There are people in this world and then there are those who went to boarding school. As a lesson in community skills, we're letting you into the secret of deciphering whether someone is a day-schooler or a boarding school wala.
Here are 10 things that will immediately tell you whether or not someone is from a boarding school. Bonus hint: they have more shirts, sweatshirts, books, copies, thingymums with the name of their school written boldly across them than day-schoolers could ever hope to have.
1. No House of Cards, This: Their worlds begin and end with the workings of their 'houses' and their house-mates. Winning the house trophy at the end of the year is not optional
SourceMOVE OVER YOU TWITS. THE TROPHY IS OURS.
2. Years later, they're still obsessed with the 'tuck boxes' they would receive from home. Tuck boxes were those piles of awesomeness which a hoarding boarder hid with the enthusiasm of a game addict in the presence of a PS4 which he/she would rather not share yet.
So much food and it's all mine. <3 3. They are completely self-sufficient when it comes to laundry. Bags of unwashed clothes? Nope, not familiar with that.
I like clean clothes and I cannot lie. You other brothers can't deny. 4. They do not know what it means to get an unexpected holiday because of bad weather or
bandhs.
You mean you get extra holidays because it rained too much or it was too cold? Just colour me blue already! 5. Most boarders enter school with one name and leave forever branded with a unique nickname. Pongo, for example is a real nickname. Seriously.
6. Sports is mandatory and nobody plays sports like a boarder does. Athletes had a superstar status and were several leagues above the studious students.
Of course, they don't play Quidditch but only because theirs' is a Muggle school. 7. Weirdly enough they fondly recollect the terrible food they claimed to have had in boarding school.
And by food I mean something that is not boiled. Or burnt to a crisp. 8. The friends they made in school seem to be extensions of their soul. An 'outsider' cannot understand their (almost familial) bond.
BFFs for life. Also, I don't know anyone in the outside world yet. 9. Mile-high piles of homework meant long nights and THAT of course meant mid-night feasts and a life long addiction to caffeine.
I'm not okay with people or work 'Before Coffee''.
10. The Principal is called the Headmaster. No other name is used, and no other name is required.
Who's the headmaster? I'm the headmaster. Do you have your own points to add to this list? Tell us what they are in the comment box below!