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Horace · 2012-05-21 01:49:15

Gilgamesh2003 · 2012-05-21 06:37:11

This insecurity repeats itself in miniature with people who went to Princeton or Yale, who will always explain that they didn't go to Harvard because Princeton and Yale offer better undergraduate experiences. The fact that this is true doesn't lessen the sting of envy. Harvard and MIT grads generally seem to think that went to the best college in the universe, as do people who went to undistinguished schools with great football teams or those sex and skiing camps in Maine and Vermont.

EDIT - I once did a summer language course with a undergrad from Brown who spent the entire time deriding the Princeton students for being "immature"; evidently she was preparing her shoulder-chip for a long life of hard use.

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Chévere · 2012-05-24 20:25:24

My son actually turned down Harvard for the same reason you cite. He was not the only one in his class. Maybe what you say was true in the past, but at least kids my son's age (he's 25 now) seem to figure out what they want for themselves.
But I know the sting of envy well myself, having gone to Colgate and wishing it was Dartmouth.

Taylor McIntyre · 2012-05-25 00:20:09

Interesting. In my world being public school, let alone having been to Oxford or Cambridge, is a strike against you to be overcome by demonstrating talent. Is there also an American version of this? Are there jobs you'll get turned down for because you've been to an Ivy and people just assume that you're going to be difficult to fit into their team?

Although I've primarily always worked in Finance, it's usually been in the more creative industries - TV, Advertising, Marketing, Publishing.

formby · 2012-05-25 08:57:56

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Taylor McIntyre · 2012-05-25 09:17:52

I've always found it regarded as a a turn off & it invited a load of prejudice.

I won 'em over...

But I'm not the typical product they churn out.

4F Hepcat · 2012-05-25 09:36:13

4F Hepcat · 2012-05-25 09:42:13

But the same can be said for coming from the 'barren' North West, as Formby, JG and my goodself hail from. A lot of Southerners seem to think everyone is impoverished up there and stealing cars whilst smoking super skunk hero on the dole. It's not actually true of course, but they seem to think there is no middle class and everyone is desperate and stupid.

And of course, because property was up until recently much cheaper than the South East, the middle class had much more disposable income then their cockney equivalents.

Reckless Reggie · 2012-05-25 09:52:30

The members of the current UK government are perfect examples of why socialists should try harder. What makes me despise Cameron et al. so much is their faux blokishness - Algernon Farquharson-Keiths parading as Gary Smiths - for the votes of course. You can your bottom dollare that they batten down the hatches in private and play charades for real at the weekend.

fxh · 2012-05-25 09:58:14

Jimbo
Here
Public school=Publically funded state school
Private school=Publically subsidized fee charging private school.

Chévere · 2012-05-25 09:58:53

formby · 2012-05-25 10:47:10

formby · 2012-05-25 12:53:04

Reckless Reggie · 2012-05-25 13:55:40

Sammy Ambrose · 2012-05-25 14:21:33

Reckless Reggie · 2012-05-25 18:22:34

formby · 2012-05-26 04:24:56

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18205999

Reckless Reggie · 2012-05-26 06:52:50

Taylor McIntyre · 2012-08-03 09:18:11

Let's be honest about the nature of the 'professional blogger' - It is the nature of the girl who gingers up advertising sales and who provides advertorial content for a provincial local newspaper, especially when dealing with a niche subject like 'Ivy'.

Enough of the make-believe. Already.

There is no 'professional blogger' just a minor advertising sales gig.

FACT.

J.

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