Adults in the Room: The Price of Belief
3/3/202641 min
Garfield High School is shocked after learning their beloved principal is in an inappropriate relationship with a student.
In the fallout of the revelation about their principal, Isolde and Ella hear a second-hand allegation of child abuse against teacher Tom Hudson from a member of his outdoors club, Post 84. The students debate what they should do and decide to bring the allegation to their journalism teacher, Dave Ehrich, and Isolde’s parents.
Nothing happens. Isolde and Ella publish a different, anonymized allegation in The Messenger. Hudson is suspended shortly after, and Ella and Isolde wonder if i...
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Isolde Raftery· Host0:41
Focus from KUOW in Seattle. This episode touches on sexual and physical abuse. Please take care while listening. "The condom broke on a Saturday." That was the opening line of the first story I ever wrote for The Messenger, the student newspaper at Garfield High School in Seattle. I was 16 years old. The article was about the morning after pill, edgy and sure to get my journalism teacher's attention, which I desperately wanted. We all did. His name was David Eric. When I went to Garfield in the late '90s, journalism was like