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Essay On How To Survive Boarding School

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How do you survive boarding school as an international student? I have learned the answer to this question through four years of my life spent in Salisbury School. Some thinks of these school as a prison or somewhere bad kids get sent to for school. However, spending my high school years in Salisbury is one of the best decision I have made. The time I have in Salisbury can be summarized as the best four years you would never want to do again. During the times I go to school in Salisbury, I have made up several rules on how to survive boarding school for international students. Going to Salisbury School was also, consequently, my first-time traveling to America. I was extremely anxious as I walk out of the airport, afraid that it would be harder for me to make friends since I came from another different culture. I should not have been though, everybody was very friendly and welcoming. Tip#1: My biggest tip to all new students, including internationals, is to be outgoing. Go to all the activities that the school has to …show more content…

I see being accepted by the other students, not as a privilege, but as a gift. During my four years in Salisbury, I try my best to share this gift with the other students. In lunch or dinner, I usually sit with a group of my friends. On occasions, when there are students sitting alone, I usually invite them over to sit with me or bring my food over to sit with them. I do not see this as an act of kindness but it is just something I want to do. I always want to create new friendships with other people because as they say: “The more the merrier.” The more friends I make or the more people I help, it would make my time in Salisbury more valuable or more memorable. So how do you survive boarding school? Be yourself, be nice and be outgoing. Most of all though, try to enjoy the times you have in school with your friends, they don’t call it the best four years you would never want to do again for no

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