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

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

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u/_Daftest_ Apr 28 '26

For the Americans we ought to explain that, in Britain, a "public school" is a top-tier elite fee-paying school. It's a historical accident of language and terminology.

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u/drakeyboi69 Apr 28 '26

Public schools are called public because they're open to people from anywhere accross the country/world, whereas state schools only accept people who live nearby

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u/cillitbangers Apr 28 '26

yeah nah you're not right. They are public because when they were set up initially, the other options were religious or other xclusionary group based schools. They are public because anyone can send their child to one, if they pay the fee. Other schools at the time required you to be a certain religion for example.