Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Comments from current Hyde students
tommyfromhyde1:
Tinker only applies to public schools.
Fresh beauty opens one's eyes wherever it is really seen, but the very abundance and completeness of the common beauty that besets our steps prevents its being absorbed and appreciated. It is a good thing, therefore, to make short excursions now and then to the bottom of the sea among dulse and coral, or up among the clouds on mountain-tops, or in balloons, or even to creep like worms into dark holes and caverns underground, not only to learn something of what is going on in those out-of-the-way places, but to see better what the sun sees on our return to common everyday beauty.
-- John Muir
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Antigen:
Same outcome at Killian High in Miami back in `99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_Nine
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
--Philosopher, Blaise Pascal
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Lars:
As a lawyer, I say forget the legal analysis and consider this: any place that forbids criticism (other than of one's own self) and/or independent thought is an unhealthy place to send your kid. And private institution or not, it's contrary to our American values.
To any kids there, I say speak your mind and when they say you've got attitude, tell them that their stifling of free speech and independent thought is contrary to the values we hold dear as members of a free society.
Our country is a marketplace of ideas that are exchanged, fought over, compromised, etc. It's a big part of what makes our nation great. Hyde is only interested in their ideas - discussion of anything that brings them into question is not tolerated there.
Speak your mind. And if you feel that anything they inflict on you amounts to abuse, report them to the proper authorities.
Anonymous:
Lars, politcal pull seems to trump "proper authorities" in the case of teen gulags. Just ask the Straight folks or the WWASP folks. Remember how Hyde had kids working as campaign volunteers? Those elected officials owe Hyde. And Hyde's probably the biggest or second biggest employer in Bath (depending on how many orders Bath Iron Works has). Bad press might work but a CPS worker who inquires too closely into Hyde's practices would likely get his chain yanked by someone in Augusta.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-11-05 12:06:00, Lars wrote:
"As a lawyer, I say forget the legal analysis and consider this: any place that forbids criticism (other than of one's own self) and/or independent thought is an unhealthy place to send your kid. And private institution or not, it's contrary to our American values.
To any kids there, I say speak your mind and when they say you've got attitude, tell them that their stifling of free speech and independant thought is contrary the values we hold dear as members of a free society.
Our country is a marketplace of ideas that are exchanged, fought over, compromised, etc. It's a big part of what makes our nation great. Hyde is only interested in their ideas - discussion of anything that brings them into question is not tolerated there.
Speak your mind. And if you feel that anything they inflict on you amounts to abuse, report them to the proper authorities."
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Thank you for this wonderfully eloquent statement. I agree completely: Hyde students should not be intimidated by Hyde's zealous attempts to limit free speech. Hyde students who want to speak out should TRULY embrace Hyde's supposed commitment to courage, truth, integrity, and concern (among Hyde's favorite terms). What that means is . . . if you have constructive criticism to offer, you should feel free to say it publicly. No one -- at Hyde or elsewhere -- has a right to discourage the free expression of ideas. Hyde clearly facilitates public pronouncements of its model when it works to the school's advantage. If Hyde staff are sincere about the school's core values, they should applaud students who have the integrity and courage to speak out about their Hyde-related concerns.
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