It is always the same and that is kind of nice. Parrott knows from experience that it is not always the most talented or gifted teacher who inspires students the most. I loved Mrs. Blair. Boarding school life offers many appealing features. However, Mrs. Parrott warns that such an environment can become all-encompassing, nurturing an attitude of an easy existence.
Close relationships develop between students and faculty.
Both students and faculty can develop the tendency to remain in this sheltered environment all of the time. Additionally, a boarding school presents new challenges to students coming to St. Margaret's from a public school background. It requires time to become acclimated to the structured environment. St. Margaret's rewards those who come each year with a very different and worthwhile experience. Parrott had completed the second of two three-year terms and was planning to take a year or two off when she was visited in her Roanoke home by Headmistress Broad in the early summer of 1998.