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[slemslempike]

I was going to put an option of "hideous feminist troll-beast" for the first question, but I thought people might tick it for FUN, and I really want to know. I've sort of got an idea that it's a geographical/national difference, but I don't know.

For the second question, I have some French Fancies, and am eating my least favourite first.

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Obviously feel free to skip over questions if you only want to answer some. The final question is pure nosiness, I tend to assume that people have the same background that I do and them and surprised when this is not true. Any other reflections on schools (or any other toopics in this fascinating survey) are very welcome in the comments.

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[pescana.livejournal.com]

I don't know what French Fancies are, so I didn't answer that part. I also don't know what a selective state school is, but for ten out of fourteen years I went to what we call public schools (state). I went to co-ed Catholic school for one year, a private all girl boarding school for two years, and a private co-ed boarding school in Wales for a year. I also went to a private college (university) for my undergraduate degree.

I tend to think it was the boarding schools that affected me the most, but I wonder sometimes if I come off strange because I have all these different experiences.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

French Fancies! The pink/yellow/brown ones, not the renegades on that page.

Selective state schools are non-fee-paying, but everyone can attend. The most common ones are probably grammar schools, where they select based on educational aptitude (...or whose parents can afford the time and money to tutor them through the 11-plus test). I'd argue that religious schools are selective too.

[pescana.livejournal.com]

I don't think we really had much for selective state schools when I was the relevant age. They do now in a lot of places, I understand. And maybe they did then too, we just lived in places that were too small to have much in the way of options.

I'd agree religious schools are selective too, but for the most part religious schools charge fees here and do not get government/tax money. This is another of those areas that's part of a big fight in this country and I don't want to derail.

Ah, French Fancies! I must try these! They look like what I'd call petit fours.