Life's private lessons learned in public school.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: January 30, 1999 | Copyright information

Public school fits you up for prison, declared Old Etonian Jonathan Aitken last week as he pondered the prospect of a spell behind bars.

It was not an original comment. More than a few people have remarked that if you can survive public school then you can survive anything.

And, having been to public school, I agree.

But does public school set you up for life?

Worth considering the matter given that education is these days a hot subject in industry circles and, traditionally, it is the public schoolboys who have held sway in the City.

I was never really a ...

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