[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Sharing a URL

[Shaun Hately]

On 6 Jul 2004 at 17:06, davewitley wrote:

> Shaun:
> > 
> > There's advantages and disadvantages to it - and, really, only a 
> > fairly small proportion of children get the opportunity in any 
> > country.
> 
> And of those, I imagine only a tiny minority have any say in the 
> matter.  For parents collectively, it may be an opportunity; for 
> children individually, they go because they have to, or don't 
> because they can't.

Actually, of people I know who went to such schools - and it's 
quite a number - the significant majority did have some say. Some 
parents did just decide unilaterally, but really not that many.

In my case, my parents definitely made the decisions *but* I was 
able to make my views known if I chose to. And I wound up boarding 
not because my parents wanted me to - but because the school did 
(they didn't give me much of a choice). My parents actually didn't 
like the idea much. The school did - and I did (though my feelings 
were of limited relevance) (-8








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