[nagdu] Why people don't criticize schools

[Susan Jones]

I think we need to be very careful, as criticizing schools can very quickly
degenerate to disrespect.
We have people on this list who have had positive and negative experiences
from virtually all of our schools.  
Though we may disagree with a particular policy, we need to be careful not
to endorse one school over another.  We do, I think, want our membership to
be open to *all* guide dog handlers.  Some are very new to the process, and
may have to come to their own conclusions.  They don't need us to offend
them.  
It's not that we want to hide, or sugar-coat things that are factual, but
care in the process is absolutely necessary.
JMHO,
Susan & Rhoda

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Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:46 AM
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Subject: [nagdu] Why people don't criticize schools

I don't know why other people don't speak of negative experiences publicly,
but, for me, it's not so much what the school might do but what their
devotees might do.  If I say that School X did such-and-so, it's quite
possible people will jump all over me for saying so.  I once criticized
GDB's ownership policy on a GDB users' list, and got attacked from every
direction.  I don't need that crap.  Also, if I like most things about my
school, I don't want to run them down in public.  Also, I don't want to
criticize someone else's school in the same way I wouldn't want to criticize
their friends publicly.  It just annoys people.


I think most GDB grads don't apply for ownership out