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davewitley dfrankiswork at netscape.net
Tue Jul 6 17:06:00 UTC 2004


MsTattersall:
> > 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.

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

And of those, I imagine only a tiny minority have any say in the 
matter.  For parents collectively, it may be an opportunity; for 
children individually, they go because they have to, or don't 
because they can't.

David





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