Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
There may be trips at state schools but there are absolute fuckloads of them at private schools and they go everywhere. I wasn't all that into trips but I went to Paris, Seville, Munich and for some reason Armentieres just in my two sixth form years. If I'd been particularly good at any sport I'd have comfortably doubled that tally.
I don't see it as relevant once you get past the age of about 21 and start fending for yourself. People won't employ you unless you're good at whatever the job is, where you went to school has no bearing. I'm lucky to have had the education I did but to see it as a 'leg up' is a massive overstatement I think. People just assume everyone in the 7% (actually 12%, little known fact) is an Etonian with a top hat and tails.