one of my nephews has to go for an entrance exam to get into a top-tier government-funded primary school.
ridiculous. i pay my fucking taxes so that we have a system of public education for all, not this multi-tier bullshit where people who can afford to go to the nicest places get the best education
I'm the byproduct of private education — I spent secondary education in a private school, before going to self-funded private tertiary education, and I'll tell you this — the stuff that you can throw money at, for rich affluent fuckers like me, is like the least important thing to ensuring that we don't end up being destructive fucks.
like, funding or no, we'll get educated. whether we end up being educated to being those who bring destruction upon this world is what's more important.
like the first lesson that kids ought to learn when they start interacting with society is that it didn't fucking matter what school you went into, what you achieved academically, or what “merit” you accumulated, you're a piece of shit if you treat people like shit. even more so if you had all that privilege and all you do is shit on people who don't.
@tariqk This accurately explains how I grew up. Money and status don't make you better than anyone else!
