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When I Am Emperor, I Will Abolish Private Education. Private Schools, Private College. All Of These Parents With Money And Energy And The Drive For Bake Sales And A Desire To Leave Their Vast Fortunes To Education - Everybody Would Have To Be Eating Out Of The Same Educational Pot.
-Ann Patchett
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When I Am Emperor, I Will Abolish

Ann Patchett
When I Am Emperor, I Will Abolish Private Education. Private Schools, Private College. All Of These Parents With Money And Energy And The Drive For Bake Sales And A Desire To Leave Their Vast Fortunes To Education - Everybody Would Have To Be Eating Out Of The Same Educational Pot.
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