1. Vocabulary: pre-emptively (l.1); off-limits (l.9); fulminating (l.10); differentially (l.23) agonising justifications (l.33); redistribution (l.71)
2. Explain in your own words: he is “is a conservative in progressive drag” (l.30); opting-out is hypocritical (l.45); underperforming schools with a disproportionately low middle-class intake (ll.71/72)
3. Questions:
a. Why does the author think Adam Swift is right demanding a ban on private schools?
b. Explain the moral dilemma mentioned in ll. 31-38?
c. Describe Swift’s line of reasoning.
d. Explain the last sentence in its context.
e. What does the author try to show very effectively by making such a comparison at the beginning of his text?