tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post1117466440206100776..comments2024-03-29T08:24:21.678+00:00Comments on nourishing obscurity: [state and private] good old fashioned stoushJames Highamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-90590315667773620062007-02-27T13:55:00.000+00:002007-02-27T13:55:00.000+00:00so you are another from the other place JH. I am s...so you are another from the other place JH. <BR/><BR/>I am surrounded.<BR/><BR/>On the wider issue; the simple answer is to make all schools private schools and not vice versa. After all, which system has been proven to work over 3 centuries?CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-36041213328526421252007-02-26T19:48:00.000+00:002007-02-26T19:48:00.000+00:00Very interesting. I'm against private schools in ...Very interesting. I'm against private schools in principle, believing that the parents with influence and knowledge should be trying to make the atate system better. But I can see that some UK state schools are so awful now that if you have the money, then are you going to sacrifice your child for your principles? Probably not. My father went to a private school and hated it, finding the rules petty and the masters quite cruel, in some cases. Many years later, he would shiver as he passed the place but would always admit that it had taught him self confidence. But that was a long time ago!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-21175613931032358582007-02-26T19:22:00.000+00:002007-02-26T19:22:00.000+00:00I missed it too, thanks for brining us up to date....I missed it too, thanks for brining us up to date. It's still parenting, rather than schooling, that I believe is the main influence in a child's life - but education comes second in my book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-81889220544208763962007-02-26T16:15:00.000+00:002007-02-26T16:15:00.000+00:00Why should where anyone went to school make the sl...Why should where anyone went to school make the slightest bit of difference? What people do <I>now</I> is far more important then where they went to school, private or state.ThunderDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022244110521962876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31655026.post-58617939788546282782007-02-26T15:25:00.000+00:002007-02-26T15:25:00.000+00:00For a variety of reasons, my younger brother ended...For a variety of reasons, my younger brother ended up at a private school and again for eclectic reasons maybe 60% of the people in my university hall were from private schools. When my bro arrived at private school they said that he was two years behind where he should be - and put it right. He went on to great academic success culminating in a double first from Oxford scoring the best mark in the year in certain papers. But most importantly, he developed a love for learning that I didn't get from my state education - and that I attribute to his excellent private schooling. Obviously he could have walked into a City job, but instead followed a less lucrative career path. Similarly, with my privately educated uni mates I perceived that they had developed better self-discipline from their private schooling. I thought the question Chris asked his colleague was offensive (unless sign-posted as a joke) and his post was lazy and thoughtless. Frankly, I don't know what motivated him to post it.Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.com