20 Terrible Things Every Private School Kid Went Through

12. People Assuming Your Parents Are Wealthy

Most private schools are fee-paying, which naturally leads to the assumption that the pupils come from relatively wealthy families.

However, watch the kids who spent years chasing a scholarship get all red in the face when you ignorantly attribute their success to daddy's bulging bank balance.

 
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