Boarding School   Lugano, Switzerland – the view from my window
My senior year in boarding school in Switzerland, I lived in the
bottom of a house in two big rooms with six other girls.  We had
two bathrooms and lots of windows and a large patio.  The view
of Lake Lugano and the surrounding mountains was spectacular.  I
woke up to it every morning.  When it was warm out we would open
all the windows and the door and it was like we lived outside. 
We were pretty isolated from the rest of the campus so people
rarely came by to check on us.  After supper everybody had two
hours of study time when they were to be either in their rooms
or in the library.  We usually had the stereo going and somebody
always had a card game going.  It was rare to see anybody
studying.  I did my studying in the afternoon or just before
class.  The teacher who was on duty went around and checked up
on people to make sure they were studying but they rarely came
by our room.  And if they did it was to escape or because they
want