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A {{tag|buzzword}} that betrays the lineage of most [[management consultants]] and those influenced by their way of speaking. | A {{tag|buzzword}} that betrays the lineage of most [[management consultants]] and those influenced by their way of speaking. | ||
Why would ''anyone'' want to be thought of as “[[best in class]]”? | Why would ''anyone'' want to be thought of as “[[best in class]]”, other than a prize ''[[shi-tzu]]''? | ||
For those of us who remember our school days, and were not [[best in class]] — by my asinine reckoning, that's twenty four in twenty-five of us — the fellow who was “best in class” was a dyspraxic lad who routinely had his head stuck down the lavatory, pencils jammed up his nose and his lunch money stolen. He left school a broken figure; pale, wan and with the sparks of bitter resentment kindling a small fire deep in the pits of his sunken eyes. | For those of us who remember our school days, and were not [[best in class]] — by my asinine reckoning, that's twenty four in twenty-five of us — the fellow who was “best in class” was a dyspraxic lad who routinely had his head stuck down the lavatory, pencils jammed up his nose and his [[lunch money]] stolen. He left school a broken figure; pale, wan and with the sparks of bitter resentment kindling a small fire deep in the pits of his sunken eyes. | ||
No-one knows for sure what became of him, but there’s a rumour he went into [[Management consultant|management consulting]]. | No-one knows for sure what became of him, but there’s a rumour he went into [[Management consultant|management consulting]]. | ||
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