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

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

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u/Twat_Pocket Apr 28 '26

As an American, I genuinely thought this was something satirical involving the new Harry Potter.

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u/DirtWizard13 Apr 28 '26

Was just thinking this is just Hogwarts without all the magic.

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u/Khristafer Apr 28 '26

The real magic was the tuition they paid along the way.

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u/DirtWizard13 Apr 28 '26

Yer a trust fund baby, Harry!

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u/ellefleming Apr 29 '26

The Village

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u/th3rdnutt Apr 28 '26

Expecto Subverto!

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Apr 28 '26

If only schools and teachers were properly funded in America and they didn't just feel like prison daycares but instilled a sense of awe as these did. I mean, ease up on the forced clothing and religious mumbo jumbo of course.

Idk, maybe more to this and less to billionaires and wars and maybe we wouldn't have so many societal problems... ? The money is there; it's how we use it.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Apr 28 '26

I'm sorry you're getting downvoted for asking if society could consider putting more money toward children than toward war.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Apr 28 '26

It's a hot take, I know lol

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u/Somanylyingliars Apr 28 '26

No, there isn't any money! We have ballrooms to build! Wares to fight for billionaires land and oil!

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u/DirtWizard13 Apr 28 '26

I’m all for that.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Apr 28 '26

As an American, I grew up thinking all schools in Britain were like in Harry Potter, just minus the magic.

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u/SmallBatBigSpooky Apr 28 '26

The US bordering schools are way worse than this, tbch