to pretend that state school is not so bad...

[RichTeas]

We are in an area with no shortage of preps and indies; the state schools are not bad, but for us, definitely not the preferred option. Yet it looks like it's going to be state all the way through. So far DS (Y3) doesn't have any idea of the types of schools that exist, as we have never openly discussed it, but I expect soon he will be clued up enough to question the system he finds himself in. It feels disingenuous to fib that we're happy with just a state education (when we're not), yet we don't want him to grow up feeling he's missed out by over-egging the independents. I suppose it could be worse, he could be in private and then forced to come out, but the issues is the same I wonder how others explain this kind of mismatch...

Oh ,and we play duck,duck ,goose at our primary. Kids love that game.

No you get them in Poundland usualsuspect

...but you can only buy them in October so they have to last a whole year

scarlett I think that poster was being ironic.

Duck, Duck Goose!!!!
Who needs triple science when you have a distinction in Duck, Duck Goose...

Everyone send their children to whatever the hell school they like. There's a thought.

Dominodonkey
Tony Blair - comp kid
I assume this is a joke as he went to a very exclusive private school in Scotland.

www.fettes.com/

sparklingbook but what if one likes a very expensive independent school but one cannot afford it? Then one has to send one's child elsewhere.

Ah well, shit happens.

I know of a few children that are privately educated who also have a private tutor to keep up. I find that turly bizarre. Paying twice effectively.

Indeed charley dont bore us any further. Although pray do tell are you Richtea ? I was going to suggest a name change after such an OP

Pissing myself laughing at the notion of some twat paying however many thousand per year for their child to have the opportunity to play tag

Yes bisjo- I misread it!

Good point apostropheuse. Don't look round schools you can't afford to avoid disappointment if you like them?

Yes, I confused you with RichTeas

scarletts I know, I was being sarcastic. Only Cameron of the past 7 Tory leaders was privately educated. I was replying to the poster who said that you had to go to Eton to be Tory Party leader.

I genuinely have no idea what the issue is. If you can't afford a private school, then it is not the preferred option - it isn't an option at all. Which gives you something in common with the majority of the population, who see past the ridiculous notion that giving up foreign holidays and new cars puts private education within the grasp of most people.

Given that they are off the table, why would you "over-egg" the independents?

Some people are against private education. I am. I have friends who educate their children privately, and my children have friends who are privately educated. You can have a principled objection to something without making it personal.

Oh ok

domino
I get it now [tired brain emoticon]

That's very interesting! I knew Margaret thatcher wasn't but had presumed she was the exception.