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Write about someone who’s been sent to boarding school.

Posted in General on Mar 30, 2021

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✍️ 127 stories

“True Calling” by Lani Lane

The car wove through the green countryside until it came to a large mansion nestled between two tumuli. The mansion almost sparkled in its whiteness, a spot of brightness against the dreary autumn sky.The door to the car opened before it came to a complete stop and a short girl with flowing red hair stumbled out. She hurried forward until she came upon a batch of wilting shamrock, in which she promptly vomited.“Girl!” barked a voice from the mansion’s doorway.The girl straightened, wip...

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“The Strange Land” by Amy Utami

Once in my life, when I was 16. I took a journey to a strange land. A ‘foreign’ to be exact, but it’s indeed a strange one. The people looked like me, but they spoke different languages and read different letters. On a very cold morning, I found myself in a back seat of a car with a mountain of luggage next to me. The sky was still so dark, when the car abruptly sped off on the road. It’s going to be my first experience with an airplane and I was pretty much excited. Malang was different compared to the big city. ...

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“Chasing a Dream” by L M

This is the big day. Lei has been preparing for this day her whole life. But, she still has so far to go, this is just one step closer to her dream. Today, she goes to the elite ballet school in New York City. Thrilled, she spent every waking hour practicing in any way possible for ballet, preparing for this day. Sitting in the dining room, she munches on the avocado toast. When will she sit in this room again, eating breakfast? How long will it be until she can return to her home in Hawai'i? She worries about all the adjustme...

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“The Accident” by Bareera Samra

It was not a good day for Mr. Albert when he woke that day, late. He had rushed to change and crammed the breakfast in his mouth. Mr. Albert was one of those people who get up early and go for a walk. He did everything slowly and peacefully, with no hurry. But now he had overslept. He was a principal in a boarding school and his son also went there. Today was the first day and he had been late to sleep last night because...

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“Submarine Academy” by Philip Clayberg

My mother helped me pack my luggage. Good thing it wasn't a big trunk or it would've been too heavy for us to carry out to the minivan.“But why does it have to be a boarding school?” I asked. “Why can't I just stay here at home and go to the public high school? Wouldn't it be cheaper?”“Your father and I went to a boarding school, Shui,” my mother said. “The same one you're going to. The Cousteau Society Boarding School.”“You both did?” I asked.She nodded. “And it was ...

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“Third Period” by Shea West

We’d all seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and thought, “I could borrow a Ferrari and  get away with it!” When Principal Greene figured out I was  teaching Sex Ed at my new boarding school Discovery Academy instead of the intended substitute teacher, I found myself asking, “What would Ferris do to get outta this?” There was no running the odometer back on the countless hours I spent teaching my third period classmates about...

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“Kingsford’s Academy for the Elite” by He!Do I.A.P.N

Michael Cavendish liked to think of himself as a simple person. Not simple as in dumb, but simple as in easy to figure out. A young man with few wants, and relatively easy to please. Almost like a linear function; you plug in different numbers to the input, and get one output for each. Just a straight line. Michael was the same. On the inside at least.  Just because he happened to be “popular” at his school and ...

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“Ad Heroibus, Auxilium” by Regina Perry

Every time I close my eyes, I see the troll. It looms in front of me, drool slavering from its monstrous orange jaws. It looks rather like Dr Suess’s Lorax, but it’s much bigger and much hungrier. It looms over me, opening its mouth. This is the moment I’ve been preparing for all term. My heart is beating faster than that roller coaster I was too scared to ride when I was eight and Laurel had her birthday party at a theme park. The troll gets closer and closer, opening its mouth wider. I catch a glimpse of jagged,...

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“Unwanted Visitor” by Aisa M

That wasn’t the first time I’ve seen her pale face. She has haunted my dreams like a storm surging on to an unsuspecting, still night. Her ceramic-white face appeared like lightning, cutting through the apocalyptic sky. Her long black hair loomed on my face like torrential rain. Her melancholic cries for help came in like the howling wind, pounding the dormitory until it’s cracks and hinges wept....

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“An All-Girls Boarding School” by Ry G

My parents are very overprotective. And that is an understatement. They think they have to protect me from the world. They believe that school is the only thing that is important, and that’s that. I think their greatest fear was me getting a boyfriend. I know this because they have lectured me about it countless times. “Boys are just a distraction,” they said. “Boys will keep you from getting a good education,” they said...

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“Miss Anastasia's Finishing School” by Holly Pierce

a warning: there is an extreme situation in which there is intense fear and some drowning “Hurry up! We have to go!” My mother yelled. I silently rolled my eyes. Her footsteps echoed on the stairwell as she entered my room. The lock outside the door clicked as she twisted the knob. “What are you doing? You only have one bag packed. Get going, or there will be consequences,” she cautioned. I shivered at the thought.“Okay, Mo...

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“Haunted Girls” by Ann Doe

Although this story was mainly written for the boarding school prompt, I tired to include something from ever prompt. I hope you like it! It was not that Ginny hadn’t provoked her latest suspension. She had. But it hadn’t been all her fault. Laura and Aimee had come up with the idea. She had only provided the lighters. Her father smoked. It hadn’t been that difficult to get them. Home-schooling h...

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“A Classy Notion Incepted” by Khagesh Mahanta

I have gone through her first monthly progress report card that is too elaborate, covering all the possible aspects, indicating a huge overall progress, in her. In the very first month, in the boarding school of her choice, she is rated as one of the 10 best students, by the assessment team. Our only daughter Ava, who has just crossed her 12, is away from home for the last one month and is staying at one of the best boar...

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“The Boarding school” by Sidhartha Mishra

I passed my seventh standard examination with 92% marks. I am told that henceforth I will be studying in a renowned school in Nainital, Uttarakhand. It has alumni in the likes of Ram Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Dalip Tahil, Major Somnath Sharma (recipient of India's first Param Vir Chakra), Vice Admiral Anil Chopra of Indian Navy etc. to name a few. Even thinking of going to such a renowned school gave me goosebumps. But at the same time the thought of living away from parents and brother made me a little sad. Next day we starte...

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“Counting Crows” by Kate Ashton

There was a sickening finality to the crunch of gravel beneath the taxi’s tires as it drove away. Don’t leave me here, I mentally begged, but the driver couldn’t possibly know that he was leaving me stranded here. I shook off the lingering sense of foreboding as I marched toward the Gothic manor, dragging my luggage behind me, but maybe I have multiple personality disorder or something because my mind wa...

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