Hurrikayne: What is the name of the facility you were in?
Alex: Boulder Creek Academy, in Idaho.
When were you there & how long did you stay?
I was there from June 22, 2007 to June 21, 2008.
Their website states that “Boulder Creek Academy is a safe refuge for at-risk troubled teens.” Do you feel that you were “at-risk” or “troubled”?
I feel that I was troubled, but not ‘at-risk’, whatever that means (assuming you mean cutting, drugs, sex, etc). I was mildly depressed and had mood swings because of my medication. Basically, my parents didn’t want to wait out me being on new medication.
They also describe typical students as, “Capable but discouraged by academic struggle; Isolated, low self-esteem; Unable to see consequences of actions; Experimented with drugs and alcohol.” Do you feel these generalizations accurately describe how you were at the time you entered the program?
I would say about 1/3 of the student body is as they described. Some of the people there are INCREDIBLY intelligent. One kid was doing college calculus from Stanford before he was 18; another is reading books about string theory.
The rest in on the front page.
www.fornits.com