Of course all the things they show you before you enroll your child are peachy. They were the same way when I enrolled my child. I find it odd that they let you tour the facilities unannounced though. When I arrived "unannounced" they refused me access to the building! My son was only there one week and, like Pia above, my "gut" was telling me something wasn't right, so one week after enrolling him I arrived unannounced to pick him up. I was in SHOCK at what I saw! He is ankle was so swollen you couldn't see where the ankle started and stopped. After a trip to the emergency room, it was determined the ankle was fractured. This occurred on his first day there at the hands of a drill seargant and, despite numerous requests to see a doctor, he was denied medical treatment. Furthermore, he was forced to exercise 18 hours a day on the fractured ankle. He had a cough so horrible, it was just unreal. He had major bronchitis, borderline pnemonia. Again, he requested to see a doctor for this the one week he was there, but again, was denied. He had soooo many cuts and bruises on his body it was unbelievable. The cause? Being hog-tied to another student and dragged through the showers. The reason for this punishment? He wet his pants after being refused bathroom breaks repeatedly.
Does that sound like the way to help your child? Sure, if you want them "beat into submission" they will listen to you. But, we as parents arent allowed to beat our children into submission (not that I ever would), because it is against the law. So, what gives them the right to do so. And to make it even worse, YOU ARE PAYING THEM TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT YOUR CHILD.
I received my son's first letter home after I had already picked him and, if I hadn't picked him up when I did, by reading the letter he wrote, it seemed this place was a "God send" for him. It was a very glowing and positive letter. The clincher? Ask him how many times he was forced to rewrite it until it was to the liking of his family rep. SIX TIMES! My son had to rewrite his letter home SIX TIMES, because each time he gave them the letter it obtained forbidden information. After the fifth letter he was "coached" on what to write because they were getting "frustrated" with the fact that he kept putting negative things about the program into his letter. Care to know what some of the negative things in the letter were? Just one example, Mom, my chest hurts so bad I can't breath, and I really need to see a doctor. But, that is not acceptable to the staff, so they made him rewrite it, over and over, and over, and over and over and over!
So yes, when your daughter writes you and tells you how great it is, those are not her words, they are the coached words of your family rep. When you talk to her on thr phone, there is someone standing right next to her on the same line listening to every word exchanged between the two of you. And, your daugther knows, especially after having been there for 3 months, that if she says anything derogatory about the program, she will pay the price!
If you have any love at all for your daugther, show up there NOW, UNANNOUNCED and DEMAND to see your daugther out of their presence. If she tells you the same things you have read on this board they must be true, because she would never have met any of the other students you hear about on here!
