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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Auduambless(m): 10:27am On Jul 15, 2019
nicepoker101:
If you never attended a boarding school then you really missed out on something spectacular

For example:
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by meobizy(f): 10:29am On Jul 15, 2019
The only things it taught me were the basics of living in an all-male environment.
Other than that, nothing else.
I believe the point of boarding school is a form of punishment for ill-bred children.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Nobody: 10:44am On Jul 15, 2019
First, stubbornness is a virtue when directed properly; it is akin to persistence, the bible describes it as knocking till the door opens; a man must pursue a course of which he is convinced of its righteousness irrespective of what people say.

The bad part is when as a result of ego masquerading as stubbornness a man becomes unyielding to counsel however wise, such is the one who perishes in his folly.

If a boarding school fosters the positive kind of stubbornness/dodgedness/persistence then good for your child, if not, then what can I say?

My experience at boarding school was a nightmare, but then I was a sensitive child, I regret every single second of that experience. Your experience however might differ...it all depends on the child.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Damfostopper(m): 10:48am On Jul 15, 2019
MacMkboy:


You Should Also Seize Their Phones, Laptops And Communication Gadgets Cos The Exposure From Those Sources Alone Are Like 1trillion Times Worse Than The Boarding House. Bar Them From Talking To The Neighbourhood Kids And Church Kids Too Cos They Might Be Too Corrupt For Your Innocent Kids. Home School Them And Set Cctv In Every Living Space To Capture Their Every Act. Plant Listening And Recording Devices On Their Clothes And Properties Also.

Lame Excuse Imo.
Thats ur lame opinion..... TF is not my business......
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by djoe21(m): 10:49am On Jul 15, 2019
Mrshape:

But I have boarders from arcross the best schools in Edo state under my care, who is now in the best position to evaluate
Note that the best way to evaluate a boarder is to have some in a school that have provision for bothers and day children

In almost all ramification, the boarder is ahead of the day student. And yes, when I write about boarding schools, I mean boarding schools with day students.
Although, I believe boarding school is not for everyone. Study your child and know which is best fit for him or her. They both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Damfostopper(m): 10:50am On Jul 15, 2019
djoe21:



grin grin It is better for them to be exposed and smart than to be unexposed and dumb.
by visiting porn hub, opening different fb account at age 13....


well that's for you
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by wwwtortoise(m): 11:01am On Jul 15, 2019
Katier00:
I went to a boarding school and to be honest it really helped me in various ways. Attending a unity school gave me a higher tolerance level. I can live and accommodate at anybody from different tribe or religion. It made me free minded. I saw and understand life and lived independently, I don't rely on others until it is absolutely necessary. Disadvantage hmmm. First crush was a girl, first kiss too, well with time I outgrew all those things. What is $ex without the real apparatus.

I admire your sincerity .

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by DonXavi(m): 11:17am On Jul 15, 2019
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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by toprealman: 11:19am On Jul 15, 2019
Foxie:
At least they're a lot more grown and mature compared to when they're in secondary school...
Just like some 'caring' mums will come for visiting day and be washing their wards clothes, some repeated same in the university.
Who go blow go blow......who go spoil go spoil.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Nobody: 11:25am On Jul 15, 2019
Iranoladun:


God bless you for this piece!!�������
Most people give birth to children they ain’t prepared to raise. They use Nannies, housemaids and when the child is of age they shipped them away from home/parents to boarding house - some as early as primary school �� such children learn to live like ‘orphans’.

Boarding Schools are academic orphanages. There is no point for us to sugar-coat realities any longer.

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Judolisco(m): 11:34am On Jul 15, 2019
Auduambless:
Is it advisable to send my wards to boarding schools?
I have observed almost all boarding school Graduate are stubborn..

Your opinions please!
just train ur kids from home to be an influence to others and not d otherwise
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by VULCAN(m): 11:36am On Jul 15, 2019
Don't blame them. Nostalgia controls most people.

They refuse to accept the fact that the world has changed rapidly. Do phones of today look and operate like phones of 15yrs ago but they believe that boarding school that they attended 25yrs ago is still the same.

ikhalyfah:
Y'all don't get it. Many of y'all here attended boarding school many years ago. THE SYSTEM IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT NOW. In both the private and public schools

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Mogajunior(m): 11:43am On Jul 15, 2019
blackboy:
I was a boarder for 5 years secondary school. Absolutely not worth it. Would I send my child to a boarding school? NO!!
Send them at your own risk.... Sending them off to higher institution is another story but boarding house dont bother
You should have stated reasons and not just disapprove of it.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Katier00(f): 11:45am On Jul 15, 2019
wwwtortoise:


I admire your sincerity .
thanks, those are in the past now
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Nobody: 11:49am On Jul 15, 2019
SendAbroad:


What about the advantages?
1.Independence and Self-reliance: Almost all boarding school children find that they are more independent and self-reliant than their other peers. They have to solve daily problems themselves, like organising for soap when they run out or making sure that their school uniforms are washed and ironed.
2.Confidence: As the children begin to do things, small and big, on their own, they will start building up more confidence in their own abilities. Boarding schools expose children to many activities like social service, art, drama, and carpentry amongst others. As they begin to find what they like and are good at, children will develop more confidence.
3.Discipline: Boarding students live a more regimented life than their peers. Meal times are set as is study time. If they are allowed to watch TV, it is also closely regulated. Learning discipline is important for children as it will help them achieve their goals.
4.Standard Living: All the students will live in the same quarters and some schools even stipulate that a child must receive only a certain amount as allowance. This puts all the students on an equal footing and strips away the unnecessary trials of status and ownership.
5.Social Confidence: As your children mingle, study, and live with hundreds of other children, they will soon learn how to transcend differences. Making and being a part of a group is at the core of living in a boarding school, and most pupils of these schools emerge as healthy social beings.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by kunleweb: 11:50am On Jul 15, 2019
VRDroid:
I strongly believe that human beings should not have children if they do not know the purpose of LIFE and Existence.

And if you know the purpose of LIFE and Existence, the young should be raised by their parents in loving, creative, educational environment devoid of external influences. That is called Home.

It is okay to vet and hire the best brains in the Mathematics, Languages, Quantum Sciences and zero Religions but Skills, Money Management and Global Economics.

Boarding Schooling is businesses and owners of those businesses have marketed it in a way that parents have forgotten the core reason of inductive learning.

If you have no chance to Educate yourself holistically on Life and Existence, it is pointless having children. Because you end up bringing Spirits into this reality and loading their blank memory chips with concocted cocktails of information that defragments their compartmentalized faculties and leave them confused.

Boarding school becomes an escape route for parents who think money can solve their laziness.

Raise your kids in love. Stop relegating your responsibilities to strangers simply because you are too lazy and think money can pay for your suspended responsibilities.

Once a child is 18. Get that child a living and residence outside the home to make mistakes and learn Independence.

18 years is not a long time to tolerate the inconveniences and raise a Soul.

Peace and Love to you all.


Preach.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Katier00(f): 11:51am On Jul 15, 2019
psalmuelwater:

hmmmmmmm, but deep down somewhere, you are still attracted to ladies
every woman is. The question is, is the attraction strong enough for you to make a pass at your follow woman
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by blackboy(m): 11:52am On Jul 15, 2019
Let me give experience. Neat? I know some of the dirtiest students were boarders. 2. The junior ones are sometimes turned to slaves- wash this that do this etc. 3. Given names like mosquito, maggot etc. 4. Forced into homosexuality and beaten and maltreated if not willing 5. Poor food 6. Another name for boarders were elewon(prisoner) 7. Sickness a norm. 8.suffering 9. Not a normal life or living environment

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Elvismavis(m): 11:52am On Jul 15, 2019
90% of gays and lesbians,went to boarding schools.I was a boarder talking from what I saw.my school master my mum gave to look after me wanted to sleep with me,I had to tell my mum.they suspended him and I left the hostel and became a day student. So many gays in the hostel back then. If I didn't get out from the hostel maybe by now I would have been a gay.

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Katier00(f): 11:52am On Jul 15, 2019
engrelvis:
deep down r u really sure?
yes because I have tried it and realized that I am not cut out for such
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by kayo80(m): 11:54am On Jul 15, 2019
budaatum:
I meet up with my old schoolmates every month. Most were borders, I wasn't. I chose to go to the school because I wanted to be a border and get away from home but my parent's weren't having it because they had my siblings' fees to pay too. I swear if I had the knowledge I now have I might have sold one of them to pay the boarding fees! My mates have this camaraderie which I'd envy if not for their complete regard and acceptance of me.

I vote boarding, in a good school. Your children will learn to stand on their own feet and will build life long relationships that will benefit them and you.

You have said it all.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Yankee101: 12:01pm On Jul 15, 2019
Don't even try it

Cultisim
Homosexuality
Mean seniors
Abuse
Depression
Malnourished
Erc

Your kid will think you hate them

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by kayo80(m): 12:04pm On Jul 15, 2019
engrelvis:
deep down r u really sure?

same question I was going to ask her. She probably still has that feeling for her to speak on the lady she met after school, but ofcos she is scared what people would say. I would say she is probably bi.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Nobody: 12:06pm On Jul 15, 2019
; kiss
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Nwanna2588: 12:28pm On Jul 15, 2019
I recently left a burden school in Lekki. I was a teacher and at the same time house parent. What I saw in my odyssey there is not encouraging.

I cannot advise anybody to put his children in boarding school the there

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by tchidi066(f): 12:36pm On Jul 15, 2019
Freehuman:

Awwn, tnks dear
I love your ankle chain.

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by Rhaspody(m): 12:56pm On Jul 15, 2019
Federal government college okigwe shaped me. Boarding school is bae. Federal boarding school o.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by engrelvis(m): 1:01pm On Jul 15, 2019
Katier00:
yes because I have tried it and realized that I am not cut out for such
OK.u r a beautiful lady n strong lady.take care n Godbless

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Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by GoodGovernance: 1:13pm On Jul 15, 2019
Aonkuuse:
Not much disadvantage. My opinion it give children more sense of independency. The only thing is family and desired home training is lost, the child learn to do without home and that is dire

The children come home on holidays.

Family and home training cannot be lost just like that.

A good boarding school will reformat a stubborn child to be disciplined and independent.
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by GoodGovernance: 1:15pm On Jul 15, 2019
Rhaspody:
Federal government college okigwe shaped me. Boarding school is bae. Federal boarding school o.

Yes.Federal boarding school is it!
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by jobhunter11: 1:19pm On Jul 15, 2019
-homosexuality isnt something you learn at boarding school....its something you are born with, you have nothung to be scared of here....pro

-depending on the school, the child is at a risk of joining a cult group or worse.....con

-His academics is likely going to nosedive if no one is there to monitor his performances....con

-He learns to be independent and sociable.....pro

i could go on and on, but if you must send your kids to a boarding, please avoid the FGC's and other public schools, a private school would be much better
Re: The Disadvantages Of Sending Your Children To Boarding Schools by kellswizy(m): 1:23pm On Jul 15, 2019
i also attended boarding school and it has its advantages as well as disadvantages but this is what you can try. from jss1 to jss3 let your child be a day student then from ss1 to ss3 put your child in boarding house that way he will have both experiences.

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