from Scandal of Scientology (Cooper)
http://www.xenu.net/archive/books/tsos/sos-13.html
One
case in which the Scientologists did get into a school caused a scandal
in England in 1960. At that time, Miss Sheila Hoad, owner of the East
Grinstead Aston House Prep school for boys and girls from
three-and-a-half to eleven, became friendly with an American
Scientologist named Dr. (perhaps of Scientology) Thompson, who lived in
an apartment adjoining the school. Dr. Thompson gave Miss Hoad a book called Creative Learning: A Scientological Experiment in Schools ,
which was written by two Scientologists and was once actively promoted
in Scientology publications. Miss Hoad proceeded to follow the
instructions in the book, and for twenty minutes each day, instead of
English grammar lessons, she gave the following exercises to do. Session
1 consisted of 20 minutes of obeying simple commands like "stand up"
and "sit down." The purpose of this was to have the "pupils follow the
order without questions and happily." Session 4 consisted of the teacher
saying "hello" and the kids saying "all right" for ten minutes, and
then this process was reversed. In session 5, the teacher asked them to
"remember a time that seems real to you," "remember a time when you were
in good communication with someone" and "remember a time when you a
felt some strange affinity for someone," and the teacher then
acknowledged it. ("Thank you" "All right") There was a note that simpler
words could be used for that lesson. Then came the death lessons.{11} Miss
Hoad told twenty-five of her pupils to "close your eyes. Concentrate.
Now imagine you are dying. Imagine you are dead. Now you have turned to
dust and ashes. Now imagine you are putting the ashes back inside
yourself." These "death lessons," as they came to be called, were given
behind locked doors with a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside, and the
children were told "never think about these lessons after they are
over," which suggested to many that she was warning the children not to
tell their parents about it. But
one nine-year-old pupil became so depressed after the lessons that her
mother had to take her to a doctor and she whispered the secret to him.
Another child, after ointment was rubbed on her chest for a cold said
"Mummy, I am going to die. I feel funny inside." That mother, who had
perhaps heard about Hubbard's attaching an E-meter into plants
to see if they could feel pain, said "Let Dr. Thompson inject his
cucumbers when he thinks they are in pain. But let him leave my daughter
alone." The
other parents were equally outraged, although Miss Hoad insisted that
the lessons were the same as saying "The Lord's Prayer."{12}
The parents disagreed. Miss Hoad resigned after several parents pulled
their children out of the school and even more were absent.{13}
The Scientologists dissociated themselves from the treatment saying
that those methods were "outdated and dangerous" and that the current
practice was to imagine "beautiful things."{14} Dr. Thompson, who had a child in the school, said he would not remove the child.{15} Rumors to the effect that death lessons were being given in other English schools persisted for a long time after the incident.{16}
source...
So, who was Ray Kemp, who was not at that time in very good standing with scientology.I actually vaguely remember Ray and his wife Pam and they seemed to be in pretty good standing to me at this time, but hey, we need a scapegoat...nothing to do with me...said L. Ron Hubbard...
Death Lessons...is that A THREAT?
I learned from a very early age how people can manipulate you to conform to what they want...don't talk about this...lets talk about that...I personally Did Not know Julie Blundell, however I DID know Claire Popham. The original Commodores Messengers were Terri Gillham, Janis Gillham, Suzette Hubbard, Claire Popham and Myself, Sharone Stainforth, It would appear I am the only one speaking out here. what does that tell you? I am the only one that really left...
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