Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@paulashwin That is an utterly different argument... In any case, the book doesn't say what you said it says. In fact a national academically selective system would *reduce* disadvantage by making available tens of thousands of new school places for those best able to use them. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah I agree that the middle classes fight for the good of their children and not to harm others. My point… https://t.co/hZ2dD4jiyP

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

No it wouldn't @paulashwin. To seek a goal for yourself is quite different from seeking an advantage over others. I thought you were the academic chap here. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah I could have said ‘will do anything to give their children the best possible education’. This would ha… https://t.co/G6kNdCc42P

Posted Jan. 28, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@paulashwin. I'm not confusing them at all.If an institution lowers its standards,it will result in lower quality in whatever it produces,in this case graduates. The UK's universities lowered their standards to expand,and promptly lowered their quality.Why even bother to deny it? — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah Once again you are confusing quality and standards. They are related but are not the same thing. It ma… https://t.co/hEfzYtxp0g

Posted Jan. 28, 2023