Parents who send their children to fee-charging/private/independent schools do so because the public education system is crap. The advantages are found in academic programs, co-curricular activities, university admissions and not "entirely found in their connections." I know many hard working, double-income parents who have made enormous personal and financial sacrifices to ensure that their kids get the best possible education, many of whom also access generous scholarships and bursaries provided by these schools. And guess what, some of those funds came from the estates of that 1% that Doug Saunders likes to demonize.