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Hyde School, The Most Truthful Informative Post I have Seen
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-20 15:32:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I was just told of this site by the mother of a former Hyde Student - her son was at Hyde for 2 years and has left to continue elsewhere. Our son, too, has left Hyde after one year to continue elsewhere.
I have read a few of the other threads...
But one comment mentioned in this thread particularly caught my eye.......and I must send a "caveat" with MY comment...
Our family had huge concerns about Hyde - eventually - their medical staff and lack thereof; their teaching staff and lack of credentials; their in-bred professional staff (family and friends) etc.
Other threads have spoken most honestly about the daily life of a child there and weekend life for the parents in FLCs and seminars. The total lack of professional staff screams for a remedy.
But what truly caught my eye here was the comparison of compensation between Hyde and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter NH -
My brother went to Exeter - my son went to Hyde for a year - we are not even talking apples and oranges here -
A more 180 degree comparison could not have been made.
My brother went to Exeter - graduated from Yale - graduated from Columbia Law School - was a Rhodes scholar - was a Fulbright Scholar - was a Hague Scholar - and he was sort of a middle of the class student at Exeter. But he WAS well educated there - their reputation speaks for itself.
To compare their Headmaster's salary with Hyde's is just ludicrous.......
What does Hyde do with its money?? - They certainly don't spend it on their students' needs nor on their staff..........nor on their medical staff nor on a doctor nor on psychologists nor on psychiatrists for their kids.
If they did....their kids might perform better.
I know of six families whose children have left Hyde within the past year - EACH of these children has had to repeat a year of school - academics are not there at Hyde - so why on earth would anyone want to give money to a school that can't produce either character or age-appropriate education.
I weep for the needy kids at Hyde who are in constant fear and trembling and afraid to reach out - "
--- End quote ---
Thanks for taking the time to share your Hyde experience. As you can see, you have plenty of company among parents posting on this website. Many of us have similar stories to tell -- enrolling at Hyde with one set of assumptions, discovering that those assumptions were quite wrong, realizing that Hyde can be a terribly abusive environment and that so many staff at Hyde are ill-equipped to handle the complex mental health needs of so many students there. We too have encountered many Hyde families that left or are leaving in disgust.
The poor educational experience at Hyde merely adds salt to the wound. (I'll never forget how one of the teachers who facilitated one of my FLC seminars talked in detail about what a horrible student he was, how he barely made it through college, etc. His grammar was poor as he spoke. I can't imagine this fellow would have been hired at a school with real academic standards. I sat there thinking to myself, we're paying $36,000 a year to get teachers like this?! And that's not to mention the fact that this very young man had no training to handle students' amazingly complicated mental health issues that came up in those seminar discussions. Yikes.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-20 15:32:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I was just told of this site by the mother of a former Hyde Student - her son was at Hyde for 2 years and has left to continue elsewhere. Our son, too, has left Hyde after one year to continue elsewhere.
I have read a few of the other threads...
But one comment mentioned in this thread particularly caught my eye.......and I must send a "caveat" with MY comment...
Our family had huge concerns about Hyde - eventually - their medical staff and lack thereof; their teaching staff and lack of credentials; their in-bred professional staff (family and friends) etc.
Other threads have spoken most honestly about the daily life of a child there and weekend life for the parents in FLCs and seminars. The total lack of professional staff screams for a remedy.
But what truly caught my eye here was the comparison of compensation between Hyde and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter NH -
My brother went to Exeter - my son went to Hyde for a year - we are not even talking apples and oranges here -
A more 180 degree comparison could not have been made.
My brother went to Exeter - graduated from Yale - graduated from Columbia Law School - was a Rhodes scholar - was a Fulbright Scholar - was a Hague Scholar - and he was sort of a middle of the class student at Exeter. But he WAS well educated there - their reputation speaks for itself.
To compare their Headmaster's salary with Hyde's is just ludicrous.......
What does Hyde do with its money?? - They certainly don't spend it on their students' needs nor on their staff..........nor on their medical staff nor on a doctor nor on psychologists nor on psychiatrists for their kids.
If they did....their kids might perform better.
I know of six families whose children have left Hyde within the past year - EACH of these children has had to repeat a year of school - academics are not there at Hyde - so why on earth would anyone want to give money to a school that can't produce either character or age-appropriate education.
I weep for the needy kids at Hyde who are in constant fear and trembling and afraid to reach out - "
--- End quote ---
I am not at all surprised to hear that you know 6 families whose children have left Hyde within the past year, had to repeat a year of school, etc. This is part of the pattern, where many families spend some time at Hyde, figure out that it has MAJOR shortcomings, and leave. Those who stay often are the "Hyde groupies" or don't have the emotional energy, money or wherewithal to look for alternatives.
You should also add into this mix the many parents who are astonished, as we were, to discover how dependent Hyde is on that series of gimmicky exercises and assignments they use for FLC's, seminars, etc. When I started completing those assignments and participated in some of those "experiential exercises" during seminars I couldn't believe how supeficial many of them are, and how poorly implemented and processed they are. I've seen more sophisticated assignments and exercises in my kids' summer camps and pre-teen groups (when they were in middle school).
Hyde seems to love simplistic gimmicks, jargon, and cliches. They've got a formula that they think is sophisticated. Most of it is downright embarrassing and pitched at a very low level. Hyde staff ought to get off campus and really see what sophisticated schools do to help students and parents grow. The comparison is unbelievable.
Anonymous:
Ahhhh, seems your futile board is dying a slow death, WE WON :wave:
Anonymous:
Think again little one. This place has been around before you got here and will continue on long after you're gone.
Anonymous:
I do think this board will be around for a long time, but it just goes to show you that when the 6 people that are the only negative posters on this board are busy...there's not a lot of action.
Happy Holidays!!
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