to think many parents who send their children to the lower quality independent schools are so pretentious it is cringeworthy?

[Barrelofloves]

Is it due to insecurity? Because I have found the seriously loaded/titled folk are not like that at all.

eh?

WTF??? Are you a troll or just up your own arse? Prehaps they are trying to do what they feel is the best for their child's education with the funds they have. Pray tell do your DC's have a private education?

"lower quality" "pretentious"

arf arf arf

god that biscuit looks naff

I dont understand.
Do you mean that in choosing a "lower quality" independant school they are making a pretentious choice or that you find that those who do so happen to be pretentious?

(because as steph101 says - your are up your own arse!)

'lower quality independant schools'?

Hmm you sound nice

Actually, the biscuit looks a tad like an arse, so there you go.

Oooh my first opportunity to say

And where did you go to school? Borstal?

Where is the cut-off point on your quality clipboard so I can check out if my choice of school is U or not?? ROFL at silliness of OP

yay ! a chance to do this

trot on

Golly, I was just musing over this thought after reading through Xenia's post on the thread about lying to get a place to a good state school.

Basically, she thought people should work harder in order to go to a private school rather than lying to get into the right catchment as private schools gave dc the right accent, more confidence etc.

I would say from my experience if you can't really afford it, independent schools breed a lot of terrible insecurity with parents acting loftier than the queen.

Just wondered if it is only my humble observation.

I see you a and raise you

Well from my boarding school education experience I would say you're full of the proverbial

I thought looks like a nipple!

Please name these lower quality independent schools.

You say that Xenia thought.

I am not entirely sure what you actually think.

Yes, I would like to know if I am a product of overcompensating, pretentious, loftier than thou parents and a low-quality independant school