我想认真跟你探讨一下boarding school的事情,我说的是andover,philips academy 之类的,这个跟中介没有任何关系。早年在美国的时候,一个邻居就坚持吧子女送boarding school;后来两个女儿,一个brown,一个yale;后来一个年级稍微小一点的邻居,在他的劝说下,高中的最后两年也把儿子送去boarding,毕业去了MIT。我当时孩子还没出生,也就是听听,没仔细研究过。
•rivate Boarding School Pros
◦Children build lifetime friendships.
◦Children can reinvent themselves; they might have non-productive preconceived opinions of themselves that they made in a traditional school setting.
◦A big plus when applying at more popular universities.
◦Specialized curriculum.
◦Children become more independent thinkers, must make many decisions on their own.
•Private Boarding School Cons
◦Missed opportunities for parents to educate their children on values, both family and public.
◦Homesick kids.
◦Missing your children.
◦Worrying after receiving a frantic phone call from an unhappy child.
◦Children become more independent thinkers, must make many decision on their own.