What's Life Like in a Private British Boarding School? | Leaving Home at 8 Years Old

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• KA

  @kaystunna0205 · 6 years ago

  They all HAVE to do after school activities everyday. “No chance to disappear off on your own too much” this is an introverts nightmare omg 😭

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• EL

  @elinakeranen4499 · 6 years ago

  I can't even imagine how bad that life is for the bullied ones. It's bad enough in normal school already, here you don't get a break even at night.

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• GW

  @gwyneththeobald2736 · 6 years ago

  personally i would not want some random middle aged guy to be checking in on my daughter at night...

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• BE

  @beejayvandegriendt3632 · 2 years ago

  Keep them busy 16 hours a day so that they don't have time to deal with their emotions. That's outstanding childcare!! These children are taught to normalise the trauma of being sent away by their parents.

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• IN

  @indigogoldfish · 6 years ago

  Aw the camera man trying to comfort the twins when they were left behind. I am glad he made an effort.

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• KH

  @KHaych123 · 6 years ago

  There's something messed up about young kids having to comfort each other because mummy isn't there.

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• CO

  @corrinework7071 · 6 years ago

  They should do a follow-up this year as its been 10 years since this came out where the kids and parents reflect on their experience.

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• HE

  @helenaferreira5762 · 2 years ago

  seeing little April and her mom hurt over being separated was so painful, i kept thinking DIVORCE THAT MAN AND TAKE THE CHILDREN

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• WA

  @warriorbard · 6 years ago

  I think the school needs an on-site psychologist to help the kids cope with homesickness and separation. Saying things like "keeping them busy and getting them tired" seems like really unhealthy coping mechanisms. It's not dealing with the issue but repressing them. Also, frankly, I think 8 years old is a tad too young to be sent away to boarding school. I don't think they're able to fully comprehend what's happening and why they're being sent away. They should probably wait until the kids are at least 12 years old; sit them down and have a talk; and then involve them in the process of transitioning to life in a boarding school.

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• HA

  @HannieRose444 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I'm 16 and I don't think that my introverted self could handle a day there, even just sleeping in a room with 3 other girls all the time. And without alone time.

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• KE

  @kelseyyeoman2062 · 6 years ago

  any one else’s parents when they were younger go “stop misbehaving or i’ll send you to boarding school”😂😭

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• MA

  @martinblack781 · 2 years ago

  Speaking from experience here. British family. My dad got a contract job with a ship company and we moved to Indonesia. After a few months there.....my dad decided i should go to boarding school back in Scotland for my 'educational needs' at the age of ten. My brother and sister remained in Indonesia. My grades were not failing in the Indonesian school. I didn't want to go. I could not understand why he sent me away. All it taught me was how cruel kids can truly be and instilled a simmering resentment towards my Father.

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