What do you think about being privately educated? Do you have a problem with it?

I also attend one #twinning
I don’t see a problem with being in a private school because if you are able to then why not? Some parents who send their kids to public school instead spend lots of money on expensive cars and then there are people who send their kids to private schools that don’t spend their money on expensive cars because they save that money to spend on the private school. It’s that parent’s decision at the end of the day, and there’s nothing wrong with trying to invest in your child’s future.
All in all public school and private school kids are not even that different so I don’t think it’s a big deal.

I also attend one #twinning
I don’t see a problem with being in a private school because if you are able to then why not? Some parents who send their kids to public school instead spend lots of money on expensive cars and then there are people who send their kids to private schools that don’t spend their money on expensive cars because they save that money to spend on the private school. It’s that parent’s decision at the end of the day, and there’s nothing wrong with trying to invest in your child’s future.
All in all public school and private school kids are not even that different so I don’t think it’s a big deal.

Your view is naive and too simplistic sadly.
Not everyone has the same "level of wealth" to play with, so your whole argument might as well be disregarded. It applies to some parents as you said, but, all in all, there are a lot of parents that just can't afford private school fees. It might not be their fault - just their income is too low and it's too late to realistically raise it high enough. E.g. a single mum or parents on minimum wage employment...
"All in all public school and private school kids are not even that different"- really...?

I think you mean a state school or a comprehensive school, not a public school. Public schools are also independent schools, like private schools, but even more expensive and prestigious.

Yes, my bad, I’m talking about state schools.

I have seen many threads on TSR ****ging off both private schools and the people that go there. Why is this? What are your thought's, do you have a problem with privately educated people?

I've attended a private school and would be interested in hearing peoples' views

Private schools are "in general consensus" better than state schools.
Yes, you get what you pay for but the question is... is it right to make education unequal?
A "dumb" person in a private school could end up with 10 A*s at GCSE because they've got loads of support from their school/tuitions whereas a "smart" person in a state school might end up with 4A* 4A 2B at GCSE. If we just look at the grades then we would think the "smart" person is the one from the private school and the "dumb" person is the one from the state school. That's wrong though, isn't it?

Of course, I knew what you meant, just being pedantic.

If parent(s) have the disposable income, they can spend their money on whatever they wish, if that so happens to be giving their child the best opportunity to be successful in life, I see no issue in doing that. It is a much better investment than a yearly holiday to Spain or a new shiny car.

I was state school educated, come from a working class family and the first person in my family to go to Uni. If I get a well paying job which will enable me to send my future children to private school, I'd certainly consider it.

I feel like people complain about private schools unfairly giving students a better education over the state provided education due to unfairly having the financial ability, but how about instead of complaining private schools unfairly provide a better education, complain about the lower than desired quality of education in state schools and push to improve that. Obviously fixing the state schools isn't an easy task but be frustrated at the state being out-done by private institutions.

There is a certain stigma that private school students are spoilt, bratty, and overly privileged.

Personally, I don’t mind either way. Your parents having or not having money doesn’t always shape you as a person.

I’d disagree with that. I think people *are* mad at the lower quality of teaching in public schools, whereas private schools generally have a higher standard. It’s not about hating private schools, its about improving public ones, for most people.