Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain /
by Verkaik, Robert.
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BookPublisher: London : Oneworld, 2018Description: viii, 392 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781786073839 (hbk.) :; 1786073838 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 373.222 VERSubject(s): Endowed public schools (Great Britain) | Elite (Social sciences) -- Great Britain | Education | Education | Great Britain -- Social conditionsSummary: 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?
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| 373.1109 SEC The secret teacher : dispatches from the classroom. | 373.1141 BUR Supporting teaching & learning in schools / | 373.222 CAD The school that escaped the Nazis / | 373.222 VER Posh boys : how the English public schools ruin Britain / | 374 DAI Adult learning, adult teaching | 374.0124 FEL RaW voices: true stories of hardship and hope | 374.1102 HIL Reflective teaching in further and adult education |
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?
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