Closed Shop At The Top By Andrew Sparrow Summary

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Closed shop at the top in deeply elitist Britain, says study

In today’s UK, the class difference has grown significantly and the social mobility is becoming lower . It’s not possible for the average person to attend private school and top universities. Numbers from a study done by Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission proofs just how hard it is to climb the social ladder in the UK. Jobs at the top of society are taken by those who come from the elitist backgrounds and whose parents can afford private schools and top Universities.

In the article “Closed shop at the top in deeply elitist Britain, says study” political correspondent for The Guardian, Andrew Sparrow, explains how the British elite has created a “closed shop at the top” through their education system. Furthermore, he expresses that the people who have attended private schools and top universities are the ones who have created this “closed shop at the top”. In addition, Sparrow thinks that an elitist point of view is deeply embedded in Britain’s society. Using quotes from a study done by Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission Sparrow explains how unhealthy it is to have such a narrow social group consisting of the elite at the top of the country. …show more content…

Importantly, in this article Sparrow defines the elite as people who have gone to private schools and top universities. Sparrow explains that the top positions in the UK are taken by the elite. “About 14% of judges attended one of just five independent schools(…).” (L. 29-31). Undoubtedly, the UK has thousands of schools, therefore it is a lot for 14% of the judges to have attended just one in five private schools. It is problematic for a democratic country to have an overrepresentation of one social class at the top of the

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