Why the private school hate?

It's not so much that they dislike people because they went to private school. It's disliking the fact that privately educated people often have this delusion that they've achieved something by going there and they act like it.

I think it's changed a lot, and also depends on the person. My Dad went aged 8, and he was really shy and hated it. He felt his parents abandoned him, and he was always getting beaten and stuff.

Maybe he was just ungrateful, I don't know. Personally I would have loved to have gone to boarding school, and my friends loved it (I was a day pupil at a partial boarding school).

Not really sure where I'm going here...

It's not so much that they dislike people because they went to private school. It's disliking the fact that privately educated people often have this delusion that they've achieved something by going there and they act like it.

Your attempts of appearing superior than this person is laughable. do carry on.

It's not so much that they dislike people because they went to private school. It's disliking the fact that privately educated people often have this delusion that they've achieved something by going there and they act like it.

Just because you have encountered a few rather loud people who happen to have gone to private school and you've labelled them 'rah' doesnt mean you've met them all, I am sure there were plenty of privately educated people at your uni who just fitted in perfectly that you didnt pick up on them having a private education, so your 'experience' of privately educated people is laughable.

But don't you see, they don't dislike you because of your school, but your instant opinion of them being jealous and disliking you because you're more privileged than them is definitely a key component in this. You are setting yourself up for failure, you are proving your own theory correcting by making it so.

I never take a dislikening for people because of their school, I don't give a damn, but I've most certainly taken a dislikening to you. The reason? Because you are prejudiced and won't even admit to it.
You practically just said that you wouldn't mix with people who don't attend private schools because they won't like you for it.

That is really quite infuriating.

Agree. Ex-private school students always seem to have an attitude and an arrogant sense of entitlement. At a place I worked, everyone did at least one tea round a week except a girl who had been to a private school and Oxford. She seemed to think it was 'below' her because of her educational background. I don't think it's the case with all private school students, but a lot seem to have such huge opinions of themselves. I guess that's the difference between state and private, state kids have less confidence as teachers are constantly telling them they're average whilst at private, the teachers are paid to tell the kids they're amazing and entitled to the best of everything.

Agree. Ex-private school students always seem to have an attitude and an arrogant sense of entitlement. At a place I worked, everyone did at least one tea round a week except a girl who had been to a private school and Oxford. She seemed to think it was 'below' her because of her educational background. I don't think it's the case with all private school students, but a lot seem to have such huge opinions of themselves. I guess that's the difference between state and private, state kids have less confidence as teachers are constantly telling them they're average whilst at private, the teachers are paid to tell the kids they're amazing and entitled to the best of everything.

How many of these 'ex-private school students' have you met exactly?

I've been to private school my whole life and 95% of my friends at uni went to state, and many of my close friends here have said how I am one of the nicest, soundest people they have ever met.

oh for goodness sake. My uni was posh. My first year was spent in fairly expensive halls, everyone there went to private school. I know that because 1. it was obvious, and 2. because people told you and asked about where you were from etc.

Most of them were loud, most of them were 'over confident', most of the girls ran around screeching things like 'OH MY GHOD THAT'S SOOO FHUNNNIEEEE' and then not laughing. (my personal fav'). Most of them dressed in the typical public school atire- cave girl hair, uggs and pj bottoms. some of them were quite rude and stuck up.

Notice I originally said most and not all. There were people who weren't like that and were more down to earth, but they were in a tiny minority.

edit- i suppose this is more a description of my halls than the whole uni. But we are addressing the 'public school hate' issue. It's because a lot of them are ****ing awful. So sorry if you fit the stereotype (darling).

As someone who has been to both, then spent the holidays cleaning toilets for some extra cash, I can tell you she is in the minority.

However, I agree entirely with the confidence thing - I know a lot of very intelligent state school pupils who just don't have places like Oxford on their radar because they have never been told they can do it.

I literally can not believe such a place exists.

To be completely honest, jealousy!
I applied to every private school in a 4 mile radius, and was rejected from each one of them (Stupid Non/Verbal reasoning!), and I just have had a unwarranted hate since then...
all three of my older brothers and sisters go to private schools, (and my little brother just got into one #FacePalm) and I just had he burning vengeance against private schools and student that went to them, and came up with many reasonable answers as to why they should all be shut down...but 4 years down the line I've come to accept I'm an insanely jealous person....
sorry about that

And I'm sure they view you as intolerant, selfish and jealous .. Its a two way street, When you think something about someone in 99% of cases they are going to think something right back just because of your attitude towards them or your views upon them. It's how society works

Jealousy obviously and rightly so.

My boarding days were some of the best of my life.

Where did I say I thought 99% are like that? Why would the see me as selfish? I did stress I would have to generalise because I haven't met all of them. Everybody on this thread is going to base their opinions on what they have seen. I have friends who went to private school but I was talking about some of the ones I have met who went to the more famous ones because have a lot more money than those from other private schools.