[Oilucy]

I've come to the conclusion that generally speaking, children (and adults) from private schools ooze confidence! Which I personally think is fantastic.
I'm sure this is not always the case, but just looking at the people I have dealt with through work and socially over the past 15 years, this would generally appear to be the case.
I grew up going to public schools and the children were very different from our private school counterparts - we lacked confidence and were quite shy in comparison to the others who could strike up and hold a conversation with anyone, were exceptionally well mannered nand well, they just ooxed confidence! At age 21 I was hopeless and after a couple of years working for a small company amongst lots of private school colleagues and business partners I somehow managed to get rid of my shyness.
So, can anyone tell me if you have children who attend a private school why you think confidence is so normal?
I'd love for my children to be confident and whilst they are for the most part (lots of encouragement from us), I wondered how the private schools seemed to do this given I'm sure many people are not naturally confident people.
Thoughts??

[soontobegran]

I am sorry but I think this is a huge generalisation
I think it has very little to do with the school and a lot to do with the personality of the child and their parenting.

[howdo]

I don't think it has anything to do with private schools. I wouldn't have a clue who was privately educated. Most people I know are publically educated, they show no more or less confidence than those who were privately educated.

[FrogIsAFrogIsAFr...]

I disagree with your generalisation. I don't think confidence comes from public or private schooling; I believe it is a mixture of genetics/ environment (home and school and social)/ life experience/ personality.

Do your bit as a parent, find a school which meets your child's needs (public OR private), and hope for the best

[marnie27]

I think that's a sweeping generalisation. In my social circle there are both types of people from a variety of schooling backgrounds.

[babatjie]

I do know what you mean and I do agree to an extent.

[Old Grey Mare]

I must show this to my brother who teaches at a private boarding school. He needs a good laugh.

[*Lib*]

I went to a very expensive private boarding school.....there is no confidence oozing from me!

This post has been edited by *Lib*: 14/11/2012, 10:27 PM

[kay11]

I've actually felt this too and I know what you mean. It's not necessarily the private school maybe (my sister was horribly bullied in a private school) but perhaps some public schools were not very encouraging for academic kids and maybe there wasn't a lot of opportunity to meet other bookish/academic kids and socialise in their interests more?

[TiredbutHappy]

Private school educated - no confidence oozing here I can assure you.