<p>While I don’t LOVE the school that I’m at, there are a lot of benefits. I care about my future, about my grades, and about my general ability to be responsible. I do my own laundry, I clean, I manage time. That is stuff I wouldn’t experience until college. There is always a person you can lean on when you’re in a community such as in boarding school. I feel like boarding school has given me such a different experience than I would have by staying in my (good) public school. I also have a much deeper appreciation for my parents, and if anything our relationship has strengthened tremendously. I am no longer dependent on them, but they accept that and appreciate the fact that they can trust me. Also, I am writing 8-10 page papers at the school that I’m at, where as my sister, who went to public school and is now at a good college, never wrote a paper longer than 4 pages her whole high school career.</p>