Why is education STILL failing working class kids like me, writes russell_kane
But why is nobody prioritising plugging this class attainment gap?And there was me in my cheap suit, earning £8,000 a year plus commission while living with my nan in a one-bed flat.Every day I got more and more angry, so I studied for two hours every night and got an A at sociology A-level.
If it hadn’t been for my job in a Rolex shop, would I have ended up with a degree? Probably not. And that’s where the system is failing working-class kids.There’s a lot of people who say that comprehensive education is the fairest out there, that everyone gets the same chances. A lot of very patronising people will say: “But tuition fees are a loan you only pay back when you are earning enough.” Yet that’s quite a big gamble for an 18-year-old to weigh up and convince their parents of.It’s culturally ingrained for people like me that you do not get into debt. Success is paying off a mortgage and dying debt-free.the other day and the woman before me was an academic going on about how brilliant apprenticeships are.
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