I went to a private school (well, a series of them, actually, but I shall concentrate on the main one). It was a very good school. Whilst I was there our GCSE passes were at something like 98-100% grades A-C, with a similar percentage of passes at A-Level grades A-E. The year I took my GCSEs, a quarter of us got straight As. The teachers were, for the most part, excellent, and there was a good atmosphere about the school.
I’m very glad I went to this school and not my local school, which, trust me, would probably have scarred me for life socially, if not academically. I am very grateful to my parents for sending me (and, more to the point, to my mother, who (as she would invariably end up yelling at me during our many rows) went to work to send us to school).
But I think the existence of private education is dreadful. That the education a child receives is not dependent on its own abilities, but instead on its parents’ incomes and political views, is truly dreadful. When you sit down and think about it, how is this allowed to happen? It’s so unfair!
The point is, of course, that while I entirely disagree with this kind of two-tier education system, if I had a child, my concern for its upbringing would mean that, of course, I would send it to a private school (if I had the means), in an attempt to ensure that it received the best possibly education. Why is this country’s education system so crap? Why are so many of our schools so dreadful? Qu’est-ce qui se passe ici? Je ne comprends pas du tout.
I’m very glad I went to this school and not my local school, which, trust me, would probably have scarred me for life socially, if not academically. I am very grateful to my parents for sending me (and, more to the point, to my mother, who (as she would invariably end up yelling at me during our many rows) went to work to send us to school).
But I think the existence of private education is dreadful. That the education a child receives is not dependent on its own abilities, but instead on its parents’ incomes and political views, is truly dreadful. When you sit down and think about it, how is this allowed to happen? It’s so unfair!
The point is, of course, that while I entirely disagree with this kind of two-tier education system, if I had a child, my concern for its upbringing would mean that, of course, I would send it to a private school (if I had the means), in an attempt to ensure that it received the best possibly education. Why is this country’s education system so crap? Why are so many of our schools so dreadful? Qu’est-ce qui se passe ici? Je ne comprends pas du tout.