Oh my goodness, I can't believe he said that to you!

I went to public primary and public secondary schools. I had friends leave the secondary school - one to go to another public school with different subject choices on offer, one to go private because she also wanted different subjects but she believed it would look better on her resume. Wonder if it did in the end?

For me, I think that different subjects would have made the difference. We had from one extreme to the other - from high maths and science classes, to literature and computer classes. If you wanted a decent score to get into uni (which I did), you had to do the tough subjects, there was no other choice. So I did the tough ones and failed dismally. So I decided to give up on wanting to go to uni, and found a TAFE course I really liked and did that instead. But a bad teacher at TAFE made me not pursue where I wanted to be.

Soooo, overall, if my subject choice had have been broader, I would have probably gotten into uni and then become a publishing editor like I wanted to.

Does the school you went to matter? Not anymore.
Does private schooling afford you priviledges that would otherwise not be open to you? I think it would have at the time.
Does it play a role in your future eg job selection, lifestyle choices etc? My public schooling left me with limited choices as far as tertiary education did.
Does it shape the person/adult you become? It made me acknowledge what I wasn't good at and made me comfortable with that. I learned that I am probably the best judge of what I am capable of and that teachers are just people too who aren't necessarily the "experts" on life. (I say this too because my private-school DH was told that he'd never amount to anything, he was hopeless at everything and he'd never be his dream of an electrician. PFFT to that teacher!!!!!! He's been an electrician for 12 years now and runs his own business SO THERE!! - Okay, I'll grow up now...)