I do think that the labels people give kids at this age linger into adulthood. That is one area in which Hyde is simultaneously helpful and not helpful. Hyde does not believe in tailoring its curriculum to your particular psychological diagnosis, which I think is helpful. Many kids get stuck with labels early because their acting out in their families. Some of this acting out is not a sign of being crazy. It is a sign of not being crazy. It is crazy to act normal in a crazy family. It is good that Hyde does not reinforce the societal message that the misbehaving kid needs more meds. Maybe this kid needs a break from Mom and Dad!
Ah, but Hyde
DOES label! You could have a really bad attitude, a somewhat sucky attitude, be a smiling zero, show signs of recognizing your potential, or serve as a stellar example for the rest of the Hyde community! ...Often (although not always) according to where on the Kool-Aid consumpt-o-meter you fall! And these labels Hyde School gives kids at this age
do "linger into adulthood," even if only as a kid stigmatizing himself, which is plenty bad enough.
Such labels bear no relation to reality, or to any however imperfect means or measure of diagnosis. The labels are conceptualized and defined by Hyde, diagnosis is carried out by Hyde, and kids deemed in need of improvement are "treated" by Hyde. You can't get a "second opinion"; there is only one expert/high authority.
Hyde School does not consider itself accountable to a league of peers or to any recognized body of professional standards (as far as "character development" is concerned). They set the standards
themselves (and, as we all know, those standards can be subject to quite a bit of self directed interpretation when it comes to major Kool-Aid consumers!).
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