'I make £120,000 but I can’t recall the last time we went out for dinner’

captainhindsight_2

BillJones wrote: »

I suppose that there's a belief that it buys them entry to the best jobs.

It doesn't, especially when there are comp kids like me making the hiring decisions...

Why do ex comp students have such a high opinion of themselves? Is that a joke or do you seriously discriminate against people who went to private school?

All it does is highlight your jealously of the opportunities you never had.

I went to a public school which now charges fees in excess of £30,000, I or none of my friends from school who employ people would ever discriminate against where somebody was educated.

chewmylegoff

captainhindsight wrote: »

Why do ex comp students have such a high opinion of themselves? Is that a joke or do you seriously discriminate against people who went to private school?

All it does is highlight your jealously of the opportunities you never had.

I went to a public school which now charges fees in excess of £30,000, I or none of my friends from school who employ people would ever discriminate against where somebody was educated.

So when hiring a graduate trainee during the CV sift you would rank a degree from Oxbridge the same as a degree at the same grade from whatever the bottom ranking university is?

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GeneHunt wrote: »

Well, my 2 have been through FREE state education (non-grammar school) - eldest got A*A*A at A level and my youngest looks like achieving highly too - he has a place at Bath Business School for September if he gets AAA.

If we had spent just £10k a year (easily done) on private education the cost would have been a minimum of £280,000. For what? I have absolutely no idea why people waste their money on private education (and then moan because they are poor and will have to work until they die)

Get into a good comprehensive and 6th form? Excellent! Sadly not everyone lives near one.

I had the pleasure of a great comp., that popped me out with fabulous grades in the mid-90s (my parents regretted bribing me to get A*s). Sadly, the local 6th form college was rubbish, and completely failed me. My parents realised that, so my brother went to the local catholic 6th form instead (and he's got a degree from York, MRes from Birmingham and a clinical doctorate from Oxford.. so not done too badly). I stopped at MSc.

My kids are in a great state (if religious) primary school and then lined up to be in a pretty decent secondary. However - if I can get my kids into one of the good local private secondary (we're round the corner from Habs) I will jump at it.

BUT - i would not seriously destroy my families lifestyle to do it. I've seen people do that, then their kids flunked it all

smartn

I went to a comprehensive school and am paying for my kids to be privately educated. I'm making sacrifices but know for sure they are getting a better education than they would be at local state alternatives (this wouldn't be true for all parts of the country).

Unlike the guy in the initial post I don't earn £120K (I wish) and I find it amusing/irritating that on a salary like that he has the nerve to go public and complain!

chewmylegoff

BillJones wrote: »

I suppose that there's a belief that it buys them entry to the best jobs.

It doesn't, especially when there are comp kids like me making the hiring decisions...

Well, paying school fees gives you choice. The only other way you can choose is to buy a house within the catchment area of a good state school and that is not guaranteed to work. There are probably some examples where the latter course of action is more affordable, especially if you're not sending them to boarding school.

If I had kids and lived near a terrible school then I would probably be prepared to live on £1,000 a month after housing costs rather than £5,000 a month after housing costs I suppose. I bet the chap in the article is doing no such thing though as his wife probably earns a decent wage as well. Unlikely she is just sitting at home doing nothing with kids of that age and financial commitments that large.

MrRee_2

There is NO better investment than to invest in your own childrens education and future.

I know someone who works long hours, together with his wife, drives a 15 year old car he got from the scrapyard and has the soles of his shoes flapping as he walks.

Both of his children are in private education .... that's how important it is to some people and how generous some people are.

All I ever did was to make sure they had a house to start with ....

GeorgeHowell

MrRee wrote: »

All I ever did was to make sure they had a house to start with ....

What, you mean you let them bunk down in your house without telling the council ?

Principia_2

ringo_24601 wrote: »

He can afford it, he's just complaining about it

This is exactly what I think. He has a budget which being much bigger than the average person's budget means he can make more choices with his money.

He's made his choices on how to spend his money, which are his business, that's fine - but please don't moan about the things you could have afforded if you chose to spend your money in a different way.

No different than someone deeply in debt refusing to give up their gym membership/sky/mobile phone contracts etc in my mind. Or someone who wins a couple of million on the lottery and seems to think they can live the lifestyle of someone who has an income of a couple of million every year.

It's all about the entitlement that some people seem to have these days.

You have an income, you make choices with it. There are consequences to those choices - for all of us. Be big enough to accept those opportunity costs as well as the benefits of your choices.

Prothet_of_Doom

GeneHunt wrote: »

Well, my 2 have been through FREE state education (non-grammar school) - eldest got A*A*A at A level and my youngest looks like achieving highly too - he has a place at Bath Business School for September if he gets AAA.

If we had spent just £10k a year (easily done) on private education the cost would have been a minimum of £280,000. For what? I have absolutely no idea why people waste their money on private education (and then moan because they are poor and will have to work until they die)

Sounds like my 2.

The older one got 3 A*'s and is on target for a (High First) in Chemistry (exams finish in 5 weeks) and the younger one is 4 weeks away from A levels where she needs (and should get) AAB to study Pharmacy.

Mind you we have friends whose only child went to a private school, and they say that university is cheap in comparison, and they haven't been so well off since she went. :rotfl:

MrRee_2

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

What, you mean you let them bunk down in your house without telling the council ?

EH? You misunderstand .... rather than supply them a private education, I helped buy them a house.