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Boarding School
This genre is for books that take place in boarding schools.
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BOARDING SCHOOLS, n. Schools based on the idea that
it’s good for children as young as six or seven
to be institutionalized and raised by
strangers. “How I hated this school...what a
life of anxiety,” Churchill wrote about his
experience at Eton. See ETON COLLEGE.
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― The Unschooler's Educational Dictionary: A Lighthearted Introduction to the World of Education and Curriculum-Free Alternatives
― The Unschooler's Educational Dictionary: A Lighthearted Introduction to the World of Education and Curriculum-Free Alternatives
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Indian boarding schools began in 1860, with the first school being established on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington State. These schools were designed to take Native American youths and mold them into members of "civilized society"; to make them White. The schools taught the basics of education, such as arithmetic, but also taught the students to practice Christianity and that the political structures of the United States were ideal for everyone. The actual goal was to eradicate every
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― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
― Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
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