Boarding Schools - what are they like?

For two years, I went to a British public boarding school, and recently, I attended a reunion. I talk about them.

It was difficult in the edit to achieve the balance I wanted, but this can be redressed in later videos. I recorded a few more pieces to camera and took more shots of the school. I don't feature the people there because this was a personal project, and it would be unfair to involve them in something they may find expresses opinions and ideas with which they disagree. Besides, I wanted to talk to old friends, not poke a camera in their faces.

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[bendover]

So basically it's a prison for rich peoples children.

[ElDantae]

I particularly like the particular part when he was particularly particular

[churchgir]

“i’m just going to mow the lawn dear. i’ll be back in june”

[jackodonnell]

Can we talk about how ballsy it is to make a scathing video review while standing in the location

[emiliosgregoriou]

The way you dress, sound and look makes it seem like you're about to go on an expedition to some tropical land in the 1700's, funded by the empire on a mission to serve her Majesty

[Askjito]

Legend says he is still spinning in that field

[alexanderward]

Must be quite the sight seeing this man spinning around in a field dictating into a camera from afar

[mh]

This is weird to me in Australia, we call your public schools private schools, public schools are those payed for by the state.

[ultrachad]

"Madam i went to a boarding school... And then i went to therapy"
-Geoffrey

[BadBoyz]

"I'm just going to mow the lawn dear, I'll be back in June" - This had me in stitches.

[chubbieminami]

My friend told me that he felt his parents got rid of him by sending him to boarding school. He was bullied due to his ethnic background too. Kids could be cruel.

[Brave_Sir_Robin]

I had sort of the opposite culture shock, going from a private non boarding Montessori school to a public non boarding school (American). At my old private school we had so much freedom. It’s important to note how our classrooms were arranged: we stayed in the same classroom all day, apart from electives in the afternoon after lunch and recess. In each class there were 3 grades, evenly portioned amongst all classes. There were around 10 tables that could seat 2-4 people in each class. There were materials around the classroom, which we would move about to get, then we would use them to complete the required math work, English, and Science every day. What we did for the subjects was up to us. After we were done with the required amount of work, we could work on anything. Everyone knew everyone, and all 24 of us were friends. We didn’t have lockers but hooks we hung our backpacks on in the main hallway (this was all the way up to high school), we often did projects on our own volition because we had that kind of freedom. We had a massive playground with huge wooden structures, we had class government where we set our own rules (per classroom), we had reading time, we ate lunch in our classrooms, and the 2 teachers would occasionally give small groups of us lessons. We could also request to learn something if we didn’t know it already. If you arrived late, no problem, just finish what you can. There were no standardized tests either!

Compare that to the public school I attended later. Everyday, we had to be in a particular place, at a particular time no exceptions. If you were late you were punished. I couldn’t stand sitting at single desks in a grid all day while the teacher rambled on. We had lockers because stealing was a thing, and there was gum everywhere. No one wanted to do any work, and you couldn’t decide what work to do. At the public school I personally knew perhaps 10 people, while at my old school I personally knew every kid in the entire grade (across all classrooms) and some younger and older kids. Montessori School (I went to Montessori School of Raleigh, others might be different) was paradise. If you ever get a chance to send your kid there, do it for their sake. Start them there young and they will have the largest social network they will ever have. If you read all the way through my ramblings about days gone by, I’m impressed, and thanks.

The virtual campus tours in the Our Campuses section give a pretty good idea on what the classrooms and playgrounds were like. Man, looking back through those brought back so many memories :)

[jazzcallme]

Miss Peregrin's Home for PARTICULAR Children

[divelostmind]

What if Harrry Potter was just a psycholgical thriller about the trauma of boarding school?

[kseniakorneeva]

As someone who goes to a private boarding school: yes. Especially the whole sport part. I'm not too much into fitness here, and while we are given more freetime, the pressure to be a good athlete is astounding

[sidneyboo]

So when you are being bullied, imagine never being able to escape from that day and night. No one to really talk to about your day to day struggles and feelings. Way to go parents!

[aoife]

Him:”Not just a few horses and a homemade jump”
My school: not enough money to afford real paper

[wellbeing]

for the less sporty, it was less good." 🤣 🤣 Spent 8 years in a boarding school and know exactly how it feels.

[rhyfelwrDuw]

My sister's a deputy head of a boarding school! We never went to one, but I remember as a kid wanting to go to one! I think my sister and I read too much Enid Blyton!

[othoapproto]

my 5 years in as many boarding schools was a horror show of sadistic teachers and kids turned to bully's to vent the fact their parents didn't want them.