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[My Name is Immaterial]

Spoiler: Recap of how this 'learning center' alternate school thing went down. (click to show/hide)

I was actually excited.

It went so ridiculously bad I actually laughed once I stopped crying. I would have never expected it to be that bad in a million years.

Let me give you the blow-by-blow.

First few periods, fine. Nothing special here.

The next few periods, I started to get reaaaally uncomfortable. From what I'd seen of the tour, it had felt just a tad Orwellian what with kids being watched at all times. This was much worse. There were a few minor arguments with teachers and whatnot, and I put in to talk to (names) about it.(People who know me know) I can't work well at all when I'm pressured and uncomfortable.

I pushed a little too hard about the subject, then felt too meh to go where they wanted me to go. They did not respond well, by physically dragging me over to my locker and then shoving me into their time-out room which does appear to have been at least used as a padded cell. Three big teachers are as solid as any door.

It was hard to explain what was wrong in between crying and sobbing from being shoved. But I at least got out the feeling that I was not okay with it seeming like a behavior modification facility of dystopian proportions.

They promptly told  me that it actually WAS a behavior modification facility of dystopian proportions. Oh, and the guy (?) talked to me like he owned me and I couldn't back out. Which, judging from how my parents talked about it, is at least partly rooted in reality. He talked like he could just force my depression to go away somehow. Because somehow, dragging me into things when I feel too terrible to do them is going to spontaneously make the chemicals balanced again.

....
After that, I just waited.

Oh, and whoever I talked to while waiting for the bus (names) liked dystopian fiction.

What the actual ____.

Like seriously. What the actual fuuudge. I mean, I'm sure there are people who need this, but for crying out loud this is absurd. :I

After a minor brush with shit like that, I taught myself how to pick locks with materials concealed in my clothing, and how to draw a knife with my mouth while bound (it's taped under my collar). Ya know, sneak out from the padded cell, grab a cuppa coffee, be casually sipping it when they get back, saying "hey, you guys don't have as much control as you think, I'm only still here because I want to be."

Can't tell if serious.

[tahujdt]

Kinda serious, kinda not. I did teach myself those things, but I have never had the chance to use them.

[Kadzar]

It is indeed half-school half-mental institution.
But I'll be okay. Because I have free will.^_^

Would calling child protective services on the mental institution do anything?

Probably not.  There was a big thing about all of the institutions like this awhile ago, and all of those "summer camps for disturbed individuals," or some such.  Basically all of those locations either have minimal governmental interference, or pay the judges/parents to send them their disturbed teens for their patented Child Discipline Issues™, or something.  They have no oversight, people sign over all of their rights to the schools/camps, and actually treatment/therapy is carried out by untrained and unlicensed "professionals" who "totally know what they're doing."  Luckily for them there are giant black holes in our legal system about them, and their word apparently weighs more in court than a "disturbed" teenager's does.  Not sure if this institution is exactly like those, but it'd probably be futile to go against it.

Luckily, it sounds like this was a voluntary thing that you could leave at anytime instead of blinding rage-inducing summer camp things they have.  If you had videos of the teachers mistreating you, you'd possibly be able to get them on minor assault charges, but the school in general would be protected by claiming ignorance.

Also, I probably blacked out by the sheer amount of rage that I have built up for these "institutions" and shit like this, so if anything doesn't make sense in this post, it's probably because of that.

Here's an article about said thing.

[Vorthon]

I wish we had deer around here. I'd have something to shoot then.

Deer is quite tasty, especially in stews. That's all I have to say on the matter.

[GiglameshDespair]

Man, I wish I could shoot some deer. They're all over the place, but I neither have access to a rifle or land where I have permission to shoot.

There's constant talk about having a cull because they are eating the shit out of everything plant-related, but animal rights protest whenever it comes up so nothing gets done.

It's probably work better than the badger cull. You don't tend to eat badgers, and some genuine, non-horsemeat venison should be worthwhile to sell, really.

[Descan]

I want to take up hunting and make venison biltong.

Because I can.

* Descan lives in a land with millions of square kilometers of boreal forests.

* Descan oh god moose and bears! D:

[Vorthon]

I want to take up hunting and make venison biltong.

Because I can.

* Descan lives in a land with millions of square kilometers of boreal forests.

* Descan oh god moose and bears! D:

You live in pretty much the most highly-industrialized part of Canada. Shush. :u

[Descan]

Yeah but I don't have to cross the border to get into forests

Just drive north a few dozen kilometers.

Or north-east~ *waggles eyebrows*

[Eric Blank]

I could practically walk outside and start petting the deer. By practically, I mean I have to walk ~100 yards to the treeline, and the deer probably wouldn't hold still until I got there.

Now I just need a crossbow or firearm of high enough caliber to be effective and legal, and a hunting license. And, I suppose, a freezer to store meat in and electricity to run it.

[GiglameshDespair]

REAL MAN USE HANDS TO HUNT

JUST HIT DEER WITH MIGHTY FISTS, THEN EAT DEER RAW

[Graknorke]

Putting opinions into words is hard.
Especially when you're trying to tiptoe around saying anything offensive or looking like an idiot while still getting your point across.

[Xantalos]

REAL MAN USE HANDS TO HUNT

JUST HIT DEER WITH MIGHTY FISTS, THEN EAT DEER RAW

MAKE BICYCLE OUT OF DEER SKELETON
USE BICYCLE TO RUN OVER DEER
ENHANCE BIKE WITH MORE BONES

[GiglameshDespair]

REAL MAN USE HANDS TO HUNT

JUST HIT DEER WITH MIGHTY FISTS, THEN EAT DEER RAW

MAKE BICYCLE OUT OF DEER SKELETON
USE BICYCLE TO RUN OVER DEER
ENHANCE BIKE WITH MORE BONES

PUNCH BONES INTO DUST
SNORT BONECAINE
REPEAT PREVIOUS COMMANDS

[Xantalos]

REAL MAN USE HANDS TO HUNT
JUST HIT DEER WITH MIGHTY FISTS, THEN EAT DEER RAW

MAKE BICYCLE OUT OF DEER SKELETON
USE BICYCLE TO RUN OVER DEER
ENHANCE BIKE WITH MORE BONES

PUNCH BONES INTO DUST
SNORT BONECAINE
REPEAT PREVIOUS COMMANDS

Sig.

[Steelmagic]

This is like some messed up version of cataclysm.

Hey, cataclysm devs, add the ability to make bone bikes and upgrade them with bones!

And the ability to make and snort bonecain.