On 2005-12-19 04:16:00, former CEDU therapist wrote:
"It's the "counselors" who are the real issue here. That teacher was just educating - the business was in two parts. The "emotional growth" part and the school."
I agree with FCT that the Cedu program was broken down into 2 parts: "emotional growth" & academic. However, I also must add that Cedu failed miserably in both areas.
Everyone here who isn't brainwashed knows that the so-called "emotional growth therapy" is totally worthless. It's a sham, because "Emotional Growth" is not therapy. It is interrogation coupled with verbal abuse and psychological torture.
I did not "grow" emotionally at cedu. Cedu did not give me any useful "tools" to take with me. What I did take with me was a ton of unecessary stress, horrible memories of suffering, and nightmares, which lasted for the better part of a year. Suffice to say that Cedu failed me in terms of meeting my "emotional" needs.
It is also a known fact that Cedu's academic program was sub par at best.
Actually, when I was at Cedu (1991-92), the academics were almost non existent.
We had formal schooling (english, math, history) only 2 mornings per week! We didn't have science class at all. Cedu gave science credits for chopping wood ("earth science") and shoveling shit on their farm ("farm science")!
We never had homework either. Additionally,work assignments were done during class time! That means that people on full times or indefinates missed classes for weeks or even months at a time. I probably spent 2/3 of my time at Cedu on work assignments, when I was supposed to be getting an education.
When I left cedu, I was Years behind other kids my age academically. I spent the remaining 2 years of high school playing catch up and doing extra credit work, just so I could graduate on time. Obviously, Cedu completely failed to meet my academic needs.
I agree with FCT that there is a difference
between someone who was just at Cedu to teach, and seasoned child-abuser veterans like Guy Bonanno, Russ Decker, and Rudy Benz. However, even back then at the age of 15, I remember being fully aware that Cedu's academics were shit and that my education was being seriously neglected. The few real Teachers we did have at cedu (meaning staff who actually had teaching degrees from real colleges), must have seen this too. I always wondered why they didn't speak out more, or notify the proper authorities and try to change the program. I realize that the teachers needed a paycheck, but isn't it considered unethical to knowingly give your students a sub par education?
I for one am still trying figure out how I got straight A's & B's on all of my Cedu
report cards, when I spent 2/3 of my classes digging ditches or scrubbing pans!