3. Talk about going to a boarding school for 2 years in the Dominican Republic. Why did you go?
It sucked! It wasn?t a nice boarding school where rich parents send their teens to learn culture and all that. It was a reform school, their main goal was to turn you in to a Christian their second goal was to break you down to supposedly build you back up later. It was tough.
I did my junior and senior year of high school down there. When you first arrive you are on first level which means you are not allowed to speak or move freely around the house. We had to ask to go from room to room and be with in 10 feet of a supervisor 24/7, even in the bathroom.
My mom sent me their cause I got in a bit of trouble with drugs and was about to get kicked out of school permanently. She didn?t really feel like bothering with me and this was a great place to stick me till I hit 18 ands was no longer her problem.
Their has been one book that I know of already written about this program and another one on the way. I have been asked to participate in the second book and give my account of what happened to me while I was their but I have declined. I would rather just let the past be the past and move on.
One good thing that came out of it was that I got to see another part of the world. That was really cool and I still love going to the DR and meeting the people who live their. I have a bit of a connection to the place.
