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Why public school f***s you up — and how the nation pays
Psychohistorian and psychologist NICK DUFFELL speaks to Richard House about the distinct damage the British boarding school system does to its pupils – and Britain
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Richard House (RH): Can you say when and how you first realised that there’s a major specifically psychological issue with Britain’s public schooling system?
Nick Duffell (ND): Yes, it is strange because it affects our nation so much, but it’s such hidden and normalised issue.
I became aware of the problem in three stages. First, when I was a lad of 13 and had already been a boarder, but at an American school.
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