"What kind of private school would let in these kinda guys? It started out as Hogwarts, now it's Lord of the Flies..."
— Literal Music Video' to Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
"I never went to boarding school, because my parents quite liked me."
— Jeremy Hardy, The News Quiz
"Has anyone ever heard of Heartland Homes for Children in Missouri? I was sent there when I was 15 by my born-again fundamentalist christian father. I wasn't there for long; my aunt and my mother flew out from Oregon and literally broke me out of the compound. In my time there, I witnessed atrocities that you couldn't even imagine. Well, maybe you could... Imagine a huge pit dug into the earth. Filled with manure, rotting cornstalks and afterbirth from cattle. Now imagine it filling with children who didn't want to accept "God" into their hearts. Imagine a five year old who couldn't sit still during bible lessons being beaten by a grown man with a paddle the size of phone book. Imagine one of your 'housemates' being taken off medications for leukemia because 'God' would save her...and her going to the doctor and not coming back."
—Rheaflames, commenting a Mother Jones article about such boarding schools
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.Catholic school
As vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised
By a lady in black
As vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised
By a lady in black
I held my tongue
As she told me "Son,
Fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back
As she told me "Son,
Fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back
—Death Cab for Cutie, "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
"It's reform school, cupcake, not jail. Although, admittedly, it is a lot like jail."
Phil: [to Vivian] And boarding school's not so bad. Is it? Geoffrey went to boarding school. Tell her, Geoffrey.
Geoffrey: Madam, I went to boarding school. [long pause] And then I went to therapy.
Geoffrey: Madam, I went to boarding school. [long pause] And then I went to therapy.
Like all such great institutions, the Montague School had its own unique traditions and rituals. There were particular dress practices to be followed, certain directions in which to walk, and peculiar hierarchies of students and teachers that appeared to have little to do with age or merit. Those with the strongest familial ties to the school were permitted dominion over those with less secure links, and with great wealth came the freedom to inflict pain and humiliation with impunity.
"At the school, we weren't allowed to sing the songs of our people. It was forbidden. They only wanted us to new songs. Their songs, in English. We were made to feel bad about who we were, of the way our people did things. Your grandfather, he did not like that. He was proud of his family, he loved our traditions. So your grandpa, he said 'If I can't sing our songs, I just won't sing anymore. Ever.'"
— Shyahtsoo, Molly of Denali, "Grandpa's Drum"
