"Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training"
- Arne Jacobsen
About this Quote
This quote by Arne Jacobsen talks to the experience of going to a boarding school. He recommends that the experience of going to a boarding school is both positive and negative. On the one hand, it provides an opportunity for students to form strong friendships and establish a sense of sociability. On the other hand, it likewise supplies a rigorous training that can be tough to endure. Jacobsen recommends that this combination of positive and unfavorable experiences can cause a sense of resilience in those who have gone to a boarding school. He suggests that the experience of participating in a boarding school can be a formative one, and that it can assist to develop strength and character in those who have actually gone through it.
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