I like it, but them sonic haterz wouldn't get me anywhere near the $15,000 i'm gonna need. If I didn't feel like taking uncle sam's blood money was evil I'd go for the pell grant/fafsa shit like !@#$% recomended, but I made it through the first $12,000 on my BA on my own, so I assume I can pull this one off just the same. The difference this time is I need that paper twice as fast, BA took 5 years, the MA wants that shit in 2.

In the mean time, for free you all have my eternal gratitude, here are some Mezmur (Ethiopian hymns) I really like, and you can find a selection of my tunes at http://www.myspace.com/suchfriendsaredangerous


that only worked for the Eternal, UCLA wants a bit more..

Why are you against fafsa/ pell grants?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to pokkeherrie again.

Ok. Whatever your choice.

yes, and it has been a very difficult choice for the past 5 or 6 years, but I have stuck to it and my heart and soul would break if I had to back down from this. Rastafari people resist the system perpetually, the Apostles gave their lives for the work, and the least I-man can do is not take the US blood money tainted by corruption, war and evil. I consider federal aid hush money, and as many of you are familiar with, I absolutely refuse to hide behind their walls of silence.. when I was 15 I wrote "why stand on a silent platform, fight the war, fuck the norm" on my converse and unlike RATM, 10 years later I still mean that shit with all my being.

Yeah, if you enter lots of sweepstakes and get temporary tattoos on your pregnant belly you should be rollin' in the benjamins in no time.

tetuditos, those are only available for college, not for grad school.

suchfriends: get your fucking teacher license and go take a job like a man should. no need for "grad school".

some school districts are in such need of teachers they will help pay for your masters while you work. do a little research.

or become an americorps volunteer in your favorite ghetto. they give you $4K for school per year.

perpetual student = wankery of the greatest caliber.

learn to juggle responsibilities like most adults do. work + school = yes.

I feel for you, though I also have the problem of having a weak GPA.

Upon that, it just feels terrible that I have friends in grad school while I'm still unemployed in Orange County.

http://second-income4you.com/

I read about a guy once who put an ad in the paper that said "Send $1 to: " and he gave his address. No other info..

And he ended up getting close to a million dollars.

Form a band and become a major sell out.

No really, you should get a job.

yes i like the idea of becoming a commercial success in the music field and convicing thurston your the ghost of kurt cobain making music through your mind. then selling the rights to michael jackson or whichever oil rich arab is his bankroller for millions. and etc.

again, as I said to !@#$%, I believe you mean to say another job, I got a job already, it just covers the rent, not grad school fees.

I take offense to the tone of your response here, and I do believe you owe me an apology. As I said above, I HAVE a job, I believe you mean get ANOTHER job, and thats fine, thats what I have been looking for for months, I call two dozen school districts twice a week since February, they wish I would stop, but in case you didn't notice, its hard times in America and Los Angeles in particular..

and further, I HAVE TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL TO GET THAT FUCKING TEACHING CREDENTIAL (to get that teaching job you are woofing about), a teaching credential is technically a graduate school certificate program.. thats the ENTIRE REASON I AM TRYING TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL TO BEGIN WITH. I hate school, I never want to go there again.. but alas alas, thats the way it works. So please, be a bit more considerate sometimes.. I don't appreciate that whole "adults" and "like a man" crack, that is bullshit, you don't know me. keep running your grill and you'll be one of those motherfuckers I rob seen?

i might be a prick (can't be fucking helped) but i'm the only one here giving you information that can save your ass.

the way i see it you owe me a big thanks, conasse.

FIRST, butterfucker, you DO NOT need a master's to get a teaching license. you just need some courses in pedagogy that take about a fucken year or so. that's not gradschool-- it's just some extra fucken college courses. you might be able to wing it with pell grants. maybe.

if nevertheless for some reason you're intent on attending gradschool,

do NOT, do not fucking NO NO NO DO NOT pay from it from your own pocket unless you want to end up forever broke. DO NOT PAY FOR GRADSCHOOL. much less while having a part time shit job. that's the equivalent of raping yourself.

paying gradschool--- that's what graduate assistanships were invented-- they pay you shit money to do professor's work, you'll live hand to mouth, but they cover your fucken tuition (that's how i went to grad school). i'm gonna guess you don't qualify for fellowships, which are sweeter than god's left tit, so i won't discuss those.

ANYWAY, JUAN, YOU DO NOT NEED A FUCKEN LICENSE IN ORDER TO GET A TEACHING FUCKEN JOB

research "alternative license" or "alternative licensure".

http://www.tennessee.gov/education/lic/alt.shtml

iowa

le nouveau mexique

ETC.
ETC.
ETC.

some of these states offer VERY FUCKING CHEAP SCHOOLS to get your license and sometimes some schools will even pay you to go. like, fucken $100 per credit-hour. oh yea.

other shit i've mentioned is americorps volunteer. i'm currently working with one. she gets a living wage (barely) and for each year in the program they give her $4K towards skool.

in other words: HAVE OTHER PEOPLE PAY FOR YOUR GRADSCHOOL OR YOURE A FUCKING SUCKER. OR AT LEAST GET IT AT DEEP FUCKING DISCOUNT.

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IN SPITE OF THE SHIT ECONOMY THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN AMERICA. FACT. SAME WITH FUCKING NURSES. AND NETWORK TECHNICIANS.

anyway best wishes cunasse, i hope the whacks of my ruler have drilled this notion deep into your brain, DO NOT PAY FOR GRADSCHOOL OFF YOUR OWN POCKET. JAH BLESS.




YOU'RE FUCKING WELCOME.

Your advice was decent, but your tone was all wrong..



as I told you, to get a teaching credential you enter a grad school program, I should know my friend, I am in the process of getting one. further, I could get a gig at a private school without it, But FOR MYSELF, i need some class room experience, so I have been looking for TA gigs because I need some experience to build my own confidence to run a classroom, after all its not easy, doing the sunday school is hard enough sometimes, let alone running 180 kids 5 periods a day..

in regards to the grad student work you mentioned, I am also looking into that option, but you have to get accepted to the school first, and I want to be able to at least attempt to pay my way before I get in too deep hoping on something that might not come through.

again, I appreciate your serious input here, but you could be a little bit more sensitive about it, I am not some jack ass little kid, I know of all the details you speak of, in fact even some more you didn't mention, but unlike you, i didn't put my foot in my mouth and assume that you DIDN'T know about it because you didn't mention it, after all, I do not know what you know and don't know, so I would not assume things.

peace.

Just don't go to college.

ohh

awesome! i strive to displease...


depends on the state



hurry up then & do it



toldja, alternative licensure, you could start working the next school year WITHOUT A LICENSE and work on it while you hold a job.


nah, ballsac. don't "pay your way" into this bullshit unless it's a REALLY CHEAP SCHOOL.


fuck no! IT'S THE INTERWEBS. you don't have to look people in the face while you talk shit AT them. anyway, i hope this shit was helpful. i like to help folk while i lord it over them like a veritable asshole.


ok, robbing banks and dealing hard drugs, got it. :p


ha ha no seriously man, best wishes with this shit, but listen to me, DO NOT PAY FOR GRADSCHOOL from your own pocket.

unless (i said that in my first post) you're attending yale law school.

ps check this out, son:

http://www.americorps.gov/about/ac/index.asp

classroom experience AND money for school. yeah.

my little sister teaches at a private school in los angeles.

she has not been to grad school, but I believe her employers plan to pay for it.

foot ----> [door] ---->

Between the various fellowships, the four dozen Academic Student Employee openings in the department, and the scholarship opportunities it looks like Lord willing, permitting my acceptance into the program @ UCLA, this shit will actually come together rather nicely.


thanks for the good advice, you sent me on the right trail and it is paying off beyond expectation. I'd even dare say miraculously.

peace and love,
habte selassie


but I must admit, when I go to the campus people have money, and I feel the itching urge to purse/wallet snatch ;)

fuckin a right. there is a shortage of good teachers in america so you're in a path where you're needed. very best wishes.