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Back in the early 90s there was a famous quote going around about British "public" (what in the US we call private schools). A UK citizen was kidnapped by a gr
by alexpotato 4y ago
Back in the early 90s there was a famous quote going around about British "public" (what in the US we call private schools).
A UK citizen was kidnapped by a group in the middle east and spent several months in captivity.
After describing how bad the treatment was, he was asked: "How did you make it through?"
His answer: "Well, I went to a British public boarding school so by comparison, the captivity wasn't so bad"
- mytailorisrich 4y agoIronically that was one of the aims of public school education. They educated the officers and managers of the Empire who had to fend for themselves among "the natives" with a limited number of men and resources.