What controlled environment did you spend time in? How long?
When I graduated from High School I entered into the Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuyler in New York. From then until I was in my mid thirties I was involved with ocean liners, tankers and ships. For periods of one year at a time I would be on a ship traveling the world, making shipments and patrolling the seas. The controlled environment was both on the ship and in the academy. Once on the …showed first 85 words of 781 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 781 total…The Merchant Marine rules based around the safety of their officers and the good being transported. Finally, contrary to Owen’s experiences Mike’s, made an effort to separate him from his identity. Mike was reshaped from an average man to a killing machine. Through these interviews I learned, how controlled environments can both benefit and change a person for the better. I also learned that a controlled environment is very hard to adapt to and not something I would like to be subject to.
