D.C. TERRIFIED TO SEND CHILD TO STATE SCHOOL
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2010-07-24 10:26.Dear Editor,
When my kids went to school back in the late 80's, I wasn't terrified but I was extremely worried that we had chosen the right school for them. Nobody knows how their children will turn out academically and if they go on to a good secondary school enabling them to get to the university which most of us want, then it is large plus. If I had had the money at that time I would have no hesitation in sending my children to private school and a lot of ordinary people would as well.
I believe that Karen Buck had a problem with her child attending a school a few years ago which was documented by your paper and also Diane Abbott, Labour MP (and labour leader candidate) sends her child to a private school.
One must not forget also that people in the political world and elsewhere can afford private tutors etc to enhance the child's ability in possibly weaker subject(s). Therefore, we will never eradicate the class system that still exists in the UK and that is reflected by the amount of MP's who have gone to university and made a career out of politics because it is all based on how well off you are.
One thing that strikes me most is that you can go to further education and get a degree, but whether that engenders common sense seems to be an issue that induces a temporary lapse of reason on some of the major decisions made by politicians, the judiciary and other agencies in institutions of power.
James Quinn