ご指名質問(回答):breakdown #3
Shou-VR*君からありがたいイギリス関連の質問に答えたいと思います。
今回注目するのはbreakdownです。
以前先輩も取り上げていますが、今回は少し別の意味で取り上げます。
今回、この調査によると例え学費が免除されても私立学校にわが子を通わせたくない親と通わせたい親の割合が半々になりました。
今回はこの数字でわかるとおり、物事が「決裂した」という意味になります(『ジーニアス英和辞典』第四版、大修館)。
この私立学校に行かせた親御さんは、いい教育やネットワークがあると述べているが、さすが階級社会が中心の英国、やはり子供を行かせたくない理由として“いじめ”があるからだそうです。（Sugar）
cf. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20101006/1286369742 (UG)
Revealed: 50% of British parents would not send their kids to private school - even if they didn’t have to pay fees
Families in London least likely to send their children to state schools
Half the nation's parents still would not send their children to a private school even if they did not have to pay for it, according to a survey published today.
The survey of 2,210 parents, carried out by YouGov, revealed 50 per cent would still want their child to go to a state school.
Three out of five who wanted to remain with the state sector wanted to do so because they thought it was important for their child to mix with other pupils from all walks of life. In the case of 38 per cent, it was because they themselves had been happy to go to one. A total of 37 per cent said they felt it was the duty of the Government to provide good quality education for all the nation's children.
A breakdown of the figures showed that parents in Scotland and Wales were most likely to remain with the state sector - 62 per cent in both cases.
