Reply to Need advice about serious issues in a private boarding school (New York). We are new to the US and don’t know what to do

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Need advice about serious issues in a private boarding school (New York). We are new to the US and don’t know what to do"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As you have probably gleaned, boarding school in the US for any child under 9th grade is very unusual and not looked on favorably by most people. The assumption will either be that the child has some kind of unmanageable problem requiring a therapeutic school, or that the parents are uninterested in their child and want to dump them on someone else. [b]So the social and cultural mix at a boarding school for 12-year-olds is not going to be typically American in any way. [/b]It's falling out of favor elsewhere, too; note that Prince George is 12 and still lives at home and goes to day school, very much NOT in his family's tradition.

Also, I get there's a culture gap here, but putting a child in boarding school when they can barely speak the language sounds absolutely bonkers to me. Even the remaining posh British boarding prep schools that take a lot of rich international students, like Summer Fields or Ludgrove, require a decent level of English at admission. If you're a child in an environment where you have to advocate for yourself, how can you possibly cope if you can't speak the language??

The solution here is to just remove your son from the school. Employ an educational consultant to help you finesse the situation, if you're feeling really shaky. If you are leaving quietly, I don't think the school really has any vested interest in trashing your son's recommendation or making it hard for him to get into another school. If they are as irritated as they sound, they will probably be more than happy to smooth the way out. [/quote]

Yeah,  the "I guess this is just how it is in the US!" From OP was a little weird considering the miniscule number of Americans who board their 12 year olds.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics