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and why castigate someone who sends their child to a private school JUST BECAUSE???
there are all sorts of reasons for sending a child to a public school, and yes a lot of them are because "papa" did
................. but some of the reasons come down to the fact that the state schools in the local area are the pits .......................
the parents are not wealthy, but decide that they will make sacrifices in order to send the child to a good private school in order to give that child the best possible start to get out of the rut, especially if the child is showing potential of having more than few working brain cells.
One of the parents works so that the whole of their salary can be used to pay the school fees
they don't take expensive holidays
they do not drink, or go out regularly for expensive meals
and that goes on for 10 or 12 years
are you just jealous of someone willing to do that for their child??
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Did I not read somewhere last week where Cameron is not sending his child to a private school ................ but to a state school??
Admittedly a very good state school, wither an excellent reputation
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Young people do not choose to go to a prep or private school they are sent there. To judge somebody negatively simply because they went to a private school is plain daft. Or vice versa.
Private schools as with state schools vary wildly in quality and what they have to offer, caveat emptor.
A smaller class size will not help much if the teacher is unable to teach regardless of his academic credentials. Unfortunately there are a great many distinctly average teachers.
Neither of the two major parties seems able to take on board that without smaller classes and better teachers i.e. a lot more money state education cannot improve. Instead as with many other policies they opt for exhortation, doing down the profession and recruiting Rosy Scenario.
Economising on education tends to increase spending on police and prisons or as Mark Twain put it "closing schools is like feeding a dog it's own tail and it doesn't fatten the dog."
Faute de mieux those that can opt for the best they can find. Do you really blame them?
Reasons for sending children to private school vary too as some occupations and locations make it extremely difficult to properly educate children at a day school in the UK.
Social climbing will not get parents far if they wish to get their children into the better public schools - they are picky about the potential student having some brains.
It is perfectly true that a poor education is a millstone around a person's neck which is very difficult to let go. Thus it behoves parents to get the best education possible for their children. It may or may not be a a state school it may or not have a strong vocational element. Different people have different needs and aptitudes.
Where Cameron goes wrong is to see education as analogous to fighting for a seat in the 6:03 to Weybridge with the unlucky ones left behind. He is also wrong in seeing education as primarily a means to make money. As a result the fine arts are being emasculated in this country.
Good education is something that everybody needs. It is also something that the UK needs our educational standards are a long way behind where they need to be.
"Everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated." Al McGuire
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Or is it a place in a private school?
Then you can become a politician, patronise those who didn't go to private school and mess up their education and chances of 'bettering' themselves.
the other advantage of attending a private school is a maximum of 16 pupils per class, and nomatter how thick/obnoxious/lazy/psychopathic you are, you are guaranteed a job above your intelligence through the 'jobs for the boys' network.
Oh, and before I am accused of being jealous, my brothers went to a private school - hated it, the system and most of the twerps in it :-| :-|
When I was young, the worst threat my parents could give me (and they used it) was 'We'll send you to boarding school'
Thankfully, my brothers remained 'grounded' in the real world.
I put that down to me and my sister not taking any bullpoo.
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GOOD SCHOOL PLACE IS WHERE PARENTS WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET THEIR LITTLE DARLING A PLACE IN THE MUST HAVE SCHOOL,BY DOING ANYTHING MEANS RENTING A HOUSE IN THE RIGHT AREA JUST SO YOUR DARLING IS IN THE RIGHT CATCHMENT AREA WHILE RENTING OUT YOUR HOUSE TO PAY FOR IT,,,PITY THE POOR KID WHO FAILS TO ACHIVE THE GOAL THE PARENTS WANT
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David Cameron
What is that, exactly
Sorry....really cross when he talked about a 'good school place;
HA ha
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