Essay Archive - Board Schools
Board Schools
For most people boarding schools conjure up thoughts of young men in navy
blue blazers with white shirts and a tie going to a beautiful school with ivy
covered walls and the game of polo being played in the distance. Oh, and don't
forget thoughts of parents with fat wallets and a family trust fund. This is
what Gordon Vink, the director of admissions at Mercersburg Academy in
Pennsylvania, calls the “Holden Caufield-Catcher in the Rye syndrome”(Parker
111), a book about the troubles a boy faces at his prep boarding school.
To an extent the image holds true. Prep schools offer ....
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