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"You speak like someone who has never been punched in the face." Wrote 'DIY Geoengineering'. Once forced fifth-graders to learn what an ur-text is.
Jul 3, 2024 • 77 tweets • 13 min read
Okay, a long thread on East-Coast Boarding School World. I may drop off and finish this tomorrow.

I am the child of a boarding-school history teacher and lived on various campuses from the age of two onwards. I also taught Latin at a day school for a year and a half. 1/n First, to dispel some misconceptions:

What I mean by boarding-school world (BSW) is historically an old-money, WASP phenomenon. It is therefore mostly found in the Northeast and South, with a few outposts in California.