Eton is changing in a Britain that is more racially diverse, more open to questions about gender identity. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ETON, England – At Eton College – the boarding school in the British countryside that has educated princes and 20 prime ministers – students wear tailcoats and white ties to classes.The students still sleep in ivy-covered stone dormitory buildings, some dating to the 18th century. Some of them have rainbow pride flags fluttering from them.
Many students and alumni have welcomed its evolution. Some have not. Others argue that Eton needs an even more profound overhaul to remain relevant in present-day Britain. Eight years ago, Mr Simon Henderson became, at 39, the youngest headmaster in the school’s history. PHOTO: NYTIMES “Eton is not immune from the broader society in which we sit,” said Mr Henderson, wearing the school’s trademark white bow tie and cuff links with its coat of arms, in a recent interview in his office.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson graduated from Eton as well; at age 16, he wrote in the school’s magazine that all parents should send a son to Eton because it will imbue him with “the most important thing, a sense of his own importance”. The school has also become more academically selective and demanding, but in a more competitive educational environment, fewer Eton students are being admitted to Oxford or Cambridge than in past years.Mr Campbell, the recent graduate, said he supported Mr Henderson’s efforts.
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