Posh Kids Go To State School | School Swap: The Class Divide E1 | Up Close

In a unique experiment, a private head, his state school counterpart and six of their pupils spend a week in each other's worlds, as we unpick the gulf in Britain's school system.
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[@paulgilliland2992]

Pretty astonishing outcomes from this short experiment. The young Syrian girl is definitely going somewhere. I hope her parents can continue to support her goal of getting to university which I’m pretty sure she’s going somewhere.

[@ParodyBlox]

Every kid deserves a high quality education, prove me wrong.

[@renegade-master29]

We need some factory workers

[@ellamajor7771]

@@renegade-master29can they not still have access to a good education?

[@rnosibZ57]

​​@@renegade-master29What factories still operate in the UK? That industry has passed we rely on other countries for that sort of production & industry, education needs to be improved massively especially the quality of education because so many young people are now entering the tertiary & quarternary sector they want all the top paying jobs and to do that they need to get accepted into the best universities and that's only possible if education is massively improved there's still schools that fail kids massively because they don't do enough and majority of that is in the North of England especially

[@nk794]

That’s grammar schools are for, intelligent students who want a high quality education. You can be anything if you try, you dont need to rely on just your teachers. Private school’s aren’t all that either - student’s still (if anything, more) do their own independant learning because when you are in uni, teacher’s will not spoon feed you.

[@joshgoodenough998]

@@rnosibZ57not the smartest if you think this country doesn’t rely on factories, clearly you didn’t get the privilege of private education 😂

[@Thunderpaws111]

When Zander pulled the lace out of Brett’s mouth, and simply stated “doesn’t suit you.” It took a moment for Brett to compute how to handle it. Brett isn’t used to being ‘corrected.’

[@Uzmyjr]

True ❤.

[@Jf_1900]

I went to 2 schools that had to be closed down and restarted as trusts. I then went to another state school, which was 'good'. The surrounding area has a massive effect on the school. My first 2 schools were in very rough areas, whereas the last school was in a slightly better area, but we would have called it posh. The difference was incredible, but at the end of the day, it does depend on the child.

[@alexburnett758]

Luckily there are amazing teachers like Mr Thomas in most state schools. I had a teacher who was headhunted by a Hong Komg private school though. 😅

[@josephe3697]

Repeat from 2012. Where are they now? It would be interesting to see which education ended up being the best and what happened to them. (I left state school at age 15 (1957) with no qualifications and had a very successful career.)

[@dealbreakerc]

And frankly that makes you the exception. First of all, most students who leave school without any qualifications (regardless of the quality of the school) face an immense challenge getting anything more than minimum wage jobs or those as unskilled laborers. Second that was nearly 70 years ago and these days just about every job seems to state that a university qualification is required (whether or not one realistically is required) and far more people are not only leaving secondary school with some qualifications but more are also going on to obtain some tertiary education (be that university or trades). It's not impossible to be successful without qualifications, but the expectation is an individual will struggle without them. As for which pupils in this were more successful, it doesn't take genius to see that posh students are miles ahead in terms of academics, have far more resources at their or their families' disposal, and have far more connections to the 'professional' class through their parents and thus have a much easier path to higher status/higher paying jobs.

[@josephe3697]

@@dealbreakerc In my case after school I had some part time education and went to evening classes for many years, gained professional qualifications in electrical engineering and became fluent in a foreign language.

[@tifffernandes8632]

I feel as though private school students get a better quality of education and go to school for longer hours, therefore don’t have to work at home and are still better educated even being able to get time to “mess around.”

[@lilymae8868]

as someone at a private school you definitely still need to work at home. At my school we get a LOT of homework even though I go to school from 8-6:15 every day

[@tifffernandes8632]

Do you find it hard to balance extra curriculars and homework or are extra curriculars non-compulsory so you can spend a lot of time working?

[@ScampiLemon]

They get longer school holidays at private school. Summer tends to be 8 weeks, Christmas is 3 etc

[@Anna-gm6zy]

@@tifffernandes8632at my school they strongly encourage all years to join in with extracurricular, even year 11 and 13s in exam year, so we have to find sneaky ways to get out of doing them to have study periods instead😂

[@pA165-b5z]

Over simplification my friend. Nil sine labore as the saying goes and this still applies , private tutors and privilege or not.

[@shashwatwadhwa3111]

I feel, they don't get the reality check of life. Learning lessons while fighting wars to fit in, defend your mental state and dodge weird situations throughout educational life

[@senzubean1358]

this is giving me flashbacks 🫠

[@jaderowe7749]

It’s a shame that in this country there is such inequality when there doesn’t need to be. Private schools are just a way for the rich to gate keep their wealth, with some exceptions of poorer students so it looks ‘fair’.

[@the_tapioca1]

Well the private school in the video is an extreme. Most private schools aren’t like that.

[@Emila-o7q]

@@the_tapioca1 there are plenty of private schools like that

[@em-ls]

@@Emila-o7q and there are plenty that aren't. Not all state schools are like Bemrose either

[@Emila-o7q]

@@em-ls no school is the same as each other. The person said "most" private schools aren't like that. In the UK most are. Not every, but most.

[@JamieZero7]

Complete rubbish. private schools aren't for the rich. But for those parents who want to invest in their kid's future. As shown in this video it pays off. The private kids actually think about their future. Public schools are socialist propaganda centres, that ruin kids lives. They take a functioning kid and destroy them. They don't invest in teaching them philosophy so the kids have no understanding of virtue, no understanding of eudaimonia which life is all about. They have no ethics that guides humans. You communists are just upset that kids are out of your control and away from your propaganda. They aren't being taught to obey. They are free-thinking individuals. And free thinkers is what you communists hate.

[@lydiad9036]

Great episode- when is the next one coming out?

[@vrushtivaghasia3255]

It's already out, it's on our stories channel

[@pupface]

I feel so sorry for these kids packed off to boarding school. Effectively abandoned by their parents.

[@chaelicopter]

i know right! i don’t understand how u can just ship off ur kid like that, unless they want to go

[@pupface]

@@Hit1889 racist

[@pupface]

@@Hit1889 try being racist to my face and see how long you manage to preserve yourself

[@Bastian-f2y]

@@pupface I am in boarding school and I love it - I'm always surrounded by my friends and receive great educational support. However, every kid is different

[@pupface]

@Bastian-f2y glad to hear you enjoy it :)

[@cheekycharlie24]

I got into my school through scholarship but it’s a public school. I wasn’t in the area so I passed in flying colours with music, my specialty. The thing is my school is bad. There’s no help for me. I need help but I can’t ask anyone. I need a school councillor but it’s all other students.

[@aidenalamo6262]

In the USA, our community state schools don't have pastoral care or extra support services, except for maybe a food pantry onsite and a clothing closet for homeless students to change their clothes or if there is an accident at school and parent can't bring clothes for a student to change into. That would be nice to have is a house system and pastoral care system to resolve conflict resolution or personal needs to get met.

[@jenniferjiang4445]

There are some districts that have school counselors and school social workers.

[@Yeye12115]

Thought this school was in a different country

[@nievexx2013]

400! Mine has 1400 mate…

[@user-xs8vr5yr4z]

What happened with Xande, Katie and John? Could they go to the best universities?

[@RegiyThornton]

This has already been done before it’s called the inbetweeners

[@OV3RDRIVE24]

You bumderrr

[@user-nb5sd7fb5u]

i go to a private school right and it looks nothing like that hahahah that is sooooo posh

[@Jabberhopper]

i swear iv watched this 3 times, why is it uploaded 12 days ago

[@tanveerUKhan15]

You see where the issue is. The issue isn't private or state school. The issue is parents not putting discipline into their children. I'm just on the 15mins mark and when you look at the private child's schedule and the state school one. The private kids wake up 6:30, in school at 8:50 and not home till 5pm. State school the kids wake up at 8am and finish at 3pm. The country needs to double down on parents being aware they can improve their children's lives by putting discipline in their children's lives.

[@rufusevison2913]

I was in a similar exchange in 1985.

[@lisalewis8989]

Both my partner's children did miles worse than mine did in state school. It's not all black and white... His son didn't even finish secondary school.

[@newhoboken9944]

English private schools are full of poor people; they can't even do due diligence properly and when they don't, they actually make it bad for people, especially later in life. And when they say "why don't they buy this or that?", they say it's cos they're "posh" or "have a reputation", but that's bullsh&t, a cover-up for poor fraudsters. Why isn't everybody driving around in a Lamborghini? Are they not that rich? Are supercars "too loud" and not posh. Bullsh%t

[@Strawberrlla]

Private schools are at such a landslide comparison with public/state schools and it’s upsetting because for individuals who want those high jobs find it more difficult to get to whereas private school individuals tend to have a easier ride due to them already being set at an advantage. Having to pay for private school also says a lot as it goes into the school and government however with state schools there’s often no funding for schools to reach the same potential as private school from the government even though there should be as it’s for the development of younger children who will go to have important jobs, equality should be the main goal many children should feel supported to be who they want to be and not feel as if they should slack off because they don’t get the support. Going to public schools myself there’s even a difference between the area that your school is in which heavily impacts things as different areas being neglected by the government. Just a cycle really

[@philippoulton-haselier3152]

Right so I'm not sure you understand why private schools are often "fee paying". The reason that you have to pay to go to these schools is for the precise reason that they are not funded by the government at all and you can look that up on the .gov website (state schools are government funded where do you think the money comes from). I do a understand the whole "being set an advantage" argument but it's not as blatant as if you go to a private school you get better jobs instantly. The main advantages are the opportunities that they allow, for example choosing GCSE's can be hard as state schools might just not run some courses because not enough people want to do it while in private schools because of the fees even if 1 person takes that GCSE the school can still afford to pay the teacher to teach it. As well as that not everyone who goes to private schools are the super rich and many will be on scholarships. I'm fully aware that private schools offer some better resources compared to state schools but at the end of the day if you had the wealth to give your child a better education wouldn't you send them to one?

[@Strawberrlla]

@ of course I would send them to one but my argument is that it shouldn’t be so divided and the government should be funding state schools more for basic necessities, the division isn’t a small gap its a extremely big one along with social bias it doesn’t make the university,job placement and work experience journey any easier. I’m aware people are paying for the experience but it’s just unfortunate that there’s many people who would love to go to private school but genuinely can’t afford the privilege this isn’t argument between rich and poor it’s just putting the government at responsibility. There are fantastic state schools that do have great fundamentals and try really hard to support students but like I said this can vary extremely based on where you’re located, being set at what feels like a permanent set back is probably one of the biggest motivation for some or the biggest hurdle to overcome. Scholarships are viable but are extremely extremely competitive and hard to get, one thing that is great for students from less fortunate backgrounds are opportunities like Sutton trust or bursary’s for school supplies etc. I don’t blame rich people for wanting what’s best for their child when I have kids I will do everything I can for them to have the best education possible if I can afford it but if I can’t afford it I know it will be heart breaking as a parent to feel like you’re somehow “letting them down” having the nurturing responsibility of a parent you will always strive for what’s best but if I don’t have that option UNFORTUNATELY then I just hope my child will do their best at a state school and that’s okay but I know they’ll need extra help and support for the lack the school might be not being able to provide. The only negative I feel with private school is a lack of family life but thats all.

[@JamieZero7]

@@philippoulton-haselier3152 It has to do with philosophy. Public schools teach kids to obey. They destroy the kid's brains. This is what the socialists wanted. It was Kant that destroyed the Enlightenment. He destroyed reason. From Kant, you get Hegel then Engels and Marx. Public education in the UK was much better for teaching kids how to live a life because it taught kids philosophy. The government doesn't want us to learn philosophy. It doesn't want us to learn about how good capitalism is because if you learn about that you won't be a slave. That's why our communist government is at war with private schools. They understand that if you want to control the masses you need to teach them to obey.

[@JamieZero7]

@@Strawberrlla The clip proved the way that kids think in private vs public. The Private school kid thinks about his future. The public school kid thinks about now. He can't see that he can't rationally think about his life. This is what the socialists did to the education system. It didn't used to be like that. Kids learned philosophy. Kids learned how to improve themselves and think rationally. But the socialist attack on education was to create more slaves. As socialism is a neo-platonist. If you read platos republic it was to have the people at the top and the slaves working. Communists made it their mission to destroy the kids brains they looked at ww2 and saw that they could manipulate the masses. It's about power. It's why in 1960's we had kids take over universities that were similar to maoism. It was about power. Homeschooling is better than public education. The internet is better at teaching. Even ChatGPT is better.

[@MsZelda2012]

@@philippoulton-haselier3152You miss the point.

[@nikkithebulldozer2960]

26:20 farting in the classroom

[@CodeDeb]

I’ve seen this before

[@danerawkins3804]

People who go to grammar school 👇

[@jernjustyle]

This video isn’t original, is it???

[@samhooks3699]

no and nor is it current or up to date it dates from 2012

[@jernjustyle]

tq! I saw this vid on another yt channel.

[@ruqqaya]

It's on the channel Our Stories

[@harrisonrobins3689]

19:31 Listen to this. The UK doesn't use that grading system anymore. Now it uses the 9-1 grading system

[@jernjustyle]

@@harrisonrobins3689 thanks for the updated information. I don’t know much about other countries grading systems. btw, I don’t understand English fully that means I’m not fluent.🥹🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@nikkithebulldozer2960]

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