Notes from 5 Nov #1 My attempt at Audre Lorde's syntax

When the boys were 17 years old and still full of pubescent angst, they started school in the Whelton Boys Prep school in New England in the 1950’s.  The school was an old school with large grounds and a body of water nearby where you could see students rowing boats for competition or fencing on the school grounds. Most of the students were eager to learn in their school uniforms and wearing their blazers, but some of the students did not want to be there and had dreams that did not involve learning in this formal institution, but their parents were not giving them choices of what to do with their lives ultimately resulting in one of the students tasking their own life do to a feeling of helplessness.

Ok, I tried to follow the general idea, but I could not come up with specifics that would match. Bottles of milk from the cafeteria maybe? I don't know guess I'm just not creative tonight.