Who’s afraid of the working class?

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INEQUITY Two different subjects reported in The Age lately may appear poles apart but they not so different. Both subjects are very much how much money you may have. The private school PLC is allocated a substantial amount for each student, (′′⁣ Funding review ordered for Melbourne private school swimming in federal cash ′′⁣, 29/9).

It’s appalling to read the difference per student PLC receives compared to public school children. The other frequent subject is landlords receiving large amounts of taxpayers’ money via owning more than one property. Both of these smack of lack of equality in society, but also smack of class and money.

It is usually those who can afford to live decently who scream the loudest when they look like losing their nest egg. Both systems are in dire need of re-evaluation. Dare I cite that old adage ′′⁣keep the working class in their place′′⁣ might still be in use.

Nola Cormick, Albert Park Only those with means have a choice The case of the Presbyterian Ladies College is just a fresh example of something that has been going on for decades. Wealthy “private schools”, bizarrely, receive public funding and then lash it on ridiculously exorbitant facilities. Meanwhile, the publ.