Is Hogwarts Public or Private? (I was using the American version of the words)

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 33575

Olwyn wrote:
> As far as I know, and that's not very far believe me
> :), what we class as a Public school over here (i.e.
> UK) is what a lot of people would class as a Private
> school.  I.e. fee paying and all that kind of stuff. 
> Not necessarily a boarding school, although a lot are,
> but they definitely involve the paying of fees by the
> students parents or scholarships IIRC.  

In the Us (as I understand) a public school is one paid for by taxes and a Private school is on paid for by parents, scholarships etc. In Britain, Public and Private schooling means that SAME THING, they are both Fee paying schools. That is why I stated at the beginning of my post that I would be using the American version of the words to avoid confusion. That is confusion for people in either the UK or US (or anywhere else for that matter). I was going to use the AMERICAN versions of the words Public and Private to write my email as it avoids having to write Public (State run) and Private (fee paying) everytime you use the words. Or else confusing people by saying Public and state run.

So when I said that everyone I knew in Britain said they saw it as a "public" school,  I was *transalting*  that they saw it as a NON-fee paying school i.e. a STATE RUN school.



> To be honest I don't think we have such a thing as a
> Private school over here, although I could very well
> be wrong on that score.  
Yes we do (My mum is currently working in one called St Helens's but that's OT)

HOLLYDAZE!!!( Who personally -even though I'm British- agrees with the American wording, it makes more sense).


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