NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER

September, 2007

SOUTH WALES, WILLIAMSVILLE, and BUFFALO, NY

I should clarify something about life at many boarding schools. What they call "a day off" is only a half-day. Teachers teach their regular classes until one, six days a week, Saturday included. (That's why we have long vacations.) Teachers try to pack a lot into those short off-periods, whether it's activity, chores, amusement or relaxation. They don't have to do breakfast duty ...