When I was 19, back for the summer from University, I worked nights in a local bread factory. One of my fellow workers, Denzel, was 17 and he had recently been expelled from school for violent behaviour. Even at that young age he had a string of convictions for various crimes. We became friends. He was a very funny and sharp character, and his many stories were brilliant. One night he showed me his new mobile phone (at that time very rare and expensive) and he asked me to read the instructions for him as he could not read. I was astounded that the two of us could have been through the same government school system, in the same relatively affluent area of southern England and I was at university, and he could not even read.
What if a meritocracy is a really bad thing?
What if a meritocracy is a really bad thing?
What if a meritocracy is a really bad thing?
When I was 19, back for the summer from University, I worked nights in a local bread factory. One of my fellow workers, Denzel, was 17 and he had recently been expelled from school for violent behaviour. Even at that young age he had a string of convictions for various crimes. We became friends. He was a very funny and sharp character, and his many stories were brilliant. One night he showed me his new mobile phone (at that time very rare and expensive) and he asked me to read the instructions for him as he could not read. I was astounded that the two of us could have been through the same government school system, in the same relatively affluent area of southern England and I was at university, and he could not even read.