Why Private Schools are Better

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http://bristol.tab.co.uk/2014/01/16/why-private-schools-are-better/

Can I just say... Only at Bristol Uni.

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Reply 1

username1039383

Such snobbery! Bristol isn't even all that anyway to be honest..

Reply 2

redferry

Original post by Secretnerd123

Such snobbery! Bristol isn't even all that anyway to be honest..

Oy!!

I went to Bristol :tongue:

Reply 3

Quady

Looks like the TSR poster :P

The comments are good.

Reply 4

thunder_chunky

All true. Plebs gonna pleb.

Reply 5

username1039383

Original post by redferry

Oy!!

I went to Bristol :tongue:

But that person needs to humble themselves. Its hardly Oxbridge lol

Reply 6

redferry

Original post by Secretnerd123

But that person needs to humble themselves. Its hardly Oxbridge lol

Its sort of closeish? :cry:

Reply 7

Doglamlico

Snobbish and naive tone aside, some of it is true.

Generally speaking, private schools have better facilities and teaching, smaller class sizes, a more stimulating ethos and environment, and are better at getting students into good universities. After all, there's a reason parents pay so much money to send their children there.

State schools do have their advantages though, and there are many excellent ones which rival the best private schools.

Reply 8

Quady

Original post by redferry

Oy!!

I went to Bristol :tongue:

Which is fine if you went to state school.

But if your parents paid 10k+ per year for your education, you shouldn't advertise they spent that to help get you into Bristol...

Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, UCL (possibly) then its somewhat acceptable, Bristol?

Reply 9

username1315644

I think the article is right the author is wrong. Private schools are better, I'm sure most state school students such as myself realised this when the first chair flew past them in a lesson, or they had a cover teacher for the 6 months before their exams and a video to watch.

that because they went to a state school they’ve earned their place at Bristol more than I have

You worked yes, but clearly not as hard as someone who achieved the same grades without the raft of benefits you just mentioned, that's why they are beneficial rather than things that just happen and have no effect. Parents don't spend £15,000 a year because their child will have to work just as hard to get the same result.

They aren't less deserving of their place the point is you need to be good at your subject and how you got good or why you aren't good isn't really relevant in your selection.

Reply 10

Quady

Original post by redferry

Its sort of closeish? :cry:

Yeah, as is Warwick, Durham, Nottingham, York, St Andrews...

Reply 11

Danny the Geezer

Wouldn't send my kids to private school even if I was stinking rich. Would rather they had life experience at a comp or grammar with a wide range of "clientele".

Reply 12

~ Aquamarine ~

One of the comments in the article is spot on "Money may buy you a good education but it won't buy you social skills and common sense".

Fair enough if someone has the opportunity to go to a private school, there is nothing wrong with that. But when people start saying how they will turn out better than someone who went to a state school is ridiculous.

I may get criticised, but I do feel that if there was two students. One from a private school and one from a state school who got onto a good course at a university like Bristol or Oxford with the same grades then I would think that the person from the state school worked harder for it.

Reply 13

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Original post by Quady

Actually totes onside with this.

Reply 14

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Original post by Quady

Yeah, as is Warwick, Durham, Nottingham, York, St Andrews...

Noooo my hopes and dreams are shattered!

Jk I didn't even apply to Oxbridge.

Just about the only person at Brizzle that didn't

Reply 15

Quady

Original post by Fizzel

IYou worked yes, but clearly not as hard as someone who achieved the same grades without the raft of benefits you just mentioned, that's why they are beneficial rather than things that just happen and have no effect. Parents don't spend £15,000 a year because their child will have to work just as hard to get the same result.

I look at it a bit more simply.

If you went to private school, go to university and look at someone who went to state school, you'll know they got the better deal. Their family is relatively about £75k up.

I don't think either 'deserved their place more'. But the one who paid got ripped off to be in the same position.

Reply 16

arrolb4

Original post by Secretnerd123

Such snobbery! Bristol isn't even all that anyway to be honest..

It is complete snobbery!! I went to private school but I don't go shouting in other people's faces, "I'm better than you because I was privileged enough to be given such a chance at having a good education". It does give people who understand how lucky they were to go to private school a bit of an unfair label, simply because other people are absolute a*ses about their education

Reply 17

GrumpyCat

Private schools are better ofc, although I do idd find it funny she believes that private pupils are smarter.

The state schooled would have got similar grades to you, yet didn't get the bonus of private education.

Reply 18

username1039383

Original post by arrolb4

Unfortunately not all have the same attitude. I know many people who went to state schools with better grades than those who went private..

Reply 19

Quady

Original post by redferry

Noooo my hopes and dreams are shattered!

Jk I didn't even apply to Oxbridge.

Just about the only person at Brizzle that didn't

Haha, nothing against Bristol, its a good place.

I went to Bath and that had quite a few people who went to private school and seemed to think I should be impressed by them. Nope, we're both in the same boat, its not really 'a thing' either way.