My route into journalism? Comp school, state sixth form college, writing for the uni paper while at Oxford, work experience at the Times while I stayed in a squat, journalism college, a year on a local newspaper in East End of London on £9k... Yep, privileged all the way. https://twitter.com/owenjones84/status/987229001151369216 …
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I went to Oxford. I don't describe myself as intelligent, but as someone who was fortunate to be given opportunities which meant I could apply. I know many intelligent people who had far less opportunities than me and never went to Uni. Education does not dictate intelligence.
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Then I would suggest you’re not very intelligent. I know plenty of VERY clever people who didn’t go to Oxbridge or to uni at all. But almost all of the people I met at Oxford were very clever, regardless of their educational background.
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I believe I was lucky to be given opportunities and the tutors kind enough to give me a chance. I am a teacher so I'm not stupid. Holding a different opinion to you does not mean I am any less or more intelligent tbh

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I didn’t say that it did, did I? I think not recognising one’s own intelligence is pretty dumb. I went to a camp but I didn’t need extra help from my tutors. Really not sure what your problem is with me saying I got into a good uni because of my own brains not my family.
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Julia, if you had grown up on an inner city estate you would not have gotten in to Oxbridge. No matter how educated you were. Education alone does not guarantee access. Your background carries a lot of weight.
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There are some amazing schools doing just that for kids from those backgrounds right now. But yes, of course being a middle class kid makes it FAR easier. But that isn’t the same as being “privileged” in the way that was originally being implied.
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Lol, that’s almost the dictionary definition of privilege.
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“I’m not privileged, things are just easier for me because of my background”
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You hide it really really well.
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Not as well as you do.
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Oh wow look at that Oxford education in action, that's such an original and unexpected reply, which totally disproves my point.
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It made me laugh anyway.
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You’re a middle aged woman acting with all the grace and class of a Milo Yiannopolous troll. Why don’t you go to breitbart where you can finally start to express and explore all the repressed intolerance and bigotry bubbling away just under the surface? You’re god awful.
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Well you didn’t get there on modesty ,obviously!
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What’s immodest about explaining that simple fact? If I wasn’t from a privileged background & went to a comp but still got the grades to get into Oxford, why do YOU think I got in? Do tell. I remember when Labour was a party of aspiration...
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Our son went to Oxford from a comp but has the humility to realise there are different types of intelligence
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When did I suggest there was only one type of intelligence? My husband and two best friends all left their comp schools at 16. All three very clever. What was the point you thought you were making?
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Thelma, Julia is a thoroughly horrible person with vile views. She just wants to be famous. She is best ignored.
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You seem really nice though.
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Just calling it as I see it.
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