Boarding school

Educational stages within state schools are: early years, primary, secondary, higher education, and further education. In private schools these relate to nursery, pre-preparatory, preparatory, and public. Within the state education system key stages are followed, from 1-4, setting guidelines for the education knowledge expected of pupils at various ages. State schools are government funded and owned by the Local Education Authority. The schools are majority run by a board of governors. They are…

most honored women in American history. Her success started at the school at the age of three where she was good at reading and spelling. First, she gained her first experience in nursing when she was 11 years old when her brother David became seriously ill following an accident, and she cared for him for two years, that was a crucial thing that made her success in the future. She then went on to attend a private boarding school. Though she kept up academically, her reticence affected her health…

community brimming with diversity. I am a boarding student at Westminster school where the majority of students come from upper middle class to high class economically stable, Caucasian families. However, about a fifth of the school’s population consists of minorities and international students, with a variety of backgrounds and beliefs. When I first arrived at Westminster in my freshman year, I was not sure what to expect. Before I had begun the boarding school process, I had never really…

The Lawrenceville School offers a post graduate (PG) year to recently graduated high school students as a transitional year between high school and college. This year as a boarding member of the Lawrenceville community (similar to that of a university) is an excellent opportunity for students to continue their social and academic development while refining their study and time management skills. Lawrenceville provides a demanding, yet supportive program that offers a variety of academic…

At a small elite conservative boarding school in Vermont, named Welton Academy, life is turned upside down for a group of kids when their new english teacher inspires them to question authority as well as their own morals. One of the kids he was able to reach the most was Todd Anderson; a discouraged and shy boy. Throughout the story Todd Anderson changes to a courageous young adult with the ability to stand up for what he believes in. In the year 1959 Todd Anderson was enrolled in Welton…

California and now I am able to pursue my dream. While attending public high school, I appeared as a low-income Mexican American high schooler living in a poor socioeconomic town, dominated by Mexicans. However, a mix of my intellectual curiosity and historical roots from the Gonzalez and Villanueva family differed me from the rest of the students in the Central Valley. Growing up, I constantly wondered why my public high school was not academically pushing me. I knew that in order to succeed,…

The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky and Looking for Alaska by John Green both are similar books with the same themes but they also have their differences with the way the story takes place. Both stories focus on a boy in high school trying to get by, these boys don’t know anyone but soon become friends with other people. Within the stories there are many ups and downs, many challenges the characters face, but solutions are found for all the problems. The two books focus on the…

drastically affected the way I live and breathe, but I wouldn’t say I live a perfect life. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and went to school there until the Summer of ‘14. Before then, I would rarely go to school due to overall laziness which caused my grades to take a toll. My mother, of course was disappointed in my behavior willing to send me to boarding school or something if she really had to . Little did I know, I was treading on thin ice. One summer day, I had gotten into some trouble…

in a small village in India, so small that you need to travel to another village if you want to buy a matchstick-box. So small that I used to walk 2 miles every day to attend school in a nearby village. No, I am not complaining, those are the most jubilant days of my life, because every day I enjoyed walking down to the school in that early sunshine. But you know what the best thing about my village is? It’s the people, who might have earnings of less than $5 a day but have hearts bigger than…

William Eggleston: The Life and Works During the beginning days of photography, pictures rarely came in a color other than black and white. These images seemed the norm for serious photographers. However, one photographer happened to think different. This photographer, William Eggleston, grew into a pioneer of realistic photography since the late 20 th century. Throughout his life, both young and adult, William Eggleston broke all the rules. Eggleston chose a new format for his art and…