A FORMER Eton headmaster has accused former pupils of the famous elite private school of damaging the “very fabric” of the country.
"Perhaps its most important mission will be to ensure that its pupils are saved from the sense of privilege, entitlement and omniscience that can produce alumni such as Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Kwasi Kwarteng and Ben Elliot and thereby damage a country’s very fabric. Sadly, I failed in that purpose.”
Nature or nurture?
The headmaster obviously had regrets. We are into trivia news at the moment. Boris is sitting back on his heels like the sniveling man/child he is and shouting foul at the committee who are investigating him. Nadine Dorris is holding her judgement as to whether she should jump ship over the sad news she will not be given a peerage - boo-hoo. The country rocks gently towards disaster and we have two idiotic personalities too contemplate!!
Perhaps I should write about food. The little birthday party went off well, though the first mouthful of my curry sent me off into a coughing fit and I could not eat it. The splendid chocolate birthday cake was decorated with the right amount of candles and a firework which was supposed to go off like Vesuvius volcano, unfortunately, Karen put it upside down in the cake. But no, the cake did not explode, it was rescued after a couple of minutes, turned the right way round (the instructions were on the side, put the pointed end into the cake) and we had a bright sparkly tower which melted the chocolate on top.
Or perhaps parcels. You would never believe the amount of parcels that come into this house. I have notes pinned to back and front doors 'Please knock loudly' and my grinning Amazon driver always obliges. The other trick we use is to leave the back door slightly ajar so the PO can slip any parcel in. We are now like many towns in Britain, are almost bank less, the Halifax is closing soon but parcel receiving booths have arrived outside Lidl and Morrison, you can also get things delivered to 'The One Stop' shop and also the railway station - spoilt for choice...
Okay the drivers occasionally just chuck the parcels outside the wrong house, or even on the street in despair but you can bet 'Tod Chat' on F/B will soon be into "has anyone seen my parcel" and little photos of legs and front doors will appear.
The world is changing but I don't think it is for the better.
Ex-Eton headmaster savages 'entitlement' of former pupils Johnson and Rees-Mogg (yahoo.com) via Andrew. You have to be a dyed in the wool socialist to get into this household.
I don't think the headmaster should be blaming himself. Why would the likes of Boris take any notice of his teaching, wisdom, advice or admonishment - they don't listen to anyone else. At least the Amazon driver has enough sense to follow simple instructions!
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Deletei think once Amazon drivers get used to you, parcels arrive more easily John. It is a system public schooling, driven by a minor body of people -it is mostly rotten to the core but the headmasters are earning their paypackets.
I have a few friends who went to Eton. They told me that it concentrated more on maintaining the reputation for being a breeding-ground for Prime Ministers than almost anything else.
ReplyDeleteSome people come out of the system fairly good people Tom, Nick went to a public school in Winchester I think, and his friends belonged to a group of such people. The Bollinger Boys were bullies of course.
DeleteWe have a yard gate across the driveway because of the deer...not because we are elite. But the stupid drivers don't let us know via email and do everything from dropping at the gate to telling us it was undeliverable and good luck finding where it now is!
ReplyDeleteSome delivery companies allow you to track the vans on your phone Tabor, which is a good idea, so that you can be on the alert. So you don't let the deer eat the roses?
ReplyDeleteMost delivery drivers who come here are charming and I am on Christian names with some! It is handy up here where shops are twenty odd miles away and appear from my armchair at the touch of a button - no contest.
ReplyDeleteI believe if you smile and are courteous to the drivers they are fine. It is a job Pat, I could not do, especially as we have an idiosyncratic house naming system.
DeleteWe have the worse time with FEDEX. They always deliver not only to the wrong house, but the wrong street! Luckily, it is always the same house. So we just walk over and knock on his door. Luckily he is honest. It made me laugh the first time it happened. A package was shown as a delivered. I called to say that it wasn't. The person said she had proof. "It's on your back patio behind a metal chair. Your house is white, and the foundation is gray." I said, "Well, that would be a problem. Our house is yellow and we don't have a patio." Took the wind from her sails.
ReplyDeleteI admire the people who are bold enough to stand up and say what needs saying. Good for him.
Deletepost codes seem to get the drivers near, but not quite near enough Debby. Amazon presumably puts time restrictions on so that the drivers have to work fast.
There have been others, retired of course, heads of these public schools that have complained about these 'privileged entitled people', who still think they are a ruling class but it still goes on.