As Australia's private school enrolments continue to surge, Jane Caro remains a vocal defender of public education. The novelist, feminist and social commentator first went to at Frenchs Forest Public in Sydney's north, then later at Chatswood Public and Forest High in Sydney. Her recent essay, Rich Kid Poor Kid: The battle for public education, is a call to arms for public schools. What was your tuckshop order? I would have two sausage rolls with sauce, a cup of chocolate milk and a custard tart.