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Originally Posted by orthodoc
I was a poor girl who went to college without a single PENNY from my parents and got more 'real world experience' in that time than you have likely had in your entire union-protected life. You say you have hours and sometimes DAYS without anything to do on the job - and you consider that 'hard work'? Try keeping up with an ER nurse for a single shift. He/she doesn't get hours off to surf, he/she gets neither lunch nor dinner on a 12 hour shift when the ambulances keep rolling in. And if you're going to say, he/she chose the job, so did you. Quit raging at your convenient scapegoat. If you don't like your life, learn another skill, broaden your options, do something about it. If you really like your situation, lose the chip on the shoulder.
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I am a poor girl without a penny, but I haven't been able to get help for college (so far). The problem is I need my father's financial information to fill out the FAFSA and he would not give it to me until it was too late to apply for that year. And no one, I repeat, NO ONE, would even consider me for loans unless I had already done the FAFSA.
When I finally did get it done, I wasn't eligible for grants (so far I don't know about the loans... but I should be able to get them *crosses fingers*) because me and my dad made too much together. But I think under $25,000 each per year is not nearly enough to pay for college on my own. And I haven't gotten financial aid in anything from my dad since I got a job when I was 16. I am definitely open to suggestions as to where to get loans and similar things, seeing as how I haven't been able to find any helpful ones yet. I have also applied for scholarships, and no luck there as of yet. But I keep trying.
I'm not trying to pick on you, but just because
you were able to get loans and stuff doesn't mean that everyone else can. There is a large population of students that make just enough that they don’t get help, but not quite enough to pay for college all on their own. That is whey there are loans, but again, so far I haven’t been able to get them because of my father.
I have only been able to go to college part time because it was all out of pocket and that was all I could afford. Just recently I got tuition reimbursement through my job, but that only covers about 50% of all of the expenses I incur when I go to school.
I will admit that college can be a lot harder than working at a regular job. Things also work differently. At college, you can work and study constantly and still have room for improvement. The difference is that at a job sometimes there is only so much you can do. That doesn't make those employees left with nothing to do less than you. It just means they are doing something different and they don't have to work as hard, and many times can't. But that doesn’t mean they are “slacking” and need to be fired.
9th, you say that all those who goof off at work should be fired because they could be getting so much done. But that isn’t always the case. You are in a completely different field (i.e. school) then the workforce so you can’t say that what you do is the same. I think it is much more difficult then working a regular job and that is because you need to apply yourself constantly to be where you want to be. I just want you to see that most jobs don’t work that way. And again, that doesn’t make them less than you. Not everyone can be a bioengineer. There are many other jobs that need workers to do them, and many of those jobs will have some free time in between the tasks that must be completed. Just my 2 cents.
Edit: I should add that I work full time so I am no longer pennyless, but I don't have any extra money after bills to pay for college.