Finishing school
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A finishing school focuses on teaching young women social graces and upper-class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society.
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In literature
The Finishing School, a 2004 novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark, concerns 'College Sunrise', a present-day finishing school in Ouchy on the banks of Lake Geneva near Lausanne in Switzerland. Unlike the traditional finishing schools, the one in this novel is mixed-sex.
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