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Ryan Chamberlain · 04-19-2015, 08:05 PM

Anyone agree?

All that quaintness of a little boarding school in a little town. It just seemed so nice and comfy. And, having friends that were close knit. It would have been awesome.

Did anyone here actually go to a boarding school? What was it like? Did FOL sum up your experience? Or, was it completely different?

hch · 08-21-2015, 12:41 AM

Oh Eastland, a cross between summer camp and Sing-Sing, where you can smell the hairspray in the hallways and the uniforms are made of not wool but STEEL WOOL!

Yong Fang · 08-21-2015, 01:35 AM

When I was in Eighth grade, I was very unhappy with the school my stupid parents sent me too (and it was awful, and I should have never been there in the first place, why is personal, but valid) and I failed all my classes. My father was very angry and threatened to send me to military school. At the time I was in scouting somewhat and had a subscription to their magazine (Boys Life?). In the back, they had ads for military schools.

To most kids, the "threat" of military school made most kids shape up. Personally, I wanted to go. Honestly. It would have gotten me the hell away from my parents, and I had no siblings or other close family, and to me ironically, Military School would have offered me some freedom away from them.

In the end, the cost of military school I think was prohibitive. They could have afforded it, but spending several thousand dollars for me to go to junior high was a bit silly. I was grounded for the next six weeks until the next report card came out, I passed all classes with a C or better, and then we moved away and I went to a much better high school (the actor Chris Parnell was in my graduating class).

Funny, in college my father (the man with all the bad ideas) wanted me in ROTC. I did it for a semester and hated it, the uniform, getting yelled at, short haircuts and BS. Maybe if I went to that military school back in eighth grade, I might have done well in that program, but probably not.

04-19-2015, 08:05 PM	#1
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08-21-2015, 12:41 AM	#2
hch Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 07, 2001 Location: Montross, VA 22520 Posts: 983	Oh Eastland, a cross between summer camp and Sing-Sing, where you can smell the hairspray in the hallways and the uniforms are made of not wool but STEEL WOOL!
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08-21-2015, 01:35 AM	#3
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	When I was in Eighth grade, I was very unhappy with the school my stupid parents sent me too (and it was awful, and I should have never been there in the first place, why is personal, but valid) and I failed all my classes. My father was very angry and threatened to send me to military school. At the time I was in scouting somewhat and had a subscription to their magazine (Boys Life?). In the back, they had ads for military schools. To most kids, the "threat" of military school made most kids shape up. Personally, I wanted to go. Honestly. It would have gotten me the hell away from my parents, and I had no siblings or other close family, and to me ironically, Military School would have offered me some freedom away from them. In the end, the cost of military school I think was prohibitive. They could have afforded it, but spending several thousand dollars for me to go to junior high was a bit silly. I was grounded for the next six weeks until the next report card came out, I passed all classes with a C or better, and then we moved away and I went to a much better high school (the actor Chris Parnell was in my graduating class). Funny, in college my father (the man with all the bad ideas) wanted me in ROTC. I did it for a semester and hated it, the uniform, getting yelled at, short haircuts and BS. Maybe if I went to that military school back in eighth grade, I might have done well in that program, but probably not.