David Cameron考虑送儿子上18k一年的Prep School Colet Court,引来报纸批他说一套做一套。

David Cameron考虑送儿子上18k一年的Colet Court (Pre Prep和Prep ,7岁到13岁)引来报纸批他说一套做一套。Colet Court 是St Paul school的feed school,大部分学生从Colet Court 直升St Paul,有一些去Eton,Westminster等等,St Paul毕业生有30%多上牛桥财相George Osborne的母校,David Cameron和Boris Johnson上的是Eton。

David Cameron complains to press regulator over reports he’s sending son to private school
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-complaint-press-regulator-ipso-private-school-eton-a6846201.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3424549/Camerons-enter-son-London-private-school-Eton-educated-PM-considers-prestigious-18-000-year-prep-10-year-old-Elwen-despite-sending-daughter-state-school-calling-fees-crazy.html
http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/31/cameron-plans-on-sending-son-to-18000-a-year-school-5654275/

David Cameron在考虑还没有决定,但报纸抓住就大做文章,批他一方面说要提高公校标准另外一方面又对公校无信心送自己孩子上私校。两年前他们送女儿上牛x的公立中学Grey Coat Hospital school的时候也是被批,说他为了在政治上争取分数不管自己女儿的教育,也有人说他送女儿上好中学是和普通老百姓争学位,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2796964/cameron-set-tory-pm-send-children-state-secondary-viewing-three-four-schools-wife-samantha.html。不知道Dave这回为什么考虑儿子上私校了?很多人当然批他是传统的重男轻女(男孩私校女孩公校),我觉得他是女儿上了非常好的公校以后对公校彻底失望了。 {:5_137:}

嘴上批私校的等级特权,但私下悄悄送孩子上私校的工党政客也不少,比如极左的工党婆娘Diane Abbott送儿子上私校 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3388679/Diane-Abbott-branded-total-sell-sending-son-private-school-dismissed-Labour-shadow-cabinet-quitters-bunch-career-politicians.html,中左的前工党付领袖Harriet Harman送孩子上公立grammar http://www.independent.co.uk/news/why-my-son-will-go-to-grammar-school-by-harriet-harman-1324835.html。立场最坚定的当然是Jeremy Corbyn,当年他的美女老婆要送孩子上公立grammar school,他不同意就和老婆离婚了 Jeremy Corbyn http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3127962/Labour-leadership-hopeful-Jeremy-Corbyn-left-wing-divorced-wife-refused-send-son-failing-comprehensive.html

Daily Mail上有人的评论有点意思:

“This doesn’t surprise me. As a man from a family with Conservative views, Mr Cameron is clearly strongly influenced by his ancestors view on education. But it’s wrong. When I was a young boy of seven, I was offered a place at St Paul’s Cathedral School which was/is very prestigious. I spend five years there then a further four years at another private school. My education was paid for by my wealthy grandparents who hold Conservative views. My younger sister, four years my junior, never went to private school. The reason? She is a girl. Simple as that. But there is such a huge problem with this system where the boy gets all the family support and the girl none. The message I received as a young boy, too young to know better, was: “Women aren’t worth anything. Men are worth everything.” Considering the damage it does to the sibling relationship (which is the longest one you’ll ever have) this tradition isn’t worth continuing.“

“So he will spend thousands on his son’s education, and nothing on his daughter. Does this mean he thinks his daughter’s education doesn’t matter the same. Surely you should treat your children’s education equally. IMO they should either both go private or both go to state school. Sounds like he is more concerned about his son getting into Oxbridge and doesn’t thinks his daughter’s higher education as important. Maybe he thinks she will just marry into money or a title so her education is irrelevant!!”

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3424549/Camerons-enter-son-London-private-school-Eton-educated-PM-considers-prestigious-18-000-year-prep-10-year-old-Elwen-despite-sending-daughter-state-school-calling-fees-crazy.html#ixzz3ywADwKae

也正是这个原因,虽然女校在成绩上也许好过男校,但整体资源上差远了

虽然是政客,但也不傻,才不信看不出公校和私校的区别呢,特别是在伦敦。接送孩子一个月就知道了,开了家长会见了老师更明显。又不是上不起,没必要委屈孩子。当首相仅一段时间而已,小孩教育可不是不当首相就能挤进去的。

英国重难轻女的利害,而且越是受过良好教育的越遵守男私女公,反而少数族裔更多会给男孩女孩同样的机会。也难怪英国到八十年代女人才不是男人的财产。就业市场更是对女性巨大的歧视,没觉得那些私校出身鼻子长在天上的小男生有什么本钱,拽还是很拽,而且说话不走大脑完全不顾及别人的感受。日不落帝国还要继续衰落啊,本来就没什么能人,还要不给女人竞争的机会。男女平等还要靠一战来争取,真的是倒退。还笑话中东落后,自己也没有好到哪里去,典型乌鸦落在猪身上。

英国从来就不是男女平等的标杆国家啊, 甚至落后许多。

我家附近的一个女校(中学),因为教学楼什么是新的,成绩也不错(其实真心就是马马虎虎),远近闻名,其实条件比国内不要说一线城市的重点中学了,就是一般中学也不如。看了真心酸了。

不是所有公校都不行,伦敦好几个grammar school还都是不错的。其实所谓学校的好坏完全在学生,学生分流把愿意学习的放一起教,不愿意学习想干别的事情的学生放一起,这才是王道。果然啊,mar school本来很好,工党为了追求所谓的公平取消了grammar系统。其实现在就近上学才是最不公平的,有钱的人可以买房到好学校附近,过去穷人孩子学习好的有grammar school这条路,现在这条路也断了。jeremy corbyn假如有机会上台为追求公平,肯定要取消现存的几个grammar school,所有学校上学完全靠摇号,买了学区房的人就要郁闷了。

Grammer school 要取消?不会吧

Jeremy Corbyn肯定干得出来。

我觉的他家还是钱不够多!

想起了这个故事

子贡赎人而不受金 孔子恶之

从来都不觉得做官和送私校有什么联系。倒是把精力放在提高公校的整体素质上才值得称赞。
英国向来都是有钱人,Middle and up class and new Middle and up class 的人治理。

很多地方我都觉得这些政客是故意阻止working class move up to their level. 所以才有了让他们懒惰的benifit system. Social housing, etc. 只要他们不捣乱就行。

首相也挺难,上公校私校都有人说闲话:)