[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Stu

This thread's great proof that reverse snobbery is even more annoying that regular snobbery.

Rich twats lol.

Originally Posted by CharlieO

Through reading this thread you can see that the prejudices aren't coming from richer people looking down on others but rather the other way around.

Noone's said anything like that, this isn't about hating someone or being jealous of them because they're rich, it's about not wanting to encourage inherent privilege & social immoblity built into the educational system.

Look at the evidence: private school kids are 4x more likely to get straight A's at A-level, 3x more likely to go to university and most of the top end high payedjobs like Lawyers & Politicians are dominated by those from private schools. This is the point: private schools all but ensure a life of privilege over those not lucky enough to go to one. As Pyramid has rightly pointed out, working class families can and do attend private schools but that doesn't mean they're quite easily accessible to all sectors of the population.

Of course noone blames parents who do have the money for sending their kids to private schools because most of the time they are better but that isnt the point here & any objection to private schooling shouldnt be simplified down to a dislike of rich people.