“I’m not privileged, things are just easier for me because of my background”
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Congratulations on returning to your roots with your present work
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Brilliant x
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my son is applying to Oxford this year and stands a great chance of being accepted. He goes to a state school, has received NO assistance from anyone. If he gets in it will be ALL down to his own hard graft and brains. You cannot simply say Oxford/Uni is only for the privaleged
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There a many great state schools that do that these days. My own area has 3. Only one of them is non selective though. Oh, and not one of them is an inner city school.
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Worth noting that I was talking about those that applied for uni back in the 1980s. The numbers were much smaller, thus the places far fewer. Thus, to get into Oxford back then could have been said to be a privilege, rather than just for the privileged. There is a difference.
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That said, nearly 40 years later, it is still easier for the privileged to get into elite universities than it is for state school students to enjoy the same privilege.https://www.tes.com/news/privileged-pupils-10-times-more-likely-attend-elite-universities …
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Why do we always blame the system? Instead we should encourage kids to reach their potential, whatever that is. It may not be Oxford but if we keep saying it can't be done they will believe that and never achieve
End of conversation
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Er didn't you go to Woodhouse college?! Hardly bog standard state school. Not recognising privilege and how that impacts on the lack of accountable journalism is the point of Owen's initial tweet.
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It must be a real problem dealing with all these stupid people effortlessly poking holes in your ill-educated assertions, Fartley-Pooer. Why can't they all be as lucky as you? How annoying that other people don't agree with you!
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Well done for getting into Oxford. Everything since - shame. shame. shame. You earn a shilling by spreading hatred and misinformation. It is because you're intelligent enough to know what you're doing that makes it so disgusting.
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