This tag is for True Stories tag and denotes that the former intern joined the HA in 2000
Since leaving the Honor Academy I’ve gone through a quagmire of emotionally stretching opportunities in my life. I started the internship ten years ago and of course the entire experience wasn’t all bad – there were positive moments and experiences, yet over the years I have been haunted by this feeling that I failed miserably […]
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The first time I had to tell someone “I think I’m gay – was when I made it to college. For all those years at Jesus Camp, youth group, Acquire the Fire, and then the Honor Academy – I guess I had bought into the illusion that I liked girls and was somehow going to
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I made my way up the Teen Mania leadership ladder and was finally being treated like a staff member. TMM would pay for my schooling at the University of Texas at Tyler and then give me a pretty small salary, around $600 a month (approximately $4.28 per hour before taxes). That $600 would have to
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My new core hit the ground running. My new CA Jeremy was loads better than John. I was an ACA now so in a way I had respect from Jeremy as a co-leader of the pack. I felt really responsible for my 5 guys. I really wanted to do things together and be great friends
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I got to campus a day early. I moved into Morris Hall and got settled after a relative drove me out and dropped me off. That first night there I ended up out in the Back 40 (basically the acres of land behind the campus) with some August interns and I bonded with a few
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(Andy’s story is in 6 parts. Names of his peers have been changed while the names of staff members have not.) One of the earliest memories I have is of my brother’s funeral. I remember the flowers and the blue casket and the sullen tone as I sat seated in the front row of the
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The End is near: So all that happens, and then it comes time to apply for a second year. Notice how I haven’t mentioned anything about my 6 month probation from when I wasn’t given a chance to defend myself against an accusation? That’s because I was given a list of requirements, and no one,
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I have, since TM, told my story, in part, to Mr. David Hasz, and received a private apology from him. Am I still hurt, and going through things because of how I was treated? Yes. I hope that my story helps someone who has gone through the same things as me. Am I still in
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Summer Camps I worked in the Summer Camps department which at the time was a subdivision of the Honor Academy. Erin, my superior, didn’t like me from the beginning, which she made clear by being overtly irritated by my presence. Halfway through the year she openly told me that she didn’t like me. Summer Camps
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Nutrition When I arrived at the HA I was healthy and strong. The diet was so different than what I was accustomed to : very little efficient protein, legumes, and vegetables. There was plenty of pasta, denatured breads, soda, fruit juice, cereals, and desserts. After consuming this very high sugar-starch diet for a couple months
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To understand my Honor Academy Experience best I will share some defining moments in my life before I lived on the Teen Mania campus. My parents divorced when I was 7 years old. During the divorce my mother had temporary custody. At that same time I began to fall in love with Jesus. In those
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I was an August intern, from the class of 2000. I was K-Crew, Breakfast Crew – and I LOVED Teen Mania. Don’t get me wrong – I still believe God brought me there. I had a deep peace that it was where I was supposed to be. And there were many good things He
