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> But the entrance exam was heavily biased in favour of children from middle class backgrounds.

> Famously the first 11+ tests had questions like "Name the various types of servants in a household and what they do".

That doesn't sound like a question a middle class kid would know anything about - not unless your definition of "middle class" is far different from mine.



British "middle class" is a higher class than US "middle class", and servants were relatively cheaper back then.


Think in terms of the family in Mary Poppins. That's Middle Class.




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