“猪”年话“贵“

 金猪年，讨论一下金闪闪的话题：“贵猪“和“贵猪学校“。


前一段大家讨论“名私校“，我在amazon 上找到几本相关的书。
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/1T4B0Y64D2K61/ref=cm_syt_dtpa_f_3_rdssss0/105-0521835-5714811

这里面包括>, 即在中国争论很大的>一书．　
老外有句话说,"You have to be careful about what you ask for". 在俺掏荷包前，先看看幕后是什么吧

还没有工夫看书，不过有的评论也挺好看．http: //www.amazon.com/Preparing-Power-Americas-Boarding-Schools/dp/0465062695/ref =cm_syf_dtl_txt_10_rdssss0/002-4508637-8892842/002-4508637-8892842　

Interesting, but not terribly accurate., January 9, 2006
Reviewer: Moselle Green "Moggy" (Galt's Gulch) - See all my reviews
At the very time that Cookson published this book, I happened to be attending one of the boarding schools he writes about (he mentions my school by name). And thanks to interschool dances and similar events, I'm acquainted with several more of these schools. This made reading this book an amusing experience for me. It's true that these schools are somewhat academically better than private day schools, but Cookson seems to imagine that we were coached in Machiavellian tactics for holding onto our power and leading the masses (or keeping them in line, if you prefer). Maybe I just didn't enroll in that class! Also, boarding schools are expensive, but they're not nearly as elite as he seems to think. Plenty of the students were from middle-middle class families with incomes that were only "comfortable" and no illustrious ancestors. A significant percentage of my classmates' tuitions were paid for with partial scholarships.

I guess it's a romantic idea, these exclusive boarding schools where the younger generation of the ruling class hobnobs and makes connections for future use. It might have been true in the age of English boarding schools where most of the students had titles and there was no hot water, but no more!
　
书目如下：
The Official Preppy Handbook
Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide
The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy and Caste in America
In Defense of Elitism
The Power Elite
Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)
Lessons from Privilege: The American Prep School Tradition
Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools
Tipsy in Madras: A complete guide to 80s preppy drinking, including *proper attire *cocktails for
The Wasp Cookbook :