Could facepunc help bring down this organization that tortured countless teenagers? - General

I found this on the front page of reddit and I thought it's really interesting and its true too.. So I thought maybe facepunch could help spread the message I'm not sure where this belongs so I apologize in advance if I post this in the wrong section. [quote]summary- Google: the elan school (this will basically open Pandora's box) This place only still exist because so many people believe that it doesn't or that it can't. I believe that the internet is our #1 tool for exposing these horrid blind spots for what they are. Help me Reddit! I was sent to a place called The Elan School in 1998 and I was only 16. The scary thing is that Elan is still open, kids aged 13-20 are there right now. Normal kids, many whom may have smoked a joint or two, or who swore at their parents. Of course there were also real criminals there, but they did not make up the majority. The "school" accepted anyone and then held them as long as they possibly could depending on the age of the child. If you were sent at 14 (many were) you may have been looking at 3-4 years. This is because The Elan School collects $50,000 a year per child, either from the child's state, school, or parents. And, of course, money was the only motivation of the staff and directors. These were the people in charge of your "progress" in the program. I could write for hours about it, instead I ask you to skim the following bullet points and to understand that I am telling the truth. We were forced to participate in staff-organized fight clubs, none of which were fair, all were designed to humiliate one child who would be put up against at least 3 others. So even the children who "followed the rules" were forced to fight: in the name of "good". Children who tried to rebel or be free-thinking were thrown into an isolation room where they had to stay for months at a time, they had to sleep at night on a dirty mattress on the floor of the isolation room The mattress was brought to them at midnight and they were woken up around 7am. We were all forced to perform in a ritual called a "General Meeting" where the entire house (60 or more boys and girls) screamed at one child who stood behind a broomstick. Many times they were forcibly held up by two other students so they would have to accept the punishment. [b]Education was considered a right, but those of us who earned the right were still robbed of an education. School was from 7pm-11pm: no homework, no test, no projects. Ex: math class consisted of grabbing a math book and handing the teacher at least one page of work. The other 12 hours of the day consisted of constant conditioning and brainwashing. In the beginning you obviously rejected it, but then you would be "dealt with". You would not be able to rise through the ranks of the program to earn more 'rights' until you could prove yourself to be a good candidate for more brainwashing. Eventually it became your responsibility to begin indoctrinating the newer residents (basically you, six month earlier). You had Strength and Non-Strength. Non-Strength's were not allowed to talk, interact, or communicate in any way with other Non-Strengths. It took a minimum of 6 months to earn the title of "Strength". It took some kids years to earn "Strength". Some kids never did. Elan made money based on the amount of time it took for you to graduate "the program". You had to have a minimum of 7 promotions before you were a candidate for "graduation". Each promotion took a minimum of 3 months, and 90% of the kids never made it past the 5th promotion. These kids had to wait until they turned 18 and could legally sign themselves out. Other kids stayed past their 18th birthday, which is a true testament to the effectiveness of the brainwashing, I remember one dude was 23. Your level of high-school had no reflection whatsoever on your ability to leave Elan. I was forced to do my senior year of high school twice, even though I was technically done after the first senior year. The staff members were primarily former students who were hired by Elan after graduating from the program. Many arrived in BMW's and clearly made 6 figure incomes. None of them had degree's in psychology, education, social work, etc... Many of them never went to college at all. All outgoing letters to parents were screened, many of us having to write many different drafts until they were accepted. All phone calls to our parents were monitored, we were allowed about 15 minutes a week and the person who monitored the call would have their hand hovering over the hang-up button as a constant reminder of our reality. We were not allowed to write or receive letters until we earned the right (this could take 8 months or more). When someone found out where I was and wrote me, my unopened letters were ripped up in front of me as motivation to move up in the program. I feel like I am beginning to write too much and I do not want to overwhelm anyone who made it this far. Because most of the bullet points honestly require further explanation to give the full impact of what Elan truly was. The most important thing that anyone can do is to be aware of this place and make sure that nobody you know ever gets sent there for any reason. If you are a parent then do not send your child there. If you know someone who is there now then beg the parents to do more research. The amount of suicides and tragic deaths of former Elan students is reason enough to take this post seriously. [/b] ***if you want to help then Google: the elan school.....dig through the links, learn about it, know that it exist please email: [email]jeff.wimbelton@gmail.com[/email] [/quote] Additional Information: [url]http://www.elanschool.org/[/url] SCHOOl WEBSITE: [url]http://www.elanschool.com/[/url] SOURCE: [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/ec3xh/even_skimming_this_post_once_will_blow_your_mind/[/url] also note some of the reviews of Elan school on this site [url]http://www.greatschools.org/school/parentReviews.page?id=773&state=ME&sortBy=dd&page=1[/url] FYI for those of you don't think this is real , do some research... There are many blogs on this as well as a facebook group for graduates for the Elan school which I can't find at the moment [highlight](User was banned for this post ("This is not what the community is for" - verynicelady))[/highlight]

Your trying to fuck up education worse than it already is? [editline]28th November 2010[/editline] oh wait

That is some fucked up shit.

wow

You act like there aren't a bunch of schools like that. It's a for-profit school, and there are many, many, MANY of them. Don'tcha just hate the world?

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;26337354]You act like there aren't a bunch of schools like that. It's a for-profit school, and there are many, many, MANY of them. Don'tcha just hate the world?[/QUOTE] Yes, I do know that but at least we have some info on Elan and could potentially help close down this school

This school needs a columbine-like event. On the school staff.

I swear to god I've read something just like this before

Holy shit, that's fucked up.

I was going to say that we aren't your personal army but that is really fucked up.

what the fuck, we have to shut that place down.

Sounds like something that the legal system could handle better than a forum filled with 13 year olds.

Ray, I tihnk the biggest problem he has with it is the fact that there are FACULTY organized fight clubs that are mostly one sided. I question how a school like this can be legal. You would think that the kids would soon organize an uprising and escape. And, Ray, what other schools are there that are like this one?

[QUOTE=Ama-zake;26337406]I swear to god I've read something just like this before[/QUOTE] One such school was covered in [I]Capitalism, A Love Story[/I], if you've ever seen that.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26337467]Sounds like something that the legal system could handle better than a forum filled with 13 year olds.[/QUOTE] Too bad nobody is going to do jack shit about it.

submitted to fox 12.

[QUOTE=Mac2468;26337448]I was going to say that we aren't your personal army but that is really fucked up.[/QUOTE] I didn't write it, I don't expect facepunch to do anything drastic either.. I just wanted to spread the word

Organizing Facepunchers to get together and do anything about this would be like trying to herd a flock of sheep using a wolf and a bazooka.

[QUOTE=XIII_GT;26337519]I didn't write it, I don't expect facepunch to do anything drastic either.. I just wanted to spread the word[/QUOTE] I know you didn't. I read the post thoroughly.

[QUOTE=Jobby;26337547]Organizing Facepunchers to get together and do anything about this would be like trying to herd a flock of sheep using a wolf and a bazooka.[/QUOTE] lol well I just want to get the word out thats all. The more people know about this the better.

Does this count as something you could send to CNN?

Jesus christ this is fucking terrible! I don't think facepunch could honestly do much about it, but if you hand this in to authorities somewhere I'm pretty sure they could get taken down quickly based upon a lot of information in this story, and if it gets proven to be true.

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[QUOTE=CombineGuru;26337661]It's in poland.[/QUOTE] In Maine, U.S.A. [editline]27th November 2010[/editline] I was confused for a second too

[QUOTE=Mikaru-Yanagida;26337657]Jesus christ this is fucking terrible! I don't think facepunch could honestly do much about it, but if you hand this in to authorities somewhere I'm pretty sure they could get taken down quickly based upon a lot of information in this story, and if it gets proven to be true.[/QUOTE] Apparently, this school has been around since the earl 1980s..and its still around :/ Seeing as each students pay 50grand a year I'm guessing the school just bribes people whos in their way

This is absolutely horrid.

it's nothing new [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elan_School[/url]

Here's a [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/style/skeletons-in-the-classroom.html]New York Times article[/url] from 2002 about it.

That is seriously goddamn fucked up. I don't care if facepunch doesn't do anything about it, but [I]someone[/I] has to.

What the fuck, I didn't know the unpleasant elements of the 1800's still existed