A private school is a system which creates a two tier standard of education which perpetuates the gulf between the have and have nots.
Private schools are meant to promote choice, choice for whom? The wealthy few and the token scholarship students who end up being excluded by the snobby rich kids and developing inferiority complex.
I doubt very much whether private school kids have gone through the same experiences as comprehensive school kids. Do private school kids have to worry about money and whether they can afford to go to uni? No because daddy can pay for all that and even use their contacts to get them into the top jobs. Or to put it another way, at the very least they have one less major headache to worry about. Their biggest problem in life is probably being able to navigate their way from the west wing of their mansion to their east wing.
Despite a greater emphasis placed upon equality by the government, the old school tie network is still very much alive and kicking, which creates a cycle which repeats itself from generation to generation. Rather than equality, meritocracy, and greater opportunities for all, private school stand for inequality and benefiting the select few who were fortunate enough to be born into a wealthy family.
Private schools are meant to promote choice, choice for whom? The wealthy few and the token scholarship students who end up being excluded by the snobby rich kids and developing inferiority complex.
I doubt very much whether private school kids have gone through the same experiences as comprehensive school kids. Do private school kids have to worry about money and whether they can afford to go to uni? No because daddy can pay for all that and even use their contacts to get them into the top jobs. Or to put it another way, at the very least they have one less major headache to worry about. Their biggest problem in life is probably being able to navigate their way from the west wing of their mansion to their east wing.
Despite a greater emphasis placed upon equality by the government, the old school tie network is still very much alive and kicking, which creates a cycle which repeats itself from generation to generation. Rather than equality, meritocracy, and greater opportunities for all, private school stand for inequality and benefiting the select few who were fortunate enough to be born into a wealthy family.
Just ask yourself one question?
Why do so many people go from top private school's to top universities and eventually into top jobs rather than working there way to the top? Is it because private school's offer a better standard of education? or is it the ability of rich parents to buy their kids education through the amount of money they spend, thus making damn sure there getting a return.
Why do so many people go from top private school's to top universities and eventually into top jobs rather than working there way to the top? Is it because private school's offer a better standard of education? or is it the ability of rich parents to buy their kids education through the amount of money they spend, thus making damn sure there getting a return.
by Mig* November 17, 2006
A school which rich kids attend who dont understand the value of money and which daddy gives everything to them on a plate and who believe they are intellectually superior to anybody else.
People who attend private schools are unlikely to come across many ethnic minorities or persons of a lower social class either at school or from the area they live in.
Tend to get ahead in life because of the family they were born into and life chances rather than because of merit.
People who attend private schools are unlikely to come across many ethnic minorities or persons of a lower social class either at school or from the area they live in.
Tend to get ahead in life because of the family they were born into and life chances rather than because of merit.
employer: which school did you go to?
employee: I went to a top private school?
employer: your hired.
employee: I went to a top private school?
employer: your hired.
by mig* September 23, 2006
A school, for kid's with good parents who dont want their kids to grow up living on the streets in new york city. we dont go there only because we can afford it. we just dont wanna have to deal with drama, and other public school useless stuff. we arent mean to eachother, and we arent all white. so shut up if you say anything else about it
Public school kid: ewh you catholic school rich bitch!
Private school kid: shut up, we just have better parents then you!
Private school kid: shut up, we just have better parents then you!
by Renee June 14, 2006
private school is not a place for rich white snobs, although some private schools are filled with those, most of them are not. Actually, I go to a private high school and there are 300 kids in my class. about 75 are hispanic, 150 are white, 25 are asian and the rest are mixed. its not for preppy snobs either, i live in a one story house, not in the suburbs with a normal family and parents who work full time and many days aren't home for dinner because they are working their asses off to pay for my tuition. none of my friends at school have a mansion, okay maybe a couple have two story houses but most of them are average to small size one story houses. no, my parents dont hand me money, i have to work my ass off to get money, by mowing the lawn and shit. okay and for all of you saying private school kids dont go through the same experiences are misinformed. there are alot of disfunctional families at private schools and i know quite a few drug addicts (meth, coke, heroin, you name it). theres really not much difference between private and public except that the private school people pay for their education.
oh and alot of people smoke weed :)
were not completely sheltered from the outside world , ok?
(oh and btw i have a lot of public school friends and they are the same as my private school friends, theres really no difference)
oh and alot of people smoke weed :)
were not completely sheltered from the outside world , ok?
(oh and btw i have a lot of public school friends and they are the same as my private school friends, theres really no difference)
public school kid: haha stupid spoiled brat, you go to private school!
private school kid: *lights up a joint* whatev, think what you want, but your just being a narrow-minded cunt.
public school kid: oh.
private school kid: *lights up a joint* whatev, think what you want, but your just being a narrow-minded cunt.
public school kid: oh.
by mr. pharmy July 29, 2008
This is based off of my own experience because I go to one myself. It is NOT all snobs, all of the year below me (except 1)got in via scholarship. We are not stuck up brats. Often when people ask me what school I go to I tell them because they have told me so why not bit the usual reply is "oh you go to a rich/posh sch- I mean a private school". It's understandable that people will thing we are stuck up but we are also human, we also have many problems. 2 of my best friends parents are divorced and one of my best friends dad is on his 3rd wife (I think).
And although some of us have a decent amount of money we still have to work hard in order to be able to get a job in the future. Our parents work hard as well they don't just sit about all day, both my parents (for about 2 years) had a full time job and a part time job.
We are not very different from people in public schools
My best friend got laughed at by her old school friends when she said she was moving to my school.
I don't mean to have a go at people
I just want to say
We are all human
We are the same
And although some of us have a decent amount of money we still have to work hard in order to be able to get a job in the future. Our parents work hard as well they don't just sit about all day, both my parents (for about 2 years) had a full time job and a part time job.
We are not very different from people in public schools
My best friend got laughed at by her old school friends when she said she was moving to my school.
I don't mean to have a go at people
I just want to say
We are all human
We are the same
Person 1: "Oh you go to a rich/posh sch- I mean a private school"
Person 2: "SHHHHHHH they'll hear you!!!"
Person 2: "SHHHHHHH they'll hear you!!!"
by ☻☻☻ January 7, 2020
A small little building full of white kids with "mommy and daddy" issues, where they keep the air conditioning way too freaking cold. Not as bad as everyone thinks it is, the kids are as messed up as in public schools, they just dress nicer.
by ASDFGHKKCNSO24/7 October 22, 2013
A school in which the parents pay lots of money so their "little darling" can have the very very best.
This environment manufactures many things, such as, snobbery towards people who are not as economically prosperous enough to go to private school, or feel that they can get an OK education at a state school. Empiricism, shelter, pansyness, and most importantly, a severe lack of life experience, and a belief that the world really is this pretty coddling environment in which people will pick them up, dust them off, and whisper words of encouragement and love in their ears until they feel big enough to carry on.
The delusion is so complete, that most private school girls and boys have no idea that they are deluded, and are conditioned to think that the extremely easy lifestyle they lead is really tough. They say things like, "I'm not rich! We're poor from paying for tution." Not realizing that "poor" is where you cannot eat. And "poor" in the developed countries in which they live, is being in commission housing on the dole. However, this is rarely problematic, as most of them are financially taken care of, and able to continue to lead this easy lifestyle in which they are accustomed outside of school. However, it is occasionally problematic when said child's parents realize their mistake in raising the child accustomed to unconditional goodness, and decide to let it flounder. In which case, it fails miserably.
This environment manufactures many things, such as, snobbery towards people who are not as economically prosperous enough to go to private school, or feel that they can get an OK education at a state school. Empiricism, shelter, pansyness, and most importantly, a severe lack of life experience, and a belief that the world really is this pretty coddling environment in which people will pick them up, dust them off, and whisper words of encouragement and love in their ears until they feel big enough to carry on.
The delusion is so complete, that most private school girls and boys have no idea that they are deluded, and are conditioned to think that the extremely easy lifestyle they lead is really tough. They say things like, "I'm not rich! We're poor from paying for tution." Not realizing that "poor" is where you cannot eat. And "poor" in the developed countries in which they live, is being in commission housing on the dole. However, this is rarely problematic, as most of them are financially taken care of, and able to continue to lead this easy lifestyle in which they are accustomed outside of school. However, it is occasionally problematic when said child's parents realize their mistake in raising the child accustomed to unconditional goodness, and decide to let it flounder. In which case, it fails miserably.
I go to a private school. I cannot believe the arrogance of the wealthy.
I've seen and been through things these private school kids couldn't even imagine, and they have the nerve to act as if they know more about life than I do.
I've seen and been through things these private school kids couldn't even imagine, and they have the nerve to act as if they know more about life than I do.
by stonahsarah April 7, 2009