The bullies were now moving about in twos and threes among the knots of girls, looking for all the world like so many black beetles in their black, gowns or black silk jackets.

For example, for burqas read ‘hoodies’ – hooded tops worn, in the main, by teenage boys, which have been banned in some shopping malls and public spaces in Britain.

In fact, once you graduate, you can never wear your Harvard sweatshirt in public again without looking like a world-class a-hole.