To feel pleased that neighbour’s kids are being pulled out of private school?

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I am friends ish with my neighbour and I do feel very conflicted about this. Since we moved in 5 years ago we have had it ALL about her son’s education. How he’s doing so well, on the path to a brilliant future, all the sports he’s doing… every time we see her she manages to mention something about the bloody school! We could never afford it and she knows this. Anyway… turns out he won’t be going back after Christmas and they are looking round state schools this week. I feel great about it. Finally my kids are on a level playing field with this kid and I am glad it’s happened. Think I just need a safe space to say it as obviously can’t IRL!

You lot are unhinged

Oh stop being so sickly sweet all of you.

Loads of people secretly take pleasure in other people's misfortune.

Meh

I bet both your neighbours child and your own child have an eye roll or 2 for the pair of you.

2 Competitive mums who enjoy each others “failures” (using this word because clearly that’s how you view state schools sadly) isn’t a good look.

You sound absolutely horrible.

I bet the OP wouldn’t be taking any delight if the neighbour hadn’t been rubbing her nose in it all these years. What goes around comes around.

Gross.

Also OP, you are wrong. you are NOT friends-ish with your neighbour.

To know now about moving by Christmas, not from September, they must have given a term notice to school. Given election it's nearly certain it's happened because of VAT.
Naughty boy would be excluded at the end of the term

No one pays massive fees every year for their child to have anything less.... and no he won't have been because plenty of other private schools would be queueing up to take him.... I imagine not many naughty kids get thrown out of private school they like the money to much. We all know this is about the taking away the tax relief or the parents financial situation has deteriorated. Either way the child is paying the price. It's not something anyone should be happy about!

With anyone the starting point may be the same after that its never an "level playing field" simply because some study more , some learn quicker and faster , some have tutors for extra, the school may be the same but its never level

Do you? Do you feel hard done by. What a waste of time

I think the state school experience would improve greatly if some parents actively parented their kids properly instead of allowing them to behave like savages and ruin it for those who actually want to learn

Well he's probably already ahead of kids in the state school

whilst I think being gleeful for a child who’s about to have huge disruption is wrong, I do get where you are coming from, and I’m sure if the mum hadn’t been shoving it down your throat for years you would be sympathetic, but her being insufferable makes it hard to feel sorry for her

Was the kid rubbing her nose in it??? Nope he wasn't and it's him this affects not the parents!

Naughty kids go to private school as well.

How unkind, he’s a child

'Pulled out' you mean they are just changing schools...

This. I have second hand embarrassment for you posting this.

Just wow. Revelling in someone else’s misfortune. Are you for real ?

Seriously, wtf is wrong with people? I am sick and tired of reading posts like this and I'm childfree!!! Do you know how much sacrifice being a high earner takes? How a 100k salary sounds loads but when you take away travel, tax,, NI and pension it isn't actually that much. And why the hell wouldn't put your child into private education if you have the money. My nieces classes were a lot smaller, they got the support on subjects they were struggling with. You are nothing short of jealous and I am sick and tired of the wealthy and hard working being penalised for 'the nhs' and the unemployed

FYI, I'm not wealthy, I am out the house for 12 hours a.day. I'm sorry but people like you are the problem, thinking the world owes you a free ride

Er, no! Nothing comparable

Wow, what a sad reflection on you. You are glowing about the fact that a child's world has changed out of his control.
Sorry, but I think you need to take a hard look at yourself.
If your neighbour talking about her son's school bothers you so much, why did you not just distance yourself from her.
Seems like you are taking glee out of an unsettling time of a child because of his mother.

yep, why should lessons be disrupted because some dont want to learn wasting the teachers time.

Very true.

A woman I know sent her son to private school because he had been bullied in state school unfortunately. The Private school was full of the cocaine dealers kids selling coke to the other kids, so the problems were just different.