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Original poster

Separate Private Schools board please

214 replies

MrsBright · 04/02/2014 22:43

Dear Mums Net HQ,
Please can we find somewhere else than 'Secondary School Education' for the Belgravia crowd to parade their 'St Trinians vs Eton' conversations? Its getting like the private school version of Trip Advisor.

Then the SS Education board could get back to talking about slightly more universal topics like GCSEs and bullying, that involve ALL mothers.

OP posts:
ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 05/02/2014 20:37

Mirror Shock
Surely you mean looking glass

< dabs temples with scent>

MrsBright
Your chip is showing...

AuntieStella · 05/02/2014 20:36

OP seems not to have heard of state boarding, or perhaps just not seen the threads where it's discussed. Separating off private schools would not separate out discussion of boarding (shudders at memory of recent thread involving Hockerill).

Bowlersarm · 05/02/2014 20:33

FYI my DC aren't in a bloody boarding school.

Wallison · 05/02/2014 20:33

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FrancesHB · 05/02/2014 20:33

I love the private schools threads; best bit of mumsnet IMO. It's like watching a class war bun fight in slow motion.

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MrsBright · 05/02/2014 20:30

Take a look in the mirror some of you.

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Bowlersarm · 05/02/2014 20:27

Ooh la la OP.

You really do want to hide any mention of private schools don't you?

Well,thankfully, it's not down to you.

NorthernLurker · 05/02/2014 20:26
MrsBright · 05/02/2014 20:23

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curlew · 05/02/2014 20:01

Pleased to hear it, Owl. You'll be to know that your post fills my card because I know psychically what you 're thinking. So....'HOUSE!"

maillotjaune · 05/02/2014 19:59
Grin
aghteens · 05/02/2014 19:48

Too many boards as it is. Maybe we could just have 3 boards: 'i want to discuss something/seek information', 'I want to show off' and 'I want to start a fight'. That should cover it.

maillotjaune · 05/02/2014 19:13

Bad idea to separate the boards I think. There are way too many boards on here already.

diabolo · 05/02/2014 18:52

I've got a Vauxhall Corsa - do I win?

(it does have a personal number plate though) Grin

OwlCapone · 05/02/2014 18:51

Your post fills several boxes on my card though, Curlew.

Bowlersarm · 05/02/2014 18:43

Bad idea to segregate the boards. What about posters who want to compare state/private for their DC? Or switch from one to another. Where should they post? Or just have a look at what people are saying in general about secondary education. Oh I suppose they could stick something in'Chat' or 'AIBU'.

Very chippy OP. We go without all sorts to prioritise private schools for our DC. We hardly drink (maybe that's not quite true), we definitely don't smoke though. And we don't have new cars.

(Curlew - have I won?)

curlew · 05/02/2014 18:22

Sorry, you weren't the first to say "chip on your shoulder" so I can't mark my card.

You can be the first to say "my dc's private school is so much more diverse than the state primary" if you like. Or "people have different priorities- we don't have Sky TV or drink or smoke"

Or, and this is a rare but brilliant example "the car park is full of beaten up old Volvos"
Grin

LoveIsTheDrug · 05/02/2014 17:51

You can get your marker out whoever that was

LoveIsTheDrug · 05/02/2014 17:50

What a shitty OP.

Chip on your shoulder, much?

Just hide the stuff you're not interested in. The rest of us do it all the time.

hides this thread

OwlCapone · 05/02/2014 17:49

This is a stupid idea.

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KateSMumsnet · 05/02/2014 17:48

Hullo everyone,

Thanks for raising this suggestion MrsBright - not sure whether this is something that we've thought of before, so we'd be interested to hear what other folks think about it.

Anonymousy · 05/02/2014 15:31

GrinWink

Splendid stuff.

diabolo · 05/02/2014 15:27

Well. ( hate this bloody iPad thing)

diabolo · 05/02/2014 15:26

By Jove! I think I've found her. Or someone with a suspiciously similar posting style. We'll I never! Wink

yourlittlesecret · 05/02/2014 15:18

MrsBright I must admit I had the same thought recently. The secondary topic in particular does seem full of named school threads.

In the interests if all perhaps a "which school should I choose?" topic would cover state v private at both primary and secondary?

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