Lady Freedom Returns (3,333 posts)
My SO has no Idea!
Last edited Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:44 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I have B.A. in Communications from MSSU. But I lost my copies of my transcripts due to the tornado and my flash drive with the electric copy getting stolen at a shelter. I have become delinquent in the payments of the loans due to no job since May 22, 2011. To get the transcripts I have to contact a clearinghouse and set up a payment plan. According to them I must get a paycheck so they can use the numbers on it to start to take payments off of it or my bank account number ( I don't have a bank account).
My SO keeps showing me jobs in my field and is yelling at me to apply. "Stop wasting your education" he says. Those jobs want copies of my transcripts. I can't give them what I no longer have. It like he is putting salt in a very open wound. He won't listen or understand. For now all I can do is pray for one of the fast food or clerk jobs to call. I am hurting so bad and he just won't stop and see what is going on.
So many are in a very similar boat right now in this country. It is a catch 22 for so many, need proof of education to get the job they are trained for, but can't get it due to not working and going delinquent. Thus, can not get the paperwork to change things.
And I am sure they to get to hear it from loved ones. But it still makes you feel alone in this world.
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10022595364Then they wonder why we think they aren't that bright.
I can't believe this DUmmy is having such a hard time during this massive recovery. Unemployment is at record lows, gas prices are high which shows how great the economy is, so I aint buying she can't get a job.
Kalidurga (4,693 posts)
2. Been there done that....
I had to work as a cashier for a year to get my payments up to date so I could go to school and finish my degree. Since graduating whatever I have that is kicking my butt went into overdrive and now I have hypertension, probably diabetes (I just had labs done a couple days ago) my joints started hurting like a bleep. I wish that was all, but anyway long story short I can't work right now and my payments are going to go delinquent again and I won't be able to go back to school in the fall to start finishing a four year. Unless I claim hardship due to illness to put off having to pay for now. Which I will probably do, but it seems kind of a big risk for me to go back to school anyway, knowing how big a risk it is due to my health issues.
OMG hypertension and diabetes, yeah there is no way this primitive can work.

I've been working with hypertension for years, have achy joints, and am close to being a diabetic. My DR is such a hardass that he won't recommend disability and has this crazy idea that if I take meds I can still work.

I also enjoy the tale of woe of having to work as a cashier for a full year, what you don't get full retirement after a full year on the job? Come work with me for a day DUmmy you would run screaming by 9am.