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<p>I would hope that it has no role at all in a decision whether to “send” a kid to BS. That takes the view in which BS is a bubble or a shelter from the world and reality. That may be a reason to limit interaction with the neighbor but I wouldn’t let that sort of thing weigh on whether boarding school makes good sense for a child, even if it’s far down the list of pros and cons.</p>
<p>But, yeah, the neighbor is crazy – or not well-traveled. And if the observation was repeated and not just a one-off remark buried within a different train of thought, I think it falls somewhere closer to the “open hostility” end of the spectrum than the “blind insensitivity” end.</p>