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Hell on Wheels:

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On 2004-06-12 19:08:00, Hell on Wheels wrote:


 That scared the living shit out of me. "


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   And by the sounds of it, you have a LOT of shit living IN you (as do many others)"

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Wow, random honesty :smile:  :smile:  :razz:  god, remember that?? You'd be cruisin in the house, really letting it ride, and BAM, somebody would drop some honesty all over you. And you had nothing to say about it. Cause it's true. It didn't hurt, but it was like stepping into a cold shower. Good times.

Anonymous:
Laura,I went to CEDU-RS in 1987 and split. I never could've done it if it wasn't my home state, but i coldn't handle CEDU. I think they do tell alot of rumors to keep you there. On the other hand, it was scary splitting and I couldn't make a phone call to friends(that is where they caught me the first time I split.) The weird thing is that I had a feeling a mother would help me before I split and that is exactly what happened. (I knew I wouldn't hitchhike.)The thing I felt bad about was lying to her why I needed help getting home because I didn't wnat to be sent back.  It turns out she was headed to San Diego in a week, so for one week I babysat her kids in RS and kept out of town and then she drove me home.  My parents had some crazy spiel CEDU gave them, but I told them I was headed north to live in Haight Ashbury area of S.F. not knowing where it was... My dad said no way, jose, and i was back at home.  (I think my dad was starting to feel like the program was BS anyway but felt he had to back up my Mom.) It took me five hours to go from CEDU to the rinky dink town but I almost got busted by cops, was chased by two dogs, and was real careful trying to slip by this weird derelict trailer camp.  If you met me, you'd never guess I was the type who'd split because I'm kind of a chicken.  

Anyway,Hell, I couldn't imagine splitting BCA. Is it near a town?  I remember another post saying that the other states (UT, ID, FL)protect kids less than CA so it makes sense that you would have more to bargain with if you split an area where your rights are totally null and void.

Anonymous:
I wrote the previous post, and also the one about your more violent rants.  I think part of the reason it makes me uncomfortable is because I want parents to read these posts and think twice about sending their kids to CEDU. If they read stuff that transcends anger and goes into your violent wishes I'm afraid they won't take into account the very valid points you tell about your experiences.  This site helps with venting but I also want parents to read it and understand that we all aren't a bunch of psychos or they'll write everything we say off.  Maybe I'm missing the point, I don't know.

Looking back into why your parents sent you to CEDU in the first place what did you really need? I always wonder because staying home was out of the question but CEDU was a horrible alternative.  (I wasn't on drugs or suicidal or destructive to others; but I was in bad shape emotionally and academically.)

Hell on Wheels:
Let's put it this way....... The things I got sent to CEDU for, never got addressed in 2.5 years. I just learned to keep my anger under the radar. To turn all my hate against those who were against me, whether it was student or staff, or system. I guess I have just never turned it off. My guess is that most people here were not sent away for extreme anger and disturbing thought processes. That makes me a minority. You will not understand why it is so important for me to talk here, or anywhere. The more I talk, the less chance that I will act. Like I said here before, I was born to be the way that I am, hopefully I can maintain the strength to keep myself doing the right thing, done pretty good so far.

shanlea:
OK. YOu are right. I don't understand, but I accept. We all got our own journey.

Still, you are articulate and funny, what if you wrote a dark comedy about your experience?

Also out of curiosity, do any of your CEDU friends view CEDU similarly or were they brainwashed? Laura? Hell?

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