posh couple, I'd have been a lawyer, or "business man". Had I been given to an inner city working class couple, most likely I'd be in jail now, knowing the shit I got up to as teenager.

globular-toast 6y ago
> a working class boy has the same education and opportunities as a boy going to a boarding school? I didn't say that, but even within the same school, people end up doing different things. I went to one of the worst schools in the country. When it was closed down the OFSTED report said it was in the "most deprived area in the country". We could certainly talk about the differences in opportunities between being rich and being poor in this country. The class system is alive and well. No matter how hard I try I will never be part of the elite Oxbridge club in this country. And realistically speaking poor people can't become rich just by hard work. Being rich requires inheritance. But that's a different issue. Rich people have just as many girls as boys. Rich girls have far more opportunities than poor boys, yet still we see more boys end up in tech than girls. You might say the same barriers exist throughout all layers of society, but then tell me why if I go on Github and pick any random project, it was in all likelihood written by a man? There are rich women out there with not a shred of responsibility and all the time in the world to dedicate to programming. But they don't. Because they don't want to.

globular-toast 6y ago

> a working class boy has the same education and opportunities as a boy going to a boarding school? I didn't say that, but even within the same school, people end up doing different things. I went to one of the worst schools in the country. When it was closed down the OFSTED report said it was in the "most deprived area in the country". We could certainly talk about the differences in opportunities between being rich and being poor in this country. The class system is alive and well. No matter how hard I try I will never be part of the elite Oxbridge club in this country. And realistically speaking poor people can't become rich just by hard work. Being rich requires inheritance. But that's a different issue. Rich people have just as many girls as boys. Rich girls have far more opportunities than poor boys, yet still we see more boys end up in tech than girls. You might say the same barriers exist throughout all layers of society, but then tell me why if I go on Github and pick any random project, it was in all likelihood written by a man? There are rich women out there with not a shred of responsibility and all the time in the world to dedicate to programming. But they don't. Because they don't want to.