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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are a lot of interesting questions about what private schools owe their students? ethically, and the ways in which their rhetoric and reality are not aligned.

That said I thought the article was pretty irresponsible. It was heartbreaking and I get why they ran it, but I don’t think it was the right call.

The school blew it on the article. Just blew it so badly that I can’t even believe it. How could a school so rich be so bad at PR? It’s shocking. [/quote]

What are you talking about ?

The article is not a school public relations (PR) piece.

Elite schools are not a substitute for professional counseling by a certified, licensed therapist.

My impression is that the parents were in denial and failed to get the proper, needed counseling for their son and now want to blame the son's suicide on a school that he left 3 months before. The parent's probably thought that the prestigious school would settle rather than endure bad publicity. It looks like the parents are at fault, not the school.[/quote]

The school had a chance to comment. They had a chance to express a sense of responsibility without culpability. A kid who was in their care is dead. They come across as cold and unfeeling. They blew it, from a communications perspective. [/quote]

The kid was in his parent’s care when he ended his life.  This is not the school’s fault.[/quote]

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