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by bonsai
Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:46 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Don't be Intimidated by St. James Staff or SES Parents!
Replies: 58
Views: 74883

There are a lot of views being expressed on this BB. Some quite vociferous and even antagonistic. This is not surprising to many of us given the harm many of us feel the SES and St James has done to us as individuals or those we care about. I believe that everyone has the right to express themselves...
by bonsai
Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:24 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Names of the Days Schools
Replies: 6
Views: 10709

Justice, I entirely agree and I am aware of this. I was just interested whether anyone was aware of any rational reasons for the choices of the names other than to make the schools appear innocuous to the casual observer or prospective parent/pupil. I am very aware of cult methods and after all I've...
by bonsai
Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:30 am
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Names of the Days Schools
Replies: 6
Views: 10709

Names of the Days Schools

Does anyone know why the SES chose to call its day schools St James and St Vedast? Also which of the many St James is the day school supposedly affiliated with? It would seem that the names of the schools more than anything is what is so misleading. Does anybody know the actual history behind the ch...
by bonsai
Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:30 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: Schools' new statement on the Inquiry
Replies: 101
Views: 135033

I must say I am most disappointed with the governors responses since their initial apology published after Mr Townends report. The most concerning thing to me is the threatening and patronising language they are using particularly towards those that are choosing to remain anonymous. Anonymity is a d...
by bonsai
Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:14 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: By way of introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 16839

Yes the schools have not changed. Yes I think they are more open. Certainly the Schools website does now explain that there is a link between it and the SES and the SES's own website also explain a little more about the what is involved when you join. It does explain that its core philosophy is base...
by bonsai
Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:19 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: By way of introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 16839

It does take courage to write and I have spent three days writing what I did there and re-reading it before deciding to post it. I don't have much difficulty anymore knowing or expressing what I feel. I do however, as other here have indicated, have a huge issue with confrontation and expressing my ...
by bonsai
Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:28 pm
Forum: St James and St Vedast
Topic: By way of introduction
Replies: 11
Views: 16839

By way of introduction

Hello all I am new to posting here. I was a pupil at St James boys? school for my entire education from four and a half to 18. I also attended SES in a foundation group for a year or so. My time in St James and the SES was far from wholesome and happy, though I wasn't subject to the physical brutali...

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