Peninsula Village

[Karass]

Karass- in what city, state did you attend school?

It was (still is) a public high school in one of the northwest suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. The school district had a lot of money, although the demographics of the students were an odd mix of urban lower middle class, nouveu riche upper middle class and a few farm kids.

I bet they even learned things there.

Damn right. They had some incredibly talented, credentialed and well-paid teachers. Despite what I wrote before -- stuff that would horrify parents today (and back then too, if the parents knew the whole truth) -- most of the kids I graduated with went on to college, even most of the stoners.

There are lots of measures of success, but since we Americans tend to focus on careers and money, I'll go there. Among the couple dozen people I have kept track of through mutual friends, several are doctors, a couple are high powered lawyers, a few are engineers, and a few are business owners or executives. One of the most interesting is a guy who was a stoner and a dealer in high school. He was near the top of the list of people we all thought of as "most likely to end up in prison," but now he's a multi-millionaire (all on legit businesses, AFAIK). But even most of those doctors, lawyers, business execs, etc. were people who broke a few laws back in their teen years and even got caught in some cases.

It's weird and scary to me to think of what would've happened to all of us if we had been born a decade or two later. Programs, jail, etc. Hell, even the cops were cooler back then. There were a few times I was out with friends and ended up in an unpleasant encounter with the cops. Sometimes they just took the weed, gave us a lecture and sent us on our way. If they really wanted to teach us a lesson, they called our parents and told them to pick us up at the police station.

I don't recall anyone ever being arrested. I don't recall more than a few physical altercations on campus in 4 years there. No weapons, no metal detectors at the door, none of that crap that is so common today. And the vast majority of us grew out of the teen rebellion stuff and turned out just fine.

[Anne Bonney]

And the majority of us grew out of the teen rebellion stuff and turned out just fine.

Told ya!

 ::seg::

[Rachael]

i am going outside where there are flowers and blue sky and no monsters

If you don't mind, I'm going to borrow this quote. I really liked it. Somehow expresses what I'm feeling these days quite eloquently.

[SettleForNothingLess]

HEH..CHECK OUT THAT PV VIDEO... HELLLL YAAAAAAAA

[SettleForNothingLess]

HEH..CHECK OUT THAT PV VIDEO... HELLLL YAAAAAAAA

[3xsaSeedling]

Anne:

Please repeat the word vast several more times for emphasis.

That is all.

I have never conformed w/the norm;  however vast the majority may be, I still don't quite fit.  

Where does that 'blanket' leave people like me who are 'wandering' in our own way?

And I have all my windows open, lots of fresh air and the beautiful afternoon sunshine...it's not helping enough.

'theMonsters' keep finding me...

[Che Gookin]

Anne:

Please repeat the word vast several more times for emphasis.

That is all.

I have never conformed w/the norm;  however vast the majority may be, I still don't quite fit.  

Where does that 'blanket' leave people like me who are 'wandering' in our own way?

And I have all my windows open, lots of fresh air and the beautiful afternoon sunshine...it's not helping enough.

'theMonsters' keep finding me...

Try locking your children in the basement. That might keep the little monsters away. Throw a playstation, some mountain dew, candy, and a few games down their and flee at top speed.

[Anonymous]

hey i went back and read everything since the beginning of the posts
I came to one conclusion
this site has a lot of PV or other program staff on it
no doubts at all
it makes sense of course
no business wants bad publicity on the internet

so for all you parents out there
this is what PV therapy is like
a great deal of it
it has the exact pattern and themes
the real deal
it was just so much fun to play decoy,
actually it was not especially fun
and it took me far too long to figure it all out completely
but duh, they are about as subtle as a hole in your head
PV staff are not very good at anything other then bullying
the nature of the job i think attracts that type personality
notice a sexual theme too?
i told you they verbally sexually abuse the kids in PV!

but i think in the long run it's good
so every one will get to see
what the teens there are going through

It is totally PV staff on this site for certainno doubts about it
for sure, PV staff
are they not cute charming creatures!?
so there, you get to meet the monsters first hand
say hello to the nice parents PV staff
I think you are more exposed on here then you usually are
hah hah hah hah hah
sorry about my self doubting and tough posturing toward the last few posts,  the influence of others has an effect
and the excessive use of the F word
i didn't want to seem wimpy or for censorship
i'm not the church lady i'm not I'm not
i really am not
but yes for certain,
go back and read from the beginning or so
many of these ugly characters are PV staff

thanks guys for illustrating so clearly what me and other survivors have been trying to report
examples are always good
a picture is worth a thousand words
you really are not the brightest critters out there are you??
hah hah hah hah hah hah  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

again a lot of these people are PV staff!!!!!
it's all exactly what they do
no doubts at all any more
PV staff is dumb as a box of rocks
and abusive as hell
they practically say it on at least a couple posts.
just go back and read  
it really really really really is PV staff!!!!!
man are they stupid!!!!

[SettleForNothingLess]

hey free check out the PV video

[Anne Bonney]

Yeah Mokara, there may be staff here, but we're[/b] here too, remember?  Other survivors. Most of us have been through what you have and understand how hurt you've been.

Once again, slow down.  Read a little.  Follow some of the links that other survivors have provided to you.  If there is someone in particular you feel you could talk to, Private Message them.  There are people here who care about what happened  then and what you're going through now.

I wish you peace girl.
 ::dove::

[Anonymous]

how do i find the PV video
this does sound interesting
how are you?  i hope life is treating well!

[3xsaSeedling]

Anne:

Please repeat the word vast several more times for emphasis.

That is all.

I have never conformed w/the norm;  however vast the majority may be, I still don't quite fit.  

Where does that 'blanket' leave people like me who are 'wandering' in our own way?

And I have all my windows open, lots of fresh air and the beautiful
afternoon sunshine...it's not helping enough.

'theMonsters' keep finding me...

Try locking your children in the basement. That might keep the little monsters away. Throw a playstation, some mountain dew, candy, and a few games down their and flee at top speed.

I wasn't referring to my kids...  They lock me in the basement when I get out of control.

[Anonymous]

I wanted to say something really quickly about different schools
It may have seemed like I came down on schools pretty harshly
This was not the point I wished to make
My family moved a lot when I was a kid
And because of this I got to experience many different school situations
Lucky me
What this showed me though was what a difference a good caring safe school can make
As opposed to what I would call a toxic one
As a teen and child growing up, I would find at one school I would be happy and doing very well and the kids around me seemed healthy and there were not any problems with drinking or sexual harassment or bullying
Another school, the teachers were nasty as a hell and there were problems with bullying and sexual harassment or drinking and such that were not addressed
Because of this experience again I think I was able to contrast the different situations
Like I said at one school I would be happy and doing well
At another I would not be doing well and I did not want to be there at all and many dangerous things happened to me
I will say I did actually have more positive experiences at your average American suburban public school.  
I learned a lot and the negative factors, such as bullying were pretty low and my teachers were caring and non abusive, this may have just been those schools though.
even year to year might make a difference
a different group of adults is a big change  
I think what I cam away thinking from this is that different attitudes held by schools make a big difference as to the health of the students

Also I am afraid I seemed anti gay or bisexual
I am not so, if you took all the bisexuals out of the arts since the beginning of human  history, we would loose a large percentage of great artists
I also know many wonderful gay and lesbian people
I do think that gays, lesbians or bisexuals are just like straight men and women
There are those that are sexually aggressive and there are those that are not fun to be stuck in a room with
I think the percentages for straight men and women are the same as those for gay people
I do think though, that people need to be aware that just because someone is of the same sex as a person does not mean they could not be sexually dangerous
I also think places like PV attract those with abusive tendencies
For example that PV counselor who’s MySpace page depicted many pictures of women in bondage,
this was not just one or two pictures with some one in fuzzy handcuffs holding a whip or something silly,
this was many pictures depicting a specific sort of  sexual situation,  The counselor is a lesbian bondage photographer
Unfortunately the woman removed her more graphic site and now only people she allows can access her remaining site
If you go to the prompt listed under one of the first postings on Cafety though, you can still go to her MySpace page, although you can’t view her photography,
Her quote that is still up, is pretty telling though
“The camera will make you Godâ€

[ZenAgent]

Mokara, you asked to help in bringing PV to answer for their abuses.  Would you call the Tennessee Dep't of Mental Health?  Call here, or email this investigator:  Julie Ann Cox, 865-594-2821. email: julie.ann.cox@state.tn.us

Let them know what happened to you, and what you saw happening there, it would be invaluable.  Thanks.

[SettleForNothingLess]

Mokara,
the PV video is under the thread of that name... check it out