I,today,APOLOGIZE for any wrong doing,actual or perceived done to any other living creature during the time I was a patient/client/inmate/hostage at Straight.
Apology accepted, at least by me......although our time at Str8 never overlapped........
the pay,especially that of Junior Staff would have NEVER been a motivating factor.$115.00 weekly for 30 hours was hardly gas money,even in 1978.For those where the money was a factor,probably like Wanda,needed to take a look at the classifieds.I just can't conceive anybody staying on there for the pay.
For me, and a couple of others, if the posts are any indication, the issue is not "how much" the staff was paid, but the fact that they
accepted financial compensation for abusing children. As the post above states, and you indicate, the "peer staff" members
sold out CHEAP. By accepting compensation for their abusive actions during their employment by Straight, Inc., they were doing more than giving tacit approval of the abuses, they were part of the machine. No one was beltlooping them from the building to a car, to a locked "foster home"; they could have left at any time. Many, many phasers did so, and it was certainly more difficult for them to leave than it would have been for a staff member. A staff member could have resigned, or simply stopped showing up for work, particularly those who were over the age of 18. I can forgive phasers who, although possibly misguided, "did what they had to do" to get out of there, but as far as the staff is concerned, there needs to be a higher standard set for them, IMO.
