Private/Public/State Schools.

[Le Chat]

I went to a private, fee paying school, whilst my husband went to a state school (comprehensive.)
I am unclear as to what a 'Public School' is. Is it just another way of saying 'Private School' as both are fee paying....or is a Public School classed as a private school but with astronomically higher fees?

[saxy_jag]

Explanation here, Le Chat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Schools_Ac t_1868

[jno]

a public school is a private school in Britain (though not elsewhere - in most countries a public school is one open to the public, not just to the wealthy). A quaint little Britishism.

[Ethel]

As saxy_jag's link shows, a private school is not a public school, unless it is one of 9 schools referred to in the Public Schools Act 1868.

I find it ironicaly amusing that the OP couldn't find this out for herself.

[sqad617]

Woow, you are right on form Ethel to start off the week, but what does OP stand for?

[sqad617]

Ethel, doesn�t my question rate an answer? I really have no idea what OP stands for, in relation to your answer above.

[Octavius]

Old Punk?



:o)

[Bathsheba]

It means Original Poster sqad! I learnt that meself only last week :-)

[sqad617]

Thanks guys, pity Ethel didn�t rate it highly enough for a reply.

[jno]

Ethel can't come back to every link, even those on which she's correctly put me right, mainly I suppose because the Qs I Answered page refuses to open up. You can't expect anyone to memorise every thread they've been on.

[Le Chat]

Thanks for those answers guys.....and to Ethel, I'm sure most questions could be answered by researching other websites...but isn't the answerbank for that purpose. What a confidence knocking thing to put!

[saxy_jag]

Whilst I don't mind answering questions for people, I quite enjoy the hunt that is searching the internet for answers and can't understand why others either can't or don't.

However, there have been times when I just haven't had a clue where to look and AB is virtually my last resort.

[sqad617]

Sorry jno, this is not the first time that Ethel has not answered my questions and yes I agree that she can�t answer all threads, but this particular one was only a couple of hours old.
Perhaps she is on too many threads, but I have a lot of respect for Ethel and her answers, but she is gathering quite a lot of discontented ABers, which at the moment are outnumbered by her supporters. Is she a problem?.......NO. Is there an issue with her?...........probably YES.