Chelsea
Banned
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2012
- Messages
- 420
- Reaction score
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- Gender
- Female
- Political Leaning
- Slightly Liberal
Re: Welfare Recipients Take out Cash at Strip Clubs, Liquor Stores and X-rated Shops.
Tim, as heartwarming as your ambition and successes are, its not enough for everyone. I graduated high school at 16 with a 4.0 and was emancipated from my foster home. I was assigned a job at Krogers bagging groceries for a little over $7/hour and given and apartment for $300/ month that was paid for the first 3 months. Having to abide by the 16 year old work hours wasn't feesable for very long and my only recourse was to move in with my boyfriend. It was good in that I was able to pursue vollege courses but it was short lived when I got a kidney infection and via antibiotics, voided my birth control. I had my son at 18 and began to work 70+ hours a week at a gas station. When that got shut down I lost my job and my husband began working at Chuck E Cheese and dropped out of high school. We haven't recovered from that. Weve been in and out of jobs, especially me because of my ADHD and I'm not very personable. We aren't lazy or unskilled I got a 5.0 in my Medical Assisting course and I speak 3 languages fluently. I am working on my fourth and fifth as we speak. I'm on a smart phone right now but at a computer I can type 90-95 wpm. I can learn and memorize and have a gift for languages, but I cannot socialize. Bosses, friends, coworkers, patrons... I'm weird and without insurance and my medication I'm very distractable. I'm also vlumsy and slow at physical labor making retail a pretty bad fit. But theyre the only places readily hiring. I would love to find gainful employment I can do but even stocking shelves or working a cash register can be screwed up by me. I need something with paperwork... like my job in data entry. Plus we dont have family to watch the kids on occassion or lend us $20 for gas to get to work etc... Its just the 2 of us. Some people hace the aggressive follow through and drive to propel them into better positions but try being the girl writting essays on Anne Rice novels in second grade and memorizing the Periodic Table at 10 to go out and conquer the world of the service sector and its not as productive. Even before my first son was born I couldn't afford my college credits, books, Food, and rent. So how do we move up from where we are stagnant? I have done everything I can to boost my appeal to potential employers, but it takes a month to three months before the socially awkward, clumsy, little bookworm that can't multitask without getting sidetracked and overwhelmed comes crawling from the woodwork. And my husband being the high school dropout can't get a job to pay him over $9/hour. Going back to school is impossible because of daycare costs and student loan default, our daughter with a congenital heart defect, and my chronic kidney infections. Just b,cause one person can move up with hard work doesnt make that a universal truth for all. The variables in each case are different.
Tim, as heartwarming as your ambition and successes are, its not enough for everyone. I graduated high school at 16 with a 4.0 and was emancipated from my foster home. I was assigned a job at Krogers bagging groceries for a little over $7/hour and given and apartment for $300/ month that was paid for the first 3 months. Having to abide by the 16 year old work hours wasn't feesable for very long and my only recourse was to move in with my boyfriend. It was good in that I was able to pursue vollege courses but it was short lived when I got a kidney infection and via antibiotics, voided my birth control. I had my son at 18 and began to work 70+ hours a week at a gas station. When that got shut down I lost my job and my husband began working at Chuck E Cheese and dropped out of high school. We haven't recovered from that. Weve been in and out of jobs, especially me because of my ADHD and I'm not very personable. We aren't lazy or unskilled I got a 5.0 in my Medical Assisting course and I speak 3 languages fluently. I am working on my fourth and fifth as we speak. I'm on a smart phone right now but at a computer I can type 90-95 wpm. I can learn and memorize and have a gift for languages, but I cannot socialize. Bosses, friends, coworkers, patrons... I'm weird and without insurance and my medication I'm very distractable. I'm also vlumsy and slow at physical labor making retail a pretty bad fit. But theyre the only places readily hiring. I would love to find gainful employment I can do but even stocking shelves or working a cash register can be screwed up by me. I need something with paperwork... like my job in data entry. Plus we dont have family to watch the kids on occassion or lend us $20 for gas to get to work etc... Its just the 2 of us. Some people hace the aggressive follow through and drive to propel them into better positions but try being the girl writting essays on Anne Rice novels in second grade and memorizing the Periodic Table at 10 to go out and conquer the world of the service sector and its not as productive. Even before my first son was born I couldn't afford my college credits, books, Food, and rent. So how do we move up from where we are stagnant? I have done everything I can to boost my appeal to potential employers, but it takes a month to three months before the socially awkward, clumsy, little bookworm that can't multitask without getting sidetracked and overwhelmed comes crawling from the woodwork. And my husband being the high school dropout can't get a job to pay him over $9/hour. Going back to school is impossible because of daycare costs and student loan default, our daughter with a congenital heart defect, and my chronic kidney infections. Just b,cause one person can move up with hard work doesnt make that a universal truth for all. The variables in each case are different.