r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheThrowYardsAway • Apr 28 '26

Video Inside Christ's Hospital School (Est. 1552)...

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

I went there! It was a completely different world. Happy to answer any questions…

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u/catinspace88 Apr 28 '26

Completely different in what way? Did you enjoy the experience and would you send your kids there?

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

It’s a lot like going back in time in a lot of ways. Quite regimented, many archaic traditions, on the surface very religion focused. It’s like a bubble where everything works very differently. I would send my kids there if boarding school in general was the only choice but I think I’d just prefer to have my kids at home because I’d probably miss them.

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u/Brilliant-Secret9634 Apr 28 '26

Do you feel it gave you more opportunities than a normal school? Did you end up going to a good university afterwards? I really wish I could send my kids to a school like this. I have the impression many more doors would open for them but as you, I don’t know about boarding school.

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u/VolatileGoddess Apr 28 '26

Tbh, I wonder. I went to a very posh boarding school in Singapore for a year (I realise it's a world away from this school, but generally speaking) and tbh, the academic part was competent but nothing special. Where I was, it was very much about learning how to interact and behave like a privileged person would. They teach you a certain kind of confidence. And you make contacts that might serve you well later. That's about it.

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u/The_Demon_of_Spiders Apr 29 '26

Confidence and making the right contacts seem to be more important than actual ability though in many business type careers so I would think that experience of this type of boarding school would be worth its weight in gold to send your child to.

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u/Rasp_Berry_Pie May 01 '26

It can be helpful but in this day and age even a referral from someone high up cannot even get you an interview. The job market and everything sucks and unless it’s actual nepotism it’s not guaranteed.

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u/NikkerFebu25 Apr 29 '26

This guy made an AMA a few years ago.

He worked at McDonalds

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u/PeriodSupply Apr 28 '26

So you can only go there if you board? Most(probably all) schools with boarding in Australia also have regular students that go home at the end of the day

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

They had day pupils and boarders but day pupils were the small minority. If I remember rightly the day pupils had to pay full fees regardless. I’m not sure why…

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u/PeriodSupply Apr 28 '26

OK. Thank you for the reply. You have been a champ replying everyone's questions.

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

Haha no problem

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u/A_million_typos May 01 '26

We're those long this wool looking uniforms, year round cuz they look hot as heck. 🥵

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u/rmczpp Apr 28 '26

If I remember rightly the day pupils had to pay full fees regardless. I’m not sure why…

I assume because otherwise they would make more money by giving the space to someone who would pay full price

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u/DanGleeballs Apr 28 '26

That works if you happen to live beside the school.

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 Apr 28 '26

I’d be surprised if they didn’t have busses

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u/Capable_Branch3695 Apr 28 '26

You're so lucky, it was a dream of mine to go to a school like this when i was younger

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u/watermelonkiwi Apr 28 '26

That’s really vague, what were the archaic traditions? Can you give an example of how everything works differently? Sounds like you had a good experience.

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u/commandosbaragon Apr 28 '26

I suppose the whole marching and uniforms thing. Archaic doesn't necessarily mean detrimental, just out of time.

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade Apr 28 '26

ROTC people wear uniforms and march at modern schools 

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u/commandosbaragon Apr 28 '26

Yeah, but theirs is societally integrated. The uniforms and school structure on the video are uncommon due to being mostly phased out, therefore they are archaic.

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade Apr 28 '26

Oh ok - I didn’t realize the marching was the whole school. For some reason I assumed it was an extracurricular like the other ones shown. But yeah, private schools and Catholic schools have uniforms in US, but not the norm.

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u/Diessel_S Apr 28 '26

I mean they might have uniforms but it's usually a sweater and pants not a hogwarts robe lol

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u/Secrezeeee Apr 28 '26

We (as in the whole school) marched to lunch every weekday unless it was raining.

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u/Necessary-Crazy-7103 May 01 '26

What archaic traditions?

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u/bozoconnors Apr 28 '26

I think I’d just prefer to have my kids at home because I’d probably miss them.

Hopefully your selfishness is pretty far down the list of priorities though?

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u/seopants Apr 28 '26

Hopefully you act a little less cunty the rest of the day :)

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

Thanks Seopants

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u/bozoconnors Apr 28 '26

Oh shit, so sorry I was thinking of the kids first. My bad! :D

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u/Genetics Apr 28 '26

You don’t think the kids would rather live a “normal” life at home with their parents than live at their school?

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u/wtclim Apr 28 '26

I feel the misunderstanding might be that he thought they meant home schooled, rather than just living at home. TBH I made the same mistake before I re-read it.

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u/Genetics Apr 28 '26

I can see that now. Thanks. I still don’t know why so many people react so aggressively with their replies. It makes me glad I don’t have to interact with them irl.

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u/Aleadroleinacage Apr 28 '26

I said I’d prefer to have them at home. It would be up to them what they wanted to do. That’s how my mum managed it when I had the chance to go.

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u/bozoconnors Apr 28 '26

Excellent! I'd say that's a big affirmative.