Now... as far as the boarding school stats go, this makes my blood boil. 'Cuz they've been pulling this bullshit for over 35 fucking years. When they started doing this crap, you tucked your tail between your legs and slunk off in the shadows in shame. You were ostracized from the community and you had no one to compared notes with. Because they made it absolutely and utterly clear that you were one of the very very very few that "failed" to complete your mission, due to your inherently deficient and flawed character.
Of course, THIS WAS COMPLETELY FALSE, but how were we to know back then? Thanks to the Internet, people are now comparing notes. People are realizing just how phony and full of shit those lying gutterdogs really are.
I don't understand your post at all.
1) Were you refused the coveted Hyde character diploma?
2) Were you additionally refused the standard high school diploma necessary for college matriculation?
3) Were you refused the opportunity of returning for a fifth year, to earn these?
4) Were you sent home before graduation day?
5) Was it necessary to make up your senior year at another school?
6) Did this happen to other seniors?
7) How many others do you know of?
How did you find out about them?
These are purely informative questions. I was completely unaware of such goings-on.
Hyde has a very long and established history of "purging" undesirables from their midst, usually 1-3 times per year, and yes, I was a casualty of one of those. There was a list made up by the headmaster, I was told it contained roughly 60-70 names (all grades); I would imagine that not all exited though. It was not necessary for me to make up lost classes at another school, as I was already in my "extra year" (I had returned in the hopes of that elusive Diploma, denied me the previous year).
I would venture that a substantial number of students, actually the majority, have to choose between coming back for an extra year or not receiving a Hyde Diploma.
Hyde does not offer a "standard high school diploma;" in lieu of a Hyde Diploma, you can earn a "certificate." And nope, I didn't get that either.
I prepped myself and retook my SATs (Hyde at that time did not in the least bit prepare you for these, perhaps they still don't) and scored in the top 0.5 or 0.1 percentiles for both Verbal and Math. However, Hyde would not release my transcripts, despite being given ample notice and follow up phone calls and letters, for at least
half a year. At the time, I thought it was just me, but other people have noted just this kind of behavior elsewhere on this forum several times, in several different threads, so apparently this is standard fare from them.
