Recently, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), which is considered the top business school in the country, tweeted out that not all students and staff who go there are elitist.
Understandably, a lot of people had opinions regarding that statement and soon enough there was a debate.
One particular concern regarding LUMS students kept popping up – “how is arrogance and that ‘better than tho’ attitude not elitist?”
It is important to understand what people mean when they use the term ‘elitist.’ The term isn’t just limited to people who boast about money. It’s just the idea that ‘a select group of people‘ are better than the rest. In this case, LUMS students.
A Poor Example
This one student, who claims he’s from LUMS, decided to take matters into his own hands and tell off people criticizing his alma mater online:
Quite Often I see, people making fun of #LUMS for being over priced.
There is a reason why Qmobile is not comparable to APPLE
Quality doesnt come cheap.
— Ali Zar Raza (@alizarraza) July 6, 2019
1. Money is not only enough for you to get into LUMS
2. #LUMS people carry a class that money doesnt buy
3. Yes My Dad is Rich, Deal with it bitch pic.twitter.com/B31FXOXrRI— Ali Zar Raza (@alizarraza) July 17, 2019
Needless to say, he made matters worse by handling the criticism very poorly (and sourly).
https://twitter.com/alizarraza/status/1151583970393579520
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Pretty soon, Twitterati started to take digs at him. As a result, LUMS started trending on Pakistani Twitter.
Netizens got to calling out ‘where did this idea come from’ that LUMS alums are better than the rest?
Because that institute has instill such type of mentality by making them think they are some sort of Great students which they arent.
— Zia ur Rehman (@Hukum__) July 18, 2019
Mummy daddy bacho ko badnaaam matt kro yah desi larka hai jo elite class ka bannay ki na-kaam koshish kar raha hai
— Muhammad Hamza (@Hijazi3131) July 18, 2019
Indeed LUMS selects those who can pass out with arrogant, hatred, intolerance, and unethical language.
Indeed this is best example of Pakistani intellectuals, liberal, and education.— عکسٖ آیئنہ (@AksEAina) July 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/Irfan5607880/status/1151717784218472448
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Even social media personalities like Farhan Virk had to pitch in (guess he took some time out from political issues).
No doubt. Lahore University of Maryam Safdar has given us Hina Parvez Butt and what not
— Dr Farhan K Virk (@FarhanKVirk) July 18, 2019
Then this guy stole the show.
https://twitter.com/ShahbazSpeed/status/1151643394827051014
If you’re going to make your point by using expletives, you might as well give up.
Meanwhile LUMS alums are disowning this guy (bhai kon ho, hum ni jantay):
https://twitter.com/bxxrrhhh/status/1151589008578961408
We all remember the LUMS private Facebook group fiasco.
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If the university is better in terms of education, this guy is not a prime example. Sure there are a few bad eggs in every group, but ‘intellect’ is called intellect for a reason.
This guy has done (and continues to do) some serious damages to #LUMS Goodwill.
Misogynist, as well as, he enjoys publicly to insult oppressed social classes.
I still assume that #LUMS & its students do not agree with his thoughts.
Dear @alizarraza , Get ready to be expelled! pic.twitter.com/jWh773GYco
— زاہد اصفہانی (@ZahidIspahani) July 18, 2019
This also sparked a University war……. (not cool guys).
Lahore University for Mental Students
— A⁷H Malik. #FreePalestine #FreeKashmir. (@hatapheena) July 17, 2019
buddy then we must respect GC lahore, about half of the elite politicians and journalists are GC graduates
— Babar (@Muhammadbabar_) July 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/Guly_Marwat/status/1151712544102461442
Do you believe that LUMS has allowed its students to cultivate this opinion based on something they did? Sound off in the comments below.
I want to say one thing if the students on Lums are selected on the basis of intellect honour integrity neutrality quality and academic greatness then with this humble confidence students can achieve greatness because emotional intelligence is required to succeed which is hard to find in middle class but middle class is hard working and intelligent which unfortunately the upper class is not they are not hardworking and not intelligent enough they are endorsing we are rich and live like rich policy but they have emotional intelligence which is of no use because they will never work hard nor will they ever succeed in life ever except that they will enjoy their money