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Casualties of Privilege: Essays on Prep Schools' Hidden Culture combines the perspectives of 17 recent graduates of New England's most prestigious boarding schools. Each writer tells a personal story. Together the essays form a composite picture of the issues students encounter during their years at boarding school. It provides a template for understanding the culture of residential schools & the student counterculture which arises in response to the rigid structure & insularity of these privileged institutions. It challenges parents, teachers, administrators & others who have an interest in independent schools to attend more closely to the lives of students; & it provides the foundation for a plan to make prep school a healthier environment for the teenagers to grow up in.Crosier, Louis M. is the author of 'Casualties of Privilege Essays on Prep Schools' Hidden Culture' with ISBN 9780962767104 and ISBN 0962767107.
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