You're right. I know several kids who went to private school for various reasons, the main one being they didn't get into the secondary school they wanted so their parents paid rather than send them to the school they were allocated. None of these kids are posh or 'privileged' other than their parents skinning themselves to save them from the local comp.
They do. I’m actually quite conflicted on the matter and therefore respect all opinions other than that they should be done away with all together. That’s not democratic or reflective of a free society.
It's a difficult one isn't it. A free society in reality doesn't mean that everyone has a choice. In this particular instance if you've got money or access to it, you can choose the school your children go to, lots of people don't have that choice. That said I agree with you on principle.
Some kids are easily led so why would you put them in a school were you can see the 'end product' isn't what you want for yours when you can put them in a much better place and let them be easily led to success rather than failure.
I suspect you met some privately educated people who served with distinction and in no way crumbled when they got into the "real world".
I had no conflict over it. My eldest went to a private school, which as he was never going to be any academic, was a bit of a waste. The youngest didn’t want to go and wanted to go to the local school with his mates. The school had an excellent reputation so we agreed. He went on to the LSE where he got a degree in PPE.
in my experience they might have all the brains in the world but no common sense or street awareness mate. i'm just retracting my comment about hating them because I don't. it's never a certainty what school you go …. the cookie crumbles
