Hallelujah, brother David! Let the sunshine in.
(much as it grieves me to give credit to a bloody seppo).

I love how you misinterpret peoples statements Houllebecq. "Status" was not a term, innuendo or connotation that Suze used at all. I notice you refer to this term via your posts elsewhere. Interesting assumption yet wrong for many of the parents I associate with through private system[s]; most of whom do not care a fig about "status" or are "snobs" as you referred to in a previous post.

How many parents of privately educated kids over the years have you really known well Houllebecq; few I would say, if your remarks are anything to go by.

How do you know if parents have some children educated in both private systems and public systems. I know many parents over the years who have deliberately, for one reason or another, placed their kids in both. Blows out the "status" or "snob" theory Houllebecq.

Sure, there are parents who are insecure in their dispositions and under the false impression, that private schools will give themselves and their children "status" or a greater station in life; any one grounded who mixes in the real world, knows that this is a load of rubbish.

Btw, I used to come across the odd parents and families that sent their kids to boarding schools who came across as a tad on the snobbery side until I made the effort to know them. All of the pretentious and status type of attitudes disappear out the door, with most people once a person makes the effort with their children and themselves

Dear Grim,

What is a seppo?

I must add Severin, that I value and agree with most of what you state on OLO regarding various subjects [factual] so please do not take my opinion regarding the equity of public and private systems personally.

You contribute greatly to most threads positively and are a giving and caring person towards the most vulnerable. I admire you for all of those wonderful things.

Enjoy your week Severin!

Hey David,
"Seppo" is a completely tasteless Aussie abbreviated cockney rhyming slang. Septic tank rhymes with Yank.
After reading your lovely post demonstrating the ugliness of discrimination in all it's myriad forms, I couldn't resist.
(I felt confident a man of your demonstrated punning skills could stand a little iron in your diet).

'I love how you misinterpret peoples statements Houllebecq. "Status" was not a term, innuendo or connotation that Suze used at all.'

There is a comma. I didn't interpret Suze to saying anything about status.

' I notice you refer to this term via your posts elsewhere. '

Yep, I like to have a laugh at generalisations. I notice you omitted the snobs had a winking smiley after it. I may have to use more of such for people to stop taking me so seriously.

'Interesting assumption yet wrong for many of the parents I associate with through private system[s];'

No more interesting than the assumption people who don't send their kids to private schools just don't care enough about their kids to 'scrimp and save'. Which was my point.