ozzieeagle

Whats it like and what kind of people go there please ?

Please tell me it's not full of Hooray Henry's ! Errr do they do them up North ????



Class of 2000/1 would be brilliant ta

Anyone know ? or know of it ?

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Rich type of people.

ozzieeagle

Why is it I view a Rich person from the UK with suspicion re class awareness and someone from Aus wouldnt bother me at all ?

Has 30 years away changed UK society. Am I living with Ideas from 30 years ago.


Is this school likely to produce people that look down on lesser mortals ?

UK daughter has now moved to Primrose Hill.

I feel like going over to check things out.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Your looking at paying 15,000 grand a year in fees and 'incidentals'. Not something too many families can handle.
Not sure about how they would look upon lesser mortals... probably not that favourable and your ideas from 30 years ago are still, in the main, valid.

Grayling

That kind of attitude is also prevalent here.

Just look at some of the discussions about suburbs.

I find the Australian just as class aware as the British......and I went to such a school

ozzieeagle

Hmmm maybe the Wife should go and check things out instead. Her Aussie upbringing should cut through any bullsheet and preconceived ideas.

Is it right to analyse your offsprings choices like this.

Had a tumultuous few months with my Daughter over there.... now the smoke is clearing.

Hopefully it's just my problem.

ozzieeagle

I dont Grayling and thats whats important to me at this time.

I doubt if you've worked amongst these people to the extent that I have in my time in Londons broking houses.... 9 years to be exact... although a long while ago. Hence my slight agitation..... The best you'll ever get is a superfluous couple of drinks in a pub after work.... whereas here... I've been amongst very wealthy Aussie Outback Landholders and you honestly wouldnt know. Though my mixing with the very wealthy here has been very limited, in comparison to the UK. Most of the Doctors, Psychologists and Psychiatrists that work with the wife that I've met here have been very sociable and dont mind mixing it with anyone, same goes for Solicitors come to think of it. So I'm not sure about your views Grayling. . In Fact when I worked at Morgan Guaranty, the only person that treated me like a human in my very early days when I was a mere bank messenger was Nick Whitlam... Gough Whitlams son. Some of the Americans were OK as well, but the UK Bank Platform Officers were out and out elitist snobs .

Mind you it could be just my own baggage..... Might be one of those situations where I have some values changed.


I'm gonna handball this one to the Missus dammit.

Grayling

Which people?

If you are talking about the so called British upper classes....I lived amongst them and went to school and University with them....I was part of it.

I find the Australians I work with, the ones I meet at the Turf club and even those in our local bowls club are just as class aware and just as scathing about the "lower classes" as any I met or mixed with in England.

ozzieeagle

Public School boys.... Sons of inherited money, who's parents "bought" them jobs in the City via the Old School Tie system.... Propped up by those who actually were good at the job, who came mostly through the Grammar school system and actually deserved to be in those jobs ....Clear enough ? The Baltic Exchange on Fenchurch St is full of them.

As for your example never encountered it, even though I've been around plenty of Rotarians, Lions Clubs members and have been invited to join the Freemasons in the past.

Not saying this is the situation I'm looking at currently though.... time will tell. Time for an open mind methinks.

Grayling

OK Ozzie.....Maybe this is a debate for another time and place.

Hope you are able to deal with your concerns.

....but youngsters will do what youngsters will do......and there is little we can do about it.

G

Woodstock62

Hi,
We have friends who sent their 3 children there. The family are ordinary peeps and in no way upper class. I can ask them for their opinion if you want.

HTH