Boys' Preparatory Schools: Written pieces by the children
Boys' Preparatory Schools includes about 200 written pieces by
the children. Many of these pieces are the musings of the average child,
providing insights into what the children in the pictures actually think
about their schools, friends, teachers, the dreaded school lunch,
Traditional British prep schools were boarding schools, but day schools
in recent years have become increasingly important.
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and school expriences. They recall there first days at schook, mummy and
daddy coming to Sports Day, explosions, in the
science lab, and liver for lunch. (One can't help wonder about the
planning process which came up with liver for a school luncvh.) Other
pieces are very
insightful works, offering rare views of the modern preparatory
school. One of our favorite pieces is a boy explaining that quinsebncila
British schoolboy experience, the concor wars. Few if any Americans have
ever heard of concors. Then there was a very insightful little girl
explaining to the new girls at a mostly boys' school what those silly
boys were like.
Please select a topic of interest for samples of the written pieces
you will find in our book: