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Irishsean · 03-21-2005, 08:05 AM

I did read the court documents Pinkie, and found them disturbing. They describe situations that I have never seen, and could never comprehend seeing at any of the facilities where I have worked. After reading the complaints, I do think there are problems at that facility and do hope that it is shut down and the children who have been put thru that are helped.

On the other hand, I think that in all probability, some amount of the complaints that have been made have been twisted or are outright lies. In my experience, children will say and do almost anything to get out of the program and return to their previous life/drugs/gangs. I am not saying that all the complaints are like that by any means, I am sure that with the amount and in depth descriptions that some of them contain that they are probably true. I am just making an observation based on my experience working with kids.

I really wish that all programs were not lumped together under the impression that ones like these give. The one I work with has nothing even close to resembling the kind of abuses that this program apparently contains.

Also Pinkie, i did not mean my last few posts to come off as being hard on you. I know you had a bad experience, and cannot necessarily see that not all people are cold and uncaring towards kids, and not all programs are like this. Its just really hard to hear things that make me feel like I am out to hurt these kids, when I love them like they were my own.

This morning we had a group of kids graduate and leave the program. There is nothing like the feeling you get when a group of kids come up to you, hug you, and thank you for helping them straighten out their lives. On graduation days, I have yet to leave work without tears in my eyes. I am so happy to see these kids return to life outside of the program without drugs messing with their minds, with a good education, and with a positive outlook on life. There are even a few students that have graduated over the last few years that still send me letters every few months thru work, telling me about their lives, struggles they are having, and new things they have experienced. It really makes me happy to know that I helped them thru a tough time in their lives, and they are doing better because of it.

PS. If you have any pull with ISAC, let me know, I found a few errors on their site and emailed them about them anonymously the last time they were mentioned, and they have yet to fix them.

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Irishsean edited for content Location: Austin, TX	I did read the court documents Pinkie, and found them disturbing. They describe situations that I have never seen, and could never comprehend seeing at any of the facilities where I have worked. After reading the complaints, I do think there are problems at that facility and do hope that it is shut down and the children who have been put thru that are helped. On the other hand, I think that in all probability, some amount of the complaints that have been made have been twisted or are outright lies. In my experience, children will say and do almost anything to get out of the program and return to their previous life/drugs/gangs. I am not saying that all the complaints are like that by any means, I am sure that with the amount and in depth descriptions that some of them contain that they are probably true. I am just making an observation based on my experience working with kids. I really wish that all programs were not lumped together under the impression that ones like these give. The one I work with has nothing even close to resembling the kind of abuses that this program apparently contains. Also Pinkie, i did not mean my last few posts to come off as being hard on you. I know you had a bad experience, and cannot necessarily see that not all people are cold and uncaring towards kids, and not all programs are like this. Its just really hard to hear things that make me feel like I am out to hurt these kids, when I love them like they were my own. This morning we had a group of kids graduate and leave the program. There is nothing like the feeling you get when a group of kids come up to you, hug you, and thank you for helping them straighten out their lives. On graduation days, I have yet to leave work without tears in my eyes. I am so happy to see these kids return to life outside of the program without drugs messing with their minds, with a good education, and with a positive outlook on life. There are even a few students that have graduated over the last few years that still send me letters every few months thru work, telling me about their lives, struggles they are having, and new things they have experienced. It really makes me happy to know that I helped them thru a tough time in their lives, and they are doing better because of it. PS. If you have any pull with ISAC, let me know, I found a few errors on their site and emailed them about them anonymously the last time they were mentioned, and they have yet to fix them. __________________ There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. Leon Trotsky Last edited by Irishsean; 03-21-2005 at 08:10 AM.. Reason: cuz ah kant spel!