In the past five years, murders, rapes and beatings by young males have risen sixty-eight per cent. He told me to change, but I said no. So he grabbed me and threw me against a wall. I challenge you to reject this trend and this tradition. Here at Woodhall, we have an entirely male and adolescent student body.
Adolescent testosterone is everywhere, and coming of age as a male is the primary emotional bond.
Aggressive words and acts bordering on and often crossing the line into abuse abound here. We all, students and faculty and administration, continually struggle to determine what is fair, and how to stop what is unfair and abusive. The quandary is shared by all. The young male faculty have revealed their own personal struggle over the issue of verbal and physical abuse. Some share that they participated in it in their own adolescence, but were uncomfortable with it even then.