In response to Shimmer above, and Citygirl above that, and Christa above that... ... my own two cents bottom line is - if you are a person involved with WI or just recently introduced to it and have questions because something seems "off" - trust your instincts. If, after reading the materials on Rick Ross (this forum), the FactNet forum, the Yelp reviews and whatever else is out
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Hey for those interested check out the "yelp" reviews on the wright institute (search from the Chicago forum/page). The May 26 post most closely resembles my own misgivings about the organization. As for Christa's message above - I guess my feeling was that basically everyone posting on this thread was speaking from a personal place about either experiences they had with the WI
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Everybody here let's just chill out a bit... this back-and-forth is not particularly helpful to furthering this thread. Citygirl is allowed to come to her own conclusions and post the same on here and look, not to single anyone out here by name, but to one of the individuals who is pointing out her "lies" above, let's acknowledge that Ms. Citygirl has *slightly* (please re
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I kind of doubt we know each other but find it odd that just based on this website alone three of us were at least one of the same graduations (and probably more). We should have some sort of identifier... we all where green shirts or something, ha. I enabled email so feel free to contact me... I know some things, yes, but not to the level of, for example, BTW and others that have posted o
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Yes - I made a joke about the "taking over the world" thing - lord knows they would try if they could find the time in between providing free labor to the WI and paying the WI for programs... but hey, life is about choices, and sometimes taking over the world (or running your own life/business/etc) just takes too much time away from hanging out at the WI, ya know? Ha ha. Actua
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Couple of points: I have attended more than my share of "graduation" ceremonies and have also been disturbed by the foreign exchange student(s) that are sometimes a part of the program. Also find it disturbing the level of hysteria, yes, hysteria, that some of the women had as they talked in the most vague terms about the experience. Hyperventaliating, crying (joyful/cathar
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Matali - Really happy that you posted and that the "friend" that was the original post here over a year ago is happy and doing well :-) I want to point those reading this thread to another thread in the Rick Ross forum titled "My Details as to What I Experienced" by "timetogo" who previously posted in this thread... it is about the WI as well. Interesting how q
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... TimeToGo I think you may have meant to post this in the "Wright Institute for LifeLong Learning" thread that is already active in here - maybe can be edited and joined together. I would love to trade stories or at least just hear someone else's stories and perspectives compared to my experiences make me feel like I was not the only one and if/when I get to 10 posts approved
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Skipper - I know out of everything you posted above in your open letter following your experiences at the mens' weekend this might be a small detail - but if it isnt too painful or you havent blocked it out - what was the content and message of the "I F*%K the world" speech you heard? I do not follow who it was directed at and what you meant above when you referred to it but obvio
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Does the "Ohio Street Credit and Collections Company" mean anything to anyone out here? IL Secretary of State business services lists the various companies and corporate identities of leadership (the men's guild, school for exceptional learning (or school for E.L. - which dates back to the mid-1980s I was surprised to find)), anywho - it's all new-agey sounding stuff except t
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TimetoGo, Skipper, (any others of course as well): What is the "end game" for WI? Do you "graduate" into a (unpaid) leadership role? Is there an end game or is there always another course to take, etc. etc.? Additionally - timetogo you made a change in your life and chose not to be further involved, ditto for Skipper (though it sounds like timetogo's involvement l
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I checked out the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation - as per the Craigslist postings (see the Jobs section - Chicago... boy they sure seem to have high turnover OR are recruiting through job applicants) re: license status of higher-ups. One of the principles is listed as no discipline and voluntarily gave up Professional Counselor license in 1st quarter 2001. Couldnt find other
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Thanks for the tip - I searched Chicago Craigslist and didnt find anything - but I know they cycle through postings relatively quickly. Curious on any insight of what was said. Someone should write a book on this!
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Re: Wright Institute. I found the same Factnet thread you probably saw, a few other things, and then mainstream media "fluff" coverage of Judith Wright and her "soft additictions" materials. I am almost positive I know the company you are speaking of (maybe their are multiple... not sure). If you still ever check this I'd love to trade some insights... really c
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