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BBKing · 22-08-2005, 19:53

You do have to wonder quite what he was expecting sending his kid to a British public school like Marlborough - a holiday camp, perhaps?

I believe his case is that the school is finding an excuse to throw him out to shore up their grades, which is possibly true (but good luck proving it). But presumably in a private school environment you have to put up with that sort of thing - they're in it as a business after all.

Getting expelled from public school isn't all bad of course - many of our notable historical figures started off being given the boot, although amazingly enough the internet comes up empty handed on a 'Famous Public School Expulsions' list, so I shall have to resort to steam-powered paper research.

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BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: Expelled? Why? You do have to wonder quite what he was expecting sending his kid to a British public school like Marlborough - a holiday camp, perhaps? I believe his case is that the school is finding an excuse to throw him out to shore up their grades, which is possibly true (but good luck proving it). But presumably in a private school environment you have to put up with that sort of thing - they're in it as a business after all. Getting expelled from public school isn't all bad of course - many of our notable historical figures started off being given the boot, although amazingly enough the internet comes up empty handed on a 'Famous Public School Expulsions' list, so I shall have to resort to steam-powered paper research.