<p>I have been stumbling across some articles about hazing at schools as such as St. Paul's and other top schools- What are the magnitude of these incidents? Can any current boarding school students answer this?</p>
<p>I know some hazing happened in the early 2000's at Groton, when one kid (Zeke) charged some boys with rape ... but that's not technically hazing, because they weren't initiating him into anything. If it happens at a boarding school, it's a big deal, and the admin. goes right on it. They don't want that anymore. It seems to be more of a big deal in sororities or fraternities in college, but it's died down since the '70s in boarding schools.</p>
<p>In my experience, there is a lot of hazing at boarding schools, particularly of small freshman boys. Schools do try really hard to squash it. The worst incident in the news recently though, happened at an ABC house in Glastonbury, CT where the kids attended the local public high school.</p>
<p>In 2004 there was hazing at sps. When I say hazing it was not at the level of what was described by Olivia at all. Every dorm did it and for the most part new students thought it was okay - with the exception of one dorm. This set off a chain of events and it ended up 14 seniors faced suspension. The general feeling on campus among students was that 10 of them shouldn't have been punished. Anyways, since then there has been no hazing. Rising seniors since then have to go to multiple meetings about hazing and the consequences.</p>
<p>I think that hazing has dropped in the past years. It used to be much more widespread as older faculty members will tell you. Now, it's more small incidents, usually with guys. Andover has us sign a form at the beginning of every year that explains hazing and the rules surrounding it. Students can be dismissed for hazing if it is serious enough. Massachusetts has a lot of state laws against it, so the school tries to uphold those. Of course hazing still happens, but it's not as rampant as it once was.</p>
<p>New Hampshire outlaws hazing. As simple an example as an uupperclassman coming to the tV lounge and demanding that a Prep change the channel can be a problem. Hazing can be subtle and insidious. It doesn't have to rise to the level of a preplanned event.</p>
<p>Thank you all- this is very interesting.</p>
<p>pseud08 It is never OK to "haze"!</p>
<p>Absolutely correct. Much training at my school in that regard.</p>
<p>I never said it was. I said "for the most part the new students thought it was okay". That has nothing to do with my opinion.</p>
<p>I understand. What new students will learn in much. What folks here want to get across is that new students should not fear this to be about to happen to them. Make sense? I think there is much angst and lack of knowledge adds to the angst.</p>