A "Transitional Living Program" based on bureaucratic rules, arbitrary grades, and false promises. At ICR, there are a few
key phrases one must understand in order to be successful here.
See if you can follow this easy-to-read translation of staff'
s favorite phrases and what they actually mean!
"I've been looking into it"---I have not been looking it.
"I'm working very hard on it"--I thought about working on it, once, but let the thought pass.
"We have had budget cuts"--The founder of the program decided to increase his own salary again, siphoning the
money from the program'
s account (which the students pay for)
"We have to walk to the gym today"--The founder of the program got
drunk and passed out in the van somewhere far away, rendering it
useless for transporting the group.
"It'
s not about THEM, it'
s about YOU!"--I do not know what to tell you, but I read somewhere that telling you this
will be helpful.
If a student at ICR, Introspections Costa Rica, says, "The overwhelming amounts of negativity and complaining from the other students are beginning to effect my attitude," (
s)he
will be told, "It'
s not about THEM, it's about YOU!"
If a student says, "I've been asking you daily for two weeks to get this issue solved," (s)he
will be told, "I'm working on it."
If a student says "You told me two weeks ago you had this figured out," s(he)
will be told, "I've been looking into it."
