Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
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RobertBruce:
I often wonder if you actually attack yourself from the shadows just so you can claim someone else is not only attacking you, but mucking up the thread as well. Either that or you really are so arrogant you don't understand how many people other than myself view you as a complete dooche.
Regardless of that fact though, lets try and stay on topic.
You brought up an interesting point that merits a response:
--- Quote ---I am sure if it was a bitter split and HLA was in non-compliance then she would have blown the whistle on them.
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About a year or so before you began posting here there was a poster by the name of Marla. Marla McGee had been a teacher at HLA for about six months, english I believe. She found it to be an abusive and intolerable situation and so quit, at which point she began talking. She shared her experiences and listed off things at HLA she found to be dangerous or abusive. Buchi and Joey from Q & Q dropped the hammer on her. Now the things she was talking about were all things she had witnessed first hand, and there wasnt a great deal of hyperbole, yet that didnt stop them from literally silencing her. They threatened to take everything she and her husband had, and bullied her into signing a non disclosure agreement. How ever many phone calls you've had with Buchi regarding your son, or referalls you've sent them, I can assure you, you do not know this "man". I'm not surprised at all to hear so few "blew the whistle", Buchi does his utmost to ensure the silence of everyone. He even tried the same thing with me. Job well done on that Buchi.
TheWho:
--- Quote ---I often wonder if you actually attack yourself from the shadows just so you can claim someone else is not only attacking you, but mucking up the thread as well. Either that or you really are so arrogant you don't understand how many people other than myself view you as a complete dooche.
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Ah, come on Bruce, why start that here. Why the personal attacks in an attempt to derail the thread? You created a whole garbage thread dedicated to just those type of comments. Please lets keep the discussion on topic. Jill , myself and a few others have done well today exchanging information without the personal attacks. Please save it for the other thread.
RobertBruce:
Yeah that's what I thought, you attack yourself so you can then try and blame it on others. Neat.
Anyway what are your thoughts on my comments regarding Marla? How does that coincide with your "whistle blower" theory?
TheWho:
--- Quote from: "RobertBruce" ---I often wonder if you actually attack yourself from the shadows just so you can claim someone else is not only attacking you, but mucking up the thread as well. Either that or you really are so arrogant you don't understand how many people other than myself view you as a complete dooche............ Yeah that's what I thought, you attack yourself so you can then try and blame it on others. Neat.
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Bruce, please dont do this here, keep to the topic, no one is attacking except you. Look at your last post. Last warning, if you cant stay on topic or keep it in your garbage thread, I wont be responding to your posts any further. Jill offered some interesting insight into the dispensing of drugs at HLA, which was the topic, which raises some red flags in my opinion.
Another poster indicated that the ORS had some requirements on licensing requirements for the dispensing of drugs that I am looking into also.
Anonymous:
For the record...Marla was a Spec. Ed. Teacher.
Author Topic: Teacher Runs From HLA
marla posted 2/7/05 5:15 PM
I am a rare adult survivor of HLA - I got out IN FEBRUARY 2005,with a little sanity left. After teaching special education for nearly 20 years, I only survived 6 months at HLA. The kids don't feel they can talk to their counselors - maybe its manipulation - maybe not, so they told me things, but I was not in a position to do much except listen without criticizing them and then report safety concerns.ACTUALLY I REPORTED A SAFETY CONCERN TO A COUNSELOR (D.S.) THE DAY I LEFT. IT WAS ABOUT A GIRL WHO HAD JSUT RETURNED FROM A PSYCH HOSPITAL FOR TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE WHILE SHE WAS ON "clean air" _ where there is supposed to be extra supervision - THE GIRL HAD CUT SEVERAL MORE TIMES (mostly small stuff)DURING THE 24 - 36 HOURS SHE HAD BEEN BACK AT HLA AND TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE AND THOUGHT SHE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL - I TOLD DOUG S. - ONE OF HER COUNSEWLORS ABOUT IT AND HE SAID "WELL, TELL HER TO CUT AGAIN AND THEN WE'LL SEND HER BACK TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL." They certainly can't tell their parents their real feelings and experiences without being punished for being manipulative by those who are assigned to monitor their mail, email and phone calls. HLA is not the panacea for all teen problems - most of which kids grow out of or learn to use to their advantage in the business world. Some HLA kids need counseling, some need AA, some need psych hospitals; most need love and time to mature - most are there because their parents were MANIPULATED BY ED. CONSULTANTS AND HLA advertisements. Want a GREAT LAUGH? Go to "struggling teens.com/archives/2001/6/visit01.html" this is a site from "Woodbury Reports, Inc." some ed. consultant deal out of Idaho . This site, while only a few years old, certainly did not describe the HLA I just left. The article claimed the campus was attractive - that's about the only info. I can agree with in their entire review. All the "players" names have changed, except Len, who still owns it and seems like a decent guy, only he leaves the "Mice to play" while he does all his other business things and they do whatever they find most convenient (and maybe even sadistically fun). The article says all teachers are certified - try maybe 20%! The site claims all the kids have IEPs - not! Even if they come in with an IEP, HLA does not have to abide by it because they are a private institution. 100% do not attend college! The cafeteria does not over look the lake - maybe they visited on a rainy day! Restrictions kids get less food and water and are supervised by folks with questionable objectives. Most of the counselors are straight out of college with no experience, so they buy into what the administrators feed them about treating kids in a very punitive way and being constantly suspicious, not to mention telling them behavior modification works. It has been proven that behavior modification in humans is temporary at best.PARENTS - DO YOURSELF AND YOUR WALLET A FAVOR - BEFORE PICKING ANY BOARDING SCHOOL, VISIT UNANNOUNCED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFTER PLACING YOUR KID IN ONE, VISIT UNANNOUNCED. Refuse to be treated like a mushroom- kept in the dark and fed crap! (Parents need to know when their son has been beaten up by a group of homophobic guys. (Some of the kids who came to tell me their problems were gay and felt they were being discriminated against because of this by their counselors and others.) Parents need to know when their daughter has stepped in big puddles of blood first thing in the morning that were left behind by her suicidal roomate. Parents need to know that group therapy has been shown to be more harmful than helpful for "cutters." THIS IS ALL SERIOUS AND FROM THE HEART BECAUSE I TRULY CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS.
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