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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record my mom, and two aunts attended boarding schools, as did one of my grandparents, and many acquaintances. I was reviewing info anecdotes and yearbooks related to boarding schools and it is very apparent that girls often have a tough time at them. They often remark that it was a hard and challenging experience and praise their teachers and friends for putting up with them and their emotions. They also often say many tears were shed and grade 8 was the hardest.

Oddly, in their year books many said it was "worth it". Will they say the same thing years later?

Now knowing all this, why do parents send their kids to them. They seem like they could do a lot of damage [/quote]

OP wrote: "and grade 8 was the hardest."

Very few few boarding schools offer an 8th grade; most boarding schools start at 9th grade and many entering 9th grade do so as repeat students in order to gain an edge athletically and academically in college admissions.

There are a few junior boarding schools and the Groton School does start with a small 8th grade cohort, but 8th grade is uncommon at boarding schools.[/quote]

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