Friday, February 02, 2007

Class warfare lives.

Class warfare lives. The sheer hatred of the left for the middle classes is almost beyond belief - ironic really as that is precisely where most of the liberal left are to be found.
The avowed aim of achieving a 'meritocracy' failed with the demise of the grammar schools.
Forget fairness, justice and merit. Now the idea is to punish the young and talented in favour of the young and less talented. You really could not invent this - unless you happen to be Jonathan Swift!
"Middle-class pupils face losing out on university places if their parents have degrees," it emerged yesterday.
For the first time, sixth-formers applying to university will have to reveal the level of education their parents received.
Pupils with a family tradition of higher study could find it harder to win places because the Government will monitor universities to check they are increasing their intake of working-class students."

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=432068&in_page_id=1770

Perception?