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Independent schools told to tackle 'greed and X Factor culture'
From The Times September 29, 2008
Independent schools told to tackle 'greed and X Factor culture'Nicola Woolcock.
Independent schools have a duty to lead society away from its obsession with greed and its "X Factor culture" a leading head teacher said yesterday.
In a blistering attack on the nanny state and the financial crisis, the Rev Tim Hastie-Smith, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), told its annual gathering that members needed to hold a mirror up to society's faults.