There’s an attitude or a view that the money parents…

There’s an attitude or a view that the money parents pay in school fees should go to the core business of teaching and learning, and any money that doesn’t go there is somehow less-than-appropriate spending. The same attitude doesn’t come into play when you go to the supermarket - you just accept that some money will go to advertising… We just want to keep our name there in people’s minds.

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The Hard Sell, The Age, 2005-09-21

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