[MD] So cometh MOQ, what next?

[Heather Perella]

Case,

> [Case]
> Only in the sense that the banana deteriorates as
> you peal it and when you
> eat it is lost. I read this as a statement about the
> degeneration of and
> eventual losing of The Way. I also read it as a
> roadmap of our times and
> seems like we pasted justice a few miles back...
> When people become
> distrustful of so essential a ritual as voting I
> begin to fear the end of
> the road can't be too far ahead.

     Ok, I saw it as a degeneration, also.

> [Case]
> Individuals in institutions are almost by definition
> those who have lost The
> Way. But notice the language of your comments. You
> are describing the state
> of affairs in behavioral terms: reinforcement,
> rewards, consequence and
> conditioning. I am guessing these are the terms used
> in your work place. I
> would recommend reading a bit of Skinner, Walden Two
> might be a good one. It
> is an oversimplification of course but what
> motivates us all is fear of loss
> and hope of gain. The trick for the behavioral
> therapist is to figure out
> where the subject's hopes lie.

     Yes, where their hopes lie, but they forget their
hopes soo fast.  A lot of times it's boredom and the
celebrity act, putting on a show for others.  Some
wake up sooner or later, but when they go home, the
conditions are the same and they go back to
misbehaving quite a bit.  This program tries to meet
with the parents and the parents have to comply with
certain steps involved in the program as well, but in
time, both sides realize they have to put on this nice
face mask, yet, when they get home the old habits
don't change very well.  The social skills, the
communication skills are just rotted so much at times
they depend on the placement to guide them, but they
can't do it on their own. 

> It sounds like your
> charges are pretty messed
> up. They also sound like they understand this
> principle pretty well and like
> to jack you and your co-workers around with it. That
> seems typical. Have you
> considered a career change?

     Who are the charges and how are they messed up? 
As to career change, I recently was able to fit my 40
hours into 3 days a week, and now I can watch and be
with my month old son while he grows up; and I get
time away from that place and be in these quiet woods
more often.  


 
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