Does anyone think sending a young child to a boarding school causes irreparable emotional trauma that haunts the child for life?
Does anyone think sending a young child to a boarding school causes irreparable emotional trauma that haunts the child for life?
That's a middle class+ dilemma.
I would rather have not lived at home in poverty with my very unhappy parents and mentally unstable mother and gone to the roughest schools in the city in order to receive a very poor education whilst being severely bullied.
Giving you a big hug, B.
My sister, unlike me, went to state school, and while she enjoyed her time there, the education she got from there was sub-par. Thankfully, she subsequently managed to train herself up through a series of jobs, and then went to college in the 2000s to get a teaching degree, but she acknowledges that she's still weak in a few areas because of how bad a job the teachers did in her teens.
I got bullied a fair bit at boarding school, in part because of my autistic behaviours but also because I was both a 'bursary' pupil and a non-athletic one (the school had a big sports focus, which I hated as it was compulsory until 6th Form.) So not much of a safe haven in that regard.
Giving you a big hug, B.
Thank you.
I got bullied a fair bit at boarding school
A hug in return.
Unfortunately bullies are everywhere in society.
Giving you a big hug, B.
Thank you.
I got bullied a fair bit at boarding school
A hug in return.
Unfortunately bullies are everywhere in society.