This is fairly common among former students in the UK who boarded from an early age.
shareAnyone here ever heard of it?
shareWhat is "boarding school syndrome?"
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You got your mind right, Luke?
Did you go to Flannan's by any chance? I was good mates with some of the boarders but I've never even heard of BSS.
I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time Del Boy, it's them that started me drinking!
To quote Wikipedia:
The term is used to identify a set of lasting psychological problems that are observable in adults who, as children , were sent away from their home at an early age to boarding schools.
As much as I wouldn't want to trade my childhood for anything, part of me can't help but be curious - and a little envious too - with regard to those who went to prep school. I just imagine one making lifelong friends there - not to mention receiving a fantastic education.
shareI went to an elite boarding school. I didn't like it very much until I was a senior, but I did get a great education. Our school was about 50% day student, and I think the day students were really lucky, they got the education but had the freedom of not being shut in a boarding school. I lost track of most of my friends but that is because I went to college in California.
Like I said, I might not have liked it at the time but I appreciate the education I got. It was very hard to just get into the school I went to, and there was definitely a ton of work.
Not unusual... within six months of leaving I was out of touch with 90% of my year because many were on other continents or countries, within six years all the pupils I'd known from the years below me had dispersed as well from the country. I have pretty much nothing to do with anyone I was at school with, although there are two or three I bump into occasionally.
Of course when I was at school, we had no mobiles, no internet, and so when I left it was hard to keep in touch. But on the other hand I was glad to see the back of some of them, since I neither liked them nor were they any use to me.
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