sechan19 | A Crying Shame. (Reply)

I take minutes at the weekly staff meeting for my department. This week they had a visitor from one of the facilities where they place mentally ill children who are too much of a danger or a disruption to remain in their own home. Over the course of this meeting one of the CMs asked the presenter if he had any statistics on college attendance for program graduates. He said that he didn't but that it was probably low. He then went on to point out that "things being what they are right now" a lot of their graduates get tapped by the military for active duty in the service - once they've gotten the psychotropic drugs out of their system, that is. I guess the current situation has led the powers that be to take an interest in institutionalized children for possible recruitment in future endeavors. "Canon fodder" as one coworker sardonically commented upon hearing this.

Gross.

In somewhat better news, Turkey's desperation to join the European Union appears to be having unexpected benefits for its female population. I'll be watching this situation for developments. If things actually improve I might just go back on speaking terms with god.

Turkey Works to Stop 'Honor' Killings (LA Times)