@JuliaHB1 @belindawood99
"Up to the level needed for Oxbridge."
I just love an academic snob.
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@Guedella @belindawood99 and that, in one tweet, is precisely the problem. Yes, up to the level. Because Oxbridge is academically elite. -
@JuliaHB1 @belindawood99 There will always be elites but in order for a society to progress it is general standards that must rise. -
@Guedella @belindawood99 yes, why do you think those things are mutually exclusive? -
@JuliaHB1 @belindawood99 I don't but a conflict of interest does arise between OXbridge and the rest of the higher education system.
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@JuliaHB1 They also have no idea which colleges to apply to. My daughter got to Cambridge with no support or encouragement from local school -
@kevinwalshuk yes, very true.
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@cijane02@Fox_Claire@toadmeister when you see the breadth & depth of knowledge taught in top private (and grammar) schools, compared with - 1 more reply
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Hmm. You largely contradict this in your follow up comments, however. It's not to do with SS teaching., is it,
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@Jack_Marwood I don't contradict it at all -
You said 'same grades on paper, but their range of interests' is on a 'different level'. Can Range of Interests be taught?
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But probably not solely via school. Too simplistic to make it 'average comp' v 'best private'. Lots of average private schs too,
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@Jack_Marwood yes, but average private schools are not sending lots of kids to Oxbridge, are they? -
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@JuliaHB1. So your in original Tweet, the 'state' is redundant, then? Just not enough *schools* teach up to Oxbridge level? - 7 more replies
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@JuliaHB1@alfisutton@toadmeister many state schools have no real clue how to prepare students for the application process for Oxbridge -
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@alfisutton@toadmeister very true - or the teachers say "Oxbridge isn't for you, it's for posh people". -
@JuliaHB1@alfisutton@toadmeister perhaps on small scale, but mainly unfamiliarity. Help is out there but schools need to engage too.
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