Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:10 am
Wow - that was really interesting to read. It certainly just furthers my assurance that my understanding of how things are run there are correct.
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Free Thinker wrote:Wow - that was really interesting to read. It certainly just furthers my assurance that my understanding of how things are run there are correct.
Free Thinker wrote:I had never heard of a "needs based" system. So that means that the teachers are paid based on what the school "feels" that they 'need" in terms of salary and benefits?
Free Thinker wrote:I grew up living in one of the School's (Big S stands for SES) properties but we paid rent and my parents didn't work for the school or anything.
bonsai wrote:...The point is that the teachers would claim not to receive a salary, more that their needs were catered for.
ET wrote:"The headmaster of the Senior boys admits he rates boys according to Foundation Group entry. A boy who does not take the ceremony and attend SES is likely to be made head prefect, whatever other qualities he has." (my emphases)
Is this correct? Or should it read "...is less likely to be made head prefect,..."
I just want to know where the headmaster of the Senior Boys (presumably Boddy) was coming from at the time - pro or anti boys who were in the Foundation Group.
‘There appear to be a number of covert categories of St. James pupil. Covert inasmuch as they are “hidden" in the minds of teachers, headteachers and senior SES personnel. What makes the issue intractable is that almost all the people in authority in SES and St. James would deny that any such classification exists. As matters stand St. James is much closer to a sect than to the open and fully "independent" school that its name and prospectus imply. This cannot be changed until all holders of the idea a) Acknowledge its existence and b) Undergo a process of purification to remove the divisions that it causes.’ Appendix 5, p45