Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Any HYDE STAFFERS willing to post?
tommyfromhyde1:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-08 14:26:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I am both a Hyde graduate and former faculty member, having finished my teaching stint at Bath nearly ten years ago. I agree with many of your reactions about the "round peg in a square hole" syndrome. I often felt misunderstood and tortured both mentally and physically as a student. Nonetheless, I did believe that the school made me confront many of my insecurities and fears. Compared to Hyde, college was a breeze and after going to graduate school I accepted a teaching position at Hyde. Essentially, I did so hoping that I could make a difference in the lives of kids (and learn proper teaching techniques in the process).
In terms of the quality of academic instruction at Hyde, no one can claim that the school puts academics first. Although I did work alongside a few excellent educators, most were not well versed in their subject areas. Sadly, this did not make much of a difference since the schedule at Hyde was so "seminar" and "sports-centered" that there was little time to teach. Moreover, many of my colleagues looked forward to these scenarios so that they would not have to teach.
Hyde truly is not for everyone. Unfortunately, kids do not often get to make the decisions as to where they will attend school. Parents often put their sons or daughters in a place like Hyde because they want them "fixed". My recommendation for all prospective families is for you to do your homework. Ask good questions. If you want a strenuous academic environment, then Hyde may not be the place for you.
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The academics might be weak but I actually had trouble keeping up with my schoolwork because I was so tired all the time because of sports practices. Did anyone else have the same problem at Hyde? Before I get dismissed for griping about mandatory sports, Hyde's attitude was "it wasn't a good practice if nobody puked".
There is something feeble and contemptible about a man who cannot face life without the help of comfortable myths.
--Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, educator, mathemetician, and social critic
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FHS:
--- Quote ---On 2005-09-21 12:08:00, Anonymous wrote:
"If they are present staffers, they wouldn't post. If they are former ones, they want to put the ugly mess behind them! Most staffers who leave Hyde want to forget they were ever there!!"
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Well said.
While I understand and appreciate that many people -- including people whom I love and respect -- feel good about their life experience with Hyde, my own feelings about that experience are not pleasant. It's not pleasant to reflect on my own participation in activities that harmed, or might have harmed, others, particularly former students.
When I see that present and former students and parents are still reporting on this website the types of abusive and harmful behavior that I witnessed, experienced, and participated in many years ago as a staff member, I feel remorse for my own part in those activities. I also feel a need to assure those of you who were harmed by this behavior that, no, you're not crazy, there's not something wrong with you, it's not a personal character flaw on your part: you lived through a traumatic experience, your life experience is valid, your feelings have merit, and, in many cases, we adults did not serve you well.
I thank Lars, tommyfromhyde1, and the other unnamed intrepid souls who have created a forum here that gives people the opportunity to address these issues.
To those unnamed ones who mock people like Lars and tommyfromhyde1 for their "inability to put the past behind them," I ask that you take notice of the vehemence and force behind your reaction, and consider what exactly it is about their testimony that's making you so uncomfortable. Is it possible that, when you watch other people address this issue in their lives, it raises some scary questions within you about your own life? There's nothing wrong with that, because, after all, it _is_ scary, and I don't particularly like thinking about it; but don't take it out on them.
In the long run, this type of personal inquiry may prove to be of benefit to us all. Consider this article from http://www.telegraph.co.uk:
Clarke wants terrorists treated like victims of cult brainwashing
(Filed: 02/10/2005)
Charles Clarke is studying proposals to combat Islamic terrorist groups by treating them as religious cults.
The Home Secretary has told colleagues that anti-brainwashing techniques used to "deprogramme" cult members could be employed to fight the sort of fanaticism behind the July 7 bombings.
"What we know about other religious cults may offer some insight into how these men ended up behaving in this appalling way," he said last night.
He believes that there is no point in seeing extreme Islamists in the "classic" mould of revolutionaries fighting for a political cause. A closer parallel is with recruits to cults, who often come from educated backgrounds and are "brainwashed" into renouncing society.
One example, he said, was Mohammed Atta, the leader of the September 11 hijackers, who was an architecture graduate. Mohammed Sidique Khan, one of the London bombers, was a classroom assistant in Leeds and was married with a baby daughter.
The Home Secretary cited the work of Inform, an organisation specialising in cults, which emphasises the need to perceive how victims of brainwashing see their circumstances."
Former Hyde Staffer
Anonymous:
hey,
I would like to hear from some staffers involved in the Ed vs Joe war and the Stalinist purge apon Joes re enstatement.
Sid Smith
PS Sid Smith is not my real name
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-03 16:34:00, FHS wrote:
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On 2005-09-21 12:08:00, Anonymous wrote:
"If they are present staffers, they wouldn't post. If they are former ones, they want to put the ugly mess behind them! Most staffers who leave Hyde want to forget they were ever there!!"
--- End quote ---
Well said.
While I understand and appreciate that many people -- including people whom I love and respect -- feel good about their life experience with Hyde, my own feelings about that experience are not pleasant. It's not pleasant to reflect on my own participation in activities that harmed, or might have harmed, others, particularly former students.
When I see that present and former students and parents are still reporting on this website the types of abusive and harmful behavior that I witnessed, experienced, and participated in many years ago as a staff member, I feel remorse for my own part in those activities. I also feel a need to assure those of you who were harmed by this behavior that, no, you're not crazy, there's not something wrong with you, it's not a personal character flaw on your part: you lived through a traumatic experience, your life experience is valid, your feelings have merit, and, in many cases, we adults did not serve you well.
I thank Lars, tommyfromhyde1, and the other unnamed intrepid souls who have created a forum here that gives people the opportunity to address these issues.
To those unnamed ones who mock people like Lars and tommyfromhyde1 for their "inability to put the past behind them," I ask that you take notice of the vehemence and force behind your reaction, and consider what exactly it is about their testimony that's making you so uncomfortable. Is it possible that, when you watch other people address this issue in their lives, it raises some scary questions within you about your own life? There's nothing wrong with that, because, after all, it _is_ scary, and I don't particularly like thinking about it; but don't take it out on them.
In the long run, this type of personal inquiry may prove to be of benefit to us all. Consider this article from http://www.telegraph.co.uk:
Clarke wants terrorists treated like victims of cult brainwashing
(Filed: 02/10/2005)
Charles Clarke is studying proposals to combat Islamic terrorist groups by treating them as religious cults.
The Home Secretary has told colleagues that anti-brainwashing techniques used to "deprogramme" cult members could be employed to fight the sort of fanaticism behind the July 7 bombings.
"What we know about other religious cults may offer some insight into how these men ended up behaving in this appalling way," he said last night.
He believes that there is no point in seeing extreme Islamists in the "classic" mould of revolutionaries fighting for a political cause. A closer parallel is with recruits to cults, who often come from educated backgrounds and are "brainwashed" into renouncing society.
One example, he said, was Mohammed Atta, the leader of the September 11 hijackers, who was an architecture graduate. Mohammed Sidique Khan, one of the London bombers, was a classroom assistant in Leeds and was married with a baby daughter.
The Home Secretary cited the work of Inform, an organisation specialising in cults, which emphasises the need to perceive how victims of brainwashing see their circumstances."
Former Hyde Staffer"
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I want to truly thank Former Hyde Staffer for helping to validate the traumatic time I had at Hyde. You helped me more than you know by getting an acknowlegement from someone who worked there. I appreciate your honesty and understand how easy it is to fall into the Hyde trap even as an adult staffer.
Would you mind telling us the reason you left Hyde?
FHS:
Thanks for the question; it's really made me think about this in a way I never had before.
I left my job at Hyde because, due to a combination of personal circumstances and the school's circumstances, it was a good time to move on.
The distance between Hyde and me has been growing ever
since. I have a gut feeling that something's fundamentally not right about the place, and, while that visceral reaction was quite faint while I was at Hyde, it has grown over time. It took me time to process what I experienced at Hyde. It also took life experience as a parent and school trustee to see that, when a school governing body hands too much power for too long to an entrenched school administration that is too convinced of its own wisdom, then some of the students in that school will likely encounter some soul crushing experiences in the course of their schooling.
Former Hyde Staffer
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