Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Typical Day at Sagewalk
Anonymous:
Doug, were you escorted to Sage Walk or did you go willingly?
Were your parents "referred" by someone? How did they hear about SW?
What about the other kids? What was the percentage of kids taken by force to SW?
Have you heard of Outward Bound? Do you know they do NOT take kids brought to them by abductors for hire?
Gee, wonder why? Could it be they have more respect for Mother Nature than to exploit it like these other programs do?
Pass the lentils, please?
dougm:
I was taken involuntarily in the middle of the night. I'm not sure as to how my parents were referred to SW. By the sounds of it, most other kids were either escourted against their will or they were duped into going. As for "abductors for hire" I was escourted by a family friend. Still have no idea why you believe the profit motive is the main reason behind this, do you know how much insurance these places require?
Anonymous:
Who is the CEO, you can probably look up his salary on Hoovers. Or maybe Guidestar if its a "nonprofit."
I honestly don't think it's mostly the money but I do bet they make a lot more than most counselors. I think though that they truly believe that they know something that NEEDS to be passed on to others. That's really the heart of what I see as the problem with them. They think they are the only and best solution. That's just not true or ethical for these people to act like. They should have a very small and well defined population and stick to that, and take that very seriously....assuming that their approach has any merit at all, which I am not really sure of. But...there are PLENTY of other types of programs out there that do not use these methods and are at least if not more successful than this. And taking kids by force...I think that speaks for itself.
Anonymous:
Unless its really a severe case where their lives are in danger or something.
Anonymous:
Who's motivation isn't money when starting a business? These are not non-profits here people, they are in business for ONE reason-- to make money. To say otherwise really shows your ignorance.
Do you realize ANYONE, any one of us who posts on this board could go and start a wilderness program? A residential teen program? In MANY states.
Maybe I should start one....?
My motivation is money! And I already know how I can dupe parents, and manipulate kids... what a great business idea.
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