Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL PARENTS
Lars:
I could go into extensive detail and I have in other posts, but I'll sum it up this way: I gradutated from Hyde, I've done quite well for myself (with a great career & family), and I would NEVER send my kids there. And I'd advise propesctive parents to look elsewhere.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-09 07:17:00, Lars wrote:
"I could go into extensive detail and I have in other posts, but I'll sum it up this way: I gradutated from Hyde, I've done quite well for myself (with a great career & family), and I would NEVER send my kids there. And I'd advise propesctive parents to look elsewhere."
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Amen! I concur completely. Any parent who feels the need for a humane, principled, conscientious, fair, and firm setting for his/her child should drive right past Hyde, so to speak, and look at a number of other very impressive schools that are MUCH more appropriate. Parents must look beyond Hyde's glossy public relations material, hype, and glibness. Parents who feel the need to at least check out Hyde should look behind the scenes, under Hyde's rocks, and talk to Hyde veterans and alumni who are willing to be candid and frank.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---Here's the plain, unvarnished truth, as I see it:
1. Some Hyde students and parents (current and former) appreciate their Hyde experience and feel as if they've gained from the experience (see HydeFan comments).
2. Some Hyde faculty and staff are earnest, caring, and dedicated.
3. Many Hyde students, parents, and alumni (students and parents) have encountered some Hyde faculty and staff who are abusive, unskilled, unprepared, and ill equipped to provide quality education, constructive supervision, and skillful handling of students' and parents' emotional issues.
4. Some of Hyde's practices are unethical and abusive. Some Hyde faculty and staff behavior is very destructive and hypocritical.
5. Hyde has not been sufficiently forthcoming about these inappropriate, unethical, and hypocritical practices. Hyde has kept some of these serious problems very quiet.
6. There is more ill will expressed about Hyde than about nearly all other boarding schools. Some of the criticism is unwarranted and not thoughtful. Most of the criticism is warranted and thoughtful. This is noteworthy and evidence of serious problems at Hyde.
7. Parents who are considering Hyde should consider all of the postings on this and other websites and decide for themselves whether Hyde is a constructive environment.
8. In my opinion, the negatives at Hyde far outweigh the positives. Parents and educational consultants should not refer kids to Hyde.
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While my experience was positive and so much of this falls outside of what I know, I sincerely appreciate the reasoned and thoughtful nature of this post.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-08 19:39:00, Antigen wrote:
Bigot: One fanatically devoted to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and intolerant of those who differ."
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This actually dove-tails with my last question, which I want to ask a different way......
Did any of you experience any good, important, powerful or transformative things at Hyde--or was it all bad all the time?
Anonymous:
So there was nothing good there?
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