On 2006-06-19 06:54:00, fletch699 wrote:
"So you are one of the guys Joe gave the boot to. No wonder you are bitter
Nope. As I said before, I asked my parents not to send me back and since they didn't want to be part of the holistic approach, they agreed.
Joe, in fact, told my parents that they were making a huge mistake in not sending me back to Hyde for the rest of my HS education.
I'm not bitter at all. I remember my Hyde experience with a combination of happiness AND sadness. I hated being forced to participate in team sports... but I loved dory building. I hated 2/4... but I loved help John Braun in the kitchen. I hated being "schooled" by Joe in a game of tic-tac-toe in my interview... but I loved the encouragement of "brutal honesty."
And to be brutally honest is to state that Hyde isn't what it needs to be to accomplish their goals/promises/etc.
Again, if that appears bitter, then so be it, I suppose. But I will always remember the fun that I had - the people that I met - and the life lessons that have served me very well."
You have said it well: "And to be brutally honest is to state that Hyde isn't what it needs to be to accomplish their goals/promises/etc."
What I have figured out about Hyde is that it's really good at creating an impression of its commitment to honesty, integrity and character. But now that I've been around Hyde long enough to dig beneath its surface, it's obvious to me that Hyde is very good at creating a false image and that the school does not consistently live up to its publicity or rhetoric. Hyde reminds me of a politician that stands in front of an audience and sounds polished, committed, and dedicated, and when the lights and microphone are off he lives a life full of hypocrisy and contradiction (accepting bribes, philandering, cutting deals). The politician may do some good in the world, but it's overshadowed by his duplicity. The public image and the hypocritical private life are in the same person.
I often hear Hyde staff tell students and parents that need to avoid creating false images through their dress, behavior and attitudes. It's the ultimate irony that Hyde does exactly that; it creates and survives based on a false image of its real self.
Hyde sounds great when the lights and microphone are on. But when you get a glimpse of who really works there and runs the place, and the way the school operates, you can't help but feel duped. Hyde is like the politician who needs to be run out of office for misrepresentation and fraud.