Talk:Finishing school
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The list of schools here is no more than an advertisement and should be deleted. Too, for whatever reason, someone deleted Institute Le Rosey and others yet they are the exact same thing. Why? And why is someone manipulating this page?... DW
For your information, le Rosey has never been a Finishing School ! Le Rosey is an High School that teaches the Baccalauréat International and provides access to a fantastic Alumni network. For a complete list of schools in switzerland see Swiss Association of Private Schools.
The most famous high school in Switzerland are: Le Rosey, Beau-Soleil, Zurz, ...
The list of school is unfortunately not an advertisement but the true representation of the market. Only two schools are still true Finishing Schools offering full curriculum from Cooking, Home Management, Floral Art & Table Decoration to International protocol, Business and social etiquette covering many different countries.
Most other Finishing Schools have ceased their activities (institut la Videmanette where Princess Diana went) or specialised in another field (for examples: Lucy Clayton's Finishing School is now a secretarial school that also teaches deportment).
Deportment is only a small part of what is taught in Finishing School, but it is the vision of the Anglo-Saxon press .... the girl walking with the book on her head.
As for the other schools that where deleted...
-- The Shaqab Institute does not offer a finishing programme any longer and has never really done so -- Schiller University does not offer any finishing programme -- Some finishing schools in India (Solitaire) and Pakistan are mostly modeling schools and have a very ethno centric curriculum.
This is the reason why when someone is serious about doing a documentary about the Finishing Schools or starting one in a country, they always go back to the same two schools.
[edit] Plagiarism
It appears that the first sentence of this article was plagiarized from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary by the user Jennifer on February 5, 2003.
[edit] Informal/inappropriate tone
"As Etiquette and Protocol have become fashionable again, a lot of individual have jumped on the bandwagon and happily abuse the meaning of the word Finishing School. A finishing school is a SCHOOL, which offers (1 month to a year) course with an educational curriculum. The objective is to offer a solution not a patchwork." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ajo Mama (talk • contribs) 22:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
