It's true, they could have gone to public school and had a afterschool tutor. It'd have been cheaper than private school by far, and gotten the same educational

It's true, they could have gone to public school and had a afterschool tutor. It'd have been cheaper than private school by far, and gotten the same educational benefit without the 'rubbing shoulders with the elite' you get from private schooling. As someone who went to private school, I can say certainly it doesn't count until you go to university. It may count somewhat in highschool, but primary/grammar school isn't quite the place to make connections that people make it out to be.