Westminster School documentary Part 1

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  • Documentrary of Westminster School 1979

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  • @MrRedcarpet02
    @MrRedcarpet02 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A Mr. 'Potter' student at Westminster School!!

  • @mygoditsfullofstars9148
    @mygoditsfullofstars9148 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can`t help thinking J.K.Rowling looked at Mr.Potter in the original broadcast of this program and thought...Hmmmmm.

  • @neilwelton
    @neilwelton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think Robert Lowe, the Headmaster of Winchester College between 1825 and 1829, put it rather well when he said - if you believe in freedom, not only must you tolerate the inequality between children which is the result, but you must also teach children to accept this inequality without envy and without resentment. What better way to do this than in the very structure of the education system itself. Making inequality seem natural, inevitable and somewhat beneficial at a most impressionable and formative age. Imbuing a respect for and an understanding of inequality, if not a liking of it. This sense that inequality will continue for you and for future generations, just as it has done so in the past.

    • @Gen.Khodakovsky
      @Gen.Khodakovsky 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What an idiotic idea.

  • @robincatto
    @robincatto 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done, Charlie!

  • @AminTheMystic
    @AminTheMystic 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    In a free society - it is not up to the government to decide how individuals educate their child. Educating your child is the law - the way isn't.
    - - -
    "People should not have to pay for something thats free."
    Nothing is free. People pay for the state system. Taxes!
    - - -
    You cannot ban people from setting up private schools. The notion is ridiculous.

    • @robertbarrett2494
      @robertbarrett2494 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Private schools are forbidden in Finland .

    • @AminTheMystic
      @AminTheMystic 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@robertbarrett2494 That's not quite true. There are pvt schools in Finland, rare, but they cannot charge extra fees to make profits. Regardless, the point stands. In a free society, highly centralised education is a bad idea.

  • @loggats
    @loggats 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    teachers and other pupils ofter make you want to excel... there's nothing wrong in having a private school education, or government school. it's what you do with it that counts!

  • @user-tf9fh4sy4c
    @user-tf9fh4sy4c 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I`m waiting for Gerald Flashman to appear and announce he will be wearing top hat and tails during the rugby match this afternoon.

  • @marriotttenorgmail4474
    @marriotttenorgmail4474 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Correct

  • @MrRedcarpet02
    @MrRedcarpet02 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And just what has school got to do with desire for this or that career?

  • @paulsmith5752
    @paulsmith5752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:48 the young Ian Bostridge.

    • @CaffeineStu
      @CaffeineStu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good spot!

  • @dyfiosdyfosf
    @dyfiosdyfosf 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1) Westminster
    2) Eton
    3) Harrow
    Harrow only has a reputation now, it used to be a great school

  • @chazlenz1
    @chazlenz1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Eton,Harrow or Westminster???
    which is the very best??

    • @JamesJones-od2ns
      @JamesJones-od2ns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      St pauls

    • @thedom6209
      @thedom6209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Generally Westminster is the best, particularly at academia, and Eton is the best for the social side

    • @MsIndigo74
      @MsIndigo74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Harrow

    • @distantrambler
      @distantrambler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Winchester, Radley, Oundle

  • @canuck21
    @canuck21 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jealous?

  • @jonathanwatts4714
    @jonathanwatts4714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Don't assume everyone is like the scholars. There are unintelligent people too.

  • @canuck21
    @canuck21 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm not rich either, but I don't think they're inbreeds, at least not all of them. It's not a crime to be born with a silver spoon. Your sort of resentment can't be very healthy.

  • @livandjazz
    @livandjazz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I went to a private school. 1) im not inbred and 2) and not rich at all yes im well off but im not rich. I wish people would get this out of their mind it is really mean and horrible and it just makes you look jealous. People get scholarships so people who wouldnt be able to afford to go to get to go. so they are not all rich.

  • @rowanbamford502
    @rowanbamford502 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Chad, perhaps if you had gone to Westminster you may have learnt how to spell a little better. Some may have been born with silver spoons in their mouths but this is preferable to having been born with a chip on one's shoulder.

  • @jonathanwatts4714
    @jonathanwatts4714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Barely anything has changed since then at all.

    • @jonathanwatts4714
      @jonathanwatts4714 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Although it is much more diverse now

    • @jonathanwatts4714
      @jonathanwatts4714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are still pompous arses (facebook.com/arthur.pickering.10?fref=ts)

    • @kriegerskhan1739
      @kriegerskhan1739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh do piss off Johnathon, just because you are in Purcells

    • @britishglory8110
      @britishglory8110 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jonathan Watts thanks very much for that