What she didn’t know, until years later, was the cost. This is what Kendra James bought into when she began her journey at prep school. That has always been the promise behind glossy photos of diverse, smiling teenagers and anodyne mission statements like “teaching the whole student” and “preparation for the active work of life.” Adults across the spectrum of authority told us that we were meant to invest our hope in schools like these - that there we would find the opportunity to craft our best selves the easy routes to bigger, shinier, more elite colleges the possibility of a better life built by our own talents and ambition.
Photo: gorodenkoff/Getty Images/iStockphotoĪs a marginalized student, boarding school was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for me: a world-class education, the space and resources of a small college, and a close-knit community all in one perfect package.
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