[sageofages]

I have known and laughed about this *cough* college for years...

My POOR unfortunately cousin had the misery of attending Jack Hyles' HIGH SCHOOL (can't remember the exact name, "something Baptist High School" It is in the Schereville-Dyer, Indiana area...maybe Munster, IN). *gak* and was "trained up" to expect to attend THAT college. (her mother *was* a wacko Hyle baptist) It IS cult.

The HS was NOT accreditted, so after she got out and came to her senses, she had to take a special state test (not a GED) and was given a "survivor's diploma" of sort. Maybe Lake County schools offered it. She has since gone on to a *real* college.

My cousin started rebelling when she hit about 17 (right after "graduation") and whoa did she go straight to the devil in Hyles opinion. She started hanging out with biker types, has a HUGE dragon tattooed on her shoulder, had a baby before *gasp* being married, etc. The school would send out "prayer" counselors to simply pray at her door to save her soul.

We laugh our butts off about it now, but she says that many many of those that she knew in HS are certifiably crazy.