Archive | November 2014
19/11/2014  

297. Farmers Christian Academy Girls Home

This enclosed boarding school claims to be a Christian school. A former student states:

I am a former girl of Farmer Christian Academy and I would like to share my experience with everyone. I was one of the earlier girls to come in the home and I stayed there for a year. I can honestly say it was the worst year of my life. There was a lot of favoritism played at this girls home and several girls were treated unfairly. While being in church a lot always gave me more spiritual guidance, the traveling was absolutely ridiculous. We would wake up at 3 or 4 AM and go to Tennessee and stay for the morning and night service and then would drive back that night and have to be up for school the next morning. Also, a lot of rules implemented at the home were not biblical at all. Several rules were based off of preference by dorm advisor Crystal Fields. Crystal fields had a very negative attitude towards certain girls and she refused to counsel them as she expressed falsely that we only wanted attention. Also, does the Bible not say “make a joyful noise unto The Lord?” While we were always traveling, we were know for our singing group. God values the Christian that sings for him from the heart no matter how they sound, but Crystal gave the microphones to certain people and made others feel as if they weren’t good enough to praise God. There were a few girls that could not sing very well and they knew they couldn’t, but they still wanted to sing in front of the church for their Savior, but Crystal commanded them to lip sing so they wouldn’t mess up the rest of the group. Also, your child will never be able to talk to you without supervision. All phone calls last exactly 15 minutes and you get one phone call every 2 weeks. You can also send and receive letters, but those are read before they are sent or given to the girl. If Crystal or the staff feels there is something you or your daughter shouldn’t see they will scratch it out with sharpie. When you finally get to see your daughter after 6 months don’t think you will get to have a private conversation with her. Crystal sticks so close that she can hear your inner thoughts. FCA has also had several staff members leave. Does that tell you something? There are a lot of unknown things about Farmer Christian Academy that parents should know before they submit their daughter there. As a former student there, I do NOT recommend FCA to any parent. I’m against this home so strongly that I wouldn’t even send my dog there! If you want your daughter to get some real, Godly help, look into Victorious Valley Christian Girls Home. That home is based solely on Christ

KaseyLynn95

It doesn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

14/11/2014  

296. Randolph-Macon Academy

Hours before a 12 and 13 year old girl had to report at the academy their mother was found death. The girls were later found guilty having participated in the killing of their mother out of fear of the military school they were banished to.

The school is still in operation today and it might be another kind of environment the students face now than the fearful environment which we drove these girls to the ultimate tragedy – the killing of their mother.

It is safe to say that it wasn’t a fun place to be as a teenager back then.

Sources:

13/11/2014  

295. Miami Aerospace Academy

Forced sexual relationships is no fun. Adding the fact that the school was unlicensed, unaccredited and virtually unregulated because it is a private, non-profit school doesn’t make it better.

The brainchild of “El General” aka Evaristo “Ever” Marina closed in 1989. However not before it had made a negative impact on the lives of several students.

It was not a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

12/11/2014  

294. Sibanye Youth Cadet Corps

According to Facebook page the Sibanye Youth Cadet Corps, the organization states:

The organization is para-military in its structure. All volunteers must undergo para-military styled training and will be using a military styled uniform. Discipline is required and members must sacrifice in order to achieve organizational goals.

However reading the news former students complain about lack of food, proper shelter etc.

It doesn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

11/11/2014  

293. Word of Faith Fellowship Church

Word of Faith Fellowship Church was a religious community located in North Carolina. It became the center of an investigation by the Department of Social Service.

A male person claimed that he was inprisoned for being a gay. They also had a Danish connection to a likewise controversial church commnunity.

It doesn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

04/11/2014  

292. Valley Springs Youth Ranch

Valley Springs Youth Ranch is marketed as a residential treatment center. Feedbacks from former employees as well as former residents do however speak of a peer controlled environment out of control where larger and stronger residents bully those who are not so strong.

Late october 2014 a mother called the social services to investigate an incident. Just days later her boy broke his collar bone after a “fall” according to information found on social media websites.

It doesn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources: