On 2005-07-22 04:29:00, Anonymous wrote:
"I didnt want anything military or anything too religious for my blood, and I was pleased to see some things. The kids make their own food and do their own luandry, most of them for the first time in their lives. When they say jump, the kids respond "How High".
For you to think that the Family School is not too religious, proves just how ignorant and unobservant you are.
Like the guy who posted after you said its based on 12 steps. If the kids are talking about Jesus its because they chose to. That rock you said they would be dragging up the hill, that can be their higher power if they want it to be. Mass is Catholic one day, and its a Jewish synagogue the next.
I would entertain an argument that 12 step programs dont fix adults, but with kids they have been shown to significantly lower recidivism rates AND THATS REAL.
BTW, what other school does longitudinal studies about the welfare of their children after graduation. Do some real research and get back to me.
And maybe we do live in a world taken over by brattism. But you don't think there's any other solution that may not involve handing over thousands to some private prison. But the brat in a soup kitchen. Make them do charity work. Tons of opportunities, just that these parents are too lazy to do the real work.
you made my point with the last sentence. only its not cuz their lazy all the time, tis cuz their scared of their manipulating brat who plays on their fears and emotions.
And believe me, the students that are hand picked to lead the visitor's tours are the chosen ones, the ones who rat out everyone else for brownie points.
Uh huh, that explains why the second kid on my tour was made to carry around a plaque to remind himself why hes there. He was only there for 6 months. Do i realize that they arent aloud to blast the school? Yes. Should a kid who hits his parents have any say opinion on the matter? No.
AND BTW, we got their two hours early and they accomodated us, thats how choreographed it is. We were allowed to go into any building we wanted, talk to any student we wanted, and listen in on any interaction.
And how disturbing is it that everyone is chanting in unison, "Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed." I'm sure that someone is that group is having a bad day, and yet they have to lie about it, or face punishment. The place is a cult, plain and simple."
Its more disturbing when that same brat is failing classes on purpose because summer school is a great way for him to get high without his parents finding out.
Like I said before, these kids just want to know what the rules are so they can breakem. The fact that when the school jumps they say "How High" sounds great to me.
A cult? You make it sound like 90% of the kids who go in there dont come out better than when they went in. This school works on a basic principal (besides the 12 step) that parents dont understand. When your kid screws up you shrink his world and you make him earn everything back.
The fact that these kids are trying to earn something and chanting on command just shows me they learned a lesson life was gonna teach them the hard way soon enough.And to the misguided fellow who said these kids are just 17 and can't be masters of anything:
17 year olds have been chessmasters, sports champions, serial murderers, and the founders of billion dollar corporations.
The brattiest of them direct all this potential to stopping their parents from raising them right. When the parent says they are grounded and can't go out they kid says he's gonna hurt himself and the parents let him go. If that doesnt work the kids dont actually go trough with hurting themselves, they just find a way to hurt their parents. These kids are provided everything their entire life for free, and now they think their parents dont have a right to raise them. Ive seen what happens when teenagers raise themselves and its not pretty.
