s.martin up

Hey kid its too bad you did not go to Middlesex...People say its made from the best stuff on earth. I doubt it would have left such a sour taste in your mouth.
You are entitled to voice your experience. I feel for you ,to spend 3, 4 years in hell prolly sucks. At least you have the rest of your life to enjoy. For all you parents... ease up on the kid.

goaliedad

Well, if you had done your research yourself about the "pushy parents" here on the board you will find that most of us have SUCCESSFUL, WELL ADJUSTED, kids currently IN boarding school. We recognize that boarding school isn't for everyone and if you have followed some of last year's postings, there were a number of kids who came to the conclusion that boarding school wasn't for them - and you didn't see us "pushy parents" disagreeing.

And if fact many of the "pushy parents" were once boarding school students themselves and know the experience first hand. So your "have no clue" opinion is clearly unresearched.

You clearly are a kid who didn't enjoy his boarding school experience, and unfortunately, hasn't gotten over it yet, hence your presence here. And you take no pride except in raining on everyone's parade, so you clearly serve NO useful purpose as a TROLL.

I hardly find that your points are perfectly articulated. Quite frankly, the 8th graders on this site seem to be making better articulated points than you are. That is another sign of a TROLL. They are not passionate enough about their points to persuasively argue for it. They just throw out short generalizations without specific examples and watch as everyone else jumps on the unfounded assertions.

If you had a good case against boarding school and believed in it passionately and cared about others believing your ideals, you'd organize a set of related concepts, provide specific examples and evidence of your concepts, and not engage in general attacks against the general population in the forum that you are trying to persuade.

This is hardly a winning strategy for persuading people. It sounds more like sour grapes to me from a person who still isn't dealing with his own personal issues relating to his own (not others) boarding school experience.

Will you get a clue that nobody has been persuaded by your unsubstantiated assertions and stop TROLLING.

fun is fun

Bitter. Illiterate. Dope.

And not very bright.

Congratulations.

D'yer Maker

You don't have an entire argument.

You had a crappy experience. Get over yourself and stop trying to place all the blame for what sucks in your life on the fact that you and your parents chose poorly and never bailed out once it was apparent that it wasn't the right place for you. Maybe if you were a little less recalcitrant -- a character trait you're showing off quite well here -- you'd have salvaged something positive out of your boarding school experience. The fact that it sucked so badly from beginning to end and top to bottom could -- just possibly -- reflect a little bit on you...maybe? no? possibly?

The fact that you can't even bring yourself around to temper any of your sentiments or concede any points, except in the most patently backhanded ways, means you're portraying yourself as a bitter person. There are many people who have come here to make the case that boarding school isn't for everyone. They've done so in compelling form, too. Your only compelling point is that you're really, really angry. And it's just too easy to dismiss you as a madman. I'm more concerned that there's a tall tower on your college campus than I'm concerned that you're going to persuade a single person that you're making a rational point.

s.martin up

Hey kid its too bad you did not go to Middlesex...People say its made from the best stuff on earth. I doubt it would have left such a sour taste in your mouth.
You are entitled to voice your experience. I feel for you ,to spend 3, 4 years in hell prolly sucks. At least you have the rest of your life to enjoy. For all you parents... ease up on the kid.... repetitive?

goaliedad

I have to admit that there is nothing better than a Troll to get fun is fun and D'yer on the same page. Now THAT is worth the price of admission. LOL

Keep up the good work folks!

D'yer Maker

Don't get too giddy, goaliedad. I'm pretty sure that fun is fun was addressing me.

lbftw

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?

s.martin up

You can say what you want about trolling, I am convinced this guy is not a troll.

goaliedad

OK, lbftw, if you didn't enjoy your experience, tell us how long you stayed there and why? And why did you go in the first place? Your idea of your parents?

I think the folks here could learn something about what makes for a bad fit at boarding school.

lbftw

i guess i'm a troll because i don't think boarding school is all that great.

i posted some feedback in some kid's thread about getting into st. paul's. what do you want me to say? i could give you a million things i wish i'd done or been better about, but i doubt it would make any difference. either you've got it or you don't.

lbftw

i stayed all 4 years. was my parents idea. i didn't really want to but didn't really object either, and eventually just kinda got talked into it. i stayed mainly because i felt like leaving would be a pussy thing to do, and that it would reflect poorly on me.

s.martin up

I think my job is done here .Finally.... discussion

lbftw

you've got what it takes to do well, or you don't. if you do, you'll figure it out. if not, you're in for a rocky ride. any advice i could give would probably fall on deaf ears.

s.martin up

You need to talk about your BS experience on this board i believe it will help .