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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Sigh. No, for the umpteenth time, my parents did not have plenty of money when I was at school. I went to non selective bog standard state schools.
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Sick of reading this now. Julia if you still don’t understand privilege & the advantages it gave you, you’re not clever, you’re a fool.
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As stated money and contacts are not the only kind of ‘privilege’.
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You may have been intelligent but I’m sure there would have been some far more intelligent teens who, because of their working class backgrounds, were rejected from Oxford. This to me is privilege.
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All research shows that poverty including poor housing, poor nutrition etc impacts on educational acheivement. All the things increasing under tories as cuts bite. It’s not aspiration it’s opportunity.
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As a teacher in an inner city school, the fact that your parents care about education and being aspirational counts for nothing. The same opportunities just aren't there for these children. That is a basic and honest fact. I wouldn't expect you to understand, I really wouldn't.
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Take your L, Julia. You’ve lost this one. Dumbass.
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Yes there literally is, how can you possibly dispute the nature of one’s social conditions and their belief in what’s possible for them to achieve. I thought you were clever?
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Children don't get to choose their parents. Being born to parents who care enough about their children's future to do what yours did, *is* privilege. It's privilege because a) it makes a huge difference to their future, and b) not everyone gets it.
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If your family support you, it is easier. It is not easy for those young people who grow up in poverty, are young carers, experience abuse etc. I was privileged in my education but not my background. I acknowledge that... why can't you?
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