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WHAT IS A RAP, ANYWAY?

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blownawaytheidahoway:
I have posted extensively about raps. And yet when I present to a reader I am assailed with questions...this is good. There are so many aspect to describe accurately what kids felt/ FEEL at these places. Here are some addendums to my book. What is a rap?

a rap lasted from 1pm until the facilitator of the rap heard another rap getting out. More than occasionally a rap would last well beyond this first indicator that dinner was roughly one hour away. Raps during winter time were the worse because the sun would go down at three in the afternoon, we would get out of the rap and it would be frigidly windy and desolate.

Raps were supposed to get out 5 p.m., but they could go as late as the facilitator deemed necessary. If threre was a lot of action in a rap the facilitator seemed capable of magnificent feats.
Every Rap consisted of three staff members. Keeping in mind that there was only one "power staffer" running the rap, while the other two were supporters, older students were expected to fall into rank and file according to where their peer group fell in the lineage of the program.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday raps could be expected. Anticipated with great dread, every kid knew what to expect, to some extent, provided they had been there a full week. After three raps, many things become clear.

Many things become more a mystery after the third rap theory. ok that I'm working on:

What does a RAP do, anyway?

Anonymous:
What does a rap do? I know that it terrifies participants. I know that it exploits, humiliates, demeans, and manipulates. In know that is crosses every ethical boundary. I know it rapes you of emotional safety.

But what do they do? They were supposed to be intensive peer counseling/group therapy facilitated by professional staff.  Isn't that how they explained it to parents?

Anonymous:
a rap was torture cloaked as therapeutic sessions. Being made to sit in those chairs for the duration of one rap would have been enough to send Any parent screaming. They were always downtoned somewhat when visitors sat in on raps. When outsiders sat in on raps it was an obvious signal to the older students in the rap (of which there were plentiful numbers of decent kids even if they were ass kissing pigfuckers) to take charge and be emotional giants. A rap was a time for

stina:
A rap was something that made you thankful for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends. Especially when another student was making some weird powerplay by requesting you. Whenever you got into a fight with someone, you just knew that it was going to be "aired out" in front of people who didn't need to be involved. You knew there were going to be seats exchanged and someone was going to yell at you. And then others were going to get into the action and you'd have to start crying and running your shit as soon as possible to alleviate some of the hostility coming at you. Brutal. B r u t a l. And talk about learning the power of manipulation. Geez. I remember when I was first there, I was walking around with this girl in my peergroup who was half hispanic and half white. And I said something like was it cool to have two different nationalities and cultures as part of her life, and the next thing I knew I was being rocked in a Caroline rap by her big brother and sister because I supposedly called her a halfbreed. Which I never did. But at that point, point of no return. That was before I knew to start crying about my dad immediately in those situations. So I just sat there, legs and arms crossed, not getting a word in edgewise, and being smirked at by the girl in my peergroup who put the whole fucking thing in motion. Boy that was a fun one.

I honestly don't remember a single rap that achieved anything good for me. A few of the propheets were actually good for me, others (dreams) I could have seriously done without. God don't get me started on the fucking dreams, I hated that propheet. But I digress. Anyway, that's my initial thought on raps.

stina:

--- Quote from: ""blownawaytheidahoway"" ---Many things become more a mystery after the third rap theory.
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Curious what you're thinking about that.

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