Tag: reflections

Christmas transforms the boarding school, not through the hustle and bustle of excited boys, but in their absence. With term over, the once lively halls fall into a serene quiet. Decorations glitter in empty classrooms, wreaths hang silently above chapel doors, and the nativity scene stands vigil in the stillness. It is, as Charles Dickens … Continue reading Christmas in our empty schools: Silence, Light, and Meaning