Her oldest is 14. Flew a crip flag till I convinced him otherwise. I got him back into traditional school from an online home school he was failing badly at and not really doing. To be honest I probably stuck around longer because of him and the other kids than I would have otherwise.
Funny he wants to go in the military and I'd been trying to change his mind. I couldn't fault his reasoning though. On Jan 30, 2013 9:06 PM, "Dana" <[email protected]> wrote: > > yeah well. How well do you think her kids are doing in school? I was > thinking of a specific kid in San Antonio. Last I heard he was in > juvie and the other kids were still going through it. I don't know > what he was there for, but he had asked my son to help him get some > roach spray. My son asked me. I couldn't do anything else for him > though. His mom would not let me take him to the library. > > In order to get out, he needed to be able to imagine anything else. > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:57 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You know as well as I do I have lived through much of this stuff. Drug > > addiction, welfare, hood life bullshit. > > > > It's funny you mention eldest of 9, I just stopped dating a girl with 9 > > kids and 3 baby daddies. > > > > If you want out only you can make it happen. I'm only able to be stable > > and have an income today because of good decisions I made in the past. I > > was only afforded the oppurtunity to make those decisions because of the > > hard work I put in. I got out nce by basically being homeless and living > > in my car. > > > > There are always options. It's a constant up hill battle..... > > On Jan 30, 2013 8:49 PM, "Dana" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> that's part of it sometimes. > >> > >> But it also matters where you are and what you are dealing with. You > >> wouldn't have made two hundred grand a year if you were living in > >> Livingston Texas, I guarantee that. Maybe 25 if one of your relatives > >> was hiring. Not everyone can move out of a town like that. > >> > >> AOL accused of a lack of a work ethic for turning down overtime that > >> began at 4am, four hours before the daycare opened. > >> > >> What if you were dyslexic and the school figured you were just another > >> lost boy anyway? What if you grew up the oldest of 9 kids in a two > >> bedroom apartment in the projects whose mother kept bringing men home > >> in hopes of getting you a new daddy? You wouldn't get much schoolwork > >> done, would you, and chances are your work prospects once you drop out > >> will be limited to McD's. > >> > >> walk a mile in the shoes, my friend :) > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:39 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > I have a GED and a pretty messy history and made almost two hundred > >> grand a > >> > year at my best. > >> > > >> > Can we be honest and admit it's more about drive and ability than > formal > >> > education in many instances. > >> > On Jan 30, 2013 8:28 PM, "Dana" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> work is very thick on the ground out here with or without. But that's > >> here. > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected] > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> "Well a lack of a HS diploma didn't stop me from finding work in > the > >> >> late > >> >> >> '90's and early to mid 2000's." > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Unfortunately, in the current environment, having a college degree > >> isn't > >> >> >> enough to get a job. > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > Really? Huh. That's not true 'round here. > >> >> > > >> >> > There are jobs like crazy here in KC. I hear the same from my > friends > >> in > >> >> > St. Louis and Chicago. > >> >> > > >> >> > Is it just the coasts that are still suffering with this? Because > >> here in > >> >> > the middle, there are jobs a plenty for a degreed looker. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
