Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Benchmark Young Adult School / Benchmark Transitions
Public letter of Response to Benchmark Tour Offer
psy:
--- Quote from: "Charlie" ---Actually i did that. I walked the first day i was there. Got like 15-25 miles and called my parents. they where advised to ignore me, and whatever i said, and that it was desperate messures.
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Yup. Parents are advised to ignore. My parents were international at the time, I had no money, and international collect calls aren't possible... Otherwise I probably would have tried and ended up with the same result. It's what happened on my first semi-monitored call anyway. All of a sudden all phone calls were with Carl (parent rep) after that. What time were you there?
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "psy" ---
--- Quote from: "Charlie" ---Actually i did that. I walked the first day i was there. Got like 15-25 miles and called my parents. they where advised to ignore me, and whatever i said, and that it was desperate messures.
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Yup. Parents are advised to ignore. My parents were international at the time, I had no money, and international collect calls aren't possible... Otherwise I probably would have tried and ended up with the same result. It's what happened on my first semi-monitored call anyway. All of a sudden all phone calls were with Carl (parent rep) after that. What time were you there?
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99-01 or 02. I was on student councel with amy W, Courtney, amber, blake U, Jason. We where in at the same time. I know almost everyone you menchned in your shout out thingy. I still talk to chad J. some times. I actually graduated hehe. Most of my friends didnt.
psy:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---99-01 or 02. I was on student councel with amy W, Courtney, amber, blake U, Jason. We where in at the same time. I know almost everyone you menchned in your shout out thingy. I still talk to chad J. some times. I actually graduated hehe. Most of my friends didnt.
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Chad was a cool guy. If you get a chance, could you mention that I'd like to get in contact with him. I've been wondering how he's been doing and didn't find him in Facebook/myspace the last time I searched.
Good job with the graduation. Not sure how you managed that. I came out thinking it was more about luck and how good a "sucess story" you would make in the marketing than anything else.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "psy" ---
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---99-01 or 02. I was on student councel with amy W, Courtney, amber, blake U, Jason. We where in at the same time. I know almost everyone you menchned in your shout out thingy. I still talk to chad J. some times. I actually graduated hehe. Most of my friends didnt.
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Chad was a cool guy. If you get a chance, could you mention that I'd like to get in contact with him. I've been wondering how he's been doing and didn't find him in Facebook/myspace the last time I searched.
Good job with the graduation. Not sure how you managed that. I came out thinking it was more about luck and how good a "sucess story" you would make in the marketing than anything else.
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Well, that was cause you where always a whinny bitch. You use to complain about EVERYTHING. I graduated because i did what they wanted me to. I kept my mouth shut, and helped who i could. I did my own thing. I will say one thing. The people who graduated and the people who didnt... we are all doing about the same. I don't think the act of graduating really ment anything special. I'll pass it on to chad though. He has some gf, and he's doing good though.
psy:
--- Quote from: "Guest" ---
--- Quote from: "Psy" ---Good job with the graduation. Not sure how you managed that. I came out thinking it was more about luck and how good a "sucess story" you would make in the marketing than anything else.
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Well, that was cause you where always a whinny bitch. You use to complain about EVERYTHING.
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Well there was a lot to complain about. You said yourself graduation was rare (even though they told my parents at the time they had a 97% graudation rate...). I saw marketing saying one thing and reality being something different. I felt I was lied to (and they were simultaniously lecturing on "honesty"). I felt it hypocrisy of the highest order. I felt the number of people who ended up on the streets was absolutely un-acceptable, espeically when most of these kids were just normal kids with ADHD under a great deal of stress. I felt that if there was something wrong it should be addressed and dealt with. You don't deal with a problem by ignoring it. Sure I got in a lot of trouble for speaking out, but I learned to shut up eventually (maybe you weren't there for that part). They broke me. I became part of the system. I started believing I needed the place. I ratted on people because I thought it was in their own interest to be helped to "follow the program". I gave 100% to following the program and... I still wasn't allowed to progress. Then I realized it was a total con and snapped out, but it's a long story.
I was a "whiny bitch", I'll admit. But not without cause.
--- Quote ---I graduated because i did what they wanted me to. I kept my mouth shut, and helped who i could.
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Well that was your choice. My parents taught me not so shut up when you see something wrong... to protest. If you backed down to save your own skin... that's your deal. Not condemning you. Most people did it. Not everybody, however was as lucky. And that's i've concluded it came down to. Lots tried (really tried) to succeed and were started over at level 1 for arbitrary reasons. You could have been one of em.
--- Quote ---I did my own thing. I will say one thing. The people who graduated and the people who didnt... we are all doing about the same. I don't think the act of graduating really ment anything special. I'll pass it on to chad though. He has some gf, and he's doing good though.
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Cool. It'll be good to get in contact with him again.
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