Private schools: training the next generation of tedious student politicians since forever!
Here follows a thread on why the Commonwealth Government should increase funding to private schools…
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
Government funds to private schools keeps fees at lower and more attainable levels, meaning more kids can go to these schools.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
One of the main advantages of attending a private school is the social and cultural capital you receive simply by attending.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
This capital would be called a privilege in modern parlance, and it has a real world positive impact on your life, qv getting a job.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
The more government money ploughed into private schools, the more thinly spread this privilege is, making it less exclusive.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
In, say, the US, private schools are much more exclusive. Power and wealth is maintained in a small subset – the 1% – out of reach for most.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
And that is self-perpetuating, and you see its effect in the higher reaches of the US politic being occupied by oligarch families.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
Cheaper fees means aspirational families can access the world of old boys clubs &c. Some schools will always be out of reach but not all.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
Not much difference b/w public and private education for smart kids. But for average and below, private schools can raise up strugglers.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
This isn't zero sum: the extra funding for private schools that I advocate for shouldn't come out of public. It should come out of defence.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
I am pro the mere existence of private schools bc they offer specialty focus like music/sport/performance. I tolerate the religious element.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
You can see all the benefits of your tax dollars at work in private schools in this video from my alma mater… https://t.co/6RM585xjz0
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
You can tell it's private school fancy because it's on Vimeo instead of YouTube!
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
BTW, 'alma mater' means 'old school' in the secret language that only rich people know about.
— Patrick 👻 Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 8, 2017
