Is it wrong that privately educated, middle classed people take most of the top jobs?

Of course its wrong the worse part is when they act like they deserve it or have actually achieved anythin.

people are assuming firstly that everyone who goes to a private school is filthy rich with million of connections. this is just not true.

my parents have put 5 of us through private school at great expense and have sacrificed a lot, so the assumptions people are making here are ridiculous.

I'm sorry, but with our current labour government, if you are poor you get EMA so you can do A-Levels and all this money thrown at you when you go to university. It is middle class parents who get no benefits from this mean tested stuff, and they don't take into account how many children you have!

Middle class pay the most taxes to send you to your state schools, but then if anyone went to a primary private school the government refuse to put lollipop ladies in the private school zone.

If the 7% who are privately educated entered the state system, the government would be able to cope even less, and education would be even more rubbish.

And finally, it is not wrong that privately educated, middle classes take the top jobs, it is inevitable...

they have more aspirations... surrounded by doctors, lawyers, accountants
the need to maintain their current standard of life is recognised (aspire for a well paying job)
they are generally more confident & eloquent... (perform better at interview)
find it easier to relate to adults in powerful positions (again, likely to perform better at interview)

People need to stop the envy of people who go to private schools. It is ridiculous.

I saw a report in the paper the other day which said that if you're not born into a middle-classed family and sent to a private school (or at least a grammar) it is almost impossible to reach a top position in many professions such as law, medicine and government.

Is this true? A friend of mine is currently applying to law firms in London and he has not been to a private school but he says that the vast majority of people he meets there have (and most have been to Oxbridge).

Is it right that these people are essentially inheriting positions of power and wealth? What can we do to make our society more meritocratic?

It's the nepotism that gets on my wick

people are assuming firstly that everyone who goes to a private school is filthy rich with million of connections. this is just not true.

my parents have put 5 of us through private school at great expense

It is middle class parents who get no benefits from...

Middle class pay the most taxes to send you to your state schools, but then if anyone went to a primary private school the government refuse to put lollipop ladies in the private school zone.

If the 7% who are privately educated entered the state system, the government would be able to cope even less, and education would be even more rubbish.

And finally, it is not wrong that privately educated, middle classes take the top jobs, it is inevitable...

If everything you say and seem to stand for is true people like Alan Sugar would not be where they are today.

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I disagree that privately educated quite often means better educated. I know many people who have been to state schools (myself included) who have gained better GCSEs than those at private schools. Moreover, education isn't always academic, and I strongly believe that state schools provide a more well-rounded education, thus producing broad-minded individuals which are highly valued by employers.

So instead of engaging in my arguments you have just dismissed them with ad-hominem attacks? Good stuff. Really shows your intellectual abilities.

Boo ******* hoo

Shut up and get back to playing with Bullbarings.

Do you mean bullbearings?

They might have a big mortgage or a large family or expensive bills or in a lot of debt.

Are you saying its wasn't endorsed by Nick Leason?

Its sweet you're standing up for it

Parents fault.

Well, there are a few different systems. It all started in Rome when they had to divide people into the lower classes which had to do military service and the upper that did not, and systems follow from there. Marx had his own system.

The most famous system would be Registrar General's:
I - professionals
II - Managerial
IIIA - skilled non-manual
IIIB - skilled manual
IV - Semi-skilled manual
V - non-skilled manual.

Clearly referring to profession. The chances of you being born into class V and moving to class III and above are pretty minimal, even if you are extremely talented when you are born.

The correlation between the class you are in and health is pretty amazing - in one part of Glasgow the life expectancy is 82, and in a neighboring, less-wealthy area it is some 28 years less at 56 (less than quite a few African countries). In the past (as recently as 25 years ago) the government actually tried to hide that this was true!

. Regardless of your experience, private schools have smaller class sizes, better facilities, and better teachers.

. I don't doubt you yourself would of benefited a great deal if you had gone private.

My brother for instance was failed by the state sector.

I went to a private school, and was taught by fantastic mathematicians (indeed both my teachers graduated in mathematics from Cambridge), and was pushed much more than he was. Consequentially I did better, and went to a better university. I don't think I'm any more clever than he is, I just had better opportunities.

You do realize that sports & other extra curricular activities are far more varied in private schools? Not to mention there are often much more subjects on offer to study. How on earth do you gain a more rounded education in the state sector - please elaborate.