my mum hated her boarding school so much that she said she'd never send us away, even when we reeeeeally pissed her off
to be fair, a catholic convent run by nuns doesn't sound like much fun. but my friends who went to boarding school all loved it; in fact a couple of their younger siblings begged to go too because they heard so much about it.

not sure I could do it, unless my kid was a total little shit, but if they wanted to go, then weekly boarding then home at the weekends might be a good compromise.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:42, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I think it's a fucking ridiculous idea
why the fuck would you want children and then want to send them away for someone to look after unless you're a complete fucking cunt with no idea of how to be a parent?
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:44, Reply)

So your kids will be begging to go then

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:46, Reply)

officesmirk

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:49, Reply)

NO SMIRKING IN THE PLACE OF WORK

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:52, Reply)

oh man

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Its funny because of the north east accent

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)

haha

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:49, Reply)

The 3 'b's. Beatings, buggery and bad food.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:52, Reply)

This is nicely sweeping well done

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:49, Reply)

You're just upset because your parents were complete fucking cunts with no idea of how to be parents.

( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:50, Reply)

Hahaha yeah

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:53, Reply)

maybe the kid is also a complete fucking cunt and you can't wait to see the back of it
no idea on a serious answer. all I know is, several of my friends actively begged to go, and really enjoyed it. but my parents would never have allowed it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:51, Reply)

I have a hard enough time leaving mine at nursery in the morning.
I couldn't even imagine sending them away for 12 weeks at a time. Especially not when they're going through all the interesting ages.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:52, Reply)

Only a sick man would get hard at a nursery
I suggest you take a long look at your life choices in the mirror
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)

Yeah, cos it's all about you isn't it?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)

But boarding schools are no better for your child than a normal comp, so the decision to send your kid off is purely a selfish one on the part of the parents.

( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:58, Reply)

If I had a kid, there's no way I'd send it to a fucking comprehensive.
Talk about your lowest common denominator schooling.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:01, Reply)

And yet I came out with all A's through GCSE and A level and a first class degree.
It's amazing how bad these schools are.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:05, Reply)

christ
all this shows is that you were boning an examiner
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Yes, because a sample size of one out of many hundreds is representative.
Was one of your As in statistics?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:10, Reply)

Actually you are far more likely to get a better education if your parents are wealthy, regardless of where you go to school
That's what the statistics show.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:15, Reply)

That is possibly the stupidest thing I have seen you type (and believe me there are some contenders)

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:20, Reply)

OH NO SOMEONE ON THE INTERENET THINKS I'M WRONG.
Go on then, give me a top ten.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:27, Reply)

at 10 using the word INTERENET
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:30, Reply)

This is great. Carry on.

( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)

better than t'internet or interwebs
I want to murder people who say things like that
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:32, Reply)

do you want to murder dem wif der fwuffeh kittumz?

( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:37, Reply)

That's probably because children of wealthy families are more likely to be intellectually stimulated at a young age
and not just left to rot in front of the television.
Statistically, children from lower income families don't have books in the house, or do extracurricular activities, or spend time talking as a family.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:37, Reply)

Yep, that's probably about right.
Plus the parents are more likely to take an interest in their childs schooling and will often push them.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:40, Reply)

^this

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:44, Reply)

Well this is a stupid post
If you live in the catchment for shit schools then your kid is screwed, the private system allows you to choose a good school.

Maybe you shouldn't wade in discussions weighed down with your hand ringing prejudices until you have thought things through.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:02, Reply)

^ This ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:03, Reply)

psssst
he lives in barnet. he'll just be lucky if rory doesn't nick it and flog it to travellers.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:05, Reply)

Ill informed man is wrong on the internet shock

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:03, Reply)

Your kid isn't at the "little shite" age yet then

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)

yeah....
come back and read this when she's constantly arguing with her siblings about pointless crap and locked in the bathroom for hours squeezing spots and dyeing her hair and ruining the carpet with it and never even accidentally cleaning up after herself and running up massive phone bills and staying out late and getting drunk and sucking off teenage boys behind the pub and testing your boundaries all the time and your wife is screaming blue murder because her menopause is clashing with your kid's adolescence and the pair of them can't stand one another and it all seems to be about nothing more than a wet towel left on the floor and why can't they just get on and

LIGHTBULB! YOU'LL GO TO BOARDING SCHOOL YOURSELF.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:57, Reply)

One plus point of getting divorced; not having to put up with my wife's menopause at some future point.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Oh, believe me, you will be made to suffer it one way or another.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:00, Reply)

Some people never change.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Hahaha!
This sounds so much like the stepson's house. No wonder he's always working overtime.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:59, Reply)

I'm going to have a garage. I'm going to soundproof it and make it my own studio/games room.
I shall have a lock on the door.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:59, Reply)

and then you'll get back to it
after a long, hard day at work paying for everyone and everything, sidestepping another screaming row between wife and daughter about some sort of top that is too expensive/slutty, you get in there only to find that your son and his horrible lanky teenage mates have been in, the fridge has been denuded of beer, it's a complete mess, names like BAZ AND DAZ AND THE COCKMAN have wiped you off the high score on all your games, the king on your white chessmen is suspiciously stained and brown, and the whole place smells suspiciously... warm and stale and salty. much like the crusty tissues down the side of the armchair.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Ha ha ha!

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:05, Reply)

You enjoyed your teenage years?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:00, Reply)

well hell yeah
I was the teenager
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:02, Reply)

How many times did you pull the 'you're not my real mum' line?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:05, Reply)

my half brother did it a few times

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:07, Reply)

The reason I went
was because my dad was in the army, and moving schools every two years would have really fucked with my education.
There are lots of reasons people send their kids to boarding school, and they don't all involve hating them.

When I first went to uni, I was amazed how many mummy's boys and girls had never spent a night away from home before. The couldn't manage their own laundry, or make even the most rudimentary meal for themselves. That's worse parenting, right there.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)

Yes, it probably is.
But when I went to uni I could do my laundry and I could cook and I had spent many nights away from home before.

You're surely not suggesting that the two choices available to a parent are a) be shit or b) send your child to boarding school? Of course you're not. That would be ludicrous.
( Bazongaloid, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Well, obviously not.
Like you're not suggesting all children in boarding schools are unloved.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:02, Reply)

or only a shit parent could send their kid there

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:03, Reply)

But we are all agreed that Nakers' shit parents didn't love him?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Dec 2013, 10:44, Reply)