“His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionabl...” — Emma Willard Quote

“His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.”

“In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country.”

“Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?”

“I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunity for a lot more. I joined a band and so on. We would do concerts at school, and I would play cover tunes and thought, 'This is really great.'”

“Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.”

“If your son or daughter is an athlete in a specific field that your local school does not support or cannot challenge them enough, then boarding school can be an excellent option.”