This is a segment of the interview I did with a boy who left the boarding school I went to. In this part of the interview he discusses why boarding school works for some kids and not for others and why it changes people.

A: I think that being away from home just in and of itself at such a young age obviously changes a person. You're immediately taken out of your home at an age where there are definitely benefits to staying with your parents and having them guide you through those years and there's also benefits to being away and learning more about yourself and what you can do individually. I mean I can remember instances of kids who went there and loved it and grew tremendously and really came into their own when also there were kids who went to the school and it completely drove them crazy. I myself was kind of between those two but eventually it led to me leaving obviously. I don't think boarding school changes everyone in one certain way I think that it takes a certain kind of person to flourish in that environment and I think there's a flip side of that where there are people that don't do well in the environment and who can't really sustain themselves and they need the comfort of being around their parents and knowing there's someone around who will look out for them when really at boarding school it's just you.