Academy Graduate Gives His 10 Best Life Lessons
By Sandy Naiman
(NC) - Paul Burrill's future looked grim in 2009. His grade nine marks were plummeting. He struggled in Burnaby, B.C.'s public school system. Needing redirection, his parents sent him to Robert Land Academy (RLA) near Welland, Ontario.
This June, Burrill at 17, was valedictorian at his 2012 graduation. Here's how his military-style education changed his life:
• Initially homesick, he made his classmates his family. “Now I consider every boy here a brother.”
