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The Troubled Teen Industry / Escuela Caribe ~ New Horizons
« on: May 17, 2005, 08:42:00 AM »
MG remarried? That would be great for her. I hope she is happy. She really didnt deserve the situation she found herself in.

Yeah, my journals are day to day events and complete crap. But so are all my letters in and out. They are stupid. I was constantly being told to rewrite letters to my family for one reason or another.

So, i like the other yahoo group too. I just got into it yesterday. This is funny. I havent spoken to anyone in years and now i check both places before i even go to work!

Have a Great Day Everyone!

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Escuela Caribe ~ New Horizons
« on: May 16, 2005, 05:09:00 PM »
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, MG was a very nice woman. I had actually gotten pretty close to her in the few weeks I had been there. Another thing that you said about how she had seen it before makes sense b/c she DID believe me and kept yelling at him. Again, knowing now about his prior behavior totally fits into everything. I am still very angry with the fact that they let him stay AND moved him to a girls' housefather. That was extremely innappropriate! I have been thinking of this more lately and another thing that struck me as funny was I remember being so upset and concerned that they would take my 'grace week' away from me! Priorities right?

I would love to go to the DR again, i just dont know if i could. I studied spanish in college and will be getting my global business minor. I have always been interested in the culture since i was there. I look over my pictures all the time. I also took my journal from the DR when i left and read through that all the time. But those are more candid since we had to turn them in to our counselor. I remember one time i drew a picture of our work week and us digging ditches and picking and all that. I had a session about my bad attitude because of my cartoon!

Yeah, I saw that yahoo group link and i went to look at it. It said that you have to sign up and be approved so I went ahead and applied and am just waiting for a response. I did notice a few names that I knew from my time there and am excited to possibly talk to people again!

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The Troubled Teen Industry / Escuela Caribe ~ New Horizons
« on: May 15, 2005, 12:06:00 PM »
No, it's okay. Like I said, it was very hard for me up until the point he admitted it b/c everybody thought that I was lying. Maybe that is why I overreacted when I read that comment. I understand how rumors go, especially in a place like the program where no one can speak freely. And I had NO IDEA that RG had a history in the program with those things. That angers me to a whole new level that they let him stay. I guess the program will never cease to amaze me!

I have been reading everybody's comments and other than RG, I feel like I must have been lucky in my hfs. No one else did anything like that to me. In fact, two of the staff in the DR got married when they left, and about a year after I was out, I was alone on Thanksgiving, so they invited me to fly out and spend it with them, which I did. Although the program did help me, I DO understand how everyone feels. It was the absolute worst experience of my life, even if necessary. I kept in touch with a few people and watched them fall apart after we got out. And I still kinda blame the program for it.

I still have dreams where I am back in the DR and I can't get out. Do any of you dream that you are back there as opposed to flashbacks? Some family and friends suggested I go to Jarabacoa and visit the school and voluntarily 'leave' as theraputic so to convince myself that I can't be trapped there anymore. However, I really dont think I could be there again. Does anybody else think they COULD go back, even just to visit?

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