“My ex went to a very well-known, elite boarding school in New England.
Here’s what they had to say:
1.
“It’s a terrible psychological ordeal.
orenlevko1
2.
“I went to a boarding school in New Zealand for six years.
From age 1218, it was very similar to theHarry Pottersituation, but without all the magic.
The boarding houses were separated into four competitive houses, each with its own color.
Each house was named after a former teacher.
We were assigned a prefect (year 12) to basically be in charge of us.”
You might have to do a ‘dorm walk.’
They knew how to be sneaky.
They’d learn the rules really well, so they knew how best to break them.
They knew all the best, most secret places to have sex and do drugs/party.”
v_zerda
4.
“I went to boarding school for a year.
I didnt expect to hate it so much.
I was there on scholarship, but most of the other students were super wealthy and very aloof.
I guess I was mostly just surprised by how isolating it was.”
“I was not prepared for that, even though I probably should have been.
…and yes some of the students had famous parents.”
nosurprises
5.
“Boarding schools and most private schools in general arent as ‘preppy’ and fancy as youd expect.
hoggingmylifee
6.
The stories I could tell… nataliemaya8
7.
We also had students from China, Japan, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.”
“One time, a girl asked me if she smelled like weed.
I have no sense of smell and didn’t like her, so I said no.
She got caught with a massive stash and was on a plane home the next day.
The fairy lights from her room were up in the boarding director’s office for years after that.”
elsabis2014
9.
“I was on the lower socioeconomic end compared to my peers.
would be left behind in perfect or lightly used conditions once students left the dorms for home.”
Anonymous, USA
10.
“There was a midnight orgy in the principals office.
I was a participant.”
27, California
11.
Five years after graduation, she was arrested for public indecency.
Dont know what shes up to now.”
Anonymous
12. in the cafeteria and then shat on a table.
Everyone thought she was talking about periods, but clearly not."
54, Massachusetts
13.
“Discipline was public.
A committee would meet and decide your punishment.
The head of school would then announce your name, offense, and punishment in a school-wide assembly.
30, USA
14.
“It was wild.
It was so strict.
If you stay up past your curfew, you have to clean the toilets for the next two weeks.
You don’t wanna know what happened to her…”
24, England
15.
“I went to a co-ed boarding school from the ages 1519 in Denmark.
… No matter how rich the parents are and how expensive tuition is, the mattresses are not changed.
33, Denmark
And finally…
16.
“I attended a boarding school for four years starting when I was 14.
“Also, this was in the late ’90s/early 2000s, so cell phones didnt exist.
39, Montana
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