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Hyde School, The Most Truthful Informative Post I have Seen
Anonymous:
This week we received a telephone call from parents who are trying to find an appropriate boarding school for their child. The mom explained to us that she "Googled" Hyde and found this website. She said that she and her husband had heard some very negative things about Hyde, but that finding this website and reading many of the postings REALLY scared them. They said they can't imagine sending their child to a school like Hyde, in light of all of the negative reports here. She said the positive comments were overshadowed by the many thoughtful criticisms. She also said their educational consultant doesn't recommend Hyde any longer.
Anyway, they're looking for suggestions. What other schools have people had good experiences with (their child is beginning to hang with the wrong crowd, is showing some signs of defiance, but isn't out of control)?
Thanks for your help.
Anonymous:
I would tell Mom to take this website with a grain of salt. It just a bunch of whiners that couldn't hack Hyde, posting again and again citing unnamed "educational consultants" that advise against sending children to Hyde because big ol scary Joe is going to vituperate at them and give them low self esteem. Then when ever any one says "Hyde actually helped me" we hear the same tired old turgid riff, like the opening guitar line to freebird, "we are glad that you had a good time but many of us did not," as if there are really a bunch of you and you all repeat the same lines and the same word almost like you are part of a Cult. That is it! This is the Anti Hyde Cult Web Site.
guess who is coming to dinner
Sydney Poitier
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-15 19:09:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I would tell Mom to take this website with a grain of salt. It just a bunch of whiners that couldn't hack Hyde, posting again and again citing unnamed "educational consultants" that advise against sending children to Hyde because big ol scary Joe is going to vituperate at them and give them low self esteem. Then when ever any one says "Hyde actually helped me" we hear the same tired old turgid riff, like the opening guitar line to freebird, "we are glad that you had a good time but many of us did not," as if there are really a bunch of you and you all repeat the same lines and the same word almost like you are part of a Cult. That is it! This is the Anti Hyde Cult Web Site.
guess who is coming to dinner
Sydney Poitier"
--- End quote ---
and
consider the lilies of the field ...
Amen
Sydney Poitier
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-15 19:17:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-03-15 19:09:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I would tell Mom to take this website with a grain of salt. It just a bunch of whiners that couldn't hack Hyde, posting again and again citing unnamed "educational consultants" that advise against sending children to Hyde because big ol scary Joe is going to vituperate at them and give them low self esteem. Then when ever any one says "Hyde actually helped me" we hear the same tired old turgid riff, like the opening guitar line to freebird, "we are glad that you had a good time but many of us did not," as if there are really a bunch of you and you all repeat the same lines and the same word almost like you are part of a Cult. That is it! This is the Anti Hyde Cult Web Site.
guess who is coming to dinner
Sydney Poitier"
--- End quote ---
and
consider the lilies of the field ...
Amen
Sydney Poitier"
--- End quote ---
Dear Sidney Portier
So you think I am a whiner because my experience at Hyde was bad for me. Of course I am one of many people posting on this board so I can only speak for myself. I think you are assuming that everyone posting here could not handle Hyde. This was not true in my case. Hyde is a piece of cake especially the non existant education. I handled Hyde fine, got through without any problems, graduated, but hate that place and how they manipulate, demean, and shame families and kids alike. I don't know when you went to Hyde, but the Hyde of the 90's and 2000's is a bad place that has turned into nothing but a business to financially benefit the Gauld family. Of course there are still those Hyde families who hang onto it just like some people go to AA and NA meetings all their lives. You will find that most of the HAPA, (parent assoc) families have something terribly wrong with them in one way or another.
To me the most relevant proof that Hyde doesn't work is the few faculty members who have been there for years, (mostly family of the Gaulds) and are still struggling with the same things they have struggled with for 25-30 years. Good God, you would think by now with all the so called self help they would be over it!
Call it whining if you want, I call this website an honest look at what Hyde is all about.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-03-16 08:42:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-03-15 19:17:00, Anonymous wrote:
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--- Quote ---
On 2006-03-15 19:09:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I would tell Mom to take this website with a grain of salt. It just a bunch of whiners that couldn't hack Hyde, posting again and again citing unnamed "educational consultants" that advise against sending children to Hyde because big ol scary Joe is going to vituperate at them and give them low self esteem. Then when ever any one says "Hyde actually helped me" we hear the same tired old turgid riff, like the opening guitar line to freebird, "we are glad that you had a good time but many of us did not," as if there are really a bunch of you and you all repeat the same lines and the same word almost like you are part of a Cult. That is it! This is the Anti Hyde Cult Web Site.
guess who is coming to dinner
Sydney Poitier"
--- End quote ---
and
consider the lilies of the field ...
Amen
Sydney Poitier"
--- End quote ---
Dear Sidney Portier
So you think I am a whiner because my experience at Hyde was bad for me. Of course I am one of many people posting on this board so I can only speak for myself. I think you are assuming that everyone posting here could not handle Hyde. This was not true in my case. Hyde is a piece of cake especially the non existant education. I handled Hyde fine, got through without any problems, graduated, but hate that place and how they manipulate, demean, and shame families and kids alike. I don't know when you went to Hyde, but the Hyde of the 90's and 2000's is a bad place that has turned into nothing but a business to financially benefit the Gauld family. Of course there are still those Hyde families who hang onto it just like some people go to AA and NA meetings all their lives. You will find that most of the HAPA, (parent assoc) families have something terribly wrong with them in one way or another.
To me the most relevant proof that Hyde doesn't work is the few faculty members who have been there for years, (mostly family of the Gaulds) and are still struggling with the same things they have struggled with for 25-30 years. Good God, you would think by now with all the so called self help they would be over it!
Call it whining if you want, I call this website an honest look at what Hyde is all about."
--- End quote ---
hi,
>So you think I am a whiner
No I don't. I think you have a right to speak about your experience. Most people have something wrong with them, HAPA may be self selected to the edge of the spectrum with more problems. You are probably mnot talking about the parents of Eagle Scouts or National Merit Scholors and it is true that the apple does not fall far from the tree. It does roll some times though, or at least that is the only explaination I have for how well my kids have turned out.
I can't speak to the present dynamics in Bath and I could not find Woodstock Conn without a map. All I can say is that it worked for me when I was there. What I would like to see is the folks on this list leave that statement be with out picking it up and saying: "We are glad it worked for you but .." My experiance is just as valid as yours even though it is diametrically different.
Sidney Sheldon
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