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RE: Standard of Living in Alabama -Part 2
(09-27-2013 09:35 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote: There's 20,000 students at UAB. there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs.
It was great you were able to get a scholarship, but again there aren't 20,000 scholarships.
I'm on board with you regarding costs, though. UAB is very affordable compared to many/most other places, especially in Birmingham. No one, unless they are getting an MD, should be graduating with a six-digit debt.
No **** there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs, but there are a hell of a lot more than jobs than students in Birmingham. Stop making excuses for people.
I got multiple scholarships. Want to know how? I applied for them, wrote the essays, and got teachers to write me rec letters. Not that hard if you ask me. If you're too dumb or lazy to apply, then you shouldn't be in college in the first place.
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RE: Standard of Living in Alabama -Part 2
(09-27-2013 02:44 PM)dfarr Wrote: (09-27-2013 09:35 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote: There's 20,000 students at UAB. there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs.
It was great you were able to get a scholarship, but again there aren't 20,000 scholarships.
I'm on board with you regarding costs, though. UAB is very affordable compared to many/most other places, especially in Birmingham. No one, unless they are getting an MD, should be graduating with a six-digit debt.
No **** there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs, but there are a hell of a lot more than jobs than students in Birmingham. Stop making excuses for people.
I got multiple scholarships. Want to know how? I applied for them, wrote the essays, and got teachers to write me rec letters. Not that hard if you ask me. If you're too dumb or lazy to apply, then you shouldn't be in college in the first place.
It's not hard, but there is a limit to how many scholarships exist. There's not a dearth of applications to scholarships.
And if there's all these jobs out there, I'm still wondering how the unemployment rate is still so high
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RE: Standard of Living in Alabama -Part 2
(09-27-2013 03:00 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote: (09-27-2013 02:44 PM)dfarr Wrote: (09-27-2013 09:35 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote: There's 20,000 students at UAB. there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs.
It was great you were able to get a scholarship, but again there aren't 20,000 scholarships.
I'm on board with you regarding costs, though. UAB is very affordable compared to many/most other places, especially in Birmingham. No one, unless they are getting an MD, should be graduating with a six-digit debt.
No **** there aren't 20,000 bartending and ER jobs, but there are a hell of a lot more than jobs than students in Birmingham. Stop making excuses for people.
I got multiple scholarships. Want to know how? I applied for them, wrote the essays, and got teachers to write me rec letters. Not that hard if you ask me. If you're too dumb or lazy to apply, then you shouldn't be in college in the first place.
It's not hard, but there is a limit to how many scholarships exist. There's not a dearth of applications to scholarships.
And if there's all these jobs out there, I'm still wondering how the unemployment rate is still so high
There are plenty of low wage, high turnover jobs in retail, restaurant, etc which are perfect for college students. There probably aren't as many career type jobs which many people who are out of work are probably looking for. I know my little brother had no problem getting hired as a food runner at a restaurant in Auburn.
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RE: Standard of Living in Alabama -Part 2
(09-24-2013 09:28 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote: (09-24-2013 08:35 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: I'm just curious how you have no choice but to live in an extremely rural place?
I know it has probably been a few years since you went through the process, but being born isn't like popping in a new video game where you get a menu of options like who your parents are, how rich they are, how much they care about you, or where they live.
That mindset "well just move!" is exactly why you're economically conservative and I'm not. You don't understand, not even close, what it's like to be given a truly ****** lot in life and literally have no choices or options to try to make it better.
Hell, I have a job where I work at home, could work anywhere with an internet connection, and make a pretty decent salary and even I am finding it difficult logistically and financially to move from Shelby County to Southside or Downtown Birmingham.
The proposition of "Love Alabama the way it is or move out" has been used by tens of thousands of upward mobile Alabamians for many decades. The state gets left more and more with those who can't move due to lack of education, family resources, or other opportunities - like a job that will pay for your moving expenses.
We see it in the "failing schools" where children are told they can move to another city's schools or a private school - IF they will take you (these "good schools" have been assured by the state they don't have to take ANY transfers) and this is supposed to help the "failing school" improve how? Fewer students means less state funding (ADA and Teacher Units) to teach those who remain. The state was already #1 in America in cutting per pupil funding for all levels of public schools (K-Grad schools) since 2008 by almost $1400. What is our state's next step in "supporting" our public schools?
Now we see that the state is "hands off" when it comes to the health care industry in our state. The hospitals must provide ER services, but once the patient is stable, they can be sent elsewhere to perhaps die quietly and anonymously. Maybe that explains why our rural auto death toll is over twice the national average.
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