Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
the truth about it...
Anonymous:
Music wasn't prohibited, however it was music chosen by the staff and I found it to be horrible,haha. Some of the girls played instruments and sang and in the van and during art class we were allowed to listen to cds sometimes. It wasn't that bad, I understand the need for limiting the kinds of music that could be played.
My experience with Mike Finn was much different, he was the person who was the most helpful and supportive of me. Maybe he changed, he did retire however. Apparently so did Deb and Gary.
Melissa.
Antigen:
I don't think we were actually fighting awhile back. I think maybe we got pretty close to falling back to the conditioned response, though; for or again, us vs them kinda thing. We would all do well to get better at seeing that coming and not falling for it.
As to what to do about the problem, I really think the best and most effective thing we can do is to just get people to look critically and notice what's going on in these places. It's way out of whack w/ accepted norms of our society. But they're so good a deamonizing all critics that the discussion doesn't usually get that far.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
George Washington
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Anonymous:
I thinks it is true. And here is how people can pay for it.
http://www.yourtuitionsolution.com/fami ... id=KNC-002
Anonymous:
I AM THE PARENT OF A YOUNG GIRL THAT EARNED THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING MMS. KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL. WE WERE MISLED BY AN OLDER ADVERTISEMENT AND BY THE STAFF. I SAT IN JOHN MERCER'S OFFICE AND TOLD HIM THAT I DID NOT WANT TO SEND MY DAUGHTER TO MMS IF THE SCHOOLS POLICY WAS ONE OF BREAKING DOWN THE STUDENT TO BUILD THEM BACK UP. I DID NOT WANT MY DAUGHTER PUNISHED FOR HER CHOICES BUT WANTED HER TO BE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM DRUGS AND LEARN TO BE SELF CONFIDENT. I REQUESTED FAMILY THERAPY WITH OUR DAUGHTER AND WAS LED TO BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. WHAT A JOKE THAT BRIEF 15 MINUTE SCHEDULED PHONE CALL EACH TIME WAS. MY VISITS TO THE SCHOOL WERE ABSOLUTELY APALLING! BUT I FELT THERE WEREN'T MANY OPTIONS AT THE TIME. THE MOST ABUSIVE PERSON ON STAFF AT THAT WAS DEB'S HUSBAND MIKE. HE WAS COLD AND INTIMIDATING TO THE GIRLS. SCREAMING, YELLING, AND NAME CALLING. I FEEL THE SCHOOL FAILED NOT ONLY MY DAUGHTER BUT MOST OF THE GIRLS. MY HOPE IS THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED. I HEAR DEB AND MIKE ARE GONE. THAT IS A PLUS!!! MY DAUGHTER HAS HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRUSTING PEOPLE AND BEING CLOSE TO THEM SINCE BEING AT MMS. SHE IS NOW 25 YEARS OLD AND STILL HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT BEING THERE. MAY GOD FORGIVE ME FOR ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN TO HER. SHE IS GOD'S PRECIOUS GIFT TO HER FAMILY
kerryberry420:
wow, it is great to hear from a parent. the parents of the girls there honestly have no idea what is going on (according to my mom). most of the parents, if they knew, i think would pull their daughters out. there is very little contact between students and parents, and contact is often taken away as a punishment or "consequennce" even if it wasn't their daughter that did something "bad" mms really stresses group consequences. which i think is unfair and unrealistic. in the real world the group will rarely, if ever, take the consequences for one idividuals actions. anyway, in response to the last post......when was your daughter there? i was there from 1999 to 2001. you should ask your daughter to read these posts and see if she agrees. i am sorry that your family had to go through all that pain, its great that you are still talking to your daughter. i know one girl who left mms in pain because of what happened there (she had to live outside in a tent alone for 9 months) and when she got back home she couldn't assimilate back into society and has had years of turmoil, her family doens't talk to her anymore because of it. she thinks mms had A LOT to do with that. and i agree. the staff used to tell my parents that if i didn't buy into the program, or screwed up when i came home that they should kick me out and not tlak to me anymore. while i was at mms they thought i was "keeping secrets" and so they cancelled my family visits, phone calls, and they wouldn't let me write to them. they had my parents write me a letter telling me that they didn't want any contact with me until i "got honest". i didn't see my parents for a year. so....i started lying. and then i got to go on a home visit. weird.
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