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THE SEVEN SECRETS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

  1. Private school
  2. Legacy lvy admission
  3. Nepotism hire
  4. Seed capital from family
  5. Club memberships
  6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghost writer answer
  7. Journalists who ask, "What's your secret?" and uncritically publish the
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[โ€“] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not about the school itself, it's about the elitism of the schools and the connections that the insular communities allow. It has little to do with the quality of the education, so sending everyone to private schools wouldn't change much except as to create more religious indoctrination

[โ€“] rchive@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, but you're saying one advantage elites have is they have access to this space that other people don't have. If we just give more access to that space, we take away that advantage.