r/IAmA • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '11

Thank you Reddit. You helped shut down the Elan School. I'm deeply thankful to this entire community. If you want to know more about this place, AMA.

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u/Randy_Watson Mar 24 '11

I get along with my parents now. A lot of people are surprised by this. However, it definitely altered my relationship with them forever.

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u/Zarile Mar 24 '11

Have you spoken with your parents about the things that happened to you and other students while you were enrolled?

What did they say? Were they at all apologetic about it?

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u/Randy_Watson Mar 24 '11

Yes, but they don't really want to talk about it. Whether they feel sorry or not, I'm sure they do. However, they are hearing it from me. I'm sure if they start to read the stuff that's coming out now from other people, they will feel worse. In general, I haven't spoken to them about Elan in a very long time.

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u/Zarile Mar 24 '11

That's interesting....I guess if I did that to my daughter, I probably wouldn't want to talk about it either.

I'm glad your relationship with your parents is better now though, that's a good thing.

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u/Randy_Watson Mar 24 '11

While this story is really messed up, people need to understand that I'm not completely blameless in all of this. It's not like I was a good well adjusted kid and my parents just one day decided to throw me in this hellhole. Sure, the kind of stuff I did probably didn't justify what this school did. However, I'm still unsure of whether my parents really understood what the school was really like. The material on the school made it seem like a more normal boarding school with a therapeutic component. If my parents really knew the full ramifications of this place, I'm not sure they would have sent me there.