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We've discussed these books before. We've linked to news articles, current and ancient, of scandals. From scandals involving students to those involving rifts among trustees/regents. The first thread that I started here was to compile the "dark side" of boarding school that the AdComs will never tell you...and it had numerous contributors.
That's not to say that those things shouldn't be mentioned again. It's to say that all of these things are in context...and the bitter comes with the sweet.
lbftw, you seem to think that everyone here ("you people") are all about sweetness and light. And, it's clear that you are decidedly all about bitter. You seem to think you're the yin to everyone else's yang. You've totally overlooked the fact that there's context provided here to these flaws with boarding school that you're announcing as if they are revelations.
We had a thread here about parents who were excited about their kids coming home for Thanksgiving. Do you think that those parents are clueless that there's a cost incurred that goes far beyond the tuition? Do you fail to apprehend that that thread was not just for Stepford Parents and that the bitter was the mortar of that thread even though it was explicitly couched in terms of being happy?
We get it. Thanks for the newsflash. Boarding school isn't a family trip to the Magic Kingdom.
You're right. It's not going to be the DisneyWorld experience that I, too, believe some kids sort of expect it to be. High school years are tough all over and boarding school isn't a sanctuary and comes with it's own set of sacrifices and problems and concerns.
If you want to actually discuss these things and weigh bitter against the sweet...and come down on the side that there's too much bitter...then welcome aboard. You're far from being the first one to take that position. You do have the market cornered, however, when it comes to just throwing around highly generalized notions of doom and gloom without any context at all. That's why so many people assumed you were a troll. For my part, I find it more disappointing that you're not a troll. You keep sounding the alarm and when asked for directions to the fire, you have nothing more to say than, "Oh, it's yonder. Just look for the smoke."
I don't object to your thesis or your conclusion. I object to your inability to provide directions that take us in the vicinity of where you think we should be going. I'm watching you struggle with this and that struggle is just about the best case you've made that boarding school is not a panacea.
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