Once, while walking up the wood steps going toward the back entrance of the mansion, I was in front of a particular male teacher, who is now deceased. Because of the nature of steps and his position behind me, he had full view of my rear end. This occassioned a rude comment from him to me about my body. I was horrified, humiliated, ashamed. This was years ago, and it still stings. I am not sure if anyone at the school at the time really thought this kind of comment was out of line. The damage that can do to an adolescent girl is very real and deep, especially when the comment comes from a teacher. When this teacher died, Laura Gauld wrote a glowing piece about him in some Hyde publication, about how wonderful his influence was on students and teachers. I was so sad when I read it. His influence on me was anything but wonderful.
Anyone know who this former teacher is?
Off the top of my head, two possible candidates come to mind -- as far as being dead and also having "a glowing piece" written about them in a Hyde publication goes... Both men were very popular, generally more so with the male students.
... Which kind of brings to the fore just how some teacher could get away with commenting on a female student's rear end in the first place. But then, we are talking about Hyde, prime climate for abetting and even encouraging that kind of intrusive judgment...
Who knows whether that teacher would have even thought to make such a remark in a different school environment.