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I went out last night for inspiration, to the pub and friends of my age who went to similar or nearby schools. I asked them, ‘Do you feel you were promised something in school you didn't get when you left?’ One said, ‘A job.’ Another talked about them making our expectations too high. Another said we were promised nothing definite except maybe an ability to apply their ragbag of knowledge to the outside world. The last said that we had been given a fair education in an unfair society and that comprehensives ought to be as revolutionary as the public schools are elitist.