Guest guest Posted March 18, 2000 Report Share Posted March 18, 2000 i can't remember who the swan was, but it makes me feel better about having wanted very badly to be a giraffe. so as an " adult " , i ended up dropping out of beauty school, teaching preschool in a daycare setting for 2.5 yrs, apprenticing in a florist shop for a while, doing homecare with elderly, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and people with AIDS for 2.5 years, nannying for a couple years, working in a candy store for a short while, working for an internet company that filtered porn and other inappropriate for children off the internet for places like schools and libraries (which was probably the most awful job i ever had, reviewing about 400 sites a day looking for yucky things), and i am now a massage therapist, hoping to be a hellerworker and/or someday have a psychology degree from someplace like bastyr. *deep breath after huge horrendous run-on sentence* the last part of that, the part about my future wishes, brings me to my next inquiry. i am curious to know how everyone managed to pull off the huge financial obstacles of education. this is repeatedly my biggest problem, being single and self-employed, with a background of very extremely low paying job experience. i'm especially curious about how people have gotten themselves through programs of education that mainstream resources still don't see fit to assist financially with. hellerwork training especially is very rigorous financially, having a really high tuition and requiring students to be away from home and work 3 times during just over a year, for 3 weeks each time, and also 3 times at 9 days. i know there are ways to pull things like this off, 'cause people do it, i just am having trouble figuring out how. thank you all in advance for your insights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2000 Report Share Posted March 18, 2000 Hi Kim. Wow! That's some dynamite life experience you've got there, even if it doesn't put you in line for a CEO position. Also, your writing skills are obviously superior. How one survives in the ol' academic subculture is kind of one of those best-kept secrets. Once you get in the system (on the campus) the possibilities surface like magic. Colleges and universities are part of the bureaucracy so they don't like the work of new people coming into the system, but once you get there, they want to keep you ( especially if you're a good student) so the $$ opportunities kinda pop up. There are also some back-door possibilities--employment situations that spring for the costs, etc. One of the reasons college grads seem smart is not so much what they learn there, but it selects for those smart 'nuff to figger out the system. It's very do-able for you, Kim! Carl ````````````````````````````````````````````````` At 02:04 AM 3/18/00 -0800, kim wrote: >kim <berlee > >i can't remember who the swan was, but it makes me feel better about >having wanted very badly to be a giraffe. so as an " adult " , i ended up >dropping out of beauty school, teaching preschool in a daycare setting >for 2.5 yrs, apprenticing in a florist shop for a while, doing homecare >with elderly, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and people with >AIDS for 2.5 years, nannying for a couple years, working in a candy >store for a short while, working for an internet company that filtered >porn and other inappropriate for children off the internet for places >like schools and libraries (which was probably the most awful job i ever >had, reviewing about 400 sites a day looking for yucky things), and i am >now a massage therapist, hoping to be a hellerworker and/or someday have >a psychology degree from someplace like bastyr. *deep breath after huge >horrendous run-on sentence* > >the last part of that, the part about my future wishes, brings me to my >next inquiry. i am curious to know how everyone managed to pull off the >huge financial obstacles of education. this is repeatedly my biggest >problem, being single and self-employed, with a background of very >extremely low paying job experience. i'm especially curious about how >people have gotten themselves through programs of education that >mainstream resources still don't see fit to assist financially with. >hellerwork training especially is very rigorous financially, having a >really high tuition and requiring students to be away from home and work >3 times during just over a year, for 3 weeks each time, and also 3 times >at 9 days. i know there are ways to pull things like this off, 'cause >people do it, i just am having trouble figuring out how. thank you all >in advance for your insights! > > > > >------ >MAXIMIZE YOUR CARD, MINIMIZE YOUR RATE! >Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as >0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. >Apply NOW! >http://click./1/2122/3/_/148494/_/953374173/ >------ > >**************************************** >Visit the community page at >To from , send an email to >- > http://askcarl.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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