Often am grateful my parents never sent me to a boarding school. Seems like it would be hell on earth. My prep school was all girls. Was your boarding school?
It’s an age-old debate. I didn’t mind boarding school once I was over 12. Before that, yes, it was hell, very restrictive, a 9 p.m. curfew inconceivable to someone who’d lived across 4 countries by then and could drive. But I do think it has its positives, independence, you manage your money, build your own social circle, and once you, as it were, crack the surveillance algorithm, you have all the freedom. I always looked older so could buy alcohol aged 15 in bars, that was nice.
All girls, yes, but we did sneak out and managed to get all our Romeo-n-Julieting in.
Everyone asks me left, right and centre whether I’d send my children to a boarding school, and I really don’t know. Not sure that I would, all in all, so I stand with your parents. Mine is a massive, legendary one that always pesters me for donations… I go to the odd event, but what can I say, I certainly wouldn’t send any kids there.