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Day 18 - Moral Inventory - 8/15/75 (Open Meeting)
Withdraw:
So MI's weren't reviewed by staff? Did you never have to show/turn in your MIs to anyone? Did staff ever ask to see them? How would they know you were writing them? Just by people telling on themselves?
I thought they had to be turned in like homework?
Sorry to bust in again=/
*Im no Hero...
The one part of my ~up bringing that allowed and forced me to be a "non-complier" was from as small child my father had taught me "If someone will lie to you, they will steal from you"
So I was not able to lie in Straight easily and my very few past stories just weren't enough to sustain any progression. Which in turn, in Straight's eyes constituted me as a "misbehaver" because I wasn't constanly "getting honest" or something. Hence, I never left Day Zero..The fact that I didn't lie through my life is what ended me up there in the first place, when I drank and/or tried pot the 3 times I had several months before Straight, I had just been honest and told my parents when they asked. So they must have assumed I was doing even more than I was saying....and Straight staff perpetuated that assumption.
GregFL:
You have to understand, Withdraw, the sheer numbers of people that were in the seed. Staff reading MIs? Logistically this would have been impossible with up to 1000 kids in group without hiring a full time room full of Mi readers, so This was only done if there was a perceived problem. While we thought they were our private Mi once we got home, Our parents however were encouraged to read thru them while we were at the seed and report back any problems. IE; I have been thinking about my old girlfriend. Mom calls and tells the seed, seed stands you up and confronts you, you think they are reading your mind and all the lies of the program are demonstrated in one act.
NOT12NOW:
Oh my god, I never thought of that, duh. My parents were probably reading my moral inventories all the time.
When I was at my oldcomer's, they read it and turned it into a little rap right there on the bed but I assumed once I got home nobody read them.
Withdraw:
Wow, a thousand kids sometimes. In Springfield, when I was there we had 200-300. !1000 isn't even a concept I could have. Thanks GregL for answering.
Now, I see how Straight knew so about what kids were thinking..it was mostly from the parents reading the MIs. I too thought they must have had special powers..or spies everywhere... or the MIs were reviewed by staff...
Wow, that explains more than you may realize of my time in Straight. They must have just run out of information on me- so began to make stuff up to confront me about, no wonder I was in a constant state of confusion.(I wasn't writeing or allowed to speak for 6.5 months, unless I was addressed by staff)
Thanks you all =)
Anonymous:
the oldcummers read them on a regular basis and reproted to staff what was in the MI's
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