Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain /
Verkaik, Robert.
Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain / Robert Verkaik. - London : Oneworld, 2018. - viii, 392 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Imagine a world where leaders are able to pass power directly to their children. These children are plucked from their nurseries and sent to beautiful compounds far away from all the other children. They are provided with the best teachers, facilities, doctors and food. Every day they are told this is because they are the brightest and most important children in the world. Years later they are presented with the best jobs, the grandest houses and most of the money. Through their networks of friends and family they control the government, the army, the police and the country's finances. They claim everyone is equal, that each person has a chance to become a leader. But this isn't true. If such a world existed today wouldn't we say it was unfair, even corrupt?
9781786073839 (hbk.) : 16.99 1786073838 (hbk.) : 16.99
Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
Elite (Social sciences)--Great Britain.
Education.
Education.
Great Britain--Social conditions.
LA635
373.222 VER
Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain / Robert Verkaik. - London : Oneworld, 2018. - viii, 392 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Imagine a world where leaders are able to pass power directly to their children. These children are plucked from their nurseries and sent to beautiful compounds far away from all the other children. They are provided with the best teachers, facilities, doctors and food. Every day they are told this is because they are the brightest and most important children in the world. Years later they are presented with the best jobs, the grandest houses and most of the money. Through their networks of friends and family they control the government, the army, the police and the country's finances. They claim everyone is equal, that each person has a chance to become a leader. But this isn't true. If such a world existed today wouldn't we say it was unfair, even corrupt?
9781786073839 (hbk.) : 16.99 1786073838 (hbk.) : 16.99
Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
Elite (Social sciences)--Great Britain.
Education.
Education.
Great Britain--Social conditions.
LA635
373.222 VER