I really don’t have time to write a big post today, on what I think might be an interesting subject, so I’m counting on you guys for some good comments.
I want to know what people think about The public vs comprehensive school debate. I heard a fact the other day, but I have kind of forgotten it, so I’m making it up. It was something like 80% of the most powerful people in this country were educated privately. This is pretty shocking really. Having rich people from rich backgrounds in power can’t be favorable for the working classes, surely. What is it that makes people from this schooling become so powerful?
There were people from my comprehensive school who were stupendously intelligent, why do they never seem to get the same breaks in life?
August 15th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
No. Comprehensive all the way. I turned out fine and a well rounded individual.
Plus we beat the private school at their own game (Cricket) one year in the North Wales Schools Championships. Riz-fucking-izult!
August 15th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Either or, I don’t think it makes a difference. Not here anyway. In NSW (the state I live in), the top scoring schools in year 12 are public schools. Having said that though, they’re selective public schools, but public all the same.
What I don’t like though, is being told to wear my private school tie to job interviews as employers will recognise it and if it comes down to me being completely equal with another candidate and I’m from the ‘better school’ - I’ll get chosen. I think THAT is wrong.
August 16th, 2007 at 10:50 am
I guess it depends on what field you want to get into, a lot of employers only really care about the quality of your degree (if you went to uni) so public school can be a moot point. Public school always seems to give you a leg up amongst those employers who value the ‘boys club’ kind of mentality because they love to give each other a leg up and pats on the back, I think that is why they always seem to have more breaks.
I say comprehensive all the way. Kids in comprehensive are generally (and it’s quite a stereotype) less sheltered and have a bit more life experience in my eyes.