Ok, Ok, Ok. You've got to stop posting multiple copies of entries ... we get the point.
Going to a school which is often branded as being one of "them bloody private skools" I have a bit of a different perspective on it. You've been there yourself Benita, have you really been sucked into the political propaganda whirlpool?,

(Read: Latham IS NOT a deity. )

do we not deserve funding because we've gone with a different schooling system? We do pay the same taxes as the rest of you, on top of these things called school fees (Skool* Fees sorry).
Sure the government shouldn't be funding the elite private schools (Kings, etc (anyone with enough money for Tennis Courts / Swimming Pools / Super Computers ) but branding anyone who's not with public schooling as undeserving of funding is wrong.

You're afraid / sick / distraught from reading a paper, imaging living under oppression caused by thoughtless western capitalism.

Did you watch Four Corners last night? I was in tears.