[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Sharing a URL

[Shaun Hately]

On 6 Jul 2004 at 1:58, MsTattersall wrote:

> If the first picture is you as a student at the school, I do believe 
> you are Neville Longbottom (i.e., Matthew Lewis). You're even wearing 
> (almost) Gryffindor colors. Very cool school--an interesting blend of 
> ancient and modern. 

Yes, that's me in the picture though I didn't normally look like 
that - or rather, I did, it's just that I wore glasses all the time 
- they nearly always made me take them off when a photograph was 
taken much to my annoyance.
 
> I think we Americans miss out by not having access to more boarding 
> schools in the primary and secondary grades; we tend to wait until we 
> go away to college for the same experiences, and I think that is too 
> late to acquire some of the polishing that children receive in such 
> schools.

There's advantages and disadvantages to it - and, really, only a 
fairly small proportion of children get the opportunity in any 
country.


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