Hello whoever might be out there,  I just finished watching episode 2 of "Trading Places" on Channel 5, and in case you needed another reminder that academia favours the upper class, here it is. It follows three teenagers aged 17 and 18 who, for various reasons, have dropped out of education, and sends them to a private school in Wales for a week, hence the "Trading Places". Yet while this was clearly crafted with the intention of twisting three anti-school teens into pro-school advocates, it instead serves as a carrot to the donkeys. This school, Christ College Brecon, costs £54,666 a year for a sixth form student to fully board. The cheapest option for sixth form students is £28,359. So instead of this being a journey to reignite a love of learning, it instead becomes showboating of what money can really buy. Extracurricular activities are plenty, alternative learning with small classes, and a chapel in the school, Chaplain included. All three of the students left...