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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Replying to @JuliaHB1
I'd say going to Oxford in what, the eighties, when only 10% or so of all kids even went to ANY university, is in itself quite privileged. I'd imagine you made a few 'contacts' there who came in handy somewhere down the line.
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Replying to @Alconcalcia
I didn’t go to Oxford because I was privileged. I went to Oxford because I was clever.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Alconcalcia
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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Replying to @wordsfromperry @Alconcalcia
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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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Alconcalcia
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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Replying to @wordsfromperry @Alconcalcia
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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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Stroud_Green and
If your parents can afford to buy property in the catchment areas of those 'amazing' schools go check it out) then you're privileged.
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No, the schools I’m talking about are mostly populated by pupils from local council estates.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1 @Stroud_Green and
That isn't the 'unprivileged' background you suggest you come from - but these 'amazing' schools success rates aren't that amazing either.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/20/oxford-cambridge-not-changed-diversity-even-worse-admissions …
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