human
I don't want my son taught any of your new-fangled nonsense, he explains breezily.
gpt
Just a good sound education, without frills! The boy will have to earn his own living afterwards, and I want you to teach him something which will enable him to do so. Don't go filling him up with Latin and Greek: give him something which will be useful in an office. I know you pedagogues stick obstinately to what you call a good general grounding; but, if I may say so, you ought to _specialise_ a bit more. You're too shy of specialisation, you know. But I say: Find out what each boy in your School requires for his future career, and teach him _that_!
human
Unfortunately, sir, the fees of this school and the numbers of its Staff are calculated upon a _table d'hôte_ basis. If you want to have your son educated _à la carte_, you must get a private tutor for him.
gpt
A Self-Made Man, and Proud of It!