Great school, only beautiful memories remain from my 6 years of study at Sherborne. This school offers much more freedom compared to other boarding schools as boarding houses are scattered around the town and you can go to the shops and roam around freely in the town.
My child is a long time away from this, but do you think it’s better for high schoolers to go to boarding school or private school, where they sleep at home? Do you feel like you missed out on any critical skills that could only be learned in a home setting? I love how boarding school helps children mature and be independent, but I wouldn’t want my child to feel like I was trying to get rid of them or don’t enjoy them being home.
I went to an all girls boarding school from age 10 to 16. It was difficult in my first year but once I adapted to the environment, I looked forward to going back after the holidays. Made lifelong friends there ❤
Ahh the old days, I attended boarding school from the age of 11 until I sat my IGCSEs, comradery was the most valued thing between the boys, I was class president until I left, a lot of precious memories not easily forgotten - The sound of the rain hammering your window at night with your roommates snoring in the dark, or the sunny days on the field playing cricket, days long past but forged into my soul
Not necessarily. Not every family is a pleasure to be confined within, and dysfunctional families come in all shapes and sizes whatever their class. Personally I left home at 15 and never looked back. I've had zero contact with my family over 42 years and am perfectly happy with that. I'm married, a father and grandfather, I run my own business and am content. Too many families, (not all, but quite a few), play psychological games with each other, laying expectations and disapproval on certain members. In many households there are subtle and poisonous forms of control going on every day. If you live within a happy healthy and properly functioning family then I would say you're lucky. Me personally, I would have loved boarding school. More time with friends and less time with those I got dumped with through genetics.
I agree with you E G.. these rich parents throw their kids away for someone else to take care of them while they go on lavish vacations with other rich parents. Sad really.
I don't think it's problematic for teens. It's a different argument for little kids but this is 13-18. That's the age you're supposed to become more independent and separate yourself from your family identity. You're still home for holidays, summers, and even weekends sometimes. It's not much less time than a teen who has a part time job and/or a lot of activities in terms of time spent together.
Being educated in Sherborne looks beautiful! However, I believe the school was initially founded in 705 AD (by St Aldhelm), but then re-founded in 1550 after the dissolution of the monasteries. Apparently the oldest continuously operational school in England is “King’s School Canterbury”, which was established all the way back in 597AD! Anyway, thanks for the video.
I know the discipline thing is often what people hate on boarding school for, but as a massive procrastinator I kind of envy being forced to study and exercise and go to bed at the same time each day lol
I think the main reason it has become this much of a problem for so many is that parents usually don't teach routine anymore but let the kids be kids, meaning they never get used to it and will struggle to make it a habit when they are adults.
I was sent to boarding school. I was on family farm. I was lonely. At school had a group of friends, I am still friends with them. Each to their own. Suits some. I loved it.
Boarding school since 8 years old is a bit depressing I think. I think it can be nice for teens or even just secondary school but why would a primary school child need that?
I showed one of my grandchildren pictures and video of the school I had attended (in the way back when) and she exclaimed...oh you went to Hogwarts Grandma !! I think she has always, since then, been watching me closely for odd behavior.
I'm not used to the culture of boarding school. I think if you are a parent of a son or daughter, I think it is important to be active in your kids life. School is part of the equation, but family and home life is just as important. I would want my future kid to be smart, but I don't want to throw the books where they have to study 12 hour days with very little sleep where it's constantly go go go. Kids sometimes need time to relax. I support people in having active life styles of it's by their own free fill. For me I couldn't go from sunrise to sunset and I'd want to come home to see my family. I wouldn't want a school to raise my children while I become the distant parent. If I was a parent, I feel it is my job to raise my children and be actively involved in their lives. I do support year round school, but there is a time and place where balancing education with fun and other social activities is just as important.
I agree, however sometimes it is the better option, expecially in the teenage years. If you find your family often moving cities, something many military families go through, it may be more stable for your child to stay at the same school, expecially in the pivitol last years of school, moving and having to make new friends in a new school can be daughting and neer impossible when theres established friend groups
My brother went to one of the top military boarding schools on the north east coast and CAN CONFIRM it is NOT glamorous and NOTHING LIKE EFFIN HOGWARTS. 🤦🤦🤦
I totally stand for parents having the choice of a private or a state education. Still, I truly believe that sending children to a boarding school at the age of 8 is atrocious and should be illegal.
To be fair, a lot of kids attending such boarding facilities are sent there because their family moves around and the kids lack stability having to move schools all the time. There are quite a few kids I know that would have benefitted from such a school.
@@Kalani_Saiko It is abuse. There is a film about boarding at 8 on TH-cam and a comment from a psychologist. These children are developing attachment disorders.
I respect the discipline of these kids. Oh, God. We're crying just thinking about going on a military training and then there are these kids doing thousands of activity in one day. o7
@@shivamb-s8k Why are you so arrogant? In a world where English became the international lingua franca, through blood, violence, and colonisation; majority of English speakers are of no native English speaking background.
@@TomiThemself This guy's (by his name) is Indian. And as an Indian, because there r sooo many Indians who do the same stuff, a lot of ppl r so paranoid about ppl trying to be hauty gaudy "honorary Westerners"
Nice school. Back in highschool, all we ever cared about were girls and parties.😂 It was actually a surprise for me to pass the SAT and finish a degree afterwards.
totally understand parents who dont want to deal with their kids everyday and then send the kids to boarding schools. Without picking up kids from school, helping them with their homework, making them dinner, those parents have much more freedom to do their lives. Haizz, and sadly it is different from my Asian parent. They are planning to move the family to Australia at their age of 50, take farming and cleaning jobs so that my little brothers can have better education and be taken care of. They could wait until my brothers are a litte bit older and send them to an Australian boarding school, but they just don't. They want to be close to take care of and have connection with their kids.
I grew up in the US and I attended public schools. I always lived at home and commuted to school. I have to say that boarding schools seem to be a unique experience. You are taken away of your family and out of your community. Your education is shaped by Sherborne Boarding School community.
I love the archetec and history of the school. The Nottingham Girls High School where i work was only founded in the 1860s.....the school next door to ours the Nottingham High School was founded in 1513 👓🎓
I feel sad that his parents dropped him off at age 8 in an environment so cold and rigid. Why have children if you don’t want to spend time with them, helping them to grow?
I think boarding school is a great option for families that can afford it. The UK has a long tradition of it and knows how to do it well. I would have preferred boarding school as a teenager. 13-18 are years kids naturally need to start learning more independance and preparing for the world. Some kids given the chance will lean on their parents far too much for far too long and many are left in a state of arrested development well into their 30s or beyond. When I was a teenager my single mother was working 70 hour weeks, sometimes working out of town for a week at a time and only back on weekends. Outside of school I was alone at home (unless with friends) and it wasn't good for me. I decided to move across the country (Canada) at 15 and lived in my sisters in-laws house while going to high school. It wasn't boarding school but it made me more independent, responsible and respectful living away from home with an older couple I didnt know closely. I don't love the idea of sending young kids to boarding school but for some families especially in Military its the best choice.
That's great to hear that you survived and thrived. Unfortunately, I am one of those thirty-somethings in arrested development for the same reason. I also champion-at least for teen age kids-boarding schools for families that travel a lot for work-like the military or international business.
I like the idea of boarding school... kids surrounded by peers and and staff specialising in caring for kids... as long as communication with family is string and the holidays treasured. Wasn't there tribes somewhere where all kids are sent to one "house" ?
Sherborne is a good school, with notable alumni, but it certainly isn't among Britain's oldest schools. There are over 140 schools in Britain older than Sherborne, some almost three times Sherborn's 473 years of age.
I went to a boarding school and I liked some aspects but ultimately I felt it too strict and too limiting. There is no freedom to explore outside of classes or regimented activities (sports, "leisure" activities). There is not enough free time to just hang out and fool around with friends. And the tradition in Britain to send boys and girls to boarding school at 9 or 10 is crazy.
Our daughter spent a year at a Scottish boarding school and despite the tightly scheduled daily routine and the strict rules, it was the best school year of her life. After her Abitur here in Germany, she has now gone to Scotland to study and is absolutely happy with this decision. Unfortunately, there is no thriving private school system here, the state keeps this sector very small. And in the state schools, the few teachers who are suitable for the profession hardly manage to discipline the many badly behaved children in such a way that purposeful teaching can take place.
Oh, there are quite some private schools that are almost as pricey as the English counterparts and which claim to offer an equally excellent education. Having worked at one of them, I'd rather call it a well-developed marketing strategy. After all, there is only so much that you can do with money, and having the best equipment and activities does not necessarily make private schools superior in terms of teaching. However, there is one true benefit of sending your kid to a pricey school - it is getting to know the right kind of people, creating a network and being accepted into the upper crust of society. By the way, if you think the high tuition reflects in higher wages for the best teachers you can find, think again. Most salaries are either equal or lower than those of state school teachers.
Glenalmond college in Perthshire. Robbie Coltrane went there, it is in the Scottish Highlands, the chapel ceiling is painted in stars to resemble the night sky, the main hall is modelled on the dinner hall that was used to film Harry Potter, you weren't allowed to go into the woods beside the school because you would very likely fall down the riverbank break your neck or drown, one of the punishments was to go in and clear out all the cigarette ends and such which was considered to be a bit dangerous. The mancipal in post in the 90s recalled JK Rowling coming to visit...
Thank you for this. It certainly brings back memories of my schooling days in a boarding school in Switzerland. I went there from the age of 10 y.o to 17 y.o. So many beautiful memories. I absolutely love my time there.
I wish I had this opportunity. It would have helped me to become more independent soon which I couldn't do cause my family always cared for anything and protected me.
You are so blessed to have a family like that. You have your whole adult life to become independent but only have the safety of a warm family for short period of time.
I think it’s great idea like Harry Potter it would have expanded my world to show that my crappy home life wasn’t how other people lived and that there more choices for careers then was available in my area
I grew up in some million pound homes. It's strange to say this but when you live that lifestyle you don't feel "lucky" or like you're living a dream. I would have traded places with a poor but well loved child in an instant. It also didn't prepare me for the real world.
I wonder what thoughts and feelings would come into this boy's head if he was forced to have alone time instead of a constant ferret wheel of activities.
More freedom? From what I’ve seen most boarding schools give less freedom. Kids have to study at specific times and are only allowed to go leave the boarding house on certain days and for a specific amount of time.
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I personally have experience of attending private boy's day school in uk. If you get the similar curriculum i think it's better than boarding school. Spending time with family is a valuable thing for kids growing up. Yet i think state schools are the worst. It's a brutal reality that parent's wealth is descended to their children through education.
You notice they invited pupils from another private school to join their CCF, state school pupils...not so much. The sooner they add VAT onto the fees the better.
Army cadets, Air Cadets and Sea cadets are available in every town for every child. The VAT is another bad decision by this Marxist Govt. Ordinary working people who were making sacrifices to send their children to public schools now can’t afford to.
I went to a private school in Ealing called Manor House and it had etchings on a wooden plank of all the alumni it was quaint and we had Latin classes and wrote with an ink pen and in pot
Not the students fault but private education is one of the most divisive factors in British society. Breeds entitlement and privilege and exacerbates class differences and advantage.
He is likely there to provide him with stability with a dad in the military who likely moves around. He seems willing to put on combat boots, I would not call that entitlement or advantage. Decades ago more kids boarded.
not really, many "upper class" and public boarding school alumni went to the hard way as military, public service, barrister, even official and NOC officer for MI6. Living far from the fame and wealth but the silent service.
What if child or teen doesn't want to go boarding school, how does parents deal with it?? Does children and teens communicate with their parents, siblings, and famy?? How about Holiday?
Lots more kids used to be at boarding school. Have you never read Narnia? He just said they have phones and stuff. It seems to me currently a fair number of the kids who still do boarding school are military. It’s meant to provide stability for families moving around. It is more costly than university.
I could understand sending your kid to private school for a better education but I couldn't understand sending them to boarding school. How could you not want your kid to live with you?
Well, parents should definitely spend time with them during the summer and holidays but I like boarding schools for kids who have parents that travel every few years, or even months, like some do that are in the military or in international business.
Do the students stay in the school on weekends as well? We don’t have boarding school’s in Hungary (as far as I know) but at the capital and bigger cities 14-18 year olds from the countryside do sometimes live in dorms, but those might even be independent from the school, and only provide accommodation, and you go home for the weekends.
Oh man that was scary stuff i don't know about anyone else but that was anxiety inducing for me it's worse than public schools, to actually be doing military training at a younger age to like that's just scary. I just don't feel it's necessary for schools like this to be a thing or to are things so intimidating and scary like we can learn things and great habits in ways that are not this and not boarding schools. There doesn't need to be so much pressure either because you can't actually make people do things they don't want to do especially when they're not up to it some days, to live in a boarding school like this where you're given no choice but to perform at higher levels uff! they don't show it but i bet many of them have huge anxiety and depression.
Why have children if you're going to send them away? It's odd to me. I'm sure it's normal for many families, but I couldn't imagine not having my boys at home, going to school together, teaching down the street from their school, watching them play sports, etc. I'm sure there is a point in sending their child there.
Depends on the circumstance, my dad moved around middle eastern oil companies my whole childhood, so boarding school was a chance to become grounded and stable somewhere, instead of spending a year or two somewhere and then moving.
@tiadavenport565 I agree. I homeschool, and I cannot imagine sending my daughter off to be raised by an institution & only seeing her on holidays. It must be devastating for children and parents alike, despite the positive spin of this news story.
Yes, there is a point: stability. I know that if my work forced me to move around a lot, like the military or international business, I would send my children-at least when they reach teen age-to a boarding school. There is still the summer months, the Christmas break, and spring break.
May I ask, since I am very intrigued by the subject, how do you home school, @@annai157? Do you and your husband split subjects between yourself? Do you ever get a tutor/private teacher to come in for a particular subject? Do you travel a lot, like, to say, historical sites, like the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania, or Cape Canaveral in Florida? Are your kids in extracurricular activities? Like a church choir or a little league baseball team? Thanks!
This guy, and any of his mates who went to boarding school at 8 have a lifetime of therapy ahead of them. The only consolation is that he's so rich, at least he can afford it. If you've decided to have kids don't then farm them out to strange old men to raise them.
Hello, Please can I ask you the following...? Are matrons typically women? What makes a good one, from your student perspective? I'd like to ask the same question about House Masters / House Parents.....
You are so lucky that you have a decent education and so privilege, and not need to worry about going to a good university, but most Jo blogs in the uk don’t even have access to the internet let alone a education as the British gov has not kept up with pouring money into education let alone lone built new schools plus what private education does give you the unique opportunity to have a better living standard then normal Jo blogs…
Great school, only beautiful memories remain from my 6 years of study at Sherborne. This school offers much more freedom compared to other boarding schools as boarding houses are scattered around the town and you can go to the shops and roam around freely in the town.
My child is a long time away from this, but do you think it’s better for high schoolers to go to boarding school or private school, where they sleep at home? Do you feel like you missed out on any critical skills that could only be learned in a home setting? I love how boarding school helps children mature and be independent, but I wouldn’t want my child to feel like I was trying to get rid of them or don’t enjoy them being home.
@@findingbeautyinthepain8965do week boarding where they go home for weekends, if u have a school near u that offers that.
@@corpulentfungi Thank you! I believe we have one here for boys. I’ll need to see if there is one for girls as well. So far, I only have a boy though.
I went to an all girls boarding school from age 10 to 16. It was difficult in my first year but once I adapted to the environment, I looked forward to going back after the holidays. Made lifelong friends there ❤
Aw, how wonderful!
May I ask, what are you doing now?
There was no choice, was there?
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 Hi, I work in finance
"adapted" is an interesting word to use for an 11 year old child.
Same i completed my last high school years in boarding school and I miss every day of it am not teen anymore
Ahh the old days, I attended boarding school from the age of 11 until I sat my IGCSEs, comradery was the most valued thing between the boys, I was class president until I left, a lot of precious memories not easily forgotten - The sound of the rain hammering your window at night with your roommates snoring in the dark, or the sunny days on the field playing cricket, days long past but forged into my soul
Any boarding school makes me think of an orphanage. Time spent with family is precious and not something you can get back.
Not necessarily. Not every family is a pleasure to be confined within, and dysfunctional families come in all shapes and sizes whatever their class.
Personally I left home at 15 and never looked back. I've had zero contact with my family over 42 years and am perfectly happy with that.
I'm married, a father and grandfather, I run my own business and am content.
Too many families, (not all, but quite a few), play psychological games with each other, laying expectations and disapproval on certain members. In many households there are subtle and poisonous forms of control going on every day.
If you live within a happy healthy and properly functioning family then I would say you're lucky. Me personally, I would have loved boarding school. More time with friends and less time with those I got dumped with through genetics.
I agree with you E G.. these rich parents throw their kids away for someone else to take care of them while they go on lavish vacations with other rich parents. Sad really.
@@AGreyAlien That is a bit harsh. Boarding schools do provide the best education, so I think that is the motivation for parents.
@@abdullahbrum best education? What evidence you have for that?
I don't think it's problematic for teens. It's a different argument for little kids but this is 13-18. That's the age you're supposed to become more independent and separate yourself from your family identity. You're still home for holidays, summers, and even weekends sometimes. It's not much less time than a teen who has a part time job and/or a lot of activities in terms of time spent together.
Being educated in Sherborne looks beautiful! However, I believe the school was initially founded in 705 AD (by St Aldhelm), but then re-founded in 1550 after the dissolution of the monasteries. Apparently the oldest continuously operational school in England is “King’s School Canterbury”, which was established all the way back in 597AD! Anyway, thanks for the video.
I love the history 👓🎓👌
Wow, It must feel amazing when you learn in a school with such a long history.
Winchester College is England's oldest (established) school.
As an American history geek, I am SO jealous of the rich, long and continuous history of European (and North African and Asian) civilization!
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728me too ❤
I know the discipline thing is often what people hate on boarding school for, but as a massive procrastinator I kind of envy being forced to study and exercise and go to bed at the same time each day lol
it was also the abusive headmaster and music teacher that didnt help at our school.
I think the main reason it has become this much of a problem for so many is that parents usually don't teach routine anymore but let the kids be kids, meaning they never get used to it and will struggle to make it a habit when they are adults.
It becomes a habit trust me I been there
At my boarding school people stay up reading using a school reading light. Lights out is 9 30 but sometimes people stay up till 10 30
I was sent to boarding school. I was on family farm. I was lonely. At school had a group of friends, I am still friends with them. Each to their own. Suits some. I loved it.
Boarding school since 8 years old is a bit depressing I think. I think it can be nice for teens or even just secondary school but why would a primary school child need that?
Not 8 year old, it meant grade 8.
@@The-Poets-Lair no the video said that he's been in boarding school since he was 8 years old
I showed one of my grandchildren pictures and video of the school I had attended (in the way back when) and she exclaimed...oh you went to Hogwarts Grandma !! I think she has always, since then, been watching me closely for odd behavior.
That is cute and sooo wholesome. Wish you and your family the best.
I'm not used to the culture of boarding school. I think if you are a parent of a son or daughter, I think it is important to be active in your kids life. School is part of the equation, but family and home life is just as important. I would want my future kid to be smart, but I don't want to throw the books where they have to study 12 hour days with very little sleep where it's constantly go go go. Kids sometimes need time to relax. I support people in having active life styles of it's by their own free fill. For me I couldn't go from sunrise to sunset and I'd want to come home to see my family. I wouldn't want a school to raise my children while I become the distant parent. If I was a parent, I feel it is my job to raise my children and be actively involved in their lives. I do support year round school, but there is a time and place where balancing education with fun and other social activities is just as important.
I agree, however sometimes it is the better option, expecially in the teenage years. If you find your family often moving cities, something many military families go through, it may be more stable for your child to stay at the same school, expecially in the pivitol last years of school, moving and having to make new friends in a new school can be daughting and neer impossible when theres established friend groups
yes because you are normal.
That boy is so so so handsome, like Cedric from Harry potter.
Yea 😂
I got Cedric diggory vibes
His name is Max. He live in the England from London.
He kinda does 😂
As someone who has been to boarding school, it isn’t as glamorous as perceived
My brother went to one of the top military boarding schools on the north east coast and CAN CONFIRM it is NOT glamorous and NOTHING LIKE EFFIN HOGWARTS. 🤦🤦🤦
Same! I was in Boarding School in Southern Germany
What did you like or dislike about boarding school?
What did your brother like or dislike about boarding school, @@DurgaUsagi?
At Sherborne and know Max Windham, pretty much is exactly as portrayed by this video apart from it puts a heavy emphasis on CCF
I totally stand for parents having the choice of a private or a state education. Still, I truly believe that sending children to a boarding school at the age of 8 is atrocious and should be illegal.
To be fair, a lot of kids attending such boarding facilities are sent there because their family moves around and the kids lack stability having to move schools all the time. There are quite a few kids I know that would have benefitted from such a school.
@@Kalani_Saiko It is abuse. There is a film about boarding at 8 on TH-cam and a comment from a psychologist. These children are developing attachment disorders.
@@helgaherbstreit5102 You completely disregarded what I said. That would be a lot worse if they were moving around, changing schools all the time.
Agreed. These parents should have kids. I’ve heard horror stories.
I went at 6 to a boarding school 5 mins from my home.
My reaction to this boarding school: "What is this place, Hogwarts?"😂🤣
If they were secretly witches and wizards there too…
I respect the discipline of these kids. Oh, God. We're crying just thinking about going on a military training and then there are these kids doing thousands of activity in one day. o7
@Chu Emm Mee Chu Emm Mee You are practicing your english language skills by typing loads of comments.
Or you are a bot.
@@shivamb-s8k Why are you so arrogant? In a world where English became the international lingua franca, through blood, violence, and colonisation; majority of English speakers are of no native English speaking background.
@@TomiThemself This guy's (by his name) is Indian. And as an Indian, because there r sooo many Indians who do the same stuff, a lot of ppl r so paranoid about ppl trying to be hauty gaudy "honorary Westerners"
Nice school. Back in highschool, all we ever cared about were girls and parties.😂 It was actually a surprise for me to pass the SAT and finish a degree afterwards.
3:42 the red head boy reminds me of Ron Weasley .
Sherborne isn't merely a private boarding school it's a public school. Public schools are the poshest in the UK.
In Australia a public school means a government funded school. People pay minimal to go there
HIS ACCENT gives it away… but he seems like a very nice young man.
@@mustlovedogs5569 In the UK that would be called a State school. It's the basic type of school must children attend. I went to a state school myself.
@@frostpondI was wondering if anybody else would notice...
totally understand parents who dont want to deal with their kids everyday and then send the kids to boarding schools. Without picking up kids from school, helping them with their homework, making them dinner, those parents have much more freedom to do their lives. Haizz, and sadly it is different from my Asian parent. They are planning to move the family to Australia at their age of 50, take farming and cleaning jobs so that my little brothers can have better education and be taken care of. They could wait until my brothers are a litte bit older and send them to an Australian boarding school, but they just don't. They want to be close to take care of and have connection with their kids.
These kids also wont help elderly parents, straight to care home and than grave.
Your parents, seem to be doing the right thing. It is usually better for parents to raise their children, not the government.
boy looks like a Windsor. very handsome, and sweet personality
Well edited! And Mr. Windham (sp?) has some good poise. Thank you for this!
Now this was pleasing. The school looked fantastic. Even though it is so old.
I grew up in the US and I attended public schools. I always lived at home and commuted to school. I have to say that boarding schools seem to be a unique experience. You are taken away of your family and out of your community. Your education is shaped by Sherborne Boarding School community.
I love the archetec and history of the school. The Nottingham Girls High School where i work was only founded in the 1860s.....the school next door to ours the Nottingham High School was founded in 1513 👓🎓
update: 4:43. He did in fact get his army scholarship, and will be going to sandhurst in the near future!
How posh can you sound? Max: yes.
I feel sad that his parents dropped him off at age 8 in an environment so cold and rigid. Why have children if you don’t want to spend time with them, helping them to grow?
The parents could have to move around a lot and thought to just keep him in one place matey idk tho
Some parents work abroad or are in the military so they send their children to boarding school to give them stability.
He is such a handsome young man. I love his accent.
I would go there just for the beautiful speaking voice .
Headmaster Robin Lindsay was described as a "fixated paedophile" by the Department for Eduction.
I think boarding school is a great option for families that can afford it. The UK has a long tradition of it and knows how to do it well. I would have preferred boarding school as a teenager. 13-18 are years kids naturally need to start learning more independance and preparing for the world. Some kids given the chance will lean on their parents far too much for far too long and many are left in a state of arrested development well into their 30s or beyond. When I was a teenager my single mother was working 70 hour weeks, sometimes working out of town for a week at a time and only back on weekends. Outside of school I was alone at home (unless with friends) and it wasn't good for me. I decided to move across the country (Canada) at 15 and lived in my sisters in-laws house while going to high school. It wasn't boarding school but it made me more independent, responsible and respectful living away from home with an older couple I didnt know closely. I don't love the idea of sending young kids to boarding school but for some families especially in Military its the best choice.
That's great to hear that you survived and thrived.
Unfortunately, I am one of those thirty-somethings in arrested development for the same reason.
I also champion-at least for teen age kids-boarding schools for families that travel a lot for work-like the military or international business.
I like the idea of boarding school... kids surrounded by peers and and staff specialising in caring for kids... as long as communication with family is string and the holidays treasured. Wasn't there tribes somewhere where all kids are sent to one "house" ?
Sherborne is a good school, with notable alumni, but it certainly isn't among Britain's oldest schools. There are over 140 schools in Britain older than Sherborne, some almost three times Sherborn's 473 years of age.
I went to a boarding school and I liked some aspects but ultimately I felt it too strict and too limiting. There is no freedom to explore outside of classes or regimented activities (sports, "leisure" activities). There is not enough free time to just hang out and fool around with friends. And the tradition in Britain to send boys and girls to boarding school at 9 or 10 is crazy.
Our daughter spent a year at a Scottish boarding school and despite the tightly scheduled daily routine and the strict rules, it was the best school year of her life. After her Abitur here in Germany, she has now gone to Scotland to study and is absolutely happy with this decision. Unfortunately, there is no thriving private school system here, the state keeps this sector very small. And in the state schools, the few teachers who are suitable for the profession hardly manage to discipline the many badly behaved children in such a way that purposeful teaching can take place.
Oh, there are quite some private schools that are almost as pricey as the English counterparts and which claim to offer an equally excellent education. Having worked at one of them, I'd rather call it a well-developed marketing strategy.
After all, there is only so much that you can do with money, and having the best equipment and activities does not necessarily make private schools superior in terms of teaching.
However, there is one true benefit of sending your kid to a pricey school - it is getting to know the right kind of people, creating a network and being accepted into the upper crust of society.
By the way, if you think the high tuition reflects in higher wages for the best teachers you can find, think again. Most salaries are either equal or lower than those of state school teachers.
Glenalmond college in Perthshire. Robbie Coltrane went there, it is in the Scottish Highlands, the chapel ceiling is painted in stars to resemble the night sky, the main hall is modelled on the dinner hall that was used to film Harry Potter, you weren't allowed to go into the woods beside the school because you would very likely fall down the riverbank break your neck or drown, one of the punishments was to go in and clear out all the cigarette ends and such which was considered to be a bit dangerous. The mancipal in post in the 90s recalled JK Rowling coming to visit...
Thank you for this. It certainly brings back memories of my schooling days in a boarding school in Switzerland. I went there from the age of 10 y.o to 17 y.o. So many beautiful memories. I absolutely love my time there.
Beautiful settings, like universities I suppose a lot of these schools were monasteries
Is it just me or the boy at 2:25 looks like Neville
i like the collection of cells and stuff at 1030 idea, thats outstanding
Is that military training some of the boys are doing like our ROTC or JROTC in the US?
Yes, it's CCF (Combined Cadet Force)
Emotional well-being class. Impressive
Do you think there should be more of this in schools? 🎓
@@dweuromaxx definitely yes. Mental health should be given importance as much as physical health
@@dweuromaxx yes, not everyone can adjust well in that environment.
Perhaps a necessity for a kid who has been institutionalized, and whose family has been ripped away from him from age 8. I feel sorry for the kid.
@@annai157 Right
I wish I had this opportunity. It would have helped me to become more independent soon which I couldn't do cause my family always cared for anything and protected me.
You are so blessed to have a family like that. You have your whole adult life to become independent but only have the safety of a warm family for short period of time.
5:41 when you're doing your math homework with a fountain pen.....
I think it’s great idea like Harry Potter it would have expanded my world to show that my crappy home life wasn’t how other people lived and that there more choices for careers then was available in my area
Woahh... The schedule!
This is so beautiful. He is lucky to live that lifestyle. Its like a dream for me 🍀😍
We agree!
its not that crazy once your here icl
I grew up in some million pound homes. It's strange to say this but when you live that lifestyle you don't feel "lucky" or like you're living a dream. I would have traded places with a poor but well loved child in an instant. It also didn't prepare me for the real world.
Love the head of Alan Turning. Wonder if the boys mock it or revere it, in general.
I wonder what thoughts and feelings would come into this boy's head if he was forced to have alone time instead of a constant ferret wheel of activities.
🎡 ...Do you mean ferris wheel?
There was nothing like Harry Potter besides the exterior of the school building, itself.
Did you not see real life Nearly-Headless Nick?
@@dweuromaxx No I did not! Where is it?
@@dweuromaxx Please😭
That would be enough for me
Gotta bored from glassy buildings .
@@dweuromaxx LoL... DW Euromax knows jokes huh?
I wish my boarding school was this good
More freedom? From what I’ve seen most boarding schools give less freedom. Kids have to study at specific times and are only allowed to go leave the boarding house on certain days and for a specific amount of time.
We’re free to go in and out of the boarding house throughout the day, and don’t all schools across the world have to study at specific times?
Discipline creates more freedom than uncontrolled hippie lifestyle later in life.
@@saltymonke3682 what a statement!
...Like ANY good parent?
Shuben
My daughter’s friend went there and didn’t realise it was pronounced Sherborne until she went to school in nearby Dorchester
Harry Potter looks at this kid and wishes he was like him.
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How do they access teacher and or lecturer quality after gcse for teacher placements and retention?
I expect school to look more luxurious
Boarding schools are the worst…. I has been in one and i used to cry often
13-18 is a very good age to go to a boarding school.
Yes, before then, it is best to keep your kids with you and, if you travel much for work, just homeschool them.
I live in the US and I kinda want to go
I personally have experience of attending private boy's day school in uk. If you get the similar curriculum i think it's better than boarding school. Spending time with family is a valuable thing for kids growing up. Yet i think state schools are the worst. It's a brutal reality that parent's wealth is descended to their children through education.
You notice they invited pupils from another private school to join their CCF, state school pupils...not so much.
The sooner they add VAT onto the fees the better.
Army cadets, Air Cadets and Sea cadets are available in every town for every child. The VAT is another bad decision by this Marxist Govt. Ordinary working people who were making sacrifices to send their children to public schools now can’t afford to.
Been in boarding school since he was eight? Why so long? He spends most of the year without his family. It’s an interesting boarding school .
I went to a private school in Ealing called Manor House and it had etchings on a wooden plank of all the alumni it was quaint and we had Latin classes and wrote with an ink pen and in pot
Boarding schools are brilliant educational establishments that unfortunately are very rare now in the U.K. the CCF should be in more schools as well
Not the students fault but private education is one of the most divisive factors in British society. Breeds entitlement and privilege and exacerbates class differences and advantage.
Perhaps. Or, alternatively, comps breed lazy, uneducated yobs.
He is likely there to provide him with stability with a dad in the military who likely moves around. He seems willing to put on combat boots, I would not call that entitlement or advantage. Decades ago more kids boarded.
Promotes excellence, and sound judgment.
Nto as advantaged as you think most people at state school will do better than me in exams
not really, many "upper class" and public boarding school alumni went to the hard way as military, public service, barrister, even official and NOC officer for MI6. Living far from the fame and wealth but the silent service.
What if child or teen doesn't want to go boarding school, how does parents deal with it?? Does children and teens communicate with their parents, siblings, and famy?? How about Holiday?
Lots more kids used to be at boarding school. Have you never read Narnia? He just said they have phones and stuff. It seems to me currently a fair number of the kids who still do boarding school are military. It’s meant to provide stability for families moving around. It is more costly than university.
Then depending on how kind your parents are you don't have to go
We have phones so we can call parents whenever we need to during the day
Holidays we have half-term and normal holidays and specific weekends throughout the term
The more you pay the longer the holidays. I’m certain no one has to be there is they hate it .
Ohh 😯😮! It's Max.
I didn't know that Mufasa's younger brother Scar went to Sherbone!
Isn't Max Windham English student?
530 pm - 6pm is not early for dinner.
A future Kingsman 😉
I could understand sending your kid to private school for a better education but I couldn't understand sending them to boarding school. How could you not want your kid to live with you?
Since 8?
What use is being rich if the love of a family is not a close one.
Each to their own.
*to each their own
I think campus life is suitable only after high school during graduation. The period of school life should be spent with parents
Well, parents should definitely spend time with them during the summer and holidays but I like boarding schools for kids who have parents that travel every few years, or even months, like some do that are in the military or in international business.
Spent 10 years (7-17 )at an elite boarding school up in the Himalayas -if one has a loving family -I wouldn’t recommend it - otherwise it’s okay
Love this tradition ❤
Do the students stay in the school on weekends as well? We don’t have boarding school’s in Hungary (as far as I know) but at the capital and bigger cities 14-18 year olds from the countryside do sometimes live in dorms, but those might even be independent from the school, and only provide accommodation, and you go home for the weekends.
How much is tuition and boarding fees.
@A&B 👉 www.sherborne.org/admissions/fees 👈
Harry Potter who is actor character?
boarding school has always looked fun to me.
Oh man that was scary stuff i don't know about anyone else but that was anxiety inducing for me it's worse than public schools, to actually be doing military training at a younger age to like that's just scary. I just don't feel it's necessary for schools like this to be a thing or to are things so intimidating and scary like we can learn things and great habits in ways that are not this and not boarding schools.
There doesn't need to be so much pressure either because you can't actually make people do things they don't want to do especially when they're not up to it some days, to live in a boarding school like this where you're given no choice but to perform at higher levels uff! they don't show it but i bet many of them have huge anxiety and depression.
Ah I had no military training in highschool, not even in university.
Thank you!
I would have loved to work there 😃
Real-life Ronald Weasley is more like it.
Any relation to the Wyndhams of Dunraven?
no
Why have children if you're going to send them away? It's odd to me. I'm sure it's normal for many families, but I couldn't imagine not having my boys at home, going to school together, teaching down the street from their school, watching them play sports, etc. I'm sure there is a point in sending their child there.
Depends on the circumstance, my dad moved around middle eastern oil companies my whole childhood, so boarding school was a chance to become grounded and stable somewhere, instead of spending a year or two somewhere and then moving.
@tiadavenport565 I agree. I homeschool, and I cannot imagine sending my daughter off to be raised by an institution & only seeing her on holidays. It must be devastating for children and parents alike, despite the positive spin of this news story.
Yes, there is a point: stability.
I know that if my work forced me to move around a lot, like the military or international business, I would send my children-at least when they reach teen age-to a boarding school.
There is still the summer months, the Christmas break, and spring break.
May I ask, since I am very intrigued by the subject, how do you home school, @@annai157?
Do you and your husband split subjects between yourself? Do you ever get a tutor/private teacher to come in for a particular subject?
Do you travel a lot, like, to say, historical sites, like the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania, or Cape Canaveral in Florida?
Are your kids in extracurricular activities? Like a church choir or a little league baseball team?
Thanks!
Which school makes me think of trading?
a very well-behaved and honourable young man
Bruh these replies by the uploaded are wild, ain't this supposed to be a serious channel?
Hi prospecops, we are indeed a 'serious' channel, but we also like to chat with our viewers :)
@@dweuromaxx aight gothcha fam
The American voiceover is a violation of the British public school system
Haha, sorry about that 😉
I don’t see quidditch
When you say British cuisine.. What is that exactly ? :D
What mean is British Cuisine?
Would you like to learn more about British food? :)
I haven't try yet. I try Korean Spicy 🔥🥵 Noodle 🍜 only.
4:32 rememberance day isn't just for the fallen from two world wars...
This guy, and any of his mates who went to boarding school at 8 have a lifetime of therapy ahead of them. The only consolation is that he's so rich, at least he can afford it. If you've decided to have kids don't then farm them out to strange old men to raise them.
Hello,
Please can I ask you the following...?
Are matrons typically women?
What makes a good one, from your student perspective? I'd like to ask the same question about House Masters / House Parents.....
always women
@@pringol6230 thank you.
You are so lucky that you have a decent education and so privilege, and not need to worry about going to a good university, but most Jo blogs in the uk don’t even have access to the internet let alone a education as the British gov has not kept up with pouring money into education let alone lone built new schools plus what private education does give you the unique opportunity to have a better living standard then normal Jo blogs…
I have been into boarding school for 15 years of my life, it build me differently for life.
Jon Pertwee and John Le Mesurierer went to Sherbourne too