On 2005-12-29 10:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Hey all of you "Negs"...to be able to reconnect with old friends is the entire purpose of the hla discussion boards...y'all just can't stand anything positive coming from HLA. A lot of us have good lives and HLA helped us to get there...I'm personally glad they are not allowing all the four letter words and the totally negatives that so many of you seem to be only able to use...you have fornits and my space for that....finally... grow up and get a life! Some of us have had good experiences and probably would not be alive today had we not had HLA. That growth only comes with maturity...hope you get there someday! "
hey im glad ur doing good whichever kid u were. but PLZ PUT A CHECK NEXT TO WHICH OF THESE HELPED U GET BETTER
- forced to do physical training outside in the mud, for 2 hours sometimes
- forced to work outside, no lies- for over 12 hours, moving rocks in the sun, with sometimes no access to water for hours.
- i was on "super restrictions", i was forced to 'live' in a literally unfinished cabin with no heating/insultation, to stay warm and not become more sick (this was during sub zero winter temperatures), i had to wake up in the middle of the night, and stick Wet toilet paper in every single open area, which included holes in the frail floor.we were given 3 meals of about 600 calories each tops, sometimes more. We were forced to work ALL DAY, chopping wood- without gloves, in which 3 of us had very abusive blisters and one of mine was infected, i had to use salt from my meal to sanatize it on my own. Some of the staff had some compassion and snuck us down some food time to time, but rarely.
- During my "ridge creek experience", i was foced to sleep in a sleeping bag with a broken zipper, in the coldest temperatures i have ever dealt with, on top of an appalchian trail mountain. i didnt get any sleep that week. They even had to cover up and cancel the last week of our program because over half our group developed bronchitus, and one had a state of "shock" (epilytic i dont know names sorry) from sweating/freezing in cold temperatures. I cannot even fathom the pain / emotional damage to this student, who i think was an african american named tom. but he was making harsh breathing sounds literally ALL NIGHT. He was close to death I am sure, the counselors didnt even sleep by us, about 9 hours after he started this "Shock" the counselors returned and rushed him to a hospital.
- I was forced through therapy where people TOLD ME MY PROBLEMS, and didnt listen to the real life issues i thought i had.
- very abusive students/ a lot of bullying going on, altho i didnt face much
- people abuse drugs/ do speed dreams/ sneak in drugs
- theres so much more, if only i could remember. i remember they forced one group of students, to to a 5 day "hell hike" is what the students called it. they were forced to carry 5 gallon water jugs and many other "military" items across the apalation trail, some people even called the cops on ridge creek, the treatment was so abusive and unneeded. one of the students was the most passive and nice student i have ever known. i consider myself lucky, even tho when i tell my HLA story my friends think it sounds unbearable.
