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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-10 10:47 PM
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So, my old boarding school is being sued in a class action suit for physical and mental abuse
Edited on Tue Jul-27-10 10:49 PM by HEyHEY
And for failing to have the best interests of the students in mind. My Dad says I have to opt out of the suit by Oct 5th if I am going to. I think I will, honestly, nothing ever happened to me. I never saw anything bad happen to others except for the teachers doing the usual asshole teacher things. Maybe a little MORE assholish, but nothing I couldn't handle. The "dorms" were unsafe shacks. In the guy's dorm the windows were bolted shut so you couldn't escape at night.

I will write a statement or even testify if need be, but I haven't much to say except that. Frankly, the best teacher I ever had was there. Mr. Campbell, great guy and a good teacher. I hope nothing has been pinned on him.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 03:13 AM
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1. Go talk to the plaintiff's lawyer first.
free advice. Or at least talk to him on the phone.

Don't make a decision based on what your dad says.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 04:40 AM
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2. kinda hard as I live in China
Which is another reason I'm not too fussed about this.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 06:35 AM
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3. If you need witnesses to testify as to how screwed up they made you
Edited on Wed Jul-28-10 06:35 AM by jobycom
just ask. Plenty of us here will be happy to back you up. :)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 09:25 PM
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4. Thanks!
:)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 10:46 PM
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5. I can just imagine you at boarding school...


:hi: What's goin on?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-10 11:07 PM
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6. Not too much
Still plugging away. You?
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 07:19 PM
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8. need to find a new career- bureaucratic crap is driving me crazy...
hmm, don't know what, though. Would love to travel around the world doing something- checking out musicians or writing travel pieces or something, like they do on Globe Trekker.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-29-10 08:54 PM
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7. Horrible abuse can take place right under a whole lotta people's noses. I know it happened to me.
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