If you look at the forum, you can see that they started out with 151 cadets July 26 and they were down to 124 on august 6.
http://challengeacademy.org/ubb/ultimat ... 1;t=000082So they can leave or be kicked off, but I happened to read an article about
Eagle Academy in Florida.
The parents maintain the right to taunt. In the article about Eagle Academy a drill sergeant phoned the mother of a female cadet when she was crying and wanted to quit. The mother was icecold in the other end and called her an easy quitter, so the poor girl continued in the program. I don't know how the parents are educated in this program, but down in Florida all parents are order to meet one evening each week so they can be taught how to resist the pleas from their children.
But if the cadet want to change his or her life, it seems to be a better program than most of the program, I have on
Secret Prisons for teens. It is 22 weeks in the camp - not more - not less.
Because most of the money comes from the tax-payers, it is voluntary, so they have no interest in keeping them if the cadets want to quit. If you look at the testimonial page, even the cadets leaving before time had gained something. That is not something you can see in other programs.[/i]
