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Anonymous:
At Lakewood High in St Pete the saying was " The Seed Sucks!". I couldn't agree more. Too bad I was in panic mode as a little 15 year old girl and didn't dare have an opinion contrary to the seedling cult. It did in fact suck, didn't it? :silly:
Anonymous:
Anonymous: I was also at Lakewood between 1973 and 1977. Before that, Baypoint Jr High and Elem. Not a seedling, but perhaps we knew each other. what year did you graduate? :grin:
GregFL:
you were in my class, the class of 77. I left in 11th grade for ft lauderdale
marshall:
Cleveland / wally, I have a hard time comprehending how the seed functioned in it's later years. Maybe you or someone else from that time period can help fill in the blanks. Without newcomers coming into the program I don't even see the point of keeping the doors open. How did it make any money? It seems it should have closed as soon as the last crop of newcomers graduated. So, at some point everyone was off of their program and the seed was all oldtimers? Did they still have raps? I keep hearing how graduates had a relationship without permission from staff. That blows my mind. When I was there, if you graduated you were free to have a relationship at any time thereafter...no permission or approval needed. At graduation, you were finished with the seed and only continued to participate if you chose to do so. Most did not. In the later years, it sounds as if no-one ever really graduated. You were expected to stay and still be under the control of staff. The cultic aspects of the seed were already apparent when I was there in the 70's, but it seems that part grew stronger in the final years. I understand it became a small group again...like the very early days. Did art ever lead raps in the later years?
I find the evolution of the seed from 'hippie love fest' as greg or someone put it, to a large, strict, synanon-type organization to a self-enclosed cult group that no longer even treated new drug abusers...fascinating. So, staff regarded unapproved relationships amongst graduates as 'back stabbing'? (BTW, I remember a Laura being on staff. Tall, dark-skinned gal. Very soft-spoken.) In the early years money wasn't a big issue. You could pay installments or on a sliding scale. No-one was turned away due to lack of funds. It was that way when I was there. Then, at some point it became all cash up front or forget it. So many changes. Are there others that I'm missing?
Anonymous:
i graduated lakewood in 75
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