Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Hyde Schools
Cowards!
Lars:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-09 07:41:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I'm not up "there" I'm just an alum who's pretty proud of my high school...
And pretty pissed off that you got away with playing the"game"
And it's none of your business who I am."
--- End quote ---
I got away with nothing. I EARNED my diploma, kiddo. True character has nothing to do with acting like most of the people up there did. That's a lesson you obviously haven't learned. Character is LIVING those principles on that shield - and I've done a pretty good job of it in my life. [ This Message was edited by: Lars on 2005-12-09 07:52 ]
Anonymous:
Just so the others on the site understand You "EARNED" your "high school" diploma...not your "HYDE" diploma. Whether you are living a life of character now has nothing to do with you pulling the wool over everyone's eyes while a student at Hyde and "playing the game"!!
Remember when you said this:
I did graduate with a "diploma" (only given to about 5 or 6 out of the 35 kids I graduated with, the rest got a "certificate" or a "document" - another screwed-up aspect of the program). But by the second half of my senior year, I knew how to play their game and did so while trying to be as humane as possible to the underclassmen
Lars:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-09 08:01:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Just so the others on the site understand You "EARNED" your "high school" diploma...not your "HYDE" diploma. Whether you are living a life of character now has nothing to do with you pulling the wool over everyone's eyes while a student at Hyde and "playing the game"!!
Remember when you said this:
I did graduate with a "diploma" (only given to about 5 or 6 out of the 35 kids I graduated with, the rest got a "certificate" or a "document" - another screwed-up aspect of the program). But by the second half of my senior year, I knew how to play their game and did so while trying to be as humane as possible to the underclassmen
"
--- End quote ---
Wrong again. What you've quoted, that IS character. Playing their game isn't the same as pulling the wool over someone's eyes. Again, you're confusing character with acting in a certain self-righteous confrontational way.
And by the way, I actually did give my all to just about everything they had us do. I just mentally rejected the techniques and philosophies that I found to be unhealthy. There's a difference. I know it's a subtle one, but I'm sure you have the ability to make that distinction.[ This Message was edited by: Lars on 2005-12-09 08:13 ]
Anonymous:
You are wrong...
The way you could have displayed character, is by saying that you didn't agree with what was going on at Hyde and refused to play the game.
What you did instead was conform to what you were supposed to do and then you walked away with a piece of paper that said you were truly living your life (at that moment) with standards of excellence. Which you were not because you were not sharing how you really felt, and just took the paper and ran.
I would respect you a lot more if you had said "this place sucks, I don't want your stupid paper, just give me my transcripts...I'm outta here!" That would have been the character thing to do.
What you did was make the Hyde diploma mean less than is should. At least those in 1990.
Instead of pulling the lawyer thing and immediately rebutting, just sit back and try to hear what I'm saying.
Lars:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-09 08:26:00, Anonymous wrote:
"You are wrong...
The way you could have displayed character, is by saying that you didn't agree with what was going on at Hyde and refused to play the game.
What you did instead was conform to what you were supposed to do and then you walked away with a piece of paper that said you were truly living your life (at that moment) with standards of excellence. Which you were not because you were not sharing how you really felt, and just took the paper and ran.
I would respect you a lot more if you had said "this place sucks, I don't want your stupid paper, just give me my transcripts...I'm outta here!" That would have been the character thing to do.
What you did was make the Hyde diploma mean less than is should. At least those in 1990.
Instead of pulling the lawyer thing and immediately rebutting, just sit back and try to hear what I'm saying."
--- End quote ---
No, you listen. Telling them to shove it would have meant living on the streets. My parents were under their control. It was make the best of it or hit the road. Not an option for someone like myself who actually wanted to achieve something in life. When I took that piece of paper I WAS living my lfe by standards of excellence. To say that I wasn't because I didn't share all of my feelings is just flat out wrong. I took the diploma because I was living the principles - what those principles meant to me.
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