ChocolatChaud@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days agoPrivately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
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minus-squaremeliante@lemmy.ptlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days 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-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoIt’s both. The networking with kids from private school and their parents is probably more valuable than the education that they receive.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days 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.
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.
It’s both. The networking with kids from private school and their parents is probably more valuable than the education that they receive.
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.