Just to give you all a sense of some proportion,
I'm not saying that Hyde's "as bad" as some of
the sicker programs discussed on this board but
they're bad enough. Call 'em a 4 or 5 on the
abuse-o-meter with Straight,Inc or WWASPS as
a baseline 10. And if the kids don't brainwash
easy then there's always the threat of WWASPS
or wilderness which wasn't a threat back in '76.
Also in retrospect maybe the guy who said that
work crew doesn't last as long as it used to may
be right, they seem to have other threats now.
In addition to the harsher program threat someone
way up the thread said something about "outpost"
which I never heard of then. If anyone can give
more detail about that please post.
This link's been posted previously but it's way
down page now so... *bump*
http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/let ... 41107.htmlThanks Deborah, you found that one before I did.
The part about the seminars should sound familiar
to many here. I was once ripped to shreds in
seminar because I had come in ahead of another
unathletic kid who had a cold or something in
a cross country meet.
The gist of that was that I had unfairly taken
advantage of this kid's cold to avoid the cold
shower that was the lot of the last Hyde kid
across the line (usually me). We were running
against Phillips/Exeter and lost so there was
alot of acrimony anyway. Shame on Exeter and the
rest of the traditional boarding schools for
lending their hard won respectability to a
punitive boarding school like Hyde by playing
them in sports. Hyde's been known to punish kids
for losing at sports.
No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679737898/circlofmiamithem' target='_new'>P. J. O'Rourke