Comment by bluefirebrand
5 hours ago
> As a European, I don’t know what a Public school means
It means "school paid for by taxes", which, as a European is probably the sort of school you attended
Private school is a school you have to pay to attend
5 hours ago
> As a European, I don’t know what a Public school means
It means "school paid for by taxes", which, as a European is probably the sort of school you attended
Private school is a school you have to pay to attend
In the UK it means a type of (established, large, non-profit) what Americans call a private school. We call the latter in general independent schools.
In the rest of the world "public school" vs "private school" is pretty clear, I think you guys in UK are the only one to call private schools "public school" and public schools "state school".
I think some other countries historically used British terminology and maybe some of its own (e.g. "government school").
The distinction between public and and private that British English historically had was useful too. State school is more accurate too (its distinguishing characteristic is state control and funding).
I also think the old (probably a century ago, or decades ago) "privately education" is a far more accurate description of what is now called "home education" in the UK and, even less accurately, "home schooling" in the US).