I need advice and help.

Hello my name is Clay Crosby. I am 19 and in need of help so that my dreams can be mine. I live in a small town with no real work to be found. What i have found in work is not steady nor is it well paying. My dad is doing the same type of things i am even tho he is in his late 50's and has worked most of his life. My mom broke her back before i was even born and can walk but has limited mobility. In all this we live in a small very crammed apartment. My plans for school have all gone down hill since i started understanding how the nations opportunity's have sunken. I know all to well that if i did get the loans needed for school i would have no way of paying them back. Then to top off the saga of this. The girl i ended up falling in love with is across the nation. I have tied to go to see her or give my support for her coming to see me. Money is the issue here is most of this. I have always been told good things happen to good people. I have always tied my best to help others. I never wanted to ask for help or advice because i feel like i am a burden to the ones i ask. But i need something to make my life worth while you know. I hate that i can't help my parents. I hate that i can't go to see the girl of my dreams who i wish to share my life with. So i am asking for helping in any shape and form i can get even if it does hurt. I need advice, prayer or any ideas. My mom does not even have many clothes that she can ware do to the fact of her back. I make every penny i put into clothes count by going to 2ed hand stores. All i ask is for helpful words and any ideas that may help with finding work and getting that extra cent. Any kind of help is welcome. Any words of advice will be cherished.

Wish Info

  • Posted: Feb 23, 2012 7:40 am
  • Member: Omega92
  • Member Since: Jul 28, 2011
  • Wishes Granted: 0 times
  • City: Prosser
  • State: Washington
  • Country: United States
  • Type: Need
  • Wish is for: Self
  • Category: Dream Fulfillment
  • Cause: Mobility and Physical Impairments
  • Views: 253
  • Comments: 5
  • Follows: 0

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draincoinfo 14 months ago

Please don't give up on your dreams of a college education. Apply to local community colleges and universities. Fill out your FASFA and see what kind of financial aide you qualify for. There are many grants and scholarships both federally funded and within each school that you may qualify for that do not get repaid. You may find when all is said and done that your loans to be repaid may not be as bad as you think they will be. And remember repayment on the loans are extended for at least 10 years which can make the payments very low each month. My daughter is in her final semester of grad school and my son is in his first year of undergrad. Regardless of what the economy does they will at least have a college education for the future which I think is very important.

tbrux 14 months ago

If you qualify for financial aid in any form, there would be a time that loans would need to be paid back. Please don't assume that you could never pay the loans back. The payments can be quite reasonable over a very long period of time. Work with a college career/employment adviser; take some tests to see where your interest, skills lie. Look into a 2 year technical course at a community college (maybe in Spokane?). Wanting to be with a person you love is wonderful but please don't get together unless you can support yourself and possibly her. Both my sons served in the military...one as an enlisted man and the other as an officer. They BOTH have jobs they love today because of skills learned in the Navy and Army. Take care.

skinnydip68 14 months ago

I was going to say the same things as acorngirl....Job Corps and Military are both good options. Going to college is not necessarily a waste but you want to come away from it with a "skill" so to speak....and you do not have to stay in Prosser. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do! Good luck!

acorngirl 14 months ago

Hi- you might look into Job Corps. It's FREE, and you live in a dorm with a meal plan while attending classes.

Or you may qualify for grants for college depending on your household income. A degree does not guarantee a job upon graduation, as you are aware, but a lot of it depends on what your degree is in. If your major is fine arts or anything ending in "studies" your chances of landing a job are not as good as they will be if you focus on engeneering or network administration or nursing (just examples).

Or if you are interested in the military, that's always an option. If you talk to a recruiter, remember to get everything IN WRITING. You recruiter might promise you the moom and stars, stateside duty assignment, a signing bonus- but if it's not in writing it's not real.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do! :D

mommie817 14 months ago

you are in my prayers hun hugs