The latest in the Horace Mann story: article in The New Yorker

[MommaJ]

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all the unchecked non-sexual, verbal and psychological (and sometimes physical) abuse that some teachers engaged in, and, of course, the pervasive physical abuse and general bullying inflicted by students on other students

Other than all of that, it was a wonderful school, of course

We are in “other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play” territory here!</p>

<p>My feeling is that an all-male school (which Horace Mann was during the time of these abuses) with a male faculty is an inherent breeding ground for abuse. I doubt Horace Mann was the only boys prep school where this sort of thing went on.</p>