<p>Current boarding school students- do you get time to read for pleasure? Do a lot kids read for pleasure?</p>
<p>ifax–I will ask my d if many kids read, but my d does for sure. Reading has been a habit since she began right before 3 yrs old. She reads maybe 14+ hours per week. My d gave up tv in 5th grade (according to her almost no redeeming qualities, reading is so much more stimulating). </p>
<p>During parent weekend, a teacher and 2 house mothers commented on the fact that my d has been “caught” reading and relaxing on a very regular basis in sometimes strange places, during half-time at a soccer game. </p>
<p>My d surely has an “addiction”. She has no desire for an e-reader, she loves holding a book in her hands. In a crunch, she will read off her iphone.</p>
<p>it really depends on homework load, and how social you want to be i guess.</p>
<p>My son, who has always been a reader, doesn’t have a lot of time for pleasure reading at school, but still reads himself to sleep every night with a good book not related to coursework.</p>
<p>My daughter texted me with the names of 8 YA novels she wanted in order of preference. She read prolifically during her vacation (to catch up) and says she manages about one novel for pleasure every week or two. I gave her two and will be sending the other six individually in care packages over the next few months. Currently working on “Graceling.”</p>
<p>I think pleasure reading is a great escape from “homework” reading.</p>
<p>I’m happy that they can actually get to read because I’m also addicted to reading and have to read atleast 1 novel a month but i will usually read 1 in a week. if I want to keep reading like this will it make me fall behind in school work or will i just have to sacrifice my reading for “homework” reading like ExieMITAlum said</p>
<p>I enjoy my books at home and prefer real books vs. the kindle. Perhaps I<code>ll turn to the kindle when I</code>m at BS. As for now I still like the old fashioned book.
I know a lot of people who use all their free time playing XBOX. I could fall into that category if I`m not careful.</p>
<p>Aren’t you allowed to borrow books from the library?</p>
<p>Vivsters: yes, of course you can borrow books from the library. And you’ll have nice long vacations when you can curl up and read a big stack of books to help make up for the more limited time you’ll have to read during the term.</p>
<p>yea, i find time to read for pleasure. i read between check in and lights out which is half an hour and i am in the book club here</p>
<p>How much free time do you get at night? I heard that after classes end you go straight to your next activity, then you’re really tired but you still have homework to do so you spend the rest of the night working on that. Is this true? Or do you have some time to do other stuff (like reading, relaxing, watching videos, going on the internet, etc.)</p>
<p>Viv-my d tells me it depends a lot on the student and their habits. If you arrive at bs with great time management skills you will find time to do almost anything you want. It is also about making choices. If you want to be in 7 clubs, then you might have a difficult time doing all of that and completing all your homework. Are you the type of student who uses free periods during the day to study or socialize? Do you put in 2 hours on Friday nite for studying or do nothing until Sunday nite study hall. When you sit and study are you really studying or on facebook. When lights go out are you going to sleep or up texting.</p>
<p>The choice seems to be the student.</p>
<p>I agree with your view on choices. They are the basis of life’s journey if you ask me. Also, I think a lot of kids need to know that you don’t always have to be working all of the time. I’m not a boarding school student. I’m just an applicant, but I would think that it is okay to socialize during one free period so long as you really work for the WHOLE study hall period. You just need to figure out which times are the best for which activities you want to pursue. You should have your priorities straight, and your time responsibly alloted for all of your obligations. Maybe I’m wrong, but this seems to be the vibe I am getting from a lot of current boarding school students.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for their responses. I hope that I’ll be able to read at least 45 min every day at boarding school. How much do you guys read a day?</p>
<p>30 minutes to 45</p>
<p>Consider this:</p>
<p>Do you watch tv? How many hours a week are you engaged in tv verses reading?</p>
<p>At parents weekend, one of the parent sessions focused on reading verses facebook. The typically Ivy student is exposed to almost 90,000-100,000 words when they arrive at college, primarily due to reading. </p>
<p>Think about it.</p>
<p>No. I don’t know many kids who do read between homework, sports and music. Freshman, maybe. Upperclassmen, no.</p>
<p>Hi Alexz825Mom,</p>
<p>Is the 90,000 to 100,000 words a measure of vocabulary? It seems low for a measure of lifetime reading. Weekly exposure to words in college?</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. My d is a 4-year senior and has always found plenty of time to read outside of school-work. (Of course, she reads really fast!) You will have time to read, to talk, to play games, to chill. Try to participate in pick-up activities just to get yourself socialized. Go to school events, even if it means you have to do your homework later. Most B.S. have a study hall which is mandatory for freshmen. </p>
<p>Somehow there’s time to fit it all in…in part because you aren’t driving all around town to get to your extra-curriculars or being in the car for 45 minutes to get/from to a movie or dinner. It’s amazing how much time we burn up just transporting ourselves around. At B.S. everything is right there. </p>
<p>vivsters: It’s not really as brutal as you might be thinking. Every time we looked at a school, there were plenty of people just hanging out and chilling.</p>
<p>Per–from what I can recall, it was “exposed to” from reading and school, when they arrived at the Ivys. His point was that these kids were readers. He encouraged us to encourage our kids to gave up some/most of their facebook time and pick up a book.</p>