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AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-20 16:46:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I must agree with the last poster. Such biased questions, demanding of answers, leads one to believe, that there is no way to answer it that would enlighten the inquirer. It seems to be a form of getting the respondand to answer, only to pick and choose words or phrases, that can be taken out of context to scruitinize, in order to get a pre-determined outcome of the inquirer. Therefore, regardless of the response to the question, it would make no difference. Such narrow minded views, and strong minded opinions, without any basis of personal knowledge of your actual complaint of the program, is merely an attempt to lead others to your own particular point of view. If you return to the previous posts, in which the ex-sargeant was describing his past personal experiences, he neither paraded or degraded his tenure while at TLC. He simply have a non-biased account of what happened. And he defended his reasoning and tenure. There was no need for that person to over dramatise any statements, nor challenge any person who debated. That speaks for itself. Watching this forum, I often wonder, from all of the people complaining, what do YOU do, to help troubled teenagers? What is your great contribution, aside from this silly forum. Yes, many of these teens have stepped over the line, and are currently involved in the court system. Somewhere along the way, boundaries were not identified or enforced. Regardless of who's fault. Life has boundaries. From many posts it sounds like many would just say, let them alone and do what they want. However, the parent, judges, and police, have determined that is leading to disaster, and is a good indicator of the parental instinct taht something must be done. The people that have over 100 posts on this forum, taking that big stand, and so strong in your "skipping through the daisy field of life" attitude, I would have to question. Some have anger management issues, from programs that they may/may not should have attended. Some went, but didn't graduate. Some, like Niles knows absolutely nothing about anything.
Opps. He has good grammar most of the time, but logic is completely absent. "
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Thayer officials acknowledge using tactics the state would not allow at a licensed child residential program. They include:
Placing youths in isolation for days at a time. State licensed facilities can rarely isolate a child for more than 12 hours.
Strict controls on communication, with staff members screening incoming and outgoing mail and often requiring students to rewrite letters in which they complain about the program.
Denying academic instruction to teens who have not graduated from the boot camp program, which often takes more than three months to complete. Banks said Thayer teaches that school is a privilege.
Entrusting some youths to have authority over others once they have progressed in the program.
On Tuesday a teenage girl stood with her face to a gymnasium wall. A strap belted around her waist was held at the other end by another student. Banks said the punishment had lasted for three days and was preferable to the girl becoming a harm to herself or others.
-- St. Louis Dispatch, October 2004
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This article concerns me. It leads me to believe that there is a good possibility that teenagers are being treated in an unacceptably harsh manner at TLC. Please allay my fears.
Enlighten me, oh logical one. How exactly does spending three days facing a wall prevent a girl from becoming a harm to herself or others? It is TLC's claim that it does. Personally, I just think it is a mean and sadistic thing to do to a girl. Explain to me why I am wrong. I am all ears. You have the floor.
Nihilanthic:
SIX DAYS and no rebuttal :rofl: :lol:
You damn TLC programmies are pathetic. The shit you do to kids... and then on the flipside you cant even take a *FRACITON* of what they go through, even if its only via text on a forum without the cosersion, physical stress, threat of violence or forced exerise and humiliation.
Buncha PUSSIES if I've ever seen any.
Nothing of value to the individual happens by coercion.
--Plato
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AtomicAnt:
They all ran like cockroaches for the shadows when the kitchen light is turned on.
Helena Handbasket:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-30 19:49:00, AtomicAnt wrote:
"They all ran like cockroaches for the shadows when the kitchen light is turned on."
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Oh no.. the LIGHT! Not the LIGHT!!!!!!
Don't worry about temptation--as you grow older, it starts avoiding you.
-- Old Farmer's Almanac
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tlcrescue:
cute name! :rofl:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-30 19:50:00, Helena Handbasket wrote:
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On 2006-01-30 19:49:00, AtomicAnt wrote:
"They all ran like cockroaches for the shadows when the kitchen light is turned on."
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Oh no.. the LIGHT! Not the LIGHT!!!!!!
Don't worry about temptation--as you grow older, it starts avoiding you.
-- Old Farmer's Almanac
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