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TMF wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:50 pm Let's see if I am up to speed:

Physical abuse can be heinous or valid depending on context.

Is that the short summary?

Hello....the search for clarity is commendable, but so is a realisation of the time to withdraw.

Howard Holdsworth said: "There were others." [teachers who departed suddenly during Howard's tenure] https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5209&&start=60#p142395 Howard also said: 'The authorities are fully aware.' (meaning the school) https://www.chforum.info/php/...

How sad.
He was a lovely man.

Thank you for your "clear as mud" explanation..... and I am not being facetious.
Tar for your brush as it were.

The Doc is still teaching!
Great man.

TMF wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:28 pm McCall accused pupils of cynicism.

And your point is?

So.my word as a former pupil and a teacher for 27 years at CH following a headship is worth nothing to you? What is this concrete evidence you are seeking? See my previous post for examples of possible concrete evidence. The fact that Dobbie et al got away with so much for so many years, without be...

Either all staff were 100% aware of what was going on back in the day.... or, it’s possible for staff to believe everything’s fine (and now, that it’s all changed), but there still to be problems in an organisation. I’d suggest it’s extremely risky to suggest there’s 100% no problems, it’s 100% cha...

The school and its staff were aware of problems for decades. See, for example: https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=5219&p=142644#p142644 ...much of this site is devoted to analyzing who knew what and when about abuse and bullying (and there is much to read). Refunding fees mak...

The school and its staff were aware of problems for decades. See, for example: https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=5219&p=142644#p142644 ...much of this site is devoted to analyzing who knew what and when about abuse and bullying (and there is much to read). Refunding fees mak...

Great, well I'd love to see some concrete evidence of that. We need more than just assurances, the school has committed gross errors. Poulton, Cairncross and Sillett should pay a price for letting this happen. If there's even one case of abuse discovered in more recent years the school should be cl...

I just don't feel all that confident that boarding schools and CH in particular have changed sufficiently to prevent this stuff from going on. I feel that in the 90s when I was there people would have said the same thing, "we have the children's act and enlightened attitudes now". Might b...

I bet there’s a fair few teachers who would really love (and probably benefit from) unloading some home truths about what went on and the behaviour of the SMT at the time. As awful as this whole episode is, I think about how many great people there were at CH, who went above and beyond their positi...

I bet there’s a fair few teachers who would really love (and probably benefit from) unloading some home truths about what went on and the behaviour of the SMT at the time. As awful as this whole episode is, I think about how many great people there were at CH, who went above and beyond their positi...