| Time |
Activities |
| 7:00 |
Wake up
Take a shower, brush my teeth, floss, and can't forget to clean the ears. |
| 7:30 |
Breakfast
Talk to buddies over omelettes, bacon, scones and chocolate milk. Can't be late or else I'll get a demerit! |
| 8:10 |
Chapel
Rev. Roffey shares a lesson with us about some of the events he's been through in his life.
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| 8:30 |
Philosophy class
Discuss the last chapter of The Closing of the American Mind by Alan Bloom with Mr. Rush. At first I had no interest in reading this book, but after reading the introduction, I can’t put it down. |
| 10:00 |
Break
Go and watch an exciting floor hockey game between faculty & day boys. A 7-7 tie is solved with an unbelievable shootout save by Haider Akbar - the day boys win! |
| 10:35 |
Calculus test
Studied pretty hard last night and I felt like I did well.
The test was on radical expressions, rates of change, and the slope of a tangent. |
| 11:55 |
Lunch
Grab lunch upstairs (pasta and ceasar salad) in the Dining Hall and then bring it down to the Prefect room for a Prefect meeting. |
| 12:40 |
Drama class
We practice for the upcoming one-act play. Mr. Scoular has given us a chance to both act and direct our own plays with the same script for every group, but different interpretations of the actual performances from each group. |
| 2:00 |
French class
Mr. Day gives us a verb quiz. Learning new verbs usually isn't too tough - so let's hope I aced it! |
| 3:25 |
Classes end
The school day ends and I head back to my room to change for basketball practice. |
| 5:00 |
Practice ends
I am usually a bit tired after practice, so I take a shower and then relax with my friends before we go to dinner. |
| 6:00 |
Dinner
Head over to the Dining Hall with friends. Lots of options as usual so I can always get something I like (choice of curried beef or roast pork tenderloin with egg noodles). Sit with friends at the “Grad tables” which are located on a raised platform reserved specifically for grade 12 students. |
| 6:45 |
Impromptu football game on the Quad
Despite having just eaten, we’re all pretty into the game. It’s just for fun and guys passing by just join in. |
| 7:30 |
Study begins
Study is a huge part of boarding life. It is two hours of the day devoted to studying and nothing else. I spend the first hour in my room going over notes and reading, and then I go to the library with friends from class to work on a group presentation. |
| 9:30 |
Study ends
Many of the guys who live in Sifton House come down to the kitchen after study to grab a snack. We take out the grills to make some grilled cheese sandwiches, as well as cut up some fruit. Some guys just grab yogurt or cereal. I try and watch my weight, but grilled cheese sandwiches are just too good. Our Housemaster, Mr. Ramon, joins us and asks about our day. |
| 10:00 |
Watch hockey game with friends
A lot of the guys head to the common room to watch the hockey game on the big screen. We bring up snacks from the kitchen for everyone. |
| 10:55 |
Get ready for bed
Brush teeth and change. |
| 11:00 |
Lights out
The Residential Don comes by and we chat a bit about school. Then I hit the bed and never look back. What a day! |