I went to HLA too... Aften Thurston PG 54
anyone want to contact me, yahoo im is aftenthurston
not to get up here and turn it into more of a bitch fest than it already is, but i find it necessary to voice some of my opinions, after reading all of this.
Okay, so there are many people up here, that go and talk about HLA, mostly in a negitive way. How can someone, who has never been a student there, nor even been so much as on the campus, say things that they really don't know about? I'm most definently not saying that HLA is the best of places to be, for I would never wish to go there, but I just don't see how people make it out to be as horrendous as some do. I didn't have a pleasurable stay there; I went to Ridge Creek 3 times, Super Restrictions a few, stayed on restrctions constantly, and lost the best friend i could have ever met, who I mistakenly got fired. Although many things there are quite unfair, I don't see it as a completly bad experience. Maybe it's because I've reached a level of happiness,and self acceptance at this point in time, and learned that I did benefit slightly from the experience. It's all what you make of it. Nanette and her partner Cathy, two staff members at HLA, were the two most influential people in my life. I still keep in touch now, and they are people that I love very dearly. They made my stay at HLA a positive experience, in many ways. After they both resigned I lost a lot... it hurt me like nothing you could ever imagine. The dynamics of HLA did change a lot, seeing that many valued members of their faculty were lost. There are many memories that I could recall of HLA, both negitive and positve.
Again, to any of you that want to learn more about HLA, or any past/ current students that wish to talk for any reason, feel free to send me an email, or IM me
aftenthurston@yahoo.comThanks
Aften Thurston
PG 54
