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Originally Posted by pan6467
And I thought we were supposed to be all about having a liveable honest wage for an honest day's work society.
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Who said life was fair?
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Again, you have to put others down, because you can't deal with the fact others may not be as lucky as you were. Life happens.
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I wasn't lucky. I worked my ass off and avoided self-destructive behavior. And I've had some pretty big obstacles to surmount, like being qualified under ADA. But I didn't let it stop me form doing what I wanted to do.
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Financial aid is relatively easy to get. But not everyone is college material, some people are better at trades and unfortunately a lot of trade schools fill fast or don't accept financial aid like colleges do. Plus, financial aid doesn't cover everything, trust me I am going now and I am paying out of pocket almost as much as I am getting in aid. Thank God my parents have money and are helping me. If they didn't there would be no way I could afford it, and last year I only had $7,000 in income. So there's a very poor person trying to better himself and the aid isn't there. And next year it is being reported there will be less aid.
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I'm glad you have parents with money. It must be nice to have a cushion to bail you out when you keep failing. I didn't have that luxury, so I had to make sure I didn't fail.
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The military? That's an easy answer, then complain about how we have soldiers who don't want to be in combat. Why would anyone want to enlist with a war hanging over their heads. Besides last I heard a high school diploma or GED was needed to enlist.
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It's one option, and it's no longer open to you, because you're too old. For some, it's a good deal. For the whiners, it's not. I remember a guy I knew who had the big plan of joining the Navy when he got out of high school. The problem was that he was a whiny sack of pus who was unwilling to work at just about anything, and thought he could get through life by stealing from people. He claimed to be "addicted to pot", and gave that as the reason for his stealing. He didn't end up graduating from high school. He didn't end up joining the military (which is a good thing, because if he stole from his shipmates, they'd have put a serious hurting on him....we're talking a disability-inducing level of smackdown) Last I heard of him, he was doing day-labor, and bitching about how unfair the world was to him. I don't see it that way. I see it as he fucked up over and over again, due to his own stupidity. I saw the level of support his family tried to give him. He took their help, then REPEATEDLY pissed in their faces and acted surprised when no more help was coming. This guy is a fucking loser. He'll always be a fucking loser. And he'll undoubtedly continue to bitch and moan that society (or somebody else) is to blame for his personal fuckups, because if they aren't, then he'd have to accept responsibility for his own fuckups, and he can't do that.
Accepting personal responsibility for what happens to you is a necessary first step in becoming a sucess.