| Angela Rayner 15:31 - Jan 5 with 3484 views | controversial_jack |
Wiping the floor with Boris. I didn't think she had it in her, but she's amusing and forceful. It's good to see. |  | | |  |
| Angela Rayner on 21:38 - Jan 6 with 831 views | jack_lord |
" going to public school doesn’t make you smart nor privileged "
Privately educated children are four times more likely than state pupils to get straight As at A-level, and more than three times as likely to go to university. Just under half of the pupils accepted at Oxford and Cambridge universities come from the 7% of the population educated at private school.
Maybe it doesn't make them smart but the evidence is overwhelming. It gives a more privileged path to success. Conversely, almost 30% of children on free school meals did not get five good GCSEs when the above research was undertaken: two thirds of children from lower socio-economic groups do not make it to A-levels. Children on free school meals represent just a staggering 0.5% of all pupils gaining three As at A-level, the magic circle eligible for places at top universities.
Again, it doesn't make you smart. |  |
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| Angela Rayner on 22:09 - Jan 6 with 802 views | Whiterockin |
| Angela Rayner on 21:38 - Jan 6 by jack_lord |
" going to public school doesn’t make you smart nor privileged "
Privately educated children are four times more likely than state pupils to get straight As at A-level, and more than three times as likely to go to university. Just under half of the pupils accepted at Oxford and Cambridge universities come from the 7% of the population educated at private school.
Maybe it doesn't make them smart but the evidence is overwhelming. It gives a more privileged path to success. Conversely, almost 30% of children on free school meals did not get five good GCSEs when the above research was undertaken: two thirds of children from lower socio-economic groups do not make it to A-levels. Children on free school meals represent just a staggering 0.5% of all pupils gaining three As at A-level, the magic circle eligible for places at top universities.
Again, it doesn't make you smart. |
It's wrong, but life is all about opening doors and networking. This gives you a step up and increases the odds in your favour. |  | | |
| Angela Rayner on 07:39 - Jan 7 with 712 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
| Angela Rayner on 21:38 - Jan 6 by jack_lord |
" going to public school doesn’t make you smart nor privileged "
Privately educated children are four times more likely than state pupils to get straight As at A-level, and more than three times as likely to go to university. Just under half of the pupils accepted at Oxford and Cambridge universities come from the 7% of the population educated at private school.
Maybe it doesn't make them smart but the evidence is overwhelming. It gives a more privileged path to success. Conversely, almost 30% of children on free school meals did not get five good GCSEs when the above research was undertaken: two thirds of children from lower socio-economic groups do not make it to A-levels. Children on free school meals represent just a staggering 0.5% of all pupils gaining three As at A-level, the magic circle eligible for places at top universities.
Again, it doesn't make you smart. |
There’s also a large element of parents who take a greater interest in their childrens education while they are in private schooling. If you’re forking out 30 grand a term you want to make sure that money is being well spent. Too many parents don’t give a toss and that’s where kids suffer. | | | |
| Angela Rayner on 08:58 - Jan 7 with 692 views | Catullus |
| Angela Rayner on 07:39 - Jan 7 by Flynnidine_Zidownes |
There’s also a large element of parents who take a greater interest in their childrens education while they are in private schooling. If you’re forking out 30 grand a term you want to make sure that money is being well spent. Too many parents don’t give a toss and that’s where kids suffer. |
I doubt if our son will go to Uni. His teachers tell us he's bright enough just not interested enough. he's doing quite well for a disinterested kid but they all say he can still do better. Private schools, going to Uni, yes it can open doors to you but ourselves as parents, we are less concerned with him going to Uni and more concerned with him being happy.
If he decides he wants to leave school and get an apprenticeship we'll fully support that. We always impress upon him that his choices will decide his future but Uni isn't the be all and end all either. Try getting a tradesperson around and you'll know we could do with more people learning a trade rather than worrying about getting into a 'privileged' job. If he wants to be an electrician or a plumber, as long as he's happy, we're happy.
Saying that, a good education doesn't mean you are smarter or have more common sense and there's plenty of evidence for that. Also, going to certain Uni's seems to breed a certain attitude as captured onscreen and maybe known by us of a certain age as 'Sir Humphrey'!
The thing that is wrong is doors being closed because you haven't gone to the right school or the right uni.
After all Bojo got a good education and has a degree in 'classics' and apparently he can recite Homer's Iliad in Greek but what good is that in a Prime Minister? Having "magniloquent eloquence" doesn't seem so go useful when it make you sound like a fool.
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