Okay, so my parents got this story, that I was going to run away to California. First of all, yeah right. Second of all, I think they got this story directly from me, although it is possible that Staff told them something I talked about in a rap or whatever. What I'm trying to figure out is, didn't they get some kind of story like this from a lot of the prisoners on purpose: we had to incorporate into our repertoire of gut wrenching "past incidents" a story that told how we were about to die, go insane, or go to jail if we had not luckily ended up in Straight instead. Was there some checklist in our file that made sure we had "confessed" such a story?
Or, was it just a cultural tradition played out at the host home/newcomer level?
I'm trying to figure out how "on purpose" this was.
Also, I think I have heard that each prisoner was assigned a particular Staff member, and that Staff person was supposed to make sure to call on them in a rap or something. Is that true? Were you supposed to keep observations of individuals? Were you supposed to specifically look at prisoners to see the expression on their face, their demeanor, their grooming or whatever? Was this something Executive Staff was doing in those raps?
Thanks for any answers or discussion.