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Elan (corporation/school)
Antigen:
"...but the almighty dollar is the bottom line here as always!"
Yeah, that's the golden rule. He who has the gold makes the rules. That has been so since time out of mind and will continue to be so.
So the most sensible thing to do is to take away their gold Most of the money comes from public funding sources. That may seem hard to believe in light of the exorbitant fees and donations.
But think about it. Right now, DFAF is planning a conference in Vancouver to do a little (more) fear mongering there. (See IDEAS-CANADA) I've met a LOT of Program parents over the years. Most of them are among the most decent people in the world. What would posess them to do to us what they did? How about a multi-billion-dollar, decades long propaganda campaign???
We MUST cut off this line of funding. It is, after all, our money. When we were kids, it was our parents' responsibility. They were duped or negligent or just still shell-shocked from the war era. Now it's up to us to take charge of public policy and route these sleazy bastards from the public dole. The private sector dollars will fall off just as soon as the public support is curtailed.
Anonymous:
To asshole who posted 3/23 you obviously bought into Joe's bullshit(may he rot) but you preach it to well to just be a class of 2000 graduate I'll bet you are a member of the staff or former member anyway Ken nobody here wan't to hear your sick concept bullshit.
Anonymous:
Elan School has saved the lives of several kids I know. All of them are living productive lives now, and are close to their families. All have gone on to college. One is getting married now. One is working in hospital administration, the others are still in college, and one is going to a regular high school. All of these kids were out of control, engaging in dangerous behavior, and failing in school before they came to Elan. As the parent of an Elan student, I have found the staff, the students who have been my daughter's friends at Elan, and the teachers and administrators there to be caring, respectful people doing a very hard job. I have visited at Elan during the confrontation groups. I overheard strong language used, very intense and hard to hear. It shook me up. But I have seen kids come out of these groups feeling better, and feeling close to their peers who were just yelling at them for something offensive they had done. There are tough kids there, kids for whom school and home environments have not worked out well. After the Elan program,these kids have been able to leave Elan and go home to finish high school, go to college, or go to a regular boarding school. A minor percentage of kids do not succeed at Elan, and leave without graduating. Fortunately, most do succeed. As the parent of a teenager who has benefitted immeasurably from her stay at Elan, I would be happy to answer any questions about Elan you may have. I am grateful to Elan, as is my daughter. She has thanked me many times for choosing Elan for her. She has recommended Elan for a friend of our family's. That says a lot. K.
lpayne:
You don't know what you are talking about (says respectively). The Elan I knew was nothing like what you have described. I am very happy that you had a great experience, but that was not my Elan 23 years ago. It was so damaging to me and took many years to recover. I believe I was only 1 of a few that ever escaped and the fact that I survived had nothing to do with Elan.
lpayne:
I am a survivor of Elan. I was there...oh some 23 years ago. There is no one that can convince me that Elan was anything but corrupt. I was there. I saw it. I remember when I was there, there were a couple of kids that tried to runaway or something and they had to sit in bunny suits all day and handcuffed. I remember the boxing ring/blood. I remember the customes and signs. I remember the constant yelling and screaming and knocking on doors. I remember the termoil of my peers. I remember most of all that I could trust no one. I was so alone and knew that Elan was going to destroy me, I wanted out in the worst way. I felt as though Elan was stealing my soul and spirit. I played the game real well though and stayed basically out of any real trouble there. But as you all know, that didn't always work. They made sure everyone got a fair shake at their "therapy". Anyway, I finally got them to take me on a trip with others to the mall and by this time, because I stayed out of trouble, they took their eyes off of me for only a minute and I was gone. I left Maine and went to Boulder, got a job, an apartment, got married years later, went back to school, raised my son (who just graduated high school last week). SCREW you all anonymous fakes, that can't even post who you are. I don't feel this way about many, but Ricci...I was so glad to hear that he was gone. I was relieved. The world is a much better place without him. What a sad statment on his life. I mean look at all of us..I'm 37 and while I'm by no means consumed with Elan anymore....the pain is still there in some degree...I WILL NEVER FORGET. And for those of you who have said...well what did you do to make it better. Elan sucked...nothing can make that better. What I've done is raised a healthy son...who dabbled at 14 in drugs/drinking and the black clothes and when told that either I put him somewhere or they will not continue to treat him for his ADHD, I said fine...he is not a car I'm sending to get fixed. He is my son. Why anyone thinks that you can send away your child to be fixed is beyond me. I worked with my son, we both made changes and we're here to say that places like Elan should be eliminated. That is more of a contribution than thinking that you made Elan a better place. You are sick!
I AM A SURVIVOR!
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