U N B E L I E V A B L E !

[Former Whitmore Resident]

I was in the Whitmore Academy for 02-03... and still thinking about it makes my fucking stomach flip inside out, it's DISCUSTING AND PATHETIC HOW FUCKING WEAK Cheryl's little cult followers sound. I don't even know how to explain myself it's just so sickening !! HOW COULD PEOPLE SIT BACK AND ALLOW THIS KIND OF SHIT TO HAPPEN TO FUCKING INNOCENT PEOPLE  AND NOT FOR NOTHIN BUT WHO ARE PAYING 60,000 $ AT THE MINIUMUN WAGE TO HAVE THERE KIDS GET SOME REAL TREATMENT, Not because they are bad kids, personally i don't even remember any really bad kids being there, they were falling into the typical teenage stage if you ask me. and not only that but you are SUPPORTING THE WHITMORES BULLSHIT . WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH U SCUMBAGS ?! WAKE THE FUCK UP !!!! YES THERE WAS ABUSE THERE, THAT WHOLE CONTRACT THAT ALL OF THE PARENTS SIGNED WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR KIDS THERE WAS ALL BULLSHIT, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY AND POWER DON'T YOU SEE ?! any questions feel free to ask me aNyThInG.

[Joyce Harris]

Former Student,
Just tell us about how Whitmore was when you were there: the academics, the therapy, any trips you went on..what type of abuse you witnessed.
Parents and former students are glad you are posting.

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that is an excellent post, Former Whitmore Resident, telling it how you really feel it. i was in Straight, they closed down a long time ago, so the people who were in there are now at a much different stage in how they see history, in other words, a far bigger percentage of them see it for what it really was -- a hellhole, a cult, and a prison. it drives me nuts to read a bunch of program-apologist posts. not nuts exactly, it is just really painful and too much to take. I just want to end up cursing at people, so I don't frequent some of the other forums like the Teen Help Industry.

anyways, yay, i am glad you posted.  :smile:

[Rodney]

Dear Former Whitmore Student- we are glad you signed in.  Thank you for your input.  If you know any others that you kept in contact with--call them.  If there are any former students out there from before 2002--please POST.

[Anonymous]

I'm not taking sides here....but it's funny how you get such a warm reception if you post anything anti-whitmore regardless of language and grammar. Seems like if you post anything pro-whitmore your posts are spellchecked, grammar checked, any swearing is looked down on, etc. Maybe its just me but it's lookin like  a double standard.

howbizarre

[Invertix]

Good point, though I try not to flame anyone at all.

[Rodney]

Thank you. Most of us parents do and did sincerely appreciate the Whitmore- the negative stuff that is being written is due to hurt and deceit that has actually been experienced.  We appreciate people who have our views because it helps to know there are others who feel as we do.  This is probably the reason for the "warm reception"  and/or the "looked down upon" as you call it.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a blatant double standard. If someone were to post a similar message with the swearing and grammar problems about how much they love the Whitmore.....within a day there would be a page of replies such as "If the Whitmore is such a Christian atompshere, why are you using the F word?" or "Why is your grammar so bad? I thought you got a quality education out there?" and other nitpickin.

howbizarre

[Anonymous]

Rodney: what exactly did and do you appreciate about the Whitmore?

[Anonymous]

Howbizzare, I just think a lot of us old folks just weird-out when we see the "F" word in print. Think we need to get over it, and try to listen to what's really being said, whether it is being said by current or former students. Let's all take an deep breath and try to read and listen.

[Anonymous]

post in support of WHITMORE ACADEMY:  Cheryl's in charge.......

REALITY:  pain,misery,terrible year to explain..........yelling,screaming, can't wait to be leaving.........GROUP, psycho..orders...random thoughts......we all get taught.....the lesson you ask?......solid GROUP sessions.......target a new promising star.....beat him so he doesn't get far.......be a puppet..look for the pulpit.....she is above,,a wicked GOV,,spreading her thoughts///a dreadful love.......GO JOEY......AMF

[Antigen]

On 2005-04-21 11:20:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I'm not taking sides here....but it's funny how you get such a warm reception if you post anything anti-whitmore regardless of language and grammar. Seems like if you post anything pro-whitmore your posts are spellchecked, grammar checked, any swearing is looked down on, etc. Maybe its just me but it's lookin like  a double standard.



howbizarre"

Ok, let's try that out, theoretically.

What if anon wrote
 I was in the Whitmore Academy for 02-03... and still thinking about it makes my fucking heart swell, it's BEAUTIFUL AND AWSOME HOW FUCKING STRONG Cheryl's loving family sound. I don't even know how to explain myself it's just so wonderful !! HOW COULD PEOPLE SIT BACK AND KNOCK THIS KIND OF SHIT HAPPENNING TO FUCKING TROUBLED PEOPLE AND NOT FOR NOTHIN BUT WHO ARE PAYING 60,000 $ AT THE MINIUMUN WAGE TO HAVE THERE KIDS GET SOME REAL TREATMENT, Not because they are bad kids, personally i don't even remember any really bad kids being there, they were falling into the typical teenage stage if you ask me. and not only that but you are KNOCKING THE WHITMORES HELP . WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH U SCUMBAGS ?! WAKE THE FUCK UP !!!! NO THERE WAS'NT ABUSE THERE, THAT WHOLE CONTRACT THAT ALL OF THE PARENTS SIGNED WHEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR KIDS THERE WAS ALL 100% TRUE, IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE AND CHARACTER DON'T YOU SEE ?! any questions feel free to ask me aNyThInG.

Do you see how weird that comes off? Honestly, if it actually read that way, many people might wonder if Inga had written it. It just doesn't make sense for someone to be hostile and angry when trying to describe something good.

I'm being a little snide here. I think the posts you're describing as "pro Whitmore" are actually "anti Whitmore critic" posts. And they have been pretty horrible at times. No one's saying things like "Whitmore is fucking awsome". Instead, they were saying things like "Leah's a fucking slut" or "Joey's a fucking whiner".

That's the kind of statement people have complained about.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
--John Lennon, British songwriter and member of "The Beatles"

[Former Whitmore Resident]

Oh.. im sorry , maybe you're just not used to people being REAL AND NOT SUGAR COATING SHIT !! THATS WHAT UR BASICALLY CONVINCED IS THE "RIGHTEOUS" THING TO DO WHEN UR AT THE WHITMORE , sorry if im not FAKE like you fucking pathetic cult followers. so anyway here's to answer some of you's questions about when i was at the whitmore..

I GOT NO AND I MEAN NO SCHOOL LITERALLY NONE, WHILE I WAS THERE, there was no school so how was i supposed to get my education? so yeah a year od my education was lost there, they expected our parents to buy us laptops ( all the money that my poor parents saved up for all those years spent it on the whitmore academy thinking and convinced that it was going to be something it sure as hell wasn't, what they claim to be). and my mother would always ask me how i'm doing in school and i knew if i told her i'd be in for it so i said i'm doing "great" and all that other bullshit.

so i don't give a shit what anyone sais because i was there i went through it i experienced it this is REALITY PEOPLE I'M NOT SUGAR COATING A N Y T H I N G..

it was all around just very very VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, I still have no idea how the hell they got licensed to be a treatment center.
i remember one time cheryl bought this meat and it got misplaced or something, of course they had to point the finger at someone , that someone was me so i had to look for the meat for about 7 hours until i had found it, so i was looking through the dumpster outside the manson and i found some meat inside of there, cheryl just told me to rinse it off and serve it and everyone had to eat it because it to expensive to waste...
we sure as hell were not given proper nutrition or even 3 regular meals a day ( which the state requires). group was exactly how everyone sais it is. i've seen a lot of shit happen there and alot that happened to me, i was pretty brainwashed and eveidentially a lot of people still are . it is everything that a cult defines. the trips were the worst, sanitation in general and cleanliness was horrible. for some reason cheryl used to bug out when we took showers, not like she didnt have the money to pay for a 2 minute shower, and with all the BE GRATEFUL BULLSHIT, OK WHEN UR PAYING $60,000 TO BE THERE, U SHOULDN'T HAVE TO "BE GRATEFUL" TO BE DEPRIVED OF PROPER FOOD, EDUCATION, SANITATION, COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY, AND ALL AROUND THERAPY IN GENERAL..  I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD, I WILL BLOW UP THE FUCKING EVIL SHITHOLE AND I PLAN ON PULLIN A LAWSUIT ON THESE CONARTISTS WHO NEED TO GET A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.. ITS CALLED KARMA SOMETHING THEY USED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME.. THOSE HYPOCRITES, WE'LL SEE... OH AND FOR ALL U LITTLE BRAINWASHED LITTLE SHMUCKS !! KEEP BEING FAKE !! IT MUST SUCK TO BE YOU AND TO HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT..

[Anonymous]

All the kids were made to buy laptops. Were you made to buy Airport Cards, too? Understand the Airport Cards are sold by Cheryl on E-bay. What a scam.
Did they have a therapist when you were there, FORMER STUDENT?
What dates were you at Whitmore?

[Former Whitmore Resident]

Yeah everyone was supposed to buy an airport card too, i never did though, my parents spent way too much of their hard earned money on all of that and i tryed to tell them not to buy me a laptop but of course cheryl had to have it her way, because what would i need a laptop for, seriously? to pretend like im doing school? laptops aren't cheap ya know, niether are airport cards, they just have no reguard for anybody else, that's sickening. my "THERPAIST" ha.. ha COUGH. Was Tim Lowe.. WOW ... that sick sick basstard i highly DOUBT he had his license, if you knew him you would agree, he was just one of the sudweeks' little cult members, typical, in it for the money and to con kids and their parents. i was there for 2002- 2003.