How can I convince my parents to let me go to boarding school?
I really want to go to boarding school next year when I go to Grade 8. The school I go to is horrible and the kids spread all these nasty rumors about me. I think that boarding school would be much better, I was thinking of going to Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Please help. I don’t want to tell me parents about the nasty rumors because they’ll just get involved and then the kids there will be really mad. They’re all rich kids whose parents don’t care what they do, so who knows what they’ll do to me?
Best advice I can give, is to not run away from your problems. Boarding school can be a great experience, but your parents won’t understand why you want to go, until they really understand what your goals are.
My daughter is applying to boarding herself next year, but she’s been pretty up-front why she wants to go: to get a better education. She found a blog and coincidentally the student and parent that are writing the blog, just wrote an article on convincing parents… You might find it helpful and relevant to your situation as well.
February 6th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Try giving them a presentation of the cons of going to boarding school.
But trust me no matter where you go Kids are mean and cruel your going to have to get use to it
just because you transfer schools the kids are the same
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also moving schools is stupid ur letting people get the best of you.
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February 6th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Grow up did you ever think that maybe your parents can’t afford a boarding school…If you were mine I would give you two choices figure out how to pay for it yourself…or If you really really want to got to boarding school I would check it out and I will pick where you will go and it sure wouldn’t be to Hawaii You talk about the girls picking on you when you sound like some spoiled brat yourself
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February 6th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Best advice I can give, is to not run away from your problems. Boarding school can be a great experience, but your parents won’t understand why you want to go, until they really understand what your goals are.
My daughter is applying to boarding herself next year, but she’s been pretty up-front why she wants to go: to get a better education. She found a blog and coincidentally the student and parent that are writing the blog, just wrote an article on convincing parents… You might find it helpful and relevant to your situation as well.
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http://www.boardingpov.com/