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2008
Thirteen things I didn’t like about Boarding School.
Posted by: Marylin in meme, memories
So last week I posted my 13 things I loved about boarding school, and I thought I’d better take off the sugar coating for this week and reveal the things I didn’t like so much…
- Being away from my parents was hard. VERY hard. I’ve always been so close to my mum so being away from her was very difficult for me.
- The cafeteria food… ICK!!!
- Having to get letters from my parents AND a friend’s parent for the Housemistress if I wanted to stay at said friend’s house.
- Couldn’t just go out in the evenings for a drink once I was 18. Fair enough when I was underage, but I mean come on, I wasn’t even allowed out to celebrate my 18th birthday with any friends because it was a frickin school night! [They did have a lil party for me and even bought in some cheap champagne so I really shouldn't complain, but it just wasn't what I wanted to do at the time!]
- Being forced to go to church every week even though I have never been remotely religious.
- Sometimes there was just too much going on at once for my liking!
- Packed lunches (can I get a EWWWWW!)
- Racing for a shower in the morning. (4 showers between 22 girls = not fun!)
- Having to live with someone who was a thief among other things. Not fun when I had to deal with her being the head of house in my last year!
- There were a lot of cliques in the first school I went to because they’d all been together since they were about 11 years old. That was pretty difficult to break into, and I was only just starting to when they announced the school’s impending closure (just 3 months before it was to happen).
- I never got used to taking care of myself or helping out around the house when I was away - everything was done for us. That was kinda difficult… going to uni having no idea how to cook any proper meals etc, how to use a washing machine. It sounds so stupid but I didn’t have a clue!
- Having to watch what I said ALL the time in case the younger ones overheard.
- Not having any real privacy.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Sounds like it evened out in the end to be not so bad, what with the good things as well.
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
wow..
so glad i didnt go to boarding school..
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May 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I was a public school gal. Happy TT.
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May 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Ugh…having the thief as head of house must have realy stunk!!
But at least you can still remember the good
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May 8th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I can relate to some of these. I lived in a dorm in another country (Japan) when I was 19!
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May 8th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
i simply CANNOT imagine being taken away from my parents’ house and forced to live under someone else’s rules. it must have been scary.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
There’s always a flip side to life - unfortunately.
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May 8th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Hmm, yes, I can see how all of these things would not be so pleasant. But I think the yucky cafeteria food is universal for any school
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May 9th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I used to dream of going to boarding school but i think that was just the Enid Blyton books i liked to read. I would of hated it and the reasons you listed make such sense
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