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ArishMell · 70-79, M
School pupils yes, college students obviously not; and in Britain that extends to many Sixth-Form streams in ordinary schools.
[Incidentally, a "public school" in its British meaning is actually a private, fee-paying one! The description recalls their origins as schools open to the public - well, those parents who could afford them - centuries before the State system was created.]
[Incidentally, a "public school" in its British meaning is actually a private, fee-paying one! The description recalls their origins as schools open to the public - well, those parents who could afford them - centuries before the State system was created.]