I am so upset right now I am not sure what to do at this point. I was laid off from my job the end of July. In the state I live in I am entitled to 30 weeks of unemployment benefits. Well I just found out TODAY that I am being denied all benefits since I am going to school full time. I am in a Associates program and not a certificate program, and to continue receiving benefits, I must either one drop out completely, or drop to part time and lose all my financial aid. I am NOT dropping out of school or going part time! What really gets me pissed off, is that 2 months before signing up for classes, I went to the unemployment office to make sure that if I went back to school I would not lose my benefits. I was told that I need to fill out paper work to get the extension, but as long as I was still looking for work I would continue to receive money, EVEN if I was denied the extension. Now I am being told I have to be in certificate program off there approved list. The list consists of Medical Assistant, and Medical Coding and Billing Specialist. Great professions but not what I want to do. I am really not pissed about the money, it’s the principal of the situation, I was told one thing and now what I was told is not being honored. I do have the right to appeal that ruling, and I will. When I was told this I did ask why wasn’t this on the paper work I filled out for school, and the response was “We can’t give out any negative information on the program, then people would sign up for it.” No shit, but if I was told that this was going to happen I would have gone part time or done one of the “approved” programs… UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate this fucking state!
This and That September 11, 2007
Sorry I have been kinda not around. I finally started school on September 4th. I walked in to my first classroom in almost 10 years, but I did it. I had been talking about going back to school for years now, but this year I actually did it. I got all the financial aid a girl could ask for, and a new laptop. I like most of my classes, I loath my algebra class. I am horrible at math always have been, now the professor is making even worse. He doesn’t make any sense at all! You know the scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day off, when the teacher has this horrible mono tone voice, yeah that is my professor and even worse he doesn’t take questions in class, he will only see you if make an appointment before class and it’s only for a certain time frame. I am not sure if I should complain, I don’t want to seem like a pain in the ass in the first couple weeks of school.
My Digital Photography class, now I love that class. We took a tour of the studio’s today, and felt like I walked in to Mac heaven. Mac’s everywhere, and all the professional camera equipment you could have. I am excited about this class, I will be learning more about digital photography, and hopefully be using what I learn someday to take a “great” picture.
