School's Influence on personal development in the context of George Orwell

Since Greek and Roman times school has been an essential institution in the evolution of civilised society. Today all around the world, especially in our Western world, school has become an inevitable part, foremost in a person's development. Therefore, it should be helpful to look at the development of different types of school forms in Europe (with an emphasis on Britain) and the United States in the 20th century, assessing each respective contribution to a …

…class-distinctions you have got to start by understanding how one class appears when seen through the eyes of another." (p.122) To a certain extent both these notions still hold for British society today. This comes clear when one looks at public schools for example; this form of education is definitely a money and upper-class bound mode of education, and arguably may still create 'snobs', as Orwell calls them, in high and powerful all-exclusive social positions.