BoardingPOV

As Malcolm Gladwell points out in his book: ,Outliers: The Story of Success
“Knowledge of a boy’s IQ is of little use in a formful of clever boys”.  That is to say, super-high intelligence is of little consequence when there are other factors that also contribute to success in life.  Things like being able to [...]

Dad;

I was surprised to see Michelle’s latest diary entry this morning.  Funny how a couple of times during winter break I had been gently reminding her to do another update.  She happily found time to enjoy her friends and family here, watch movies, and text on her phone, and I didn’t press her about it, [...]

Michelle:

Have you ever sat at home and thought wow I have nothing to do? During the summer when you’ve done almost everything and are bored out of your mind, you sit and think what else is there to do? Or even on a weekend you find you’re stuck at home with nothing to [...]

Dad-

True to our promise in the “about” section of this blog (http://www.boardingpov.com/about/), we wanted to make sure we provide the unvarnished truth about Michelle’s boarding school experience.  Unlike all the other websites about boarding schools, we are not being written by educational consultants, or the schools themselves, on only the positive aspects of boarding [...]

Michelle-
Recently, something terrible happened in my dorm. I was appalled when I heard from my friend what had happened to her computer. Here’s how the story goes:
One day, when we were at squash tryouts, someone poured water all over her computer. When she came back to her room after tryouts, which ended late in the [...]