My brother told me how in his school, you could be called by a form four student and told to sing out his class notes because he was tired of reading them.

I loved my high school experience. Got into trouble once too many but came out fine in the end.

Haki haven’t Monos seen it all! Some were asked to hold a smelly shoe, pretend it’s a phone hand set and have a conversation with an imaginary person on the other side. Others were asked to pretend one is a girl the other is a boy and then the boy tunes the girl. All with an audience laughing at you. I cant imagine the humiliation. All these are stories I’ve heard otherwise as much as I was in boarding school forever I was not monolised at all.

But I went to school in a very cold area. sometimes we’d wake up only to find the water frozen in the taps. Yet we still had to get up, take baths and do cleaning. I’ve no regrets about my tough school years though. It molds character and makes one appreciate life’s pleasures more. Oh and it teaches you to manage money.

After going through the said baptism, you get to totally appreciate what role it plays in helping you get a perspective of life. Setting aside the rights or wrongs of it, it served its purpose of making one grow up very fast.

Kids these days divorce their parents in court – its a brave new world out there….

@Farmgal – that was just the first hour….LOL! It was a very long time as a rabble.

@Mystic – tree hugging was for those who had notes from their doctors supporting the ascertion that regular bootcamp activities could be fatal to them….There were even some who were forced to climb trees and spend a considerable amount of time singing or doing something crazy

My brand new hockey stick was broken within a few days – and I hadn’t even ventured into any hockey pitch – I think I was more concerned about my potential broken bones than broken pieces of curved wood.

But as much as I hated boarding school, like 3toc -I would do it again!

What a baptism of fire, at your school. Pole, even though you enjoyed it there. Each to their own.

You are right, it is tricky bringing up kids in this country. I find most of them have no discipline. I know a kid who called social services on her parents, lied just so she could move out of home. Sadly her siblings were put into care, and her parents had done nothing.

Those four years in school rocks and I’ll take them any time again. I agree with you that they most definitely grounded me – and maybe that’s why I want Stone Jnr to go through that rite of passage – but I’m fighting a losing battle with this one…LOL

I agree the old style school days were the best. I tell my friends I would do secondary school again (boarding) but without the books. I believe it definitely played a big part in molding me.

We should link up some time. I’ve got a drink with your name on it….

Stone….uko poa lakini?