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Some of my family were privately educated, some went to Grammars. I don’t have a huge problem with private education per-se it’s more about the fact that our country is ruled by privately educated people and there is no state equivalent to challenge this as there was in the days of real grammar schools.
Alf0nse
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I hesitate to get involved in this but...
Both of my daughters went to very good public schools. We could barely afford it, but we did it.
For what it's worth, both schools - despite their very strong academic results - had facilities that would probably be described as sub-par in many state schools.
Neither of my daughters have made friends who are likely to 'open doors' for them in the future. One is studying art, the other music, so its difficult to see what advantage any 'old school network' might give them.
Whilst both the girls attained very good grades, I'm pretty sure (as are they) that they would have attained similar grades had they been educated in the state sector. Both me and Mrs JJ were council kids who went to state school and did well academically.
Finally, as a result of my childrens wierdly privaledged education, a good number of my friends (other parents) are now what would be considered wealthy and have very well paid jobs. That doesn't make them cunts. The ones I have befriended are very decent ordinary people who work hard and look after their kids - they should't be demonised for being successful.