Wirt, you wrote :
> Oscar Wilde also said: "England will never be civilised until she has added
> Utopia to her dominions."
Ho Ho.
> He also said: "In England … education produces no effect whatsoever. If it
> did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably
> lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Yes. However, these days the "Upper classes" are pretty much powerless
(apart from the Queen, of course).
Mind you, I think education here has got worse due to various
sociological "new ideas" which haven't worked and to a lack of
teachers which is not surprising considering how little they get paid.
Cheers,
John Dunlop
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