Why the private school hate?

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I have nothing against private schools except the fact I personally don't believe they give their students a legitimate view of how the world really is and the type of situations and people their students will have to come across in the future.

Neither the public ones. It is individual. I go to a public university and I push it hard. I have mates that behave like the world is their and get grades by paying or sth else. I have friends that go to private uni and are hundred times better than some of my mates. Don't make generalizations

I'm well prepared for neg rep because this seems to be a sensitive topic.

However, yesterday I was working in my college bar and two people started a conversation over the counter that baically consisted of;
"Yes, well as soon as I hear someone went to a private school I don't really like them"
"Me neither, I mean look at Sarah"
"I mean I wouldn't not be friends with them if I was already, but it would put me off them a lot, they're all so posh."

Now imagine I have a similar conversation;
"Yes, well as soon as I hear someone went to a state school I don't really like them"
"Me neither, I mean look at Sarah"
"I mean I wouldn't not be friends with them if I was already, but it would put me off them a lot, they're all so chavvy."

I wouldn't last five minutes.

I get asked what my school was all the time, and people really judge you, no matter that the top private schools are as different to the subsidised ones as grammar schools are from inner-city comprehensives. People go for all sorts of reasons (I was there on a scholarship, for example), and yes, this does involve luck, but state school does not necessarily equal 'poor'. I had friends who went on £2000 holidays every year and went to state schools. It's a matter of personal priorities in those many cases.

And even if someone does go on the basis of wealth, how can you possibly judge their personality on something as black and white as that? Assuming everyone at a private school owns a horse and knows nothing about the real world is as random as me assuming every state school pupil is a chav.

In summary;

I genuinely want to find out more about why people are so judgemental about what school you went to.

Disclaimer: I like everyone.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I have nothing against private schools except the fact I personally don't believe they give their students a legitimate view of how the world really is and the type of situations and people their students will have to come across in the future.

So you are saying private schooled people are incapable of talking to with state educated people?

Bull****.

That's the perception of people how internalize stupid stereotypes and don't think out of the box. I applied for MA on CEU (Hungary) a private university, and you cannot imagine how big competition there is. Firthermore, my friends studying there say that it is so hard, and comparing it with public top ranked universities, they say, they are like studying first year undergraduate.

What on earth are you talking about? What is your point?

I just don't like the idea that you can buy a better education, it isn't right.

I just don't like the idea that you can buy a better education, it isn't right.

Ohh god, I agreed with you and elaborated it further.

This is just the kind of thing that gets you hate.
I attend one of the best state schools in the country and would never dream of saying 'just because you haven't had the privilege of attending my school'.
It just shows the complete personality difference a private school can give some people.

And what do you think happens when, let's say, a local authority increases spending to its state schools compared to the next county over? Are better state school teachers not incentivised by payment or something? Should one local authority not raise spending on education if others won't?

What are your views on private healthcare!!!

I don't think the issue is that people dislike privately educated children because they are 'posh' or 'rich' - I know a lot of such people at my state school - one who even has a tutor for each of his three full A levels.

As with people at state schools who can hire tutors, the issue is that those who go to private school have an unfair advantage over those who don't (let's not obfuscate the issue, in general, I think it is fair to say that private schools are better than state schools, give or take a very small number). Someone who can pay to enhance their academic ability is going to do better than someone very similar who can't, which many people percieve as unfair.

A lot of people also get frustrated at the fact that it is those very people who can pay for their education who need it the least - they already come from families where education and achievement is supported, and where their families can support them in later life. The poorest people in our society come from families where education is not appreciated, and even if they are very bright, will have a lot harder time with their studies than someone from a better off background.

How to deal with the problem is a very difficult one. I've heard people propose ideas whereby top private schools use the fees they get from those who pay, and then give a proportion of places (e.g 20%) to those from poor backgrounds for free, essentially subsidising their places through the fees paid by others, but as with everything else proposed, it's a flawed plan.

Clearly that is also a problem, that different areas get different amount of funding. Yet first of all the difference will not be as great as it is with many private schools, and secondly at least the school's accept people equally, and not based on whether they can afford to pay, or are lucky enough to pass the entry tests.