• LAVA Moderator: Shinji Ikari

Did you drop out of highschool?

They were the infamous "troubled teen" programs in Utah. I spent 4 months in their insane wilderness isolation program, then 8 months in their "therapeutic boarding school", which was essentially just juvenile jail. I only got one 10 minute phone call per week, and some asshole was sitting right next to me the whole call. That program was shut down about 10 years ago for child abuse.
You have my sympathy! Those programs were notorious.
I lived in a household that sheltered a kid in one of those programs who escaped. My housemates became her legal guardians and some friend of hers who also got out once came to visit. It was pretty messed up and she was able to prove it to the satisfaction of the courts. Dunno if it was the same program, seems like Utah had a lot of them.
We're your parents Mormon? Or some other fundamentalist types?
 
Interesting story.... They chased me out senior year (quite literally.). BUTT I already had met the credits and requirements to graduate. My name was not called at graduation but I did get a diploma.... But not till AFTER I took the GED. So im so special I have both; which was a bit of a problem at university...but I digress.
 
They were the infamous "troubled teen" programs in Utah. I spent 4 months in their insane wilderness isolation program, then 8 months in their "therapeutic boarding school", which was essentially just juvenile jail. I only got one 10 minute phone call per week, and some asshole was sitting right next to me the whole call. That program was shut down about 10 years ago for child abuse.
man I won't step foot in Utah. I have spent alot of money going around Utah actually. Mormons are scary! (no offense to any here you know its true. Lol catholics are scary too so I know)
 
Mormons are scary! (no offense to any here you know its true. Lol catholics are scary too so I know)
LOL YES THEY ARE.

I spent a lot of time in St. George, Utah, which is basically just a massive Mormon commune.

Everyone is superficially happy with fake smiles, everything seems oddly tidy and organized and bleached and weird man.

I spent a whole year in Utah. It honestly gave me a really creepy vibe. I'm glad you mentioned it.

Honestly, it felt like a cult but on a massive scale, like they own everything, the whole state.... like some horror movie script.... it's a weird vibe for sure.
 
Dam sure tried to. I skipped 3 times a week. Went to jail that last year. Still graduated some how. Graduated 330 out of 335. I even skipped the graduation to smoke weed out of a Pepsi can behind the skateplex.

I took economics instead of a foreign language.

Years later I finally realized I made as much money as the kids that took school seriously. And I wasn't settled with all that debt. So if you're a slacker like me just know (it really isn't important).

Work smart , save money, live your life.
 
Yes dropped out in 12 th year,I had moved out of home and had a job,went to Pacific beach continuation to get stoned and do work books,got the few credits I needed and get on with my life.
 
Yes. I did drop out. Can i drop out of work? No? Oh...just hand me that....handgun over there, sure
 
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