Would you send your ds to Eton?

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assuming you could afford to.

Ha ha alright! You go girl !

I am marrying one by the way. Mind you he was binned out for untold wickedness.

But he's not as you describe so I'm not offended . He's gorgeous and kind and sensitive.

I know exactly what you mean anyway as I am not from that, um, class anyway.

Yes, to the sixth form. Think they start at 13 don't they? At the moment wouldn't like DS to board but if I lived near so that he could be home each weekend and for exeats I would consider it (scholarship would be crucial). They had a prospectus in the reception of DDs' school this morning coincidentally.
Would also have to send girls to equivalent though so would all be too expensive - uniform, sports' kit and music lessons would cripple us!
Think the opportunity to see the other side of life would be fantastic and I've met some fantastic (and normal) Old Etonians.
By the time mine are the right age universities might be so biased towards state schools that it might not be worth all the sacrifice anyway. Those A grades won't count for much if the university has reached its Independent School quota!

Sorry, I'm thinking "Royal Family" eeek!!!!!
Or "Those Thick Rich B**tards" as we in the not know like to call them!

Etonboysbird, I bet he's got a dodgy haircut though hasn't he?

moondog, rhubarb goes some way towards making up for that comment with her "The stereotypical poncey little English brat, I had to hang my head in shame that I was English"

that says it all about Eton in my view, as does Prince Harry (it's not ALL down to his dysfynctional family, surely)

I wouldn't personnally.

I think the royal family are just not that bright. Prince Charles scraped a degree and Diana only had CSEs.

James Bond was reputedly expelled from Eton for an intimate liason with a maid.

No but would send to him to Dulwich College or Alleyns if a nice, long-lost relative would stump up the fees.
No boarding for me. He's MINE! Mine I tell you...ha ha ha.

Larissa darling, none of those people went to Eton

The thing is, at the end of the day, if you're thick, you're thick. And no Eton's going to fix that.

I wouldn't...plus the staff there are a bit dodgy ( the art teacher in the Prince Harry case wasn't even teacher trained - common in some private schools I'm afraid) .I agree with Rhubarb's comments! Plus George Orwell hated it there and he's one of my heroes....the uniform is really twattish, IMO !

love the word 'twattish'
.........is it still allowed on mnet?

not if it meant boarding

Sorry Moondog, it wasn't meant to be offensive just descriptive. My best friend is Welsh and I am almost always kind to her inspite of that. tee hee

I don't think you have to be qualified as a teacher to work in private education, I'm almost sure.

Goodness me Rhubarb what an inverted snob you are!
How pathetic to think that people who went to Eton are any different to anyone else. I know at least 10 and they really are no different to anyone else I know, whatever kind of school they went to.

You would be up in arms if I started saying that I wouldn't send my child to state school in case they turned out to be a scumbag or something equally feeble. I think you should get your head out of your arse and get real girl

(though obviously having seen a video about it you must be the world's greatest expert)

I've been there (as a tourist).

When I went to university I was quite convinced that Eton and the like were full of hooray henries who got where they were because of their parents cash.

Imagine my surprise when I actually found out that many of them were exceptionaly bright, pleasent, able people who were a damn sight brighter than I was.

One became one of my closest friends at university. Despite the fact that I was a hideous inverted snob, he had the good grace and manners to not hold this against me. I was the snob,not he.

And far from being ashamed of people like him Rhubarb, we should be proud, since he is now one of the best consultant eye surgions that the NHS has. I don't think that the people that he treats for cancer of the eye think that he is a 'The stereotypical poncey little English brat'.

Realise I sould have said, that I thought that the Etonians were only in university because of their parents cash.

The only two Etonians at my college were famous for being thick, but I think that was just coincidence.

binkie, the son of a family friend won a scholarship to Westminster a few years ago, and was really happy there, no worries about "fitting in" etc.

I wouldn't, because I think you don't just need to have the cash, you need the whole 'life' - i.e. if I won 10 million on the lottery tomorrow, I don't think that would equip ds to be happy there. It's a very good school but you do need to be a certain type to go there and be happy imho.

Also, couldn't bear ds to board. Unless he turns out really horrible, in which case that would be fine!

Whichever school you send your child to, you need to be sure that it will suit them and their particular needs. That is true of private and state schools. I know of a family who chose to send one of their sons to Eton becuaes it suited him, while sendoing their other children to other Private schools.

Eton will not suit every boy, any more than the school that I teach in will suit every child. (state comp)

Certainly not - my kids are down for a local private school - but it's a pleasant down to earth, unaffected sort of place.

I used to live in Windsor (next door to Eton) and would come across the sh**ty little twonks from Eton. They really were impossibly snooty and disdainful of the hoi polloi (don't think I can spell that proper like).

Real braying Henry's (puke)

Ahem, having just scanned the thread after posting, with apologies to those of you intimate with Old Etonians. I am sure a minority of them are just fine and dandy (what a good choice of word!)