What are the PEOPLE who go to private schools like, versus state schools?

i only met people from private schools when i came to uni. tbh theres not much of a difference, but the few i know arent really that clued up about money issues. yeah they know that some people dont have a lot of money, but they dont really understand the implications of that. ie my friends enjoy frequently going out for afternoon tea, which, at seven quid a pop is not something that i can afford! yet theyve not made an effort to change and do something more affordable, so ive just had to stop going also they arent very good at shopping on a budget, which is actually sometimes funny as my housemate bought 13 dishwasher tablets for £6, when i had got 24 for £3 (we have a house shoppin list but accidentally chose the same thing lol). they also have no idea what sort of a person a chav is, and just use it for anyone who looks a bit 'dodgy' to them! so yeah, id say from my limited experience, they are a bit naive about some things, but as long as they recognise that its not a problem! (but i bet they say the same thing about state-school people!)
it does become a problem with things like heating and housing budgets though. my housemate (same one) as obviously never had to worry about heating bills, and so has an electric fan on constantly in is room, and using up a hell of a lot of electricity. i havent gathered enough courage to tell him to turn it off, as its my fault he got it in the first place!! i told him not to put the heating on for like 4 hours when its only october, so that was his response. i guess he tried, bless him!

hahahaha! ok so your just one of those people who has no real argument or contribution and so decides to attack your opponents by being gramatically superior and atempting to put them down! nice. tactics of the old 'school yard bully' aka a coward

That's interesting!

Yeah, I have met a few of the ones who will be my future classmates, and they seem pretty nice. I could see how maybe sometimes a private school pupil could put their foot in something like that when house-sharing. As long as he's nice then I suppose you can suffer the heating issues

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1.) Sexuality: Trust me, dude, you'll probably have a better time there. Homophobia and biphobia tend to be less bad at private schools than state schools from my experience (I'm bisexual). The stereotype that everyone at private schools is gay is untrue, but founded on true principles. Because the intelligence of people is higher on average, they're less likely to be homophobic. The only biphobia I've experienced has been from people outside my school, in the nearby state (obviously, most people at state schools aren't homophobic, but it's more rife there).

I go to a private school and I have to say we don't hold a very high opinion of state school kids who are generally animals/chavs etc. Don't get me wrong some state schools are decent but on the whole the people there are just unpleasant.

What an arse

Well done for plucking up the courage to call out Red one...oh wait, she's banned

I go to a state school and back when I was at secondary school (at sixth form now) in year eight/nine, I used to be a homophobe (and I'm really not proud of that, or in fact, most of the views that I held then) and I was, quite rightly, ostracised because of it. I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say here but, perhaps it's not as rife as you might think and tends to be, in my experience, limited to rather unpleasant individuals (such as my younger self *shudder*).

Homophobia is extremely common in state schools, it's pretty much the norm from what I've experienced, especially in Years 8/9. Basically everyone acts all suspicious and speculative of who might be gay, it's pathetic. I'm surprised you were osctracised.

I suppose it depends on which state school you go to, I'm not sure whether the overall amount of homophobia differs between state and private schools - is there any data on this?

I was constantly picked on for being gay, even though I'm not. The people who did it got away with murder and are probably still homophobic tossers.

Thank you for reading my post and taking the time to comment. Yes, state school was really difficult for me, it nearly ruined my life and took a lot of coming back from, so sometimes I do struggle not to be jealous of others that attended these institutions. Nonetheless, I wouldn't close them and would consider sending my children to one in the future.

The one thing that stands out to me whenever I meet people from private school is their confidence. I attended an award ceremony once where a large majority were privately educated and I was completely surprised when random people approached me, asking to shake my hand and asking me my name and stuff.