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[quote=Anonymous]I thought it was a hard no for me because my mental set of people who went to boarding school found themselves in the role of the trouble makers who floundered in life after boarding school.

Now as a parent with an actual child I am looking at and the reality of the fact that my husband's job could move him abroad in the future, I am softening to it.  So I have actually started to include a few boarding schools into the pivot consideration set for my kid.

He is starting at one of the too DC privates in the fall, but I saw his top of the class status start to slip towards bored trouble maker over the past few months and that makes me nervous.  I know everyone thinks they want their kid to be the best in the class, but the reality is, it is often best to be somewhere in the middle of the class so you are still being challenged while still maintaining your self esteem.  Seeing the transition of him moving beyond what was taught in school combined with the behavioral issues that came out at the same time (nothing crazy for the age, mostly just signs of frustration) it makes me nervous that at some point we may hit the top end of what this city could provide...

Sometimes in life, you realized for good or for bad, things just don't turn out the way you envisioned them.  When that happens, it is better to re-evaluate and dream a better dream than to lock into what no longer serves you or your family.[/quote]

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