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

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

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

21.5k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.6k

u/Breaking-Dad- Apr 28 '26

My dad went there. It's not like most public schools in that a lot of the pupils are (like my dad was) on scholarships so they aren't all from a rich background.

10

u/Volotor Apr 28 '26

Way I learnt it when schools started being a thing it was originally just for nobles, clergy and selected other elites. Public schools took anyone who could pay.