Would you like to live at school?

arry Potter loved going to Hogwarts because it meant that he didn’t have to live with his uncle and aunt but what do real school students think about the idea of living at school and only seeing their parents in the holidays?
1 ....... I’ve never studied at a school where you eat, sleep and live. I’m sure there are some good things about them. For example, I think students there are probably more independent and the friends hip they make would also probably be strong. However, I’m not sure I’d like to go to a school like that. At my school, students leave school at 3 p.m. and are free to do what they like and go where they like. I guess there are good and bad things about each.
2 ..........When I was eleven, my parents decided that I should live at school because they were going abroad to work. I hated it at first and wrote them every day. I wanted to be with them and didn’t make any friends for a long time. When I left school, I said to myself that I would never send my own children to a school like that. Now, my oldest son is eleven and he’s just started at my old school. Although it is very expensive, t he education you get is much better than in the local schools here.
3 .......... M y parents aren’t rich enough to send me away to an expensive school which costs thousands of pounds a year. I’m very pleased about that. In my opinion, a child should grow up with his parents. You make friends with people who live near you and spend your f ree time in the real world. It’s not right to spend your whole life with teachers watching you and telling you what to do. No one should have to do that!
4 ........... I nearly had to go away to school when I left primary school. I’m glad I didn’t. Children of that age need things like their toys and family. Now , I’m sixteen and one of my friends has just gone away to school. He was quite excited about it because he has had a few problems with his parents. I still wouldn’t want to go, that’s just my personality , but I can see that it might be quite a good idea for sixteen to eighteen - year - olds.
5 ...........I don’t know anyone who lives at school. I’m very happy at my school but I think it would be quite fun. Some people say the teachers are always watching you but I don’t think that’s really true. You get free time and you make really good friends. I think it’d be great to have a chance to go to a school like that. I will never but it’s nice to dream.