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i didn't say boarding school was hell or that it was the worst place on earth, nor did i say it had no redeeming qualities. i said i didn't like it. most people i knew were neutral-to-negative about it, at best somewhat positive. the people who hated it the most were very often the ones who'd spent a couple of years in a normal high school.
i came to this board looking up information on an unrelated topic and saw this place. i come in here and see all these kids (or ostensibly kids, as i said, probably their parents) gushing about how excited they are and how great it's going to be based on revisits or brochures or whatever. well, everybody feels like for the first couple of weeks. then reality sets in. maybe you'll come out thinking that it was an overall positive experience, but i'm telling you, it's not going to live up to all of your expectations. in most respects, it will probably be a let-down.
you can talk all you want about 14 year olds spreading their wings and becoming independent and blah blah blah, but at the end of the day they're still just kids. barely even teenagers. you wouldn't trust them to drive a car, drink, or have sex for that reason exactly. i'm in my early 20s, and when you send your kids to boarding school you're often entrusting them to be raised by someone my age. fresh out of college, first real job etc.
look, you can flame me and insult me all you want, but i honestly wish none of you ill will and i hope all your kids love boarding school and do fantastic there. just remember that everybody's parents think they're doing fine until they get that call from the dean because we suspect or caught so-and-so doing such-and-such. were you totally open with your parents at age 16?
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