The Boarding House

Research has found many repercussions of the Native American boarding school experience. Some former students state that being at boarding school was a form of childhood trauma that they may never be able to get over (Yuan et al., 2014). Evans-Campbell, Walters, Pearson, and Campbell (2012) found that former boarding school students had higher rates of drug and alcohol use and were more likely to have attempted suicide. Additionally, this study also found that students were more likely to have…

and I return year after year to seek the solitude. Virtue Hill is the name of a boarding school and means “God Place.” One of the most picturesque sites is looking up the hill from the village road. The view is spectacular with the school at the top, and the green, fertile farmland below. When I was a fourth grader, my father as a soldier was often deployed far away from home. My mother sent me to an elementary boarding school, at the Virtue Hill for my education. Walking to the hill was my…

In William Golding’s novel, “The Lord of the Flies” starts out as a group of young boys get stranded on an island with no adults. They are forced to build their own set of rules and society. Golding portrays many unique conditions and situations that symbolize ideas or concepts. At first, this seems like a paradise, a dream come true but it soon leads to conflict. Such symbols as Simon and holiness, fire and power, to beasts and darkness, to pigs and craziness are all what help Golding put the…

taken from their families and placed in boarding schools. Both of these documents revolve around these boarding schools. Both documents; though, show the boarding schools as good things, even though they were not. Indian boarding schools were built to transform Native Americans, destroying their identities, eradicating Native religions, customs, and traditions and demolishing Native languages. The first document is a picture of young girls at a boarding school. The picture is of young…

(238). The future of the Indians and the girls was troublesome in their eyes, which created a dilemma between following the path established for them or ready to fight with their bellicose enemies. In the long run, the Americans and the nuns ran boarding schools for the girls and Indians, so they could assimilate into the new culture arranged for…

In Looking For Alaska, John Green instantly pulls you into the life of Miles Halter, a shy, antisocial teenager who is ultimately looking for his “Great Perhaps” by attending a new boarding school. You’ll laugh, cry, and experience every moment as if you’re there with him. The story begins introducing Miles, who decides to leave his home in Florida to go to Culver Creek High School in Alabama as a rising junior. There he meets his roommate Chip, known as “The Colonel”, who gives him the…

1. In Holden’s mind Hollywood represents phoniness and is not admirable profession. By this logic it angers Holden when D.B is selling his creative work to Hollywood. D.B. is selling out by "being a prostitute" to Hollywood. 2. At the start of the novel it is vague on where exactly the main protagonist Holden is situated at. However through a few clues one can deduce that Holden is at some sort of rest home. 3. Pencey Prep is an all-boys school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania .Their goal is to…

Boarding schools like the one that Hoke Denetsosie attended in Arizona were created across the nation to give the American government control over Indians and to push natives to adopt white ways of life. These boarding schools were often extremely unpleasant places for Native Americans and stripped away much of their identity. However, some of the worst aspects were found in the conditions of living. Many studies show that government boarding schools were often overcrowded and many of the…

The Heard Museum The Heard museum was founded in 1929 by Dwight and Maie Heard, and has become internationally recognized for its collections, education programs, and festivals. The museum prides itself on portraying Native arts and culture in a sensitive and accurate way, while telling the story of American Indian people with art. I had no preconceived ideas about the museum, I knew a lot about Native Indians, First Nations peoples in certain tribes, but I also knew there is more to learn,…

Roald Dahl’s Likes and Dislikes As a young boy, Roald Dahl loved to eat candy. When he was nine years old, he and his four friends would walk from school together, straight to the sweet-shop. Every day they would come in and buy as much candy as they had money to spend, even though the owner, Mrs Pratchett, had a vile attitude and grimy hands that grabbed the candy out of the jars. They didn’t even mind that one of the kids heard from his dad that the licorice Bootlaces were made from squashed…