Living as a Boarding Student

Your first experience as a Brentwood boarder, away from family and friends is pretty emotional.  In the 60's it was not uncommon to see someone packing up their gear a few weeks or a month or two after the start of the year.  Usually the student was one of the less known boys with few friends.  A few frantic phone calls home and many tears later, was an indication that boarding is not for everyone.  For those of us that survived, we became part time psychologists who learned to eat, sleep and live with hundreds of other humans and make you able to deal with many types of people for the rest of your life.