Private Education and State Education

[ScienceDad]

I wanted to keep it seperate from my other post in here, since people kept wanting to derail the original post with it.

Why are people so up in arms over this? I mentioned that my DD was privately educated and it seemed that that was the only thing people could see in the post and their minds had already clouded with prejudice.

The education level in this country is, if you're able to ignore the Daily Mails Doomsaying, world class, regardless of if it's independant or state.

I was given a state education, and send my daughter to a private school. I think both are really good, and you shoulndt get hung up on jealousy / superiority issues and just be thankful that we don't have the American or similar system.

btbetty - you're a good sort!

We already pay for piano lessons for dd and ds - very expensive. I intend to work more with her myself on maths and English. Don't know that it'll improve her experience of school though. She's already in top sets for everything and is bored a lot of the time.

If she continues to feel unhappy I'll take her out of school and home educate her until she can audition for the local performing arts school at 14.

"If we're talking about material advantage - this is the mother of them all"

Have had a really good laugh imagining the hideously expensive and unnecessary shit EJ has been given for his son so far.

Do you think his cot looks like this?

yuck