I understand that people were hurt in the past (12 years ago) and there is nothing funny about it and you see it as my word against many, but it is clearly not the case.
Deborah and anon you can name any institution from a church to a school to a business and someone can come up with testimonials of abuse or how the school hurt them. We all know that, we are not playing dumb. I admit that abuses happen and the schools need to continually improve and change. What continues to amaze me is that no one acknowledges the good the school has done for so many, It has to be black and white with you.
Even though it is statistically nearly impossible for these institutions to continue to thrive and grow without ever producing success and no one here can see that just one kid has benefited. We continue to hear , oh the parents a duped, don?t know whats going on?.their kids are being abused but wont tell them?.etc
If someone does do well , we hear , wait a few years it will change. This is your out so you don?t have to deal with a success story or you produce a fornits link to person who had a bad experience 12 years ago. I make lite of the conversation sometimes because it seems crazy to me that everyone truly believes that every kid is handcuffed and chained and dragged off to these programs, abused and no kids are coming forward, every program is the same to you.
If someone mentions an improvement in a particular program there is no interest, if someone kills themselves fornits lights up like a 5 cent slot machine, go figure, shows where the interest is and how many are serious about helping the kids.
So if you see me laugh it is out of frustration that many of you are stuck in neutral and don?t seem to care about the kids out there that need help.