Monday, November 16, 2009

Why (in the UK) is public school called public school when it is private


Why (in the UK) is public school called public school when it is private?

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I've always wondered this too. I work with someone who went to one who reckons that it goes back to when they were founded. They were the first schools, so instead of being home-taught the children were sent out to be public-taught. That's one theory anyway.