Sean the Wicked
08-13-2005, 08:34 PM
Brat Camp takes place at SageWalk, The Wilderness School -- a therapeutic wilderness program in Oregon that serves as an intense intervention program for troubled teens between the ages of 13 and 17 who may be experiencing emotional, academic, and/or behavioral problems.
Oh sure, brillant idea. What you see, everyone, is producers taking advantage of mislead teenagers and marketing them like Pokemon plushies. Instead of letting this kids deal with their problems themselves, face them like the adults they would eventually become, they decide to rip them from their homes and shove them into your television. Hm, a good idea or not? Let's look at it closer, shall we?
We're taking a small group of kids who've been, well, brats and throwing them onto a TV show with the best intentions of the children at heart. They're trying to change the kids! They would claim, but if we think on this for a moment, why are we exploiting kids like this? Instead of chronicling the lives of these bad kids, why don't we do something with people who derserve it? I'm in no way degrading these kids, you'll see in a second where I'm going with this. But, so we allow our children to watch this program, as it would say to them, "If you act up, we'll send you there.", well, hold on a minute. We act badly, and we get to go on TV? That's a bloody brillant plan to me! I'm sure this won't escalate to the degree other reality shows have done (Survivor = more people doing outdoors stuff, etc. etc.), but I'm sure it won't be helping.
So, I reitterate, we're taking bad kids and putting them on TV. Wait, how is this going to help them? Obviously, they will have seen a reality show once in their life, and after realizing (as they would have to be told they are going to be on television) that they are going to actually be on TV, what are the producers of this show actually thinking? Seriously for a minute, we're taking bad kids and putting them on TV, and that's supposed to be the right thing? Also making them do grueling challenges and such, relying on people they've never met before in their life, and eventually being forced to perform a "Solo Experience":
The kids must spend three days and nights completely alone, fending for themselves in the wilderness, as they endure their "Solo Experience." This solitary time is especially difficult for Derek, who must confront his intense fear of being alone.
What an idea. Let's take this teenager who obviously has a fear of being alone, and stick him in the wilderness of Oregon for three days and nights! I mean, I understand wanting to help change kids, but that's sick and cruel. Honestly. This show is bullshit, boot camps with people screaming and spitting in your face, telling you your life sucks and you'll never amount to anything in order to use reverse psychology on you, all in attempts to reform kids into decent products of society.
We aren't robots, so don't become one. End of story.
Oh sure, brillant idea. What you see, everyone, is producers taking advantage of mislead teenagers and marketing them like Pokemon plushies. Instead of letting this kids deal with their problems themselves, face them like the adults they would eventually become, they decide to rip them from their homes and shove them into your television. Hm, a good idea or not? Let's look at it closer, shall we?
We're taking a small group of kids who've been, well, brats and throwing them onto a TV show with the best intentions of the children at heart. They're trying to change the kids! They would claim, but if we think on this for a moment, why are we exploiting kids like this? Instead of chronicling the lives of these bad kids, why don't we do something with people who derserve it? I'm in no way degrading these kids, you'll see in a second where I'm going with this. But, so we allow our children to watch this program, as it would say to them, "If you act up, we'll send you there.", well, hold on a minute. We act badly, and we get to go on TV? That's a bloody brillant plan to me! I'm sure this won't escalate to the degree other reality shows have done (Survivor = more people doing outdoors stuff, etc. etc.), but I'm sure it won't be helping.
So, I reitterate, we're taking bad kids and putting them on TV. Wait, how is this going to help them? Obviously, they will have seen a reality show once in their life, and after realizing (as they would have to be told they are going to be on television) that they are going to actually be on TV, what are the producers of this show actually thinking? Seriously for a minute, we're taking bad kids and putting them on TV, and that's supposed to be the right thing? Also making them do grueling challenges and such, relying on people they've never met before in their life, and eventually being forced to perform a "Solo Experience":
The kids must spend three days and nights completely alone, fending for themselves in the wilderness, as they endure their "Solo Experience." This solitary time is especially difficult for Derek, who must confront his intense fear of being alone.
What an idea. Let's take this teenager who obviously has a fear of being alone, and stick him in the wilderness of Oregon for three days and nights! I mean, I understand wanting to help change kids, but that's sick and cruel. Honestly. This show is bullshit, boot camps with people screaming and spitting in your face, telling you your life sucks and you'll never amount to anything in order to use reverse psychology on you, all in attempts to reform kids into decent products of society.
We aren't robots, so don't become one. End of story.