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SURVEY on the experiences of parents, kids and staff
Anonymous:
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--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---What do you mean " these facilities" Hyde is a secondary school, not one of the private lockups your parents sent you to.
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'these facilities" = unregulated troubled teen facilities or... regualted but questionably so...
At least, that' the way the state sees it, as I'm sure do parents since that's how it promotes itself, in part.... incidentally, few facilities actually lock kids up.
LINK here
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Secondary School? Are you kidding me? I am not sure what Hyde is but it certainly does not operate like a regular school, and the scholastics are pathetic if not non existent! Had to laugh when I saw something about Laura Gauld graduating with honors. Honors at Hyde is equivalent to Special Ed in a regular school. Now maybe I am exaggerating a little, but seriously Hyde has ruined many kids lives when trying to get back into the regular public school system. I had one friend who tried to get into a private school and the admissions people told her parents that even though Hyde said she was an honor student, she did not have the basic skills for the grade she was in at Hyde.
When I left Hyde and tried to go back to school in my hometown, the public school wanted me to stay back a grade because the courses at Hyde were not accepted by my public school system. Hyde had already kept me back a year so this would mean I would be two years behind. I think it is very important for incoming parents to understand that Hyde's courses might not be accepted in your hometown and can easily mess up future plans unless you plan on staying at Hyde and graduating from Hyde. Going to college is another tough experience after having a Hyde education. Many kids fail their first year in college and drop out because you cannot compare the courses at Hyde to regular schools. Yes there are some kids who might succeed in college after Hyde, but there are plenty more who fail or dropout.
Before enrolling your kids in Hyde, ask how many kids who start Hyde, finish Hyde. Also more importantly ask for stats on how many kids who are accepted to college are still in college after the first year.
Oh yeah, some of you will say it must have been my own fault for failing a grade at Hyde, but for those of you who are not aware, Hyde does not always fail you for bad grades. Hyde fails a student for many other reasons including that they don't think your "attitude" is what they want it to be or because Joe Gauld wants another year of your parents money. Trust me, I am telling the truth here and I think some other kids who went to Hyde will support this.
Hyde has a lot of learning to do and my suggestion to Hyde is to get rid of the old administration and get some new blood in there. Why can they not keep good teachers at Hyde? Why do so many teachers leaving after a year or two?
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---What do you mean " these facilities" Hyde is a secondary school, not one of the private lockups your parents sent you to.
--- End quote ---
'these facilities" = unregulated troubled teen facilities or... regualted but questionably so...
At least, that' the way the state sees it, as I'm sure do parents since that's how it promotes itself, in part.... incidentally, few facilities actually lock kids up.
LINK here
--- End quote ---
Secondary School? Are you kidding me? I am not sure what Hyde is but it certainly does not operate like a regular school, and the scholastics are pathetic if not non existent! Had to laugh when I saw something about Laura Gauld graduating with honors. Honors at Hyde is equivalent to Special Ed in a regular school. Now maybe I am exaggerating a little, but seriously Hyde has ruined many kids lives when trying to get back into the regular public school system. I had one friend who tried to get into a private school and the admissions people told her parents that even though Hyde said she was an honor student, she did not have the basic skills for the grade she was in at Hyde.
When I left Hyde and tried to go back to school in my hometown, the public school wanted me to stay back a grade because the courses at Hyde were not accepted by my public school system. Hyde had already kept me back a year so this would mean I would be two years behind. I think it is very important for incoming parents to understand that Hyde's courses might not be accepted in your hometown and can easily mess up future plans unless you plan on staying at Hyde and graduating from Hyde. Going to college is another tough experience after having a Hyde education. Many kids fail their first year in college and drop out because you cannot compare the courses at Hyde to regular schools. Yes there are some kids who might succeed in college after Hyde, but there are plenty more who fail or dropout.
Before enrolling your kids in Hyde, ask how many kids who start Hyde, finish Hyde. Also more importantly ask for stats on how many kids who are accepted to college are still in college after the first year.
Oh yeah, some of you will say it must have been my own fault for failing a grade at Hyde, but for those of you who are not aware, Hyde does not always fail you for bad grades. Hyde fails a student for many other reasons including that they don't think your "attitude" is what they want it to be or because Joe Gauld wants another year of your parents money. Trust me, I am telling the truth here and I think some other kids who went to Hyde will support this.
Hyde has a lot of learning to do and my suggestion to Hyde is to get rid of the old administration and get some new blood in there. Why can they not keep good teachers at Hyde? Why do so many teachers leaving after a year or two?
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I hope you have had a good experience since Hyde. Like you, I had a horrible experience at Hyde. The education was real weak and most of the teachers would have a real hard time getting a job at a regular school. My impression was that most of the Hyde staff were pretty troubled people themselves.
I was also upset that so many of the students had serious emotional and mental health problems and I didn't think they were getting the help they needed. All the 2-4's and 5:30's in the world aren't going to help a student who's having a hard time because she was molested as a kid and is real depressed, or a kid who has a serious drug problem and has a serious anxiety problem. Now that I've been out of Hyde for a couple of years I have a much clearer understanding of what a bad environment it is for so many students. I hope parents learn that about Hyde before they send their kid there.
Anonymous:
I graduated magna cum from the engineering school at one of the top ten public universities in the US. This would not have been possible had I not attended Hyde.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---I graduated magna cum from the engineering school at one of the top ten public universities in the US. This would not have been possible had I not attended Hyde.
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That's great that Hyde worked for you. Based on my extensive experience with Hyde, only a minority of students have this kind of good outcome. Based on the high drop-out rate from Hyde (people who leave in disgust, drop out, run away, look for better alternatives) and the small percentage of people who actually start Hyde and graduate from the school, your path is truly the exception. I'm happy for you, but I wouldn't dare conclude that your experience is anything close to typical at Hyde.
Anonymous:
Your mom got some magna cum.
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