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Lacey:
I had some down time at work today, and was looking back through some old info posted on here. Things like the Clarke Poole emails, the fire, the things that led up to the lawsuit... How could this have just died? I understand they settled. That is dissapointing to me. I'm probably just naive, and unknowing about how these things work... But how did this just go away? What changed? Who was held accountable? As a former student, has anything been done that would give me the least bit of satisfaction? Where did everyone go? Deb, DJ, RB, and all the other regulars that I used to get on an read and FEEL their outrage... Again, as a former student, it used to be so validating to follow their arguments, and their research and know someone was out there fighting for us. I can't help but feel a little abandoned. Maybe there were things that took place that I just don't know about. My parents chose not to be part of the lawsuit (yet again, them just wanting evidence of their terrible decision-making to go away) so I was for the most part left out of the loop. Please someone explain this to me...

Anonymous:
the lawsuit pooped. the plaintiffs settled. the injustice was exposed and some justice was served, although some people feel it's not enough. hidden lake, to use an analogy, if circa 2003/04 was a gold medal winning athlete, is now a parapalegic in a wheelchair living on disability. it's still up and running, but in a very diminished capacity. furthermore, many of the problems at the school have been "solved" to a degree. kids can have ipods. they get internet acess. phone calls are less restricted, so are vacations. restrictions is sooooo easy now. the program is shorter, and there are no more 28-month peer groups + 19 year old postgrads that stay while they complete college correspondence classes. many of the abusive counselors are gone. the enrollment has dropped to a quarter of what it was five years ago. they are in debt. no reputable educational consultants want anything to do with them. ridge creek doesn't exist anymore. bucci has lost his reputation and has been publicly shamed and exposed as a homophobic homosexual, etc. etc.

furthermore, there is such extensive information on fornits regarding HLA's wrongdoings there is nothing left to expose that can be exposed. i'd be repeating myself for the 10th time if i were to discuss any negative aspect of the program. there is not much more fornits can do. we did our job, we maxed out the capacity and efficacy of online corruption-exposure and there is not much left to do. any further action must be taken through legal channels.

bassically:  ::deadhorse::


there was also the year and a half where fornits was up and down, crashing, getting moved, etc during which many members lost faith and/or interest.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "guest209409834" ---no reputable educational consultants want anything to do with them.
--- End quote ---

One might well wonder what the net result of all this is on Leslie Goldberg's reaping The Fruit of the Loon and, consequently, on a portion of Whooter's claim of "credibility?"

 :D

Anonymous:
last i heard leslie had been blacklisted. She went from hero to zero of the troubled parent industry the second that complaint from B&M came out. Not only that, she changed her email and phone number due to the excessive amount of angry phone calls she suddenly started getting. she may have moved too.

i got into college because I CCed leslie on all my applications and correspondence with colleges. or so she claimed.

A freind of mine who went to Hyde tried that for a few schools. those schools contacted him swiftly and told him that leslie wont do him any good because she has lost all credibility, they told him not to bother applying again due to their inability to determine weather or not he or leslie, or both, were being dishonest. their words were something like "your choice to use an educational consultant, specifically leslie goldberg, is to us an indicator of your potential for academic dishonesty in the future".  He tried again, applied to better, ivy-leauge schools without Leslie's help (leslie tried to convince him he wouldn't get into any good schools and recommended him to a number of small schools of lower reputation that provide "more structure"...like santa fe in florida...lol)
he got into NYU, Princeton...a few others...and he goes to cornell now with a 3.8 GPA despite his excessive love of weed, chicks, and beer.  :rasta:

go figure.


oh, and whooter's credibility went down the drain the second i got him to admit to, and extensively talk about his LSD and marijuana addled past a few years ago. Funny thing is he was lying about it to gain credibility with the wrong side....our side. i guess he was drunk at the time. HLA did teach me a few things...such as the value of "acceptance" when trying to manipulate others into digging their own graves.  :roflmao:

Anonymous:
HLA needs to graduate another Yosef (ya'll know who i'm talking about...from 56). the original lost interest in getting revenge. we need another one to finish the job he started and nail the final couple nails into their coffin.

I wonder if he's reading this. If you are, thanks for all the hard work buddy.

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