Knox staff member goes on Reddit for chatroom scandal ‘Ask Me Anything’

Someone claiming to be a staff member has taken to Reddit to tell all over the Knox Discord scandal, revealing the response from inside the school.

A person claiming to be a staff member of Knox Grammar took to social media over the weekend in a bid to reveal what has really been going on behind the scenes at the upper north shore school over the past week.

The person known only as Reddituser101238 — who uploaded a screenshot of part of their official school email address in a bid to prove their authenticity.

“I am sure that you have all heard about the scandal going on at this school and I would be happy to answer any questions that you may have about the school in general or their response to the scandal,” the person said.

Asked about the culture at the school, the person said a lot of “my students are wonderful people though there are definitely some students who are very closed minded.”

“I feel like some students have a “north shore” thinking attitude whereby they are quite close minded about the world. However, this does not represent every student and some students in the school are indeed humble and respectful.”

The Knox Grammar ‘teacher’ wants to make sure everyone knows not all their students are close-minded. Picture: Tim Hunter

Asked if the school was doing anything about the scandal, the person said: “Well … There have been countless talks about this issue already. The school is doing all it can to prevent young men from having these thoughts. It’s difficult though as some students still have the “north shore mentality”.”

“There are also talks from the headmaster about basically how to be a normal person in society.

“To be completely honest, the community was not surprised; Many students (...) seem to think that “kids are kids”. Though they strongly disagree with the more extreme stuff such as the alleged sharing of child abuse material on the discord.”

The approach of transparently revealing what is going on within the school is at odds with school leadership who did not answer questions from The Daily Telegraph on Monday.

The Old Knox Grammarians’ Association also did not answer questions about the scandal.