School Places Selection Process

[daftbrush]

Kids from castle road and it's environs go to Beaumont NS and st Anthonys NS. They never go to nearby school holy cross in mahon

 

[Meridian]

Kids from castle road and it's environs go to Beaumont NS and st Anthonys NS. They never go to nearby school holy cross in mahon

Why at all is that I wonder ?

 

[Pooman]

Is it really nepotism to have your son go to the same school you did all other things being equal?

Yes.

 

[daftbrush]

Why at all is that I wonder ?

Is it snobbish?

 

[doppellanger]

Is it really nepotism to have your son go to the same school you did all other things being equal?

Absolutely. Look at the likes of Eton in the UK or Harvard in the US.

 

[doppellanger]

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...rship-zahawi-schools-britain?CMP=share_btn_tw partly explains why the UK is digging itself into an ever bigger shithole...

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Absolutely. Look at the likes of Eton in the UK or Harvard in the US.

A GPA of 4.0 and/or a SAT of 1580 out of 1600, Daddy or Grandad ain't getting you in there.

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Is it really nepotism to have your son go to the same school you did all other things being equal?

Of course it isn't, only the proles think that

 

[Pandorly]

Just think of all the traffic it'll take off the roads if children are just made go to their nearest school. None of this wank about trekking halfway across town because it's "WHERE FATHER WENT".

Schools are all resourced to meet the needs of whatever kids attend them now. It's normal to have all sorts of demographics in the one building. Segregating by class is completely stupid and only creates further division with an "us and them" mentality.

 

[doppellanger]

A GPA of 4.0 and/or a SAT of 1580 out of 1600, Daddy or Grandad ain't getting you in there.

Elite Colleges’ Quiet Fight to Favor Alumni Children

Colleges like Yale and Harvard give a boost to legacy applicants. But with affirmative action under attack, that tradition may become harder to defend.

www.nytimes.com

Legacy students are like 5 times more likely to get in, though they are gradually reducing the numbers and favouring racial minorities etc.