Sergetalks Blog ~ The Official Blog of Serge LeClerc

For the trip to St. John’s Training School, I was put in a vehicle with a mesh screen separating me from the driver. I remember traveling down a road and going out into the country. It was a new experience for me. I had never been out of the city before.

St. John’s Training School was an ugly place. That was my first impression as we drove through the big steel gates. It had a rural, farmlike setting, but there was nothing peaceful or pastoral about it. The compound consisted of several austere, brown brick buildings and a barn. Much of the complex was surrounded by a chain-link fence. The rest was farm property adjacent to a small town where many of the staff lived.

I was immediately taken to the office of the Head Brother in charge of my assigned dormitory. There I had my hair shaved off, was issued a suit of clothing (blue shirt and pants, both about six inches too long, and black tennis shoes), given a blanket roll, and pointed to my bed. (more…)

We ended the last blog entry speaking to the ‘mind meld’ used by advertisers on a major target market – our teens and pre-teens – one which has the highest amount of ‘disposable’ income in our society today. A target market which represents billions of dollars to the retail market – and they fully know it. I spoke to the issue of sexual imagery used to sell products such as clothing and cosmetics – and the resulting number one medical problem for girls of today being eating disorders. I will now expand on the further damage caused by the media and the churning wheel of damage for profit caused by advertising industry in partnership with the media juggernaut – in the current social milieu of moral and ethical “uncertainty” founded by and implemented by the Me-ism generation. (more…)