Why do you send your kids to boarding school?

TheStig2
Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:01:06 +0000

@JustOneDad I am fundamentally puzzled by your continued interest in the educational choice made by BS families. Yes, there are alternatives to boarding school that also have a lot to offer, so what? Is it your opinion that any alternative that doesn’t involve “having to leave home” would be a better choice than BS?

@itcannotbetrue said:

We chose BS because we want our children to really LEARN, to continue to LOVE learning (and not become cynical/disrespectful because of “the system”), and to NOT become all about the grade, the score, the number of APs taken and passed and the EC resume.

As someone who teaches at the college level, I have seen far too much of this LPS/parochial/private day school outcome.

After all, isn’t life too short to enter the rat race at 14?

Hmmm, I kind of think that the boarding school application and selection process is akin to entering the rat race at 14!
The kids enter a competitive pool of applicants and are measured against other kids based on grades, test scores & their EC resume, exactly what you don’t want for your kids!