Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Hyde is definately reading this board
Lars:
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On 2005-12-01 07:30:00, Anonymous wrote:
As far as credibility, I don't think someone needs to identify themselves in order to be credible. You only want to know so you can then look back in your files and see what dirt you have on the person! The only people who would want to know who is posting is Hyde.
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I'm not an expert on school law and the related privacy issues, but I believe that they could get in SERIOUS trouble if they divulged information from student files. Nobody should be afraid to speak out. I understand that families still involved with the program could reasonably fear retaliation against their kids - based on my experience there, I'm sure the Hyde people are not above doing that. But if that's the case, they should be getting out, and fast.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-01 11:30:00, Lars wrote:
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On 2005-12-01 07:30:00, Anonymous wrote:
As far as credibility, I don't think someone needs to identify themselves in order to be credible. You only want to know so you can then look back in your files and see what dirt you have on the person! The only people who would want to know who is posting is Hyde.
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I'm not an expert on school law and the related privacy issues, but I believe that they could get in SERIOUS trouble if they divulged information from student files. Nobody should be afraid to speak out. I understand that families still involved with the program could reasonably fear retaliation against their kids - based on my experience there, I'm sure the Hyde people are not above doing that. But if that's the case, they should be getting out, and fast. "
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When has the law ever stopped Hyde from doing what they want? I am sure there must be laws which protect children from some of the abuses at Hyde yet when it comes to confronting, parents fear going outside the school! The following are some of the reasons why;
1. Many of Hyde's students have been in trouble previously and fear they will not be believed
2. Many of the parents are well established, well known citizens in their communities, and do not want to bring attention to themselves.
3. Parents fear the intimacies which were spoken about during seminars will be disclosed to the public
Number three is what I think parents fear most. To be a member of Hyde you are forced to disclose things about yourself that you would never want exposed. If you don't come up with enough dirt during a seminar, then the school/facilitators encourage your kid to confront you on very personal matters. You feel backed against a wall in front of many strangers, and it becomes an emotional tug of war till you come out with something sacred, embarassing, humiliating, or otherwise.
So in answer to the following post, there is much more to fear then what might be in a students file.
Anonymous:
Lars, when you went to Hyde did they put pressure on the parents to recruit other families like they did in the late 90's?
Lars:
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"Lars, when you went to Hyde did they put pressure on the parents to recruit other families like they did in the late 90's?
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I don't recall how much pressure they applied, but I know they had parents in what seemed to be "feeder" towns (affluent suburbs where parents with troubled kids had sent kids to Hyde) like Greenwich, Connecticut or Lexington, Massachussetts hold open houses for prospective parents.[ This Message was edited by: Lars on 2005-12-01 19:22 ]
Anonymous:
Yes exactly and each "member" was expected to send out a certain many invitations to this little event held in one of the members homes. It might have been five or ten invitations required, I don't recall. I felt like I was a hari krishna who was sent out to recruit more members!! It was a very awkward situation to be put in. We were paying over $30,000 per year, on top of this we were expected to donate for the annual fundraising, and then we were asked to recruit more families for them. Does anyone else think this is odd for a "boarding school?"
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