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What about "Carlbrook School"?
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Anonymous:
I went to Carlbrook from July 05 to June 06... the experiences i had there were both positive and negative... First off, i had very very little behavioral problems and virtually no drug or alchohol problems. I feel i was placed there unfairly. My ed-consultant was the owners mother and my wood's therapist was their close family friend. I feel i was placed at Carlbrook out of convience and manipulation, not out of actually need. Carlbrook felt like Jail. My advisor was extremely manipulative and by the end of my stay there i was being attacked and singled out by almost all the staff and many students. The owner, Grant Price is an absolute mad man. He has no qualification to run that school other than the fact that he went to a tbs previously. In groups most of the staff cuss the students out and manipulate them to believe that they really need carlbrook's help in order to even survive in the "real World". They convince completely normal and talented kids that they "hate themselves" and make them feel they have nowhere else to turn. The emotional manipulation there is unreal. They believe that a student who has any natural spunk or spirit must first be broken by carlbrook and then built back up. If you decide to not fully comply emotionally to the program and philosophy there you are isolated from your friends and made to feel like an outcast from everyone around. they put you on 'Bans' which mean you cannot talk to a certain group of people for reasons only Carlbrook can justify. It is borderline INSANE! In my last 3 weeks there, i was placed in "suspension" which is basically a room in which you sit at a desk and stare straight ahead. You cannot look at any other studetn, talk to any one unless raising your hand or being adressed by a staff first. You have virtually NO contact with anyone other than the security staff in that room. When you do leave the room you must walk in a straight line with your head down and are forbidden to look up. I was placed in there because someone said that i was gossiping about other studetns which was completely false. It was complete injustice.. And Andy Coe... this man is the devil. He lied and told the whole school this heart-wrenching story about the near death of his daughter which was completely UNTRUE. the staff lies to the studetns in order to make them feel a certain way. Most of the Therapy was BULLSHIT!!!!! the only staff that really cared abotu the kids were the maintainance staff, teachers, cooking staff, security staff, and a VERY small number of advisors.... Parents need to think VERY VERY long and hard b4 making a drastic decision to send your child to a hell hole like this. and if you do.... there better be absolutely NO other option for them
Anne Bonney:
Wow, SC Student. Sadly, that's an all too familiar tale. It explains the extreme devotion and fanatical responses to criticisms of the school. They cannot tolerate any type of critical, rational thought. Their entire premise depends on isolation and making the victim vulnerable enough to be manipulated into believing pretty much anything. It also explains how they can try and claim that any of it is voluntary. They don't see coercion and isolation for what it really is...brainwashing.
Anonymous:
SC Student- I was at Carlbrook and you don't get to Carlbrook by being a normal and talented kid. You get there because you are a fuck up. why are you blaming your edcon and grant for you being there? Your parents put you there and I'm sure they put you there because you were doing really well in school and treating your familoy great. i bet you never smoked a joint or sold drugs either.
I agree Andy Coe is a nutcase, but you probably hate your advisor and Grant because they kicked your ass. Tell us what you are doing now. I bet you are still fuckin gup. Carlbrook can only do so much. the rest is up to you. I hated group too when I was there and I was always on bans , but I finally realized I needed to figure some stuff out so I could avoid the shit tht go tme there int he first place.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Guest"" ---I hated group too when I was there and I was always on bans , but I finally realized I needed to figure some stuff out so I could avoid the shit tht go tme there int he first place.
--- End quote ---
You didn't hate group, you are still in it.
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