Open Y46 End of Year Feast

[Corn Seymour VII]

Cornelius didn't attempt to bite back a bitter laugh at the younger girl's comment, raising an eyebrow. "Studying all the time doesn't make someone that good. I know it's nice to think our education system is fair and free of corruption, but I assure you it's far from. No matter how hard the rest of us might work, there are always people totally happy to buy their success and jump the queue." And people whose parents loved them enough to buy that success, unlike his. No, Cornelius was expected to succeed through hard work alone, and apparently that hadn't been enough.
@Vanity Mettlestone