ChocolatChaud@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agoPrivately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkPrivately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobswww.theguardian.comChocolatChaud@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squaremeliante@lemmy.ptlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 months agoIs it the ones privately educated that have the vice grip or is it that the ones that have the vice grip on the powerful UK jobs send their kids to private schools? Nepotism is real everywhere. And let’s not forget what a monarchy is.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoThe sales pitch for private education. Is the connections and networking it provides. So while both are clearly true. It is very much a refusal to look beyond such educational connections. That reinforces the strong grip on power.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoIt’s both. The networking with kids from private school and their parents is probably more valuable than the education that they receive.
Is it the ones privately educated that have the vice grip or is it that the ones that have the vice grip on the powerful UK jobs send their kids to private schools?
Nepotism is real everywhere. And let’s not forget what a monarchy is.
The sales pitch for private education. Is the connections and networking it provides.
So while both are clearly true. It is very much a refusal to look beyond such educational connections. That reinforces the strong grip on power.
It’s both. The networking with kids from private school and their parents is probably more valuable than the education that they receive.