keepdiggin 9,559 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Anyone send their kids to them and how do they compare to other schools? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 27,940 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 14 minutes ago, keepdiggin said: Anyone send their kids to them and how do they compare to other schools? Not me but I think like going to university it opens up the world to them a bit more than the local comp, if you can afford it mate they are your children you have to try to give them the best start you can 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,559 Posted June 9 Author Report Share Posted June 9 Just now, Greyman said: Not me but I think like going to university it opens up the world to them a bit more than the local comp, if you can afford it mate they are your children you have to try to give them the best start you can Her in doors has organised some school tours I’m still open minded mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,024 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Mine went to a decent school,then uni,both bilingual and sporty,both have a bit of an American accent due to being an international school one of them now lives in the states so he blends in,comprehensive schools churn kids out with no real interest in kids as individuals,if your paying for a school they treat them different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,495 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 I actually attended private school for a year when I was about 8 or 9 (don’t ask, one of my mothers airy fairy ideas) and I attended quiet a few ordinary state schools until 14 when they eventually aimed me out of the school system. I then in later life worked closely with schools in a support role as parent governor, reader, helper and generally being around helping anywhere I could. A lad who I went to school with became headmaster in my school after a career abroad teaching in Saudi and Dubai and his wife was a teacher at a local international school in Brentwood. He bought an added culture of excellence and built on a culture of shared family in our little school, kids loved the school and many of the parents had, like me, previously attended. My point is, kids will thrive in any environment where they feel happy, comfortable, safe, included and at home and that has a culture that makes them feel that way…..my advice and it’s good advice is, take the child for as many visits as possible to different schools (private or state) and then ask them what is their preferred choice. Kids do better where they are happy and you can take that to the bank. 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,495 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 I will also add, I loathed private school…..I had nothing in common with the people and no affiliation to them at all….. Also now days, it’s not the school fees, it’s the added extras that you need to afford (like the trip to some exotic place or 3 different types of sports kit or whatever) and if you can’t then they are singled out amongst their peers. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 6,840 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 (edited) If it's anything like here it just depends. Know alot fo the kids from certain really expensive ones are dumb as a sack of rocks because mommy and daddy are doctors and just pay for good grades ect. O lil Billy is a general menace and you want to expell him ? Well how about we pay for the football teams new gear or something. Also a lot of druggie / spoiled kids... Y'all know the kind have everything they could want but would go to the hood and try to be a gang banger or the town slut if given the chance.... I know we had some come over from a really nice private school my last two years of highschool due to some reason...zoning issues or something, and man they just could not function when they daddies money couldn't solve all the issues..... Lotta the girls where ditzy and naive as f**k too , no real bearing on how the real world operated they seemed like they where acting in some stereotypical high school TV show and yeahhhhhh you can probably guess where that went. On the flip side there are some really good ones too where honestly I'd prefer to send my kids over private school , especially if it's a bit diverse but not some.crazy liberal hive mind bullshit Edited June 9 by Wolfdog91 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,024 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 11 minutes ago, WILF said: it’s the added extras that you need to afford (like the trip to some exotic place Whitley Bay and farne islands were exotic back then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 22,942 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 2 minutes ago, mackem said: Whitley Bay and farne islands were exotic back then. We used to head in the opposite direction, our trips were to exotic Roker and Seaburn beaches ! Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,024 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 2 minutes ago, chartpolski said: We used to head in the opposite direction, our trips were to exotic Roker and Seaburn beaches ! Cheers. Well, sunderland will have seemed as exotic as zanzibar to you northerners back then, I thought Spanish city was in Spain. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 7,957 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 (edited) 37 minutes ago, WILF said: I actually attended private school for a year when I was about 8 or 9 (don’t ask, one of my mothers airy fairy ideas) and I attended quiet a few ordinary state schools until 14 when they eventually aimed me out of the school system. I then in later life worked closely with schools in a support role as parent governor, reader, helper and generally being around helping anywhere I could. A lad who I went to school with became headmaster in my school after a career abroad teaching in Saudi and Dubai and his wife was a teacher at a local international school in Brentwood. He bought an added culture of excellence and built on a culture of shared family in our little school, kids loved the school and many of the parents had, like me, previously attended. My point is, kids will thrive in any environment where they feel happy, comfortable, safe, included and at home and that has a culture that makes them feel that way…..my advice and it’s good advice is, take the child for as many visits as possible to different schools (private or state) and then ask them what is their preferred choice. Kids do better where they are happy and you can take that to the bank. Excellent reply. I would only add that non pushy, genuine and sustained interest in your kids' education helps them immensely. My experience closely resembles Wilf's. I went to a grammar school at eleven. I arrived with an elvis hairstyle and winkle picker shoes as was the working class "look" in 1961. I wouldn't, (couldn't) wear the uniform complete with a cap. I felt such a prick. My area of Salford was known insultingly as the " barbary coast" because of the high foreigner and crime rate. I was in a Latin class and , keen as mustard, I correctly answered a question which none of the other lads could. The teacher bollocked the rest of the class and said the "teddy boy from the barbary coast knows the answer and you lot dont". I never volunteered an answer again. I was humiliated. I hate poor me, poor me, recollections of childhood, I only recount that story to,underline what Wilf said..... kids do best where they fit in and are happy. Like Wilf, formal education and myself parted company very soon afterwards. My advice would be to send your kids to where they will be happy.That's where they will do best. A happy childhood is a great foundation for life after school. Edited June 9 by jukel123 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,495 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, mackem said: Whitley Bay and farne islands were exotic back then. But now days it’s the winter trip to Aspen or a summer trip to St Tropez (maybe not those exact places but you get my drift), its pony club and cricket whites and the weekend birthday party at Clarissa’s parents weekend house in the Cotswolds and all that old bollocks…..if that ain’t your world and you ain’t some new money “living my best life” melt then you are going to find it very hard to fit in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr moocher 917 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 my kids went to state run schools both have degrees one has four degrees they went to dubai france and germany with the school 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,024 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 2 minutes ago, mr moocher said: my kids went to state run schools both have degrees one has four degrees they went to dubai france and germany with the school Girls? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr moocher 917 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 yeah mack the two boys only got gcse the girls was more interested 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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