An interesting look not only into a home I didn't know existed, but also into the past. I am flabbergasted why people had so many children when they couldn't feed the ones they had. Most of the writers in this book had 5- 11 siblings. Then when the parents got divorced, or decided they didn't want the kids anymore, they sent them off and had more kids, sometimes those kids wound up there too. It's heartbreaking to hear their stories and how many followed that cycle and got married (and divorced) early just to get away. Two children spoke about how their parents had come from the home and decided to put them there because it would be better...but for who? It seemed like this home was a dumping ground for bad parents, although not all of them had bad parents, some were just too poor to take care of them during the depression.
I was surprised how many people did not take advantage of the free college that was offered.
The ending of the book talks about the abuse and court trials that occurred because of the "discipline" that went on at the school. Terrible! It was also odd the different stories that came out of the book, some people talked about how it was the best thing that happened to them and others how it was the worst.
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