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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / Re: H.R 6358 and other questions
« on: March 28, 2009, 04:42:51 PM »
I'm still on the fence about this bill. On one hand it does give children some sort of procedure if they are being mis-treated. On the other hand making sure the kids have that opportunity is going to be impossible
The one thing that I did in my daily C.o.C. withdraws was to ask to see an attorney or social worker. Repeatedly, I was told that I had no rights and therefore I would never get to see one. It was like a daily ritual, I'd put in a withdraw, get confronted and then end up slammed to the ground, dragged to the side of group where I'd remain w/ 4-5 oldcomers sitting on me until it was time to go to the host home. 9.5 out of 10 of the days I was there, for all those months. (that's a lot of asking to see an outside advocate or legal representative, without ever getting to) And then one day they (Straight) realized they wouldn't break me and my parents were asked to and agreed to withdraw me.
Children NEED to KNOW they have rights. Programs must be forced to encourage kids to be informed of their rights and how to use them, if needed. A program who asks to be kept in check by it's clients and the government will be a lot better than any I know of atm.
Unless these kids get unrestricted access to a phone, and the parents aren't washed to believe their kid is a liar.... I don't see programs complying with the proposed regulations.
ps~ On an unrelated note! I did this cool experiment with red blood cells at work today, for biology. I wanted to understand and see first hand how Osmosis worked within the cell... It was amazing to see how the red blood cell responds to changes in it environment. Wow! in the simplest form... I could see how a change in ones environment caused chaos and destruction....almost instantly. OMG, I love school! (Never thought I'd ever say that, LOL )
The one thing that I did in my daily C.o.C. withdraws was to ask to see an attorney or social worker. Repeatedly, I was told that I had no rights and therefore I would never get to see one. It was like a daily ritual, I'd put in a withdraw, get confronted and then end up slammed to the ground, dragged to the side of group where I'd remain w/ 4-5 oldcomers sitting on me until it was time to go to the host home. 9.5 out of 10 of the days I was there, for all those months. (that's a lot of asking to see an outside advocate or legal representative, without ever getting to) And then one day they (Straight) realized they wouldn't break me and my parents were asked to and agreed to withdraw me.
Children NEED to KNOW they have rights. Programs must be forced to encourage kids to be informed of their rights and how to use them, if needed. A program who asks to be kept in check by it's clients and the government will be a lot better than any I know of atm.
Unless these kids get unrestricted access to a phone, and the parents aren't washed to believe their kid is a liar.... I don't see programs complying with the proposed regulations.
ps~ On an unrelated note! I did this cool experiment with red blood cells at work today, for biology. I wanted to understand and see first hand how Osmosis worked within the cell... It was amazing to see how the red blood cell responds to changes in it environment. Wow! in the simplest form... I could see how a change in ones environment caused chaos and destruction....almost instantly. OMG, I love school! (Never thought I'd ever say that, LOL )