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Hyde School, The Most Truthful Informative Post I have Seen
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-07 15:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-02-28 11:24:00, Anonymous wrote:
"More importantly, what can we do to try and help Hyde? How can we make the board at Hyde see that the Gauld Family is ruining the reputation of what could be a good school if run by qualified educators who truly know the definition of Truth Over Harmony.
Hyde's principles are good and the concept is even better, so question is, can any of us change the terrible things that are going on behind the doors at Hyde? Do any of you have any suggestions other than this internet board that gets our complaints off our chests. Seems like we could be doing more to change things.
Thoughts?"
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Bring back Ed Legg!
Larry Kennedy"
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Who is Ed Legg and are you related to the Kennedy who used to facilitate as an Alumni parent?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-07 20:51:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-03-07 15:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-02-28 11:24:00, Anonymous wrote:
"More importantly, what can we do to try and help Hyde? How can we make the board at Hyde see that the Gauld Family is ruining the reputation of what could be a good school if run by qualified educators who truly know the definition of Truth Over Harmony.
Hyde's principles are good and the concept is even better, so question is, can any of us change the terrible things that are going on behind the doors at Hyde? Do any of you have any suggestions other than this internet board that gets our complaints off our chests. Seems like we could be doing more to change things.
Thoughts?"
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Bring back Ed Legg!
Larry Kennedy"
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Who is Ed Legg and are you related to the Kennedy who used to facilitate as an Alumni parent? "
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Ed Legg was the headmaster back "in the day." Larry was kind of like, well if you have seen Austin Powers, Ed's Minnie Me. Both from Texas. Legg was 6'something and Larry was 5'2" in high heels. There were rumors of malfesance by Larry that ciruclated at the time. He was a book keeper of some sort as well as the most piss poor History teacher that ever created chalk dust.
Not really Larry Kennedy
Anonymous:
This week I had a conversation with a parent who heard about Hyde and wanted some feedback about it. The parent had heard very mixed things about Hyde, mostly negative. I shared our family's experience and encouraged the parent to look for alternatives to Hyde. Based on the parent's description of the child's needs and mental health issues, I think Hyde would be a disaster. The parent said that my feedback was consistent with what she had heard from a number other people. She's now looking for other schools to pursue (with the advice of an educational consultant).
During the conversation the parent said that Hyde now expects parents to make a two-year commitment. Is that true? If so, when did that start? If it's true, I guess Hyde says it is doing this because it doesn't think it can have an impact in just one year. Or, is this merely Hyde's thinly disguised ploy to lock in 2 years' worth of tuition and fees and a way to combat the high attrition rate?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-09 17:50:00, Anonymous wrote:
"This week I had a conversation with a parent who heard about Hyde and wanted some feedback about it. The parent had heard very mixed things about Hyde, mostly negative. I shared our family's experience and encouraged the parent to look for alternatives to Hyde. Based on the parent's description of the child's needs and mental health issues, I think Hyde would be a disaster. The parent said that my feedback was consistent with what she had heard from a number other people. She's now looking for other schools to pursue (with the advice of an educational consultant).
During the conversation the parent said that Hyde now expects parents to make a two-year commitment. Is that true? If so, when did that start? If it's true, I guess Hyde says it is doing this because it doesn't think it can have an impact in just one year. Or, is this merely Hyde's thinly disguised ploy to lock in 2 years' worth of tuition and fees and a way to combat the high attrition rate?"
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I was at hyde 30 years ago. Hyde was not perfect. I was there when Tommy was there. I can understand why Tommy feels the way he does. Henry could be a real prick. Having Joe get in your face and scream at you was not theraputic to any degree IMHO. I saw a number of kids fail. Hyde worked for me. I found an inner strength and an ablity to persever in my experiences there. I find the rants about how the place completely sucks, fatuious and closed minded. I am sorry if some of the posts I made on this board aid in what seem to be an effort to make trash about hyde google-able. I know that there is at least one person with whom I went to hyde with that reads this board. I want you to know that I respect your dedication to your belief in Hyde. I offer my appologies if what I have posted here has offended you.
Hyde had and still has a profound positive effect on my life.
Sid
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-10 20:19:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-03-09 17:50:00, Anonymous wrote:
"This week I had a conversation with a parent who heard about Hyde and wanted some feedback about it. The parent had heard very mixed things about Hyde, mostly negative. I shared our family's experience and encouraged the parent to look for alternatives to Hyde. Based on the parent's description of the child's needs and mental health issues, I think Hyde would be a disaster. The parent said that my feedback was consistent with what she had heard from a number other people. She's now looking for other schools to pursue (with the advice of an educational consultant).
During the conversation the parent said that Hyde now expects parents to make a two-year commitment. Is that true? If so, when did that start? If it's true, I guess Hyde says it is doing this because it doesn't think it can have an impact in just one year. Or, is this merely Hyde's thinly disguised ploy to lock in 2 years' worth of tuition and fees and a way to combat the high attrition rate?"
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I was at hyde 30 years ago. Hyde was not perfect. I was there when Tommy was there. I can understand why Tommy feels the way he does. Henry could be a real prick. Having Joe get in your face and scream at you was not theraputic to any degree IMHO. I saw a number of kids fail. Hyde worked for me. I found an inner strength and an ablity to persever in my experiences there. I find the rants about how the place completely sucks, fatuious and closed minded. I am sorry if some of the posts I made on this board aid in what seem to be an effort to make trash about hyde google-able. I know that there is at least one person with whom I went to hyde with that reads this board. I want you to know that I respect your dedication to your belief in Hyde. I offer my appologies if what I have posted here has offended you.
Hyde had and still has a profound positive effect on my life.
Sid"
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I appreciate all of your input and am happy Hyde had a positive affect on you, but please understand you were there 30 years ago so it is hard to judge what Hyde is now.
You state that the old headmaster could be "a real prick." You also state that some of the ways Hyde and Joe Gauld handled things was far from therapuetic. Not only can Hyde NOT be therapuetic, it can be harmful to some. Please understand that although you might have been a strong kid who could get through Hyde, many kids are not as strong as you and Hyde can be quite damaging. Every child is different and has different issues and the "one size fits all" at Hyde does not work for many.
Hyde is a much bigger program now and the type of student Hyde enrolls might be different from when you were there. I think it is unfair to state that some of these posts are by "closed minded" people. We are real people who went to Hyde and whose lives were affected in a negative way. This is not to say that there were things gained from Hyde, but overall IMHO Hyde is really messed up and most of the people who have worked at Hyde for years are even more messed up. The staff at Hyde need their own program. I am sorry, but I don't want to send my future children to a place that is run by those loonies~!
Your input is important and I appreciate it and don't discount anything that happened to you while you were at Hyde, so please understand how I feel and don't discount my feelings.
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