No, the main problem is that not enough state schools teach pupils up to the level needed for Oxbridge. https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/676041374349860864 …
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@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister How do you know what their range of knowledge and interests is? -
@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister because I have seen it myself in state & private schools, and when I went to Oxford from a
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@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister First week at Grammar school my daughters came home with posh sounding voices! Truly!! -
@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister Its the overall approach. Who they meet! Who knows who? A bit unfair!! But these are cleverest? -
@mummygirl@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister did I say they were the cleverest? No, but they are the best educated. Not the same thing. -
@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister Mine are hard working. I never had to make them do homework. So it's attitudes too! No swearing
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@cijane02@Fox_Claire@toadmeister all of the above, would be my guess. -
@JuliaHB1@cijane02@Fox_Claire@toadmeister when I went to Oxford from state school key difference was confidence not knowledge -
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@shinpad1@samtwiselton@JuliaHB1@cijane02@Fox_Claire@toadmeister U can't imagine how nasty that sounds when applied to real kids I teach -
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@shinpad1@samtwiselton@JuliaHB1@cijane02@Fox_Claire@toadmeister It was the wrong word to choose :) - 1 more reply
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@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister If you let disadvantaged go to Oxbridge, then great!! But not at the expense of mediocre.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister Mine are Oxbridge. Not money!! Merit. Grammar. But all girls too! Altrincham. We've no money!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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