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ap47:
I was in peer group 57. theres countless abusive therapy sessions, i can probably sit down and list off them for a few hours lol.

um... super restrictions : i guess its called the challet,or whatever the cabin right near ridge creek is. super restrictions is where HLA sends kid who have done something severe or been on restrictions for a 'too long' deemed amount of time. its completely restricted from the school, u only have contact with urselves and the staff that supervise you. you do work all day , no matter the weather or if your sick. many students are just placed there by HLA until a new ridge creek rotation starts, which can be over 2 weeks sometimes. while there, and maybe the worst part, you are forced to write 40 or more pages of "therapy" a day, which nobody even reads. i can verify this because there was an assignment called "write 3 things that tramatized u in your lifetime". I knew they werent reading and it was just bullshit so i tested it and wrote "the time i rode a bike into a cow and fell into a black hole" . the assignments are pointless, repetivive, and make u feel infererior.

Those priviledge groups at HLA are complete horseshit. U have to give up time u want to life weights (which personally helped me most while i was therE), to plant flowers to support the image of the school. I don't support the school, so i guess i dont get to go watch sports teams, eat decent food, and get away with things that other kids would get on restrictions for. To be eligible for the lowest level of trips, u have to introduce yourself to 3 new people per week, and tell your life story to two people. ... there usually arent even 3 new people per week, its just another stupid system set up by HLA.

- also whats funny, many parents/students donated money for WRESTLING MATS. they guarenteed these mats countless times, and they never came. Then HLA squandered that money to spend on some pool, that came after almost all the donators were gone.

ap47:

--- Quote ---On 2006-04-25 16:39:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I am a parent of a son attending HLA. The school may not be for everyone but it has really helped him. Every school has issues and the kids who attend with my son need a lot of structure and yes discipline.

Give the school a break. YYou don't have to like their system. Yet it does work for many kids."

--- End quote ---


Ok, I understand that maybe it helps some people. However, HLA just generalized everyone is "screwed up" on the same degree, and gives generalized crappy therapy to everyone. Not everyone gains benefits of therapy the same ways, so why should a severe discipline technique that is many times illegal be used for the 200+ students there, even tho it only benefits like 5%, tops.

juniper2:
What you are alleging HLA did to you and other students is totally illegal...Child welfare regulations clearly stipulate that..However, HLA
banks on the "bank" so to speak.. To singularly
fle a suit, is a financial disaster..to get ORS
off their--- and on HLA's is even more difficult, according to parents..

Anonymous:

--- Quote ---On 2006-04-25 19:27:00, juniper2 wrote:

"What you are alleging HLA did to you and other students is totally illegal...Child welfare regulations clearly stipulate that..However, HLA

banks on the "bank" so to speak.. To singularly

fle a suit, is a financial disaster..to get ORS

off their--- and on HLA's is even more difficult, according to parents.."

--- End quote ---


Then put together a Class and call an attorney and institute a Class Action against HLA. You aren't the only angry parent. Sending your child to HLA is a "financial disaster"

Lacey:
Hi, new here. PG 54 grad. Super restrictions was held at one of two locations. the chalet would have been the preferred locale, considering it actually was a building with 4 enclosed walls and a fireplace indoors. Still, there was no bathroom or appropriate sleeping accomidations, just a plywood floor with holes in it leading straight to the ground. However, most times Super was held at a... kind of oversized picnic awning with plastic walls you could roll down if it started to rain. There were 3 picnic tables and a fire pit. That was it. I was fortunate to never have to go on super and was never in any real trouble until the end of my stay where in the last phase of "Galaxy level" i did a stint at RCI. I would be pleased to answer any questions you all have about this ghastly place honestly, with no simple "fuck HLA" padding to confuse the truth. I've found that of the angry graduates who really had important things to say about HLA after leaving, the ones that simply take the route of "fuck HLA its fucked up, blow it up" rarely get taken seriously. So please, I would love to be involved in the thought provoking and truth seeking conversations that arise here.

And BTW... I loved the "this Aften character again" line i read earlier. I was in her PG, and Aften was involved in a lesbian relationship with one kitchen staff and also a romantic relationship with a nurse in her time at Hidden Lake. IMHO, she is a disturbed young lady with very skewed views on what happened at HLA. She posts frequently on MySpace as well, on the Alum page, and was actually banned from one, and almost from another because of her inflammitory remarks. Us former students dont usually like our opinions of the realities that really went on at that place to be invalidated (especially by someone we shared the experiences with.) Its all too familiar of one certain facility.

Happy posting.

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