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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by OJFord on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:18PM (#10591185) 

    > Thats why most of us attend public school.
This has to be the single most confusing AmE/BrE difference..
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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by chris_wot on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:48PM (#10592813)
In case people don't know what is being referred to here, it's that in Britain a Public School is something you pay for, and in America (and Australia!) a Public School is funded by the government and not the individual.
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