" boarding school "

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1: A frequently-stereotyped educational institution that often features a more diverse population than most people believe. Contrary to popular belief, not all boarding school students are snotty, preppy airheads and jocks. Not all are sent there as preparation for becoming trophy wives or CEOs. Boarding schools are not as weird and sheltered as they are portrayed to be (especially not for day students) and they do have significant value other than "getting the kids out of the way".

  * e.g.,  ... Boarding schools in general are not the elitist "rich kids' schools" they are made out to be. 

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2: Many parents send children to boarding schools for high school because they feel this will better prepare them for college life. Others live in areas with poor public schooling systems and elect to send their children elsewhere, so they can have a better education. It may come as a shock to some that many boarding school students come from extremely rural areas or from so-called "bad neighborhoods" and are there on scholarship.

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3: Living at a boarding school often puts kids in contact with people they would never meet otherwise, as students often come from all over the world. Interacting with people from different places and backgrounds generally broadens the students' minds and horizons. Dorm life requires that they learn to live with other people and to effectively resolve problems with roommates and neighbors.

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4: It is recommended that one actually visit or attend a boarding school (as with a public or other private school) before passing judgement.

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1: boarding school also known as prep school, with the usual steryotype of boarding school = rich kids which is NOT completely true, dont read the It girl. lots of the kids in boarding school are on financial aid; majority get in becuase of their ACADEMIC TALENTS, excusee mwah. most of the kids at boarding school are some of the best students in the country. the most popular schools include exeter, andover, deerfield, milton, groton, choate, hotchkiss, lawrenceville, taft, st.paul's, etc.

  * e.g.,  ... Caroline: Oh, you go to boarding school? Which one? i go to andover. 

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1: boarding school is a place where parents ship off their own kids. don't get me wrong going away prepares kids for college more than any other place. you have life changing experiences but many times the kids 80% of the time feel completely abandoned. most of the time its just a bunch of flithy rich kids,once in a while you will find a kid on financial aid that slips through the cracks, and ends up feeling like an outcast because they can't keep up with the rich kids. many kids are secretly suicidal because of the pressure to get into a good college, get good grades. and really smart people are outshined by even smarter ones. drugs and alcohal are used alot the schools have no idea. many students from prep school go to colleges like columbia and Harvard. if your going to go to boarding school go to one in Connecticut.. i mean it is the richest state in the nation. duh

  * e.g.,  ... p1- what boarding school do you go to? 

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1: A school you live at. A lot of times you get sent there when you're bad, or when you're parents are hella rich.

  * e.g.,  ... Aww Brian got sent off to boarding school after his parents caught him selling drugs! 

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1: Boarding school, a place where the wealthy send their potential trophy wife daughters and CEO worthy sons. A casual luxury that only the northeastern country club members can afford. The boarding school will take these overly preppy children and will give them the finest education. Because of their large sums of money their is a casual influx of illegal drugs and alcohol. These kids are being raised into the upper class of soceity consisting of yahats, coctail parties, summers sailng off the coast of Nantucket and second or third homes in Maine, New Hampshire, and Coneticuit. Always wearing lacoste, ralph lauren, jcrew, and lily pulitzer these children have a classy sense of style. Boarding Schools students from schools like Andover, St Pauls, The Hill school, Exeter, Larenceville, and Choete( only the best in the nation) usually attend the finest ivy leagues. A popped collar, pearls, flipflops(even in winter), and mens rugbys shirts are an essential to a preppy life at boarding school.

  * e.g.,  ... Hillary: Omg Jane, I love your new Vera Bradley Bag. Its adorable. When did you get it? 

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1: A place where students can receive a good education, while also living the life of an orphan. These students' parents are often workaholics who are either unwilling or unable to raise their own children. Instead of growing up with parents, siblings, relatives, and guardians, 14 year old children are sent away on their own and forced to become family with strangers they may or may not like. While parents will brag about the excellent education their children are receiving, they fail to acknowledge that they don't even see their children regularly enough to actually see what schoolwork they are doing. In reality, these children could receive just as good of an education in a day school while also maintaining normal living arrangements with their own families. Some of these parents will be delusional and claim that they are involved in their boarding children's lives more than parents of regular students are. No, seeing your children a few days a year does not count as good parenting. Basically, this is pretty much an upscale orphanage where kids do not have the opportunity to excel in anything offered outside of their confined boarding school community. These children won't get part time after school jobs, won't get to run errands, won't get to visit out of town family/friends, and pretty much will have little contact with the real world.

  * e.g.,  ... I went to boarding school, AKA I pretty much raised myself and wasn't allowed to do anything outside of my school, include see my own parents, without a dean's permission. 

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1: A place where kids go to get away from home earlier than most, grow on their own and are put in a bubble that shelters them to the outside world's harm and harsh realities....drugs used often

  * e.g.,  ... campus in the middle of nowhere, small town, brick buildings, curfew and preps 

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1: Same essential mistake, only taking up four times as much of the day. Also a place that tries four times as hard to take the credit when a former student takes over his daddy's job.

  * e.g.,  ... He used to attend a day school, but that wasn't disastrous enough so he went to boarding school instead. 

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1: An in-residence educational institution. Adults with too much money who resent their children send them here to learn how to make money and resent children. Secondary curriculum includes whining like an infant and ass-kissing. Without constant security and supervision, students and graduates would be easy prey for real humans.

  * e.g.,  ... He's from boarding school. Get your sister to kick his ass. 

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1: A boarding school from the outside perspective is a school that's for parents that care about their kids getting the best of their education. A boarding school from the inside perspective (the one which I go to) is quite an ordinary school like any others. The differences is that there are more diverse groups, and at the same time these groups have a tendency to self-segregate themselves by language barriers/likeliness, although with some overlapping. There are the same "weed, drug, smoke, alcohol, sex" people, nevertheless some of them are responsible, some are not (given the laws of their native countries). There are greater expenditures spent on facilities and technology (like Smart Boards/Laptops for everyone/etc), but at the same time theres Internet Censorship (blocking i.e. websense). There are some mandatory practices depending on what school you go to, such as joining a club/activity, playing sports, going to chapel, etc. Some schools have more extracurriculars than others, and some schools have varying degrees of freedom for students. Most people at the boarding schools dislike the schedule/routine/rules involved such as curfew, staying after 3/4pm, weekend school, etc.

  * e.g.,  ... Yes, there are rich people (who own farms, businesses, mansions, private jets), but these are also a minority. At least 30% or typically on scholarships or financial assistance, and I have not found any notable differences. I have heard from my friends that the girls here are "harder to get", more "bitchy", alas whether thats true or not, its up to you to decide.