I went to a boarding school so did all of my siblings. My wife also went to a boarding school.
I know that times have changed and there is a high degree of moral decadence.
But then, I still believe that there are a few good schools out there. My first daughter will be 10 in a few months and my wife and I intend sending her to a boarding school later this year.
The truth is .....this is the time a child learns to be independent. Fine, they will make mistakes but then, one must give them a chance to grow amd think independently as long as their foundation is solid.
I'll come back and say more

ItsModella: So Federal Schools are really rugged. My cousin went to FGC Ijanikin, it was there he lost his two front teeth cos some senior pushed him and he fell face first on the concrete ground..like wtf? His parents refused to learn from that experience and sent his younger ones to FGC Okigwe. God knows if that happens to my child, all hell would break loose.

lol @ FGC ijanikin with al d stress n all that, I love that school! @OP: what works for child A might not work for B! A day student in my set didn't come to school for a semester, she was always leaving home to visit her man friend. If a child is day, won"t d parents go to work? Won't d child mix with boarders? Won't d child mix in d neighborhood, in church? Training a child is more complex than boarding

i went to gregs and we've got enuf gays, i excaped the seniors because i was ugly back then and i had bad teeths. thank God. my kids will never go to b/s

i went to FGC jos and i must say that i saw some recent photos of that school and i would never send my child (when i have one) to that school. I remember the good times and bad times i had in that school but with how kids are today, i would certainly not send my kid to live amongst other kids (my own kid might even be the bad influence too)

[quote
author=ItsModella]So Federal
Schools are really rugged. My cousin went to FGC Ijanikin, it was there
he lost his two front teeth cos some senior pushed him and he fell face
first on the concrete ground..like wtf? His parents refused to learn
from that experience and sent his younger ones to FGC Okigwe. God knows
if that happens to my child, all hell would break
loose.[/quote]I trust you na.

o boy my parents send me there i blieve to go learn about life,i go there go smell hell. FEDERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE OHANSO UKWA EAST Na there Calabar and PH boys wan finish me with their wickedness. Me no de stay school after exams naaa,na d next term i de jejely go collect result.

well, there may be different reasons beyond the parents' power. I was sent to boarding house when I was in primary 4! Then at a private school in Ikorodu...from there straight to a public secondary school in Ibadan...there, I learnt all there was to learn about everything bad - smoking cigarette (small thing), we*eding (now u r talking), drinking, self-help, yansh*ing...although I was a very brilliant student but those bad stuffs I picked up remained with me for a long tym before God intervened. Then from the school, straight to UNAD, another hell-hole for a teenager like me then, though for a year, then from there to Ife...and from there to living alone...so, i practically started off living far fom my parents...and developed survival instincts...now, several millions of miles across the pacific, I thank God for everything.
Secondary school boarding was hell...midnight torture, all night punishment for nothing, skin-tearing leather belt beating, seniors playing with ur 'thing', seniors stealing ur provisions, no phone calls to tell parents u r broke, u see them when u see them, temptation to steal, temptation to beg for pieces of everyhting, skinny, smelly, untidy appearance, unholy alliances, etc
But thank God. I really dont like my parents for what they did to me esp becos of the bad stuffs i picked up in sec school that almost ruined my life...but thank God for God noni...

Where are those that went to FGC jos? Pls tell dem wat Hell looks like

dshiznitplata: I'm a proud product of Ijanikin and I dint pick up any of aforementioned vices... I know a lot of peeps who were "bad boys" den and dey are 1 of d finest people walking on this planet in dere respective fields... So don't go generalising... Na dat kain tin dey vex person.... If u like carry ur broda to toronto... if pikin 1 spoil e go spoil... U no need anoda person to teach am...

thank u bo! no mind all diz ppl wey dey yarn dust.

I was privileged to attend a boarding school and I would send all my children to a boarding schoo when they come of age. In my days boarders were always besting the day students, you find in a class of 50, the top 15 students are boarders.

It helps train a child to be independent. The boarding school inculcated in me the habit of waking up by 5.30am and sleeping by 10pm. Imagine a daily schedule like this for a JS3 student:

5.30 wake up bell
5.30-6.00 Morning prayers
6.00-6.30 morning chores
6.30-7.00 Bathing and dressing up
7.00-7.30 Breakfast at the Refectory
7.30-8.00 Morning Assembly
8.00-2.00 School hours
2.30-3.00 Lunch time
3.00-4.00 Siesta
4.00-6.00 Early prep (Reading)
6.00-6.30 Dinner
7.00-7.30 Evening devotion
7.30-9.45 Night Prep (Reading)
10.00. Light out

This is what a child's education should look like. I miss boarding school and cannot forget in a hurry the day I was caught passing double plates!

bukatyne: lol @ FGC ijanikin with al d stress n all that, I love that school! @OP: what works for child A might not work for B! A day student in my set didn't come to school for a semester, she was always leaving home to visit her man friend. If a child is day, won"t d parents go to work? Won't d child mix with boarders? Won't d child mix in d neighborhood, in church? Training a child is more complex than boarding

God bless you jare for your post. I still maintain that even though times have changed, I know of many parents in my days who never believed in sending their kids to the boarding house in the 80's on the premise that there is a high level of moral decadence. is it not even worse now? I believe that every era has its own unique challenges which can be overcome.
The scripture that says train up a child..... is relevant for all time

@Omega, whc set were u in fgcj? 100% sure u were my senior if only I met u there

coal_coal:

God bless you jare for your post. I still maintain that even though times have changed, I know of many parents in my days who never believed in sending their kids to the boarding house in the 80's on the premise that there is a high level of moral decadence. is it not even worse now? I believe that every era has its own unique challenges which can be overcome.
The scripture that says train up a child..... is relevant for all time

FGC Ijanikin is like a private school fr the ajebutters...we r talking about FGCs in rainforest areas,public secondary schools in Ibadan, Jos, Kaduna, Ede, etc where life is really defined by 'hell'...where u cannot easily run home to mummy...where 'rejects' are sent to torture other students...where visiting is just once in a month for the lucky ones...where u must never tell ur dad dat a senior beat the hell out of u unless u wan die...where as a junior, u 'll never know the real names of all the seniors except nicknames like -
Lagos Boy, Hottest, Omiata,
Fada bunky, Niran United,
Kabuki, Long nose, Spere,
Stand well well, Ijamba (disaster),
denden Buller, Sangobiyi, Jazzinho,
Ogun-ajo, Papinto, etc
(Any Loyola College student of old in da house?)

Bording school haz become the bleeding ground for lesbians..so sad,a gal in ss1 cn travel frm abuja to meet a man in minna niger state etc,when they passout to higher institutions they constitute a huge army of campus pros.titutes.may God help us

my parents sent me to an all-girls catholic boarding school so i wont get spoilt but guess what??....i learnt every bad thing i know today from that very school

minus Lesbianism though

anitank: my parents sent me to an all-girls catholic boarding school so i wont get spoilt but guess what??....i learnt all the bad things i know today from that very school

like what and what,your church mind pls

delors:
FGC Ijanikin is like a private school fr the ajebutters...we r talking about FGCs in rainforest areas,public secondary schools in Ibadan, Jos, Kaduna, Ede, etc where life is really defined by 'hell'...where u cannot easily run home to mummy...where 'rejects' are sent to torture other students...where visiting is just once in a month for the lucky ones...where u must never tell ur dad dat a senior beat the hell out of u unless u wan die...where as a junior, u 'll never know the real names of all the seniors except nicknames like -
Lagos Boy, Hottest, Omiata,
Fada bunky, Niran United,
Kabuki, Long nose, Spere,
Stand well well, Ijamba (disaster),
denden Buller, Sangobiyi, Jazzinho,
Ogun-ajo, Papinto, etc
(Any Loyola College student of old in da house?)

I believe that there are still a few good schools out there though my preference is for mixed schools which I believe will nake the child more balanced in all aspects of life

Toktee: like what and what,your church mind pls

all i can tell u is that i got EXPOSED going to that school, learning things i wasn't supossed to at my age........ but truth is, as awkward as it sounds i'm actually grateful for that because it has helped me thru life

yes o... suffer no be small but na God de train child. It was tough for me then in S.J.C.J.S OSINA, but God helped me pass out. My parents sent me there cos of Strike in Anambra State for 1 whole academic year. So i don't blame them for that, rather i thank them for such brave step to make sure i live a fulfilled life in Christ.

Well, personally I think d main reason why parents send their kids to boarding school is for them to learn some basic survival instincts the hard way. IMO, parents should debrief their kids about the challenges they will face as boarders. Kids should be made to understand that nothing good comes easy. I admire boarders a lot. They are usually smarter and well-organised than their counterparts in day schools.

It's pathetic that kids pick up bad habits as they interact negatively with their peers. I believe the best way to combat this issue is for parents to create a loving relationship with their kids. Been a strict disciplinarian and no-nonsense parent isn't always the solution. Rather it draws your kids further away from you and makes them even more secretive. They are therefore compelled to be gullible and vulnerable to their peers.

Another issue of utmost importance is a need for kids to be educated on sexual matters just before they enter the stage of "puberty". Teenagers are often very curious. They want to explore at the slightest opportunities. A child should be made to understand that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Personally, I don't subscribe to the single boarding schools stuffs. I'd prefer the mixed school system anytime anyday. Lesbianism and homosexuality is rampant in single schools compared to mixed boarding schools. The mixed system allows healthy interactions between the opposite sexes, although not in all cases.

Good moral upbringing is a necessity in raising up a child. The fear of God should be instilled into the lives of our kids right from infancy. I really don't subscribe to extreme discipline, although correcting a child with a few strokes of whip will bring him/her to reality.

Finally, committing the affairs of the kids to God and doing what is right as a parent will go a long way to impact positively into the lives of our kids.

hamsky: To suffer them, cos men i suffer no be small

Suffer Ω̴̩̩̩̥α understatement.

BarryX: I strongly believe in the principle of " what would be, would be" . Most of us who were day students cannot boldly say we were better off. I remembered vividly how I would always cry to my parents to send me to FGC Warri or preferably Ijanikin to be a boarder, and my Dad who for reasons best known to him felt I would lose my intellectual prowess (1st position student if you know what I mean) and BOOM I was "outpositioned' by a boarder student who joined our class in second term . The onus then lies on me and my loving mum to convince the dude to alter the strong convictions he had towards dormitory students but HUUUSAIIII! I left secondary school a "dayer" still love boarding school ( not the ones highlighted by the OP though) and would consider it ceteris paribus for my unborn

I had a very similar experience save for the fact that my contenders weren't boarders. I really missed not been a boarder, dunno y.....when I have my kids, I would gladly send them to a mixed boarding school just for them to be independent at an early age.

promire2004: Well, personally I think d main reason why parents send their kids to boarding school is for them to learn some basic survival instincts the hard way. IMO, parents should debrief their kids about the challenges they will face as boarders. Kids should be made to understand that nothing good comes easy. I admire boarders a lot. They are usually smarter and well-organised than their counterparts in day schools.

It's pathetic that kids pick up bad habits as they interact negatively with their peers. I believe the best way to combat this issue is for parents to create a loving relationship with their kids. Been a strict disciplinarian and no-nonsense parent isn't always the solution. Rather it draws your kids further away from you and makes them even more secretive. They are therefore compelled to be gullible and vulnerable to their peers.

Another issue of utmost importance is a need for kids to be educated on sexual matters just before they enter the stage of "puberty". Teenagers are often very curious. They want to explore at the slightest opportunities. A child should be made to understand that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Personally, I don't subscribe to the single boarding schools stuffs. I'd prefer the mixed school system anytime anyday. Lesbianism and homosexuality is rampant in single schools compared to mixed boarding schools. The mixed system allows healthy interactions between the opposite sexes, although not in all cases.

Good moral upbringing is a necessity in raising up a child. The fear of God should be instilled into the lives of our kids right from infancy. I really don't subscribe to extreme discipline, although correcting a child with a few strokes of whip will bring him/her to reality.

Finally, committing the affairs of the kids to God and doing what is right as a parent will go a long way to impact positively into the lives of our kids.

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wow boarding school! i saw it all, i had both sweet and sour experiences, at the end, having passed through boarding school, six solid years, i emerged a unique, rounded and tough individual!

dshiznitplata: I'm a proud product of Ijanikin and I dint pick up any of aforementioned vices... I know a lot of peeps who were "bad boys" den and dey are 1 of d finest people walking on this planet in dere respective fields... So don't go generalising... Na dat kain tin dey vex person.... If u like carry ur broda to toronto... if pikin 1 spoil e go spoil... U no need anoda person to teach am...

up IJ!

Redmosquito: Was beaten to a pulp on so many occasions!
Forced to close ur eyes when u see a senior robbing you! As in WTF!
The food was always horrible! Toilet just seemed like the usual rendezvous, after visiting the dining, we go just dey stroll go toilet.
Left eye once bloodied by the buckle of a belt!
Had a twisted sense of Justice! THe guilty and the innocent must be punished?
Read lord of the flies, thats how it was for me!
Kids ruling kids! Purely ignorant and cold!

No lies bros...na d same thing happen to me for school...walahi, boarding house na hell, especially those government owned schools...

As for me, God spare our (me and hubby)lives, none of our children are going to boarding house.

Boarding house causes more harm to a child's life than good. I have so many examples around me, but not in d mood to type long post.
May God help us all.

so we can knack without any interruption