If you thought Bob Jones University was....check ut this school

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<p>This “school” does not allow 25 year old WOMEN to work off campus…that is somehow “religious”…where is that in the bible?</p>

<p>I am sorry to ridicule if that is how you see it, i see a fundamentalist, sheltered, to the point of a taliban like existence in a place that seems to teach and foster the impression that the world is evil, you will always be in danger if you go beyond its little borders, </p>

<p>How can these kids make any kind of “informed” life choices whem they can’t use the internet, can’t use CC even, can’t go to a movie of ANYKIND</p>

<p>If a person is raised in environment that fosters obedience in all things, giving up personal choice, freedom of movement, men over women in all things, that the rest of us are terrible people who should not be mixed with, that even a poster of two unmarried people touching (guess Jesus and Mary) would be verbotin…</p>

<p>Sorry, if you find my posts offensive, but to have males and females walk on different sidewalks?</p>

<p>If we changed the location, this is awfully close to some leaders i am sure even FS thinks aren’t great</p>

<p>This is not religion, this is control, and control of people who haven’t had anything else</p>

<p>Diversity, to me, does not mean oppression and beating down of certain segments of a population…to not allow these kids to go to a certain restaurant or get kicked out? come on,</p>

<p>Beleiving in diversity is not wanting to close down this school,. but share it in all its glory</p>

<p>Nothing i have said is not fact…its from its own handbook</p>

<p>And I had a very valid question…this school claims that all its religious teachings come directly from the bible, and I am pointing out, don’t think so</p>

<p>Tell me one place where what I have stated is not a fact…one place</p>

<p>If I want to discuss a group that decides women have fewere rights then men, and use God as its excuse, how does the ridicule them…this is what they are, this is who they are, and btw, they tell their students to lie about the accredidation if people ask</p>

<p>yep, and students, when graduating, who have been TOLD by the school that their credits are good anywhere, well find they had been LIED to.</p>

<p>Diversity support is one thing, pointing out liars, and oppressers is something else</p>

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<p>this is by people who are in or went to PCC:
<a href=“http://www.pensacolachristiancollege.com/[/url]”>http://www.pensacolachristiancollege.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Science of the Physical Creation
Atmosphere, weather, oceanography, earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks, and fossils are just some of the earth-science topics of this outstanding text. The geology section includes a good refutation of the “principle of uniformity” and other ideas of evolutionary philosophers. Basic concepts of chemistry are presented in a simple and yet accurate manner, and physics concepts are applied to lasers, computers, and other electronic devices. Curriculam from the publishers that provide PCC and its related lower schools with its books…this one is 9th grade science</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.abeka.com/ABekaOnline/BookImages/Samples/Large/s61263.jpg[/url]”>Abeka | We are performing routine maintenance; 12grade econ…</p>

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<p>FS–By mind control, I mean trying to control what others think-- Anyway, I don’t much care about how people choose to live their lives as long as they don’t tell me how to live mine! </p>

<p>Yes, I think diversity is a good thing. I don’t believe that extremists value diversity, however.</p>

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<p>Education is about exploration of ideas, thinking creatively, learning to look through a new lens, see things a different way, broaden ones experience though books and knowledge.</p>

<p>This type of “education” closes up the mind, locks it, and throws away the key.</p>

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<p>its not accredited. what a scam. and the rules…absurd.</p>

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<p>Who the **** goes to these white trash bible thumping hick colleges? Gaah! This makes BJU look like a nice place to go for a stroll (with a Playboy magazine in hand to ward off all the bible thumpers)</p>

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<p>My pastor’s son attended PCC. They plant people in the movie theaters to make sure that “nothing happens,” girls can’t leave the dorm without styled hair and pantyhose, and can only wear pants if they are pajamas. Check out what StudentsReview has on this school… there are some scary stories on there.</p>

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<p>Jesus would have been expelled before he finished his first semester.</p>

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<p>Which college in the United States would you all guess might be said to be the polar opposite of PCC? Maybe Wesleyan University, where absolutely anything goes? PCC=nothin’, and I mean absolutely NOTHIN’ doin’. Wesleyan=anything you want to do is fine by us.</p>

<p>When I read Citygirlsmom’s first posts about this school, I thought, this must be a joke! But good God in heaven, it appears that this school really IS like a trip into the Twilight Zone!</p>

<p>Actually, this school is so extreme, I don’t think even Wesleyan can compete.</p>

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<p>When reading about PCCl, I flashed to the movie Pleasantville…without all the fun</p>

<p>yeah, my Ds and I read its Code of Conduct stuff…all true what students have said </p>

<p>The supporters on the one college review site, all had almost the exact same post saying how great the school was, almost robotic</p>

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<p>Training little Stepford Wives, one at a time.</p>

<p>After all, there is no need to women, except as receptacles or wombs.</p>

<p>I thought the Handmaid’s Tale was an odd book, until I started to realize that there are people who really believe in this trash. Like the people at the “university”.</p>

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<p>What scares me in reading the posts from students their on a forum, is the liking of SO many rules, they claim then they don’t have to think about stuff, its for someone else to decide</p>

<p>Don’t get me wrong, i think rules in college are important, drinking, involving safety and property, quiet, etc…but to put SO much emphasis on relationships, contact with the opposite sex, what to read, what to watch, what listen to, is oppressive</p>

<p>I wonder where these kids come from…what kind of upbringing, that they feel its okay to be told they can only listen to the gospel radio station, that they cannt surf the web, that they can’t eat in a certain restaurant or go to a certain beach</p>

<p>Why is this okay with them? Not reading Vogue magazine because you choose not to is one thing,not being ALLOWeD to read for fear of getting kicked out of college, with all the ramifications, is something very different</p>

<p>If you look at the schools website, you can’t find the student handbock with all the details.</p>

<p>i found it on a link on a forum</p>

<p>If parents are raising kids who are not interested in the world, because if you can’t watch movies, listen to radio discussions, watch more than one channel on TV, not read magazines, then how do they really know what is going on to make informed decisions and choices</p>

<p>We laugh at this school but it is one scary place, and for Americans to think having someone tell them what they can or cannot read to think that is okay, and these people can be future leaders, well, i find that really scary</p>

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<p>I’m very familiar with PCC. If anything, the links on this thread underplay the type of school it is. If you look at the home page of Students Review, you’ll notice first that of all the schools in the US, this one attracts the most active comments, just a shade short of twice as many as the next closest, UMich.</p>

<p>In person, PCC students are instantly recognizable by their dress and demeanor.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, many of them come to this school without any inkling of its nature. Their parents are not much better informed. (The school understands its targeted market very well.) Despite the references to expulsion in the links on this thread, it is very difficult for these students to get out once they’re in. Think group pressure tactics. Many develop physical ailments as a result of internalized stress.</p>

<p>The school is the primary beneficiary of a money-manufacturing machine, A Beka publishing, named after Rebekah Horton, wife of the founder, Arlin Horton. A Beka is a hugely successful supplier of home-schooling kits with a Christian flavor. Many of the PCC students are home-schooled fundamentalist Christians who have never known anything but A Beka education. The Hortons are Bob Jones alums, but there’s no love lost there. They are too offbeat in their fundamentalism for even Bob Jones. PCC is not accredited because the Hortons don’t like strangers poking around in their business. A link for A Beka Book: <a href=“http://www.abeka.com/[/url]”>Abeka | We are performing routine maintenance;

<p>In short, this is a school for people who can’t, or don’t want to, bear the burden of thought.</p>

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<p>That is what is sad to me…I was criticized before for discussing this school, with, “I thought you were all about diversity” and criticizing someones religion.</p>

<p>This is not religion to me, this is not free thought</p>

<p>This is like a bad experiment, or a bad book plot, </p>

<p>i have read the posts by kids who left after 1 year, some who stuck it out to graduate, and discovered their courses were bad or useless</p>

<p>And as i said, what scares me, is that enough people will tolerate this kind of school, that it somehow stays open</p>

<p>i really wonder if they have 5000 students…with that many getting kicked out…and with no way to check, I would bet that number is inflated</p>

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<p>Hmmm…</p>

<p>Well, this is not about diversity or tolerance. </p>

<p>It seems to me that most Americans, a diverse and tolerant people, usually don’t have any problem prosecuting citizens who endanger the lives of their children by denying them life-saving medical care on the basis of religious belief and practice. I readily admit that I, a pretty tolerant person, am not ready to resort to legal intervention with people who would do essentially the same thing in regard to their children’s minds. I do believe that pity is in order, however–for those children and for the PCC students. As you say, it’s just plain sad.</p>

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<p>Citygirlsmom, you know that you and I usually approach the world from a different perspective, but I agree with your concerns about this college. I hope my kids will continue to practice and grow in their faith, but I believe that faith should be a proactive choice, not a default. I also think that college is the time to explore new ideas, and to open one’s mind. This school seems cult-like to me.</p>

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<p>If this school isn’t Brainwashed College, I dont know what is. Yes, diversity in schools is important, but this is extremism. Pity is what I feel… either for the students forced to go there, or the students themselves for being thickheaded enough to throw their lives away. How can they be prepared for the world if they don’t know anything about it? There are plently of Christian schools for those who want them that will nicely integrate religion and the “real world.” PCC’s lack of common sense is utterly appalling. They don’t even have the handbook on their site. Why not? Because they don’t need one… every imaginable freedom that supposedly exists doesn’t. The handbook simply reads, “Any and all freedoms that supposedly exist in the world do not exist here, anad any attempt to create any of the aforementioned freedoms will result in expulsion.” The true name for this school is Pensacola Christian Penitentiary (The Non-Accredited Prison!)</p>

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<p>haha we used A Beka books at my elementary school (it was pretty fundamentalist). I’m more scared of Patrick Henry College. Those kids may actually run our country some day.</p>

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