Ch 3 Living by the Bell

While children arrived at Haskell, they were stripped down and bathed. The older children washed themselves and the younger ones were washed by the staff. This was a very humiliating experience for the young children. They then had their hair cuts and they were checked for lice. They were giving clothes and were expected to wear them. One girl said the dorm beds reminded her of a hospital. She said she was very scared because her father passed at a hospital. The beds were very close together and the sheets were all white. The children were forced to do everything military style. They were to stand at attention in the morning and night. They also had to make beds a certain way as well as scrub the floors till the varnish wore off. The food consisted of beef, bread, potatoes and gravy. The children caught on to the routine fast and became very good at it. One child wrote that everyone followed direction but most didn’t like it. But there was a few that did enjoy the military lifestyle which surprised me.  After reading this chapter, it reminded me of Chillocco. How children were treated and how they were treated. They were treated like military soldiers.  This Chapter kind of got on my nerves, I didn’t like the way they were treated at all.