Boarding with Three family members and a cousin

Home away from home, as Mr Walker says, does not relate to boarding school.  However, having two brothers and a cousin in the house tends to bring it pretty close.  Over the past five years, Robson House has become my school family, and with the addition of George, two years ago, and Alex this year it feels even closer.  I’m sure that the other boys in the house are getting fairly sick of having three Bishops and our cousin Will Kemp in the house, but it has been great for us.

One of the great things about having brothers in the house is that we always have someone to come to if we need help with homework (if they are in a good mood), advice about school, or even just if we have a problem.  However, there is usually a price to pay for the help we get, which could include ‘borrowing’ money from one another, taking the other’s food supply or hogging all of Mum’s pre-prepared meals at the start of term.

While we are all living together, it’s also great that we aren’t always around one another.  We all have our own friend groups, and the return trips home and dinners with our parents are always filled with interesting stories that we might not have heard from the other’s perspective.  We are really grateful for Mr and Mrs Walker, Mr Stocks, Marshall and Mr Hennessey for putting up with all of us, and most of all for our parents for coughing up three lots of school fees!