Public schools in Britain

[DimPrawn]

How selfish.

I thought children bring more joy than anything else on earth.

[Fungus]

Boarding school at 7; that's what made the British Empire Great....

As so many prisoners of war remarked, after you've endured 11 years in a British Boarding School, 6 years in a prison camp are a doddle...

MInd you the poor guards get a bit confused when the prisoner asks for a good spanking from matron.

[dmini]

In our town there are lots of good primary schools, but secondary is VERY scary. Out of all the state schools - about 8 of them, there is only one I haven't heard lots of bad stuff about - or personally experienced.
I don't want my kids to have to cope with that. But thankfully, the school they go to doesn't cost 15K - much less.
And my town - a middle of the road Hampshire one.

[Sysman]

Boarding school at 7; that's what made the British Empire Great....

As so many prisoners of war remarked, after you've endured 11 years in a British Boarding School, 6 years in a prison camp are a doddle...

Aye ZG, in student days I had a mate who'd been to a public school. He was pretty impervious to any hardships that life could throw at him.

[Bovvered]

Here's a question: who here did not go to public/private school themselves, but now makes enough money to - and is - paying the 10/15K a year to send there kids?

[Francko]

Here's a question: who here did not go to public/private school themselves, but now makes enough money to - and is - paying the 10/15K a year to send there kids?

I did not go to any english school, I always went to state schools anyway (well, actually in many countries private school are only for rich kids with learning problems), I make enough money to pay 10/15k for kids but I still refuse to squander it. Just as I would refuse to pay 1 million for a house while next door house cost 300k. What is wrong with you? You don't know how to waste money? Well, there are plenty of ways which let you enjoy life rather than achieving a so called "class status" (which has no value nowadays anyway, despite all the resistance conservative people might try to make).

[milanbenes]

Looks like Franko's thinking about having kids

good on you Franko

will you become a contractor again ?



Milan - comprehensive educated, nice country one, 500 kids, 70 acres, 12 tennis courts, 2 squash courts, 5 rugby pitches, cricket square, cricket nets indoor and outdoor, golf driving range, drama hall, sports hall - yep pretty good comprehensive school, much better than a lot of the crap facilities I have seen in the cities, teachers who knew everybody.

[milanbenes]

who needs a private school ?

a good comp

and further more I think more than half the battle is the attitude and effort of the parents

Milan.

[BlasterBates]

I went to a school with a "bad reputation", most parents tried to wangle their kids into the church school with the "good reputation", by getting them confirmed, being atheist I didn't bother. My parents went spare when the local council informed them I would be going to the bad school, anyway the bad reputation was a load of bollox. The thing is when you get to 13 the troublemakers don't come into school anymore because they're up all night breaking and entering, and the ones that are left are pretty docile. The only thing that stopped you doing well in that particular school was your own ability, nobody tried to bring you down. The statistics weren't too hot, as most kids failed their exams but that wasn't due to bad teaching. There are definitely bad schools but a lot of schools with bad reputation aren't bad at all. There is no way I'd pay 15K a year unless the school really was bad.

[sunnysan]

Yep

Boarding school at 7; that's what made the British Empire Great....

As so many prisoners of war remarked, after you've endured 11 years in a British Boarding School, 6 years in a prison camp are a doddle...

Very true,I was at boarding school since 10 and the army was a doddle after that.