I wish I went to a private school...

It always makes me quite sad when I hear people have such bad opinions of private school kids- out of curiosity, were/are the people you knew/know from private schools from public boarding schools or local day schools? There's a very big difference between them. (Namely that private day schools have way more range in incomes, spanning the entire middle class.)

One thing i've never quite understood is the idea that private school kids see less diversity than state school kids? I mean obviously that's the case in a lot of cases, but my school doesn't have people of more incomes than a nearby state school in a good area..:/

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I wish I'd been to the private school where it was all about the partying, instead of the one I actually went to!

what was it like?

It always makes me quite sad when I hear people have such bad opinions of private school kids- out of curiosity, were/are the people you knew/know from private schools from public boarding schools or local day schools? There's a very big difference between them. (Namely that private day schools have way more range in incomes, spanning the entire middle class.)

One thing i've never quite understood is the idea that private school kids see less diversity than state school kids? I mean obviously that's the case in a lot of cases, but my school doesn't have people of more incomes than a nearby state school in a good area..:/

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there's no point wishing for things,sometimes you just have to make the best of what you do have

You go to school to study and learn, if you like private schools so much you can always send your child to one in the future.

A lot of hard work, tbh

we did have pretty good fun and yes

lots of sports, but it certainly wasn't the drug/party scene being described by some people here. Yeah, work hard, play hard, but not drugs - there were a few people into that, but a small minority.

The human has to be able to afford it

Yes but you get a discounted ticket into oxbridge

Why would it make you sad? Some people have had bad experiences with certain groups of people which explains their attitude.

Just because it makes me feel as if they're also negatively judging me. I personally make a point not to base a negative attitude on groups of people (as in race, class, school, hometown, nationality etc.) on previous experiences with people from that group, more to take it by the individual. :/

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Not sure what you mean exactly, but if you are talking about 'unfair' advantages, I don't think that's true

- people have to work just as hard to get into an Oxford college in my experience when they come via the fee-paying route

there are no guarantees and no special places reserved for private schools.

Maybe teaching standards are higher in some cases, but you have to make the grades and do well at interview and in admission tests, your teachers can't do it for you.

Those people are ignorant and I completely agree that the individual should be judged independently of their upbringing and demographic, there are good and bad students in both schools.

Not disputing that however these individuals are guided in the right direction much more efficiently

At the college I went to, the latest figure for state school acceptances is 62% - so apparently some state schools must also be good at 'guiding in the right direction'.