Beth Mouser

I also love Harry Potter. It is the first book I have read for pure
enjoyment since I graduated from college 15 years ago! I have, of
course, read way too many books on parenting, special needs books,
etc.

Anyway, I see Harry Potter as my reward that I get to read right
before I go to sleep. I look forward to it all day and enjoy my
habit of nightly reading. I keep reading the books over and over,
and eventually I will have to find something else.

It is strange to me, though, that so many unschooling moms enjoy this
series when the setting is kids at a boarding school. Sometimes when
I read it, I actually have the thought enter my mind that I wish my
boys could go to a boarding school where they could have these
adventures and I could live out my fantasy of being Mrs. Weasley and
spend my days knitting sweaters. But then I realize that if Hogwarts
were indeed real, there would be drugs along with all the bullying,
etc., and I would miss my boys. However, when my husband has taken
my boys for several days to his brother's and recently they left for
a weekend together to see an away football game, I reveled in being
alone. I didn't even turn on the TV because I was enjoying the quiet.

Beth

Michelle Leifur Reid

On 10/16/06, Beth Mouser <mouser4@...> wrote:

> It is strange to me, though, that so many unschooling moms enjoy this
> series when the setting is kids at a boarding school. Sometimes when
> I read it, I actually have the thought enter my mind that I wish my
> boys could go to a boarding school where they could have these
> adventures and I could live out my fantasy of being Mrs. Weasley and
> spend my days knitting sweaters. But then I realize that if Hogwarts
> were indeed real, there would be drugs along with all the bullying,
> etc., and I would miss my boys.

I think that bullying can happen in any setting and have seen it
happen even in an unschooling setting :( yet, I see Hogwarts as being
different from traditional schools. Aside from History of Magic
(snore) everything that they learn is stuff that they are going to use
when they get into their adult lives. As witches and wizards they
need to know how to use potions, how to charm a teapot into pouring
itself (heck, I would if I could LOL!), and how to defend oneself
against the evils of dark arts. The first few years is a general over
view of the magical world, but, as we have seen, one can choose not to
take some courses or to take alternative courses to the norm (Hermione
taking arithmancy and not taking divination.) And after the OWL's one
really starts honing in on the subjects that they want to do.

The magical community is much different from the Muggle. Jo Rowling
was asked once where the kids learned to read and do math because they
never seemed to be in math or grammar classes and her reply was that
most young witches and wizards are homeschooled. Can't you just see
Molly Weasley unschooling her crew? :-D Another thought (as if the
HP world was real LOL!) is that Hogwarts truly is the safest place for
children to learn magic and be protected until they can protect
themselves. With characters like Voldemort (oh get over it, Ron)
hanging about and knowing that he has powers that even the most
talented of magical folks can't compete against, I think that I would
prefer my child to be as safe as possible under the care of Dumbledore
(et al) and all its magical protections.

We are HUGE HP fans here. We have a party every year when the newest
movie comes out. We dress in costumes, eat wizarding food (Bertie
Botts, skiving snack boxes, pumpkin pasties, butterbeer, chocolate
frogs (we make them ourselves), and lemondrops), watch all the movies
that have already been released, have trivia competitions (is there an
HP Trivial Pursuit?), and then go to the midnight showing of the
newest movie. We go to book release parties (in costume) and win
prizes (I have a Hogwart's t-shirt that says Professor on the back)
and quote from the books all the time. We are constantly arguing over
what is going to happen and challenging our memories to defend
different points of view.

Michelle - who really wishes that the wizarding world of JK Rowling was real

Vickisue Gray

Lol....and I thought I was the biggest Harry Potter fan!
You got me beat! : D


----- Original Message ----
From: Michelle Leifur Reid <pamperedmichelle@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:58:58 PM
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Harry Potter

On 10/16/06, Beth Mouser <mouser4@mindspring. com> wrote:

> It is strange to me, though, that so many unschooling moms enjoy this
> series when the setting is kids at a boarding school. Sometimes when
> I read it, I actually have the thought enter my mind that I wish my
> boys could go to a boarding school where they could have these
> adventures and I could live out my fantasy of being Mrs. Weasley and
> spend my days knitting sweaters. But then I realize that if Hogwarts
> were indeed real, there would be drugs along with all the bullying,
> etc., and I would miss my boys.

I think that bullying can happen in any setting and have seen it
happen even in an unschooling setting :( yet, I see Hogwarts as being
different from traditional schools. Aside from History of Magic
(snore) everything that they learn is stuff that they are going to use
when they get into their adult lives. As witches and wizards they
need to know how to use potions, how to charm a teapot into pouring
itself (heck, I would if I could LOL!), and how to defend oneself
against the evils of dark arts. The first few years is a general over
view of the magical world, but, as we have seen, one can choose not to
take some courses or to take alternative courses to the norm (Hermione
taking arithmancy and not taking divination.) And after the OWL's one
really starts honing in on the subjects that they want to do.

The magical community is much different from the Muggle. Jo Rowling
was asked once where the kids learned to read and do math because they
never seemed to be in math or grammar classes and her reply was that
most young witches and wizards are homeschooled. Can't you just see
Molly Weasley unschooling her crew? :-D Another thought (as if the
HP world was real LOL!) is that Hogwarts truly is the safest place for
children to learn magic and be protected until they can protect
themselves. With characters like Voldemort (oh get over it, Ron)
hanging about and knowing that he has powers that even the most
talented of magical folks can't compete against, I think that I would
prefer my child to be as safe as possible under the care of Dumbledore
(et al) and all its magical protections.

We are HUGE HP fans here. We have a party every year when the newest
movie comes out. We dress in costumes, eat wizarding food (Bertie
Botts, skiving snack boxes, pumpkin pasties, butterbeer, chocolate
frogs (we make them ourselves), and lemondrops), watch all the movies
that have already been released, have trivia competitions (is there an
HP Trivial Pursuit?), and then go to the midnight showing of the
newest movie. We go to book release parties (in costume) and win
prizes (I have a Hogwart's t-shirt that says Professor on the back)
and quote from the books all the time. We are constantly arguing over
what is going to happen and challenging our memories to defend
different points of view.

Michelle - who really wishes that the wizarding world of JK Rowling was real





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Betsy Hill

**It is strange to me, though, that so many unschooling moms enjoy this
series [Harry Potter] when the setting is kids at a boarding school.**

My first tiny step towards homeschooling as a child was reading Prince
Caspian and realizing that Peter, Susan, Edmund and even little Lucy
were sent away from their family every year to boarding school. It
sounded horrible to me then, and still does.

However, this doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the very enjoyable Harry
Potter books. When I'm reading them, I'm enchanted. Still it is true
that when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't necessary."

Betsy

Beth Mouser

>when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
J.K. has said that she attended day school and had the characters at
a boarding school so they could have all the adventures after-school
and during the night. Do very many British kids still attend
boarding schools?

Beth

> My first tiny step towards homeschooling as a child was reading
Prince
> Caspian and realizing that Peter, Susan, Edmund and even little Lucy
> were sent away from their family every year to boarding school. It
> sounded horrible to me then, and still does.
>
> However, this doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the very enjoyable Harry
> Potter books. When I'm reading them, I'm enchanted. Still it is
true
> that when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
> Betsy
>

Beth Mouser

--Michelle, you should be one of the posters on the Harry Potter for
Grown-ups chatlist. I check in there at times to see people's takes
and predictions. I've never posted though. These people have good
insight to the series, as do you. I never thought about how the
students are basically learning life skills they need. I do love
Harry Potter and have thrown parties for when the new movies come out
as well. I made a treacle tart and it was just as good as I thought
it would be! I wore a Mrs. Weasley costume to one of the showings,
but my boys were embarrassed (party-poopers...) She said in an
interview recently that she told J.K. she hopes her character will
take care of Voldemort and be the hero at the end. I would love
that! I wish those of us who are fans could get together for a big
Harry Potter party. When I was a kid, I used to pretend I was living
in the olden days like Laura Ingalls. I wonder what my next fantasy
will be (I really like Pirates of the Caribbean as well)~

Beth

"Michelle Leifur Reid" <pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
>
> I think that bullying can happen in any setting and have seen it
> happen even in an unschooling setting :( yet, I see Hogwarts as
being
> different from traditional schools. Aside from History of Magic
> (snore) everything that they learn is stuff that they are going to
use
> when they get into their adult lives. As witches and wizards they
> need to know how to use potions, how to charm a teapot into pouring
> itself (heck, I would if I could LOL!), and how to defend oneself
> against the evils of dark arts. The first few years is a general
over
> view of the magical world, but, as we have seen, one can choose not
to
> take some courses or to take alternative courses to the norm
(Hermione
> taking arithmancy and not taking divination.) And after the OWL's
one
> really starts honing in on the subjects that they want to do.
>
> The magical community is much different from the Muggle. Jo Rowling
> was asked once where the kids learned to read and do math because
they
> never seemed to be in math or grammar classes and her reply was that
> most young witches and wizards are homeschooled. Can't you just see
> Molly Weasley unschooling her crew? :-D Another thought (as if the
> HP world was real LOL!) is that Hogwarts truly is the safest place
for
> children to learn magic and be protected until they can protect
> themselves. With characters like Voldemort (oh get over it, Ron)
> hanging about and knowing that he has powers that even the most
> talented of magical folks can't compete against, I think that I
would
> prefer my child to be as safe as possible under the care of
Dumbledore
> (et al) and all its magical protections.
>
> We are HUGE HP fans here. We have a party every year when the
newest
> movie comes out. We dress in costumes, eat wizarding food (Bertie
> Botts, skiving snack boxes, pumpkin pasties, butterbeer, chocolate
> frogs (we make them ourselves), and lemondrops), watch all the
movies
> that have already been released, have trivia competitions (is there
an
> HP Trivial Pursuit?), and then go to the midnight showing of the
> newest movie. We go to book release parties (in costume) and win
> prizes (I have a Hogwart's t-shirt that says Professor on the back)
> and quote from the books all the time. We are constantly arguing
over
> what is going to happen and challenging our memories to defend
> different points of view.
>
> Michelle - who really wishes that the wizarding world of JK Rowling
was real
>

Vickisue Gray

It was said that the kids requesting to go to boarding school went way up after Harry Potter came out.


----- Original Message ----
From: Beth Mouser <mouser4@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:34:49 AM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Harry Potter

>when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
J.K. has said that she attended day school and had the characters at
a boarding school so they could have all the adventures after-school
and during the night. Do very many British kids still attend
boarding schools?

Beth

> My first tiny step towards homeschooling as a child was reading
Prince
> Caspian and realizing that Peter, Susan, Edmund and even little Lucy
> were sent away from their family every year to boarding school. It
> sounded horrible to me then, and still does.
>
> However, this doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the very enjoyable Harry
> Potter books. When I'm reading them, I'm enchanted. Still it is
true
> that when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
> Betsy
>






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Joyce Fetteroll

> **It is strange to me, though, that so many unschooling moms enjoy
> this
> series [Harry Potter] when the setting is kids at a boarding school.**

Maybe because the kids get to be independent and learn by doing and
problem solving. The stuff they do and figure out outside the
classrooms is the essence of how unschooling works. And it proves to
be the most important stuff they learn.

That they don't have parents with them supporting them just makes for
a better story ;-) The freedom to make decisions on their own and do
as they feel best is seen as good (even if it doesn't come out right)
and control (teachers enforcing rules, parents saying no) is seen as
bad.

Joyce

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[email protected]

In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:39:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mouser4@... writes:

when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
J.K. has said that she attended day school and had the characters at
a boarding school so they could have all the adventures after-school
and during the night. Do very many British kids still attend
boarding schools?



********
I think the whole boarding school thing is important because Harry HAD to
have a life completely separate from the Dursleys. There HAD to be positive
parental figures in his life that looked after him day and night. He HAD to be
a wizard full-time, except the summer. And since wizard children are few
and far between, it just makes sense to have one school. I did always wonder
if any children were from Hogsmeade and got to go home more.

I don't remember any mention of any of the children missing home or having a
tough time adjusting (except Neville, but I think he is happier at Hogwarts
than with his Gran), so maybe JKR has just made it a non-issue. Perhaps all
that homeschooling gave them a good base. :)

Another thought, the story often has an nineteenth century feel to it and
boarding school fits into that. Look at Dickens or other writing at the time,
(male) children of a certain age went off to school. There just weren't
public schools on every corner!

Leslie, another Potter-head :)




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[email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: mouser4@...

Do very many British kids still attend
boarding schools?


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Wow Michelle, sounds like you guys have a blast. We
have a couple of Harry Potter games, the Harry Potter
Scene it game, is alot of fun, and Harry Potter Trivia
game. The Scene it game we got at Target, and the
trivia game I got at a garage sale for I think it was
$2.00. I'm not sure where you can find the games, but
they are the ones that I am best at, because I've read
all of the books at least 2 or three times. Glad to
see someone else enjoys the Harry Potter series too.

----Vanessa


--- Vickisue Gray <vickisue_gray@...> wrote:

> Lol....and I thought I was the biggest Harry Potter
> fan!
> You got me beat! : D
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michelle Leifur Reid
> <pamperedmichelle@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:58:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Harry Potter
>
> On 10/16/06, Beth Mouser <mouser4@mindspring. com>
> wrote:
>
> > It is strange to me, though, that so many
> unschooling moms enjoy this
> > series when the setting is kids at a boarding
> school. Sometimes when
> > I read it, I actually have the thought enter my
> mind that I wish my
> > boys could go to a boarding school where they
> could have these
> > adventures and I could live out my fantasy of
> being Mrs. Weasley and
> > spend my days knitting sweaters. But then I
> realize that if Hogwarts
> > were indeed real, there would be drugs along with
> all the bullying,
> > etc., and I would miss my boys.
>
> I think that bullying can happen in any setting and
> have seen it
> happen even in an unschooling setting :( yet, I see
> Hogwarts as being
> different from traditional schools. Aside from
> History of Magic
> (snore) everything that they learn is stuff that
> they are going to use
> when they get into their adult lives. As witches and
> wizards they
> need to know how to use potions, how to charm a
> teapot into pouring
> itself (heck, I would if I could LOL!), and how to
> defend oneself
> against the evils of dark arts. The first few years
> is a general over
> view of the magical world, but, as we have seen, one
> can choose not to
> take some courses or to take alternative courses to
> the norm (Hermione
> taking arithmancy and not taking divination.) And
> after the OWL's one
> really starts honing in on the subjects that they
> want to do.
>
> The magical community is much different from the
> Muggle. Jo Rowling
> was asked once where the kids learned to read and do
> math because they
> never seemed to be in math or grammar classes and
> her reply was that
> most young witches and wizards are homeschooled.
> Can't you just see
> Molly Weasley unschooling her crew? :-D Another
> thought (as if the
> HP world was real LOL!) is that Hogwarts truly is
> the safest place for
> children to learn magic and be protected until they
> can protect
> themselves. With characters like Voldemort (oh get
> over it, Ron)
> hanging about and knowing that he has powers that
> even the most
> talented of magical folks can't compete against, I
> think that I would
> prefer my child to be as safe as possible under the
> care of Dumbledore
> (et al) and all its magical protections.
>
> We are HUGE HP fans here. We have a party every year
> when the newest
> movie comes out. We dress in costumes, eat wizarding
> food (Bertie
> Botts, skiving snack boxes, pumpkin pasties,
> butterbeer, chocolate
> frogs (we make them ourselves), and lemondrops),
> watch all the movies
> that have already been released, have trivia
> competitions (is there an
> HP Trivial Pursuit?), and then go to the midnight
> showing of the
> newest movie. We go to book release parties (in
> costume) and win
> prizes (I have a Hogwart's t-shirt that says
> Professor on the back)
> and quote from the books all the time. We are
> constantly arguing over
> what is going to happen and challenging our memories
> to defend
> different points of view.
>
> Michelle - who really wishes that the wizarding
> world of JK Rowling was real
>
>
>
>
>
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> removed]
>
>


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I went to boarding school in Oklahoma for my last two years of high
school, one that was about half an hour from my house. I loved it!
There was a lot of work involved, but it was all stuff I got to
choose. It was very intense living with 100 other kids in a dorm
setting, but I made some of the best friends of my life. I missed
being away from my family, but I realized how very toxic my family
was . I learned how to be in charge of myself for the first time
ever, and it also changed my viewpoint of the school system. And we
did have a lot of adventures after dark ;-) It's like an immersion,
it's much more intense, and things are learned deeper.

Melissa
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(3), and Avari Rose

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On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:34 AM, Beth Mouser wrote:

> >when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> > kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> > very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
> necessary."
> >
> J.K. has said that she attended day school and had the characters at
> a boarding school so they could have all the adventures after-school
> and during the night. Do very many British kids still attend
> boarding schools?



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[email protected]

I lived for two years in England and most kids do not go to boarding school. Boarding schools are generally for the wealthy. Oddly enought, Private Schools in England are referred to as "Public" schools.
Kathryn

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Vickisue Gray <vickisue_gray@...>
It was said that the kids requesting to go to boarding school went way up after Harry Potter came out.

----- Original Message ----
From: Beth Mouser <mouser4@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:34:49 AM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Harry Potter

>when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
J.K. has said that she attended day school and had the characters at
a boarding school so they could have all the adventures after-school
and during the night. Do very many British kids still attend
boarding schools?

Beth

> My first tiny step towards homeschooling as a child was reading
Prince
> Caspian and realizing that Peter, Susan, Edmund and even little Lucy
> were sent away from their family every year to boarding school. It
> sounded horrible to me then, and still does.
>
> However, this doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the very enjoyable Harry
> Potter books. When I'm reading them, I'm enchanted. Still it is
true
> that when I put the book down I sometimes think, "The professors and
> kids could go home every night and have a family life. Wizards have
> very fast means of travel. Isolating the kids like this isn't
necessary."
>
> Betsy
>

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Michelle Leifur Reid

On 10/17/06, Beth Mouser <mouser4@...> wrote:
> I wonder what my next fantasy
> will be (I really like Pirates of the Caribbean as well)~
>

There are POTC fan groups just like the Star Trek fan groups. There
is one here in P'cola and another in Mobile. They dress like pirates,
talk like pirates, act like pirates and from 9-5 M-f they are bankers,
doctors, construction workers, accountants, and relators! I have a
few friends who are pirates and they are way whacky. Some of the
pirates are also members of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)
while others just do the pirate thing from time to time. Some even
have taken up fencing and even some recreating of pirate "regalia"
they are quite fun!

Michelle - with an 11yo piratess wannabee who loves it that her name
is the same as a famous female pirate (except the spelling)

Beth Mouser

I have never even heard of a boarding school here in the U.S.,except
for several schools for autistic spectrum kids or kids who are having
behavioral issues, etc. Is there a regular educational boarding school
here? My kids have asked me this and I don't know.

Beth
>
> *Very* many *American* kids attend boarding schools! I'm still it's
> just as popular there.
>
> ~Kelly
>
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Yes. There are several boarding schools here in New
England. I think they're meant for high school and up.
They're expensive and some of them are also difficult
to get into. I think they're seen as gateways leading
to Harvard or Yale.

Manisha

--- Beth Mouser <mouser4@...> wrote:

> I have never even heard of a boarding school here in
> the U.S.,except
> for several schools for autistic spectrum kids or
> kids who are having
> behavioral issues, etc. Is there a regular
> educational boarding school
> here? My kids have asked me this and I don't know.
>
> Beth
> >
> > *Very* many *American* kids attend boarding
> schools! I'm still it's
> > just as popular there.
> >
> > ~Kelly
> >
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Yes, there are boarding schools in the USA. I know of one specifically in
Connecticut near the Mass. border.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Beth Mouser
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Boarding Schools Re: Harry Potter


I have never even heard of a boarding school here in the U.S.,except
for several schools for autistic spectrum kids or kids who are having
behavioral issues, etc. Is there a regular educational boarding school
here? My kids have asked me this and I don't know.

Beth
>
> *Very* many *American* kids attend boarding schools! I'm still it's
> just as popular there.
>
> ~Kelly
>
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April Morris

Yes, indeed. Where we live is one called Cranbrook.
http://schools.cranbrook.edu/school/upper/residential.asp?strId=5991

I'm sure there are others....

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On 10/17/06, Beth Mouser <mouser4@...> wrote:
>
> I have never even heard of a boarding school here in the U.S.,except
> for several schools for autistic spectrum kids or kids who are having
> behavioral issues, etc. Is there a regular educational boarding school
> here? My kids have asked me this and I don't know.
>
> Beth
> >
> > *Very* many *American* kids attend boarding schools! I'm still it's
> > just as popular there.
> >
> > ~Kelly
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I know several people that went to boarding schools. Chicago and the
Northeast, especially. Mostly the upper crust type folks. I do know a mom in a
small southern town (not wealthy at all) whose daughter goes to Choate. I
really don't know how she ended up there.

I would say a significant portion of my college acquaintances at the U. of
Texas were from boarding schools. Many were either from Europe or their
parents worked overseas. I also know a few military wives that did, believe it or
not.

My husband went to American Collegiate Schools in Athens, Greece. They (and
I believe the other ACS in London, Paris, etc.) was a partial boarding
school. Most of the boarding kids at his school were from the Mid-East and had
mucho oil money.

I used to work for a woman that went to boarding school someplace like
Colorado in the sixties. Her roommate was kind of "nouveau riche" but nothing too
odd. The roommates dad came to town and took a bunch of the girls out on
the town....limo, fancy dinner, the whole nine yards. She found out much later
that he was a NY gangster!

Leslie in SC


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Tina

Oh, yeah! I didn't even think of that. One of the dads in one of our
local groups graduated from there. From talking to him it really
sounded like an awesome school...as schools go.

Tina

Elissa Jill Cleaveland

I had quite a few friends who went to boarding school. I could have gone but prefferred a closer private school. Here is the DC area, there are quite a few boarding schools.
Elissa Jill
A Kindersher saychel iz oychet a saychel.
"A Child's wisdom is also wisdom." ~Yiddish Proverb

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Maisha Khalfani

I went to a small boarding school in Connecticut named Loomis Chaffee. I'm no where near wealthy - I went through a program offering scholarships to black and hispanic students out of New York City. It was an eye opening experience, to say the least. I think I learned far more outside of the classroom than inside though.


Namaste
Maisha
Khalfani Family Adventures
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama








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Melissa

There are also math and science schools, and magnet schools, which
are free for students and also offer immersion into an interest. I
went to the Oklahoma School of Science and Math, there are 56 similar
schools across the US. Free room and board, and the best teachers I
ever had....and I finally got to pick the classes I wanted. You still
had to take the minimum literature and history, but there was a
choice of say American history vs East Asian History, or English
literature vs modern Poetry.
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (9), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (5), Dan
(3), and Avari Rose

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On Oct 21, 2006, at 1:25 AM, Maisha Khalfani wrote:

> I went to a small boarding school in Connecticut named Loomis
> Chaffee. I'm no where near wealthy - I went through a program
> offering scholarships to black and hispanic students out of New
> York City. It was an eye opening experience, to say the least. I
> think I learned far more outside of the classroom than inside though.
>



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-----Original Message-----
From: mouser4@...

I have never even heard of a boarding school here in the U.S.,except
for several schools for autistic spectrum kids or kids who are having
behavioral issues, etc. Is there a regular educational boarding school
here? My kids have asked me this and I don't know.

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Google "boarding schools" you get:

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 7,630,000 for boarding schools.
(0.27 seconds)

This one http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/ gives you details
about each one in the US

Lots.

~Kelly
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