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Mon 1 Nov, 2004 02:20 pm
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Oristar:Does "classes" refer to "students" in the context below?
In the pursuit of an educational program to suit the bright and the not-so-bright we have watered down a rigid training for the elite until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses.
?- Out of These Roots (1953) by Agnes Meyer, American translator, social worker, writer, journalist, 1887-1970
Yes, the students in these public school classrooms.
Given the reference to "the bright" and "the elite," "classes" could also mean "the upper class" will receive little figurative nourishment (boost).
yes, that does seem to be the implication
I agree. The author seems to be contrasting "the classes" (meaning upper) with "the masses" (everybody else) and not just the students in this classroom.
"... watered down a rigid training for the elite..." is the clue here -- the original lessons were aimed at the upper classes, but have been watered down (simplified) until they don't provide a good education for anyone.
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