ivy-educated

[Gość: olo]

What the American expression "ivy-educated" is supposed to mean? Is it an
euphemism for "uneducated"?

[i.p.freely]

Gość portalu: olo napisał(a):

> What the American expression "ivy-educated" is supposed to mean? Is it an
> euphemism for "uneducated"?
*************
Heck no!

It indicates individual educated in one of the prestigious and EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE private colleges such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton ....

[Gość: MM]

Ivy League schools, are universities form the northestern part of the US, being
known for academic and athletic excellence. Basically, the oldest and the best
schools from the northeast. Those are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth,
Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.

[tynski]

Gość portalu: olo napisał(a):

> What the American expression "ivy-educated" is supposed to mean? Is it an
> euphemism for "uneducated"?

You are right.

[Gość: steph]

'Ivy League', because the prestigious buildings are old enough to have ivy
climbing all over. Just a point of interest.