In case anyone was wondering the reason why "private" schools in Britain are called "public schools" it is because they first opened in an era when an education was had via private tutors and the like. So these schools were literally open to the public for anyone who could pay for them. Later the government got in on the education act and opened "state schools". So by now everyone has access to the state schools because it's the law to get and education and that's paid for by taxes but because you have to pay extra for the public schools they look like they're private when technically they're still actually open to the public if you've got the cash ... Hope that makes sense.
The public school thing is...not true.
The public school in my town is complete shit. The amount of 14 years that get arrested is too damn high and over there it isn't a big deal. In my (private) school a girl was smoking and the whole school was in panic :p
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The public school in my town is complete shit. The amount of 14 years that get arrested is too damn high and over there it isn't a big deal. In my (private) school a girl was smoking and the whole school was in panic :p