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[quote=Anonymous]Seriously, I don't know any Sidwell teens, and I am not a prude, but I know several teens and NONE would write a poem like that.  Tradition to be super foul and disgusting?  What?  That is not normal teen behavior, and if the school's only answer was, "well, you can't read that," ...  I expect if I were a Sidwell parent, I would say, "well, you can't manage your senior class."   Gross behavior all around.  There wasn't some counselor at the school who could talk to the teens and get across to mini-adults who should have pretty high IQs why the poem was hurtful and unproductive?  I find that hard to believe, which suggests that they did not really try.  Look at the website people --- the first thing you see if you click on "Middle School - Life in the Middle School" is a diatribe about all the "counseling" they provide, specifically:

Several different kinds of support are offered to Middle School students.  There is a nurse on duty on campus at all times.  The Middle School Counselor is also available to provide emotional support to students and families.  There is a learning specialist in the Middle School who is available to assist students who are having academic difficulty.  Educational testing is available on-site during the school day if needed, and the school works with tutors who can provide on-going services to families as necessary.  Parents are encouraged to express concerns in any of these areas to the advisor or homeroom teacher or to the Student Concerns Committee, which consists of the counselor, learning specialist, and assistant principal.

Seriously -- that is the first and thus apparently  most important thing the school wants to tell the world about itself for middle school students?  And by high school that is all gone? Depsite that the website says : "Upper School offers an intellectually challenging college preparatory program which encourages students to strive for academic excellence and to use their education for the betterment of the community at large. "

Encouragement for the community is to allow mysogyny and homophobia?  I think not by any modern standard.

Something super weird is going on here.  Maybe earlier poster who said that the upper school head had his/her head in the sand was right. [/quote]

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