Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
Missing Alumni
Anonymous:
No one needs to yell at you. The facts above are facts, that's all. Doesn't matter who writes them really. Just go back through these pages and the stories are here. Some of us just get upset at times reading what you girls had to go through, that's all. This is an open forum, it's OK for people to do this.
If MMS helped you somehow, despite what went on, then OK. There's no reason anyone should argue someone else's experience. But there is reason for people with concerns for what they went through to post their thoughts and experiences in hopes it will help another girl down the road.
MMS is not equipped to take a lot of kids so they are choosy, no doubt. And that's OK too. Most programs take any kind of kid is all. And MMS has taken kids with psychological problems, deep issues such as sexual molestation and rape, and have not handled the situations well, is all. Making a kid reveal all in group and then not dealing with it afterwards, especially done by someone who is not licensed to do so, just isn't right. I would think anyone would agree with that.
So there's no reason for debate here. Again, these are just facts previously stated in this forum.
katfish:
--- Quote ---On 2005-08-04 06:52:00, Anonymous wrote:
"i'm sorry, this is such bullshit. they don't just take anyone on. there is a long application process... there are conversations with the parents, a look at the families history. if they just took everyone on for profit they would have hundreds of children at their school, but no... it's not that easy just to end up there. there are 30 something girls at a time... they dont' accept every stubborn child who comes along. it's not incarceration. no one is locked in. this website is hateful and malicious and ridiculous at times. sharing personal stories, sure... but random outsiders coming in and making judgements... making claims that they have no knowledge about... stupid. anyway. i'm sure this will start a debate. fun."
--- End quote ---
who says you need walls to be locked in- i think its common knowledge and goes without saying that people can create invisible walls through fear, threats and intimidation- generally speaking. Just look at battered womens syndrome.
Their long application process to allow in the few girls to keep the size managable (although I suspect that will continue to change and they will continue to expand) is obviously not working. They continue to inflict a great deal amount of damage onto girls and this is most certainly cause for alarm.
Anonymous:
hey kat,
what exactly do you do? it seems you are online, on this website every moment of your life.
katfish:
i am- online A LOT, at least. I'm finishing up my BA and do work for CASA w/ foster kids- during the school year I work with kids as aater school counselor. Come next year though I'll be done with school and hope to be dedicating much of my time to some human rights cause somewhere in the world, plus doing advocacy work to help get schools like MMS regulated.
Then grad school? law school?
what do u do?[ This Message was edited by: katfish on 2005-08-04 13:41 ]
Anonymous:
ya kat get a life, dude, HA HA HA. oh wait, you have one, huh? hmmm...
got ur email and thought i should post here, ladies, we did far more work than is legal even in Montata for children... well, maybe we didnt because we didn't really have school? LOL- what a crock, where's the lawyer ladies?
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/41/2/41-2-115.htm
41-2-115. Working hours. (1) Unless otherwise exempt or as provided in subsection (2), a minor who is 14 or 15 years of age:
(a) may not be employed before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., except that the minor may be employed until 9 p.m. during periods outside the school year (June 1 through Labor Day, depending on local standards); or
(b) may not be employed more than:
(i) 3 hours on a school day;
(ii) 18 hours in a school week;
(iii) 8 hours on a nonschool day; or
(iv) 40 hours in a week in a nonschool week.
(2) A minor who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is enrolled in and employed pursuant to a school-supervised and school-administered work experience or career exploration program approved by the department or the office of public instruction may be employed up to 23 hours in 1 week when the program is in session, any portion of which may be during school hours.
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