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Does Hyde Neglect students?
Anonymous:
Sounds like your child is off track. Having some second thoughts about character education? I guess Hyde has taught you a lesson.
Anonymous:
I wish more Hyde staff would respond like you have. It's amazing when you get a challange you always point the finger back at the person that challanges Hyde. Remember when you at Hyde point a finger at me you have two fingers pointing back at you!
Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""max"" ---I wish more Hyde staff would respond like you have. It's amazing when you get a challange you always point the finger back at the person that challanges Hyde. Remember when you at Hyde point a finger at me you have two fingers pointing back at you!
--- End quote ---
I'm rather partial to this kind of finger: ::fu::
Seriously, mental health professionals and physical health professionals both have a creed and an ethic that is part and parcel of what they do. Theoretically, it gets drilled into them from day one throughout their years of training. And their peers get it drilled into them from day one as well, so they are working alongside people attempting to adhere to the same standards. Yes, there are some bad apples, I know this as much or better than the next person, I could go on quite a tirade about it, but there it is: theoretically, FIRST, DO NO HARM.
Hyde claims it does not do therapy, hence it feels utterly unconstrained by this ethic. Moreover, it prides itself on the lack of training necessary... you only need "to care." I think I remember reading a quote of Joe's somewhere, where he claimed he could teach someone to teach in just a few hours.
Yet, everyone knows that what they do is some strange cooked up version of family therapy, aka est for teenagers and their parents. They use psychological principles and techniques, without taking any moral responsibility whatsoever for the damage they do. Breaking somebody down, to rebuild them in the way you wish, is a dangerous business to be mucking around to begin with, let alone by unschooled hacks that are on an ideological mission.
Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---Hyde does not have licensed psychologist on staff. Hyde will tell you that they have access to these trained personnel but in the end it is Hyde who decides if your child needs outside help.
--- End quote ---
They always say this about "access to mental health professionals." It's such a joke. I am sure there must be someone that does go off campus for therapy, but I sure as hell didn't know anyone who did in my day. There was a Time Mag article that came out during that period and in it they claimed that said mental health issues were handled by such and such a doctor... I wouldn't be surprised if Joe Gauld made that up on the spot. I had never even heard of the guy. And certainly I would have been an excellent candidate for his services, ha haa!
If there is some one who does have therapy off campus, they probably catch considerable flack for trying to avoid "facing themselves and their issues." I am sure that there would be a lot of both spoken and unspoken moral condemnation for "resorting to mental health professionals." Hyde has tremendous disdain for them.
Kids who suffer from depression, cutting, self-esteem issues, and the like do pretty badly at Hyde. Hyde considers these evidence of too much focus on yourself, i.e., selfishness, and a real character flaw. Namely, it's the kids' fault if they can't suck it up and get with the program. There is a horrible stigma attached to admitting you have a problem in this area. You are better off suffering from the depression and the self-destruction than you are letting people know you need help here.
Plus, the whole tenor of the Seminars/Discovery Groups is such that they really encourage you to beat up on yourself. If you already have those propensities to start off with... well, I am amazed that they haven't had anyone kill themselves there yet. I hate to think how tough it is for someone who has bipolar, etc.
Joseph W. Gauld:
Naww... we don't neglect them, we ABUSE them!! A little hardship is good for the soul!! Gives you sum CHARACTER!!! Too bad corporeal punishment got such a bad name, but we still do some stranglin' and smackin' around, just not so much any more...
I tell ya, it's a pussy-whipped society these days, here in the U.S.A.!! People just don't realize how good they got it! I plan to remind them!
Disgustedly,
Joseph W. Gauld, The Educator of all ages
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