- The independence from my parents.
- The opportunity to live with other girls - something I’d never experienced as an only child!
- How diverse the community I lived in was. I have lived with other Scots, people from Barbados, China, Japan, Australia, Holland, Dubai, Saudi, South Africa, Ireland; people of very different backgrounds… I’ve even lived with a princess!!
- Having so many friends close by!
- There was a pool we could use in the mornings
- Having a set ‘prep’ time of 2 hours every weekday evening when we had to sit at our desks to study. I really needed that, otherwise I would never have got the grades I did! How do I know this? When I went to uni it all went down hill >_<
- MSN! I discovered the internet while I was a boarder - if I’d stayed at home we’d have been without internet till I was almost at uni.
- There was a gym we could use in the evenings after prep.
- The food wasn’t *too* bad.
- School was right across the road from us - although I was frequently late to registration… whoops!
- I got to stay at friends more often to go to parties because it was the only way I could go to them at all!
- Work hard play hard works well, but when it’s not forced it’s even better!
- It meant that when I did go to uni I was used to being away from home so wasn’t homesick at all!
I could just as easily write a 13 things I disliked about boarding school (the packed lunches… YUCK!!), but I suppose, like most people, I’ve kinda glossed over the bits I didn’t like. All in all being a boarding pupil rocked! I would definitely recommend it to any family who can’t get adequate schooling in their own area. Mind you… every school is different, as is every person who goes there!
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