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Good parent, bad parent: private school, public school : Comments
By Leslie Cannold and Jane Caro, published 30/11/2007When the last middle class family leaves the system, Australia will have settled for public education that provides a 'reasonable safety net' for the poor.
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These authors frequently write about parents, and I can't remember either of them ever mentioning fathers, but they normally include the word mother several times.
Parent = mother only (is their hidden meaning).
There is less likelhood of such bigots being in the private school system. Or if a mother or a father finds such bigots in a private school, then they can complain to the school about it (because they are paying money) or they have the option of taking their children out and putting them in another private school.
Unfortunately if a mother or a father finds such bigots in a public school, then normally the mother or father has very little choice but to leave their children there.
So I do have sympathy for mothers and fathers who cannot afford to have their children in a private school.