Thank Goodness for Private schools

[Jon the Hat]

Whose alumni have provided half our olympic medals, and a world class rowing venue at Eton. Hopefully this Olympics can bring a newfound interest in funding school sports to a decent level in all schools.

[21st Century Fox]

Wasn't the stat, 50% of the golds from Bejing were won by private school attendees, which equates to a representation of 7% of the population. Shameful statistic for our country. Luckily Michael Gove won't be making any further cuts to school sports programmes..... no wait.

[Nick]

Yes its bloody marvellous to watch all the privileged people do well for a change.

[Bert]

I fucking hate parents that can't afford to put their children through a private school.

Inconsiderate or what.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Shock - those from privileged backgrounds have more chance of success!

[21st Century Fox]

I much prefer to see royals handing other royals medals personally.

[MooseBreath]

Success breeds success, literally. You should have posted this in general chat, the lefties would have been orgasming uncontrollably at the opportunity to lay some blame.

[Nick]

Success breeds success, literally. You should have posted this in general chat, the lefties would have been orgasming uncontrollably at the opportunity to lay some blame.

Why?

Can't the 'Lefties' get in here?

[MooseBreath]

Why?

Can't the 'Lefties' get in here?

They can, and they will, but they'll come in as a slow drip rather than all exploding in anger at once, which would have been funnier.

[Nick]

Yeah, that would have been funny, really funny.

Ha.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Success breeds success, literally. You should have posted this in general chat, the lefties would have been orgasming uncontrollably at the opportunity to lay some blame.

Bollocks. It's not purely genetic, it's about being given the chance. There must be thousands of public school (no wait, that's private schools... I've never understood this) STATE SCHOOLED people who are more suited to events such as fencing, rowing, equestrianism.

I'm sure their are plenty of kids from Tottenham and Lewisham who would excel at the shooting events!

[21st Century Fox]

Even a Tory agrees....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19109724

[Finnegan]

Success breeds success, literally. You should have posted this in general chat, the lefties would have been orgasming uncontrollably at the opportunity to lay some blame.

Uhmmm.

Now you've got to be trolling.

You're honestly suggesting that the upper classes are biologically superior?

If success "literally" breeds success we should be forcing Wayne Rooney to knock up Sophie Bradley, not grooming the sons and daughters of successful academics for future track stars.

[purpleronnie]

Not surprising when you read how many playing fields have been built on, or that schools ban sports days etc...It needs to start in schools so if sports in schools is almost non existant how can we progress. Compare that to yankyland where sports dominate school life and theres little hope really.

Keep piling money into cycling, rowing and we should always do ok...because the chances of dominating other sports is non existant.

[Guest Bilo]

Success breeds success, literally. You should have posted this in general chat, the lefties would have been orgasming uncontrollably at the opportunity to lay some blame.

I thought Cyril Burt was dead.

[Out Foxed]

Uhmmm.

Now you've got to be trolling.

You're honestly suggesting that the upper classes are biologically superior?

you do realise a lot of public school pupils aren't from the "upper classes". There are people whose working class parents did well for themselves and then chose to send them to private school.

[MooseBreath]

Uhmmm.

Now you've got to be trolling.

You're honestly suggesting that the upper classes are biologically superior?

You don't believe in hereditary traits? Not sure who is trolling here tbh.

Anyway, ignore my earlier comment, clearly access to better training and more comprehensive facilities is the main cause. I was hoping all the lefties would start complaining about how unfair it is that wealthy people are allowed to spend their money on a better standard of education, and how you all believe that every child should have access to a canoe and that it doesn't matter how much it will costs because the money will presumably just appear... And all the usual utter bollocks you lefties spout

[MooseBreath]

Yeah, that would have been funny, really funny.

Ha.

Go hug a tree you joyless baffoon

[AoWW]

[Nick]

Go hug a tree you joyless baffoon

Bring it, internet warrior

[Zingari]

Is it relevant that most of the medals won by those from public schools are done so while sitting on their arses ?

[Captain...]

you do realise a lot of public school pupils aren't from the "upper classes". There are people whose working class parents did well for themselves and then chose to send them to private school.

We need to get this straight, public schools are, in theory, open to anyone from the public, with the money to send their kids there*, private schools generally admit people on the back of academic achievements, and are also not free, but scholarships can be attained for some of the best and brightest. State schools are completely state funded.

Private and public schools are both privately funded and so can probably afford better equipment and facilities, state funded schools are, funded by the state and so have limited resources to spend on sporting facilities so it is not surprising that more top class athletes from sports requiring specialist equipment come from privately funded schools.

*basically it allows thick kids with money to avoid mixing with the riff raff.

[Jon the Hat]

We need to get this straight, public schools are, in theory, open to anyone from the public, with the money to send their kids there*, private schools generally admit people on the back of academic achievements, and are also not free, but scholarships can be attained for some of the best and brightest. State schools are completely state funded.

Private and public schools are both privately funded and so can probably afford better equipment and facilities, state funded schools are, funded by the state and so have limited resources to spend on sporting facilities so it is not surprising that more top class athletes from sports requiring specialist equipment come from privately funded schools.

*basically it allows thick kids with money to avoid mixing with the riff raff.

It certainly isn't a surprise, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with innate talent, and everything to do with standards of facilities, competition, parental involvement and encouragement.

It is a shame with all this lottery funding going into sport we cannot make it more accessible to Schools. All elite facilities should be available to schools by default for some of the time. While this might mean less cash to medals in the short term who knows what talent we might find.

[acooling08]

It's not surprising really that the rich and privately educated are getting the majority of our medals.

Of course they have more oppurtunity to take up sport, but they are also much more likely to be interested. The upper class are generally more intelligent and motivated (hence their wealth). Don't attack me here lefties, it's true. And I'm saying that as a middle class lad who went to your standard public college.

How many public school pupils would be interested in rowing or velodrome cycling? A few but not many. The vast majority would only want to play football or not bother with Sport at all.

[Guest MattP]

Not surprised.

Private schooling is probably the only area of society where the bar hasn't been lowered over the last ten years.