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recent article about elan
Anonymous:
The Elan School in rural Maine is still beating kids into shape. The tough-love
school that put manners on Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel after a
drunken-driving accident still believes in confrontation. But years of
controversy, scandal and changing sensibilities have made it a somewhat kinder,
gentler place.
When Skakel was a student in 1978, Elan's residents were routinely beaten,
berated and brainwashed into behaving.
The rich sent their emotionally disturbed and drug- and alcohol-abusing kids
there - and paid a stiff price for the privilege.
Their kids paid quite a price, too - as was revealed in the testimony of former
students at Skakel's trial for the 1975 murder of his Greenwich neighbor Martha
Moxley.
They described being forced to wear signs admitting a variety of perceived sins
or faults; being put into a boxing ring to face a series of stronger opponents
until they 'fessed up to those sins; having up to 100 classmates spit at and
verbally abuse them; being paddled; having garbage dumped on their heads.
Similar tales of torture and torment fill a number of Internet sites and are
recounted in the book "Duck in a Raincoat," by Maura Curley.
In one case, a young man describes how he and two girls were raped when they
were locked in a tiny isolation room for days with three boys after being told,
"Whatever goes on in there, goes on."
Noted Curley, "The philosophy was you were abused and you abused."
Today, while confrontation remains a key element of the school's philosophy,
professionals are making the rules and meting out punishment instead of
untrained former residents.
It's better - "but it's still not a walk in the park," Curley said.
Ben Foster, a 1980s Elan alum and now a lead singer of the punk-rock group
Screeching Weasel, paid a visit two years ago and was pleasantly surprised.
"The changes they've made are incredible," he told the Bangor Daily News.
"They're still tough, but there's more compassion than in my day."
Alum Marty Kruglick, now an Elan director, told the paper: "Basically, it's
evolution. As society has changed, so has Elan."
These days, the boxing ring is rarely used - and when it is, it's only for
bullies, said Elan lawyer Ed McCall.
General meetings are still held occasionally, he said, stressing, "There's a
function and a purpose to all of the group encounters."
Anonymous:
(recent article about elan) I dont think this is recent, whats the date on this and where did you find it?
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-05 15:45:00, Anonymous wrote:
"(recent article about elan) I dont think this is recent, whats the date on this and where did you find it?"
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I would be interested to know also
Anonymous:
Not a recent article by any means. Screeching weasel hasnt been together in years, Bens visit was quite some time ago... Marty hasnt worked there for some time either.
"Routinely beaten and brainwashed into behaving"
Fuckin hysterical.
Maura Curleys book is a farce, and sheds no light on the Elan subject. Dan Bostdorf is full of himself and promotes his wifes book as if it were written to critisize Elan.
It wasnt. It was a retaliatory exagerated tale written to get back at Joe Ricci for firing her plain and simple. Dan saught out disgruntled former residents and only one verifiable testimony made it into the book. The blurb about Elan is short, and uninformed. Dan Bostdorf is an irritating, self centered, limelight seeking turd. It was pretty disgusting to see him pat himself on the back constantly because the one man grand jury in the Skakel preliminary investigation read the book. Dan claims the book Shed light on Skakels guilt which is a quite a dilusional stretch of the imagination if not a freakin outright fictitious claim to make. The man was obviously seeking his 15 minutes on the coat tails of his wife. The book sold a whopping 4000 copies before taken out of print.
"Its better, but its still not a walk in the park"
Whatever. Maura draws this conclusion from reading the same source of info you and I do.
If you were in Elan, share your story, good or bad. But please dont damage your credibility by promoting stupid uninformed articles such as this one, which is one of many that were sold during the Skakel trial.
Elan isnt selling in the press any more. Nobody gives a shit.
They needed to attach the Kennedy name to the story to sell it.
Why?
Dirty laundry only sells when it belongs to fame and fortune, even though Skakel was just a middle class cousin, its the only thing that sold the Elan story.
The general public doesnt give a fuck what when on in Elan or any other TC without the association to fame and fortune.
Ricci, Kennedy, Ben Weasel...
Without those things, which are weak to begin with (no offense Ben) and a little spin...it wont sell.
And currently...its not.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-06-05 18:04:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Not a recent article by any means. Screeching weasel hasnt been together in years, Bens visit was quite some time ago... Marty hasnt worked there for some time either.
"Routinely beaten and brainwashed into behaving"
Fuckin hysterical.
Maura Curleys book is a farce, and sheds no light on the Elan subject. Dan Bostdorf is full of himself and promotes his wifes book as if it were written to critisize Elan.
It wasnt. It was a retaliatory exagerated tale written to get back at Joe Ricci for firing her plain and simple. Dan saught out disgruntled former residents and only one verifiable testimony made it into the book. The blurb about Elan is short, and uninformed. Dan Bostdorf is an irritating, self centered, limelight seeking turd. It was pretty disgusting to see him pat himself on the back constantly because the one man grand jury in the Skakel preliminary investigation read the book. Dan claims the book Shed light on Skakels guilt which is a quite a dilusional stretch of the imagination if not a freakin outright fictitious claim to make. The man was obviously seeking his 15 minutes on the coat tails of his wife. The book sold a whopping 4000 copies before taken out of print.
"Its better, but its still not a walk in the park"
Whatever. Maura draws this conclusion from reading the same source of info you and I do.
If you were in Elan, share your story, good or bad. But please dont damage your credibility by promoting stupid uninformed articles such as this one, which is one of many that were sold during the Skakel trial.
Elan isnt selling in the press any more. Nobody gives a shit.
They needed to attach the Kennedy name to the story to sell it.
Why?
Dirty laundry only sells when it belongs to fame and fortune, even though Skakel was just a middle class cousin, its the only thing that sold the Elan story.
The general public doesnt give a fuck what when on in Elan or any other TC without the association to fame and fortune.
Ricci, Kennedy, Ben Weasel...
Without those things, which are weak to begin with (no offense Ben) and a little spin...it wont sell.
And currently...its not.
"
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