On 2004-07-12 16:28:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I posted prior to your post Timoclea. I have no experience of Thayer. I was commenting on the posts against any program admission.
Since spelling and grammar are what you are noticing, go back and scan the posts from those that share your point of view for spelling and grammatical errors.
That'll keep you busy!
"
1) The norm for education for teens is living at home and going to the local schools. The burden of proof is on Program advocates.
2) If you'll notice my own other posts, you'll see that I readily acknowledge specific situations in which residential care is appropriate. My concern is with stopping inappropriate admissions, improving quality of care for appropriate ones and ensuring the closest proximity to family possible.
3) Since most of the critics of programs are program survivors who got their education inside the programs, and had the money set aside for their higher education consumed by the programs, their poor spelling and grammar only bolster their claims that the education offered by the programs they attended was substandard.
4) I believe I have, repeatedly, spoken well of the statistical track record of the original Outward Bound. It's not a cure-all, it's not appropriate for everyone, but within its sphere of competence it appears to do a good job.
Timoclea
