How Did This Happen at a School with 8 Nobel Laureates?

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The discussion centers around the recent violent sexual hazing incident involving the track team at a Bronx high school known for its eight Nobel laureates. The incident has led to a significant decline in the school's reputation, attributed to a lowering of the entrance exam cutoff scores, resulting in a perceived influx of problematic students. The principal's focus on temporarily suspending the track team has been criticized as trivial compared to the severity of the situation, highlighting a disconnect in priorities within the school's administration.

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8 nobel laureates and now this...

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03...eam-members-accused-in-violent-sexual-hazing/

And to think I graduated from here not even a year ago; I used to be proud of this school and the physics history it had but now it just feels overwhelmingly embarrassing to even say I went here.. It scares me just how messed up kids can be even in a school that I thought was a safe haven from things like this, at least when I was there. Lately the school has been getting nothing but bad reputation and it might be because the entrance exam cutoff score is constantly being lowered and more and more messed up kids are being let in. How people can be so cruel and disgusting is just beyond me :frown:
 
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The school prinicipal is concerned about suspending the track team temporarily? That's so trivial compared to what has happened. Unbelievable where some people's priorities lie.
 
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The school prinicipal is concerned about suspending the track team temporarily? That's so trivial compared to what has happened. Unbelievable where some people's priorities lie.
She's such a bad principal you can't even believe. On graduation day people were chanting her name in infamy lol.
 

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