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graduated:
to the person with the long list of abuses they suffered, im sorry you went through that, but you should be going after the individuals who did that to you, not the entire system. lets not blow up all of afghanistan in the attempt to kill osama bin laden.

i realize that hla of "yesteryear" was completely different from how it is "nowadays". i got sent in '05 and graduated in '07 and things were, as you would say, "cushy". and that's the whole point. HLA is not the same as it used to be. and whether you all want to admit it or not, it DID help people. i've seen it in many of the people from my grad group and myself.

goodness, it's exhausting being angry. i cant imagine how empty all your lives are.

here's your sad little forum back.

RobertBruce:
Wow, that one was easy to chase off. You know who else it might be? Aften "I love tuna" Thurston. That girl with the pubes on her face?

In any event you still seem to be unable to provide a clear example of I or any of us blaming the problems of the world on HLA. We're simply holding them accountable for their own actions. The only reason you experienced HLA as being by any means "cushy" is soley because of us.

You seem to be inconsistent in your approach. You claim we should accept respondsibility for our own actions, yet you dont feel the staff at HLA should? Someone yesterday used the example of a reformed serial killer. Just because he hasnt murdered anyone lately doesnt change the past. Why do you employ such a blatent double standard?

Anonymous:
given the dates are correct, it's not aften, aften graduated in 04'.

graduated, We are not necessarily going after the whole system. we are going after the people responsible. (There are a few radical individuals like Che or Psy that want the whole TBS system shut down by the govt but we all know that will never happen due to the staggering demand for such schools). it just so happens that the people responsible are 90% of the people who work administration at HLA, particularly buccelato. at the core, his problem was a philosophy of forced indoctrination, a lack of compassion, profit maximization, all combined with a total disregard for ethical business practices. Everything we are upset about is either a direct or indirect result of those four things.

I wouldnt mind if HLA existed. I just dont want Bucci and crew to run it, and things should change drastically. It sits on a very nice piece of land and has alot of potential to be a good school. The problem is it is still, as it has been in the past, primarily a thought-reform center and a school only second.  The move away from thought-reform center towards a good school can only occur when the people who carried out or sanctioned the abusive methods are no longer allowed to have any influence in the school. Due to the fact that Bucci owns the school, getting the school shut down is necessary collateral damage.

on another note, "graduated", you have only been out for two years now. give it some time and you will realize much of what you have learned at HLA, both theraputic and scholastic elements, is absolute, total bullshit. sure it may have helped you in a certain way - if you came in with bullimia, anorexia, serious addiction problems to HARD drugs, or a tendency to inflict self-harm, then HLA probably did help you stop doing those things. But they did it while indoctrinating you with BS which will hold you back from being a fully functional adult and experiencing life to the fullest. There are other ways of doing helping people that does not involve brainwashing them with unrelated bullshit.

 another issue you should keep in mind is that from my time (97'-98') up untill recently, most of the individuals sent to HLA did not need to be helped, they just had a hard time growing up. they had issues such as smoking pot, arguing with parents, playing computer games too much or loosing their virginity too early for their parent's taste. those kids got sent to HLA not because they needed help, but because the parents were sick of dealing with them and would rather pay to have those kids be someone else's problem, and/or the parents also being highly indoctrinated with socially irresponsible values which they wish to but failed to pass along to their kids. While these poor kids were at HLA, Bucci liked to accept a handfull of VERY bad apples who were violent and court ordered. these bad kids harassed and further abused the other kids, and set bad examples for them. maybe you've heard of the girl who got raped with a tree limb. or the "fight club" in dorm B. or how on numerous occasions girls brought MDMA or cocaine in up their cooter and introduced it to other girls who have never and would have never done it if it wasnt for HLA. Or the time someone convinced a kid to eat jimson weed that was growing in lower left. Or the occasions when kids were sexually assaulted by their roommates. the list goes on and on. so basically there were kids that did not need an institution combined with kids who needed a little therapy, along with a few kids who needed to be in prison or mental hospitals or inpatient rehabs, all in the same school. Bucci tried to take the middle road so he can cater to all demographics to maximize enrollments and therefore profits. You cant cater to all the demographics at once, it just doesnt work.

Anonymous:

--- Quote from: "graduated" ---goodness, it's exhausting being angry. i cant imagine how empty all your lives are.

--- End quote ---

Being Angry = Empty Life

Sounds like some of that HLA bullshit therapy.

Tip: "graduated", if you never get angry, if you never feel the urge to speak out about injustices you have experienced or witnessed, if you think good mental health is walking around with a smile all the time, if you see everyone who is different as "defective"; then HLAs brainwashing worked. Congrats. Hope it works well for you.  :seg:

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