‘Talking your way to the top’ A sociological examination of the role of elite education in the reproduction of privilege in

‘Talking your way to the top’ A sociological examination of the role of elite education in the reproduction of privilege in: "From a conflict perspective, however, the reality is very different. From this view point, rather than operating to promote equality, the education system functions to reproduce and protect the interests of the dominant classes"?HENCE MY EXPERIENCED THEORY OF THE"GREY HAIRED MEN"I WILL CALL THEM THE"STATE'S"FISHER MEN,BUT THE FISH THEY CATCH ARE KIDS FROM WORKING-CLASS AREA'S.THE REASON I BELIEVE THIS IS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THE VERY EARLY 1960s I WAS ACCUSED IN THE WRONG OF COMMITTING A CRIME AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE ENDED UP IN A GARDA STATION.I WAS QUESTIONED FOR HOURS, THIS WAS REPEATED A NUMBER OF TIMES, WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON THERE WAS THIS GREY HAIRED MAN SMOKING A PIPE WHO SAT IN A CORNER NOT SAYING A WORD.BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT I WAS BROUGHT TO THE STATION ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS EACH TIME THIS GREY HAIRED MAN JUST SAT THERE SMOKING HIS PIPE NOT SAYING A WORD.THE REST YOU COULD SAY IS HISTORY,BUT AFTER MANY MANY YEARS IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS GREY-HAIRED MAN WAS TO SEE IF ANYONE FROM A WORKING-CLASS BACKGROUND HAD IN ANY WAY THE POTENTIAL TO BE A"LEADER"OF ANYKIND,AND IF THEY HAD THEN THE STATE(GREY-HAIRED MAN)WOULD MAKE SURE THEIR LIFE WAS DESTROYED FOREVER.?CHECK IT OUT ON PUBLIC INQUIRY"IRISH CORRUPTION"?I WAS 13 or 14 YEARS AT THE TIME AND WORKED IN THE MAGIC POLISH COMPANY.?