The only place I considered home was the boarding school in Yorkshire my parents sent me to. It's easier, isn't it? I mean, it gets kids out the way, doesn't it?
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The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social interaction I've had since then has been a million times easier. Literally, ever since then, it's all been child's play.
I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
Boarding school is a wicked thing.
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic.
It was tough going to boarding school. It was very hard work.
I think boarding school does give you an independence.
I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.
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