Wednesday, February 29, 2012
I'm planning to go to Bristol on a summer camp this summer (International House Bristol).
If anyone could tell me something about this city, its suburb Clifton, or maybe this camp, I'd be very grateful!|||Bristol where? in England? In Massachusetts?...|||Bristol is a lovely city Clifton is a handsome Georgian suburb on a hill with lots of student life Pubs cafes cinema. a small but well organized zoo. There are 2 large theaters Bristol Old Vic and Hippodrome. Colston Hall for posh concerts and lots of local gigs... You could look at the Bristol City Council website and also the Bristol Evening Post local newspaper site. It has an airport and 2 major rail stations. There are plenty of buses and taxis quite expensive and a limited suburban train service with a station at Clifton Down.|||clifton suspension bridge is a great tourist attraction.in the clifton area..also the ss great britian & the mathew ships pull the crowds..then there is the night life... awsome|||Well Clifton suspension bridge is very pretty at night,
Do not the camp though?
You are close to the beaches, cheddar gorge and wookey caves.
Enjoy your stay
My favorite is the International House of Pancakes.|||Yeah, IHOP|||In Australia I used to love eating at this place called the "Pancake Parlour".
Lovely design, ambiance and food.
Besides the usual pancake types (Which they call "Stack of pancakes, perfectly golden brown pancakes with lots of maple syrup and butter!), they serve savory pancakes, dessert pancakes and gourmet pancakes, one of my favourites was a potato pancake served with crumbed fillets of fish in lemon and Parsley butter sauce.
And I always take their thick milkshakes.
Jenova
(d.yuffie@gmail.com)|||Pancake House.|||At home ... my boyfriend makes the BEST pancakes and waffles1|||Home, I make some awsome pancakes :)|||IHOP that place is awsome and some of them are not too packed and they have awsome syrup|||A restaurant called the Cracker Barrel. MMMMM pancakes!!!|||Home! My Mama makes the best!|||IHOP...or my parent's place (my mom makes killer pancakes)|||IHOP. Even though I like their stuffed French Toast the best.|||IHOP of course they have the best pancakes, if not there then at home|||cracker barrel|||AT MY GRANDMOTHERS KITCHEN TABLE...SHE MAKES THE BEST DANG PANCAKES EVER!!!|||Off of Jessica Alba's stomach.|||IHOP is great. Denys is ok too|||IHOP!|||IHOP|||my kitchen table, especially since i got that two-burner cast-iron griddle going. driving to a decent pancake house would be a 1 hour round-trip, and mine are still better. i don't think you can get real maple syrup at IHOP.
mmmmm.... pancakes....|||When I went to Florida... either International House of Pancakes or Wendy's|||the local creperie, or my mum does awesome pancakes (:|||Denny's...I like their omelettes to go with my pancakes.|||My house :-)|||In bed, when my 3 year old makes them with my husband.|||My house.|||my house|||I to da Hop|||home|||I like my pancakes i make but if u mean out yes IHOP|||check out http://www.menuserve.com/
they have listings for restaurants all around the country... sorted by location and cuisine!
not only that but they provide you with the COMPLETE menu too... much better than most of the directory sites that just tell you the phone and address!|||My house! I make the best pancakes!!!|||IHOP and Waffle House
I think this has been a highly disputed question.
I know she was like one of the first at the International House of Prayer back in 1999. Is her biological age known??|||IHOP has been around for a long time before 1999. Oh, wait, you're not talking about the pancake place.
I thought this was in the wrong category but I guess it's OK because she's a Christian singer, if that's the Misty Edwards you are talking about.
When age is disputed, you might be able to find opinions, but I don't know how you'll know who might be right.|||I can't find her exact age, but I'm gonna guess that with her being there so long she's late twenties early thirties :) Report Abuse
|||who??? thats a restaurant...why is this here?
my friend met this guy who is a ihopu ( international house of prayer u.) worship leader she took a picture of him and put it on fb as her profile pic. this guys wife told her a few times to take it down because some people have been saying he is with her now.( u know fb and people) can the wife complain the fb will they do anything?|||For starters, your friend sounds like a wacko.
And yes, she can complain, because it would appear that your friend is posing as him. Even if she isn't, it appears that way.
Frankly, I would complain. That's just not normal.|||you can but what can they do? she ( the wife) should know her husband will never leave her for someone he just met and had a picture with does he even know her name? doubt it. i think your friend should know that this isnt right esp after all whats happen.|||you can complain all your want, but I doubt they're gonna do anything about it.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hi folks. My colleagues are searching for small motel around Korea University near to Anam Station. That small motel should clean and comfort and if it is possible it facilities are including small kitchen. My colleagues budget are around 10.000 Korean Won per day for room indeed they will stay only for 8 days. They will arrive at September 4th 2009 in Seoul. So I need quick information. Thanks folks. Best Regard Beny Trias Oktora CJ International House Korea University Anam Seoul.|||in seoul the there are not motels that cost 10000 per night especially if you need an attached kitchen.
a cheap motel would cost aroun 50000 per night and that does not include and food or kitchen.
edit. i was just surfing around and i found this place 'guesthouseinkorea.com'
its all writen in english. and i think the prices are pretty good.
go check it out.!|||when you arrive in Korea, you can immediately find Motel anywhere except the country. but you must pay more than 10,000 won. it might be paid over 30,000 won per day in Seoul. if you want to live in motel in Seoul, you can't live without many money
I'm trying to get into Jacksonville State University, I'm also I'm trying to get into the International House Program they have.
I'm suppose to write an autobiography, the idea is to tell them why should they pick me over the other applicants. I'll like to write about me being a lesbian, and how I'm a young gay rights activist, but i don't know if that would be seen as a good point or a bad one.|||gays are paracites.|||I'd try not to emphasize it TOO much, people tend to be touchy over that kinda stuff.|||Even though it's against the law to discriminate against sexual orientation, I would hold off on this until after you've been accepted. You want to talk about how good of a student you are, academically.|||~50% of admission application readers will think you are a pervert.|||I do not think that you should mention that on your essay./
I want to teach Spanish as a foreign language (my mother tongue), I got a CLTA qualification from International House.
Thanks, Andrea|||contact an employment agency for teaching - you will find their adverts in the relevant publications and newspapers.|||Why not apply for a job here...|||Look in a Spanish classified newspaper on online classfied.
Next Monday I am going to Jakarta from Incheon Airport. I stay in CJ International House and I am planning to take Limousine Bus which it stop near to Korea University. Please let me know on how I should pay for ticket (inside the bus or I should buy ticket before) and what interval of bus stopping at each limousine bus station? Thank you|||Hey I used to live there! Wow! Do you know Lim Bun? He went to college with me. Any ways......
You can catch the expensive limosine bus across from the front gate Lyceum area. Otherwise, you must travel a bit.
You pay for the ticket on the bus. The driver should have change, but make sure you have exact change in case he doesn't. It will stop quite frequently (kind of like the subway) until you get to the outside of Seoul, then it will go quickly. I've ridden that bus many times, and it probably only takes 1hr 15 minutes. If you're in a bit of a time crunch, the taxi would be an Okay option too.
Talk to either the head person at CJ (they are pretty knowledgeable) or the travel agent in the Lyceum, basement level, and someone will be able to give you up-to-the-minute schedules and costs.
PS. If you sneak around in the basement of CJ towards the back of the entertainment room, there is the back elevator to the teacher's side, sneak past the guard (you'll be only visible for a second) take the back elevator up to the 3rd floor and enjoy the teacher's entertainment room. It's sooo much better.
Happy travels!|||The Airport Limousine Bus 602 and 602-1 go close to Korea University but you have to take either a regular transity bus or subway(a metro train) from there.
The Limousine 602 goes to Shin-Seol-Dong(신설동).
The Limousine 602-1 goes to Don-Ahm-Dong (돈암동).
You can pay for the bus fare inside the bus in cash(Korean money, around 8,000 won which is equivalent to US$ 7)
The limousine buses depart every 15 minutes and it would take an hour to 90 minutes to get there.
Specifically, I'm trying to determine where the line is between a church and a cult. My son is seriously considering dropping out of engineering school to go play guitar at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. I see this outfit is probably based on the teachings of the Pentecostal Church (which is already a bit too mystical for my liking) but I think they have gone over the line and are an end time cult. Anyone with knowledge or direct experience please share you thoughts.|||Focus on learning about this House of Prayer. Read some non-bias information on it, ask your son why he is attracted to the group, and attend a service with him. Don't worry about what the public thinks of it. What you think is what is important.
"Cult" is just a label society uses for religions or beliefs that are seen as unacceptable. It's just another scare tactic used by the mainstream to keep everyone in line. I'm not saying a cult is a good thing, I'm just saying it is just a word. It doesn't change anything whether you call a place of worship a fellowship, church, or cult.|||Usually cults revolve around an admiration for a particular person or individual as opposed to a singular ideal or cause.
In that aspect, Religions are not technically cults unless they are formulated around that one person.
Sure, you could claim the Pope is an example of this.
The mystical bit isn't the bit you should worry about, it's when people start referring to themselves as the sole proprietors of that mysticism - when individuals start saying things like "I am the way" or "Let me lead you through temptation".
This actually speaks to me of something that is more or less engraved into the human consciousness - some individuals in society actually LIKE this mentality, that people could gather around a single mind as if somehow they would be protected because of it.
It is the difference between liking that mentality and disliking it that is usually a good sign of a susceptible mind.|||I don't have direct experience here... just private Christian school education... XD
cults usually claim to be Christian but don't match up with traditional christian worldviews... like, for example, many cults set a lot of store by works instead of salvation to receive eternal life... just keep your eyes out for beliefs that don't match up... they can be good people and all... but just not genuine Christian...
and then, of course, there are the few "freaky cults" out there with wacked-out beliefs who can use psychological scare tactics to get their members to do whatever...
I'll be an incoming freshman this fall at UF and I was wondering what living in the International Housing is like. I'm an American growing up in Florida, but they accept them to live there to help with the international students. Are they students usually pretty nice? Do you do activities within your floor/building? Any information on the living communities at UF would be great.|||The UF Dept. of Housing & Residence Education has fantastic living-learning communities. Studies show that students that live on-campus have higher GPAs, graduate at higher rates, and experience more leadership opportunities. These statistics are even higher in the living-learning communities.
The international living-learning community is in Weaver Hall. Weaver has a bunch of international students there (as I'm sure you know), and they have a lot of fun events where the students showcase food/clothing/etc from their country. The Tolbert Area is pretty awesome because they havMud Festst, where you can play fun sports in the mud - and all of the halls compete againseach otherer.
The other area you should check out is the Yulee Global Living Learning Community. They also have a lot of fun international awareness events and it's on the other side of campus - so you get options on where you want to live. They have a serenity room, that's great for students that want to meditate, pray, etc. Both areas are pretty cool - plus it's a great way to meet people and network incase you want to study abroad.
Cliff Haynes is a great resource for AIE questions (cliffh@housing.ufl.edu). He might have some more information.
Statistics from: www.housing.ufl.edu and www.housing.ufl.edu/aie/|||very poor quality housing - awful drugs scene - gainesville is fast going downhill
The Waffle House is offering white table clothes and candle light dinners for you and your sweetie on Val. Day.
This is for the guy who cannot splurge for the International House of Pancakes.
Just heard on the Tonight Show w/Jay Leno
LOL|||There is no way you heard this on Jay Leno, because he is ACTUALLY FUNNY. Nice try though.|||Actually Jay Leno DID tell this item in his monologue 2/10 and daisy delivered the joke just as Jay did. A simple check at waflehouse.com shows that it's true. Funny, but true. Report Abuse
Like they did with National Prayer Day, and International House of Pancakes?
International Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, May 15|||I love it how a judge is "activist" when they disagree with your position, but not "activist" when they do agree. How convenient.|||I highly doubt it...|||maybe, if enough people support him/her.|||No
These situations are not even remotely analogous. Stop trolling.|||International House of Pancakes has not been declared unconstitutional - though they should be with those new cheesecake waffles. Gross.
An activist judge cannot declare International Migratory Bird Day unconstitutional - the Federal Government has jurisdiction over immigration and migrant workers. However, I hear an Arizona judge may have something in mind...
So, my dad is going to retire in 2012 and since he is retiring we want to buy a house in India. My mom and I were both born in India so we have Indian paper works and everything. My dad said that we cant buy a house in India,because were American Citizens. Ive watched shows like " International House Hunters" where people buy houses in other parts of the worlds. We all actually want to live there so this is not like a vacation house.|||Yes|||i belive you have to be married to some one in that country or live there for serent amount of time im not sure check the laws or find a friend that lives there if your born there|||i dont see why you wouldnt be able to, why would he think you couldnt though?
So, my dad is going to retire in 2012 and since he is retiring we want to buy a house in India. My mom and I were both born in India so we have Indian paper works and everything. My dad said that we cant buy a house in India,because were American Citizens. Ive watched shows like " International House Hunters" where people buy houses in other parts of the worlds. We all actually want to live there so this is not like a vacation house.|||Since you and your mom were born in India you can apply for OCI(overseas Citizen of India). You can still retain your US passport.
With OCI Status, a foreign passport holder is entitled to the following:
1. Multiple-entry, multi-purpose, life-long visa to visit India. The holder of the OCI Certificate would still need to carry his/her foreign passport, but a Visa "U" ("U" for Universal) sticker would be affixed on the foreign passport;
2. Exemption from reporting to police authorities for any length of stay in India;
3. Parity with NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) in financial, economic and educational fields EXCEPT in relation to acquisition of agricultural and plantation properties.|||My guess would be yes. I'm Indian myself but I live in America, and I really want to live in India some day when I'm older. As far as I know I think that you'll probably be able to live there, you just have to apply for some visas and all that. Make sure you move to a more urban city in India like Mumbai or Delhi. :)|||Hi as you and your mother have born in India,off curse you can buy a house in India,but do to good and relabel person and buy in good city and good location.|||Yes|||yes
Did she enjoy the Swedish or the German Pancakes?|||I think she preferred the Russian pancakes :)
-S|||Be careful you don't ask any "gotcha" questions about her! |||Probably the French crepes, lol!
Or was it the vegetable omelette?|||yes, and she saw barack obama cleaning the toilets there|||You better believe it.|||lol that's not funny....no she didn't.
They are not international and are therefore guilty of false advertising.|||They lie three times.
They aren't international.
They aren't really a "house".
...and they don't ONLY serve pancakes. They have full breakfasts, but I bet they sell more waffles than pancakes anyway.
Sue them three times.|||It is called "International" simply because we serve pancakes that originate from many different countries. As far as the "house of Pancakes", Pancakes come with just about everything. As far as it being a house, the original restaurants were built to resemble an A framed house. Report Abuse
|||I think there's an IHOP in Canada ...|||well the world series ain't exactly the world series either, is it?|||By "international", they are referring to the kitchen help. Nobody back there is American.|||Go for it...everyone else is in the sue city...why not you!!!|||Actually it is international, even if it is largely based in the US. So yes, you could sue them, and they would rip you apart.|||I've waited 15 minutes for a burger at a drivethru of a fast food restuarant....can I sue? MMMMMM.....lifetime supply of pancakes...lol|||you are technically right!! go for it!! let me know if ya win!!!|||I too have suffered grievously at having not being able to find International Houses of Pancakes through out the world. Canada's another country??|||and why does minute rice take five minutes|||They are not referring to the corporation as international they are referring to the different types of pancakes. i.e. Belgian waffles.|||u can sue anyone. But the issue is this: do u have a claim? Did their advertisment harm u in some way? For example, did travel abroad soley to eat at IHOP only to discover that the franchise only operates in the US? Or, did u invest in an IHOP franchise; for the sole purpose of opening up in, say Jakarta, where pork is not allowed to be sold or culturally forbidden? For a law suit to have merit in this type of situation, the plaintiff must have suffered a harm under the pretense of the advertisement, etc. (I am not advising anyone. I am simply stating the common understanding of harm and a claim. Please seek qualified legal council in your jurisdiction.) Michael|||You could sue, but you would lose because you are wrong. You would likely end up with a judgment against you for the amount of money it would cost IHOP to defend itself against such a ridiculous lawsuit.
Good Luck!
Does anyone know anything about IHOP? My friend is there and they are just beginning a consecrated season that lasts four months where people basically have to isolate themselves from their family and friends. He said that he is going to be checking his fb once a week and that is the only time he will be communicating with people back home.
This worries me for two reasons:
1. Forced isolation can be a form of spiritual manipulation and abuse.
2. It can also perpetuate arrogance; like "I'm too spiritual to talk to you. I only want to talk to Jesus."
Does anyone know anything about IHOP? Also, how can I tell him that I'm concerned without sounding judgmental?|||Has the leader of this pancake house of god declared himself the second coming yet? If so, try to get a date for the apocalypse. I'm trying to fill my dance card.|||If it is forced, didn't your friend agree to this arrangement? People who agree to sign up for this are responsible for their choices. You can hardly blame IHOP.
Pride comes before a fall. Yes, your friend may decide he is to spiritual to talk to you if he spends a lot of time with God over a period of time. You may have different callings.
There are seasons to life. Most of the people I know who are involved in IHOP come out with a commitment to prayer and a knowledge of who they are . If they are hyper spiritual this changes as life happens to them.
If you have a crush on your friend or feel you are losing them , know this is temporary.
Mostly the young people just talk about grace, drink good coffee and hang out and pray and worship a lot.
I know a lot about IHOP. I used to attend when there were only twenty people in the prayer room.|||I know of a different IHOP. They have really good pancakes.
From an early age we are taught to associate "America" with "freedom." Now I believe that america is the freeist country in the world (even though that isn't really saying much, it's worth it for what it is) but did indoctrinational institutions always ride that bandwaggon? I have a feeling that if we went back in time to the 1920's you wouldn't hear the average joe saying "ra ra america freedom ra ra." I don't know though. I don't know if this has been a thing since the united states existed, or a more recent development of PR groups. Anyone know?|||Did someone say the International House of Pancakes? I love their Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity breakfast combo. That sounds delicious. I'll have that...Where am I?|||America (the US) has always seen itself as having a divine mission to bring freedom and light to the world. The US has always believed itself to be the most progressive nation in the world, and believed that it has a divine mission to endow the rest of the world with its touted values of liberalism and democracy. After the Second World War, the US emerged as the most powerful nation in the world (because Europe was devastated by the war), and the US was therefore able to wield immense economic and military influence globally. Since then it has been in a position to force its ideological agenda on people all over the world.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nR4PvMo1e…
The picture at the top. It is actually me but you get the idea.
DRAGON 2008
"I BELIEVE IN U.S."|||Not bad... You look a lot like your avatar! Can I see a menu, please?|||Mancakes , huh? Those come with syrup?
You really do look like your avatar don't you? It's the glasses|||As long as they don't change the mancake recipe, I don't mind what the waiter/clone is like.|||Ummm, its not what you look like that matters its what you do.|||please hold the sausage
extra butter & syrup|||lol mancakes..is that like a cannibal pancake?|||I don't think he will compare to the original in the picture. He is major cute!! And that's no B.S.|||Don't give him any Flap Jack.|||Pass the syrup please.
If you're a beliver hungry for the things of God, I highly recommend this site...www.ihop.org. Awesome stuff! Who knows about it? Your thoughts on it, please...|||I've followed it for years! I wish I could visit there! God is awesome through prayer!
Hey have them pray for the unbelievers on this sight! Pray that the devil will not have his way on this sight!|||They'd better be careful. International House of Pancakes may not appreciate them using their trademark name as a website name.
.|||I thought IHOP was a pancake restaurant.
What do you think about this hotel at waterloo Road at Yau Ma Tee?|||It's a nice hotel on Waterloo road, which is a good location but a few blocks off the busy Nathan road. For foreigners, the name YMCA evokes backpacker hotels and cheap student housing, but in HK, the YMCA hotels are really top hotels in good locations. The International House is more or less at par with its sister location in Wanchai, as well as the Salisbury on Salisbury road in TsimShaTsui is also a good deal, very nice, great location near the Harbour. Average room rate for a double is about 1000HKD although you might be able to negotiate a lower rate.
In the same area, I also like the Metropark also on Waterloo road, a little cheaper than the YMCA (about 700HKD for a double) but great business hotel. I like it because of the roof-top outdoor swimming pool and fitness centre. The Internation House has an indoor swimming pool and fitness centre too, but I personally prefer lounging outside.|||It's a great bargain for Hong Kong. Not the best located, but clean...you have to remember YMCAs in HK have marble floors, so it ain't your grandma's YMCA.
Let's go !!!|||the Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity please!!
Rosco's Chicken and Waffles in and around LA. yum|||I'm in!|||I like the passport breakfast and a hot chocolate.|||I'm ready.|||I'm ready where are you guys|||I didn't realize they still existed. I use to love their cheese blintzes!|||gross! i hate that place! i prefer my mom's cooking|||I'm up for it, used to go every birthday!!|||.|||I would kill for some IHOP!! Iused to live accross the street from one, but I now live in a city with no IHOP. Hell, I'd be willing to drive as far as it takes just for some butter pecan syrup!|||That place sounds SO good right now, lol!|||chocolate chip pancakes and a jug of coffee. no better breakfast around.|||will their be syrup? a bed and a spoon?
Look:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/hous鈥?/a>
Do you think the situation could escalate to a point where conservatives start wearing tie-dye, protest against the Libyan war, and call US military pilots "baby-killers" when they come home?|||Please, Samian, do not equate the soulless demons that are Republicans to the joyful hippies.|||The USA has a long history of backing psycho dictators (Pinochet, Batista, Suharto, Habre, the Shah of Iran, Noriega, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the House of Saud, Saddam Hussein, etc etc), so your question is kind of moot.
Psycho dictator who does as USA says=ok
Psycho dictator who doesn't do as USA says=terrorist|||What is the American mission in Libya?
Will we have the same mission in Syria? In Iran? In Russian? In Pakistan?|||Why is Obama killing innocent civilians in Libya ?
Is it ok because he's BLACK ???|||...Gaddhafi is a hero to them now
Hello, I am a Bangalorean with a small family (wife & a kid 2yr old). Got an employment offer in Landmark Group (Al Bandar Intl House for Trading Co) with a salary of SAR 10000/-. Would like to know few details.
Which area in Al-khobar is good to live with affordable house rent (may be between 1000 to 1300SAR per month ). What is the apprx Cost of groceries (like rice per kg/dal per kg/oil/fruit/ etc etc), Internet (unlimited access), cable TV (can I bring DishTV set top box from India? How), Transportation (Rent a car, commute by bus/sharing taxi service), buying a new/second hand small cars (like Maruti WagonR/Alto/Swift). Getting a driving license cost/duration. If i have a comfortable family expenses, how much i can expect to save?
For getting the house, do i need to contact Agent/broker. How much do i need to pay to him. Other than agent if any other route, pl tell me. How is the rent paid (is it in monthly advance payment/ 10 months rent in advacne like here in Bangalore)?
Pl reply with details. Thnx in advance|||assalamualaikum
...guess your new here ...we r from banglore 2 ..we have been in al-khobar for past 20 years ...u will really enjoy this place its actually like a small part of india ...u'll find many banglorians here ...u dont need to worry abt the cost of living ..mashallah ur salary is also more than enough to have a luxorious life .... ur in a hurry to do everything .....the first thing u need is a house u can contact a real estate guy or u cud stay in a furnished flat temporarily till u find a house urself ..(i.e u can ask ur work mates etc ) .
......am sorry i couldnt assist u more ..if u need more information on anything . i will give u my id contact me....sameera18111@yahoo.com .....
hope everything becomes easy ......:)..inshallah.....
No, IHOP restaurants are only in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.|||NO!
thankfully|||no, they have better more original restaurants........|||Why do you want to go to an IHOP in England, try some English food|||I don't Know, what do you think?|||I sincerely hope not. We're already infected by tasteless, revolting Subways and Starbucks every corner...nothing more depressing than seeing the same shop everywhere.
its right next to the polls and surveys bar and grill|||I'm soooo glad to hear you like our dinner menu at,... "International House of Hotpants". We aim to please and want you to go away feeling "more" than satisfied. **wink**|||yeah I had pigs in a bra strap|||Cool. I'll have the furburger and thighs, please.|||IHOP ~ is that where the guy with one leg works?|||dude...i like live there!!!!|||Yeah but my wife's location is under construction this week.|||NO I HAVEN'T|||No, Mr. Caveman, I have not. But my husband is certainly a fan and he is acquainted with that place. Our teenager is about to turn 16 and I know he is dying to try that place out, if he has not already done that on the sly. He has been so darn busy playing high school football until December 1 (we went to the Semi-Finals this year -- yay!) and he has been working out a whole lot lately in the International Room of Weight Lifting. ;)|||I just made reservations, and I noticed that you were going to be the server!!!! how cool|||no, butt now I want too|||Do they have a bar there?|||lmao :)
yes my dearest and fire the kitchen staff (except if you see any cute guys there)|||I dont know, can you make a
**Rooty Tooty...
Fresh ~N~ Fruity??? ;-) **
omg.. lmao.. "head server".. teeheehee..
Sorry all Its 1 am here and 1 1/2 pitchers of Mudslide later...|||Yeah, totally! Pancakes ROCK! don't just buy one IHOP tho, buy the whole chain! teehee|||only if you make rainbow pancakes|||buy a restaurant and serve all the flavored syrup you want.|||No dont be so modest dont just buy an international house of pancakes, just buy the entire lot. !!!!!! Flipping pancakes is an art and should be entered into the olympics.|||nooo......YEEESSS!!|||Definitely. Can I have free pancakes?|||Yes boyyeeee! You go on witchyo bad self!|||Under one condition. I get the 'Taster' 's job!|||Sure, why not? But for cooking in a big place like that, you'll need more than just one tiny rainbow utensil.|||WIll you give food to your friends? One of your previous avatars is still listed in my contacts.
And I usually don't get to eat very often...|||no, just go there in the middle of the night, after the Club!|||No, you should gather musicians and recreate Leonard Skynard.|||no|||Yes, I make killer homemade syrup, I'm good. Can I be your head server?|||Your crazy go for it , skies the limit.LOL|||of course you should- at least try to get a job there :)
especially if you love pancakes like me|||Yes you should!! That would be a great investment..Maybe San Francisco somewhere, Just an idea|||go for it! I love IHOP! let me know when you open it, I'll be right over!|||Ha Ha Ha! All i have to do is see the title to know that is is from Tracer... you rock. And where on earth did you get that Batman picture?!!?|||you have taken the first step into a greater universe.
Rose P.|||No, start your own chain. I wish I could think of a clever name, but that's your department :)|||I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOUD BE INTO DOUGHNUTS
great place|||Nah never been to IHOE|||no I haven't. and to truly be an International House you would think it would be available in other countries beside the US wouldn't you?
Mind you, eggs are international and perhaps that is what they meant in the title instead of the ..oh wait, the house is international as well. I mean,unless you live in a hut of course. Which in my opinion is still a house of sorts. Do they have storm windows? those can come in very handy indeed in inclement weather.|||no just IHOP|||Never heard of it.|||No.
24 Hour prayer for the nations i believe - prayer and intercession for Israel. Mike Bickle is the founder.
There's a 24/7 web-stream - very interesting.
blessings ; )|||Thanks Leah for your vote. I definitely will look the site - very best wishes and blessings : ) Report Abuse
|||Verily, it is an establishment where the wondrous minor deity Pancake, in all its mutiple and varied forms, is worshipped. It is a form of carbohydrate reverence of which even the FSM approves, as Spaghetti for breakfast is not commonly enjoyed.
RAmen!!!|||LOL a restaurant!......|||Not sure. But I know that IHOP serves Pancakes.|||Instead of getting served pancakes..you get ummm.......uhh......*sniff*...uhhh.....|||sounds like to me to be a really bad play on words
I'm going to visit Singapore this early December and intend to stay at YMCA IH - Singapore.
Any review or coment about this hotel ?
Thank's|||i guess YMCA IH is good, because if you are one of those budget travellers, YMCA International House is one of the best places to stay, it is located at Orchard Rd, and only a short walk to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, you can try view this local website 88db for more details on YMCA IH and other budget accommodations available in Singapore|||hate to break your bubble but its not even a hotel. its more like a hostel with a shared toilet... the accommodations are cheap but dont expect a 3 star treatment. if you're looking for a cheap place to stay then im sure all you need is a nice bed with a roof over your head, so i guess it shouldnt be a problem.|||I prefer to stay at 5 Stars Hotel,it's Clean ,Green ,Huge and Hush.
I have to be in Chicago for some meeting in June and most hotels are either sold out or too expensive. I have finally found this hostel called Arlington international house near incoln park zoo. I guess the hostel may not be as comfortable as a hotel but its well located in a nice neighborhood as I read. However this is my first ever trip to Chicago and US. So I would be glad to know more about the place.|||It is a little hotel/hostel, in the middle of a very nice neighborhood on the north side. It is nice but not fancy. I would go with the private room. It is very well kept. email me if you would like to know more.
Friday, February 24, 2012
. . . the pancakes, or the fruitcakes?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16…|||In this kind of situation, it's always saddest for the pancakes.|||if the IHOP (pancakes) had it registered as a trademark, which i think they do, i would have to side with them and if the opposite were true then i would side with the IHOP (prayer)
of course i can just see the christian cries of opression directed at the House of Pancakes|||I am Christian and I am on the Pancakes side. This House of Prayer is a business and business has no place with God. Religion is not supposed to a business, but sadly most of it is.|||Believe it or not, I'm on the side of the International House of Prayer. Although, if everyone there is a US citizen, the International House of Prayer should be sued for false advertising.|||First off, nobody ***** with my waffles. Second, there is no Ihop in china, so i wouldn't call it an international house of pancakes anyways. Sounds like false advertisement to me, i should sue IHOP.|||I hope they win - there's one of those ersatz IHOPs just down the road from work and at least once a week I get a pancake urge for a moment when I glimpse their sign...at least the one mentioned in the story has started serving food.|||Pancakes > prayers to anything! (other than the god/dess of pancakes, of course)|||Everyone likes pancakes.|||I'll swear to the pancakes. They have saved me from many an acute case of the munchies.|||PANCAKES.|||I gotta go with pancakes, even though the ones from IHOP aren't that great.|||Pancakes rule!|||I like their chocolate chip pancakes so I'm gonna go with the REAL Ihop.|||the Pancakes.|||Pancake FTW ♥|||What do you expect the people on here to say?|||IHOP, because the other guys ain't got no pancake mix|||I'm with the pancakes|||the pancakes are going to win|||Oh pancakes with jam please...... oh wait.|||LMAO!!! I worship the pancake!|||I'm a waffle man myself.
Belgian, to be precise..
YES!!!! Nothing promotes world peace like a stack of warm, fluffy, pancakes, covered in mapley goodness!!! Add some eggs, and a couple of sausage links, and there will be a cessation to all hostilities world wide....|||hell yeah, then at least something useful would get done in that building|||Pancakes.... ummmmmmmmmmmmm|||sure is and im opening a international house of hotpants in the senate|||Clearly, no one is getting your joke|||I figured that we should evict the UN and make it into Condos! Yeah, it'll need a good restaurant or two.|||Yes, I think that it is.
Yes, it's a nice place. It's a great location as well. If you'd like an alternative that's a little cheaper, though, you can check out the Evergreen Hotel, about five-seven minutes away. The Evergreen is a budget hotel and has a room that sleeps four people that's bigger than the room that sleeps four people at the BP. (It doesn't use bunk beds like the BP does.) You can find the Evergreen at:
www.evergreenhotel.com
Enjoy your trip!|||i believed so..my girlfriend had stayed there before and she recommendated me to stay there on my visit the week of June 1.
It's the international house of Germans.|||No this is the international house of bacon.
GET IT RIGHT BTCH!!!|||No..I alwayz thought it WAS IHOD...International House of Dumb asses|||um.. this is a bed, bath and beyond, sir...
IHOS is on the other side.
but... if you are willing...
We have a 20% off sale on all bed sheets?!|||No, it's the house of pain. *BAM*|||yeahhhhh pull up a floor and pick up your bones for a 21 gun salute|||Wanna bite?|||no this is the Ministry of Twix
I am thinking of going to the international house of prayer in KC. I really enjoy all the teaching that i am able to see through God.tv .
have you ever gone their for a weekend? or are you currently involved in a IHOP ministry in another state? receive a pod cast from the one in IHOP-ATL they are very good !!! I know that they have a internship coming up this summer and they have the IHOPU (international house of prayer university) that has 3 different schools :
(1) the bible school
(2)FMA- Forerunner music Academy
(3) theirMultiMediaa school
check out :www.ihop.org and let me know what you think
p.s. make sure its ihop.ORG... NOT .COM otherwise you'll be staing @ food..lol|||No, just IHOP, Int'l House of Pancakes, in Jersey.|||Although I have never been to IHOP-KC, I, too enjoy all their great programs and teaching on GOD.TV. So I will be praying for you - that God will make a way for you to attend. I am sure you will be greatly blessed!
† Sunflower Prayer Warrior †|||I prefer attending Mass at Our Lady of Coco's.|||if there is no rooty tooty fresh and fruity, why bother?
Hello - This is a followup to my other question, but I have been looking into the International House for 4/26 - 5/4.... would it be a bad place to stay if we want to go to Jazz Fest on a few of the days? It says that it's on the edge of the French Quarter, but is it a "good edge" or a "bad edge". Thanks in advance!! My husband is a musician, so we'll also want to go to some jazz clubs in the evenings.|||The International House is in a good location in the Central Business District, and is about 2 blocks from the French Quarter.
The JazzFest site is at the Fairgrounds, which is about 2.5 miles from the International House Hotel.
The International House is very close to the pick-up point for the shuttle to the JazzFest, which is at the Sheraton Hotel on Canal Street: For specifics, go to http://www.nojazzfest.com/ and click on Info then FAQ, the the question "How do I get to the Fairgrounds?".|||The hotel itself is ok and the location is fine for the french quarter as long as you are heading toward the quarter. Although if you want to be a bit closer to the jazz fest and the jazz clubs you might want to consider staying on the opposite side of the quarter closer to Frenchman Street. Take a look at Maison DuBois. They are walkable to all the clubs and everything in the quarter. And only about a block or 2 from the Jazz Fest Shuttle stop. Have fun!
http://www.maisondubois.net/|||I've heard that some of the rooms are small. that if you could get and upgrade to larger room it's nicer & I don't think they have on site parking
check hotels.com for discount rates.
I've read internet reservations get the smallest rooms?
did you try Wyndham at Canal Place?
I am planning to buy a home ( house or apt ) in Florida. I do not know much about the requirements for international house buyer, so I am looking for the details of what's important to know when you buy a house in America as a foreigner.
The houses that i have been looking at is around $75,000 - $120,000, is that including sales and property taxes, or will they add that on when i purchase it. If that's the case, what am i looking at $$
Also, what else is important to know about house buying and house owning in America?
I need all the information i can get.
Thanks.|||1. do you have financing? you should get pre-approved for a mortgage before you start shopping seriously for a house. that way, you have a more precise idea of how much of a house you can afford. you should decide for yourself how much you can pay--the mortgage company might say you can afford an amount greater than you can truly afford.
2. when buying a house you have to pay various "closing costs" such as appraisal fee, home inspection, title fees, etc. in addition to the cost of the house itself. these vary but generally add 2 or 3 percent to the cost of the house. in a distressed market such as florida, buyers sometimes ask the seller to pay all or part of closing costs.
3. once you become a homeowner, you will have to pay property taxes and in some cases, a homeowners association fee. amounts of these vary widely so you would need to ask your real estate agent about these. the sale price does not include these things. when deciding if you can afford a particular property, consider the taxes and HOA fees in addition to the cost of the house.
4. don't forget that as an owner you will have to pay homeowners insurance (required!) and utilities as well as repairs when things break (let me tell you, there's always something that breaks like plumbing or appliances).|||Loan terms will depend on if this is to be your residence or an investment property. You should be pre qualified by a lender before working with a Realtor. The only other consideration would be upon selling, you may incur a tax liability as a foreign owner. You can check that out with a tax adviser.|||Florida...make sure your drywall is not the faulty, mold-producing garbage that China shipped out a few years ago and was used primarily in Florida. It's causing a lot of major health problems, though, on the other hand, it's a new, booming industry in Florida (drywall and drywall repair).
I love it. It's awesome. If you want to be inspired by God this is the absolute place to go!|||absolutelY!!!!
I subscribe to get it online 24 hours a day....Great worship and I inspire to enter in to Gods throne room in worship such as this...I also have most of their cds....what a way to worship as Im driving to work or anyplace.....
Jesus Is Lord!|||yes I love it ! have a good one ! Report Abuse
|||Just another monument to the deluded. Even god knows this.|||Nope, not this kid. Any "church" that takes its name from a low-end eatery is highly suspect in my book.
I'm inspired by God just looking out my back window or looking in the mirror. Not by some slick shyster of a preacher with a $300.00 haircut and a Mercedes in the parking lot.|||I have never heard of that but it sounds cool.|||NEVER HEARD OF IT.|||Never been there, never really want to go. Now the International House of Pancakes, there's a cool place.|||Is this anything like the International House of Pancakes?|||Is this the place where the preacher takes the little girls and boys out back to pray for salvation ? Careful you ...if you haven't already been there..........but considering you are so in awe of it I would say you have already been taken.|||I have been there before and I have 2 relatives who are heavily involved in the worship there. However I would be very cautious of Mike Bickle (who started IHOP)-- he has supported Paul Cain, a false prophet, and confirmed his false statements. (Counterfeit Christianity by Hank Hanagraaf (sp) tells some about it). Also, if you get prophesied over make sure that whatever they say actually comes to pass. In Duet. 33 or 34 God warns that anyone who prophecies something that does not come to pass is a false prophet and not from Him. I'm just saying be carefull that you test everything you hear and all your experiences there with God's word.
"International Experience" too?
http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/how_鈥?/a>|||Good question. I do believe it does mean just that. Her portfolio continues to grow in volume. Just one more reason we all need to vote for her. Thanks for bringing this up, you've helped the McCain/Palin campaign immensely.|||Bad day when your spokesperson has to lie about where you've travelled just to make you sound more credible.
Have you seen Palin headquarters,lol.http://www.crosscut.com/images/managed/S鈥?/a>
Next stop-the world!|||C'mon, she has International experience. I heard she's been to China(town) and (new)Mexico. One stop in Paris (texas) and London (ohio.)
|||Palin's international experience is roughly the same as Obama's. And while she's the VP, HE's at the top of his ticket.
Personally, I'd take one Palin over a thousand Obamas.|||Well, no one working at the IHOP by my house speaks English, so I would say yes.
anybody been there it was an amazing conference I strongly feel that this conference can change lives. It did for me I was born again at this conference it at the international house of prayer kansas city missouri for those that went what did you think of it! please write your thoughts below oh and don't forget to check out the egs services on fridays, saturdays, and sundays. check under media then click read then click egs service it all at www.ihop.org check it out tell me what you think. If your still feeling great about the conference check out www.youtube.com type in misty edwards or merchant band God totally tranformed my life at this conference before I was just going through the motions of religon God bless|||hey I've never been, but that sounds awesome!!!
Praise God for his good work|||IHOP IS AMAZING!! Misty Edwards,Corey Russell,Mike Bickel..woo!! Hopefully I'll be attending the music school..
And ONETHING IS COMING TO MY TOWN (as well as the call)!! :-)
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|||Great organization!!
Jesus is Lord!!
For great free online teaching:
http://www.derekprince.org/site/PageServ鈥?/a>
http://sermons.christiansunite.com/|||and I thought it was a place to get pancakes ..............|||What's your question???
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_鈥?/a>|||I think you have lost your mind. The notion of being "born again" is superstitous nonsense. There is not the slightest reason to believe in the existence of any sort of god, nor of any of the associated trappings.
Lots of stones go there at 2am when they have the munchies...
Now they have this commercial where this couple gets stuck on a Ferris Wheel and the girls yells "WE ARE SO HIGH!!!!!"
Your thoughts?|||Now that's not right and i`ll have a stack of 6 with beacon with a large milk...PeAcE|||LMAO.. that is so funny. I used to go out to eat when i was drunk and hungry, i mean they wont say anything, well it depends on the people who work there. If ya know the manager, then ya lucky but who the h*ll knows lol|||I have never been on a Ferris Wheel
way to high for me. I'd be yelling too if
I was stuck on one of those things.
Eeeekk! So if you go out to eat at
2:00-3:00am your a loadie now?
Oh please! Where is the KGB?
Just can't do anything these days
without someone thinking the worst.
It's pitiful.|||Feel free to sprinkle pot on your salad or crack cocaine on your pancakes. They will absolutely support you.
Do us all a favor and take your stoned questions to some other forum.|||Is it just me or does Joe D look really wired in his picture? Just asking?
I want to go there in December to study Spanish...anyone been there who can give me details about the school. Did anyone stay with a host family? What was it like...did you have contact with them before you went??|||Personally not but anecdotally the school seems to be pretty good.
Living with a host family, I have done and it is ideal, they are often happy to get the extra income of course but it also means that you will be conversing with the proper Spanish, so that casual language is being used along side the more formal which is spoken at the College.
Take a chance, usually the Spanish are very friendly and welcoming. If nothing else it will be a great experience for you.00
my treat everyone =)
om om om om om yummy =)|||Sure.......Full English?|||Is that what IHOP stands for!? I did not know that hahha.|||yummy :)|||I would love to :D You will have to pay for me to come to America though|||no thanks but I do appreciate the offer|||I would love too! I am starving, just give me a day or so to get over there.|||I just ate! Next time, thanks : )|||Yeah mate can I have chocolate sauce with mine?|||Sorry...I am stuck at work...but enjoy it.|||Yes, I'm coming.|||Here I come!|||Sure, I'll be over in a minute|||That would be right. I picked the wrong day to start my diet.
3535 E. Red Bridge Road
Kansas City, MO 64137
Tel: 816.763.0200 X. 2250|||http://www.fotb.com/|||Thanks for the link...
I grew up in Mike Bickle's church and didn't know he was pastor at IHOP. The church he pastored when I was a kid was called Kansas City Fellowship. Maybe I'll visit IHOP for old times sake.
it will be known as....
MISTRESS HILLARYS HOUSE OF PAIN|||That is a good one.
Hillary is already waffling on her vote to condemn the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as terrorists, and Bill is certainly "international" now.|||No.
That is anti-American.|||Yeah, LOL.|||Hehehe, yeah women are stupid and belong in the kitchen!
girls are going from my church so what should i bring|||As I do not go to this kind of place, I do not know what the people will wear, but I guess that you can find out. Or just bring things for both church and normal day wear.
For 5 days you need 5 outfits, say a couple of jeans and shorts or skirts and 5 tops for activities and maybe a few nice ones for socializing or parties (or church.)
A sweater and a jacket/coat.
And bring underwear and socks enough, they do not take much space so bring more than you would use at home.
It makes you feel better if you know that you are clean from the skin out.
Two pairs of shoes, one for activities and one nice pair, I guess.
And something to wear for sleeping.
If you can expect water activities, bring a swimsuit or bikini (whichever you think is acceptable.)
And a toilet bag with at least soap, shampoo, tooth brush and paste, deodorant, a comb and if you use them, hair ties.
Some feminine supplies like pads or tampons.
And do not forget to bring a towel.
Oh yeah, this is for the ladies.
DRAGON 2008
"I BELIEVE IN U.S."|||Haha! Totally. I'd eat you, er, there everyday!|||Sounds good to me!!|||Then I qualify. One word: Abso-friggin-lutely!!|||yes|||LoL, sure. Any coupons?|||i'll eat there.|||That's hot. I'd go.|||no one wants a flapjack|||hahaha im not sure why, but that made me laugh, thanks|||Cool.
I guess you could do whatever floats your boat if you could replicate yourself|||grand opening??!! here i come!!!!!!!!!!!! lol|||It depends. What kind of sausag will you serve??|||Please don't. I might go there one night after the clubs are closed and not notice it at all.|||I sure am curious about the variety of syrup flavors you would have!|||sure|||Want some fries with your ego?|||Just to be different: No, I think it's a bad idea.
MY boyfriend is alergic to corned syrup and DOES NOT like the sugar free one they offer.|||It would be too expensive to use real maple syrup. It would be sugar syrup with maple flavouring.|||I'm pretty sure they don't, I'd bring my own just in case..|||well they have lots of syrup i am sure they have pure mapel syrup.|||IDK but the butter pecan syrup is tha bomb!|||I'm sure they don't. Maple syrup is to expensive to be served in a restaurant. To be save, carry your own
I.H.O.P. Acronyms?
I have obvious problems
Imagine holding oprah's poo-nan
you try! haha|||I Hate Old People|||Innovative Hobos Observing Plaid
Injured Hicks On Placebos|||I hate orange peels, I hate organising parties, ill hearted omelette princess|||i like i have obvious problems|||International House Of P*****s|||I hate old penises
I handle oranges possessively
I hire outgoing prostitutes
Infants have orange poos
x)|||International Hell of Perverts|||International House Of People |||International Hope Of People|||I hate over paying
I hate old pie
Insanely high overdosed punks
Idiots hop on pancakes|||Indulging House of Obese People.|||INSANE HIPPOPATAMUS ORGANIZED PARTY|||International House of Pain....yes I am a Dominatrix LOL ♥||| IHOP
I HATE OLD PEOPLE
AWW THATS MEAN
SINCE OLD PEOPLE ARE THERE ALL THE TIME|||Idiots hate other people|||I Hate Octopuses Pee |||I Hate Old Pancakes|||In Here Oral's Provided.|||I Hate Orange Potatoes?|||If Happy Omit Pure|||in hoe's open puss*y|||Instant Hash or poop|||I Hop On Pop - Dr. Suess
I loved that book!
I hate ordinary people|||i hopped on poop
:} haha|||I Have tO Pee...late night breakfast after the bar
Yes I think once for dinner.|||Yes, it's fantastic. The only thing I don't like about it is that none of the waitresses hop around, considering their name is IHOP. How misleading!|||I have. They considered banning me. All you can eat pancakes is bad idea to offer to a hungry giant.|||No :O
Can you take me there?!|||yep, there's one about 5 minutes from my house|||Yes, I have been there. Love the chocolate chip pancakes.|||noopee.|||Why yes, yes I have.|||Yes love ihop|||I love that place!!|||Only once and it was alright, lol..|||Nope - never even heard of it :)|||Never but would love to go some day.|||Yup... it's like senior blend for people...|||Yeah, I think a bunch of years ago though.|||yes I have|||No...never heard about it|||no, but l'd like to|||yep ~|||no, but l'd like to|||no, if eaten them though :)|||yeah|||is it in Kansas?|||Nope, never heard of it.
I'd wanna go though.|||No. I've never been to an IHOP.
Honestly, it does not take that long to say.
DRAGON 2012
"Great fortune for U.S."|||I have learned something since I moved to America. Some American citizens want to do things quickly, just not exactly right.
SOME PEOPLE!!! I say International House of Pancakes...
But just saying SOME PEOPLE!!!|||because who would want to say "im going to the international house of pancakes to go eat" you probably just would wanna say ihop ! and we don't say international house of pancakes most people call it ihop plus when we think of of ihop we think of "ihop" not what it stands for. so there were its not that were lazy its just sounds better when you say ihop and we don't want to waste are breath saying what it stands for but that makes us lazy so your right but were lazy for a good reason. (:|||" We're going to the International House of Pancakes mama!"
" We're going to IHOP mama!"
My point made clear.|||well the company calls it IHOP
which stands for international house of pancakes
but the name is IHOP
its an acronym so stop crying over something so stupid|||http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>
oh hell no lol|||International House of Cupcakes?
I thought IHOP was an Egyptian Pharoah.....|||Because eating their food on a regular basis makes one sluggish.|||You have to take into mind that IHOP made up the abbreviation themselves, and people just went along with it.|||I just say The pancake house.|||2 long ppl r lazy lol|||society has gotten lazy|||Because it's easier to say but most times when someone says IHOP here in Canada people are like "what the hooha?"|||yea try spelling "ICUP" out loud....|||IHOP is shorter. People are lazy.|||IHop sounds catchier|||Huh.. ?|||saying IHOP makes my mouth happy-like
ieieieie-HOPP|||Because they call it IHOP|||syrup|||IDK.|||OMG Ihop =0 I want to go back to america|||I think iHop sounds better, :]|||the full name makes the place seem like its only for pancake whores|||because IHOP sounds so much cooler|||better to say ihop|||hey! if ihop cant be bothered anymore, y should i? and for that matter, wtf about KFC??? :))|||because were all drunk?|||good question it's what this world has come too pure laziness|||OMG THAT MEANS IHOP.....i just realized what that stands for..whoa..
International House Address: 500 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027
Columbia Law School: 435 West 116th St., New York, NY 10027-7297|||The International House is on Riverside Drive at about 124th Street. The Law School is at 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The distance is about a half mile.|||Its a very easy walk. Just becareful at night on Claremont, sometimes the guys from the Grant Houses rob people there especially near Christmas. Enjoy Grants Tomb its right across the street.|||Yes -- easily! I lived at International House for two years, while I was attending Columbia. I walked to and from campus every day and every night, and I never had a problem. International House is a *great* choice. You'll meet many interesting, diverse, intelligent, accomplished people from around the world. I'd live there again in a heartbeat!
Here you go -- and the link will give the site with them:
70 Boston Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3601
map and directions! (508) 791-9328
28 NE
95 Main Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876-1708
map and directions! (978) 640-8950
29 E
1850 Soldiers Field Road
Brighton, MA 02135-1113
map and directions! (617) 787-0533
31 E
16 Eliot Street #18
Cambridge, MA 02138-5706
map and directions! (617) 354-0999
31 E
1378 Boston Providence Highway
Norwood, MA 02062-5004
map and directions! (781) 769-6442
36 NE
528 S. Broadway
Salem, NH 03079-4410
map and directions! (603) 870-9081
37 E
114 Broadway
Saugus, MA 01906-1027
map and directions! (781) 233-4097
37 E
105 Squire Road
Revere, MA 02151-1309
map and directions! (781) 289-6012
37 E
952 N. Main Street
Randolph, MA 02368-3001
map and directions! (781) 961-9897
38 E
115 Parkingway Street
Quincy, MA 02169-5011
map and directions! (617) 770-9414|||Do you mean New England, North Dakota? There are three near:
550 Disk Drive
Rapid City, SD 57701-7870
2833 King Ave W Ste A
Billings, MT 59102-6431 open all day
1701 45TH St SW
Fargo, ND 58103-7796 open all day
Hope this helped. I'm from the U.S. so if there's a New England in New Zealand (I feel kind of stupid saying that cause i'm pretty sure there isn't) i'm sorry I couldn't get you any adressess. I don't even live in the New England area. You could just go to http://www.ihop.com/index.php and go to locations.|||Just go to the IHOP website and do a search in the area you are interested in.
International House of Pancakes is the proper name and does not take that much effort to say.
DRAGON 2008
"I BELIEVE IN U.S."|||Eh, it doesnt really bother me much. It would be nice if everyone would say International House of Pancakes, but its not that big of a deal to me.
What does get on my nerves is when people type 'ur'. Is it SO hard to add an extra 2 letters and make it 'your'? No offense anyone, but 'ur' sounds like a noise a mentally retard person would make.|||Ha, sure thing hun!
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|||It's kinda cool & fun to call it IHOP|||Hmmm.... I cannot WAIT to see the answers to this one!!! LOL
- It's IHOP in Jersey DRAGON!!!!|||no not really. it seems to me as if in this day and age abbreviations are the norm|||I don't really mind "IHOP" - Heck, even the International House of Pancakes is referring to themselves as "IHOP"!
What gets me cringing are folk who use the term "veggies" instead of saying "vegetables". Honestly, it sounds like they're talking to a child and/or just makes them sound dumb (in my opinion). I hate hearing adults say this to other adults (or used in commercials).|||no its like AIM, or messenger|||they should call it the international house of crap
that just my opinion|||Well who really thinks about saying international house of pancakes?
its just easier to say IHOP. i dont think its lazy i just think its a faster way to say it ;)
i bet some people dont even know what IHOP stands for lol|||No. To me I would would seem weird to go around saying "Lets have lunch at the International House of Pancakes"...even though that is the proper name.
yahh
i am from scotland , so yahh|||I do my best to support locally owned businesses. I've eaten at least once(!) in every new place that has opened here. I could at least TRY haggis!|||sureee|||If you have pizza I will|||Hellz no.|||Would I have to wear shoes and a shirt?|||IHOH? sounds kind of shady|||depends if the food is good|||depends on what kind of food you sever there|||Only if I could dine there Scot free.|||I may be part Scottish, but I do NOT like ofal.
Aunt Jemima|||Greetings people of america.
I am presently holding that office. The home offices are here in W眉rzburg Germany. Der Inernational Haus die Pfancoken.
Not a bad job but as of late Iran has been pushing for more blueberries and in line with american standards we are fighting this.
Any and all questions are welcome.
Open 24 hours a week 7 days a Month.|||I thought it was President Clinton|||the BUSH.|||Former President Bill Clinton ... he's asking for a hamburger to be put inbetween two walfels <instead of buns>.|||Has to be George Bush....he "waffles" too much not to be.|||I thought it was Homer Simpson. Remember the episode when he skips church so he can stay at home to make pancakes? He puts an entire stick of butter inside each pancake and pours liquid smoke over each one.
Update: to the person above me, I stand corrected! It was waffles. That's what too much liquid smoke can do to your brain.|||The Kool Aid Man... The hamburgler is the chief of the intelligence bureau.|||I am. In fact, on wednesdays here (today) there is a clown at IHOP. He knows us by name. I will in fact be embassing tonight at IHOP.
Person below me...homer makes waffles w/liquid smoke...not pancakes.|||I believe her name was, Maple Cyrip.|||If there is one, it's a great publicity stunt on the part of the House of Pancakes! I like the previous answer of Aunt Jemima, though.|||Aunt Jemima cant be as this would cause a conflict of interest. Everyone knows its Mrs Butterworth. Aunt Jemima is living in a Log Cabin with Uncle Ben.|||That would be Can't Believuh Rice. She will always endorse the Rootie Tootie Dinengenious and Fruitie Foreign Policy cakes and force them on customers that have oil.|||John Goodman|||I'm with Crzypvt, thank you sir, you serve the office well! LOL!|||Of course it's Aunt Jamima, who else could it be.|||Dubya is
This definitely has "BEST OF" written all over it.
POLL: IHOP >OR< Denny's?|||clever|||IHOP FTW|||I had a great answer for this... then i read the question again.
I cant help it. Im a little slow tonight.
Denny's|||yes
ihop|||Awwwww LMAO|||Why not? They've hired two timing men.|||they should they would probably get the order to you faster|||never been to any, sad i know.
there's an international house of prayer in kansas city, missouri. it's an awesome place!
look it up: www.ihop.org|||international house of prayer|||I WAS TOLD INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF P*SSY|||Its hard opening peas
I have Osteo Perosis (no pun intended and I do not have it)
International House of Other People
Want me to keep going?... lol
|||Information Hyperlinked over Proteins
International House of Prayer
International H2O Project
That is all I could find besides the restaurants.|||internayional house of prawns (like for those fishy-food lovers!)|||I hate old people
Edit: XD thumbs down
Ah, some folks can't take a joke. I love my grandma.|||international house of piss
this is sad I would really like a pancake place - although macdonalds do them okay|||There are in fact::
Look around at the current population, you are living in an International Country|||I didn't know that. Everytime my lady friend comes from
Athens to LA she asks me to take her to Denny's or IHOP for
pancakes. Really.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
9-5-6|||Yes there are ihop is in Vancouver Canada and I go there. Other countries may not have good taste!|||lol. thats cute!
I live in Harrisburg Pennsylvania and I am trying to find an
I-Hop resturant to go to on my vacation. I am planning a few
day trips and this sounds fun.
Can you help|||Closest one to you would be in Reading, PA.
Otherwise, Cockeysville, MD - but that's about the same distance.|||I dont know if IHOP even has a resturaunt in PA i think their more popular in the south... =]]|||i dont know where the ihop is wherever you are going, but since your on your computer, you could search for it on the yahoo search bar in the upper right hand corner of the web page. or on any other search site for that matter.|||There are 4 IHOPs in the city proper. They're each located in a different section of the city and on a major thoroughfare.
Northeast - Roosevel Blvd
North Philly (Fishtown) - Aramingo Ave
South Philly - Snyder Ave
West Philly - City Ave
There are several more just outside the city in the surrounding areas, too.
If you're coming in from Harrisburg, the most convenient Philly IHOP would be the one located on City Avenue, which is an exit just off I-76 east.
You can also go to the website ( www.ihop.com ) and get more detailed info via its locations link.
Another suggestion: Whenever I planned day trips for my service group, Old Country Buffet were good road stops, esp for lunch and dinner. For 1 price, everyone would stuff themselves silly, and then fall asleep on the bus for the rest of the ride. It was a sure guarantee for a little peace and quiet on the bus. ;-)
Happy travels to Philly and beyond!|||We have none in Wilkes Barre,Pa. or surrounding areas.|||On the Main Line near Ardmore in Philadelphia is an IHOP.|||IHOP restaurants nearest Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/cgi/sele鈥?/a>
finder: http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/|||i live in north new jersey there is one here by me. but i seriously doubt its anywhere near where you will be traveling... go to their website and see if they have a store locator. it tells you where all the ihops are located. good luck.
the pancakes came from canada ???|||They have french toast and canadian bacon|||They are well-known, not especially for the great food, but, open all night, have a variety, and cost effective, and they are everywhere.|||They serve Swiss and French style crepes which can be considered pancakes.|||I have asked myself this question many, many times. I think that what makes it international is the International put into its name. So now it is IHOP, and not just HOP.
I honestly have no clue, man. XD|||That there is one on many countries maybe???|||When they first opened, they had pancake versions from several countries besides the U.S. Over the years, they have changed the menu to make it more generic. I think that is why they started calling themselves IHOP.|||I have been told before, that this is just a name thing. That international in the name just adds a sort of credibility to the franchise.|||University students from many countries visit the IHOP because the food is cheap.|||They serve French Pancakes, Swedish Pancakes, Belgian waffles, and all kinds of wonderful things!|||they are delicous|||There's a bunch of immigrants working there.
I'll most probably be going on my own. So I was wondering which would enable me to find traveling mates during the short summer session.
(Summer Halls allocated would be unit 2/ 1. I checked the map, Int. House and Unit 2/1 Halls aren't too far from each other, so there really isn't much difference in distance to the campus)|||Summer halls
Hey......I suspect the subleties of your question are lost on me as usual, but here you go..
http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/
hope you're enjoying the holidays...x
Edit - ah, now I get you....it's a bit like your MLB world series..|||hahahahaha i kinda figured that one out a long time ago|||Sorry what?|||IHOP.com or Google may be a great place to type this.
http://www.ihes.com/bcn/tt/celta/celta.html
I want to go here, but I am not sure if it is a waste of money, is shady, or even worth it etc.|||Yes, it's definitely legit and recognised by Cambridge ESOL:
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/home/teache鈥?/a>
You can check that by going to their list of recognised centres:
http://cambridgeesol-centres.org/centres鈥?/a>
And find out more about CELTA here:
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teach鈥?/a>
IH Barcelona is a well recognised centre with an excellent reputation (I live in Barcelona)
Is CELTA worth doing? Definitely, if you want to teach English as a foreign language, want to learn the basics of the profession and want a recognised qualification likely to be very useful to you on your CV.|||International House runs good courses. I even considered doing one.
As to getting a job. Well, it makes things easier but Spain is full of unemployed people with good qualifications looking for jobs.
p.s The courses are not easy and require some work.
i usually get biscuits and gravy.|||noooooooooo ...its the house of pancakes not biscuits and gravy.
banana or blueberry pancakes with bacon and eggs|||coffee|||Chocolate Chip Pancakes !!|||rooty tooty fresh n fruity|||Fish and chips.|||Chocolate Chip Pancakes|||pancakes w/butterpecan syrup with coffee and a side of bacon
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I am having a great day, with seeing someone finally put the lead birther in her place. Dinner at IHOP would be icing on the cake... think I will plan a trip there later this week. Thanks for the idea.
And excellent commentary on Palin, as well.|||enough to wanna QUIT
just thank GOD she wasn't awarded the Peace Prize
it would then be hailed by the Republicans as
The Greatest Honor EVER Bestowed upon a human being
and
well, SHE deservedit for keeping peace with Putin when he raised his ugly head
ROFLMMFAO|||Sarah is old news. Liz Cheney is the Republican pick to replace her on their stage.|||Heck she et there one time before so she has double the amount she had . Wink,wink don't ya know!|||More than Obama did by taking one, single class in college.|||I SEE SARAH PALIN STILL HAS YOU SCARED TO DEATH.|||cheese
My answer is more relevant than your 'argument'.|||Just so this space isn't totally wasted, who do you guys think looks best in the NBA preseason?|||Ok we get it Fred M, you hate Palin.
Now grow up.|||None.|||Do you think that Palin will ever let me hit that?
I'm planning on moving to the international house in Philly(near Penn), but is that safe area? also fun? I've also hear that a lot of Upen studnet and white people live in there. So... I think that its safe?|||International House is located almost on the Penn Campus. It is modern and nice. You always have to be careful when walking around near Penn. It's the same as all large US cities. Yes, there are a lot of Penn students and white people living there. There are people of all races living there. Yes, if you use a little sense you will be safe.
By the way, white people commit crimes, too. Crime comes in all colors.|||Well its almost all Upenn students there (whether they are white or not has nothing to do with safety). The building is located on Upenn, which is a very safe campus. Off-campus, well, not so much.
There are activities in the building, but also plenty to do around there.
Did he try the French Toast|||are there any other geniuses in your family?|||No, he got them as an international citizen, world traveller, experienced legislator and US Senator.
Obama 2008|||LOL...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOB鈥?/a>|||DID YOU KNOW THAT HE IS ON THE BOARD OR THE SENATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SIITE BEFORE TALKING|||Me no comprende, amigo.|||yep! and he gets his budgeting from wisely spending his cash when I used to sell him cocaine in college.|||Of course, that's where the international delegates meet to discuss their issues.|||Yes. His favorite is German pancakes, like I do.
Go Obama '08.|||Yeah, he's a world traveler. He lived in Indonesia as a kid. He went to his fathers homeland of Kenya. And he's from Hawaii. Oh wait..that's a state, sorry. Then I guess New Mexico doesn't count either, huh? Bummer.
HEY DRAMA QUEEN : I think that was the whole point of the question.
I just have no idea, please help :))|||Use your common sense. You know Meiji Univ has three campuses: Surugadai, Izumi and Ikuta.
Izumi International House is located at Izumi campus, not to mention.
The campus map shown by the person above is correct.
In order to get to Izumi Campus, take the Keio Line from Shinjuku and get off at Meidai-mae station.
If you take an express train, it takes only 5 minutes.|||http://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/other鈥?/a>|||Ask Meiji Univ. :))
I would like to know as more as possible about this kind of accomodtion, cause I find it so cheap to stay in expensive Mumbai :-)|||Ymca International House - www.ymcabombay.com
18, YMCA Road, Mumbai Central, Near Maratha Mandir, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra 400008 - 022 23070602
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my location now is ontario mills mall.|||If you are at the Ontario Mills Mall the closest IHOP is located across the south side of the mall on Ontario Mills Parkway in the Jo-Ann's/Toys-R-Us shopping center. The address is 4422 Ontario Mills Parkway, Ontario, CA.|||Find a customer service number and call them and give them your adress and they will help you.|||80 N Euclid Ave
Upland, CA 91786
909-981-6944|||I don't know where you live but there is one near the corner of Archibald and Baseline.|||Archibald and Baseline|||http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/region/U鈥?/a> HERE ARE ALL
IHOP 000759
7228 Archibald Avenue
Rancho Cucamonga, California 91701 US
http://notebookreview.jiwire.com/wi-fi-w鈥?/a>
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THROUGH AIRPORT EXPRESS
Through the Airport Express, it will only take you five (5) minutes from Chek Lap Kok International Airport to BP International House in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Just ride the Airport Express and get down at Kowloon station. The hostel is just a few meters away.
TRANSPORT PREARRANGEMENT
Airport Shuttle Service is available. The charge is HK$110 per person per trip including 2 pieces of luggage. Please contact "Parklane Limousine & Airport Shuttle Counter" located at Counter A16 at Exit A and Counter B16 at Exit B on Arrival Hall at the Hong Kong International Airport. Advance reservation will be required.|||Taxi.
PANCAKES PANCAKES PAAAAAAAAAAANCAAAAAAKES !!!!!! OMG PANCAKES I LOVE PANCAKES AND i LOVE IHOP'S PANCAKES I HAVENT BEEN 2 IHOP IN SO LONG I USED TO GO LIKE EVERY WEEKEND OR EVERY OTHER WEEKEND I WANA GO !!!!! PANCAKES !!!!|||Our IHOP truly is international.... Any time my family and I go there we are just about the only caucasian, English speakers there. Ours has a clientele of mainly Asians,Middle Easterners and African Americans. No matter tho... gotta have their apple pancakes.|||i have been there one time only and it was not good at all, but than again it could have been just a bad experience and who knows..maybe that's a rare thing there.|||neither "international" nor a "house", and their pancakes are only so-so.|||Never been there and I don't plan to visit. My iHOP leaves the KITCHEN door open and it's next to a dumpster.|||Waffle House is better.|||Cholesterol Heaven, USA|||Great Breakfast!|||They have good breakfast|||ihop is a great place if you are anywhere north of ky..lol
i wanted to go to an english course and they say that this organization is well-known and supports schools all over the world so,anyone heard of it?what do you think?|||Yes, it's a great organisation and has been around for almost 60 years. I'm possibly a little biased also as I work for them but have done so in two continents and never regretted it. Why not check out the IHWO website and find schools on there (almost 150 schools in over 50 countries). www.ihworld.com
the tree will be known by its fruit.good fruit or bad fruit.I was skeptical at first.I was prophesied over by Ihop students.As a child of the Most High it bares witness with my spirit.God is pouring out His Spirit through the power of praise and worship.Anyone who is spirit led will feel Gods annointing immediately upon entering the sanctuary.The word of God is now.He is moving and the question should really be Are you coming or being left behind?I pray Lord remove the scales and deliver Your people from un belief.In Jesus name!|||ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I SPENT A COUPLE WEEKS AT IHOP, AND I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. THE VISIONS AND DREAMS I'VE RECIEVED ARE FOR THE COMING GENERATIONS. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SO AT WORK THROUGH THESE HOUSES OF PRAYER, THAT I BEGAN WEEPING AS I WALKED DOWN THE STREET BEFORE I EVER EVEN GOT THERE!!!!! Report Abuse
|||Yes. IHOP is a cultist group. I was forced to be a part of them for years. They completely reject anything that isn't 'of god' to the point of burning my own possessions which included DVDs, clothing and pottery. They are abusive and I DO NOT recommend them. Mike bickle is a LIAR. Report Abuse
|||They steal from everyone by 'enrolling' them in programs that they don't need in which you are forced to sit in the prayer center for hours on end. These programs cost THOUSANDS of dollars. It's A SCAM!!! Even one of their religious leaders was found out to be a pedophile and an abusive alcoholic! Report Abuse
|||Sadly they have become a cult. They recently have become very legalistic, and now they claim that to get more of God you have to be apart of IHOP, which screams Jonestown. They are basically a grocery store and a fence short of being a full blown cult. Report Abuse
|||im all for IHOP! and yes a cult...
diffenition of a cult:
a religion considered to be false, or extremist, with members living outside of conventional society under the direction of one leader.
any church devoted to God fully is a words a cult. but ppl think cults are bad but there not. some are. Report Abuse
|||lol nope they are not
I used to go there (now I watch it online) but it has really helped my relationship with Jesus.
Why don't you check it out sometime, go in and spend some time there with Jesus and then see what you think?
One thing have I asked of the Lord , that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 27v4|||as far as i am concern , it is , when they put the pastor and his wife before God, and worship them it is a cult, and make fun of other faiths, if the pastor said drink the kool aid the whole group would follow him to hell|||My sister and her husband go there quite often. They have a support group for addicts of any kind in Emporia. They are both christians. Here is there email address tony_jan_smith@yahoo.com
Yesterday was my first visit to IHOP. I was SOOOO excited. I had longed to go to a place where they not only served pancakes but pancakes from around the world. I was also excited to try out my Chinese, Spanish, and Russian with all of the international customers and waitstaff. Well, it turns out the only thing international about IHOP is that the guy who washes the dishes is Mexican. Can I sue IHOP for false advertising? Answers from lawyers only please.|||They do not advertise that they sell pancakes from around the world, that is merely their trade name.
Microsoft isn't a company that sells very small, soft things.
Google isn't a company with a million million of something.
Yahoo! isn't always very happy.
KFC doesn't sell chicken that was fried in Kentucky.|||thats a joke right?
cause wayyyy to many people crowding up the system as is with crap that isnt really a big deal.
just get over it.
thumbs down all you want, its the truth though.|||No you can not sue IHOP...And if you want to sure go ahead. But i can guarantee you will be out of a lot of money and you will get none of that money back if you try to sue them|||No|||y would u b bothered wasting money on lawyers and court cases, for something so petty and stupid! there is also like a 100% chance you would lose|||Yeah you can.But forgive them|||Can I sue you for the time I lost reading thus stupid question?|||Don't be so petty , it's people like you that make our world suck |||It is my opinion as a lawyer that you are a moron.|||
Sure, you can try it, but first, go back into the IHOP and explain your proposed actions first.
If they offer you a free meal AND a beer, I'd be cancelling said suing !
:-P|||NO, because the only thing about IHOP is that they have franchises in other countries and you were not smart enough to know that about them.|||why did they overcook your pancake? lol|||You can sue anybody. This is a case no intelligent lawyer will touch. There are many interpretations of a word. A business or person cannot be held liable for your interpretation of a word that doesn't match theirs. For example, the 'International' could mean the menu includes recipes that are more than just American, easy enough to do considering that America is a place of immigrants. It does not have to mean that every menu item is clearly labeled with its country of origin. It does not have to mean that it has a multinational staff. It does not mean that speaking foreign languages is encouraged.
Additionally, trdaemarked business names advertise only a business's existemce and type of business. It not direct advertising and therefore cannot be considered 'false' advertising if what they do should seem to run counter to what the name implies. For example, a business in Los Angeles that calls itself the 'New York Deli' cannot be sued successfully for false advertising because it is not in New York.
A little common sense goes a long way. Were you to actually sue over this, common sense would prevail. Any attorney that would take your case deserves to be sanctioned.|||Are you actually serious?
Why so malicious? Did you really lose much by visiting IHOP and finding out it's different from what you imagined? I am not a lawyer but I can tell you that you're being rather irrational here. You can sue them if you really want to, but you will probably lose.
If you have a complaint, just send it to them.
http://www.ihop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=5
Odds are you've misunderstood something to begin with. No need to make a big deal about it.|||im no lawyer but i know stuff ok false avertising if anything was advertised to you if they did and there is another cacth if your on one of there lists and you've asked to be tooken off u can sue,also go another time and try speaking another language if they don't give out (ex, spanish)than it may not mean they're avertising international but then is your key to sue|||What the...? Idiot.
I hear of it in reference to Weird Al Yankovic a lot and I swear I saw something about 15 years ago, that was a parody of a early 1990s IHOP logo saying "International House of Raw Pork" instead of International House of Pancakes. I could find nothing about the International House of Raw Pork on the Internet though except for seeing the name on Weird Al fanpages.|||a UN place made of raw pork! its gotten kind of stinky over the past 15 years though....
Obviously I'm concerned mainly about their pancakes. Though if anyone can find a chart for everything,I'd adore you so much.|||Here there are two web pages where you'll find detailed nutrition facts about many IHOP's foods:
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calorie鈥?/a>
http://www.dietfacts.com/list.asp?brand=鈥?/a>|||well yes almost all food have trans fat in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My boyfriend and I are contemplating on whether or not we should go to this event they're holding, because we looked some stuff up about it and apparently alot of people say they've had bad experiences with them and there's lots of stuff saying it could possibly be a colt. Is all of this true, or is it lies and rumors spread by non-christians?|||I know nothing of it. I do know that I can pray to God of my own volition and not have to be in a mass to do it, I also know He will hear my prayer when I pray no matter where I am. You know, I suppose there would be nothing wrong with you going there to check it out for yourself and see if you like it. Give it a chance over what you have heard to be rumours or are unsure of.
I have no problem with praying with or for others. I don't follow religion, just the reality of the word of God and the way He tells us to do things. I have no problems with people who follow religion. We must find what works for ourselves|||http://gospelmasquerade.wordpress.com/category/ihop/
You should check out this blog of a former IHOP staff member. I can tell you to be very careful. As a former House of Prayer staff member I know the heresies, false doctrine, and the ignorance of God's word is the foundation of their teaching Report Abuse
|||They are a Christian group involved a cheesy copyright battle with International House of Pancakes for trying to steal their acronym.|||Don't be surprised if a lot of people show up and order pancakes.
I think a CMR only applies to goods which are to be sold.|||definately not.
however, i will say if you leave the EU on route to your destination, even if its only in passing, you might want to give customs national advice service a ring on 0845 010 9000 where they can ask what countries you'll be going through and therefore give you any specialist advice on paperwork to prove to that outer-EU country that you're only passing through. that way you want have to worry about them asking you whether you're an importer and all that jazz|||EU has no customs - and removals in the Schengen area are paper-free - UK is of course not EU -
What's that thumb ????|||None,,I moved house from the UK to Spain and back some years later ,,you don`t need any paperwork,,,,,|||Same style as: do spanish people need a visa to work in the UK ?
WELCOME TO EUROPE PEOPLE !!!
NO. NO need for paper work.
Freedom of movement for capital, and people.
I was so excited. My first trip to IHOP. The INTERNATIONAL House of Pancakes. One look at the menu left me furious. What was so international about their pancakes? Nothing. All Eurocentric crap. In this day and age--we have a black President, people!!!!---you think IHOP would stuff their ethnocentric BS. Can I sue them for false advertising?|||Agreed they need more African, Australian and South American pancakes.|||Yeah, sue IHOP. Then move on to sue Denny's. Lots of people there are not named Denny. The Burger King mascot is not a real king, so sue him too. If you buy a Chevy truck, scantily clad women will not be irresistibly drawn to you, so put them on your list.|||Sure. Calculate the damages that came from including the word "international" in the name, but keep in mind that you got to look at the menu before ordering. I think the problem will be that they have belgian waffles and canadian bacon, thus making it international. Still, you did not ask if you could SUCCESSFULLY sue.|||You may sue anyone for any reason you desire. Whether or not the courts will find it something they desire to take up is another matter. You'll have no problem finding some attorney willing to take your money though, to help you find out whether or not the court feels your complaint is valid.
Sorry you're bored today. Hope your day gets better.|||Call my law firm at 1800-Youre-A-Dumbass
Our lawyers will attend to this issue.|||French Toast
Italian dressing
Canadian Ham
Mexican Burritos
Spanish Rice
Russian dressing
South American Coffee
Swiss Chocolate
case closed|||I went to a restaraunt called "The Roadkill Cafe" and guess what???? Not a single piece of roadkill on their menu... if thats not false advertising then I don't know what is.|||...dont forget the blintzes!
I have a friend who says she may come here to Kansas City to do some sort of program there? What is it about? Is it doctrinally sound? I haven't found any info on it.|||When I first became a Christian I used to watch their stuff on the God channel, they do have decent worship music but there is something off there, I can't quite put my finger on it. The guy who leads it up or runs the place talks a lot about end times stuff. I know a lot of young people are into it, proceed with caution.|||ihop in kansas city is an okay church, but the praise and worship really sucks ***, becuz they make up their own music ands it terrible its not professional Report Abuse
|||It's a little pricey but sometimes its worth it since they have a decent variety. My favorite is the banana nut pancakes. Way better than Denny's imho|||IHOP? I love that place. They have a great deal on salvation. I think its $4.99 and kids get into heaven free on Tuesdays.
If you choose IHOP, you get unlimited free pancakes.|||it don't matter cuz I'm Ross the Boss the Maya|||IHOP, love the place..oh those eggs & sausage, pancakes...wow
What does the White house have to offer compared to that?|||The white house, because chances are, the chef for the white house could make everything on ihops menu way better then IHOP can.|||I'm torn between unlimited pancakes or unlimited access to interns.......great question!|||White House, they get free unlimited pancakes also, but 'prepared' by a 5 star chef.
Tax free Mes Fun!|||The White House because I've seen te inside and it is AWESOME and besides the Chef could make IHOP food better than IHOP with all his resources.|||IHOP 4 sure!!
Which did she build an alliance with the German or Swedish Pancakes?|||my sides hurt from laughing so hard|||No, but she is cool with Belgium Waffles and French Toast.|||No she sat and stared at Sibera while Ice Fishing in Alaska.... lol|||Oh, mindless insults to Palin. What a nice change.
2 points!|||No, and neither.|||If she did she would have had a discussion on popularity with Pelosi & Reid who dine thre everyday|||Yup. Excactly.
I just went to IHOP for the first time ever. Unfortunately, I find that they are falsely advertising the whole "international" thing. Other than the Mexican dishwashers, it appears to be nothing but old white customers and overweight white servers. The menu, as well, is not "international." Lots of American pancakes. How can I sue them for the fact that they are lying about their "internationalness"? I feel raped.|||Actually unless they have franchises in other countries I think they should be busted back to National House of Pancakes.|||You do not have a case and would be wasting your money.|||French Toast
irish Coffee
English Tea
Spanish Rice
Russian and French Dressing
Greek olives
Canadian bacon
Polish sausage|||Really???? Why? This is just weird!|||tell the lawyers that you will pay up-front.|||They could turn around and say you're being racist against whites.|||Get a life!~|||they have locations in usa, canada, and mexico, thus they are an international business.|||ummmmm...get over it.|||You really should get out more. Outback Steakhouse is not Australian, there are no Olive Trees at Olive Garden. Macaroni Grill does not serve macaroni.|||That is so sad you want to sue them. You must be real lazy and would rather just sue someone than work. first off you most likley visited an i-hop in the u.s.a, what did you expect? Of course theres going to a mix of white, spanish, etc. There not going to bring in like 20 spanish people just to look "international"|||Lol its american there ******* un-creative i went to Florida and it was a joke.
All the places i went to had the same shitty fat packed grilled cheese food.
And they spell Light, Lite.
If i was you don't waste your money on a lawyer just move somewhere else :P
Basically I heard about ihop (international house of pancakes) anyways I just wanted to know what it's like cos ive never been to America|||Although IHOP restaurants are best known for their signature pancakes, omelettes and other breakfast specialties,they also offer a broad array of lunch, dinner and snack items as well as a children’s menu and a “Simple & Fit” menu with items under 600 calores. You can go their website to find out more www.ihop.com
If you're going to be Washington DC stop by 3100 14th St NW or 1523 Alabama Ave SE
Make it an IHOP day!!!|||iHop? Well, it's only the most delicious place you can go that makes your taste buds sing. :) Pancakes aren't the only thing they have, they also have many other entrees you can try, including a "Simple & Fit" menu. Try this restaurant in America as soon as possible! :)|||The first time I went to IHOP was as an adult, and I'm hooked.
While you can get lunch and dinner items, the chain is known for breakfast: delicious pancakes, omelettes, french toast, etc. Big portions, fair prices -- and you can generally find a buy-one-get-one-free coupon in the paper. Different flavor syrups are already on the table, and your server will bring heated up maple syrup along with your meal.
My favorite are the seasonal pancakes they offer in the fall and winter: carrot cake, egg nog -- yum!!!|||Pancakes come in several different styles. Some restaurants make them thick and heavy while others make them thin and chewy. IHOP is in the middle - basically your average pancake. We have one in our community and personally I never eat there. However, if I was traveling and wanted a place with a decent reputation and good prices where you know what to expect then I would definitely consider IHOP. Hope this helps.|||IHOP is a family restaurant specializing in breakfast food (pancakes) and your typical diner style lunch and dinner.
The food isn't great but it's good and it's inexpensive. Most locations are open 24 hours so it's most popular to visit late, after a a night out on the town or early in the morning for traditional breakfast.
or does it have to be waffle house?|||I bow to you for your considerable service to your community and international cuisine. I eat there a lot and see how the staff treats the hungry hoards, and I am amazed how great these people are!|||as long as you gave service with a smile the community was well served.!!
I am gonna have to let some things go like school but i plan on getting a GED and going to college later but it is all to grow a stronger relationship with God
International house of prayer is a 24 hour prayer house and i want to do night watch for three months it will help me grow a stronger closer relationship with jesus whom i love and put me in more peaceful enviorment form my crazy school that i go to and make me feel so much better about my life.|||you don't need to go to school to study and learn
there are so many neat books that can be pirated in pdf format that allow for self learning these days
even other forms of media, like videos, khan academy, patrickjmt, C++/java tutorials on youtube, w/e it may be
browse through university courses on their sites and see what books they use, get those|||I do not advise you let school go.|||Their smiley face pancakes crack me up every time...|||Rooty Tooty Fresh and Loony.|||lolol|||You know the REAL IHOP sued them....|||Thank you for making me crave a waffle..
Hi. I am probably going to stay at the I-house this summer and was wondering what life is like there? Also, do you happen to know anything, in particular, that I should bring there and is it really true that there is now AC during the summer? Sorry for going on and ranting on like this and thanks.|||http://www.ihouse-nyc.org/s/707/start.as鈥?/a>
click the blue lettering above for a direct link to their website
It is quiet
Bring your summer clothes and anything else you need for the summer
My sister is going to Bangkok on February and she wants to buy a netbook. She was told that there's a mall beside (or in the immediate vicinity of) the Four Seasons International House in 4/41 Soi Petchburi 19, Bangkok 10400 having lots of cheap gadgets
Question 1: Which mall(s) is it? Does it have a lot of cheap gadgets store?
Question 2: Is the Pantip Plaza (IT Mall) near Four Seasons International House?|||Yes, it's Pantip. But I don't think your going to find laptop much cheaper hear. Have your sister check the price for what you want here with what it cost in your country before she buys one.
Hi im an international student(female) who is coming over to philadelphia for an elective at Upenn around the period of April. I was told that most elective students choose to stay in International House due to its proximity to the campus. However, there are concerns over the high rate of crime in the area.
As I would be alone, I am naturally concerned as well..
Should I follow the advice to live in International House or should I live in the safer parts eg center city?Thanks!|||International House is on campus and as such it's safe. Just, at night, leave the campus in groups of people. As to living elsewhere, "safer" areas are expensive and you still have to get to campus.|||Yes, I think it's a safe area. Their are many apartment buildings nearby. I would be careful entering and leaving the building very late at night. University City can be subject to muggings in the wee hours. Otherwise it's a nice area to live in.|||It's not THE safest area, but it's pretty safe. U of P has a reputation to uphold and plenty of money for security. But, like anywhere, be aware of your surroundings when you're out by yourself after dark and, if possible, don't walk alone. That would apply to Center City, too.|||If you take a look at a map of the Penn campus, you can think of safety decreasing a bit in concentric circles away from "center." International House is fairly far in, and right near a fancy hotel and some shops, so it is pretty safe. As a university, Penn is obsessed with safety, since parents go crazy if there's any sort of crime on campus - seeming to forget that Philly is a pretty large US city.
Center City is also a viable place to live, but the public transportation in the city isn't ideal for commuting to school unless you'd like to spend a decent amount of time on trolleys and buses. Moreover, not many students live in Center City, and you might miss out on events you might have gone to as a result of proximity, etc. Are you looking to get the community feel, or focusing more on education alone?
One potential 'compromise' of sorts if you don't feel comfortable with International House is to live in University City's Left Bank housing. It's substantially more expensive, but safer as well. It can be found here: http://www.leftbankapts.com/
One final thing which may (or may not) ease your mind: safety statistics on the city from a few places show fairly low violent crime in the area of International House; there's generally more theft, etc. in those areas.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/special/v鈥?/a>
http://cml.upenn.edu/crimebase/cbsMapReq鈥?/a>
http://www.upenn.edu/campus/westphilly/s鈥?/a> (Penn's biased take on it)
So my friends and I are part of this huge contest called "National History Day" where we studied a topic and made a documentary. The theme this year was "Conflict and Compromise," so we chose Ben's Chili Bowl, a local DC restaurant that has overcame many hardships. We ended up placing first in the regionals! Here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Liecrct鈥?/a>
My group is moving on to Nationals and we want to do our very best. Are there any suggestions that can help us place--or maybe EVEN WIN--in the contest?
Thanks a lot!|||heyheyhey. again i say congratttttts! im sick. and bored. and home alone. and watching ur fav show, gossip girl. haha. vair scandalous tonight. i am soo bored. and hungry. but sick. and stupid english vocab. and stupid ushg essay. did u decide how your writing yours? aw this is a sad episode. poor jenny..omg I HATE YOU! 24 was not canceled. u spoiled everything! i hateeeeeeeeeeeeeee u. :PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP. my sister is mad at you too. lololol. k well bored. and this is a random answer to your question. so i'll say, umm. talk to ms. mostoller about nhd, get some tips from her. and go online to nhd.org and see who some of the winners were, see if u can contact them or something.
k well k bye, gossip girl is amazing ohmygod.
cya tmrw
Day 1 鈥?April 20
Explosion in Gulf
Obama returns from L.A. 鈥?fundraising for Barb Boxer
DAY 2 鈥?April 21
Obama attends reception for G-20 Labor Ministers
DAY 3 鈥?April 22
Obama hosts Rose Garden reception to honor Earth Day
Obama flies to NYC to push Wall St bill
DAY 4 鈥?April 23
Hey, let鈥檚 go on vacation to Asheville, North Carolina!
Lunch at Twelve Bones for ribs and mac & cheese
No worries! How about a mountain hike?
Obama squeezes in a round of golf!
DAY 5 鈥?April 24
Let鈥檚 go golfing again 鈥?at Grove Park Inn GC
A nice gourmet dinner at the Biltmore!
DAY 6 鈥?April 25
A scrumptious brunch at Grove Park Resort
DAY 7 鈥?April 26
Obama hosts NY Yankees for White House event
DAY 8 鈥?April 27
Obama visits Iowa for rhubarb pie at Jerry鈥檚 Diner
DAY 9 鈥?April 28
Obama flies to Missouri for lunch at Peggy Sue鈥檚 Diner
DAY 10 鈥?April 29
Obama attends DNC fundraiser at swank DC residence
DAY 11 鈥?April 30
Obama flies to MD to view Secret Service binoculars
DAY 12 鈥?May 1
Obama joins Leno for comedy routine at WHCD
DAY 13 鈥?May 2
Obama finally visits Lousiana
DAY 14 鈥?May 3
Obama hosts the Navy football team
DAY 15 鈥?May 4
Obama private lunch with Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel
DAY 16 鈥?May 5
Obama hosts Cinco De Mayo party at White House
DAY 17 鈥?May 6
Just chillin鈥? Summers gives updates on economy
DAY 18 鈥?May 7
Wizbangs give Rose Garden speech on 鈥榚conomy鈥?br>
DAY 19 鈥?May 8
Obama hits links at Ft Belvoir
Dining out at ritzy DC restaurant 鈥?Komi!
DAY 20 鈥?May 9
Obama gives commencement speech at Hampton U.
DAY 21 鈥?May 10
Hey, during a crisis, let鈥檚 pick a SCJ!
DAY 22 鈥?May 11
Private (golf?) lunch with Joe Biden
DAY 23 鈥?May 12
Obama hosts private reception for President Karzai
DAY 24 鈥?May 13
Obama flies to Buffalo for Duff鈥檚 hot wings
DAY 25 鈥?May 14
Obama finally makes speech on oil spill in Rose Garden
DAY 26 鈥?May 15
Enough of the oil spill stuff鈥?Obama off to golf!
DAY 27 鈥?May 16
Obama golfs (again!) at Fort Belvoir
DAY 28 鈥?May 17
Obama hosts UConn women鈥檚 basketball
DAY 29 鈥?May 18
Obama tours plant in 鈥極hio鈥?(um, oil spill鈥檚 in LA!)
DAY 30 鈥?May 19
Obama hosts glitzy state dinner for Calderon
Dancing the night away!
DAY 31 鈥?May 20
Obama meets with Bono for some reason
DAY 32 鈥?May 21
Obama chills with the Pittsburgh Steelers鈥?br>
DAY 33 鈥?May 22
Obama goes golfong...|||Mostly out of curiosity. What do you think he should have been doing?|||Sounds like he is more busy than you are.|||well, great
Is it because of our lax immigration enforcement? Now these individuals can operate within the US with relative impunity because they have to kill someone FIRST to get deported? But even if they commit a crime, if they have children, they are spared from immigration law?
Home News U.S. Sport TV&Showbiz Femail Health Science Money RightMinds Coffee Break Travel Rewards Club News Home Arts Headlines Pictures Most read News Board My Profile Logout Login Find a Job Dating Wine Our Papers Feedback My Stories Monday, Oct 17 2011 6PM 19°C 9PM 20°C 5-Day Forecast U.S. condemns Tehran after foiling plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador on American soil using a Mexican drug hitmanIranians offered $1.5m to fake Mexican cartel for bomb plot
Saudi ambassador would have been killed in Washington DC restaurant blast
Bombs would later have been set off at Saudi and Israeli embassies
Down payment of $100,000 allegedly made
Two alleged plotters named as U.S. naturalised citizen Manssor Arbabsiar and Iranian Gholam Shakuri
Key Iranian official who 'co-ordinated the attack' named as Arbabsiar's cousin, Abdul-Reza Shahlai - a terrorist linked to deaths of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq
'Somebody in Iran will have to pay the price': Saudi Prince issues warning
By John Stevens, Oliver Tree and Lee Moran
Last updated at 12:56 PM on 12th October 2011
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An extraordinary terrorist plot has been foiled - which would have seen the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S. murdered on American soil.
Agents of the Iranian government reportedly offered $1.5 million to a Mexican drug cartel to carry out the assassination of Adel Al-Jubeir in a busy Washington DC restaurant.
The terror plotters - who also planned to set off blasts at the Saudi and Israeli embassies in the city - told their Mexican contact they could provide 'tons of opium' to his gang.
But their contact, to whom they allegedly wired a $100,000 down payment for the killing, was in fact an undercover U.S. informant.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the 'stranger than fiction' plot 'crosses a line' in Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism and will further isolate the Islamic republic.
And a former chief of Saudi intelligence has said that 'somebody in Iran will have to pay the price'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-…
May 24: Arbabsiar first meets someone posing as an associate of a drug trafficking cartel in Mexico, who was actually a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration informant codenamed CS-1. Arbabsiar asked about the informant's knowledge of explosives and explained he was interested in attacking a Saudi embassy.
June 2: Arbabsiar returned to Mexico and held more meetings with the informant in late June and early July. He allegedly said his associates in Iran had discussed a number of 'violent missions' including the murder of the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir.
July 14: Arbabsiar meets CS-1 again, they discuss plot details - how four men and a payment of $1.5 million are needed.
July 17: The pair meet again in Mexico. CS-1 says one member of his gang has already carried out surveillance on the ambassador and they allegedly discussed bombing a restaurant in the United States where the ambassador frequently dined.
August 1 and 9: Arbabsiar makes two overseas wire transfers 'totalling approximately $100,000'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-…|||Why? Plausible deniability. We are able to work with the Saudis, so the assassination would have disrupted our relations for a time. If the event occurred, they could blame the Cartels first, the Al Qaeda or some other terrorist organization. The inclusion of Israel's embassy just adds the ease of blaming Hamas or Hezbollah. The money link may peter out before it ever gets to the Iranian government, although it's hard to believe that that government didn't know about the money transfer. Perhaps though, they shot themselves in the foot because China and Russia worry about their own ambassadors.|||To prove they could.|||You really believed that obviously wrong childish story about Iran made by your Evil Government and pro-Israeli media?!!!!!!!!! Even most of your own countrymen have become awake enough to know that's a big lie about Iran to overshadow "wall street" protests, etc.
Only naive people can believe such false news about Iran....
However,we Iranians never care a bit about what the US government says. As iran's envoy to the UN said: “We are used to the baseless allegations made by some US officials over the past three decades, but the big lie they have told today is so unfounded that it sounds like the work of Hollywood's scenario writers, it is a major insult to the intelligence of ordinary people in the US and the world.”
'Saudi plot, diversion from US protests': http://www.presstv.ir/detail/204383.html
US playing the Saudi envoy game: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/204218.html|||You actually believed the stories about WMD in Iraq too, didn't you? This is plainly part of a long term demonization protest to prepare the world for a US invasion of Iran next.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080808/lf_n鈥?/a>
Restaurants have the freedom to post nutritional information (including calories) on their menus or not. If they all choose not to, I don't care.
California quackery continues.|||You are not crazy to think this is an attempt to take away your right to eat the foods you want. This is how anti-smoking movement started. It started with warning labels, then stronger warnings, and then bans in public places, then bans in private places. The government has effectively eliminated smoking by creating work-around laws that restrict its use to the point where no one can use it all. Now fast food is the next target of these big government people. |||You do have the option of 49 other states....
That's the beauty of the USA.|||freedom from what? information? if you dont want to read it,dont read it. but come on,dont ask intentionally to have information kept from you. that's silly.|||It's not to going to stop most fat people from eating fatty foods.
But, even if it helps a few people, that's a few people with less health problems to clog our healthcare system with. And then maybe, just maybe, a few less dollars for our healthcare premiums. Theoretically, this works. In reality, lazy fat America continues to make my health insurance cost more
im 21 and my bf is 29 we have a great relationship....this is more of a personal issue. so becauee of the age difference hes all ready experienced most things that i want to ( and this is aimed mostly at traveling ) it seems like whenever i wanna do something new...hes all ready done it.....likw going to new york, dc, restaurants and stuff around here. now its not that im jealous i think maybe its a?little disappointing that i?feel like i cant experience those things with him. now he is more then willing to do these thinbs with me again because he knows i want to, but it seems just not the same. of course there are things we can do?that he hasnt butnit seems like the main things i wana do....hes done, and it?also makes?me a little uncomfortable sometimes because?hell tell me he wants to do somethimg woth me that hes done before with an ex because it was fun and id love it....the jealousy comes out a little bit then when i here fun and ex in the same sentence lol but whe i tell hom about?it he thinks its silly andbi shouldnt worry. i agree but is it normal? maybe is there a betttrr way to look at it so i can feel a little bit better?|||Well yes, it isn't going to feel the same, and if you do go with him to places he has already been it might take away from the overall experience. But I still think you should try it, just think, you and him are spending time with each other, away from home and others. Yes you are going to feel jealousy and thats normal, if you weren't then that wouldn't be. :P It's just because you wanted to do it first with him, and seeing as he had fun with someone that wasn't you then you start to get a little jelous. So just look at it like this when you are spending time with him or doing what he has did before, you are together....you and him.....not him and his ex. And the more fun you have the less he will think about the fun he has had with his ex and more about the fun he wants to have with you. Soon, maybe, he will stop comparing the time you want to spend with him to the time he has spent with his ex. I hope this helps and just message me if you want my opinion on an other question.|||there is no reason to feel jelous... you got to see where he is coming from... going and doing all of those things he done before with someone else should be a good thing because now... instead of having a memory at the place with an ex... now he'll have it with u and erase her :] and i know it sucks dating someone older that has done all these things before but if he is at least willing to go there and do those things again then it should be all good... who knows... he might have an even better time because you are there :]
The SIEU is going after an boy scout for his volunteerism http://www.mcall.com/news/all-a8_5scout.鈥?/a> and people are getting arrested for refusing to tip for nonservice in restaurants http://www.examiner.com/x-29433-DC-Resta鈥?/a> I see a cultural connection (not to mention geographic connection) between these two stories that does not reflect well on Labor.|||Labor is making a huge mistake in supporting unions - they're a 19th century idea that has no place in modern society. 50% of government workers belong to unions, but only 10% in the private sector. There are areas of the country that still cling to dependence on unions because their grandparents did.
My husband and I are going at an upscale DC restaurant where the dress code is "business casual". Is it ok to wear a sari there? (I am indian, BTW)|||You should be able to wear whatever you want.|||Yes, of course. Saris can be worn almost anywhere.
Just don't wear one of your dressier saris. Reserve them for more formal occasions.|||Yes. In fact, I think it might be illegal for them to refuse to serve you.|||I think Sari are very beautiful and business casual.I would wear one.|||Of course its ok and they can not refuse to serve you because of that. they can refuse service if you wear jeans and a t-shirt with tennis shoes. Saris are very nice ancan very well be considered business casual(or dressier). I own one(was in an indian wedding) and would definately wear mine. Beside women pretty much know how to dress. Men on the other hand well......lol.
I want to have get together with my friends for my birthday and was thinking a dinner in Washington's Georgetown would be great...considering the number of guests it can't be too expensive, and also because of the number of people, I would like a private group room so that everyone can hear everyone. Suggestions? Thanks!|||there is an Ethiopian place on M and 29th i think...it's called Zed's Ethiopian i believe
i'm not totally sure how accommodating they are to large groups but there is definitely enough room for 13 and they seem nice there so I am sure if you rang up in advance they would happily sort you out
it's a bit of fun and the food is easily shared, which i think is always nice for a group to do
you eat everything using these fluffy pancake style things instead of knives and forks.
definitely check it out
then you should all walk a couple block over for some frozen yogurt from Ice Berry for dessert!|||There's Harmony Cafe on M Street, which is a sort of pan-Asian type place. It doesn't have a private room, but it is a fairly small restaurant, and they can seat 13. I only ever see one woman in the place, and I've heard there's maybe one or two people cooking in the back. If you go at an unusual time--like, not on a Friday night--you may be able to hear each other.
Just want to know if anyone is going to any restaurants during restaurant week (August 6-12, 2007) in DC. If you are, which restaurants in the DC area would you recommend and can I come with you? lol. Add me on my space!
www.myspace.com/bjeanelle
Info on restaurant week:
Join us in August when some of Washington, DC's finest restaurants offer awe-inspiring, multi-course meals prepared especially for this gourmet event.
The Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington are proud to present the 11th Washington, DC Restaurant Week from August 6-12, 2007.
Lunch: restaurants that will offer a 3-course fixed-price
lunch special for $20.07
Dinner: restaurants that will offer a 3-course fixed-price
dinner special for $30.07
For more information:
http://www.washington.org/restaurantwk/|||I don't know that I'll be going anywhere this time... might be out of town on business... but I can give you my favorites and recommendations :)
If you like the freshest seafood go to either Tony and Joe's or Oceanaire. Both are awesome!
For the best view, Sequoia - although for me, I think the service isn't what it used to be and check your bill carefully... they've been making some errors lately - lol
For something different, try Willow. They are actually extending their "restaurant week" until August 18.
Jaleo and Kinkead's are both constantly considered some of the best in the DC area...
I tend to lean toward Georgia Brown's, B Smith, Vidalia... but I grew up in the south - lol
If you love Italian food and you only go one place... go to Filomena. Tell "the pasta mamas" I said hello... it's just like home and the food is just comfort from the inside out... just incredible!
If you've got room for one more plate of pasta at some point, go to Dino... local ingredients, really good wines for reasonable prices, rustic Italian fare... just excellent!
For something a bit more intimate, try Tabard Inn and Colvin Run Tavern.
And for a dining experience everyone should have once in a lifetime, visit Todd and Ellen Gray's Equinox. They're lovely people and their menu is constantly in flux depending on the season etc... it's just another extraordinary dining opportunity...
The one place I haven't been yet that I plan to go at some point? Farrah Olivia by Morou. I love the chef and I can't wait to try this property!
All the restaurants I listed are also listed in the top 100 restaurants in DC area by Washingtonian Magazine by the way... and for good reason :)
Enjoy!
The parking stinks, and the neighborhood is shaky.
Is the food worth it?|||If you're looking for creative and flavorful vegetarian and vegan meals (outside of dining at Indian, Ethiopian or Thai restaurants), Vegetate is worth it. Its on our list of favorite restaurants in the District.
I've posted reviews from additional online sources below (most complain about service and location).|||check out yahoo! local and see if there are any reviews|||When they're good, they're really, really good, but if not, you wonder why you go. They're inconsistent. Still, I think it's worth a try. The grilled seitan dish is AWESOME! And it's the best upscale option for veg*ans in the DC area.
The Circulator bus (Convention Center-Waterfront line) has its northern terminus on O Street between 7th and 9th streets. It runs every 10 to 15 minutes. I would take that instead of trying to park. I've been there several times, but because of where I live, I take different buses. I also go fairly early--when they open at 6--because, as you said, it's not the nicest area.|||It is not bad but the Vegamite is not true Auzzie!
We will be in DC for the weekend, staying in Dupont Circle. I am looking for a restaurant to take her to dinner, somewhere nice but not overly stuffy. Lots of the nicer restaurants I'm seeing so far are all places you should be wearing a suit to... that having been said, I'm not looking for a tshirt place either. Also worth nothing, being our only full night in town, I'm willing to spend a few bucks on dinner if I have to. We are in our mid 20s if that helps. Thanks.|||For fish, go to Pesce, 20th and P Streets, http://www.pescedc.com
For Lebanese, go to Levantes, 19th and N Streets, http://www.levantes.com
For Italian, go to iRicchi, 19th and N Streets, http://www.irichi.net or La Tomate, Connecticut Ave and R Street, http://www.latomatebistro.com
For Moroccan, go to Marrakesh, 22nd and P Streets, http://www.marrakeshpstreet.com
For sushi, go to Sushi Taro, 17th and P Streets, http://www.sushitaro.com
For pizza, go to Pizza Paradiso, 20th and P Streets, http://www.eatyourpizza.com|||McDonalds, its nice and cheap!
We'll be visiting DC with our families and would like to find a kid-friendly, inexpensive restaurant in the area of the National Mall. It doesn't have to be on the Mall (i.e. one of the Museum restaurants - are they overpriced?), it can be nearby. Would prefer non-fast food (no McDonalds, Burger King, etc). Thanks for the help.|||head over to Union Station via subway rail system. On the lower level you'll find so many cafe's, eataries to choose from... You can also catch a movie at the theater, indulge in the candy store, shop & sight see. My favorite is B. Smiths on the upper level in Union Station.|||There is a Mc Donalds at the science center. As for cheap NO. The value meals averaged 12.00 a piece.|||You might want to try the museum cafe at the American Indian Museum which is on the Mall close to the National Gallary. It offers a variety of foods from the Americas, some kid-friendly items like burgers, and all the food is homemade and delicious. It would average about 10-15$ a person, depending on what you get, and it has vegetarian dishes too. An added bonus is enjoying the waterfall outside the cafe as you relax and eat.
Does anyone know what dates Restaurant Week will take place in Washington DC in August 2008? Or, perhaps you know when details will be made available about what restaurants will participate. I will be there from August 1 to 4th and would like to take advantage of the savings if possible. Any suggestions about what restaurants to try? Thanks|||You might be able to catch it. The dates are not out yet but usually the last week in July and first week in August.
The below website stays up to date as does open table.
Friday, February 17, 2012
My boyfriend lives in DC, but I don't really know the area. His birthday is coming up & I'm thinking about/looking for things to do in the area (suggestions welcome!) Also, I'm looking for a nice restaurant for dinner. I'd love a place with a nice view, smooth/romantic ambiance & not insanely pricey. It'd be great if it had live music too (he's into blues, salsa, etc). Thanks!|||Your best option for music blues and salsa would be Adam's Morgan. There is a good Latin bar south of Dupont Circle. But bluse / salsa with view ambiance for dinner tough pairing. Might want to do dinner some place else and go some where else.
Sequoia and Tommy Joes down on the water front of Georgetown could have the ambiance you are looking for but without a huge expense. Here is a link to the water front. Great place to hang for cocktails at the very least.|||if you want to have a nice view you can take hime to the chart house grill its not in DC its in Alexandria, VA. and you can make reservations and request a seat by the window to look at the ocean. its a really nice place to visit. its border line to dc. try that place its not expensive. email me if you go there and tell me your opinion|||if you don't mind something a little off-beat, you might want to try kramerbooks & afterwords cafe: http://www.menuism.com/restaurants/bv2DE鈥?/a>
i love the jumbo lump crab quesadilla, as well as fettuccine new orleans - it's shrimp, sausage and chicken cooked with onions, peppers & spices in a creamy sauce with some really fresh-tasting pasta.
have fun!|||Here are 2 links that I use when I am traveling or just wanting a different type of restaurant in my area:
www.yelp.com
www.kudzu.com|||鈥?Old Ebbitt Grill
鈥?Matchbox
鈥?Mr. Henrys
We are a group of four traveling over from Iceland on thursday and we would like to enjoy a thanksgiving dinner for our first time|||Finding an open restaurant may be a challenge. If it is open then you can never go wrong with Clyde's. There is one in Gallery Place and one in Georgetown. It's good, affordable, beautiful, and is a local Washington institution.
Also, here is a list that I found of open restaurants on Thanksgiving. It's from a year or two ago, but most of the information is probably the same: http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticle鈥?/a>
In any event, I would suggest calling first and making a reservation. It will be hard to predict who is open and who has tables available on a day like Thanksgiving.|||Veitingah煤s eru ekki beint r茅ttan h谩tt til a冒 halda h谩t铆冒legan Thanksgiving. 脼i冒 忙ttu冒 a冒 minnsta kosti a冒 reyna a冒 finna fj枚lskyldu e冒a h贸p sem by冒i ykkur til a冒 bor冒a me冒 henni. Kannski noti冒 Couchsurfing? Thanksgiving er h谩t铆冒 fyrir fj枚lskylduna og vini. Veitingah煤s... j忙ja, 镁etta er rangt. :( 脡g reikna a冒 ef 镁i冒 vilji冒 bara a冒 smakka matinn, 镁谩 j谩, 镁煤 geti冒 gert 镁a冒. En 镁etta er samt rangt fyrir Thanksgiving. :P
Ef 镁i冒 忙tli冒 a冒 koma til Iowu 镁essi fer冒, vi冒 by冒u冒 ykkur til a冒 bor冒a me冒 okkur... en DC er ekki n谩l忙gt Iowa!
Ef 镁i冒 vilji冒 samt a冒 finna veitingah煤s 镁谩 m忙lti 茅g me冒 sta冒i eins og Perkins e冒a Denny's.
Any good ones? I'm not vegan, but my wifey is. Thanks!
(I'm putting this in the Veg category because it seems more likely I might get an answer here than in the DC restaurant category.)|||Yes tons:
These two are rather close to each other and the second one was the former chef at the first one but they have a good deal of different dishes at both and are both delicious:
The Vegetable Garden (some say this one is better)
http://www.thevegetablegarden.com/
Yuan Fu (some say this one is better)
http://yuanfuvegetarian.com/
Great Sage (if you want something fancier)
http://greatsage.com/
The Brookland Cafe (in D.C. near Catholic U serves animal products but extremely vegan friendly)
http://www.thebrooklandcafe.com/
Sticky Fingers (in D.C.)
http://stickyfingersbakery.com/
Pete鈥檚 Apizza (three locations two in D.C. one in Arlington serves animals prouducts but is vegan friendly and some of the best pizza out there and boylan's soda on tap)
http://petesapizza.com/
And many many many more listed here:
http://www.vegdc.com/|||I am not too sure about DC. But I know of many in New York. If you ever visit, check out my blog. It is dedicated to the finding of satisfying food for Vegans with Omnivore family. I hope you find good restaurants in DC.
The Veganyte
www.Veganyte.com|||Try your lawn
I'm looking for websites or menus online for the following Washington, DC restaurants:
Choice Seafood Carry Out - 8 Florida Ave NW
Yeung Fong Carryout - 1701 N Capitol St NE
Eastern Carryout - 1532 N Capitol St NW
Full Yum Carry Out - 1501 N Capitol St NE
Jam Doung - 1726 N Capitol St NW
Caf茅 Asia - 1720 First Street NW
New York Fried Chicken - 1500 N Capitol St NW
Big Bear Caf茅 - 1700 First Street NW
Cafe X Press - 77 P St NE
Lincoln Market-Deli - 1923 Lincoln Rd NE
Capitol Seafood Grill - 1306 N Capitol St NW
Jimmy Wong Restaurant - 143 Florida Ave NW
Wally's World Coffee - 1225 1st St NW|||For starters:
** Caf茅 Asia - 1720 First Street NW
http://www.cafeasia.com/index.html
** Big Bear Caf茅 - 1700 First Street NW
http://www.bigbearcafe-dc.com/
You can also search MenuDine.com for Washington DC; over 1500 online menus.|||Try www.menupix.com- they are growning daily, and if you have menus- help out and submit them!
Does anyone know of an inexpensive yet really yummy restaurant in chinatown in DC?|||you didn't say if you wanted authenic chinese or the things made for American's like General Tso's chicken/Orange chicken.
All of the Chinese Chinatown Restaurants have lunch specials raninging from 3.95 to 6.25. The dinner meals are still inexpensive compared to chain places. I have eaten at almost all of the restaurants.
This is a short list:
Tony Cheng
New Big Wong
Chop Sticks
Wok and roll
Golden Palace
Schuezchan
Chinatown Express*** this place looks like a dump but has the best
handmade noodles, dumplings, my husband loved the duck--I've seen mixed reviews but I like this place!|||Check out Art and soul on capital Hill.|||I'd add Eat First and Full Kee to the good list above.
It is sadly telling that the better reviewed restaurants for Chinatown on foodie blogs (below) are not Chinese nor Asian.
I need to find 15 good restaurants in Washington, DC. HELP! Must have different types of food.|||Check out the top 100 restaurants list from Washingtonian magazine. Their top picks includes Greek, French, Spanish, American, Italian, English, Steak houses, Belgium, Indian, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Seafood restaurants, Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines.
ADDENDUM: I've also added their 'Cheap Eats' list of "100 best bargain restaurants in DC, Maryland, and Virginia." Still great variety of cuisines, without breaking your budget.|||Go to www.opentable.com
You will find 237 restaurants in DC with links to menus, reviews, etc.
You can sort by location or cuisine. If you see one you like, you can make a reservation.
Looking for a good restaurant in the DC, Northern VA area that has a wine pairer. There is another name for it, but its not crossing my mind.|||The word you're looking for is "sommelier" and absolutely! There are a lot of excellent restaurants in DC who have really good ones :) I'll list my personal favorites for you:
Citronelle in DC - Chef Michel Richard: http://www.citronelledc.com/ Mark Slater is the full-time sommelier there and he's incredibly gifted. Plus the restaurant itself is repeatedly listed as DC's #1 restaurant by Washingtonian magazine for good reason!
CityZen in DC - Executive Chef Eric Ziebold: http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/53鈥?/a> Andy Myers is the sommelier. They do a 6-course chef's tasting menu for $105 and for an additional $75 there are wine pairings. (They also do a 3 course tasting menu for $75)
Restaurant Eve in Alexandria - Chef Cathal and (wife) Mechelle Armstrong : http://www.restauranteve.com/ Todd Thrasher is the sommelier is also one of the best mixologists in the universe. They call him "The Liquid Savant" - lol
Enjoy!!
I will be taking a trip to DC and need a guide to DC restaurants. Whats a good website for DC restaurants?|||This is a great site for info about DC - It lists a variety of restaurants, hotels, apartments, etc... with links to all the websites.
http://washingtondc.cityzero.net/restaurants.html|||Check out the Washington Post I think they have a dning guide on there.
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|||Well I just visited there. And I don't remeber the names of restraraunts I went to, but get a Fodors Guide. They tell you all about the place you are visiting!|||If you don't mind expensive I recommend The Palm and Old Ebbits Grill|||http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/cit鈥?/a>
http://www.opentable.com/start.aspx?m=9
http://www.washingtonian.com/sections/re鈥?/a>
These are great sites. If you can't find anything you like there, try a place in Olde Town (about 15 min. away). It has restaurants EVERYWHERE. You won't even need a website to find a restaurant in that place!|||If you're looking for a good vegetarian meal, check out www.vegdc.com and click "Restaurants."
In Washington DC they had an Ethopian cuisine restaurant, I was wondering, is that unique ways to prepare UN food rations?|||No, Ethiopian cooking has nothing to do with preparing UN Rations. There are many Ethiopian restaurants in DC. If you want to try one find an African cabbie and ask to go to his favorite. There are several around U St. and a couple in Adam's Morgan.
Desi Chef has the definitive list though.|||Fasika's Ethiopian Restaurnat
Enjoy authentic Ethiopian cuisine in the midst of exotic costumes and decor,in the heart of lively Adam's Morgan. We are located at 2447 18th Street, NW in the heart of Washington, DC, a few blocks from Dupont Circle and Woodley Park Zoo metro stations.
Tel : (202) 797-7673
Zed's Ethiopian Restaurant in Georgetown
In a city that probably has more ethiopian restaurants than anyplace else in`` the country, Zed's sets the local benchmark. Its curry-like wats are thicker, richer, and spicier than their counterparts elsewhere, and their gently seasoned counterparts--called alechas--are more complex in flavor.
Georgetown 3318 M St., NW Washington, DC
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Abiti's
1909 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Addis Ababa
2106 18th St NW
Washington, DC 2000
Awash
2218 18th St NW
Washington, DC 2000
Axum
1934 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Continental
1433 P St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Dynasty Ethiopian
2210 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Habesha Market
1919 9th Street NW
Washington DC 20001
Dukem
1114-1118 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Etete
1942 9th St NW
Washington DC 20001
Fasika's
2447 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Lalibela
1415 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Madjet
1102 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Meskerem
2434 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Habesha
1119 V St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Roha
1212 U St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Nile
7815 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20012
Queen Makeda
1917 9th St
Washington DC 20001
Salome
900 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Sodere
1930 9th St NW
Washington DC 20001
U Turn
1942 U St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Zed's
1201 28th St NW
Washington, DC 20007|||Jasper's.
I am looking for a Washington, DC restaurant that is either vegan or has vegan options, preferably those that are upscale.|||Since Vegetate closed, upscale options for vegans in DC are limited. Check out www.vegdc.com and click the Restaurant tab for information.
I believe Restaurant Nora, an upscale organic place near Dupont Circle, might be able to do something vegan if you give them notice.
My boyfriend and I are celebrating our one year anniversary next month and I have no idea where to bring him in the city to eat or what to get him. He enjoys all foods but I'm a picky eater and don't like seafood so set menus don't work. I want someplace that will only be 100-200 dollars for the bill (without alcohol). Gifts - I've already given him countless maker's mark bottles and preppy gifts but I'm out of ideas!|||If you both like meat, I would recommend Fogo de Chao downtown, which is a Brazilian meat place. It is a fun experience, and you could go for a nice stroll in the light of capitol if you head to the one near Archives/Navy Memorial metro stop. Another unique food experience option would be the Melting Pot (there is one near Dupont Circle, but I think there are several options around.)
Gifts are pretty personal, but maybe you could take inspiration from some special memories you have together or your romantic one year anniversary dinner,|||Mongolian! BD's! Its not fancy but more like a sports looking place but its fun, 15-25 each, fun, different, make your own food for them to cook, etc. There are a few around town like this one.
http://www.gomongo.com/|||I like all foods.
If you really want to go to it make dinner at home.
my kids father lives in dc, VA area lookin to buy a gift card to a restaurant and i live out of the area any ideas?|||That would totally depend on where he's located... but there are a lot of Olive Garden/Red Lobsters around all over and you can use the cards purchased for one at the other... just a thought....|||http://www.teaism.com/
this place is a great bargain|||Bar none, this is my favorite restaurant. It's a Brazilian joint...dress up for this one. You pay a flat fee and the waiters bring skewers of filet mingot, lamb, chicken, etc. They also have a salad bar with several types of cheeses...my mouth is watering now!
http://www.fogodechao.com/|||go to yahoo yellow pages. type in his location, then look at what restaurants are there. some of the restaurants will have websites i'm sure for you to visit, info that you can see and applicable phone numbers. you can also see what's there and what's where you're at so you can buy them in your hometown, knowing that he can use them there too.
Please list some fancy DC restaurants that would require suit and tie kinda attire and their websites|||definately try Citysearch.com as well as zagats. If you want to travel a bit farther travel over the bridge to VA....L'auberge Chez Francois has repeatedly been one of the top restaurants in the country...it's in a beautiful town, Great Falls and isn't very far from DC at all...You WONT be dissapointed.|||CityZen (get it?) at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/53鈥?/a>
Laboratorio del Galileo (Italian)
http://www.galileodc.com/restaurants/lab鈥?/a>
Restaurant Nora
http://www.noras.com/|||There are some very fine DC Restaurants. Here are some of the Best that I know of.
1789/American Cuisine
Asia Nora/New Asian Cuisine
Citronelle/American Cuisine
Occidental/Very Historic Restaurant with very fine cuisine
Jaleo/Elegant Spanish Food
Palena/Great Italian Cuisine
Tabard Inn/American Cuisine
The Willard Room/French and very elegant.|||Another restaurant that requires a coat for gentleman is the Prime Rib.|||The answers above should be helpful, but note that Jaleo - while a fine restaurant - is not particularly elegant. It's loud and a touch chaotic, and many people dress casually. Tabard Inn is a bit nicer, but does not require dressing up. 1789 does require a jacket, as does the Prime Rib. I don't think the other places mentioned require a jacket, but most patrons dress up.
I'm looking for a good cheese enchilada recipe, nothing using canned chili ... any ideas? Happy Cinco de Mayo!|||Tex-Mex Cheese Enchiladas
For the Enchiladas:
* 12 corn tortillas
* 1/2 cup olive or canola oil
* 2 large yellow onions
* 4 cups grated Longhorn cheese
* Chili Gravy (recipe follows)
For the Chili Gravy
* 2 tablespoons shortening or lard
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 2 tablespoons chili powder (see below)
* 3 cups Warm water
* salt to taste
For the Chili Gravy, make a light roux by melting the shortening or lard in a skillet and stirring in the flour. Stir and cook a few minutes until the flour has browned a little. Add the chili powder, water and salt, and continue to stir and cook until mixture has thickened. Set aside and keep warm.
For the Enchiladas, lightly grease a 9x13-inch Pyrex dish, and preheat your oven to 400掳F degrees.
Chop the onions, grate the cheese, and set aside.
Heat the oil in a second skillet. Have the corn tortillas ready.
Putting the enchiladas together is just a series of steps. And if you're the kind of cook that freaks out when the kitchen gets a little messy, you might want to consider finding a good Tex-Mex restaurant instead.
1. Pick up a tortilla with tongs and place it into the hot oil for about 15 seconds. This first step is to soften the tortilla.
2. Remove the tortilla from the oil, letting the excess oil drip back into the skillet.
3. Dip the tortilla into the chili gravy, coating both sides.
4. Place the now-coated tortilla in the 9x13-inch pan, put a handful of grated cheese and onion on one edge of the tortilla, and roll it up.
5. Place the rolled tortilla flat-side-down in one end of the pan.
6. Repeat ths process with the remaining 11 tortillas. The pan should be full.
7. Pour the remaining Chili Gravy on top of the enchiladas.
8. Sprinkle the enchiladas generously with the remaining grated cheese.
Bake for about 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly. Serve at once.
Makes four servings of three enchiladas each. Garnish with chili gravy, Crema or sour cream. On the side, serve Mexican Red Rice and Refried Beans|||You're welcome. Enjoy! Report Abuse
|||I am from New Mexico and here we serve the enchiladas flat. You can roll them and place in an oblong oven dish and heat in the oven. If you choose to make the enchiladas that way, pour some of the chili verde over the top and heat for about 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. Top with more cheese and heat until the top cheese melts. You can use any cheese or a combination of cheeses. I often use a combination of Monterey Jack and cheddar. I am giving you my recipe for chili verde since I love green chili. While I make the sauce in the fall when I can get the fresh chilies, I also use frozen chili - to be honest, I can not taste the difference and it sure saves a lot of time and effort to use the frozen. If you make your own chili verde, be sure to wear gloves and do not touch your skin - chilies will burn you.
Cheese Enchiladas
12 corn tortillas
4 tablespoons oil or lard
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon flour
4 cups chili verde
salt to taste
2 cups cheese, grated
1/2 cup minced onion
Fry tortillas in fat to soften. Heat garlic in oil then discard garlic. Blend flour into oil. Stir in green chili sauce and heat thoroughly. If mixture is too thick, add water. Add salt to taste. Layer tortillas with sauce, minced onion and cheese on oven-proof plates. Sprinkle more cheese on top. Use 3 tortillas for each serving. Place in oven to allow cheese to melt.
Chili Verde
12 to 18 Anaheim or poblano chili peppers, seeded & chopped
2 jalapeno pepper, seeded & chopped
4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 to 3 cups water
Roast peppers over an open flame or under a broiler until black and blistered. Place in a paper bag and let steam for 5 minutes. Remove from bag and run under water to remove blacked skin. Remove top; slit open and remove membranes and seeds. (You should have 2 1/2 to 4 cups.) Place chili peppers in a blender container or food processor bowl with the garlic, onion, flour and garlic salt. Blend or process on low speed until smooth. (If mixture does not blend easily, add about 1/2 cup of water.) Pour into a medium saucepan; add water. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and blubbly. Reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered, about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 4 cups.|||Quick Mexican Cheese Enchiladas:
25 min 5 min prep
12 servings
12 flour tortillas or corn tortillas
1/2-1 lb grated cheddar cheese, or a blend of your favourite cheeses
Sauce
8 ounces sour cream
4 ounces chopped green chili peppers
4-6 green onions, chopped (including 2 or 3 inches of the stem)
1 (8 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup enchilada sauce
Garnish
salsa, if desired
sour cream, if desired
green onions (optional)
1. For sauce: Combine sour cream, peppers, green onions, soup, and enchilada sauce.
2. Spread a thin layer of the sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan.
3. In each tortilla place a small amount of grated cheese, reserving some cheese for the topping. Roll up and place seam side down in a 9x13 baking dish. Pour on the remaining sauce, making sure all tortillas are covered.
4. Sprinkle top with more cheese and bake Enchiladas at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes or till cheese is bubbly.
5. To serve, place on plate and garnish with salsa, sour cream and a sprinkling of green onions.|||CHEESE AND ONION ENCHILADAS
2 cans cream of chicken soup
8 oz. sour cream
2 doz. corn tortillas
2-3 med. sized onions
1 sm. can chopped green chilies
1 lb. Monterey Jack cheese
In saucepan combine soup, chilies and sour cream. Heat and reserve for sauce. Saute corn tortillas in oil for 2-3 seconds on each side. Drain. Shred the cheese and chop the onions fine. Put 1-2 tablespoons cheese and onion into each tortilla. Roll and place seam side down in a large greased casserole. Pour sauce over top of tortilla. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and return to oven until cheese bubbles. Serves 8-12.
Years ago, Van de Kamps offered frozed Mexican Dinners...I'm looking for a Cheese Enchilada recipe similar to the Van de Kamps. It had finely chopped black olives and the cheese had a thick Cheese Whiz consistency.|||1 pkg. enchilada shells
1 chopped onion
2 cans cream of chicken soup
6 tbsp. Cheese Whiz
1 can water
1 pkg. grated cheddar cheese
Cool and pick off bone. Place side by side in cake pan. Heat up soup, Cheese Whiz and water, then pour over enchiladas. Sprinkle cheese over the top. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees|||4 C. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
2 C. cheddar cheese, shredded
2 medium green onions, chopped
1 C. sour cream
I mix these ingredients together and put some in a flour tortilla. Then pour enchilada sauce over them. Then a layer of the cheese and chopped olives. I set it in the fridge for a few hrs. Bake covered til bubbly.
I just moved to West Texas and there isn't a Pappasitos here. Does anyone have a really good cheese enchilada's recipe you can share with me or know of any good Tex-Mex restaraunts in the Lubbock area?|||Cheese Enchiladas
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 can (14.5 ounces) tomatoes, drained and crushed
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon leaf oregano, crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, or a Mexican blend of cheeses
1/3 cup finely chopped onions
16 (6-inch) corn tortillas
sliced ripe olives
In a saucepan, combine chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. In a small bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups cheese and onions.
Preheat oven to 350掳. Warm tortillas in microwave then dip them in the tomato sauce mixture; lay them in a lightly greased 9x13x2-inch casserole dish.
Fill each tortilla with cheese and onion mixture; roll. Repeat until dish is full. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. 4 Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
**Add chopped mild or hot chile peppers to this dish if you like it spicier.|||lol well cheese enchiadia it is not hard lol
Cheese Enchiladas
Sauce:
1/2 cup Chili Powder
3 cups un-salted Beef Stock
2 slices uncooked bacon, chopped
1 lb. Ground Meat
1 Onion, finely chopped
3 cloves Garlic, minced
1 tsp. Ground Cumin
1/2 tsp. Ground Oregano
1. In a blender, blend the chili powder with the beef stock until well blended.
2. In a medium saut茅 pan over medium high heat, cook bacon until crisp. Render the fat and add meat, onion and garlic. Cook until meat is brown.
3. Strain off any excess fat.
4. Add cumin, oregano and chili powder mixture to the beef stock. Cook for 30 minutes, by reducing one third. Keep warm.
Enchiladas:
1 1/2 lb. Grated Cheddar Cheese
1/2 large Onion, chopped
1/4 cup Canola Oil
12 Corn Tortillas
1 Tomato, chopped
2 Jalapeno, Seeded, and ribs removed, diced
2 tbsp. chopped Fresh Cilantro
1. In a mixing bowl, combine the cheddar cheese and onions
2. In a medium size saut茅 pan, heat the canola oil until warm.
3. Dip the tortillas into the warm oil and then into the sauce mixture. Place on a cutting board and evenly fill with the cheese mixture. Roll up and place in a baking dish. Top with sauce and bake in a preheated 350掳 oven until cheese is melted and everything is hot and bubbly.
4. Top with the chopped tomatoes, jalapeno and cilantro.|||cook 1 pound of beef, drain it and add 1/2 a cup of cheddar cheese along with 1/2 a cup of encilada sauce. (i perfer Pace medium) heat some vegetable oil on the stove top, cook corn tortials in the oil foe only a few seconds each. spoon the meat mixture into the tortials and roll them up. Get a cake pan, put 1/2 cup of encilada sauce in the bottom bef roe you start putting in the rolled up enchildas. When the pan is full pour remaing encilada sauce over the tortials, also add some cheddar over the top. Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins.|||Beef Enchiladas
Recipe courtesy Michelle LeBleu, Houston Astros
Show: Food Network Specials
Episode: Ballpark Cafe 2
Enchiladas:
2 1/2 pounds flank steak, cooked
Vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
16 corn tortillas
1/2 cup oil, for frying tortillas
1 cup shredded monterey jack, plus 1 cup
1 cup shredded cheddar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cilantro cream sauce, recipe follows
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Chop the cooked flank steak to a fine dice. Saute chopped flank steak in a little oil for 1 to 2 minutes, or until heated through. Add cilantro and onion and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Combine the 1 cup of the monterey jack and 1 cup of the cheddar and mix well. Add cheese to steak mixture. Stir well and reserve, covered.
In another saute pan, heat oil over medium heat. Fry tortillas, one at a time, just until soft, about 10 seconds. Pat tortillas dry on paper towels. Portion out beef mixture evenly among the 16 tortillas and roll up. Place enchiladas on a baking sheet or in 1or 2 rectangular casserole dishes.
Cover enchiladas with cilantro cream sauce and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until cheese melts and sauce is bubbling.
Cilantro Cream Sauce:
4 bunches cilantro
1 jalapeno, roasted and deseeded
1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon cumin
Salt and pepper
Blanch cilantro in boiling water for 30 seconds and puree in blender with jalapeno. In a saucepan reduce heavy cream by half. Stir in cilantro-jalapeno puree and cumin. Adjust with salt and pepper.|||1 package frozen corn tortillas
2 onions
2 cans enchilada sauce
2 lbs ground beef
1 lbs Colby cheese (grated)
Brown beef and onions until done. Line oblong 9x13 cake pan with tortillas. Put 1/2 beef mixture on, then 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat layers. Pour sauce over all and bake at 350 degrees until bubbly and cheese is golden brown.
This is very yummy - hope you like it!
So, I want to find a REALLY yummy authentic chicken (and cheese) enchilada recipe, from a really good cook ! :) And I'm hoping I can find that on here. (I'm not really feeling the recipes I've found online.) Please include details !
Thanks in advance ! :D|||1/2 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups Italian tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, chopped
1/8 teaspoon pepper
8 ounces skinless and boneless chicken breast, cooked and cut into strips
4 corn tortillas, 10 inch size
4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Salt to taste
Sour cream for garnish
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Heat oil and saute onions and garlic. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, jalapeno and pepper. Season to taste with salt. Stir occasionally until sauce is thickened (5 to 8 minutes).
Take half of sauce and mix with chicken in bowl, set aside.
Using a frying pan, heat each tortilla one minute. Lay tortilla flat, spread with cheese and chicken mixture and roll to close. Place seam side down in pan. Repeat this process for all tortillas.
Pour remaining sauce over top, sprinkle some cheese and bake until cheese melts. Garnish with sour cream and serve.|||ngredients
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons cumin powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend
1 red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced
1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour
16 corn tortillas
1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned
1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses
Garnish: chopped cilantro leaves, chopped scallions, sour cream, chopped tomatoes
Directions
Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown chicken over medium heat, allow 7 minutes each side or until no longer pink. Sprinkle chicken with cumin, garlic powder and Mexican spices before turning. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool.
Saute onion and garlic in chicken drippings until tender. Add corn and chiles. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute.
Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. Add shredded chicken to saute pan, combine with vegetables. Dust the mixture with flour to help set.
Microwave tortillas on high for 30 seconds. This softens them and makes them more pliable. Coat the bottom of 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans with a ladle of enchilada sauce. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each tortilla. Fold over filling, place 8 enchiladas in each pan with seam side down. Top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F oven until cheese melts. Garnish with cilantro, scallion, sour cream and chopped tomatoes before serving. Serve with Spanish rice and beans.|||Try this, it comes to collecting, organizing, storing and maintaining recipes it鈥檚 not a one design fits all; different types of computer systems work for different people.
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I want to make beef & cheese enchiladas but I am not too familiar with queso fresco cheese. I purchased some at the store. I have the cheese, ground beef, shells and enchilada sauce.
Can I make the enchiladas using ground beef and the queso fresco cheese, using both inside the enchiladas?
I don't need any recipes. thanks|||It's a nice slightly salty cheese. Great for Spanish recipes. Don't expect it to melt like American cheeses. It'll have more of a creamy substance when heated. It'll work.
It's similar to mild cheddar or jack. Most spanish restaurants use the queso fresco. You can be confident in your use of it for enchiladas. Especially since here in the states it is made with pasteurized milk where as in Mexico the milk is not due to the lack of the same standards for milk production.|||You can make it however you want! Yum Yum, love cheese enchiladas!|||You can use the cheese however you see fit. The more cheese the better!|||Yes,you can use the queso fresco on top as well|||Yes, you can.
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i have had some that are really good at a cafe. They are filled with cheese and onion. I am not sure if maybe they are using condensed cheddar cheese soup, or maybe cheese whiz, and maybe sour cream. What do you think ? Does any one have a recipe that may be similar to this that is tried and true? The top just seems to have cheese on it.
There is no olives, tomatoes, peppers, or enchilada sauce in it.
I do not like the red or green sauce. So, please no recipes with these ingredients.
Thanks to all.|||look in the deli section in the cheese area of walmart or any grocer that carries Mexican foods its called Mexican dipping cheese,,just melt that over the enchiladas , if it seemed a little like it had sour cream?? then check in dairy for Mexican crema it is like sour cream and you can use it if you cant find crema but the mexican version is slightly different, if all else fails just try some jack cheese and sour cream the cheese inside is more than likely jack or the Mexican cheeses ,if you are lucky enough to have a mexican grocery near by ask them to help you find what you need|||Ok I this is not traditional, but it works great....
warm up a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chx soup, dip your corn tortilla in it then put shredded cheese and diced onions in roll it up, and put seam side down into a casserole dish, when you have the dish full, put a bit more shredded cheese on top and just a few more onions, bake for about 20-30 min covered 350 oven then remove cover and bake untill it is the color you like, we like golden brown cheese on top at our house.|||sounds like you want tortillas filled with cheese, with sour cream on top. well you can make them easily. dip the tortillas in hot oil, place cheese blend and minced onion in the middle, roll the tortilla laying in flat with the crease on the underside, place on a baking sheet, cover with foil so yoku dont burn the top- bake for 8-10 minutes, until cheese is melty and gooey. You can also sprinkle some cheese on the top of them before baking. take them out of the oven top with some sour cream, and voila!
if you would like them a little more moist, you can take 1/4 cup milk, 1/3 cup cheese, black pepper to taste, and simmer that in a pot to make you cheese sauce.|||Cheese Enchiladas
Ingredients:
2 cupsShredded Monterey Jack cheese (8 ounces)
1 cupShredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
1Medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 cupSour cream or plain yogurt
2 tablespoonsChopped fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoonPepper
6Flour tortillas (7-inch diameter)
1 can(15 ounces) tomato sauce
1/3 cupChopped green bell pepper
1 tablespoonChili powder
1 teaspoonChopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoonGround cumin
1 cloveGarlic, finely chopped
1/4 cupShreeded Cheddar cheese (1 ounce)
For Garnish (if desired):
Sour cream
Sliced black olives
Lime wedges
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease rectangular baking dish, 12x7 1/2x2 inches. Mix Monterey Jack cheese, 1 cup Cheddar cheese, the onion, sour cream, parsley and pepper. Spoon about 1/2 cup cheese mixture onto each tortilla. Roll tortilla aound filling and place seam side down in dish. Mix remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese. Pour over enchiladas. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese. Bake uncovered about 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Garnish with sour cream and sliced black olives or lime wedges if desired|||ITS NOT GOOD WITHOUT SAUCE!!!! thumbs up or what?|||what you are having at the cafe is not an enchilada, its cream and cheese, o and if youu want areal enchilada, you add chiken, and the real sauces. just add your chees, parmesan, and cream, melt it, fry the tortillas and the chiken,
RE: RECIPE: Your T&T Cheese Enchilada Recipe Please
Vegetable oil for frying
12 corn tortillas (6 inches)
1 1/2 cups (12 fl ounces) chileen Chili Sauce (recipe on page 195)
2 cups (8 ounces) grated Monterey Jack or Cheddar Cheese
3/4 cups finely chopped onion
Preheat oven to 350掳F. Pour vegetable oil into a medium , heavy skilled to depth of 1/2 inch. Heat the oil over medium high heat to 375掳F, or until a strip of tortilla browns in 60 seconds. Soften the tortillas, one at a time, for about 5 seconds per side in the hot oil and drain on paper towels.
Heat the green chili sauce in a shallow pan and dip each softened tortilla into the sauce. Place 1 coated tortilla on an oven proof plate and top with 1 tablespoons green cili sauce, 2 tablespoons grated cheese and 1 tablespoon chopped onion; repeat twice so that 1 serving contains 3 layered tortillas. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 4 tortilla stacks. Bake the stacks for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the cheese melts.
NOTE: Add cooked chicken and or pinto or black beans between layers.
Green Chili Sauce
1 Jalapeno chili seeded and diced
1 garlic clove crushed
1/4 cup chopped green onions
4 tomatillos, husked and diced (or use canned)
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
2 new Mexico green or Anaheim chilies, roasted, peeled, cored, seeded and diced.
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon heavy cream
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
In a medium saucepan, place the jalapeno , garlic, green onions, tomatillos and chicken stock. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat' reduce heat and simmer until theliquid is reduced to about 1 cup about 15 to 20 minutes.
Pour the chicken stock misture into a blender or food processor. Add the Anaheim chilies, cilantrol and lime juice; puree until smooth. Add salt and pepper. Add the cream and mix again. Serve warm. Keep 1 to 2 days refrigerated.
Servings: 4
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This is the real thing! Corn tortillas are dipped in a home made sauce, fried, filled with Mexican queso fresco, then topped with sour cream, lettuce and tomato. My mother in law is from Mexico and taught me to make this delicious dish! Serve with authentic refried beans, it has a taste different from the norm--so good!
INGREDIENTS
6 dried chile de arbol peppers
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil for frying
18 (6 inch) corn tortillas
3 cups crumbled queso fresco
1 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded lettuce
2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped green onions
DIRECTIONS
Snap the tops off of the dried chilies, and place in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain the water, and place chilies into a food processor or blender with the garlic and salt. Puree until smooth. Press sauce through a strainer, and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Soak each tortilla in the sauce, then place in the hot oil. Turn over almost immediately, and fry for about 5 seconds on the other side. Remove to a plate that is lined with paper towels. The easiest way to do this is to fry the tortillas and stack them directly on top of each other until you have fried them all. This will keep the tortillas pliable until you are ready to fill them.
Take one fried tortilla at a time, and fill with about 2 tablespoons of the queso fresco. Roll up, and place seam side down on a plate. Place three of these on each plate. Top in the following order: Start with a layer of sour cream, then a small handful of lettuce, three tomato slices, 2 more tablespoons of queso fresco, and finally, 1 tablespoon of green onions|||Here's one my mother learned from her family's Mexican cook/housekeeper:
Serves 4.
2 pounds grated cheeses: cheddar, Monterrey Jack, Ouesco fresco, divided into 9 equal sets
8 corn tortillas
2 cans La Victoria Green Enchilada sauce
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a deep sauce pan, empty cans of enchilada sauce and heat to a boil. Pour one cup sauce into an 8X11" glass baking pan.
Dip each tortilla in hot sauce, lay on cutting board, and fill with cheeses. Roll up, and place in glass baking pan. Continue with all tortillas.
Spread remaining sauce over tortilla rolls. Top with cheese.
Bake until cheese on top melts and turns golden brown & delicious.
Allow to stand for 5 minutes before cutting.|||Heavenly Enchiladas
To chicken gravy (your own homemade is best) add 1 can of Ro-tel tomatoes, and warm up. Put 1/2 cup of gravy mixture in bottom of casserole. On a flour tortilla put about a tablespoon of gravy mixture, a handful of shredded lettuce, some diced onion, shredded jack cheese, and roll up. Lay in casserole and repeat until you have about a dozen rolls across your 9x13 casserold dish. Cover with more gravy and top with jack cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly and melted about 45 minutes.|||Tasty CHEESE Enchiladas
1 lb of mild cheddar cheese, grated
corn tortillas
vegetable oil
1/4-1/3 cup finely chopped yellow onion
Enchilada sauce, heated
sour cream, optional
guacamole, optional
Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
You will need some tongs and a plate or tray to assemble your enchiladas.
Using tongs, dip two corn tortillas at a time into the hot oil. When the tortillas start to bubble, lift and dip them into the oil 3 times fairly quickly.
The goal here is to make the tortillas soft. If the tortillas are left in the oil too long they will get hard and be difficult to roll. If that happens just toss them out and start over.
The other option is to go ahead and keep cooking them in the oil until they become hard. These can be used as tostada shells if you like.
Okay, back to dipping the tortillas 3 quick times in the oil. Once you do this, dip the tortillas into hot enchilada sauce to coat. Now put the tortillas on a plate to cool one minute.
Add a handfull of the grated cheese and sprinkle some onion down the center of one tortilla and roll it. Do this by grabbing one end of the tortilla and bringing it 3/4 of the way over to the other end. Tuck and roll the tortilla.
Pick up the cheese enchilada with your fore fingers on the botton where the seam is. Let your pinky fingers cover the ends of the enchilada to keep the cheese from falling out while you move it to an oven proof dish.
With a little practice you will be a pro in no time at this.
Using a ladle, pour hot enchilada sauce over the top of the cheese enchiladas and let plenty of sauce run down the sides. Remember, the sauce is what makes it!
Sprinkle more cheese and onion on top in the desired amount. Now didn't I tell you this cheese enchilada recipe was easy?
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and place your enchiladas in the oven. Heat the cheese enchiladas until they look somewhat flat and the sauce is bubbling. This will probably take 15 minutes or more.
Remember, you want to make sure the cheese inside the enchilada is melted.
Notice the bubbles around the edge? This cheese enchilada recipe has got to be hot to be good.
Refried beans and rice make a perfect compliment to the cheese enchilada recipe! Don't forget to add some sour cream and guacamole too.
Here Is A Tasty Tip For You To Try
Prepare my apple cider vinegar recipe and place a handful of salad right on top or next to the hot-out-of-the-oven cheese enchilada. Then sprinkle the dressing on your salad.
This combination tastes absolutely wonderful together, especially if you use Trader Joe's enchilada sauce.|||Chicken Enchiladas Suiza
12 corn tortillas
2 cups shredded chicken
6 oz. chopped, roasted and skinned green chiles (fresh is best, but you can use canned in a pinch)
3 cups fresh spinach
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup crema or sour cream
4 oz. cotija, crumbled
5 oz. evaporated milk
15 oz green chile sauce
Warm oil to dip tortillas in
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan over medium heat and cook the onions for about 1 minute. Add the spinach and cook it for about 5 minutes until leaves are wilted. Fold in the chicken and green chiles.|||Heres some.
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Rosarita Enchilada Sauce - mild, 20 oz.
8 flour tortillas
8 pieces Monterey Jack cheese, 3/4 x 3/4 x 6 inches
1 sm. can sliced black olives
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pour small amount of sauce in bottom of 8 x 13 inch glass pan. Put small amount of sauce in a tortilla. Wrap tortilla around a cheese piece and place in pan. Do likewise for the rest of the tortillas. Pour the rest of the sauce over the tortillas and the olives also. Put the pan uncovered in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes
With corn tortillas please.|||Allow 2 or 3 enchiladas per person. Corn oil for frying tortillas in skillet. One or 2 cans enchilada sauce [heat in saucepan while you fry each tortilla]. Shredded yellow [cheddar type] cheese, chopped white onions, pitted black olives. Price for these should be right around $20 [omit olives to be sure]. You'll need about 1-1/2 lbs cheese, 18 tortillas, 1 large white onion, 1 can black olives, 2 cans enchilada sauce. Price it out on the internet [try supermarkets online like Kroger's]. Note: go for cheapest yellow cheese that isn't that plastic junk like "American" or Velveeta...imported Mexican cheese is v. expensive, so settle for store brand cheddar or longhorn. Shred it yourself too. Enchilada sauce brands include El Pato, Rosarita. Try for one large can and add a little tomato juice to extend it if the $$ are getting to the end zone.|||Yes you can.. You might even get to put more mexican stuff in it.. Cheese normally costs about 4.50${mexican cheese}. Try to get some cheese that is mexican to give it a mexican taste. Tortillas can range from a 2.30$-3.50 depending on how many tortillas you want.. For the hot side, get some dryed peppers colored red.. The cost from 1.00-2.00$ at any mexican store.. You might want to add some tomatoes on top of the enchilidas and some lettuce..
My girlfriend loves cheese enchiladas and I want to make her the best!..Can you help me?..thank you|||CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 1/2 tbsp. bacon drippings, Crisco
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1/8 tsp. black pepper
6 oz. hot water
16 to 20 can tomato sauce
1 lb. grated Cheddar cheese
1 lb. grated Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 med. chopped yellow onion
ENCHILADA SAUCE:
Melt bacon drippings or Crisco in small saucepan over medium heat. Add flour, stirring constantly until slightly browned. Add salt, cumin, chili powder, and black pepper. Stir. Slowly add hot water while stirring. Mix well. Add tomato sauce. Stir. Reduce heat to low to keep warm.
ENCHILADA:
Dip tortillas in warm enchilada sauce until soft (5 to 6 seconds). Remove and place on plate. Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of each cheese on tortilla. Sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon onion. Roll and place seam side down in baking dish. Sprinkle any remaining cheese and onion on top of enchiladas and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.|||My mom does...|||go to cooks.com the link below is already open to cheese enchilada|||THIS IS TO DIE FOR:
SOUR CREAM & CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 pt. sour cream
12 oz. shredded Jack cheese
4 oz. can diced green chilis
1 c. sliced black olives
1 doz. 8" flour tortillas
10-12 oz. can enchilada sauce
2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
Mix first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Spread 1/2 cup of mixture in a line on each tortilla and roll up. Place in an 8 x 12 inch pan. Pour enchilada sauce evenly over top. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese and bake at 350 degrees for about|||25 min 5 min prep serves 12
Change to: servings US Metric
12 flour tortillas or corn tortillas
1/2-1 lb grated cheddar cheese, or a blend of your favourite cheeses
Sauce
8 ounces sour cream
4 ounces chopped green chili peppers
4-6 green onions, chopped (including 2 or 3 inches of the stem)
1 (8 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup enchilada sauce, I use Texas Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe # 42094
Garnish
salsa, if desired
sour cream, if desired
green onions (optional)
For sauce: Combine sour cream, peppers, green onions, soup, and enchilada sauce.
Spread a thin layer of the sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan.
In each tortilla place a small amount of grated cheese, reserving some cheese for the topping. Roll up and place seam side down in a 9x13 baking dish. Pour on the remaining sauce, making sure all tortillas are covered.
Sprinkle top with more cheese and bake Enchiladas at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes or till cheese is bubbly.
To serve, place on plate and garnish with salsa, sour cream and a sprinkling of green onions.|||Authentic Cheese Enchiladas
6 dried chile de arbol peppers
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil for frying
18 (6 inch) corn tortillas
3 cups crumbled queso fresco (cheese)
1 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded lettuce
2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped green onions
DIRECTIONS
Snap the tops off of the dried chilies, and place in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain the water, and place chilies into a food processor or blender with the garlic and salt. Puree until smooth. Press sauce through a strainer, and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Soak each tortilla in the sauce, then place in the hot oil. Turn over almost immediately, and fry for about 5 seconds on the other side. Remove to a plate that is lined with paper towels. The easiest way to do this is to fry the tortillas and stack them directly on top of each other until you have fried them all. This will keep the tortillas pliable until you are ready to fill them.
Take one fried tortilla at a time, and fill with about 2 tablespoons of the queso fresco. Roll up, and place seam side down on a plate. Place three of these on each plate. Top in the following order: Start with a layer of sour cream, then a small handful of lettuce, three tomato slices, 2 more tablespoons of queso fresco, and finally, 1 tablespoon of green onions.|||Cook a chicken or buy a cooked one. pick meat off bone. Mix with 1 lb. sharp cheddar. Soften corn tortillas in hot oil. Fill with chic and cheese, roll and place in 9x13" pan.
Sauce:
Heat 1 can rotel, 1 can crm of mushroom soup, 1 can green green chilies (chopped, with juice), 1 lb. velveeta, cubed.
Pour over. Bake til hot and bubbly. Cheesy and wonderful!
Thanks any suggestions please.|||First off enchiladas made with flour tortillas are horrible.
I did this by mistake once and it was really gross
I buy the small white corn tortillas
Mexican shredded cheese or Sharp/ Medium
cheddar - your preference
Green Enchilada Sauce
In a skillet warm olive oil.
In a pan line with green enchilada sauce
Dip flour tortillas in HOT oil for a few seconds
(this causes it to not tear and makes bendable)
drain on paper towel
sprinkle cheese on tortilla
wrap and place in pan open end down
Keep repeating until done.
**You may want to sprinkle a little green sauce
on the cheese before you close it.**
Pour green sauce over all tortillas and sprinkled
cheese on top.
Bake until done.
Garnish with sour cream and chives.
*Substitute red sauce if you prefer*|||You may want to try bettycrocker.com I do not have one myself and it looks like no one else on here has one either. sorry Hope it helps|||Me...I do! Here it is:
1 can condensed cheddar cheese soup
3 cups shredded tace style cheese
1/2 cup each chopped green onions and sliced black olives (optional)
flour tortillas
red or green enchilada sauce (your choice)
sour scream
Combine the soup, cheese, onions, and black olives. Spoon mixture into tortillas, roll, and place in baking dish. Cover the rolled tortillas with the enchilada sauce. Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes or so. Top with sour cream and enjoy!
My husband's birthday party is tomorrow, and I am doing Mexican food. I want to make some cheese enchiladas because they are our favorite, and one of our guests is a vegetarian. I would like something that doesn't have too many ingredients (no more than 10) but that still tastes delicious. Thank you in advance!|||CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 doz. tortillas
1 1/4 lbs. grated cheese
1 med. onion, chopped
1 tsp. whole leaf oregano
3 tbsp. olives, chopped
2 (12 oz.) jars enchilada sauce
To 1 pound grated cheese, add 1 medium onion, 1 teaspoon oregano and 3 tablespoons chopped olives and mix. Soften tortilla in hot fat until it begins to huff and puff, then dip each one in hot sauce. To each dipped tortilla, add a portion of the cheese filler and roll. Place all the enchiladas, rolled and filled, in a pan. Cover with the remaining enchilada sauce and garnish with grated cheese. Place in oven and heat until cheese melts.
OR
SOUR CREAM & CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 pt. sour cream
12 oz. shredded Jack cheese
4 oz. can diced green chilis
1 c. sliced black olives
1 doz. 8" flour tortillas
10-12 oz. can enchilada sauce
2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
Mix first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Spread 1/2 cup of mixture in a line on each tortilla and roll up. Place in an 8 x 12 inch pan. Pour enchilada sauce evenly over top. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until hot and bubbly.
OR
CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 can mushroom soup
1 can refried beans with chiles
1 can enchilada sauce, hot or mild
1 lb. hamburger
Approximately 1 lb. Co-Jack cheese
1 pkg. flour tortillas
Brown hamburger; drain. Mix mushroom soup, refried beans, and enchilada sauce in frying pan and heat. When mixture is hot, stir in hamburger.
Wrap grated cheese in flour tortilla. Place in mixture. Repeat. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. Cover and simmer until cheese is melted.
OR
CHEESE ENCHILADAS
12 tortillas
1/3 c. salad oil
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 (10 oz.) can enchilada sauce
CHEESE SAUCE:
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
6 oz. (1 1/2 c.) cheese
1/4 tsp. paprika
Fry tortillas in hot oil for 5 seconds on each side. Dip in enchilada sauce; spoon some of cheese sauce inside and roll up. Place seam side down in a baking dish. Combine remaining cheese sauce and enchilada sauce; pour over tortillas. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
OR
CHILE AND CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 1/2 c. each sour cream and sm. curd cottage cheese
1 env. (1 oz.) instant onion soup
1 c. finely chopped green onion
Salad oil
12 corn tortillas
About 1 lg. can (7 oz.) green chiles, seeded and cut in 12 thick strips
1 lb. Jack cheese, shredded
1 can (10 oz.) enchilada sauce
In a bowl combine sour cream, cottage cheese, onion soup and green onions; set aside.
In a frying pan, heat about 1/4 inch oil over medium heat; drop tortillas, one at a time, into the oil, turn over and lift out when limp, 2 to 3 seconds total. Drain.
Spoon about 1/4 cup of the sour cream mixture down the center of each tortilla, top with 1 green chile strip. (If you prefer mildly seasoned enchiladas, taste the chiles and use a thinner strip.) Roll up and place side by side, seam down, in 9x13 baking pan.
Spoon remaining cream mix evenly over tortillas, then pour over the enchilada sauce and sprinkle remaining Jack cheese over all. Bake uncovered; 350 degrees, 30 minutes until bubbly. Let stand 5-10 minutes. 6 servings.
JM|||Heat 2 cans (15oz) enchilada sauce, dry mix or homemade
12 corn tortillas soften by heating in a 1 teaspoon oil heated in a skillet one at a time (check to see if they are made with lard or shortening)
fill with:
2 yellow onions chopped fine, optional
4 cups of Mexican/cheddar cheese blend, shredded, reserve 3/4 cup for top
roll and place 1/3 cup sauce into bottom of baking pan then place the enchiladas and top with more sauce and the reserved cheese.
bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes covered then uncover and finish heating until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.
serve with sour cream, lettuce, tomato and sliced black olives
Please can anyone share with me an easy, tasty cheese enchilada recipe. Thanks!!|||EASY CHEESE ENCHILADAS
Enchilada Sauce - mild, 20 oz.
8 flour tortillas
8 pieces Monterey Jack cheese, 3/4 x 3/4 x 6 inches
1 sm. can sliced black olives
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pour small amount of sauce in bottom of 8 x 13 inch glass pan. Put small amount of sauce in a tortilla. Wrap tortilla around a cheese piece and place in pan. Do likewise for the rest of the tortillas. Pour the rest of the sauce over the tortillas and the olives also. Put the pan uncovered in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes.|||CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 doz. tortillas
1 1/4 lbs. grated cheese
1 med. onion, chopped
1 tsp. whole leaf oregano
3 tbsp. olives, chopped
2 (12 oz.) jars enchilada sauce
To 1 pound grated cheese, add 1 medium onion, 1 teaspoon oregano and 3 tablespoons chopped olives and mix. Soften tortilla in hot fat until it begins to huff and puff, then dip each one in hot sauce. To each dipped tortilla, add a portion of the cheese filler and roll. Place all the enchiladas, rolled and filled, in a pan. Cover with the remaining enchilada sauce and garnish with grated cheese. Place in oven and heat until cheese melts.|||Cheese Enchilada
2 large onions, sliced
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 (10 ounce) can tomatillos, drained and halved
3 tablespoons butter (for frying)
10 flour tortillas, from the refrigerator case
Melt butter in skillet.
Add onion slices and garlic.
Fry until limp and a little caramelized or transparent.
Add ground cumin.
Add tomatillos and fry on low for 5-10 minutes.
Add grated cheese.
Remove immediately as cheese is melted.
Serve in flour tortillas.
The tomatillos are like green tomatos - and the flavor is subtle and superb -- they're hard to find so stock up when you do see them in a grocery.
2 Servings|||Hi !!!
Here you go...ENJOY!!!
Cheese Enchiladas
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 can (14.5 ounces) tomatoes, drained and crushed
*I USE "ROTEL", I LIKE MY ENCHILADAS SPICEY...
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon leaf oregano, crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, or a Mexican blend of cheeses
1/3 cup finely chopped onions
16 (6-inch) corn tortillas
sliced ripe olives
In a saucepan, combine chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. In a small bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups cheese and onions.
Preheat oven to 350°. Warm tortillas in microwave then dip them in the tomato sauce mixture; lay them in a lightly greased 9x13x2-inch casserole dish. Fill each tortilla with cheese and onion mixture; roll. Repeat until dish is full. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. 4 Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Cheese enchiladas serve 8.|||Chicken Enchiladas with Roasted Tomatillo Chile Salsa Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence
Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
User Rating:
Roasted Tomatillo Chile Salsa:
1 pound tomatillos, husked
1 white onion, peeled, sliced, quartered or whole
4 garlic cloves
2 jalapenos
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1/2 lime, juiced
Enchiladas:
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken stock, storebought
Chopped cilantro leaves
1 deli roasted chicken (about 3 pounds), boned, meat shredded
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
10 large flour tortillas
1/2 pound Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
2 cups sour cream
Chopped tomatoes and cilantro leaves, for garnish
Spicy Black Beans, recipe follows
Yellow Rice, recipe follows
Guacamole, optional
Roasted Tomatillo Chile Salsa:
1 pound tomatillos, husked
1 white onion, peeled, sliced, quartered or whole
4 garlic cloves
2 jalapenos
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
1/2 lime, juiced
Enchiladas:
Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken stock, storebought
Chopped cilantro leaves
1 deli roasted chicken (about 3 pounds), boned, meat shredded
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
10 large flour tortillas
1/2 pound Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
2 cups sour cream
Chopped tomatoes and cilantro leaves, for garnish
Spicy Black Beans, recipe follows
Yellow Rice, recipe follows
Guacamole, optional
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
For the salsa: On a baking tray, roast tomatillos, onion, garlic and jalapenos for 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer the roasted vegetables and any juices on the bottom of the tray to a food processor. Add the cumin, salt, cilantro, and lime juice and pulse mixture until well combined but still chunky.
Enchiladas: Meanwhile heat a 2 count of olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft and caramelized - this should take 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cumin then cook for a further minute. Sprinkle on the flour and stir to ensure the flour doesn't burn then gradually add the chicken stock to make a veloute. Continue stirring over a low simmer until the flour cooks and the liquid thickens. Turn off the heat, add half of the roasted tomatillo chile salsa, some additional fresh chopped cilantro and fold in the shredded chicken meat. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Change the temperature of the oven to 350 degrees F and begin assembling the dish. Take a large baking dish and smear the bottom with some of the reserved tomatillo salsa. Now take the flour tortillas and briefly flash them over the stove-top flame (or put them briefly under the broiler if using an electric stove). Using a shallow bowl, coat each tortilla lightly with the reserved salsa mix. Put a scoop of the shredded chicken-enchilada mix on top of the tortilla followed by a sprinkle of the shredded cheese. Fold the tortilla over the filling and roll like a cigar to enclose it. Using a spatula place the tortillas in the baking dish and continue to do the same with all the tortillas. Finally pour over some more of the salsa and top with the remaining shredded cheese. Bake uncovered for about 30 minutes until bubbly and cracked on top. Garnish, cilantro and tomato.
Serve hot with Spicy Black Beans and Yellow Rice, the remaining tomatillo salsa, sour cream and fresh guacamole, if desired.
Spicy Black Beans:
2 cups (about 1 pound) dried black beans, picked over, soaked overnight
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a large pot, soak beans overnight covered in water by 2 inches. Drain and set aside.
In the same pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, jalapeno pepper, garlic, and bay leaf and cook until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the beans and cover with water by about 1-inch. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender. Remove the bay leaf and discard. Taste the beans and season with salt and pepper.
Yellow Rice:
2 cups long-grain rice
4 cups water
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 bay leaf
Put all the ingredients into a heavy-bottomed pot, stir well, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover, and cook over low heat until the rice has absorbed the water, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 minutes. Discard the garlic and bay leaf, fluff with a fork, and serve.|||Frozen Red Chili can be bought in just about any grocery store...that would be easiest, just thaw out and add to cooked corn tortillas with your shredded cheese.
For a little more robust flavor, Get the red chili pods that have dried, remove the stems and seed and reconstitute in simmering water. Place chili pods and the water in a blender and puree until smooth. Put the blended chili in a sauce pot and if desired, add cornstarch mixture (with water) to thicken. Add garlic salt to taste and place over cooked corn tortillas with cheese...Enjoy|||EASY TRY ME TRY ME TRY ME TRY ME
Mix two bags of Kraft cubes of cheese (the one with three types of cheese) with about 2 cups of cottage cheese and some chopped onion. Stir it up. Leave plain as it is OR add some chunks of cooked chicken. Take large tortilla, put some of the mixture in the tortilla and roll it up. Repeat to make more. Lay each roll side by side in a buttered baking dish 9 X 13 inch. Heat in moderate oven for few minutes to melt the cheeses and serve. If you desire pour a can of salsa on top but I LIKE IT PLAIN.. ENJOY|||Why don't you try an Enchilada casserole. No dipping and rolling the tortillas.
4 cups of grated cheese(divided)
1 cup of grated Spanish onion
1 can of red Enchilada sauce
8-10 corn tortillas
Spray a 2 quart casserole with cooking spray, coat the bottom with a 1/3rd of sauce. Top with tortillas(cut or tear to fit the dish), 1 1/2 C. of cheese, 1/2 cup of onions, repeat layers, ending with sauce. Cover and bake in a 350 oven for 45 min. Top with the reserved cup of cheese and return to oven to melt, about 5-6 minutes. Let the casserole sit for a few minutes and slice like lasagna. Serve with refried beans, spanish rice and a lettuce and tomato salad.
I'm looking ONLY for their recipe and instructions. Used to have it but lost it...I'm not interested in any other recipes or "no" answers. Thank you|||The actual recipe was no where to be found on the internet. I tried. I did, however, come up with a contact number. Now whether this is for La Victoria or the Mex Grocer, I don't know. If you really want this recipe, I'd try the number. If it's not correct, whoever you did reach may either be able to help you or give you another contact number. The number is 1-877-463-9476. What have you got to lose? I don't think they'll report you to the "enchilada" police for making a simple phone call.
I have been looking a long time for the perfect cheese enchiladas recipe. I don't want onions with my enchiladas i just want cheese and the sauce. I have looked on various recipe websites but most of them put onions and bell peppers and other ingredients. I just want a recipe like they cook in the restaurants.Please Help! Thanks :)|||CHEESE ENCHILADAS
1 doz. tortillas
1 1/4 lbs. grated cheese
1 tsp. whole leaf oregano
2 (12 oz.) jars enchilada sauce
To 1 pound grated cheese, add 1 teaspoon oregano and mix. Soften tortilla in hot fat until it begins to puff, then dip each one in hot sauce. To each dipped tortilla, add a portion of the cheese filler and roll. Place all the enchiladas, rolled and filled, in a pan. Cover with the remaining enchilada sauce and garnish with grated cheese. Place in oven and heat until cheese melts.|||If you want simple, buy corn torillas, fill with cheddar and jack cheese, cover with cheese, douse with a can of enchillada sauce, and bake until the cheese has melted|||Just soften the corn tortillas in a hot pan with oil. Pat them dry with a paper towel and then dip the tortilla into a pan with warm red enchilada sauce then stuff with a good cheese(asadero,monterrey jack). Roll the tortilla and place in a shallow baking dish. Top with extra sauce and cheese and then bake until melted.|||if you already know what you want or dont want on your enchiladas, just make them how you want. why do you need a recipe? baking time and temp, and how to actually put them together would be the same. just leave out what you dont want.|||隆Ay, Caramba! Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1/4 cup flour
1 pkg. 隆Ay, Caramba! Cheese Ball Mix鈩?br>
14 oz. can chicken broth
1/2 cup water
1 cup sour cream
2 - 3 cups cooked cubed chicken breast
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
10 (6-inch) tortillas
Directions
Melt butter in a large saucepan, stir in flour; cook 1 minute. Add 隆Ay, Caramba! Cheese Ball Mix鈩? broth and water. Cook over medium heat until thick; stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream. Combine chicken, 1 cup sour cream sauce and 1 cup cheddar cheese in a medium bowl. Spoon chicken mixture into tortillas. Roll tortillas around filling; place in a shallow greased baking dish with seam side down. Pour remaining sauce over tortillas; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cover; bake at 350掳 for 25 minutes. Makes 4-6 servings.
http://tastefullysimple.com/web/dgoodacr鈥?/a>|||Make a enchilada casserole.Get corn tortillas,red enchilada sauce,cheeses,and meat(if wanted).Then pour a little sauce on bottom of dish.Tear up the tortillas and lay them over the sauce,add cheese and meat,then sauce continue til you have as much as you like.Then top off with cheese.Bake in 400 oven for 30 mins.Add salad and your good to go...
Im not sure what the thick white melty cheese some mexican restaurants use to stuff their delicious cheese enchiladas. Chihuahua right? Id love to see ur tried and true recipe for this!|||Easy Cheese enchiladas are one such dish that can be relatively quick to make for any occasion, especially Cinco de Mayo. The basic instructions are as follows:
Start with a large backing pan; 9X13 will do
Lay in corn tortillas flat side by side
Add sliced or shredded Monterey Jack cheese to each tortilla
Add diced onions, jalepenos to taste to each tortilla and roll
Line up the rolled enchiladas side by side until the bottom of the pan is covered
Cover with additional cheese, onion and garnish with Jalapenos
Bake on 300 for 15 minutes or so
Serve with Refried beans and Mexican Rice
If you want to add or switch up ingredients to add your own variation, here are some other items you can mix and match for a signature dish you can call your own:
Sour Cream
Grilled Chicken
Ground Beef
Shredded Beef Brisket
Pulled Pork
Fresh Spinach
Lettuce and Tomato
If you want to get a more authentic flavor, you can try these Mexican based melting cheeses instead of Monterey Jack. Each have their own distinct flavor due to their regional origins and with some coming from goats milk.
Anejo Enchilado
Queso Quesadilla
Asadero
Manchego
Oaxaca
Chihuahua
As you can tell, this is a very simple recipe for cheese enchiladas that anyone can make within minutes. Whatever your choice in cheese or additional ingredients, this dish will create a fantastic food experience for you and/or your guests on Cinco De Mayo. Garnish with a nice salad, Rice and beans to round out the meal and don't forget the Margarita to wash them down.|||The authentic Mexican White Cheese you're looking for is "Queso Blanco". Another similar cheese that is saltier and can be fried and eaten as snacks is "Queso para freir". Check out more info here: http://www.specialcheese.com/queso.htm Report Abuse
|||That true. Also Monterrey jack cheese has the same out look|||I think that chihuahua cheese might just come from a cow in old Mexico--not a dog.|||WTF???Dude your going to milk a F*cking dog just to get some cheese??? your sick!
Looking for a really fast, really tasty , beef and cheese enchilada recipe. 10 points for the best one. thanks to all who respond!|||For me the easiest way would be . . .
*brown the ground beef
*warm up the corn tortillas
*pre heat oven at 350
*add ground beef to the tortillas and roll them up and put them in a cake pan
*open a can of enchilada sauce and pour it over all the rolled up tortillas
*add shredded cheese on top
*put pan into oven and cook until cheese it melted and sauce is bubbling (about 30 mins or so).
Hopefully this helps.|||I just have a yummy recipe of cheese enchilada with sauce but no beef, here is the link : http://www.baaiidu.com/cheese-enchiladas鈥?/a>
Hope you love it.|||Enchiladas:
2 1/2 pounds flank steak, cooked
Vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
16 corn tortillas
1/2 cup oil, for frying tortillas
1 cup shredded monterey jack, plus 1 cup
1 cup shredded cheddar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cilantro cream sauce (see below)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Chop the cooked flank steak to a fine dice. Saute chopped flank steak in a little oil for 1 to 2 minutes, or until heated through. Add cilantro and onion and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Combine the 1 cup of the monterey jack and 1 cup of the cheddar and mix well. Add cheese to steak mixture. Stir well and reserve, covered.
In another saute pan, heat oil over medium heat. Fry tortillas, one at a time, just until soft, about 10 seconds. Pat tortillas dry on paper towels. Portion out beef mixture evenly among the 16 tortillas and roll up. Place enchiladas on a baking sheet or in 1or 2 rectangular casserole dishes.
Cover enchiladas with cilantro cream sauce and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until cheese melts and sauce is bubbling.
Cilantro Cream Sauce:
4 bunches cilantro
1 jalapeno, roasted and deseeded
1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon cumin
Salt and pepper
Blanch cilantro in boiling water for 30 seconds and puree in blender with jalapeno. In a saucepan reduce heavy cream by half. Stir in cilantro-jalapeno puree and cumin. Adjust with salt and pepper.
I'm planning to make enchiladas for the first time tonight, and have a cheese enchilada recipe. It looks like a very good recipe, I would like to also add chicken pieces to it. Where and when can I do this? I've never made enchiladas before.
Thanks!
Here is the recipe:
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/00鈥?/a>|||you can shread the chicken and add it before you roll them up, or simply shread and add to the top before the sauce. Sounds excellent!
Try this recipe sometime
Chicken Enchiladas
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons cumin powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend
1 red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced
1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour
16 corn tortillas
1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned
1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses
Garnish: chopped cilantro leaves, chopped scallions, sour cream, chopped tomatoes
Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown chicken over medium heat, allow 7 minutes each side or until no longer pink. Sprinkle chicken with cumin, garlic powder and Mexican spices before turning. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool.
Saute onion and garlic in chicken drippings until tender. Add corn and chiles. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute.
Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. Add shredded chicken to saute pan, combine with vegetables. Dust the mixture with flour to help set.
Microwave tortillas on high for 30 seconds. This softens them and makes them more pliable. Coat the bottom of 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans with a ladle of enchilada sauce. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each tortilla. Fold over filling, place 8 enchiladas in each pan with seam side down. Top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F oven until cheese melts. Garnish with cilantro, scallion, sour cream and chopped tomatoes before serving. Serve with Spanish rice and beans.|||Put the chicken in to brown before this bit:
cook it for 5 minutes before you.....
2 Saut茅 up the chopped onion and garlic, then turn off the heat. Add 1 cup of salsa. Dissolve 3 Tbsp of tomato paste into 1 cup of water, add to pan. Add 1 cup of crushed fire roasted canned tomatoes. Taste. If the sauce tastes too vinegary, add a teaspoon of sugar.|||You can easily add some shredded precooked rotisserie chicken in step 3 when you're rolling up the enchiladas. Just add it before you roll them up.
Just make sure the chicken is already cooked.|||Cut a chicken breast into small pieces (or dice it into little cubes) and saute them with the chopped onions in step 2. The smaller the pieces the faster and more evenly they'll cook. Include the chicken in steps involving the onions.
Good luck!|||When I make enchiladas, here is what I do:
1. Boil chicken w/garlic , onion and chicken broth
2. Remove chicken from bone after cooling
3. Warm tortillias
4. Dip Tortillias in the sauce and then fill with ingredients and place in pan.
Let me know how it turns out, or if you have any questions. jessehollingsworth@yahoo.com|||add cooked chicken with the cheese to fill the tortillas. It should be chopped, cubed, or shredded.
Do you have a fabulous Cheese Enchilada recipe for me? They are my favorite food ever but I want to learn how to make them myself so I can use reduced fat cheese and safe a few grams of fat.|||cheese enchilada
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 teaspoons Creole-style seasoning
1 (12 ounce) package corn tortillas
1 (8 ounce) package Cheddar cheese, shredded, divided
1 onion, diced
1 (6 ounce) can sliced ripe olives
1 (6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a medium bowl combine tomato sauce, tomato paste and Creole-style seasoning.
Warm tortillas in microwave, or in oven; dip them in the tomato sauce mixture and lay them in a 9x13 inch casserole dish. Fill each tortilla with cheese, onion, olives and mushrooms; roll. Repeat until dish is full. Sprinkle a small amount of cheese on top.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.|||Tex Mex Enchilida's
1 T. shortening
1 1/2 T. flour
1 T. red chili powder (or more)
1 1/2 C. warm water
1 T. vegetable oil
6 corn tortillas
1 onion, chopped
2 C. grated Longhorn cheese (lowfat is fine)
Melt shortening in a heavy skillet. Stir in flour and
make a roux.
Add chili powder and water; stir and cook until the
gravy is thick.
Keep warm while preparing the tortillas.
Preheat oven to 450掳F. Lightly grease an oven-proof
casserole dish.
Heat oil in a skillet and lightly fry each tortilla
for about 5
seconds on each side. Do not overcook or they will get
rubbery. Drain on paper towels.
Dip each tortilla in the gravy, put some of the onion
and cheese on
the tortilla, roll it up, and place it, seam side
down, in a
casserole dish. Repeat until all 6 tortillas have been
rolled. Pour
the chili gravy over the tortillas, top with more
cheese, and bake
for about 10 minutes. Serves 2.|||These are my favorite also. There are are million recipes out there for enchiladas, you just have to find the one that appeals to your pallet.
You can use white mozzarella or yellow cheese .|||What is to making enchiladas?? that is one of my instant dinner menus. I can toss southern NM stacked enchiladas on the table in 15 minutes flat. The Tex-Mex rolled kind take a bit longer like an hour and 15 minutes.
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
4-ounces chopped long green chile
1 medium onion minced, left overs can be put in zip lock and frozen to another meal.
6 corn tortillas
2 pounds grated cheese of your choice, I like longhorn or jack or a blend of these 2, can also be put in zip lock baggie and frozen to another meal.
Blend soup and chile.
put about 1/4 cup cheese in a tortilla and roll up. pin with toothpick. place in baking dish. When you have all the tortillas rolled, sprinkle onion on and pour the chile mixture over. Sprinkle more cheese if desired over top and bake for 30 minutes at 350 F. Serves 2!!
Stacked!
blend soup and chile.
lay tortilla on oven proof plate. put a couple tablespoons of soup mix on tortilla, sprinkle with onion and cheese. make a stack of 3 tortillas. Stick in microwave on high for 1 minute. put a bit more sauce over it. If wanted add 2 "fried" eggs to the stack. Serves 2!!!
"fried" eggs - heat skillet, spray with pam or veggie oil. put in eggs and 1 tablespoon water and put the lid on for a minute or two. When the yolk is white they are over medium done.
note you can add as much garlic in whatever form you like. Fresh minced, dried minced, powder. I don't use garlic in anything.
Does anyone have a cheese enchilada recipe that is very easy to make and isn't very spicy? For two people...|||EASY CHEESE ENCHILADAS
Rosarita Enchilada Sauce - mild, 20 oz.
8 flour tortillas
8 pieces Monterey Jack cheese, 3/4 x 3/4 x 6 inches
1 sm. can sliced black olives
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pour small amount of sauce in bottom of 8 x 13 inch glass pan. Put small amount of sauce in a tortilla. Wrap tortilla around a cheese piece and place in pan. Do likewise for the rest of the tortillas. Pour the rest of the sauce over the tortillas and the olives also. Put the pan uncovered in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes.|||kraft 3 cheese mix tortilla bread and Spicy chiken|||Extras can be frozen:
Cheese Enchiladas
Ingredients:
2 cupsShredded Monterey Jack cheese (8 ounces)
1 cupShredded Cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
1Medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 cupSour cream or plain yogurt
2 tablespoonsChopped fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoonPepper
6Flour tortillas (7-inch diameter)
1 can(15 ounces) tomato sauce
1/3 cupChopped green bell pepper
1 tablespoonChili powder
1 teaspoonChopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoonGround cumin
1 cloveGarlic, finely chopped
1/4 cupShreeded Cheddar cheese (1 ounce)
For Garnish (if desired):
Sour cream
Sliced black olives
Lime wedges
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease rectangular baking dish, 12x7 1/2x2 inches. Mix Monterey Jack cheese, 1 cup Cheddar cheese, the onion, sour cream, parsley and pepper. Spoon about 1/2 cup cheese mixture onto each tortilla. Roll tortilla aound filling and place seam side down in dish. Mix remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese. Pour over enchiladas. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese. Bake uncovered about 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Garnish with sour cream and sliced black olives or lime wedges if desired.|||I think this is the one you are looking for....
Cheese Enchilada Chowder
My love of cheese is no secret. This chowder is creamy, rich and just plain scrumptious, imo.
6 servings
6陆 hours prep
INGREDIENTS
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
1 (10 ounce) package frozen whole kernel corn
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped yellow bell peppers or red bell peppers or green bell peppers
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded,and finely chopped
1 (19 ounce) can enchilada sauce
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
2 cups milk
1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
sour cream
guacamole
tortilla chips
DIRECTIONS
Add the black beans, tomatoes, frozen corn, onion, bell pepper, and jalapeno pepper to a 4 quart slow-cooker; stir to combine.
In a mixing bowl, add the enchilada sauce and cream soup; whisk together.
Gradually whisk in the milk until mixture is smooth.
Pour over vegetables in slow-cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW heat for 6-8 hours.
Add cheese and stir until melted.
Ladle hot soup into individual serving bowls and top with sour cream, guacamole and broken tortilla chips if desired.|||i use a combo of Mexican shredded cheese from Kraft and Kraft American cheese...or just use Kraft Cheddar and American shredded cheese mix..that way its not to bitter with just plain Cheddar cheese. you can use a store bought enchilada sauce and CORN TORTILLAS...where i am from we do not use flour tortillas for enchiladas.. i like to lightly fry the tortillas in oil for like 2 seconds, just till soft, you don't want them the get crispy. and i like finely chop onion for the top of the enchiladas.
well just fry the tortillas and drain on paper towels when cool enough to handle, add cheese to the middle and roll then when you have made what you feel is enough then add more cheese to the top if you like and add your enchilada sauce and chopped onion if you like and bake at 325 for like 15 minutes until cheese melts..this is easy and Delicious...i hope you try it!!!|||i do!! easy and yummy. i started making it right after i got married and leering how to cook.
1 pack of shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
one large can of Old ElPaso enchilada sauce.
10 corn tortillas.
OK so heat up some cooking oil in a large skillet. just a couple tablespoons. or so. lightly fry both sides of the tortilla in the oil. just until it bubbles slightly. set aside and cook the whole package. put tablespoons. so more or less to your liking, inside each tortilla, not like allot enchiladas are generally small. after you have filled all 10 tortillas place in a 13 by 9 baking pan or a deep cookie sheet. cover and smoother the enchiladas with the Old ElPaso sauce and a heaping handful of more shredded cheese. pop in a 350 degree oven for 15 or 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
a great quick and easy side dish. boxed Spanish rice, any brand. cook as directed but add some flair. add a couple tablespoons. of salsa, and yes more Cheddar, yummers.|||you need corn tortillas, shredded cheese(either colby jack or cheddar, etc. your prefrence), find a mild enchilada sauce( I recomend las palmas mild enchilada sauce b/c I dont like spicy either, you can also add black olives on top of ur enchiladas but thats optinal. so first shred up all the cheese. then you wanna fry your tortillas on both sides in canola oil. just make sure not to burn them. once youve fried your tortiallas heat up some enchilada sauce in a medium saucepan, you wanna take the tortialla shell and dip it in both sides. lay the tortialla flat and put the cheese inside and roll it into the shape of an enchilada. repeat it. then put in a casserole dish and top the whole thing with cheese and olives(opitional) and bake it until the cheese gets nice and melted. good luck~!
I am wanting to become emancipated from my parents this summer. I am a 17 year old girl and am just finishing my junior year in high school. Over five months ago, my dad and I got in a huge fight and he smacked me in the face. That day he also said he wanted to kick me out of the house and I heard him say to my mom that he "wanted to get rid of me, put me in foster care." The next morning my grandma who had heard what happened came and picked me up because she wanted me to be away from my dad for a bit. I packed most of my things and my mom gave consent for me to leave. The next day I checked my bank account and my dad had taken $850 from me. 100% of the money in that joint account was mine from working at McDonald's. I have been living with my nana for five months now. I have tried to communicate with my mom, but she keeps insisting that I call and apologize to my dad. I do not want to talk to my dad, as he is the one who hit me and had threatened to before previously and I am in fear of him. However, a few months ago, I set up a counseling meeting with the school counselor and left a message for my dad a week before telling him that I loved him, I was sorry, I wanted to start over, and that I wanted him to come to this counseling meeting. My dad did not show up. This hurt me deeply. I have not talked to my dad at all. I went on a field trip to Oregon State University for an Engineering Expo and I had my nana sign the permission slip because she is my emergency contact and I really wanted to go. My dad found out I went and went to the school and complained. I got called down to the principal's office the next week and after the principal was done with me, I guess my parents came in to ask "how it went." What hurts me is that they are not communicating with me and I ended up getting a detention for having my nana sign the slip even though the principal felt horrible about giving it to me. I know this is running way on the long side, but I was wondering if I am eligible for emancipation.
I want to get emancipated so that I will not miss out on any opportunities such as scholarships, field trips, and college admissions my upcoming senior year that may require a parent's signature. I have no desire to return with my parents. My nana has taken care of me, but I have been supporting myself through my job. I pay for my phone bill which is sixty dollars per month. I make about $500 per month. I am academically in perfect shape, my cumulative GPA is 3.97 and I am in all college level classes. I want to get emancipated so that my father does not damage my chance at a bright future, please tell me your advice. I am curious.|||With an income of $500.00 a month,you have zero chance at emancipation. To be emancipated,you have to have enough income to pay for all your living expenses entirely on your own. Enough income for rent on an apartment,utilities,food,clothing,insura鈥?and all other living expenses. Emancipation is about self support. You cannot rely on someone else or the government for part of your support and still be emancipated.
In reality,if you are already 17,by the time your case got to court you would have already turned 18.
I'm getting the butterflies for someone again... experience tells me that trouble is ahead... Now, I don't want my question to sound cliche' but I suppose people need reassurance sometimes... that's why so many questions of this nature are asked...
If I ask, I would be putting myself in an awkward situation should the answer be "no." I'm a third year college student... I'm a Philosophy Major... at an unnamed "respected" college... She is in some sort of pre-law program... I met her at this reception before going to hear a guest speaker... we were both sort of feeling out of place and ended up in the corner of room and we started talking... we are both there on scholarships - both from poorer families than the average at this college (also the only young "minorities" in the room) ok... blahblahblah... I started to like her... anyway... she also happens to be in one of my classes... and also frequents democratic party meetings. which I also sporadically attend.. I'm not asking how to follow through, but whether or not to follow through and ask her...
I have had the butterflies before... and it has always ended badly... with awkward situations... and me feeling like an idiot... or worse going through the embarrassing phase of drunken depression...
Should I listen to the french fries and "please try again" by ordering more french fries or should I quit playing McDonald's Monopoly... |||You only live once, so do whatever makes you happy... and doesn't kill you.... Or even if it does kill you, if you're happy enough doing it, go out in style!
The only way you're going to get over the fear of messing up, or feeling like an idiot, is by convincing yourself you're not afraid, you're not stupid, you're not going to mess up. Maybe you did before, but not this time. This time you're smarter, you've had experience, you want this, you're ready for it. Seriously you're a really smart guy, and you know it. So why doubt yourself? What's the point?
Only you know if she's worth it or not. And by it, I mean the effort.
Suck it up!!! Of course she is.|||Well weigh it out on the scales of life and see how it works out for you.
I think you should go for it, but that's only because I've felt like I haven't gone for it enough in my own life. She sounds like a good fit, a lot of things in common which is a good start.|||just start a conversation and ask her out she says no ur awkward for a day or two big deal evry1 gets rejected neways think about the rewards|||Spiders...swallow a few spiders, they'll eat the butterflies right up.|||If you have already shared a couple of moments of light conversation, the worst is over. Go to all the democratic meetings and ask her out for a coffee after the next one. After two or three more "coffee's" see where it's going. You don't need to commit until you both start to feel more comfortable in each others company.
Not until you feel like moving it ahead do you need to tell her that you are nervous and have butterflies in your stomach when you have feeling for someone as special as she has become to you...
Just go slow and be yourself. You seem astute and sensitive, just work on your sense of humour and confidence. (Find out if there is a Toast Masters club where you can hone your public speaking skills. It will help you to defeat social butterflies in all areas of life.
Good luck and think positive. It sounds like she might need a friend too. Stay off the booze if you are no good with it. Most people do better without imbibing...
My husband and I (he is 19 and I am 18) have started thinking about having children. He has told me that he REALLY wants children, he seems like he is just aching for a baby. We are a good couple emotionally and we don't smoke/drink/do drugs. We both have jobs, I am a waitress at eat-n-park, and he works as a cook at a fast food restaurant, not commercial like McDonald's, more like a neighborhood sit-down place. We are both currently living with my mom, but everyday we are looking at apartments. My mom is supportive of us, she lives in a rented house and is close friends with the landlord, we stay in a room for a very small price. She cooks most of the time but we buy some of our food too. He has a car because he has to drive approximately 10 or 15 minutes to work. But I walk to my job because it is close, we barely use the car to save money. I got my job because I was originally planning to save up some quick money for college, I also did very good in high school, I graduated with honors and got some small scholarships, I plan to be a middle or high school math teacher. My husand wants to join the marines. But this thing with the baby is just making me think. Emotionally I feel like I am ready but financially I feel like I am not. I feel like I need to make everything into a list and decide what I am going to do. I really want to have a baby but I also want it to be happy and I want to be able to provide for it. Going to college will take a while and a lot of money, I have been thinking about getting a loan from my dad but not sure. My husband plans to wait before joining to take care of the baby while I am at school. This is all so complicated, I'm not sure what to do. Advice anybody? ):|||it seems easy to pay for rentm food and baby expenses and electricity (internet and tv if you can afford). But believe me...
you NEED to establish a serious budget plan before making this decision. Find average prices of apartments you might want, look at grocery bills to give yourself an idea, calculate all the expenses needed every month in bills, etc...
see if you still have money aside for some saving and some activities with baby and its supplies. You should be able to be comfortable.
financial distess is stressful, as well as having a baby. If together it doesn't work, it'll be chaotic!
make sure to calculate EVERYTHING you will need and calculate your budget.
ps. Don't forget taxes at the end of the year... When living on your own, it costs more|||U both r too young for a baby....Well, having a baby is ur personal decision, but I think this is too early...first complete ur other tasks, and then plan out for a baby...its too early...|||I would say that if you can't decide, then you definitely are NOT ready! Wait until you're 100% sure. That might be years from now... I'm 33 and expecting my first baby.|||if it feels right for both of you, then go for it :)|||I think it is 2 early, Y not wait a bit longer, U both R so young|||get your own place to live first, sort out your finances and see if you can afford a baby and all that comes with it - loss of income or childcare costs, medical bills, clothing and other baby supplies etc. you are both so young theres no need to rush here. you'll thank yourselves later if you set your life up a little better before having children and though you may feel ready now, a couple more years will only help you both. if you are having doubts about being ready (in any sense of the word) its most likely not a good idea right now. wait until theres no doubt in your mind. theres always a little nervousness when it comes to deciding to have a child, but if theres doubt don't do it.
if its complicated to the point you dont know what to do, thats a pretty good indication that its not the right time. going to college will take time and money but if you want to do it, do it now because however hard it is now its only going to be 10 times as hard once you have children to care for on top of studying. take a few years now to set your lives up and then have children. you are both still teenagers and i get that you both want children but honestly take it from someone with kids, dont rush in to being a parent because once you have a child everything is so much more complicated and basically, your needs and dreams will always come after those of your children.
I'm a 16 year old girl and my family has always poor. My parents are immigrants and have always struggled to make ends meet. They don't have enough money to heat our house in the winter let alone have enough money to give me presents for Christmas.
I've always been diligent in school and I do really well on standardized tests (I got a 219 on the PSAT in October and I qualify for national merit scholarships). I also make my bed in the mornings and often cook for my dad. I think I'm the perfect child and many adults would have loved to adopt me when I was a kid.
I've always hated Christmas because my friends love doing Secret Santa each year. My upper middle class friends are all more wealthy than I am and can afford gifts that cost over $50. I'm too proud to tell them that my dad earns $35,000/year (before taxes) and my mom earns $15,000/year. They have to pay a $2,000 mortgage each month. I often have to work at McDonalds for 8+ hours so that I can buy a good present. I'd rather buy myself a present for Christmas because I rarely like presents that my friends give me. My parents rarely buy me anything. For my 16th birthday, I went to a Best Buy myself to purchase an iPod Touch with the money I'd earned working at McDonalds.
I hate giving and receiving gifts because I actually need to work on weekends to earn enough money to buy one of my friends a gift! And I'm rarely satisfied with the gift that I receive.|||It is unusual.
Think of Gift Vouchers from stores that people would frequent, books, a 'bulk barn' that sells everything, music etc|||It's not weird. Maybe if you don't have enough money to buy them presents or don't want to buy them presents just don't include yourself. Tell them that you don't have enough money to do presents.|||No, your not weird. You just sound very ungrateful. It's not about how much money that is spent on gifts, it's the thought they put into it that counts. Your family is not rich, but they are not poor either.|||nope. its completely normal. i hate giving and receiving gifts too. its just a big hoo ha|||well your a noob then|||No it isn't :/|||yes, thats odd. but bail out of the secret santa.|||It's understandable. When I was younger and before my parents got their masters(My Dad a PHD and my mom PSYD. Doctor of Physcology). They were always working to pay for college and take care of me abd my siblings. The only time we would get a gift is either out birthday, christmas or we did sonething good(Good grades ect.) To this day I'm not crazy about gifts abd all that. But I do it for my wife and kids.|||I think more kids are in your position than not. I grew up in the rural south and lived in a trailer, so I can relate to your dilemma. My class exchanged gifts every year. My momma still managed to get a nice gift on the cheap. I, however, always ended up with something dinky. Don't be embarrassed to tell your friends that you simply cannot afford to exchange gifts. Explain to them that you are working to save money. A real friend will understand. Christmas shouldn't be about exchanging gifts anyway. Good luck.
My boyfriend and I have been together for over two years. He's 19 and I'm 18. We both live with our parents and go to a community college. Next Fall will be our 2nd year. He has a "part time" job at Hollister in the mall to pay for college and his car. He works over 40 hours a week at this job. He is constantly working late and whenever a coworker needs someone to cover for their shift he is the first to volunteer. He's becoming obsessed with his appearance and spends his money on clothes from Hollister. He keeps buying food from McDonald's and places at the mall even though there is food at his house. He doesn't make very much money at Hollister but spends his money on food and things all the time.
He wants to be an engineer but he dropped his Calculus 2 class because he wasn't doing well. He doesn't finish his homework in his classes and sometimes doesn't even show up to class. I feel like he has his priorities messed up because he puts so much effort into work and ignores his education. We've talked about getting married one day but I feel like if we get married he won't be as successful as I am because he doesn't care enough about his grades right now. If he doesn't have good grades he won't get into the engineering program that he wants to get in to.
I've tried talking to him about working less so he can focus more on school but he just gets upset because I'm nagging him. He says that he works so much so that he doesn't have to take out student loans to pay for school but what's the point in being able to pay for school without needing loans if he does poorly in school? When he goes to a 4 year school he will need to take out student loans so what's the difference in getting loans now for $4,000 a year at community college vs waiting a year to get a loan for $20,000 a year for a 4 year school?
If he focused more on school now, he could get scholarships to help pay for school. If he doesn't do well he might not even get in to a 4 year school, or if he does he might not get in to the program he wants.
I don't understand why he insists on working so much now when it is only hurting him in the long run. Am I being too controlling by wanting him to try harder in school? How do I deal with him choosing work over school? How do I deal with the possibility that I will be more successful than him?|||Your concerns are legitimate. It sounds like you two are in a serious relationship and I can see why you would become concerned about your future together. The problem here: your boyfriend is young. He wants the freedom to spend his money on worthless junk like most young people do. Having the money to buy things you want right away is a really great feeling. Thats probably why he's so deadset on working. He doesnt understand or see the benefits of college right now. Maybe he doesnt have that "acedemic drive"? Not everybody does. It sounds like he has alot of maturing to do, but he's only 19 so thats okay for now. Maybe in another year or two he may mature, on the other hand he may not.
But it sounds like you really love and care for this guy, so do what you've always been doing: stand by him and continue to push him to do well :) You're not being controlling at all, you want whats best for your hubby and that's alright. However, you should also realize that you cant babysit him. He needs to grow and mature for himself. If he really wants a future with you, let him know what your standards are; that you want him to be equally successful as you. Sit and discuss these issues with him calmly and firmly and let him know exactly where you stand. If he's as concerned about a future with you as you are, then he'll focus his energy towards schooling.
Most importantly though, don't let anybody hold you back from achieving your own goals. If he absolutely refuses to focus, move on and don't let him be extra baggage on you. What I'm trying to say is to stand by his side for awhile and give him time to mature, but also realise when its time to leave him alone and move on. Good luck :)|||He has fallen into the job/money trap. There is little you can do for him and it sounds like he will not have enough credits to transfer when he plans. Also, engineering is almost impossible to do in only 2 years after transferring and usually requires three unless he is an incredible student.
I cannot see a good future here for you two. You have already grown apart and you will grow further apart. You are going to have to tell him he is in danger of alienating you and really the next move is up to him.
But remember you can never change a guy. You can mold him a little the way you want. But only a little.
You may have to cope with the idea that you may be looking for another boy friend when you start university.
My daughter and her undergrad boyfriend drifted apart when she graduated and she found an even greater guy within a few weeks of starting grad school.|||i love your question...can say that i'm also kind of you, guy. you're still young while he did good at school ( If he focused more on school now, he could get scholarships to help pay for school),, dont too obsess much w money now,,,studying is good safe investment( if you have enough qualifications such as: love studying, have dream career, and most importan tthing is doing good at all subjects)..after u get degree,,much much u can earn/ hour?yr position? and none can steal....now, how much holister pay for him??
as i said: studying is investment which you already know its result....up to you. good luck,
me too. now i have to loan my family for studying,,and all i focus on school to try to get scholarship,,,partime job???i wish to find some only work 2 days weekend or abt 10 hours/week only,,,,all i need now is geting good grades.
maybe my point differs from you, but anyhow,,do not quit school|||I agree with you, if he sticks through school with good grades and gets a good engineering degree, big-name companies will be tripping over themselves to hire him. You are not being too controlling, you just care about him and wants the best for him. But, money is attractive, he's having a hard time letting go of the monthly paycheck that he'll have to give up if he focuses on school. Try your best to make him see the long term goals. But if he doesn't agree, you have to ask yourself whether you are alright being more financially successful than him. Whatever you do, don't let him hold you down from your dreams.|||I think the real question is not how you deal with it, but whether you choose to deal with it if he continues down this path. You can express your concern about the long-term implications of his choices, but you can't instill a love of education or good spending habits or similar priorities in him if he doesn't see a problem with what he's doing, and you may ultimately need to accept that the two of you are growing apart in a way that doesn't make future plans like marriage wise.
ok, i want to know how to combine all of my years. If you see my first 2 years....i was an idiot and thought school was stupid and a waste of time. So i blew my first 2 years off. but then i started doing well because i realized that i didn't want to work at McDonald's or burger king for the rest of my life. I have 7 classes on my schedule every year so there is a total of 7 classes.
8th grade:
Keyboarding, i got an A on it and in my school they told us it would count as a GPA thing. so yea.
Freshman( I WAS AN IDIOT)
1st semester: 1.7
2nd semester: 0.8
Sophomore:( I WAS STILL AN IDIOT)
1st semester 1.1
2nd semester 1.5
Junior:(:D)
1st semester 3.5
2nd semester 3.4
Senior(Projected):
1st semester: 3.5^(nothing below a 3.5)
2nd semester: 3.5^(nothing below a 3.5)
Do you think i still have a shot in getting into a college. I really wanted to get into a college in southern california but idk, you tell me. im not looking to get scholarships and stuff, because its already a bit too late for me. have i ruined my future? Thanks!|||As of now you have about a 2.3, taking into account keyboarding. If you get two 3.5s next year, you will have a 2.55. Certainly you will get in to a college. Maybe not your dream school, but you don't need to start studying up on fry-cooking. Besides, there are other factors like your admissions essays and your SATs. And college does not guarantee what the rest of your life will be like.|||I am not sure on how to calculate it but because you did well the last two years you will be able to get in college also depending on your SATs.|||its never too late. community colleges will accept you with open arms, then once you have your core classes and possibly an associates degree completed, you will more easily be accepted to a major college. good luck!
Firstly, I am 16 years old, and I have been working in McDonald's for over a month. In reality, I don't need to work, but I chose too anyway. During my time working, I have hated the experience so far mainly because of the employees i work with. Mainly dropouts who are total jerks and are inconsiderate of others. During this summer, I am planning to do summer projects and I don't really think it's wise to work. Also, during my senior year coming in the fall, I'm pretty sure work is going to interfere with alot of my activities like applications to colleges, scholarships, and others. Basically, i'm just asking if it's wise for me to work since i have so much coming up.|||its gonna prepare you for when you get older, your always gonna have stuff coming up. so keep working|||y|||I think you should work at a nicer restaurant instead of McDonald's. You really should still have a job just for extra money, because you'll be wanting to go out with friends a lot. Have fun, and good luck!|||Well, work will teach you some responsibility.
And it's an extra addition to your CV.
But if you think that it will interfere with studies, then it is wise to quit, or work less frequent.
Maybe you can work in the weekends? Or once a week?
Try talking to your manager about this.|||What you need to do is sit down and think about what you can handle. A person can handle only so much in one day. I was a senior and I had scholarship stuff, I had church projects and just a loaded summer, but I knew that If I continued to work hard at McDonald's then I would be able to have some money for college. I am thankful I stayed because I had to pay for my own books and my summer money I saved up helped a great deal, as well as buying things for my dorm.
Work with your managers and let them know what is going on, see if they can work around your schedule. My managers understood and worked around mine. But again, think about how much you can handle and decide from that.
Firstly, I am 16 years old, and I have been working in McDonald's for over a month. In reality, I don't need to work, but I chose too anyway. During my time working, I have hated the experience so far mainly because of the employees i work with. Mainly dropouts who are total jerks and are inconsiderate of others. During this summer, I am planning to do summer projects and I don't really think it's wise to work. Also, during my senior year coming in the fall, I'm pretty sure work is going to interfere with alot of my activities like applications to colleges, scholarships, and others. Basically, i'm just asking if it's wise for me to work since i have so much coming up.|||try to invent a job for yourself where you can set your own hours. Patching a shingle roof pays $50 for one hour. You can fix most damaged shingles in 30 minutes. Every roof in town has missing shingles. You can learn at any home-improvement store.
Hi I'm a high school senior who lives in Illinois.
I have worked really hard through out high school maintaining a 3.4 GPA at one of the best high schools in the nation with the hopes of going to a private college in either New York City or Irelan (where my parents are from and where I was partly raised.) I have been accepted at many schools in both places including St. John's University, SUNY Stony Brook, Iona College, NUI Galway, etc. I am receiving scholarships from many of these schools (the highest being $13,000 annually from Iona). The problem is I would still have to be roughly $18,000 every year no matter where I go (public, private, Ireland).
Please don't bring FAFSA into this. I have applied but the numbers were off so now I can't get any aid. Just don't bring it up; that option is gone for me so you will depress me even more if you bring FAFSA up.
I want to go to a University but my parents can't afford to pay for me and I can't afford it and there's no way I can get a student loan in this recession. I am not going to a junior college.Don't auggest that. I didn't work my @ss off for the past 4 years and apply to 16 universities (And get accepted at every single one) to go to a "junior college."
So what am I supposed to do? I want a college education but cannot afford it.. Am I going to be working in mcdonald's for the rest of my life? Please help.|||What's the recession got to do with it? You (or your parents) either did plan or you didn't. Current economic trends have little if any impact on financial aid eligibility or education costs.
And in response to your "additional details," you're not too good for community or public institutions, you arrogant snot. A 3.4 GPA in high school is certainly respectable, but hardly impressive. Plenty of honor students attend such schools. Of course, if you believe that suicide is a solution...|||shut up Report Abuse
|||Seriously consider working for a year, bank every penny and reapply next year with a fresh FASFA application.
You do NOT want to start life with $100K in debt.
If you can only go if you incur debt, you NEED to go to a junior college and split the difference. Transfer as a junior to the major school.|||Study your @ss of on the SAT and ACT and get more scholarships. If you get above a 30 on the ACT I believe you qualify for a Fullbrite Scholarship.
There are also federal loans that have different requirements than private loans for college.
If I were you I would speak to acedemic counselors at the colleges you want to attend most and explain your situation, I'm sure they'll have some useful information. You don't have to be going there already to get that information, they'll help any prospective student.|||Don't say you cannot get a student loan...do your parents have good credit still? They can co sign a student loan for you.
Unfortunately, the reality of your situation is that you might have to go to a local university closer to home for a couple of years. State universities are much cheaper and may give you a scholarship to attend, meaning no money out of your pocket.
What you are *supposed* to do, is quit thinking that the schools you applied to are the only ones you can go to. You have been thrown a curve ball and now you have to make different plans. You won't work at McDonalds for the rest of your life, you are just being dramatic saying that.
Since you nix most of the suggestions anyone here would give, such as FAFSA, student loans etc...there isn't much else we can do to help you.|||buy a gun collect other peoples money
Problem: I have been in college for the past two years at Northern Oklahoma College, in Stillwater, OK. I was supposed to transfer to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK, pursuing a degree in both Sociology and Political Science. I want to attend law school afterwards and become a Public Interest attorney. Unfortunately, I am not in school this semester because the out-of-state fees along with tuition amounted to a large sum of money. The last bit of money was not paid off in time. As a result, I owed Oklahoma State University over $6000. The original amount was roughly $5000. There is extra money and loans available to me after I pay my past due balance. I read on a website that federal money is prohibited from being used to pay off past due balances. As a result of not being in school, I am currently living with my parents. Generously, they are supporting me. One of my plans of actions to pay for school and become independent was to join the National Guard. Unfortunately, I received a concussion from playing football in high school. Also, I participated in a psychological evaluation at OSU to find out if i had ADHD. The psych analyst stated that there was nothing wrong with me mentally. Instead, I needed to find ways to motivate myself to do my school work. In addition, my eye sight is very poor also. Therefore, my recruiter informed me that MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) would not allow me to enlist due to my medical history. Seemingly, they are very strict about not allowing people who have seen psychological counselors enlist. Such action is very understandable. My next plan of action was to continue job searching. I have applied to numerous places in my area. For example, Chicken Express, McDonald's, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, CVS, Walgreens, Pizza Hut, etc., etc.) Most businesses report that they are not hiring. Pizza Hut informed me via email that I was not qualified. How am I not qualified to work at Pizza Hut? Fortunately, I had the opportunity to finally be interviewed recently. One of the managers who were conducting the interview told me twice that I did a good job. Therefore, I was confident that the job was mine. Soon after, I called the manager at the time I was instructed to do so. The same manager told me that the job position was filled. So I am still searching. According to snagajob.com and monster.com, there are jobs outside of my community. I was contacted by an insurance company who was interested in me. However, I do not have transportation to travel to another zip code for a job. The nearest public transportation is roughly 3 miles away. If the bus goes where the job is, I will walk. The point is: I need a steady pay check to pay off my past due balance, transfer to an affordable school (if I don't receive scholarships to attend OSU), and become independent. I want to leave the nest as a man, not a bum who got kicked out. Does anyone have any ideas? What else could I do?
Note: The reason I owed OSU money while attending Northern Oklahoma College is because, I was in a program that allowed me to use OSU facilities. My cumulative GPA is a 3.12 and I have about 42 credit hours. For instance, I had a meal plan and lived in a dormitory. Also, this humbling experience has taught me the importance of an education. If you can go to school, do so!
Note: The reason I owed OSU money while attending Northern Oklahoma College is because, I was in a program that allowed me to use OSU facilities. My cumulative GPA is a 3.12 and I have about 42 credit hours. For instance, I had a meal plan and lived in a dormitory. Also, this humbling experience has taught me the importance of an education. If you can go to school, do so!|||This may sound crazy if you've never left the country before, but I'm only suggesting it because it's what I would do (and what I am doing). Travel to cheap countries and write articles online (ehow, associated content, helium etc.) until you can build up your own successful internet business. The point is to live on your own, while surviving, which gives you the feeling of being a man, but at the same time, you can spend most of the day building a business. Then once that becomes profitable, you return to the states and get your own place and put that money into college or paying your debt off. One way plane ticket, $700. Roundtrip, $1200.
For example, I'm 28. When I was 25 I went to Thailand. In a country like that, you can survive on about $8 a day ($4 for a private hostel room, $4 for food each day). Those article companies will buy articles for a minimum of $3, sometimes up to $10. So let's say you're only making $3 an article, and it takes you 1 hour per article. If you work 3 hours a day, there's your rent and food. Then spend another 5 hours working on other stuff like building up an informational site and promoting it or researching wholesale products in that country.
I'm from California, I'm going back over there for 6 months to a year and I'm flying out in November. If this interests you and you need someone to room with while over there, send me a message because I'm looking for more ways to save money while there. If you want to fly over there when I go, send me a message before November. I can show you videos I made on youtube last time I was there. Good luck.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
My boyfriend and I have been together for over two years. He's 19 and I'm 18. We both live with our parents and go to a community college. Next Fall will be our 2nd year. He has a "part time" job at Hollister in the mall to pay for college and his car. He works over 40 hours a week at this job. He is constantly working late and whenever a coworker needs someone to cover for their shift he is the first to volunteer. He's becoming obsessed with his appearance and spends his money on clothes from Hollister. He keeps buying food from McDonald's and places at the mall even though there is food at his house. He doesn't make very much money at Hollister but spends his money on food and things all the time.
He wants to be an engineer but he dropped his Calculus 2 class because he wasn't doing well. He doesn't finish his homework in his classes and sometimes doesn't even show up to class. I feel like he has his priorities messed up because he puts so much effort into work and ignores his education. We've talked about getting married one day but I feel like if we get married he won't be as successful as I am because he doesn't care enough about his grades right now. If he doesn't have good grades he won't get into the engineering program that he wants to get in to.
I've tried talking to him about working less so he can focus more on school but he just gets upset because I'm nagging him. He says that he works so much so that he doesn't have to take out student loans to pay for school but what's the point in being able to pay for school without needing loans if he does poorly in school? When he goes to a 4 year school he will need to take out student loans so what's the difference in getting loans now for $4,000 a year at community college vs waiting a year to get a loan for $20,000 a year for a 4 year school?
If he focused more on school now, he could get scholarships to help pay for school. If he doesn't do well he might not even get in to a 4 year school, or if he does he might not get in to the program he wants.
I don't understand why he insists on working so much now when it is only hurting him in the long run. Am I being too controlling by wanting him to try harder in school? How do I deal with him choosing work over school? How do I deal with the possibility that I will be more successful than him?|||.I think he's gotten himself into a rut. So that he lives in a now world and tomorrow will take care of itself.Unless you can get him to change course.His future is now.When guys say you're nagging. Then that means they know what they're doing,so leave me alone|||Leave him. You need a man who has his future set and his priorities straight.
When there is little chance of getting a job in those particular disciplines? I have a friend who majored in philosophy and he is working at Starbucks as a coffee barrister. He has student loans of about $350 a month. I have another friend who graduated from Brown with a degree in French Lit and his student loans are about $500 a month. He works at McDonald's. Just remember that degree costs money and unless you can pay for it with a lucrative job or scholarships why bother?|||For some people it's not just about the money. Sometimes they don't even care about the money at all. It's about getting an education in something they love.|||I can't see any reason why he got the Best Answer. Matt said at least the same if not much better explained. Report Abuse
|||The US is a free country....so let them be free.|||It would be a sad day for humanity if people stopped studying these things entirelly simply because there's no big demand in the marketplace for them. The humanities are where our sensibilities truly lie, We live in a world of philistines, but that doesn't mean we all have to give in.
Why read books? Why go to museums? It doesn't pay either.
I majored in philosophy myself. I work a boring media job today. You're right: Not much in terms of marketing value. But I am going back for a master's of economics. The subject happens to genuinely interest me too.|||They are easy degrees that have little to do with discipline or actually doing any thing like making money and supporting them selves let alone a family.|||Apparently the people who choose these easy majors believed when they were told, "You have to have a college degree to get a job." Any sane, thinking person knows that to be a lie. I haven't needed a college degree for anything I have done for the last 25 years as a truck driver.|||Is this what University has come to, learning or money?
Philosophy is everything, the world around us, fine tuned from all thoughts of man into one fluid motion....
It is priceless. Philosophy started University from the Greeks Plato and Aristotle to the Liebnitz od Germany.
Thought, Challenging of Thought, Lateral Thought and Revolutionary Change is what has led history. Why is it today that we think so much of money in our so-called blessed 21st Century when the greats of the 17th,18th and 19th Centuries lived Learning?
It is also interesting to note that in Norway Philosophers were hired to deal with the economy! Is that not proof of a decent country acknowledging the universal status of Philosophy? Philosophers were once an intrique part of society. Where did it all go wrong? The love of Capitalism could point to the answer. It should also be noted that Philosophy as it is the core of everything influences everything we do, so an accomplished academic study would improve ourselves.
I am not a Arts student, not a Political Science student but from Mechanical Engineering in a crumbling Australia whom has experienced the closure of Philosophy and other social studies from certain Universities. The fact I do not academically study Philosophy but hold it so HIGHLY REGARD should prove to you why it should be studied.
I blame the way Governments and especially ours has gone to allow University(just as important as Primary and Secondary) to become a commodity. Perhaps one day we will forget about another discipline just because it may not profiteer. You are only asking a question but please never question the point of studying the core of all mankind. Never give these capitalists a reason to take away man's heart and soul.
I've got a 3.75 unweighted GPA, and an SAT score of 2120 (critical reading 680, math 730, writing 710). I'm a National Merit and National Achievement Scholarships semifinalist. I'm an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers, I've done Ski Club and JSA Debate team, I'm an avid golfer although it's outside of school, and I've worked three jobs (if this actually helps) at Six Flags, McDonald's, and *surprise* the George Washington University (currently work at GWU where I am a paid intern).
Now here's the problem: that's about where my extracurriculars end. I haven't been quite as active as I could have. However, I do currently volunteer for my school's band (which I am not in) selling merchandise in retail stores at FedEx Field. Also, my mom works at GWU as the Director of Finance and Administration in their Division of Development & Alumni Advancement.
So whaddya say? Think there's a chance? And what should I work on?|||Hey, yea you are in especially since your mom works there. My question is why are you applying to GWU for engineering? There are far better schools such as Michigan, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Caltech and many others. I think youd be better off applying to a school with a stronger emphasis on engineering.|||Yes. Without a doubt. |||definitely, hands down.
Everyone can't have a college degree. In fact, most people shouldn't have one. You don't even need one to be successful or have lots of money.
Obviously, a college degree is a ticket to a good job, but there's only a limited amount of space available for everything. Let's say there are only 10,000 possible job openings for a certain field, and yet our government is encouraging and paying for scholarships so that 100,000 people can try to fill in the 10,000 job openings. 90,000 people are gonna be left with a huge college loan debt that they'll have to pay off and still not get their dream job. Those 90,000 people would have been better off just working at McDonald's and living within their means, instead of $50,000 + interest rates in student debt (which probably takes about 25-30 years to pay off).
Either way you look at it, college is expensive. It's expensive to run the nice, state-of-the-art buildings. It's expensive to pay for university research departments. It's expensive to run study abroad programs. Only those who have the money to pay for it, or are really dedicated and passionate about their careers should go to college. This would lower the amount of college students, and thus would allow for more scholarships, for the really smart people and those who are really dedicated.
Imagine how much better our government funds would be and how much better the lives of Americans could be if we didn't encourage a system that promotes waste and doesn't even guarantee success for most people.|||Libtards wasted their money on stupid liberal arts degrees, cons generally study business and hard science majors, the ones that actually land you a job.|||the economy is not a 0 sum system as far as jobs go. they can be created by people, and through the productivity of workers.
i agree the america way of living on credit got us into this mess. but however the interest makes most of the money in the economy. its a double edged sword.
im a junior in a small high school in ok. (16 peps in class, 4.0 gpa) and want to major in art.
not quite sure what exactly but im thinking visual arts and that good stuff
but my high school hardly offers any art classes, ( im currently taking a "humanities" class), and that really gets me thinking whether or not a college would accept me without having any good background.. i really love art, and also .. would it be worth it, to pay for out of state tuition, like go to RISD? are there even any scholarships for art? or should i just give up and flip burgers at McDonald's for the rest of my life?
im really confused, any advice would be highly appreciated|||art is not the best career if you want to make real money...take it from me....i am an artist who graduated college. Take your time and find a career that pays big money like a psychiatrist or something or you will be sorry|||Art is supposed to be quite a competitive field. Perhaps you can major in art and minor in something else such as business or the other way around :)
For general career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search.
US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ
Please be wary of those for-profit schools such as a design school.
Okay, so I'm 19 years old and I'm in college.... whenever I want to come home, I have to make my family go on a 10 hour journey just to get me home and I'm tired of it... I want my own car. However, I don't really have much money. I don't really want a "cheap car" because I'm afraid that it won't make the trips back and forth from college. I've been looking into a hybrid to save me money on gas, but at the same time, hybrids aren't cheap. Should I get a loan? Would I even be eligible for one?
Currently I work at a McDonald's making $6.19/hour during the summer full time... at school I'm not eligible for work study due to my scholarships. I will get approximately $1100 this year from my school as my scholarships have exceeded the tuition and such. Other than that, I don't have any other income.
What should I do?|||I like your question being very up front.
If you play your cards right that cheap car is out there for your transportation till such time you have established credit.
Where to find it go to this web page on my website http://www.usedcartips.org/TENTHOU.html from there navigate to Test Drive. I don't expect you to become an expert overnight, but you will have learned some steps in the buying process.
Your at an age with income that you can start to build a credit rating, follow my steps and within 2 years you could have an above average rating and not needing a co- signer or paying high rates, navigate to Having no credit , on website...hope this helps.
I like to see young bucks like you trying to do it right. good luck|||Go to a car dealership. They may be able to help with get into a good used car and finance it for you. The interest rate will be high. Check your credit. Go into annualcreditreport.com.|||Why not get that "cheap" car for getting around and take a bus or train home. Why add a car payment to your "to do" list.|||At your age, even with the best credit possible, you are going to get hosed while financing and insuring a new car. You're looking a minimum combined monthly payment of $500 per month. Likely for 6 or 7 years. Think about that. Every month, month in, month out. You are going to pay nearly double the sticker price of your car in financing over this period. For what?
Utilize the tools available to you as a college student. Doesn't your school have a, "shop", department? Mine did, and the, "class-projects", were sold or donated to students. Not to mention being a great resource for help in purchasing a used car. Don't be afraid of a used car.
Buying used isn't all that bad. You could purchase say a 1989-1994 Subaru wagon for about $3500 right now. You could then have a brand-new engine installed, transmission gone through, and power train gone through for an additional $2000. For $5500, in this case, you could have a car you could rely upon. Not only that, but you can get a bank loan pretty easily as student to cover the purchase of the car. And they will treat you WAY better during financing. As far as putting in a new drive-train, the financing options are numerous. 90 days same as cash, installments, you name it. If you were savvy, and hell-bent on taking on a payment, you could do all of this for around a $150 a month payment for a couple of years. Where you are not indemnifying a loan on an expensive NEW car, you can likely get away with liability insurance, rather than full coverage, saving you more per month.
Buy a good used car. Have it THOROUGHLY gone through. Wait on that new car until you have a huge down payment saved up. By the way, with Hybrid technology being what it is, don't buy one. They are incredibly fussy about maintenance and horribly expensive to have worked on.
I feel like a failure. My sister graduated High School with a 4.5 and my Dad was an excellent student in school who got a full ride.My mom was a good student as well and got a good scholarship and im not. Im going to be a junior and I have a 2.7. I feel like im just stupid. I try really hard. Honestly I do homework with no distractions and really focus on it and always give a good effort but i think im just dumb.I study hard and never go to bed until my work is done. Usually around 11:30.Everytime I comeback with my report card and it sucks i kept trying to keep a positive attitude and say if I keep working hard things will turn around but it never does. My friends all do hw in front of the TV with plenty of distractions and they have 4.0's.My dream has always been to go to a good college, get a job and raise a family like most americans but i dont know anymore. Again i kept trying to keep a good attitude but after 2 years I think its time to call it quits and go get a job at Mcdonald's or something and live my life that way on a part time job being really poor because i guess thats just what im meant for. Do you think its time for me to think realistically and give up and start dealing with reality and get a job?|||as long as you are trying your best then there is nothing else you can do. For some people it is just a lot easier for them, and your friends that have 4.0s might try less hard than you do, but still have better grades simply because they are just naturally smarter. No one can make fun of you if you are trying your hardest, it just means that you are naturally dumb and no one can change that. It's worse when you have potential and are smart (like some people I know) but then they just slack off and don't care about school even though they could be smart if they wanted to...|||Your Community College has super career options that lead to really good careers. Consider visiting them, You aren't a failure. Just give yourself a break. Not everyone is 4.0 material.|||A 2.7 means you aren't dumb. Maybe you're not as good at schoolwork as your sister, but you aren't dumb. You'll only be dumb if you continue to think of yourself as dumb. You are who you define yourself to be - if you say you are dumb, then you will be dumb. But you aren't dumb - so why say that you are?
Are all of your grades in the C-B range? Which subjects do you tend to do best at? Those are your strengths. Pay attention to that, and in college, focus your studies more toward your strengths.
And no, you aren't going to get into Harvard. But you would get into the vast majority of colleges in the US. It's not about whether or not you'll get in - it's about identifying the schools that fit your GPA and SATs, and applying to them. So you won't get into Harvard - so what. You probably would get into Arizona State U, U Kansas, U Houston Downtown, U Texas El Paso, Walla Walla U, U Maine Augusta, U Wyoming, Evergreen State College (WA), Franklin Pierce U, U Oklahoma, Valparaiso U, and a million other colleges. It's not will you get into college that's the question - it's which ones will you get into.
So if you want to go to college, go. There is nothing stopping you.|||Probably college is not for you, but you can still make a good life for yourself in the trades.
After High School, start an apprenticeship in one of the decent trades. You'll need to find an employer/sponsor. Perhaps "uncles" can help get you in somewhere.
If you can't find a sponsor to start, take a 6~12 month "pre-apprenticeship" course at one of the local colleges.
There is no shame in being a Master Craftsman 鈥?say, a Machinist or Tool & Die Maker.
I'm going to go to community college again this fall in order to get everyone around me to shut up about me wasting my life, but I really can't stand my job anymore.
I work at McDonald's and I hate it with a passion.
I've been thinking about trying out a temporary agency. From what I've heard, you work at a bunch of different places for different amounts of time depending on your skills, then you are paid by the agency for your work.
I'm hoping to find a job that pays $2,000 a month or lets me earn overtime. I tried to get a full time job at McD's, but they won't schedule me beyond 30 hours a week, and it's really too unpredictable.
With bills that have to be paid, I can't keep getting a check for $500 during the first two weeks, then one for only $400 the next two weeks all because they had to many people and sent me home two days during the week.
Yes, McD's will give a $500 per semester scholarship, but I'd have to work there for 6 months before I get the money. (I've been there for about 2)
What should I do?|||First of all, I don't mean this in a "mean" way but, almost ANYTHING is better than "Micky Dee's" working a McJob.
Secondly, BE ADVENTUROUS!! Try lots of different things. Make it a point to have a new kind of job each year; then stick with them and try to learn something important from each new experience.
It will enrich your life and you will grow immensely as a person.
The cool thing about temp agencies is that it can be a fun way to live in between being a extra in movies being filmed in your town.
Above all, love what you do and you'll end up doing what you love (for a living, that is).|||Keep the job you have until you have another one. Try the temp agencies if you must. Try the state's workforce development agency (in Michigan it is MI Works!). It is easier to get a job when you have one.
Hope this helps.|||keep the job you have and on your off days or days you are let off early look not just for a temp job but a permanent job as well. Never leave a permanent or somewhat permanent job for a temp job because sometimes when you go to the temp jobs they may not be long as they are promised. YOu can also list with multiple agencies if you just have to leave that mc donalds but make sure your software skills are up to date. Employment is hard at this time so the more experience the better. Also you might want to think about school if you can and look into finding something you like that is recession proof like for right now healthcare so you don't get another dead end job. Mcdonalds is good for starting but if you are not moving up it can be a crutch. Another good idea is to see if another mcdonald is in your area to see if they have posistions.
This is the 2nd time I posted this question and the last time I got a lot of rude remarks like "mcdonalds burger flipper" so if you feel like saying something not at all helpful, just keep it to yourself please. I'm being serious here.
I am getting my associates degree in general studies with an emphasis in social and behavioral sciences (yah I know a long name but my school doesnt offer an AA in psychology. thats what they said to major in if one wants a bachelors in psych. just some background info...) at the end of this semester and although I want more than anything to move on and get my BA and then my MA, I am not sure if I can because for some reason, even though my parents income exceeds the limit requirements, fafsa doesnt seem to take into account mortgage and bills and car insurance that make us nearly broke every month so I dont qualify for anything. I have tried applying for scholarships but never been granted anything so anyway, money is just my problem and I am trying to avoid loans where ever possible. so if I do have to settle at least for now with an Associate's degree, what kind of jobs can I do? I have been told that those who hire psych majors are like schools, correctional facilities, mental hospitals, etc. but is there anything I can do with my AA?
and If it helps to know, my ultimate goal is to be a grief counselor so any suggestions that would have to do with that area of study would be much appreciated. thank you :)|||Not much. I was once faced with the same problem. Actually, in the psych field you really need a Masters or doctors degree for any kind of professional career. Your best bet would probably be as an attendant in a psych ward or hospital. This would give you some good experience as well as looking good on your resume. Also, in some areas you could get a job as a Telephone suicide prevention counselor.
If at all possible, finish your education even if it is only one class at a time. Good luck!|||seriously an AA isnt worth a damn thing|||Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that with only an Associate Degree, you are extremely limited in finding jobs in this field. About the only jobs that you could do would be Youth Counselor at a Camp or Children's Home, and depending on which state you live in, you might be able to work as a Behavioral Health Aide in a Day Treatment Facility/Counseling Center. You will not make very good wages either. The average starting wage for these positions is 9-11 dollars per hours, depending on experience.
A Bachelor Degree will open a few more doors, but you will still be limited. In addition to the others that are already mentioned, you could work as a Day Treatment Facilitator, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist (Community and Home Settings), Basic Behavioral Skills Specialist (Community and Home Settings), Mental Health Aide (Hospital, Clinics, Assisted Living Centers), or Direct Care Provider for Developmentally Disabled (Group Homes). The average starting wage for these positions ranges from 13-17, depending on experience.
A Master Degree is what it will take to make any real money in this field, because that is what is needed, along with a license, in order to provide therapy or guidance to your clients. With a Master Degree, you could become any of the following: Clinical Social Worker, Community Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Career Counselor, School Counselor, Rehabilitation Counselor, or Chemical Dependency Counselor. You could work in any number of locations including hospitals, schools, colleges/universities, Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers, Counseling/Psychological Centers and even open a Private Practice.|||Well, I know you can be an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapist (usually for kids with autism) without a degree at all (I did it right out of high school and am still doing it), so I'm sure your AA would help you get hired there.
I believe you could probably apply to work at a mental hospital as long as you didn't need a job very high up on the ladder. Our local mental hospital takes volunteers to do such things (I volunteered once to work in the mental hospital's library, distributing books and things to people who came in), so I think if they couldn't find volunteers they might hire you.
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I took my ACT two weeks ago and I have a feeling I didnt do so hot on it. I really ran into some problems on the reading portion. I guessed on two passages! The last practice test I took, I scored a 23 on it...which is a pretty low score.
Here is my current academic profile:
GPA=4.385
Rank=5/370
Current AP classes=AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lang & Comp
Job=McDonalds for over a year
Extra Curricular Activities=
Freshmen year: Ecology Club(1 year), SADD(2 years), Science Olympiad(1 year), Student Senate(2 years), Class Council(3 years), Spanish Club(2 years),NHS(1 year)
*After my freshman year, my school didnt have any money to run all of these clubs so there barely are any organizations left to participate in.
Volunteer Services: Beaumont Hospital Volunteering, Cherrywood Nursing Home, St Joseph Church, and I worked at a pediatricians office for one month in the summer.
Colleges I am considering are U of M, MSU, Grand Valley State University, & Wayne state university(only if they give me lots of scholarships)
My question is what would the college of my choice think of me if I have a high GPA but a low ACT score? Would they think Im stupid or something? Im just not the best test taker when it comes to timed tests like the ACT.|||Your practice test doesn't mean much. You need to wait to see what you really got.
Is the 4.3 your unweighted cumulative GPA? most college base it on a 4.0 scale not 5.0 or weighted GPA
Grand Valley isn't that hard to get into.
Of course you have FAFSA which is soooooooo helpful. Word of advice to all high school kids, unless you are living in the ghetto, starving, have parents that work at McDonalds or parents that are crack addicts, FAFSA is not going to help you at all.
My issue is this, currently my nephew has been accepted into Carnegie Mellon, Boston College, Columbia, and Georgetown. Since his parents do not make below 60k a year, his family would have to pay around 25k per year for most of those schools (he has been given some scholarships and financial aid offers which do not involve loans). My nephew has decided that he will attend Columbia.
Anyways my nephew is a lucky guy whose parents are actually paying for his years in college and his parents barely make six figures. Other kids I have known have taken out loans to attend a top university and walked out with debt which has haunted them for most of their lives. I find it sad that people who want to better themselves by going to college are charged heavily with tuition and other things that they walk out with tons of debt, just because they want to go to college.
If you aren't Black or Hispanic, if you can't play football or basketball real well, or if you aren't starving on the side of the street, chances are you are going to walk out of college with debt which will haunt you for a long time.
Does anyone else think this is just a sad situation?|||I have a $60,000 college debt I have to pay. I do not make $60,000 a year, needless to say I am stuck for life with this student loan debt. I found a site with great info on student loans. http://www.studentloansinfo.org|||College is what you do so you can work for other people. Only a fool would work for someone else.
You don't need a college degree to own, to organize projects, or to come up with ideas, you only need a college degree to prove your skills to some "human resources" type who isn't going to pay you a fair cut.|||I had to drop out of high school, because I was to poor to attend that. I needed cloths and food. High school wasn't going to get that for me. I worked and saved money, so I could enroll in a community college. Spent 30 hrs there and did what I had to to make the top grades. I got a scholarship and attended the university. If I can overcome that, you can figure out a way.|||Yeah I feel you. I feel kinda horrible that the decision for me to attend the University of Michigan is dependent on whether or not I get financial aid. I really wish to go there, and I know their engineering program is great, yet if I cant afford it I wont be going. Especially since I'm out of state its like 45 grand for me without aid, whoo.......|||No.
Just like your nephew - any one that works hard can get scholarships and grants.
Kids don't HAVE TO attend a TOP college. Many successful people have gone to state universities -- or **gasp** been successful without college. It is a choice to incur student debt. Some kids actually WORK - like a real job - to pay for their college. What a concept!!!!|||Yeah, you get tons of free money if you fall under a certain income threshold.
You can get 2,500/semester right now off Pell grants and I think Obama made them 5,500 or something like that.
It is actually becoming more and more inciting to become a little poorer. I smell socialism.
You do less work... and by 'doing' less work you get free money! YAY!|||Yes, it's real sad that you have to pay for a service. God forbid anyone pay for something. If federal government would keep their asses out of it in the first place, it wouldn't be so expensive. I've seen tuition rise to jaw-dropping figures. Don't tell me it's the college's fault.|||ummm, college is a service you buy, not a basic right. it's expensive. just like other expensive stuff, some people can't afford it. that hardly constitutes punishment.|||I think you might want to check up on your nephew more often, the admission criteria to those kinds of schools is similar to what it takes to get FAFSA to help you.|||Now if only there was a solution, like state schools, that offer comparable education with a much lower tuition. Oh wait a second, there are.|||Stop Whining... There are NUMEROUS scholarships out there to pay for college, and if you can't get into a BIG, EXPENSIVE college, there is always the more affordable Community College...|||Are you proposing that they take away assistance for minorities? Or giving assistance to more people?|||it's an amazing situation.|||There nothing better than see everyone feel like a minority...|||Yeah. College is expensive. It was for me too, not only were my parents too broke to help out, I did not qualify for much. I got a job and worked my way through. I will say it was a huge struggle and it took forever. My sister graduated in her mid 30s. Life's a *****.|||There are plenty of colleges that give a person a good education but are not "big name" institutions, and don't cost that much. Also, a kid should be able to attend college near enough to where he lives that he doesn't have to reside on-campus. Other than those situations, I don't see where it is all that "sad" that the kid comes out with debt. He/she doesn't want to just "go to college" - they want a prestigious degree so they can make the "big bucks.' Sorry - you won't get sympathy from me, Clyde.|||Barely making six figures? Forgive me if I'm not shedding a tear here man.
Govt. just took over the student loan industry, so we'll see if those loans will haunt for that long now.
I joined the USMC in 04. In 08 when I got out I hopped right into college, and this year Im transferring to a University (CSU... public btw). If he wants education join the Marines and get the post 9/11 gi bill.|||Is it a sad situation? Take on loans isn't terrible. It depends on what they got out of it. If they got a better job than they could have got without it and the extra amount of money they make covers the loans then in the long run they are better off. Do some college students get an education that doesn't pay off? Yes. Parents need to learn that college is a business and stop telling their kids that they have to go to it especially if the kid doesn't even know what they want to do when they get out. This goes double for four year universities. There are alot of jobs that pay very well that can be done with only a one year certificate or a two year degree. Parents should help their teens find out what they are good at instead of shoving them into four year universities and have them graduate with degrees that aren't worth anything.|||Of course. Especially in the age of information. It would be nice if online classes could be offered free of charge, with an exemption test offered in person, at the end of 4 years and if anyone can pass with an 90+ percentile, they could get their bachelor's degree without having physically attended a university. This would encourage high achievement and a huge reward for doing well. It will benefit the student AND society.|||There are thousands of grants and scholarships that go unused because people don't apply for them. Remember the commercials with the crazy dude wearing the suit with all the question marks on it? His book was for real. It actually listed all the possible grants and scholarships that were out there that anyone (not just a minority) could apply for.
Yes you'll walk out of college with debt, but college graduates get picked for jobs before workers with actual experience in the industry, and generally make more money than their uneducated counterparts. So you'll make more money in the long run and be able to pay off those debts.
Your cousin could have chosen a state college instead of an expensive school. He chose one which would cost a bundle and sadle him with that kind of debt. I'd feel bad for him if he was blind sided by it, but he is knowingly accepting that amount of debt already.|||I don't think it's sad. All of the schools you have mentioned are private schools and are very high in demand. There's no reason for a private business not to be able to set appropriate price for their service.
With nearly 2,000 colleges and universities, in the U.S., it is possible to go for cheaper options. Your nephew could've gone to a public college/university, which have a much lower price tag and with a certain level of financial support he might have been able to even obtain his degree debt-free.|||College education was not meant to be for everyone, but unfortunately, the youth of America has been sold on the idea that a high school education is worthless, and a college degree is a must. This illusion has been created in order to offset the erosion of manufacturing in America, with all the manufacturing jobs going to China, no one can make a decent living in the service sector. The fact is that we now have a glut of highly educated college graduates that cannot find a job. The solution is not to be able to send everyone to college, but to regain our industrial capacity, so that making a living with your hands is not such a stigma and something to be proud of again.
I can't afford college, I got good grades, volunteered, was involved in school but the scholarships didn't cover enough and I didn't recieve enough financial aid. I also don't have any money saved up for school (I'm the youngest in my family so there's none left, plus the economic situation doesn't help), so I'm pretty much screwed into going anywhere. I thought about community college but I really can't live at home anymore. I want desperately to travel and do something important. I've contemplated joining the military but it's something my entire family is opposed to. Besides the military, what are alternatives for high school grads that don't cost money? I'm interested in volunteering, I've looked at sites like Americorps already. Any other organizations? Internships? Oppurtunities?
I'm not looking for advice such as getting a job at McDonalds, I'm already aware of that :)
But if you have any ideas of jobs that would get me out of Wisconsin, and doing something meaningful, possibly exciting, let me know,
Thanks!
Some of my interests are english, writing, art, politics, international affairs, and french. But I'm open to anything|||Dollar for dollar you simply can't beat the Community Colleges.
Yes, I know it's difficult to live at home. At least you perceive it that way right now, but you'll be so busy you will barely notice. Or alternatively, can you live with grandparents, or aunts and uncles, or an adult family member like a great-aunt, etc. With the economy at this low ebb, you probably will not find an optimum job. So, this is the best time of your life to continue your education. Jobs are available for math teachers, in financial positions, and in health care and projections are above average for those related careers.|||you know, it's not like you have to pay in cash up front.
i mean, you can get loans.
but there is no such thing as an alternative to college. you can join the military for 4 years, if you like, and then go on the GI Bill, i suppose - and if your family doesn't like it, then tell them that they're free to keep you out of the army by stopping their bitching and writing a check like a decent family would (there are loans for parents, too).|||What if you tried the state schools? I live in California and we have CalStates and the UCs. You can get just as good as an education at a CalState as the UCs. It's cheaper, they offer on campus living, and you could get loans, etc. Good luck :)|||The Peace Corps (though they tend to prefer college graduates) or the Student Conservation Association
You could also get a job that doesn't require a degree (not McDonalds!) and save up and then get a degree. Some options:
--Air traffic controller (annual income is about $102,030!!!)
--Real estate broker
--Physical therapist assistant
--Pharmacy technician
--Police officer/firefighter
Or just type into google: jobs + no collee degree
But perhaps there are ways to get money to go to college? Check this out:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/college鈥?/a>
And also you can get grants, scholarships, and and loans...
I am currently a freshman in college pursuing a double major in engineering and computer science. I have to take about 20-23 credits each semester, and keep a 3.5. I have a really good scholarship that covers all my tuition and pays me about $6,000 per semester.
Currently, I cut grass for 5 family members from spring until fall. I also unofficially teach martial arts 2 days per week, and I am a soccer referee.
I was wondering: after college when I am applying for serious jobs, will the fact that I never had a regular daily job going to hurt me? I could go get a job at McDonald's or something, but I really do not need the money and I would rather focus on my coursework.
Will the fact that I have never held a "real" job hurt my chances of landing a dream job in the future?|||Most freshmen in college haven't held a "real" job yet...speaking as a mid-20s guy I don't think it will hurt you. Especially with the course load you are taking, I imagine companies will be happy to pick up a smart enthusiastic college grad.
My friend Jeff was a computer science major, and he landed a great job right out of college despite only having some valet experience (which IMO is not nearly as interesting as teaching martial arts). If you have a good major, good teacher references and a solid set of extracurricular activities, I think you'll be fine.
If you're worried about experience but not into spending extra time at a job while in school, you can always join some clubs and put those on your resume. Who knows...you might even meet somebody with connections who can help you land a job later.|||No I don't think it will. Engineering employers won't care that you worked or didn't work at McDonalds.
When you are taking 20-23 hours of upper level engineering classes, that is hard core. No one will look down on you for not working a minimum wage job. Your school is already probably a full time and a half job. Especially keeping a 3.5. If you are good on money then I wouldn't worry about it.
However, if you are hurting financially, then you might have to cut back on school if it means the difference between paying your rent or living in a box.
January 10, 1984: Michael visits the unit for burn victims at Brotman-Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
April 9, 1984: David Smithee, a 14-year-old boy who suffers from cystic fibroses is invited to Michael's home. It was David's last wish to meet Michael. He dies 7 weeks later.
April 14, 1984: Michael equips a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research.
July 5, 1984: During the Jackson's press conference at Tavern On The Green, Michael announces that his part of the earnings from the Victory Tour will be donated to three charitable organizations: The United ***** College Fund, Camp Good Times, and the T.J. Martell-Foundation.
July 14, 1984: After the first concert of the Victory Tour, Michael meets 8 terminally ill children backstage.
December 13, 1984: Michael visits the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned very badly during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He donates all the money he receives from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children.
January 28, 1985: Michael and 44 other artists meet to record "We Are The World", written by Michael and Lionel Ritchie. The proceeds of this record are donated to the starving people in Africa.
1986: Michael set up the "Michael Jackson UNCF Endowed Scholarship Fund". This $1.5 million fund is aimed towards students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university.
February 28, 1986: After having had a heart-transplant, 14-year-old Donna Ashlock from California gets a call from Michael Jackson. He had heard that she is a big fan of his. Michael invites her to his home as soon as she is feeling better. This visit takes place on March 8th. Donna stays for dinner and watches a movie together with Michael.
September 13, 1987: Michael supports a campaign against racism. He supports efforts of the NAACP, to fight prejudices against black artists.
October 1987: At the end of his Bad Tour, Michael donates some personal items to the UNESCO for a charitable auction. The proceeds will be for the education of children in developing countries.
February 1, 1988: The Song "Man In the Mirror" enters the charts. The proceeds from the sales of this record goes to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.
March 1, 1988: At a press conference held by his sponsor Pepsi, Michael presents a $600,000 check to the United ***** College Fund.
April 1988: Free tickets are given away for three concerts in Atlanta, Georgia to the Make A Wish Foundation.
May 22, 1988: Michael visits children who suffer from cancer in the Bambini-Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome. He signs autographs and gives away sweets and records to the little patients. He promises a check of 100,000 pounds to the hospital.
July 16, 1988: Before a concert at Wembley Stadium Michael meets the Prince of Wales and his wife Diana. He hands over a check of 150,000 pounds for the Prince's Trust, and a check of 100,000 pounds for the children's hospital at Great Ormond Street.
July 20, 1988: Michael visits terminally ill children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. At a unit for less critical patients he stays a little bit longer and tells a story.
August 29, 1988: At his 30th birthday Michael performs a concert in Leeds, England for the English charity-organization "Give For Life". The goal of this organization is the immunization of children. Michael presents a check for 65,000 pounds.
December 1988: Michael visits 12-year-old David Rothenburg. His father had 5 years earlier burned him very badly in an act of revenge against his former wife.
January 1989: The proceeds of one of Michael's shows in Los Angeles are donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. In appreciation of the contributions of Michael, Childhelp of Southern California is founding the "Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse".
January 10, 1989: The Bad Tour comes to an end. Under-privileged children are donated tickets for each concert and Michael donates money to hospitals, orphanages and charity-organizations.
February 7, 1989: Michael visits the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. Some weeks earlier a 25-year-old man had fired at the school's playground. 5 children had been killed and 39 had been wounded.
March 5, 1989: Michael invites 200 deprived children of the St. Vincent Institute for handicapped children and of the organization Big Brothers and Big Sisters to the Circus Vargas in Santa Barbara. After this event he invites them to his ranch to introduce his private zoo at his Neverland Ranch to them.
November 13, 1989: The organization "Wishes Granted" helps 4-year-old Darian Pagan, who suffers from leukemia to meet Michael. Michael invites|||No matter what great opportunities he sought out, he was a child molester. Even if he wasnt (which of course I dont believe) he was always insanely inappropriate with kids.
PS... none of these examples, nice as they are, have anything to do with promoting peace. They are acts of service (or promotion) but that is different than promoting PEACE. So the prize wouldnt have been appropriate anyway.|||Michael Jackson was not a child molester. There is no proof whatsoever. Report Abuse
Like, last night I stayed up studying all night for science test. And I've been studying like crazy for it for for the past month. And I still got a C and there's kids that barely studied and got a B. It's like that with every single assignment in every class. I just don't get it at all. None of it. I make mostly C's with a few B's. I'm just not good at it. And on top of that I don't even know what I want to be at all. People keep saying to prepare for college and I always figured that I was going to go to a community college, and I probably still am, IF I can even get in one of those. I'm a freshmen and going to be sophomore next year. So, what do people in my situation normally do. I know I can't get a scholarship anywhere with grades like mine and even community colleges are expensive. I really don't want to work at McDonald's for the rest of my life (with all due respect to those that might, it's just not something I want to do.) I've thought about joining the Peace Corp. or Army after high school, but I'm just really unsure. Thank you.|||First of all, you just need to learn how to study. I know that sounds simple, but every person has a way of studying that works best for them, and you just need to find yours. Some people don't seem to need to study at all, but that's just because they get the most use out of what they hear in class.
If you graduate high school, any community college will let you in. They don't care about your high school grades or your SAT scores.
As for money, community colleges will give you a break on the fees if you have a low enough income (or your parents income if you still live with them when you go to college).
Most people don't know what they want to major in until their Junior year of college. You've got a long time to figure it out. Even if you never decide what kind of career you want, you can still get a degree in something you enjoy, like Philosophy, Psychology, Music, Art, etc.|||It is Peace Corps, with an "S" at the end, and you can't get in without a college degree or at least 10 years of experience in agriculture; 20 years is even better. That will narrow your choices down.|||wow, I go through the same thing; it seems like we both have to try 3x as hard as others in order to maintain good grades. even community colleges expect some good effort and acceptable grades, just keep putting in your best!
in order to get into any college without paying your life savings, you should put in lots of applications to as many scholarships as possible, I'm pretty sure that businesses that your parents work in can offer scholarships regardless of your grades, and there are several others, you just gotta look them up.
As for the military, you really need to make sure you know what you're doing, just look for a recruiter and find out what they offer education wise, and what the service is like. I'm in the army reserve and my college is paid for as long as i keep up some good grades, but some of the things we have to do in service is difficult.
Good luck, and do your best, you really can do it as long as you try your hardest.
I hope i was a good help.|||Look Guy, school just isn't everybodies thing. You seem like a smart kid and just because your not doing so well right now doesn't mean you're finished. If you really wanna improve your grade talk to your parents or school counselor about getting a tutor. In terms of what you wanna be... most people have no clue till they're seniors and even when they get into university the average rate of people changing their major is 2-3. You're just a fresh man so don't stress too hard. Best of luck Guy!|||Don't stress yourself or look down upon yourself. A lot of kids feel like that about school and their future. You can always go to community college and take a bunch of classes that might interest you and earn a bunch of credits while doing so. If you do that, I guarantee you'll find out what interests you and what you might want to study for the future. You can also apply for financial aid at a CC. If you want to join to Peace Corps, then that's a very noble thing to do as well. Just keep thinking about it, and one day it'll just hit you. I was the same way.|||Okay first off you can get a tutor.ask your treachers about a tutor or maybe,even one of your friends could help u out.another thing is if u talk to your teachers they can usually help u some way ,either with extra credit or by going over what you missed so you understand it better.teachers are there for a reason even if u hate them.honestly dont worry about grades ,it really doesnt matter as much as you think it does.you can pretty much get any job with average grades one way or another (even if u go to a community colledge) and during freshmen year honestly hardly anyone knows what they wamt to do with their life and if they do theyll probably change there mind by the end of highschool.
I had a narrowed it down to Compton Junior College and Airco Techincal Institute.They both are offering me scholarships for baseball but Aamco school of mechanics is offering me more money. The only reason why i want to go to McDonalds School of Hamburgers is because i live there but my parents said whichever i have a better future at. I wanna be in the Majors someday (as a vendor) and i know i have the potential but i want to get off the right step who should i pick im in a tough situation.
You'd think someone with all these offers would be talking friends and family, but I have no friends or family.|||I would give some serious consideration to the South Harmon Institute of Technology also known as S.H.I.T.|||Airco Techincal Institute defiatley|||that is a good career and you can make a lot of money.
I worked as a Shea Stadium vendor and made 50,000 in 6 months, it was great.
You have the highest of aspirations but need to study hard and learn the trade.
I promise it will be worth the effort, good luck : )|||How can your parents be advising you if you have no family???
I am fourteen years of age and am interested in gaining work experience and a little extra cash.
Basically, I am having trouble finding jobs NOT in food-service. Honestly, yes, I could very well apply to McDonalds with all the other kids from my school, but that is not the kind of work atmosphere I am comfortable in, with minimum wage and too many people behind the counter.
I don't want to tutor, babysit, or teach piano lessons because those jobs are commission-based and I would prefer a fixed salary. It would be hard to gather clients. Also, I am beginning my job hunt now but will most likely wait until summer to take up a job, during which time my "students" would be on vacation or enjoying their break.
Retail might be okay, but I am not very persuasive and I hate the idea of standing on my feet all day and maintaining a sales quota.
Okay, so at this point I sound a little conceited and lazy, I know. In my defense, all I could ask for in a first job is one that will utilize what I have worked my whole life (hah!) to achieve: straight A's, 4.4 GPA, a 29 Composite ACT Score, a spotless permanent record, two partial scholarships to my private high school, proficiency in Spanish, expertise in piano performance, decent typing skills and more. Catch my drift? I haven't ever met a McDonlad's employee with these credentials, much less one in ninth grade.
In addition, a job that would give me experience or even learning opportunities in my fields of interest would be a plus. I am knowledgeable in biology, chemistry, medicine, and algebra, as I hope to be a pediatric anesthesiologist someday. English and reading comprehension are my best subjects, which is useful as well. Some jobs I am researching/considering include the following:
---medical technician (CPhT must graduate high school, Alabama law prohibits technicians under 17)
---research assistant---i have close friends who have done so, living at the University and assisting in their laboratories
---medical secretary
---sales associate
So, community, what do you think? Have I raised my expectations too high for a first job? Could you suggest other jobs for me or elaborate on the ones I provided? Am I cut out for the working world?
Thanks in advance for your honest opinion. =)|||Hey I didn't start work until I was 16 and now I earn bucket loads. You do what you feel your capable of. I think it's great your 14 and you want to start at the top but it does not work that way in the workforce you need experience and need to be confident and get yourself out there attitude. But you don't want to wait tables your whole life so do what you think you can for now and get the better jobs as your experience goes up. So just use these small times jobs as a stepping stone then get into the industries you want when you are eligible enough or wait it out until your at uni/college. You can get heaps of good jobs like that when your at uni or college.|||Why not start your own business and appoint yourself CEO?|||complete ur studies..............|||It's not always clear how to start looking for a job, I was in a bit of a hole during the last couple of weeks when I was job seeking, until I discovered the site in the box below that provides sensible instruction. I soon got myself going down the correct track, and in a few weeks after a couple of interviews I got myself a really good job.
I got out of high school a year ago. I left for Iowa to live with an older boyfriend at the end of August 08' and I worked at a restaurant sort of business for a few months. We ended up moving to Vancouver BC for awhile since the contract on the job he had was up and his Visa expired. I've been jobless for like 5 months and I am really disappointed with myself, especially since I let a man get in the way of my future. So. I want to ask you guys what I should do for college IE can I get scholarships still, how should I go about getting a loan without a job and is there any chance with the inexperience that I have, to get a job such as a business secretary, something that does pay well and would make me happier than working at mcdonalds or washing dishes. I'm not willing to work a crap job, I know I gotta work from bottom to top, but I have heard stories of people getting 'miracle' jobs like right off the bat, out of high school. Anywho, if anyone could give me some advice that'd be great. I really wanna get back on my feet and go to school and have a wonderful job.|||I would recommend go to the collage near you and ask to talk to a career counselor, trust me they are there to help you a lot, they will see if they know of any scholarships you might be able to get and most of the time you can do a 5year program which involves school and working and the school would find you the job most likely it will be at the school, but its better then working at McDonals and washing dishes. But if you don't want a job working for the school i would look up Job Fairs that are happening near you and go out there with your resume and just hand then out to everyone and don't be picky when you go just hand them out to every person because when they all call back you will be able to pick the one you want and also see which one pays more then the other. Oh one more thing when you get back in to school, which i hope you will, make friends with your TA's, counselor, Prof's, because if the TA or prof know your name and know you, you will be more comfortable to go for them for extra help and also when there marking your test or paper and they see your name a picture of you pops in their head and if they like you they just might be a bit easier marking your stuff.
I hope i helped if you need anymore advice, because i have been there, well not having a BF (because i am straight :P) or GF, but i know what your going through it may seem hard to get back up on your feet but the only thing that made me keeping going was looking at the future and all the money you will be making when all your hard work is done. Like i said need anymore help feel free to e-mail me at ahmed.elbadri@gmail.com good luck
I am a senior in college, living at home, and my mother abuses me constantly. She tells me that my major(English) is crap, and that my plans to teach will never come through, and that I'm not even good enough to work at McDonald's the rest of my life. She yells at me whenever I eat or even get a drink of water. She says she wishes I was never born. She doesn't work at all, or take any interest in my education, she just sits on the couch and yells all day.
I cannot afford to move out. The apartments in the area are EXTREMELY expensive, and to pay for them, I will have to work full time, as well going to school full time. I really want to focus and do well in school so that I can get admitted and get a scholarship to graduate school. I'm not even a bad student, I work really hard and have A's and B's. I don't party or drink either, so I don't know why she keeps saying these things to me. How do I stick it out in this atmosphere for another year? My dad sees what is going on and he is sick of her too, but refuses to divorce her, because he thinks that it'll affect my younger brother negatively. What should I do?|||Whatever you do .... don't give up!
Words can be cruel but they are "just words". When she says something negative, you tell yourself something positive.
I don't know how old your mom is or why she is not working? Is she disabled? Maybe your mom is going through a change of life, or she might be depressed, or both .Or she may be so unhappy and miserable with herself and her own life that she has to explode on you to make herself feel better/worse. Misery loves company. Maybe because she's jealous or envious of you. There could be several reasons as to why your mom is acting out. But for you, I would suggest to carry on the best way you can until you can do better for yourself. Just tell her you love her and tell her it will be okay. Maybe kinda like "kill her with kindness".
Follow your dreams. Don't take what she says personally for it could be a underlining problem. I'm sorry your having to go through this, it's got to be tough on you and I wish I could help you more. But keep our chin up and a positive attitude. You can succeed.|||Honey, you're a senior in college. You have nothing to prove to anyone. You're already a success. And your plans for your future, will only bring greater success if you stick to them. There is a lot of anger and resentment on your mothers part but you have nothing to do with that. That's important for you to remember. You stick it out by staying focused on your goals. AND YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!|||Ask a friend to move in with them for a while, maybe until you graduate.
Or maybe just confront your Mum and tell her what is bothering you, and to stop.
If she doesn't change ask your dad to talk to her for you.
Hope that helps!|||She sounds like a very unhappy person and misery loves company. If you want to stick with your studies then you'll have to stick it out with her too. But look at it this way, you are bettering yourself and will be out of there before you know it. Good luck!|||ask your dad to help pay half of rent for an apartment..... or what about a dorm?
If she hates you then suggest that she pays for you to live somewhere else... that way she wont have to deal with u....|||talk back to her..dont let her push you around and explain how you feel about the stuff she says to u and if worse comes to worse jus move out live with a relative or a close friend for a while till she comes around...good luck|||Her bitchy attitude will affect your brother worse than a divorce. Stand up for yourself. Be like, EFF YOU Mom, you obviously aren't doing any better beeeyotch.|||yell back at her, move to a different state, and yell at her that she should get a job because all she does is sit on the couch!|||what is with her is she jealous because you are trying to do something with your life i would ignore her and prove her *** wrong|||just find somewhere else to go. a friend a relative it sounds like a box would be better than what you are dealing with. quit whining and do something|||sometimes goodbye is a second chance. if u have a good friend move in with them.|||i am sorry for what you are going through right now!i know my advice may sound like crap but i think its the best i can give!i know your mom always abuses you and that makes you feel really bad but dont react to whatever she might say or do.dont back answer her.you seem to be a really nice person continue to be one.always shower your love on her.tell her you love her and kiss her goodnight.tell her you really appreciate things she has done for you in your life.slowly she'll realise that how ever bad she behaves with you but you always treat her nicely and that will melt her heart and to tell you the truth thats what i did with my step-dad who wwas once my biggest enemy but today he is my closest friend,guide and role model!hope this helps you!|||I would just ignore your mother and focus on your studies...go to a local coffee shop or the library and immerse yourself. Take pack lunches/dinners so you're saving some money...or maybe find some friends who wouldn't mind getting an apartment together to lessen the cost of a rental property...Don't limit yourself because of your mother's problems. As far as your degree goes, English is a very distinguished degree. All you need a bachelor's degree these days to be qualified for most jobs that have the $40,000 to $60,000 range. Try to find a job that is flexible with you so you can get your studies done and get some experience on your resume...see if their are any tutorial positions or teacher's aide positions at your college. That might take a chunk out of your tuition for school. You have a realm of possibilities to work with!
As far as your mother goes, she just wants attention. She is probably jealous of you and maybe there are problems that she is dealing with that you don't know about. She sounds like she is depressed about something. She's just being selfish. I would just ignore her and move on with your life and enjoy it as much as possible. Hope this helps!|||honestly, good for you. look how far youve made it. it must be hard, im sure it is. ive had experiences like that too, but youre almost done. be proud of yourself and think about your little brother. obviously, you are not his parent but you being around may be good for him if you say that your mother is that bad. if you have one more year, just accept it. you have to know that you are so much better than her and your hard work is going to pay off. it will all be worth it. before walking into your house, take in the fresh air from outside and see if you can bring it in with you. if she has anything to say to you, brush it off and forget about it. you dont need her abuse and you certainly do not deserve it. youre almost there. everything is going to be just fine, and if not, it will be even better than that. good luck.|||I know youre in a real bad situation at the moment. But my advice would be stay in home and finish your studies.
Dont talk to her anymore, steer clear from her, I know shes your
mother but clearly she has anger issues towards you, dont know why.
When i was a teenager i lived with an abusive father, so i didnt talk to
him at all, picked up different activities out of the home, volunteered at
the library, sports, even a part time job just so i wouldnt look at him
some night i spent at cousins home you know anything just to have
some peace and quiet so i could finish my studies, and just say to
yourself over and over "sticks and stones" and dont let her break you
maintain your focus. Even if a situation is negative you can be
positive. Try to find out what activites there are in your neighborhood
just go to sleep at home, shell have to get the picture that as long as
shes treating you like this you will stay away from her. Or find her a
job, sign her up, send resumes for her maybe shell take the bait.
Sorry, thats all I can come up with, wish you lots of luck.|||Please know that your Mom has a problem...she is obviously not a happy person and its NOT your job to fix this. Your Dad is no better, he is an enabler, letting her do all this stuff to "poison" the family. Your little brother is already changed by this toxic environment!
I hope you can keep in College and do well to have a better life. Can you not talk to a school counsellor about your situation?? There has to be somewhere were you can live and be safe. Living in an abusive home is not good.
I wish you the best!!
I'm in my junior year of high school right now, and I want to be a psychiatrist, and I after research and advice, I learned that I have to do 4 years of college and 4 years of Medical School, and then 2 years of training. But I learned that just because you have a degree doesn't mean you will get a job, I need more advice on SATS and Scholarships, I want to go to East Carolina University, and when will I be able to buy a house and start a salary, I cant work at mcdonalds forever!!! I NEED TO MOVE OUT MY MOMS BASEMENT!!|||The residency program for psychiatry is probably closer to 4 years than 2.
A degree is not a guarantee of a job, but a medical doctorate is about as close as you can get. If you can't get a job as an MD, you're doing something wrong.
First off I don't want to give the impression that I'm emotionally messed up, I'm calm and fine.
But I'm not sure what to do about my situation.
1. I have bipolar and OCD. The bipolar's been a lot easier but the OCD is VERY tight. I can't get any work done at all, especially when it comes to studying, writing, or making plans.
I talked to my parents about this repeatedly, and they're convinced that bipolar and OCD are like Pinocchio and that I'm just spoiled.
2. I have a very quick temper that I can't control however I try. I really crack under stress. It's very serious. Three months ago someone started a fight with me and long story short... I hurt him very badly. He had to wear bandages on his leg for weeks. I do regret very much, it was the worst thing I ever did.
3. I can't seem to stop binge eating. Every day I say I'll stop and then I'll head over to McDonald's or Hardees the same night. I've gained a lot of weight. I'm now at 5' 7" and over 165 lbs. My pot belly and hips and thighs are disgusting.
4. My OCD means that I'm never happy with things unless they're just right--reality is too hard for me a lot of the time and I resort to procrastination and fantasy, especially chatting, reading, and video games.
5. My grades are the worst they've ever been--my GPA is now a solid C average. My parents don't know yet. I have to pull up my grades this semester or I'll lose my scholarship. I have no discipline.
6. I'm a pseudo-intellectual--I'm so involved in my interest in history, philosophy, politics, etc, that I have no grip on reality, and whenever I talk about these things I go gazoo. I have to read the news for hours each day and it puts me in a much worse mood because of my strong opinions.
7. My libido can be hard to put up with, since I'm at my sexual peak biologically and I live in a deeply religious country where sex before marriage and even dating don't exist. I'm still a virgin.
I'm a 20-year-old male.|||Well you've put up 7 separate issues there, and clearly explained your problem with each. What you need to do now is take them on one at a time instead of what seems like trying to tackle everything at once. I too have bipolar and OCD and some other diagnoses' along the line and I know if I try to take on too much at a time I will crash. I can list my problems clearly but have trouble getting my mind around solutions.
1. Dealing with OCD is a tough one.. It takes a lot of belief in yourself and facts and a lot of hard discipline and many slow steps forward (and unfortunately long steps backwards) along the way. Are you on any medication? If not consider a small dose of an anti-depressant preferably containing an anti-anxiety - they ease OCD.
2. I'm a girl and have no violent tendencies so I cannot answer that one helpfully except to say find new ways of dealing with anger and don't let any bottle up at all.
3. With OCD, eating disciplines should be easy, make yourself an unbreakable diet routine of 3 large meals a day or 5 smaller meals for example and a couple of snacks or whatever works best for you and make it a rule. You cant break them!
4. I'm like that. There's no way around it besides avoiding things that can be avoided leaving more time for things that you can't avoid. Don't waste time on something you can't perfect that isn't important in life when there could be something else you need to work on.
5. Focus on school work. As soon as your mind is onto it, in focussing mood, do as much work/study as you can. If your concentration dies down take a break and get back to it as soon as you can. Make yourself a study planner and stick to it if necessary.
6. Gradually cut down on interests leaving you more time for school and things that have to be done. Even if you just cut your interest/hobby time down by 5 mins at a time - its progress.
7. I was a 24 year old virgin. There is nothing wrong with that. If sex before marriage and dating is not allowed and that's what you believe, you stick to it and you will be rewarded for your perseverance. There are a lot of people who choose to remain pure until marriage. Self-control or marriage seems to be your choice there.
I hope I have been of some help to you and you find your solution.|||Face reality and do something about it. Go to the school therapist.|||Hi
In response in point order:
1. Bipolar and OCD often require therapy and or medication to help you find the key you need to control it. See your Dr
2. Anger managment is also a problem to talk to your Dr about, if you are on medication it maybe adversly affecting you. If you are not on medication to stabalise your chemical imbalance you might need to be. See your Dr
3. Over eating can be a side affect of some medications, if you are on medication it maybe adversly affecting you. If you are not on medication this issue is something your Dr can help you with, so see your Dr
4. OCD may not be the cause of the things you list, see your Dr about these issues
5. If your medical condition is affecting you as much as it seems to be, be proactive and see your Dr, don't wait until the s##t hits the fan before your compelled to do something.
6. Intelligent people can often get obsessive about their passionate persuites, if they are stopping you from functioning in life they are beyond normal and need to be evaluated by a Dr. See your Dr
7. Who cares!! really, i'm not kidding, with all the other stuff thats going on it should hardly be a priority at the moment, get all your ducks in a row and one day when your ready for a relationship it will happen, seriously the last thing you need right now is to worry about this. Let this one go for now, it will come to you when your really ready to give something of your self, take a breather on this one but if you must you can always bring it up with your Dr.
I think you need to see your Dr. it might help you get it all sorted in your mind, definintly worth the visit.
Cheers
JJ
Ps my mum has Bipolar and so has my 23 year old daughter, sometimes it can feel like hell but with the right support and medication life can be within your control.|||Hi troll EXTREME,
I know this may sound a little weird, but have you gone to a chinese doctor or nutritionist? It may very well be down to what you eat causing these mood swings etc. which maybe the result of an allergy. It's not gonna hurt to get a consultation and you've got nothing to lose so give it a try and see how you go from there.|||did the doctor actually diagnose you with bipolar and ocd? im guessing no, otherwise your parents would take you more seriously. my opinion is that youre like many 20 year olds out there (including me), who lacks drive, and in order to ignore the reality that you actually have to work hard in this world and put in a genuine effort even though you dont want to, you procrastinate and waste your life/potential with day dreaming and fantasy, and then justify it with this obsurd notion that you have not one, but two mental disorders! My advice? Use some will power and avoid going near fast food, control your temper by using breathing, will power and perhaps a therapist, find interest in other things that involve the real world, like a career you want to work towards so you can support yourself, and masterbate. Do these things and eventually you will calm down, lose weight, become a more interesting person, therefore gaining friends and perhaps a girlfriend, and grow up.
Dont do these things, and you will end up angry, depressed, overweight, even obese, with even more health problems you can use to justify your wasting of your life, old, undesirable, living in your parents basement, if they will have you, with nothing more substantial than a highschool diploma, with no direction, and with only your pseudo intellectual thoughts to console you, which they wont, because most people find other people who refer to themselves and pseudo intellectual as self absorbed egotisticals, who think theyre better that everyone they talk to because they think their opinions and thoughts are more valid.|||Whoa, dude! It's time for you to talk with a professional about all these problems. They seem to be ganging up on you more and more which, of course, is causing you to feel less and less in control of things. Professional guidance can help you see things from another perspective and can help you get it together here.
As to the food thing, this has to be a conscious choice on your part. Instead of heading out to McDonald's, try to figure out something more productive to do besides wolfing down the crap they serve there - take a walk, read a book. etc. You're smart enough to figure this out. If you take some control here it will only benefit you and will help you get control of the other things which are going on so that you don't feel so swamped by them. It takes determination. It takes practice. Be persistent with yourself. And don't forget to get professional help.|||You could try not being so hateful.
I graduated in the top 10% of my class with honors and a 3.8 gpa. Ball State offered me their Presidential Scholarship so I took it, even though it was not one of my first choices. I was an athletic training major and found the program to be extremely unorganized. This turned me off from the whole program so I changed to "undecided" for the second semester. During the second semester I developed some health problems and missed a lot of school. I ended up only receiving credit for one class that I took the second semester.
I transferred back home to Purdue University Calumet, enrolling as a freshman, as I only had a few credits that actually transferred. I was unsure what I wanted to do, and chose biology as a major. I ended up hating it and dropped 2 classes and am down to only 2 at the moment. I'm currently working at McDonald's. I hate Purdue Cal but I don't know what else to do. Transferring was a huge hassle and I dread the thought of transferring again. I also don't know what I want to study so I'm kind of stuck.
Athletic training was the only thing I was ever really passionate about and I thought about going back into that, but it is not offered at any schools close to home. I like living at home and paying a lot less for school, so I really don't want to go back away and pay more for tuition plus pay for an apartment or dorm or whatever. Plus, most schools stop accepting students into the athletic training program as sophomores, so if I finish this year I might be screwed, and even if not, I would have to take all the pre-AT classes that school requires, so I would definitely be a sophomore or higher by the time I was ready to apply to the program. If I could take the required pre-AT classes here at PUC I would, but they are not offered here or anywhere else around here.
I've been looking into nursing, but it's not something that excites me or that I feel like I would want to do forever. I've been looking into certification programs at a local place called In Training, they offer CNA and pharm tech, and I was thinking maybe I could do that in the meantime until I figure something out.
Does anyone have any advice for me? My family, friends, and advisors at school have not been much help at all.|||Life's long and student loans can be paid back. Go with your passion. You can do work/study to help pay for the increase in costs. You have a good track record and your current grades dont' reflect who you are or what you can do. You've had some setbacks; just move forward, even if it means going through the hassle of transferring again.
Well, that's an understatement. A few years ago, my parents divorced, mostly because of the mental abuse my father caused on my mother and I. He is a drinker, and has attempted several times to recover, but has failed.
A few days ago, he was arrested. He says it was because of reckless driving. He called me from the jail, and nearly gave me a heartattack as he had me scramble to find phone numbers for him to call, since he couldn't remember anything.
It's not the first time h's been arrested-a few years ago, he was arrested for rear-ending a car in the McDonald's drive-thru. He was drunk at the time.
After no explanations, aside from a few texts stating, "I'm fine," I called him today to see if he was okay.
Shockingly, he admonished me for calling him, saying he wanted to discuss it later. He blamed the cop's fault, he blamed the slow car in front of him, and he started to yell at me because of a scholarship he brought up a few years ago.
I'm really wondering if I should go to his house this weekend. Any thoughts?
TL;DR, My dad's being a jerk, he might be drunk, should I go to his house, or just let things coll down for a bit?|||How old are you? I wouldnt go to his house unless you are over 18. I say this as I was in same situation with my ex. My kids went round to visit and he was drunk alot of the time and it isnt very stable for them to be in this environment. He wasnt allowed to have them round until he got over his alcoholism and then they just visited in the day but never slept over. Try to encourage him to have counselling and tell him you'll visit when he is feeling better. Be there for him but dont let him feel sorry for himself or blame others as this wont help him. Good luck x
I am sorry to hear he has always been like it. As you are sixteen all I can offer is that you call him and see how he is and if he sounds ok go over for a visit but dont sleep over. My kids see their Dad now and again, they are 22 and 25 now and just accept that is how he is and he probably wont change. Just lost his girlfriend and two other children aged just 7 and 4. It is sad but alcoholics blame everyone else but themselves, they are very selfish.
Please try and get on with your life, treat people with respect and learn from your father, dont go down the same road. Good luck with your future and I wish you every happiness x|||let him cool down a bit, then call him and tell him you want to come by and say hello but only if he's sober. Let him know straight out you wont have anything todo with him if he's been drinking (not just drunk) and that from now on if he's been drinking you wont associate with him. Even if he's in jail, if he's been drinking he'll have to sober up first before you'll talk to him and help him. make it an absolute condition.|||My dad drinks too and I am going to give him a choice maybe u should too. Ur making an effort to c him. He should make an effort to stop drinking and if there are no changes thats it for him maybe if he realized I'm not there he'll change. best of luck.
I've asked a similar question before. All I see is evidence they can't. Look at this for instance:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/鈥?/a>
"Meanwhile, Fryer raised himself, and not very well. He got a job at McDonald's and stole from the cash register. He sold marijuana and carried a .357 Magnum for a while. But he was fiercely competitive on the basketball court and the football field, and that's where he excelled, earning a basketball scholarship to the University of Texas at Arlington.
In his first semester of college, Fryer took a calculus class. On his initial exam, he scored 45 out of 100. "My friends started calling me Colt 45," he remembers. The failure enraged him, and his pride kicked in. "I didn't want to be like everyone else from my neighborhood," he says.
Fryer started working hard in school for the first time. He graduated in two and a half years with an economics degree. Then he got his Ph.D. at Penn State University"
How did this guy get a PhD? He had FRIENDS that motivated him. And he played basketball/football which meant he must have had someone to play with.
You might say, go out and make friends now. But say if I did, what would I do if someone asks me what I do for a living? Turn pale in the face? How is it possible to socially interact if you're already a loser in the eyes of everyone else? And how are you going to answer if someone asks "do you have a girlfriend", "what are your goals", etc.? Not to mention, where would I find a place to have social interaction - I'm not in high school or university anymore.
I used to be taught that staying in school and getting grades is the key to success, but it feels like a farce. Going to school is just a temporary goal to spend your time on, if you have no goals for the future. Most jobs are found through networking, and employers like to see confident, goal-oriented people - the opposite of me.|||Success in schooling and other areas of life is basically all about determination. People who go nowhere in life are simply not determined enough to do otherwise. that's the way it is. Sure it'd be hard but people can have babies at highschool and still pass with straight a's if they are determined enough. Same with drugs.|||Don't get pregnant right after or during highschool.|||It's all in how they choose to deal with things.
Just because someone is "unpopular" at one point in their lives doesn't mean they don't have the same opportunities as anyone else.
Their life will be what they choose to make of it. They are solely responsible how far they go and what obstacles they allow to hinder them and they can try to blame anything and everything (anyone and everyone) for their lack of success, but it always comes back to them.|||Just because you're "unpopular" in school doesn't mean you're going to grow up to be nothing.
Popularity doesn't define anyone's success, unless, of course, you're in the entertainment business or something.|||People who are popular in high school seem to have their popularity isolated to that. Once they enter the real world, their "assets" are no longer of value.
Those who are unpopular are often the so-called "nerds" who end up actually going somewhere in life.
Thank you for answering my question, you gave the best advice so...
I am going to arrange a dinner and invite my family and I am just going to lay it down on the table, I'm going to let them know that there is going to be no more of milking me for money, all giving stops here,NO MORE! and the best way that I am going to help them is to do NOTHING! and that I WILL NO LONGER PICK UP THIS FAMILY"S TAB!!!, I'm going to tell my brothers that I will sell there houses and give them the money from the houses! and as for my mother I am going to let her know that her house is paid for but if she wants to we can sell her house for a smaller house and she can have the left over money but I will no longer be giving her 3500 a month and I will only be giving her 1000 a month and I will still pay any taxes on the house, light's, water and phone ( I think that's fair, she is my mother + she's not a gold digger)
You also suggested that we invest with our money, and we are and have: we have four condos that was also an inheritance, we remodeled from inside to out and we make about 15,200 month from those which is about 182,400 a year give or take a little.
We are also in the process of buying three condo's here in nashville and they are brand new which we will be renting for 4000 a month so that estimated value is 144,000 a year, my point is we are investing so that we can always have flowing income. And as far as finding someone we can trust with our money is NOBODY, we trust no one! My husbands dad is an investment banker/ Broker so he gives all the free advice we need.
And our other plans for this year is to open a night club and restaurants with New Orleans inspired food.
My husband want's to open a couple of McDonalds ? what do you think about that? I want a chain of snow ball stands!( I grew up in new orleans)
I am also about giving back! We mostly give back to New Orleans community because that's our roots so we give to the public school systems there and something that I am very proud of is the McMillians Nursing School foundation which is a nursing program that is free for High School students who want to pursue a Nursing Career and may not be able to afford to go to College other wise!( it's a great program) that allows grades 9 - 12 with a 3.5 GPA to start nursing school! and this is college credits!!! and after graduation of high school 100% of our students receive academic scholarships to go on to the best nursing schools in the US!
SUZI I would love your input so get back to me. Thank you!|||By investing, I didn't necessarily mean in rental units. The problem with buying house/condo and renting it out is that others don't have the same regard for your property as you do. While you can make some good money that way, there are too many out there that won't pay, and/or damage the places. Besides, I am not sure that I would keep investing in homes, especially because this is such a down time for the housing market. It can go down much more, and probably will.
I did not tell you to trust Suze with your money, just to ask her what best thing to do with it is. www.suzeorman.com Catch her show on CNBC. It is just asking her opinion, as she has been a financial advisor for years and is on our side, so to speak.
How long ago did your hubby inherit the money? She said recently, and I have heard this from others before also, never to do anything for at least the first year but keep the money safe. Investigate what your options are so you can think it out thoroughly and do the best thing for the two of you.
I applaud your public schools and McMillians Nursing School Foundation work. Had never heard about that program before, but I think it is VERY worthwhile. You are helping them get a good foundation towards an excellent career. Children are our future and those with only a high school education (or less) are only hurting themselves. I had very high grades, but couldn't afford college years ago myself. Went into the Army, then used my GI bill to pay for college.
Night Club?? Restaurants?? McDonalds?? Snow Ball Stands (never heard of them, but they sure do sound cool!)?? I say if you weren't in business for yourself before, to hold off on all of those for a couple years at least. While I think your business ideas are probably worthwhile, it is too easy to over commit the money and end up not reserving enough of it for long term growth. Maybe take some bus mgmt courses and investing courses would be a good idea for the two of you too.
I would set a certain amount aside and never touch that principal amount, although not sure how much. If you want to invest in the businesses, can you only do one at a time? Take the profits and invest those in the next business? You are probably going to need to hire others to manage +/or work for the businesses, so it is important that you know the business inside and out, BEFORE you invest in it.
I know it sounds like I am being a wet blanket, sorry. Keep the principal safe. There are too many unscrupulous people out there that are staying awake nights trying to figure out how to make your money theirs! That said, love others and don't let the rotten apples (i.e.-cousin with attitude) destroy your faith in others.
Best of luck!! Be safe and be careful!
Thanks for saying I gave the best advice, I really appreciate that! I know some treat their answers as couple points, but I enjoy trying to figure out the best advice to give. Did you already mark mine as the best answer or still collecting answers? Hopefully someone else will put some thought into theirs and give some more good advice!
Usually I am not on for too long, so I am glad I saw this second question too. The SUZI grabbed my attention, lol.
Good Luck! My best to you and yours!! ~ Suzi :)
I'm 16, and I would like to quit school. I know I would be subjecting myself to a life time of customer service work, and would most likely shame my family, but I can't seem to care. For the last three years I have skipped the majority of my classes, done only the bare minimum of homework, and flat-out refused to participate in class. Despite all this, I have scraped by each year, sometimes even earning honors. I have lost faith in both myself and Washington's public school system. I realize that a lot of respondents will tell me the importance of finishing high school, and going to college- but getting a piece of paper does not suddenly make me more intelligent, nor raise my self esteem. Regardless of whether or not I actually finish high school, I am going to end up working for minimum wage. I could rant about the government and 'the man' wanting to keep me in poverty, but the truth is that I'm just unmotivated. Our country needs sheep to herd, and people to take orders at
McDonald's. It is unrealistic to think that every child can grow up and become to Doctor and an Actress. Several years ago, a received a scholarship (which my parents expect me to use in the near future). I would have the first four years of my college tuition payed for, as well as my books and on-campus housing. I would like to say this encourages me to work hard, but it doesn't. It just serves to remind me that I am not as stupid as everyone seems to think.
Your opinion? Would you look down on a waitress without a high school diploma, as opposed to a waitress with an English degree?|||The first four years of tuition and books and housing paid! And you want to drop out? What a waste. That is my opinion, which is what you asked for.
A waitress with no diploma or degree stays a waitress. One with a degree has options.|||Jeez, you're such a pessimist. xD you shouldn't have that kind of mindset about your future. If you never try, how do you expect to get anywhere?
It is true that not everyone can become very successful, but that doesn't mean nobody can. Do you really want to end up living a life where you have to live paycheck to paycheck, hardly being able to get by? You might not even be able to afford to pay for basic things like car payments, internet, or decent clothes, without the help of your parents (who will probably get tired of supporting someone, who won't even try, at some point). And not every dropout ends up like that, but a lot seem to do.
I'm guessing at the moment, you're living a pretty comfortable life, or at least not in poverty. Or else you wouldn't consider this kind of lifestyle an option. If I were you, I would definitely stay in school, because you sound like you actually have potential. And a scholarship like that is an opportunity a lot of people wish they had. And I agree, earning that diploma doesn't make you smarter, but it DOES give you more options.
All in all, its up to you to figure out what you want to do with your life. Don't live your life because your parents or whoever tell you that's how you should, do what you believe you should do. And know that you are your own responsibility, and how you end up is completely dependent on you and what you choose to do and no one else. And no, I wouldn't look down on anyone, no matter their occupation or education.|||So many successful people have dropped out of high school! It's your choice whether you want to continue your education or not, but you need to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons, and not just because you don't enjoy school, or find it boring. Before you make the choice ask yourself what you want to do in the future, because if there's even a slight chance you might want to do something like be a lawyer or doctor ect. then you should consider staying in education.
I would not look down on a waitress without a high school diploma, people should not be judged on their education, but i would however wonder whether they regret not finishing high school and receiving their diploma.
You said that your scholarship reminded you that you're not as stupid as everyone seems to think, why do they think you're stupid? If you have a scholarship it would be a shame to waste such a good opportunity for yourself.
Overall, I honestly think you may be making a mistake and could end up regretting your decision unless you think about this properly. Talk to your parents about it, but only for advice and to at least let them have their say, but don't ask for their permission because obviously that's unlikely to happen! Think long and hard about this and consider how your future could be affected by this choice. I wish you all the best!|||You're -with this step- introducing yourself to the world of faliure !
Your ambitions -if you had in the first place- would be limited an has no major effect on your life !
You have survived 10 years at school , you can handle two extra years !
You should get your diploma then your vision about your future will be clear .
In this phase of your life , you can be reckless , can't make the right decisions ,and your sight for the future is vague.
So calm down and think carefully before doing this :)|||well if you drop out get your ged and god to a comatie collage but dont drop out you can do anything you waant
im majoring in Automotive - mechanics technology....
Im going to take an advanced Automotive program at my school next year and it costs around 5000 dollars ! its a 2 year program and its about 1000 bucks a semester . I already applied for fasfa but they only give me like 400 dollars a semester which is not enough to cover. Im currently looking and trying to find a job these days and its really hard and so far i havent been lucky..yeah i also tried mcdonalds lol anyway are there any free websites that dont require any fees or any sort of thing like that? also any advice i can get from anyone here about scholarships,grants , and money will be greatly appreciated thankyou in advance
I forgot to mention i have a 2.90 GPA and i go to a Community College in California|||fastweb.com scholarships.com or zinch.com
I can't go to college, as I'm not able to get financial aid. I've already looked into many scholarships and grants, but most require that you complete the FAFSA, which I cannot do due to parents not willing to provide their tax information. Ever since I was in elementary school, I've wanted to be an oncologist. I'd love to do something in the medical field, but I know that's unlikely to happen. I thought about becoming a CNA, but I just don't have any way to pay for the classes (I know they're only about $1000 or so around here). Really, I can't afford much of anything, and frequently can't even afford to eat. What are some decent jobs I might be able to get without a college degree of certificate? Please don't say McDonalds or something like that, as I'm already working a job that pays $8.00 an hour, although I hate it. Also, is there any way I can legally force my mom to provide her tax info for the FAFSA? I've tried dependency overrides, but the little documentation of abuse isn't enough to make me independent.|||Most jobs nowadays unfortunately require at least some kind of certificate, or online course, or something.
Illegally:
- Drug dealing
-prostitution
-robbery
Legally:
- receptionist somewhere
- construction worker
- contractor|||Many nursing homes will train you to become a CNA and then you sit for the test. It doesn't cost a $1,000. There are many starting careers in medicine that don't require a degree. And many hospitals will help pay for school with tuition reimbursement plans. If your parents are unwilling or unable to help you get started, you need to get going on your own.|||You can still get financial aid if you apply as an independent student. Don't let your parents not providing their tax forms stop you from getting a higher education. You need college to make a decent wage now. It use to be where you could work your way up in a company without a degree but that has long changed. Get students loans as well. Unless you are filty rich you are going to have come out of pocket with some expenses anyway. You want to be an oncologist then that's what you should be. When I graduated High School I wanted to be a registered nurse, I didn't initially follow my dream but years later I went back to college and got my degree to become a RN and I make $67,000. I'm now going to school for my masters degree in nursing that will pay me even more. There are many many ways to fund your college education. Choose a school you would like to attend and speak with the financial aid department for help.
Okay so i have a GED, but am far from you average drop out i have academic potential. I am going to start community college january at age 20. I plan on maintaining a high GPA 3.5+ learning French(at school) and Russian(at home suffered language attrition) I want to transfer to a top 50 university, problem is my community collegehas no good clubs or volunteer work related to my major. I will also be working part time at mcdonalds. Once i transfer i will double major in finance/international business and possibly minor in economics or something. i wish to study abroad but am unsure if my financial situation will allow me to do this, ill be taking out alot of loans just to pay for school maybe once i transfer ill be eligible for scholarships but as of now this is my plan. I want to work in corperate finance, hedge funds, prop firms, F500 international company basically any finance related good paying jobwill be of interest to me. Do i have a good plan? a one time high school drop out becoming a successful financeir?|||You absolutely do. I too have a GED and dropped out of high school at age 15. Now I manage a million dollar company. I think you have a great plan.
I also suffered from Russian language attrition BTW
I think your background will help you tremendously- Russian Americans tend to be very successful.
Right now I am allowed to drive a '97 malibu and a '74 dune buggy - unknown manufacturer but runs great and is good with the ladies ; )
What I am wondering is what kind of car should I buy for myself, something I can save up for with my part-time McDonald's job. I earn about $4000 a year, and don't really mind saving up for a few years. I'd really like a Ferrari 308, which I can find for $20 - $25k, but I don't know if this is a really good choice of vehicle?
Anyways, I am an experienced driver, and hopefully will go to college on partial scholarship to the Hawaii Pacific University (only 17K a year) so I was wondering what would be a good car to cruise around in with a nice 60's or 70's muscle car feel.
Thanks!|||In this econemy with that job you need a practicle car that is good on gas but if you are an expirenced driver you could definantly go with a ferrari 308 (those r really awesome cars) but they could be better on gas and it also depends on how much your going to drive it and how far|||Unless you are considered a professional operator of motor vehicles, you are just like any other person behind the wheel. That being said, you need to factor in the costs of insurance, maintenance, fuel, repairs, etc, etc in your budget for a vehicle. I recommend you sticking with the malibu - keep it in a good state of tune, and use the dune buggy ( which has a VW engine by the way ) as a 2nd "fun" driver
Right now I am allowed to drive a '97 malibu and a '74 dune buggy - unknown manufacturer but runs great and is good with the ladies ; )
What I am wondering is what kind of car should I buy for myself, something I can save up for with my part-time McDonald's job. I earn about $4000 a year, and don't really mind saving up for a few years. I'd really like a Ferrari 308, which I can find for $20 - $25k, but I don't know if this is a really good choice of vehicle?
Anyways, I am an experienced driver, and hopefully will go to college on partial scholarship to the Hawaii Pacific University (only 17K a year) so I was wondering what would be a good car to cruise around in with a nice 60's or 70's muscle car feel.
BTW --- Will get better job as soon as opportunity arises. Right now I have no job experience to apply at a higher position (lol).
Thanks!|||It's a miles-per-$ question, so be careful to find something to fit your budget.
The important thing is to avoid hidden expenses - ok, so you get a Ferrari for 20k. Have you got an idea of how much it costs to keep it purring? Or to change tires, pads? Or insurance?
so those are the expenses you have to check first. Buying it is easiest of all - either you have the money or you don't.
Go for a good used car, not older than 5...6 years, with documented service history and preferably a single owner. Japs top the reliability surveys, so that is where your investment runs least risks. Stay away from muscle cars, choose something balanced, in other words middle-of-the road engine for the chosen model.
AFTER you have improved your income, start thinking of something else.
Okay so... I am 18 years old. I got out of HS a year ago, and graduated with a 3.8 gpa. But I could not get any scholarships, because I did not do nearly as well my first three years of HS, and didn't have any awards or extra curricular activities. I took a year off of HS to try and get a job, and get in shape for the military. i am not horribly out of shape, but not military-shape, if that makes any sense.
But I have completely blown this year. I spent a lot of time applying for jobs (from Mcdonalds to offices looking for secretaries), and was never even granted an interview. The rest of my time was spent reading and watching TV, and playing on the computer. I did not get into the shape I wanted to be in.
My original plan was to speak to recruiters on September 1st. So now I am faced with the decision.
1) Spend the next two months trying to get in shape for the military, and hope for the best.
2) Join the Peace Corp, which would have me here for another year while waiting to leave, mooching off my family, as its unlikely I would get a job
3) Stay here and try to get a job, and save up for college without financial aid, and loans I would probably be paying off the rest of my life.
HELP??|||Congratulations on getting your act together in high school and finishing with a 3.8 GPA. That's awesome.
It's not too late to find a job for a few years. Go back to those places you went before and talk to people. Don't just fill out applications and leave. Meet with managers. Take names. Show you're serious.
Online applications don't get jobs. Personal contact does. So try that again.
The military is not not a bad choice. Get in shape and prepare for your talk with your recruiter. But definitely look for jobs now. Plenty of people worked through college -- financial aid is nice, but you can get it done yourself. Look at community colleges. They're excellent bargains.
Peace Corps is not an option for you. Although the minimum age is 18, that was set back in 1961, when your average 18-year-old had been running the family farm for 12 years. Now, 90 percent of PCVs have their four-year-degrees -- at least.
That's because Peace Corps isn't, as a lot of people want to believe, a bunch of young Americans digging ditches in third-world countries. It's not that AT ALL.
What it is: skilled Americans teaching people -- mostly adults -- skills and technical training in third world countries. It's not manual labor - it's advising people on complex topics and teaching (or at least trying to teach) things like nutrition, information technology and life skills.
There aren't many 18-year-olds who can do that, and that's why the average age of a PCV is 28.
When I served a few years ago, we had a guy who was 20. He was by several years the youngest in our group, which was in the country with the second-highest number of volunteers. He'd graduated from high school at 16 or 17 and by 20 had not only finished college but studied abroad as well. He was definitely the exception.
So that doesn't help you, I know, but it sounds like you;ve overcome some obstacles. Try to keep your focus, and get *out* (as opposed to relying on the Internet) and look for a job.
Ask your parents if they know anyone who can help. Maybe they -- or you -- frequent places that hire. Don't be afraid to ask people if they know someone else who might be hiring. Make some calls.
You can do it. Good luck.|||Join the military immediately. They will help with the self-discipline.|||Get in shape for the military|||if you can save up enough for college without financial aid or loans, you dont need college. invest that money smartly and in twenty years you can retire.
skip the military. read up on how uncle sam wont spend the cash to properly armor humvees and such, preferring instead to let our soliders die. and how poorly veterans are treated when they return, by our government.
if you planned a whole year to get in shape and slacked off, you probably wont have a rising star military career. so dont end up dead or disfigured for life for a small check each month.|||How have you been able to blow an entire year reading, watching TV and playing on the computer? Do you still live at home? Were your parents fine with this???
Go to your nearest community college and tell them you want to go to school in the fall, and ask what kinds of grants and scholarships you might qualify for. 3.8 is a decent GPA, there ought to be something available. Then, even if you can only swing taking one or two classes, do it. In the meantime, keep trying to find a job that you can schedule around your classes. Be willing to consider anything.
You have wasted a year of your life. Hopefully you've gotten that out of your system. Don't waste any more time! Life is to be lived, not watched from the sidelines!|||I'm still paying my loans and I'm well into my 40's. I don't regret it. I still have a better life than if I didn't go to college. The peace corps is a valid option.
I thought about the military and I would have done it but by the time I decided to join, they said I was too old to be an officer. If I had done it a bit differently, I could have joined as an officer and that would have been good. They wanted me to fly helicopters and I didn't want to do that. At your age, and with that GPA you are probably smart and if you join and do well on the tests, you will likely go to officers training school and that's a great gig.
Recently I decided to move to a different state, but then I changed my mind. I want to know if i'm making the best decision staying?
I live in Indiana, in a very small town where jobs are impossible to find (you are lucky if McDonalds is hiring!) A lot of people I hang around with are always telling me that I act like i'm better than them. I don't know if there joking or what, but just because I talk about leaving here (which hardly anyone does) and going to a big city and starting a future, i think Im better than them. I hate it here in my town. Everyone is into drugs. They have terrible drugs busts all the time here. And if you're like me, someone who doesn't smoke, drink, do drugs, party, and focused on the future, you are labeled a loser and you hardly have any friends. I don't have many friends and those I do have, I only text them, they dont want to hang out with me because i'm a loser, I don't have a boyfriend and have never had one even though im 21 years old, and I'm not close to any of my family (except for my mom).
I am currently in college getting a degree in English. I really want to work in a magazine. But I plan on going to school for another degree, maybe psychology. I want a second degree because I know it will be hard to find a job in a magazine so this is gonna be my back up plan.
I'm an only child and live with my mom and Im close to my mom too. I have a chihuahua so her being happy is important to me. The people around me is always telling me that I will never amount to anything because no one in my family has a degree and has never moved out of Indiana. I'm always hearing negative crap and I get sick of it and really upsets me.
My dream has always been to move to New York or California, but I don't have a lot of money. But really, I just want to get out of Indiana. Just the money I will get from student loans, financial aid, grants, and scholarships. But I was planning on finding a job in the city before I moved, when I was moving.
The reason why I changed my mind is because I got tired of everyone telling me that I was making a stupid decision. Like one time when I went to the place I used to work at (I had to quit because they wouldn't let me off for school, plus I was getting harrassed by an older coworker) and they said they heard I wasn't thinking about moving away and when I told them yes. They told me not to do it that it was a mistake since I was moving by myself to a place I dont know anyone, I told them my mom wouldn't come with me and they said thats because your mom doesn't want to go. This really upset me. So my feelings dont count? Am I supposed to live somewhere the rest of my life because my mom doesn't want to move? I dont think this is fair. I didn't ask to live here. I felt like telling them well I dont want to work in a grocery store, minimum wage, hating it, barely making it for the rest of my life. Instead I said that I had to move to one of those places because thats where the places are for the jobs i wanted.
So I want to know.... am I making a good choice staying in Indiana or should I move??? I was thinking about waiting a year to decide. So if I should move, when do you think I should???|||Will your job prospects be better in a year? Is that when you'll graduate with your degree? Getting a job will surely be easier once you have a qualification, so waiting till then seems like a good idea. However, if you can find a job and a place in a city then why not go? I suspect that it's more because it's a huge, new, scary idea that you're putting it off, rather than what other people say. Try to sort out your own feelings, and dont worry about what anyone else says. Some people are happy to stay where they are, and things are familiar. That doesn't mean you're wrong for wanting something different, but it does mean some of those others will be jealous of your ambitions and say nasty things out of spite. Forget what other people say, and think about what's best for you. Look into jobs in the cities you are interested in. I know it's difficult to get affordable housing in New York, so you might want to do quite a bit of research there. Do the research, make plans, and carry them out. There is nothing to stop you coming back home if you decide you dont like it. Also, you dont need to tell people your plans. That's bound to cause bad feeling, since to them it seems like a criticism of their choice. Keep it to yourself, do research, make plans, and go, if that's what you want.|||hi, you obviously sound very confused & upset, but let me ask you this...
would you feel more upset with yourself if you didn't take that chance and moved to a bigger city?
do you want to be held back because some of your so called friends & neighbors are scaring your to move away? (it seems like they don't want you to succeed because they didn't... misery loves company...)
I can sense you care about your mom & you have big dreams of leaving that tiny town of yours...
so my advice is, bite the bullet & live your dreams. You'll regret not taking a chance when you're 40 & working at McDonald's as their night time manager.
GO! LEAVE YOUR TOWN! WORK HARD! LIVE YOUR DREAMS! PROVE THEM WRONG =)
and good luck you can do it!|||You have to make your own decisions about your life. Don't let these negative people affect your decision to make a better life for yourself. They are jealous, they are stuck in a dead end job in a dead end town and are going nowhere. You can't stay just for your mom either. She has made her decision on her life, you need to make yours. As a mother myself, I want my grown children to be happy, not be responsible for me. Get your degree in English and try to get a job that you can support yourself whereever you want to live. Or you could transfer to another college, at least get out of that small minded town your in, go to an in state college so the tuition is less, live in residence halls, try to get on a work study program and look for part time work for money. This will get you started and out on your own. Get away from all the negativity where you are, make a better life for yourself.|||IMHO, I think you are wise to leave your small town where the opportunities are so limited. However, I would suggest a two-stage move rather than making a major leap. I would suggest first finishing your degree at Purdue, IU or IUPUI, if it is not too late to transfer. Get an off-campus apartment that permits pets so you can take your dog along, or get a room on campus and leave your dog with your family until you find a permanent home and job. During you senior year, find a paid internship in New York, California, or Chicago (don't overlook the advantages of Chicago - big city life, easy commute to home in Indiana). The internship will give you a feel for whether you really like the environment. You will also be more aware of what the job possibilities for you are (and are not). The internship could lead to a permanent job, and it will give you an opportunity to get to know people in the area where you think you might want to settle before moving there permanently.
Psychology may not be a good choice as a backup degree unless you plan to go on to graduate or professional school. There are few jobs that specifically require a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Im a jr in HS and by far this has been the hardest year ever. Im taking 5 AP classes(chemisty, biology, english language, calculus, and US history) plus Japanese 3 and acccounting. I made strait A's last 9 wks but at the expense of my social life. I have two best friends whose schedule's this yr have become just as hectic as mine so we hardly find time to hang out. I volunteer at Boys & Girl's club after school to get volunteer hours for a scholarship. I like working with the kids but to get there I have to catch the city bus and everyday some smelly old guy hits on me. My mom's job doesnt give her over time anymore so I have to work on weekends. I work at McDonald's and it wasnt so bad when I had a friend working there w/me. But he quit bc this black guy called him a "retarded cracker". Everytime someone calls me a n-word,hoe, etc I want to quit but I cant bc I have to help w/ the rent. Last yr this kid at my school was shot and he died. Sometimes I think I should make more time for|||You are an amazing young woman and I wish I had 1/2 the energy and drive that you do. You work hard because you know it's what you need to do. Do you want YOUR children going through the hell you're going through right now? NO. Keep your chin up, and KNOW, it won't be like this forever. There are a lot of universities who would be more than willing to pay your way through college. Keep up the good work and don't give up.|||I know how you feel...life is too short to be working this hard...I always have this saying in the back of my mind "I came into this world with nothing, and when I leave I'm not taking anything with me so why am I getting all worked up about the time in between."|||Wow ur life sucks lol jk but yea i think u should jus chill out some cuz that what i do|||I agree with that statement but, you can't just sit around and watch television all day. I think just being able to go outside and look at the world around you. You need to be strong for yourself! Times may be hard for now, but the future may bring you success. Just keep studying, stay in school, and etc. Ignore those comment made by everyone else. People even make fun of me. They call me "De-nerd". We'll see who's lauging when you are managing a successful business..
ok so i am a grade 12 student and still not a resident. last year my average was 84%.. i am going into biological science and i can see that including residence fee and all the tuition fees you have to pay almost 100,000 over the course of 5 years. that means 15,000 per year and 1250 per month ?
HOW how the hell do you pay that much... i know there are some scholarships .. but not everyone gets it right ... ? ?
so man i really need suggestions coz to be honest i am poor and my dad it poor he is a newly joined prof at centennial college but he's earning like 600 dollar because he is a part time teacher. and he has this other job
and i work and mcdonalds .. not much money as i work only on friday after school and saturday
that's why i need help guys plz .. i am so ****** up right now ..
if i can apply to government for money then how... plz advise you geniuses out there plz ..
thanx |||Yes college is expensive. Start by filling out the FAFSA form. Then, apply for every scholarship you can find. Apply to a few different colleges - if you can get accepted at a few, you can sometimes negotiate lower tuition or more aid. Apply for school loans (easier to get then grants or scholarships). Ask for work-study. If you plan on getting your masters (5 years?), get in good with the department head and see about fellowships.
Expect to walk out with debt.
Alternately, look into your local community college - in many states, the local cc's feed directly into the 4-year system with no loss of credit. CC's are cheaper (plus you can probably live at home) and you still get your bachelor's degree from the four year school. Using the 2+2 program can probably save you 15-25K of that tuition bill.|||First check into the college where your father teaches - his son maybe eligible for some discounts. Secondly apply for PEL grants, approach your bank for a student loan, check into scholorships. Go the student council at the school you are interested in for more information and paperwork for these programs.|||You and your parents should have been saving up since you were born: all your new baby gifts, birthday & holiday money, plus a regular savings plan out of your parents' earnings, your summer job money, etc. all should have gone into your college fund. You are years late in starting your college planning.
Sallie Mae has very little funding. The last bond auction only one tranche sold out of 14 or 15 tranches. So student loans are getting very, very scarce. Many of the foundations and other sources of scholarship money have lost a bundle on their investments, and it was interest on those investments that funded the scholarships! And of course, competition is getting stiffer by the minute.
So what do you do? First, assess things more accurately. You're going to have to do a bachelor's degree in the standard 4 years, and it typically costs $25,000/yr, not $15,000, if you can live at home and economize. You need more hours at McD's or a job that pays better -- add Sunday to your work schedule, or at least one more weeknight, or both. And work full-time during school vacations and summer.
Then you can start working on your FAFSA form and apply for financial aid. Also look for independent scholarship funds. IIRC, McD's is a company which has scholarships its employees can apply for. Many colleges offer free tuition to children of its professors (leaves you with books, fees, etc to pay, but immense savings!) -- see if your dad's institution is one of them.
Yes, it's hard. But you now have to do 17 years' worth of planning and savings in just a few months.
I'm a 16 year old girl and I've sought approval from others my entire life. The one thing I've always wanted above all else is social acceptance and approval. Everything I've strived for is ultimately related to my desire to be accepted by people. I've worked at McDonalds to save up money to buy clothes, lost weight, perfected my English, and I'm currently taking 5 AP classes. I took a few SAT practice tests on my own over the summer and recently I got my PSAT score back. I got a 219, which is high enough for national merit scholarships in my state.
A lot of intelligent people with talent in my school are respected in both real life and on Facebook. They get 20+ likes whenever they post a status. I know some seniors who are going to ivy leagues, and they are smart, attractive, and well-liked. Whenever I post a status, I get 1-3 likes. Some people including my friends also ignore me when I message them on Facebook.
I feel like I'm not respected no matter what I do. I'm nice, carefree, and I'm not a braggart. I want to deactivate my FB account, but i need to stay in contact with people whom I frequently do group projects with. Help!!|||facebook is not everything..no need to take it seriously and relax.|||Likes on Facebook will validate you? You need to deactivate your account. It isn't worth it.
I don't know how the teens of today would survive when I was in high school. We actually had to socialize instead of using electric mediums. That isn't saying a lot figuring I am not even thirty yet.|||Really!? Me thinks you need to get a life and you wont find it on Facebook.
I think you have a lot going for you and if you need affirmation, please connect with me here on YA|||They're jerks who don't know how mean they're being to you. You have a wonderful life of acceptance ahead, don't worry!
I need a job desperately. It's like a a life or death situation. I'm starting college in January but I still need a job to pay for it's other expenses like books since FAFSA doesn't cover everything. I did apply for scholarships but it takes like 2 months or so before the winners are decided after the deadline and even then I'm not guaranteed to even win them.
My mom can't help me because she's still begging me for money from when I had a temporary job and she still owes me money. I don't want to ask my dad because I know he's trying to help my grandmother get her house fixed.
I would hate to work at fast food restaurants like McDonalds but I did swallow my pride and apply to almost every fast food that I could get to without having a car, since I don't have one, and no one has called back yet and it's been months. It's the same old story over and over again: No one is hiring or they want someone with experience or the place that is hiring is out of my means of transport.
It got so bad that I even had to go to Craigslist. I almost got a job too on until I found out that the interview was being held in Baton Rouge. So I'm back to square one.
Are there any other options that I can look into? I've only had one job my entire life and that was through a job program that is only for the Summer.
And please no rude comments they will just be ignored. This is a serious question so I expect, or rather hope, that whoever decides to answer this will take it as such.|||WHERE? Duh.|||Have you tried the corner??|||This may not answer your direct question, but I believe it is good advice for anyone who is looking for a job. One thing that job seekers seem not to know or forget is that all employers are looking for a certain type of worker. They are looking for an honest, hard working, fairly intelligent and dependable employee. They are also looking for a person who can get along with the public and other employees. If you don鈥檛 have every one of those characteristics, your chances are slim and none to get and hang onto a job.
Always think about who you would like to hire if you were looking for an employee. Would you hire you? Look at yourself at the way you walk, talk, dress and even write. (Have someone proofread your application before turning it in. Fill it out in pencil first, then erase and use ink) Are you a dependable employee鈥擨 mean a really dependable employee? If you were to be asked that question, how would you answer? Would you want you out on the firing line talking to customers? Why? You would want the best person talking to your customers, wouldn鈥檛 you? Are you the best person? Why?
Your wants, needs and desires are not really important to a business owner. Stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about how you could improve the business you want to work for. Put yourself in the driver鈥檚 seat and let the interviewer know who you are and what you can do for them. Somehow let them know that you are their best choice from all the others that are applying for the job.
If you really want to get hired, you should be camping out at the nearest library reading every job hunting book you can get your hands on. These books are a great help. Read them several times. It has been said that getting the job is harder than the job itself鈥攕o you need to be PREPARED. Good luck.
i'm sure not going to college ( i have no money) and my grades are lousy c's,i try to bring my grades up but studying is very hard to me. (lack of time plus i have to work till late night). have been working at McDonald's for three years and have no money saved (help family pay bills). my dream has always been to become a french and german teacher but my family is in large economic crisis. my grades are pretty lousy so no hope for scholarship. college is expensive and if i were to take a loan i mostly like will not be able to pay it back. with everything i have to pay. i'm the oldest and have to work to help my parents.|||They do have scholarships and financial aide to help...
Financial Aide has covered most of my college tuition each semester, every student qualifies and its not a loan, you never have to pay it back, its a government grant, they give out this money to students to promote the economy and give students the opportunity to go to college, I say go to a community college, its about 2,000 a semester, get Straight C's in college (your future employer will never know; they will only see your degree, not your grades). Get your 2 year degree, get a job, with a 2 year degree, you will probably start off making about 30k a year, which is pretty good for someone in their younger 20's
And a high school diploma is wayyyyy better than nothing at all
Currently I am 19 attending college, do not have a degree yet, but I do have my diploma and a family to raise (Have a 2 yr old daughter and ALOT of expenses including my car; apartment; etc... anyway, I have my high school diploma and I have a decent job, I work for a mortgage company, I am not go to disclose what I make annually but I will tell you I would not be working there if I didn't have my HS diploma|||Do you want to work at McDonald's for the rest of your life? Because that's what you'll have to do with no high school diploma or GED. In fact, to be a manager at McDonald's you must have a diploma or GED.
It doesn't matter if you think you won't go to college, you still need to graduate. Also, you might keep in mind that you may be eligible for a grant or financial aid so the thought of going to college may not be as hopeless as you think.
Good luck to you.|||do whatever you can to get into the college! get the loan and over time pay it off, get a tutor! ! ! its better that you have a chance at a job after college than not going to college at all, after college and getting a job you can help you family even more! ! ! GOOOD LUUUCK|||without a high school diploma life is going to be extremely hard for you and your hypothetical family. Even if college is not for you not finishing high school will become a problem for getting a job that's half decent and with opportunity to progress in it.|||Don't drop out of high school. It severely limits your options. If you find you can go to college later, after your life calms down, you'll be glad you have your diploma so you can get started right away.|||Don't drop out- you won't get anywhere without a high school diploma. Stay in school, and try to get a job after you graduate.|||noo stay through school. If you can atleast graduate from high school you'll have more job opportunities as a high school dropout would|||You should still get your HS diploma, you'll need it to get a better job if you ever want one.
Just stick through it even if you wont go to college.|||No.
STUDY.
get a tutor.|||get as much education you could possibly get.|||No!
Even if you don't go to college, a HS diploma is better than nothing.|||No! Are you kidding me? Do you know how much difference a high school diploma makes?|||you know, i had most of the same problems, other than the financial aspect....i didnt do well in h.s., and so i thought i would never do anything with my life! well, shortly before graduation, i decided to join the army (not b/c i sucked at school, i wanted to serve our country!!!). almost 4 years later, i am halfway through college! the army will allow you to have a full time job, they train you and prepare you for if you choose to re-enter the civilian world, and you can still go to college. i know its not for everyone, but its something to think about if you truly dont think you can afford college on your own...
dont give up on h.s. tho. my mother inlaw never went to college, but b/c she had that h.s. diploma, she still had a lot of doors open for her proffessionally!!!|||get your GED. which is a high school equivalence. than you can go to a state college in which you can you can get financial aid and some other types of scholarships from your GED class. or you can find a job that doesn't require college.
see in my case I dropped out of school and i'm about to get my ged. i took some classes to get ready for it..it was very easy i got bad grades in school and I still managed to do this. I want to be a cosmologist and there is a csmo school in the next town so i'll go there..later i might take business classes so i can own my own business...and i can do this all without graduating high school.|||Even though your situation and your family's situation is not very good right now, that doesn't mean that it will always be that way. It is always best to graduate from high school regardless if you want to go on to a higher education or go right in to the work force. McDonald's will hire high school students, but if you'd like to move on some day to a better paying job, very few will even look at your application if you haven't graduated high school or at least gotten your GED. Yes, college is expensive, but not all scholarships are based solely on your grades. Some are need based and some have no criteria related to grades or need. You have to do a lot of research to find them, though. If you have a dream to one day go to college than finish high school. Even if you can't do it right away because you have to work full time to help your family there will come a time when things will get better. Getting a high school diploma tells your future employer that you can finish what you started. Don't ever give up on your dreams. They may be hard to fulfill, but it isn't impossible for you to go to college. Based on your economic difficulties you may likely qualify for a grant which is money you don't have to pay back. You can also go to a community college to get your basic courses which is quite a bit cheaper than a 4 year university. It may take you a while to get a college education, but I think you can do it.|||Please do not drop out of school. You a High School dipoma you will be able to get a good paying job.How does Community College sound?
Here are 20 of the top-paying jobs that don't require a degree according to Shatkin's book:http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/Careers/0…
Air traffic controller
Annual income: $102,030
Storage and distribution manager
Annual income: $66,600
Transportation manager
Annual income: $66,600
Police and detectives supervisor
Annual income: $64,430
Non-retail sales manager
Annual income: $59,300
Forest fire fighting and prevention supervisor
Annual income: $58,920
Municipal fire fighting and prevention supervisor
Annual income: $58,902
Real estate broker
Annual income: $58,720
Elevator installers and repairer
Annual income: $58,710
Sales representative
Annual income: $58,580
Dental hygienist
Annual income: $58,350
Radiation therapist
Annual income: $57,700
Nuclear medicine technologist
Annual income: $56,450
Child support, missing persons and unemployment insurance fraud investigator
Annual income: $53,900
Criminal investigators and special agent
Annual income: $53,990
Immigration and Customs inspector
Annual income: $53,990
Police detective
Annual Income: $53,990
Police identification and records officer
Annual income: $53,990
Commercial pilot
Annual income: $53,870
Talent director
Annual income: $52,840|||If you are set on not going to college for whatever reason, AT LEAST get your high school diploma! It's better to have that than nothing. Anything is possible, as long as you work hard enough for it. :)
Start studying and get a tutor, do ALL of your homework. If you do 100% of your homework and classwork, then even if you score low on the tests, you can still manage to get a B in the class :) Maybe if you have enough time, apply for a second job to help save up for college?
It might take a few years to save up, but that's OKAY! Success doesn't happen right away!
Good luck and please don't drop out!!!|||NO DO NOT DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THIS SUMMER AFTER YOU GRADUATE IS TAKE THAT EXCELENT JOB EXPERIENCE YU HAVE AND GET A BETTER JOB LIKE AT A BANK THEY PAY PRETTY GOOD. START TO SAVE BECAUSE ONCE COLLEGE ROLLS AROUND YOUR NOT GONNA HAVE MUCH TIME FOR WORKING.
APPLY AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, (YOU WILL GET IN BC ANY ONE CAN) DONT WORRY ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS. SINCE YOUR PARENTS ARE IN A HUGE ECONOMIC CRISIS THEN YOU WILL BE ELIGBLE FOR GOVERNMENT GRANT AKA THE PELL GRANT, ITS MONEY YOU DONT HAVE TO REPAY BUT... IF YOU CANNOT GET ANY MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT GO TO THE COLLEGE'S FINACIAL OFFICE AND ASK THEM HOW TO APPLY FOR A STUDENT LOAN. TO GET MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT AFTER YOUR PARENTS FILE THEIR TAXES THIS YEAR GO ONLINE TO FAFSA.COM FILL IT OUT AND THATS HOW YOU GET THE PELL GRANT.
I would really like to have some of my own money this summer, as well as pay my Father back for some really expensive, but educational stuff he just bought me. However, I'm planning to apply for the Bill Gates Millenium Scholarship and it would really help if I had a bunch of volunteer hours. I would guess that right now I have about 50 hours, which I'm not satisfied with.
Also, our local McDonald's wants to hire me right after the school year is over (May 29th) BUT I have a school trip to a college on June 4-5 and I don't want to ask for time off right after I start working there.
So do I just start working on the 6th or 7th of June? OR Do I do volunteer work this summer instead?|||I think the priority should be your future. Getting into college and getting your scholarship. Make the other things work around that. Let your Dad know your thoughts, he clearly is supporting your education and not wanting you to end up sacrificing that.
There usually are more than two choices. Can you do both? I bet McDonalds can wait if you tell them you are not available until after your trip. Then you have to have short enough hrs. to do some volunteer work as well. If they can not accommodate you can you work elsewhere? It is amazing what things people need help with these days鈥hat are you good at?
Let us know how you do!|||This is totally up to you. Volunteer hours is a great thing, but should not take up your whole life. If you plan on working at McDonalds then inform them that you are taking time off on the 4th and 5th. Let them know before you start working. Tell them, yes i would like to work there and then inform them about your trip. School is the most important thing in life!|||Get a job that pays you some money and that way you will have some spending money plus pay your Father some.
You will feel better getting paid for what you do.
Volunteer work is great especially for the ones that don't need any extra money.|||You should do both. Don't start working until the 7th of June, let them know why, they should understand. However, work part time, like 3-4 days a week so you have 1-3 days allotted for doing volunteer work.|||Well. if you need community service hours to graduate, do that. But working is always great and you still have the school year.|||you should try to get a job but the economy is bad, but if you don't make it you shuold volunteer too get job experience|||I think you should so you can get sum extra cash and it gives u something to do while ur bored|||you should get some money and you can use it on tings,
but the volunteering can help with volunteering hours if you need any|||Talk with your father then McDonald's.|||you get out may 29th?! lucky i get out june 24th.... and yeah you should get a summer job if you want money.....|||both.work on the days you work and volunteer when your off.|||get a job and make sum cash|||I would work.Money always help
I'm a 16 year old girl and I've sought approval from others my entire life. The one thing I've always wanted above all else is social acceptance and approval. Everything I've strived for is ultimately related to my desire to be accepted by people. I've worked at McDonalds to save up money to buy clothes, lost weight, perfected my English, and I'm currently taking 5 AP classes. I took a few SAT practice tests on my own over the summer and recently I got my PSAT score back. I got a 219, which is high enough for national merit scholarships in my state.
A lot of intelligent people with talent in my school are respected in both real life and on Facebook. They get 20+ likes whenever they post a status. I know some seniors who are going to ivy leagues, and they are smart, attractive, and well-liked. Whenever I post a status, I get 1-3 likes. Some people including my friends also ignore me when I message them on Facebook.
I feel like I'm not respected no matter what I do. I'm nice, carefree, and I'm not a braggart. I want to deactivate my FB account, but i need to stay in contact with people whom I frequently do group projects with. Help!!|||Look you're not alone, Facebook is to me like the News, depressing.
People don't love what I post, but I post it becuase I think they should know.
Perhaps you are too good for your peers/misunderstood.
The real world is actually more fun.
Meet people.
Grow. & F*ck facebook it's a popularity contest where the winner gets counted in a database of marketers.|||i also hate facebook and i made me depressed a while back. i rarely go on anymore. i honestly dont care. after a while, most people have found out that i hate facebook and instead text me or something. idgaf about it really. neither should you. especially since you got a flipping 219 on the SAT. i got a 151 trying my best and i go to a collage prep high school....|||It doesn't matter if people like your statuses or not whats important is what you think of your self (wow that sounds corny) Facebook is a growing trend but lets face the facts its still only an online server that serves as a substituted for social contact it should not matter what happens on Facebook.|||Get off Facebook and go outside, there is snow :D|||1-3 Likes, nothing to be ashamed off, i dont even post stattuses because nobody cares what im up too / my thoughts on stuff, try to make your stattuses more interesting if you want more 'Likes', as i say, nobody could give a care in the world what i write on there, yet i dont let it get me down cause at the end of the day, its only Facebook.. Real life is where its at.
Also, if you want to get away from facebook, only use it for the chat, who cares about peoples stattuses, or if you cant stand the site of facebook, you could try msn, although not nearly as many people go on msn as they used too.
Good luck, and good job on all those achievments you listed, you should be proud of yourself.
Ok I'm 17 and I got a job at McDonald's in April for a summer job, which at the time my parents agreed to, but when summer was over my parents told me not to quit, so I didn't even though I hate my job. So I told them by the end of the year I'm quitting because I knew I would be extremely busy. I'm a senior class officer, vice president of keyettes(volunteering club), apart of Chrome(another club), I take AP classes(5/6 classes), I played field hockey(season is over), and now I swimming for my High school, and play winter soccer for a club team. Then when soccer season starts at my school I'll play for my school. Oh and since I'm a senior class officer I have to help design prom, on top of doing college and scholarship apps. I don't ask my parents to pay for anything, and I only used my money for going out to eat and the movies, which I no longer do. So I put in my two weeks for my Job and they both gave me hell, while my 19 year old brother just sleeps all day and does nothing(he's never had a job). So I do not understand why they are so upset, sorry about the length. Thanks|||Find a different job that better suits your interests and hours. Try to compromise and meet halfway with your parents.|||Maybe they have higher expectations for you than your brother? You sound really busy, but don't forget to do things that you love. You deserve to go out to eat and to the movies.|||They're just high expective douchebags. Screw 'em.|||i think you should organize a schedule that works for you cus its always bad to have too much on your plate! :) lol. your parents should already be thankful that you're involved in so many things at school cus it looks good on ur college papers. you should convince them to make your brother work instead since you already have so much work to do at school.
answer mine please? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar0LbXvpQJ5gP3LKIcuQp1bty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111211200917AApYiG4
I'm a 16 year old girl and I've sought approval from others my entire life. The one thing I've always wanted above all else is social acceptance and approval. Everything I've strived for is ultimately related to my desire to be accepted by people. I've worked at McDonalds to save up money to buy clothes, lost weight, perfected my English, and I'm currently taking 5 AP classes. I took a few SAT practice tests on my own over the summer and recently I got my PSAT score back. I got a 219, which is high enough for national merit scholarships in my state.
A lot of intelligent people with talent in my school are respected in both real life and on Facebook. They get 20+ likes whenever they post a status. I know some seniors who are going to ivy leagues, and they are smart, attractive, and well-liked. Whenever I post a status, I get 1-3 likes. Some people including my friends also ignore me when I message them on Facebook.
I feel like I'm not respected no matter what I do. I'm nice, carefree, and I'm not a braggart. I want to deactivate my FB account, but i need to stay in contact with people whom I frequently do group projects with. Help!!|||I'm sorry :( . As far as seeking approval from others , you will learn as you get older that you do not have to do this . I as well was like that when I was your age and through my 20's . I woke up one day and said why am I kissing peoples behinds for acceptance . Another thing to add the friends you have now most likely you will not have when you go off to college . Being 16 yrs old is a tough age focus on grades and try not to care what others think ... I'm serious in a few years you will care less . It's sounds like to me you have everything going for yourself but your insecure , which you should not be . I'm sure there are several that look up to you and you don't even know it .
As far as Facebook I hate Facebook . Yes, it's a great way to communicate with lost friends and family but it causes more drama than good . IMO I would ditch FB and communicate via phone or email on class projects .|||dont take it personally, i feel the same way, get more friends, be more spunky or whatever lol. do something everyone will like you for, in other words be the popular girl. my cousin is the popular one and im the ugly one. so i only get 1-2 likes too. come up with really funny status's and stuff.|||Dont worry,your not alone.even i get made fun of or i get delclined by everyone.best thing to do is focus in school sounds like your doing very well.im sure your parents are very happy with your grades.i dont have that much friends either,but i take it as a good thing because some friends can get you into trouble. i hope this helps. keep up the good work :)|||First off this is politics not your mental health support page. They got one in the psychology section under social science though. My advice to you is get over your everybody needs to love you mentality. I don't give a f*ck what people think of me if I know I'm right. **** them and their dumbass opinions. You make yourself a lamb the lions will eat you.|||Carissa, you sound very likable. I think though, you only think you want the set of friends you have now. Make some new ones. What are your favorite interests? Pursue them through clubs and events.It'll work out.|||You are apparently not completely carefree as you seek on-line praise. You are taking the social networking thing a bit far. You need to like yourself and from there good things follow.
Ok, this relationship with my older brother goes back to even 4th grade. Whatever I did that was considered “a great job” in my class, my brother would always do an assignment in his grade ten times better. This went on ever since I could remember. My parents never really paid much attention to me (and I'm the youngest, and happen to be a girl. Isn't that strange?) and would give all of their attention to my brother. For example, I once got 1st place in my school's science fair, but my parents didn't make it to the science fair. Instead, they were at my brother's national science fair, in which he won 2nd place, along with winning 1st at the school and state science fair. Yeah, it wasn't fun. I would get a 3.8 but he would get a 4.0. He tried to brag about these things in my face, but what I would tell myself every day was that I am trying my best in school, hoping for a better education for me, not anyone else, and that was all that mattered.
When I was a sophomore in high school and he was a senior, that's when it all changed. My brother got a 3.0 GPA, and about a 900 on the SAT. But during the years, as he was growing up with me, he started to get more and more lazy. So he went to California State Long Beach, failed all his classes and dropped out, and got a full time job at McDonald's. Because of his job, my parents were willing yet completely disappointed in letting him live at the house
Meanwhile, I got a 4.3 GPA with about a 1500 on the SAT, as a student at UCSF, far away from home, becoming an anesthesiologist. I got a part time scholarship and have been doing well.
But now that the “tables have turned”, my parents give me this “praise” that I'm not used to while my brother gets....... Lectures about his ruined life. The last time I visited my family, which was about 4 days ago, my brother told me that he will always hate me, and that he wish I would die so that “...mom and dad won't give a sh** about you”.
He's my brother, and although we have fought, I still love him, try to encourage him, and try to help
Him get new opportunities. The only problem is that he doesn't want to have to do anything with me. How can I try to help our relationship? I've tried asking my parents not to congratulate me in front of my family and to help my brother, yet they fail to do so. How can I solve this situation?|||Okay, you are seeing this as somehow being about your brother's relationship with you, and thinking you have some actual influence. But it's not, and you don't. This is all the creation of your parents - who have created, and are still sustaining, the green-eyed monster of jealousy.
Your brother's life, and his accomplishments are all ultimately HIS choice and HIS responsibility to manage. As is yours. (picking up on a theme here, I hope?) Your parents, in their infinite lack of wisdom, established a whole system manipulating praise and attention to create a sense of need and competition between you - instead of encouraging you each to be the best you can be, loving you two and giving you attention equally according to your individual needs and lights, and encouraging you to be loving and supportive of one another, they are still praising and/or lecturing at you both as though you were little children. It is toxic and counterproductive behavior on their part.
Your parents would be doing your brother more of a favor if they pushed him out on his own, instead of nagging at him and lecturing him and still supporting him close to mommy's apronstrings.
I would almost be willing to bet that your brother is a heavy marijuana user, and/or may have some mental health condition such as depression (unipolar or bipolar depression) - the sudden lack of motivation in school (which typically comes in the late teens and early 20's) tied up with self-medication is very common. He won't get help until he hits bottom - and as long as mom and dad keep throwing him bones, he won't. Since you are not there, you can't really exert much influence - and because your parents have basically poisoned the relationship between you and your brother, you probably can't say anything to them about weed or depression because I doubt your parents will listen.
You cannot help your brother - but what you CAN do is to try to derail your parents' toxicity train. By which I mean, don't just sit there and bask in praise for you and tolerate the lectures for him. Enough! Tell them what you told us here - tell them that you are really BOTHERED by the whole competitive, toxic family dynamic. Tell them that you do what you do for yourself - for your own reasons - that it has always been that way, even though they never paid attention to you - and you should be loved simply because you are their kid. And the same should be true of your brother. Tell them that you are not competing with your brother - and that you are grown up enough to make your own choices. That chiding him for what he is doing is like lecturing an overweight person about the dangers of fast food: it doesn't help, and it engenders frustration and hatred on his part. That they never really listened to either one of you, and it is high time they started.
I doubt this will accomplish a thing, since you say you've asked them not to do this before. My guess is that they are all wrapped up in their kids' achievements, and since big bro is not achieving, it is like he doesn't exist. And since they are so toxic, they don't want to see that they have created this monster. All you can do is keep repeating it. If you get a little crabby when you keep repeating it, it may be more likely to get through. Worth a whirl. They are in deep denial, though.|||All brothers and sisters fight. but i would say your brother is more fighting and you arnt fighting back. which is a smart thing to do. was there anything you did when you were younger to cause him to dis like you this much? he also could be very competitive and just want to be the best and get all the attention. ask him why he doesnt like you and what you did to cause this anger. i hope i helped.|||Hi there! it is important that you first see that it is not your fault that this is happening..maybe karma (involuntary revenge). well, anyway, you should start by telling your brother how you felt in the olden days.
i know that it can be hard talking to someone who doesn't want to talk to you, but think about what could happen if you don't fix this problem know. always be positive and try to be the solution. in your case, call your brother and talk to him. if he doesn't pick up, leave message or email him. or, take the time to go to him personally, and tell him you want to have a mature talk with him. remember that and you will do fine. i am 13 years old and know a lot of things on family. take care and all the best!!!!!|||I really don't know that you can. Your brother is living with the consequences of his own choices. The fact that he blames you for them or resents you for your success simply means that he's an insecure, immature, pathetic person. Your parents certainly didn't help the situation but you have nothing to deserve this from what you say. I suggest continuing to be kind to him for your own sake but don't let him treat you badly or say mean things to you as you have done nothing wrong.
I feel for your situation but you can only control your behavior and your reactions.
Well, I'm working on a story and so far I have over 25,000 words :] It took me a week to write that much and I'm hoping to reach my goal of 140,000. I was wondering if you guys would like to critique on my writing? Here are two short paragraphs from my story, both from completely different chapters:
Worthington Academy, school of the arts and home of the dancing wolves. As strange and peculiar as that sounds, I would be happy to inform you that it's anything but. Within the almost mile long school, there is the typical elite group of exceedingly popular students, the ones who aren't really popular, and then there are the outcasts– which I'm happy to say that I'm one of. But of course, anyone who's a scholarship pupil at one of the wealthiest schools in American like Worthington is immediately marked as a castaway. No one cares if your great, great, great grandfather is George Washington or that Madonna is your mother's 5th cousin twice removed. And they could honestly care less if you have front row tickets and backstage passes to the next Paramore concert. At Worthington you're either wealthy or nothing at all– no exceptions made.
The small yellow painted sidewalk that lead to the doors of McDonald's had almost too slick of a surface for me to walk along. I almost lost my balance and fell when I was about a foot or two away from the door. I stared the plastic Ronald in the eyes, glaring back at him ferociously. Without wasting anymore time, I pushed open the glass doors and walked into the blinding light of the restaurant, ignoring the looks I got from the customers and the cashiers. My nose filled with the aroma of freshly baked cookies and fries, the grumbling in my stomach loud enough for everyone to hear. It seemed as if I had stood there forever, watching countless people stuff fries and burgers into their mouths. My own mouth was dripping wet with hunger.
“Hey kid,” someone from behind me called. I turned around and saw an old man, about 50 some odd years old staring at me, “Do ya need any money? Yer stomach there's grumblin' like a motor.”
“No, thank you. I have some money right,” I replied, reaching into my pocket, searching for the bills that had been in there earlier. “Here,” I said, pulling out a fist full of pennies and nickels.
The old man smiled at me, holding a finger up to me, motioning for me to wait. A couple of second later he pulled out a five dollar bill and laid it in my hands as a happy smile found it's way on my face.
“Thank you, sir,” I smiled, feeling utterly grateful to his kindness. “But I can't accept this,” I told him, putting out my bandaged hand so he could take his money back from it.
“Is' no big deal. Besides, a young'on like you don't need to be out on the streets starving to death, you know,” he asked as he scratched the rough buzz on his cheeks, mistaking me for a runaway, “You'd be doin' me an honor, young miss, just take the money and buy yerself some grub to eat, kay?”
“Yes, sir,” I smiled as a trickle of sweat trailed down my back. “Thank you again,” I said, stuffing the money into my pocket as I turned the corner and headed towards the bathroom.
My feet dragged themselves on the floor in a loud manner, I felt too tired... too weak to even walk right. I put my hood up as I walked closer and closer to the bathroom, covering my face completely. A small family of 3— 2 parents and a small boy who looked to be about 4 or 5 years old, were quietly stuffing their faces with food.
“Mommy,” the small, blonde haired blue eyed kid called, “Why does that girl look sick?”
His mother looked up at me, with the same blue eyes, and smiled before she quickly turned back to her son, “Jayk, eat your food and stop being so nosy.”
“But momma, look at her hand, she has a booboo,” he pointed at my hand, frowning. If he hadn't been so young I wouldn't have ignored what he had said.
His father turned towards me and looked at my hand as I walked pass them, “Oh dear, are you alright?”
“Yes, I just got into a little accident,” I told them, pushing the wooden door of the bathroom open.
I'm only 14 so I'm terribly sorry if there are any HUGE mistakes in there. I tend to mess up sometimes when I write :] ANY CRITICISM IS ACCEPTED! DON'T GO EASY ON ME!
Thanks!|||hey , I read only the first paragraph and it was sort of enough for me. Twilight has become an idea to many young writers who think basing their thoughts on one of Meyer's characters would make their plot a way more interesting and successful as her books are- it is wrong! Nobody would be willing to read another Twilightish book, and dancing wolves?
However, I like your writing style and I think it's a matter of time until you come up with your own idea and maybe Meyer will buy your own book - I promise I will be standing in the line to snatch it off the shelf too : - )|||Hey I am 12 and I am writing an young adult novel and is at 17,000 words and trying to reach 60,000-80,000 words and it is hard work, I have put work up here so I wont go easy on you. So I like that it is the 3rd tense however I think it needs more description, however I got a bit board, it wasn't interesting enough, so put more exciting adjectives, and make it more exciting in general!!!! I hope this helps, and hope I you get to your target!!!
I got out of high school a year ago. I left for Iowa to live with an older boyfriend at the end of August 08' and I worked at a restaurant sort of business for a few months. We ended up moving to Vancouver BC for awhile since the contract on the job he had was up and his Visa expired. I've been jobless for like 5 months and I am really disappointed with myself, especially since I let a man get in the way of my future. So. I want to ask you guys what I should do for college IE can I get scholarships still, how should I go about getting a loan without a job and is there any chance with the inexperience that I have, to get a job such as a business secretary, something that does pay well and would make me happier than working at mcdonalds or washing dishes. I'm not willing to work a crap job, I know I gotta work from bottom to top, but I have heard stories of people getting 'miracle' jobs like right off the bat, out of high school. Anywho, if anyone could give me some advice that'd be great. I really wanna get back on my feet and go to school and have a wonderful job.|||You would have to find scholarships and apply for them and student loans can be had without a job or credit rating. You will need your parents to fill out forms and if they are high income they will be expected to help with college even if they won't. If they are low income and cooperate you can get some federal loans. You may need to work a while to save money before you can start college.
Apply for every job you are qualified for since you have been unemployed so long. Minimum wage is going to 7.25 soon and in WA state is even higher so if you can find a way to live cheap you might be able to save a little money or pay cash for community college to avoid deep debt.|||try data entry jobs . it doesnt need so muc time to work. simply spending 2 to 3 hourson internet. also it has a good scope. try it must. it could be very beneficial for u
thank you
Thursday, February 9, 2012
I've been living here since I was 8 years old and I have grown to love this country, but being illegal is just starting to take its toll on me. Even though I get good grades and speak english; I can't get a job, a drivers licence, or scholarships. I realize that if a stay here ill probably just end up working in Mcdonalds. If I go back to Mexico, at least I will have a chance to go to college. And nobody can call me an illegal over there. My friends tell me that I should either wait for congress to pass some legislation that would help me, or to marry an American citizen. What do you guys think I should do???|||Try to become a citizen. You were here since you were 8 years old. Your culture is American. I think you'd feel strange in Mexico. I hope it will be solved soon - the situation of being in between is not good. Good Luck!|||yes, you are illegal. period.|||yes|||Yes go back to Mexico and come back legally.|||Well, what are you doing to change your status? Or are you just waiting for congress to basically do it for you? If you love it here, and you want to stay, then start looking in to becoming a citizen. It's that simple.|||yes, go home.|||Become a citizen or go back.
Can someone please look at this? It's for a scholarship/low interest loan thing. They want to know why they should give me money pretty much. It can only be 1000 words, it's 940 now. Thanks!
Henry David Thoreau once said my favorite quote of all time, which is “live the life you've dreamed.” Whenever I think about giving up, or whenever I feel like I can’t accomplish something, I think of this quote. I have not had an easy life, and it seems like nothing has ever just been given to me. I have worked for everything, and it has been very challenging.
My mom was only eighteen years old when she gave birth to me. When I was a little girl my mother and my father separated. This was hard on me, and my mom. She was young and did not know how to take care of a child by herself. I went to live with my grandparents. I didn’t see my mom much when I was younger, and I haven’t seen my biological father since he left. My mother has since remarried and we are now happier; however, times are still hard. We are not a very wealthy family, but I try to make the best of it. I have learned that as long as you have family, you will have happiness in your life. Money is not everything. During my sophomore year in high school, I had to quit playing sports in order to get a job to help support myself. This was extremely frustrating for me because I have a passion for track and tennis. I was on both the varsity tennis and track teams when I had to quit and find a job. I knew that I had to do it to take some of the financial burden away from my mother. I got a job at the fast-food restaurant, McDonald’s. During my sophomore and junior years, I worked about twenty five hours a week and went to school full time. When my senior year came around, I realized that I needed to work more to keep up with my growing bills. I decided to take dual enrollment courses at Chesapeake College. This allowed me to work more while obtaining college credits. This year I have worked forty to fifty hours a week so that I could afford my car payment, insurance, phone bill and whatever other miscellaneous items that I had to pay for. I must say, over the past few years I have learned what hard work truly is. I have learned a lot about myself, and my values from working at McDonald’s. I absolutely love the people I work with, but working there has made me realize that I want something better for myself. I want to go to college and do well in life. My life has been so stressful, but I have managed to keep up with my grades, while working and trying to have a social life. I have learned to manage my time effectively. I pride myself in saying that I have never let my GPA slip below a 3.8 throughout my high school career, despite working so much. I am in the top ten percent of my class and have taken numerous Advanced Placement and honors courses during the past four years and succeeded in them. I am also a member of the National Honor Society and I anchor for our school television announcements in the morning. I also do many charity events from the Hospice run/walk to Relay for Life. I try to be involved and give back to the community as much as I can with my busy schedule.
Next year, I plan on attending Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. This is about an hour or so away from where I currently reside, so I can still be close to my family and some of my friends. I hope to be a Political Science major. I have a love of government and history. Politics fascinate me, I simply love them. I’m the girl that has the New York Times as her homepage on her computer. I’d even rather watch the news than some show on MTV. I have also received the score of a 4 on both the U.S. Government and U.S. History Advanced Placement exams. After I obtain my bachelors degree from Washington College, I hope to go to graduate school at American University. It is my goal to receive a PhD in Political Science from American University.
Despite all of the difficulty in my life, I would not trade it for anything. I love my family and friends. They are truly wonderful. I know that my parents would help me pay for college if they could, but they simply cannot afford to help me at all. My mother and stepfather have a ten year old son together, which consumes some of their funds. Within the last year, my stepfather has been on unemployment and moved from job to job. He also has child support to pay for his other daughter. With a Financial Aid Award from CSB, I would be able to work less in college and be more involved around campus. I would really like to be involved in a sorority and the school’s student government association next year. I know that this may not be possible if I have to work as much as I do now, and keep up with my college work. Neither of my parents, or grandparents have a college degree. I want nothing more than to make my family proud of me. I am going to succeed in life. I could really use any financial assistance that you are willing |||Beautiful essay. you can tell that it's a no strings attached work that comes from the heart, and that is what really counts. You have a few small sentences which seem too blunt. for example:
instead of:
She was young and did not know how to take care of a child by herself. I went to live with my grandparents. I didn’t see my mom much when I was younger, and I haven’t seen my biological father since he left.
you could write:
She was young and did not know how to take care of a child, so I ended up living with my grandparents. I didn’t see my mom much when I was younger, and I haven’t seen my biological father since he left.
so that instead of a short broken sentence you have a single full sentence. If you do that then your golden. Good luck!!|||its pretty solid.. just two things
its pretty wordy- try to synthesize more. the first sentence is pretty choppy
also make sure its not a sob story about your life. even if your life has been hard, focus on how this
has affected you, dont try to make people feel bad for you or it will backfire
good job and good luck!
Well I'm not sure what to do. I'm currently 17 years old with a pregnant girlfriend. I got a scholarship to play football at a private college. Half of me says don't go because I wanna be with my kid besides, we decided to keep it. Half of me still has life dreams of playing in the NFL. My Girlfriend Is currently 16 years old and I just don't want to leave her with a kid to raise. I don't want to be playing football having fun while I know she is struggling. Does having a kid mean I have to give up my dreams and take a job at Mcdonald's or Burger King? The college is half way across the country btw.
personally I have big dreams for the NFL and this is my only chance I'll ever get and I don't want to let it go down the drain. Because I come from a poor family and a scholarship to play football is the best thing that could happen to me.|||Listen because my and the other answers to this question may be the most important advice you ever have.
I suggest you go to college, even if you do not decide to go to the NFL. College is the only way anyone can afford a kid. Take the scholarship it is for the best. But you must also remember, you can never forget that you have a kid. Have fun, do what you love, get an education, but never and i say never, ever, forget about your kid. My best friend's father left his mom for college and forgot about them, now my friend hates his father. You may lose your feelings for the mother, but you can never forget your kid. Follow your dreams, get an education, you must do it for the better of your child. Also, I know it may make you feel useless, ask your parents for as much help as possible. Promise you will repay them and visit as much as possible.
I graduated high school a week ago.
On track to attend UCLA.
I already have my AA in poli sci because i took classes at community during high school and classes are free for hs students.
HOWEVER
I have no substantial amount of money (about $150 for graduating)
I have no car.
I have no job.
I have no inside connections to get a job.
I applied to 37 businesses (i've been keeping track) starting from about 3 weeks ago. I regularly phone-call and visit the human resources/hiring office located in each store. I've received no calls or offers. I've applied to Mcdonalds, Dollar Tree, janitorial companies,...etc.
( I even applied with the UFW's Take our jobs campaign to get a farm labour job picking crops, but yet to hear back from them)
My family is too poor to pay for my college, and too rich to qualify for grants for college. I am a good student however, not outstanding enough to qualify for academic scholarships. Called the financial aid office but they won't adjust me for diddly squat and i only got $3000 of federal loans offered towards $30,000 tuition and fees. FAFSA says i can only take out $6000 worth of student loans and my parents have a horrible credit score and cannot takeout loans either. Parents cannot handle paying $21,000 for my college like the FAFSA said they have to.
What to do......
I don't have a lot of hope. If i couldn't find a job there'd be no way to pay for college. (Obviously not pay for it all, or atleast a good portion. but set a trend for me and get me atleast money to eat)
New Choices:
Join the military? Immigrate to a more prosperous country? Sell bone marrow? Spend all the rest of my money of lottery tickets? illicit activities?
Time is ticking and i'm losing hope, when you apply to Mcdonald's for a part-time position and go there once every two days to check on your application and in three weeks time you still haven't gotten anything back it doesn't help your self esteem.|||If you join Americorp's Public Allies program in a city with public transportation (San Francisco, Boston, etc.), you would: have a job & income, gain valuable skills, & ultimately get $5,000 toward any U.S. college (on top of your usual pay). Because it's non-profit domestic service work, you would also immediately qualify for ~$200 in food stamps every month on top of your work check & the education award.
Public Allies is a leadership development program focused on social justice. You would work four days a week with a local non-profit (32 hours) and do a training every Friday. Trainings vary from hard skills (how to start a non-profit, how to do grant writing, how to recruit people & host events, etc. etc.) to social justice issues (about racism, homophobia, gender, etc.). It's a 10-month program.
By the end, you would have the education award, a ton of new skills, & a huge network of Americorps alumni as well as a professional network from your PA work.|||The job market sucks. That's not exactly news. Keep applying to jobs and bothering the people everywhere you apply. Kiosk applications tend not to get call backs that often. You may want to nicely try to talk to a manager or assistant manager if you can so that they have a face to go with the application. And make up a resume to take with you. It looks more professional.
What to do in the meantime...
Apply to a community college instead of a regular university and the tuition expenses should go way down.
Military is an option, but you're going to have to stay for 4 years and work towards the degree piecemeal and then you can finish up with the GI Bill when you get out. It's not for everyone and you're most likely going to be deployed. Be forewarned.
You might try looking for more other types of work - babysitting, yard work/lawn cutting services in the area. Make up a flyer or magnetic business cards and pass them out. Answer ads from the newspaper. It's not as steady a job, but it helps when you have no income.
You don't have to go to college immediately. So don't give up.
So I recently transferred to a local college. Decided dorm life and the price of the college was not for me. In order to transfer over all of my credits, I worked really hard to maintain above a C+ in former college. I managed to pull all B's and a C and my credits transferred over. I am now at a four year school that I commute to and love it. Made a bunch of friends and love everything about the college. I currently have taken 12 credits instead of 14 but am considered a full time student. The college is much cheaper since and I have received a scholarship based on my high school grades.
However, I have not worked as hard as I did in my last semester at my last school in the mindset that I am home now and I can relax since my grades have transferred over. Don't get me wrong, I worked really hard in my new school but not my full potential. Furthermore, I have not received such great classes which are Philosophy and Macro Economics but I know I could do better. Sadly, for my first class I received a D and my mom flipped calling me names and such throwing things, threatening telling me I am a loser. The next day all was fine then I received a C in my strong area IT 1001 she flipped even more. She cooled down the next day and today she is at work. Just found out I have an F in Sociology. I have done all of the work in the class and participated but have winged the tests and refused to get help since just wanted to hang out with friends and go home which prevented me to do well. Also, most papers that were do I did at last minute which was wrong. I will not be receiving my Philosophy grade since my teacher does not have access to the grading service since he is new but I know its bad.
My mother tends to flip allot over things like this which mother have the right to but she goes to the extreme. She yells, calls me names, says I should drop out of the college and work at McDonald's, she hits me and threatens to tell all people around her that I am a loser. She acts like this around a bunch of people but seems to vent her anger around me. She has threatened to call my teachers and ask for my grades everyday and make sure I get help and if I don't she will break my stuff saying if its in her house she owns it even if I bought it and make me buy new things. She tends to go overboard but I still understand where she has been coming from. Put it this way, when I get bad test grades I tend to shred the tests and only show her good ones to avoid situations like this. I have tried to tell her how I feel and I will do better but she has been the way her whole life. Now that I got an F I don't know what to do, I am just hoping that she does not force me to go on Web adviser to show her my last grade. Most of the things she says is out of anger and the threats she makes don't happen but sometimes they do.
I know most students have problems their first year even my own cousins had similar situations and one had such a bad year he had to do an extra year at college but now is a supervisor at OEM. My mom is a perfectionist and says nasty things that can hurt my self esteem even though everyone knows she is wont at times. But I love my mother when she is happy with me and I told her I will get the help and will do better but that's after she saw only two bad grades the C and D. Furthermore, since she is my mom, saying all those things even after I have told her how I feel, she keeps doing this when things like this happen. It only hurts my self-esteem since all these nasty things are coming from her and knowing that she is my mother, saying it over and over again can have an impact on me which it has in the past.
Sorry for the rant but what should I do, my plan is to do much better later this year especially since I have to have a 3.0 gpa average in order to keep my scholarship. How do I handle my mother if she finds makes me show her my last grade I don't want things broken and to get hit again with nasty words.
Please no rude comments. Thanks|||Tell her to do the work and see how well she does!! But seriously, we all get one semester (it's an expensive lesson too) where we mess up royally because we want to party and hang out with friends.
But the reality is you are an adult now and you should not continue to need your mom to yell at you to do better in school. You need to bring up your grades and start studying harder on your own without your mom throwing a tantrum. Tell her in a very adult voice that her yelling hurts you and you will do your best the next semester.
You are living in her house and that is a very privileged thing and of course she still feels like she can have her say in your matters. If you continue to mess up, you could be out on your butt and having to work and pay for rent and food and then the partying really comes to an end. Actually when I had to work 2 jobs and go to school, my grades were so good because I had to schedule everything and plan it out and had NO time for friends or partying, so maybe that's what you should do. You need to work your butt off, move out and then she can't say anything to you to bring you down any more.
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And sometimes this is how parents think they can motivate their kids, but a lot of times we don't perceive it as motivation, but as hurtful and rude and soul crushing. But you've got to buckle down and do better!!|||You're an adult, so if you really wanted to, you could call the cops on her for assault. That's your mother, so I would reccomend sitting her down and having a serious talk with her. Tell her how what she says makes you feel. If she wants to yell at you, let her get out what she needs to say. But, then you need to tell her how her word choice affects and remind her what kind of stress your own academic situation
puts on you. I think counseling would help wonderfully, but that does cost a lot of money.|||I know you love your mother, but there comes a point where you need to stand up for yourself. I went through some of the same things. It is hard but you need to do what is best for your health. Do not let her have that type of impact on you. Her words mean nothing. When you take tests and gets Ds and Fs on them, it is only to show you what you know and basically telling you to work harder. You shouldn't be getting in trouble for it though. I'm sorry for what you're going through and I hope it gets better :)
I'm a 16 year old girl and my family has always poor. My parents are immigrants and have always struggled to make ends meet. They don't have enough money to heat our house in the winter let alone have enough money to give me presents for Christmas.
I've always been diligent in school and I do really well on standardized tests (I got a 219 on the PSAT in October and I qualify for national merit scholarships). I also make my bed in the mornings and often cook for my dad. I think I'm the perfect child and many adults would have loved to adopt me when I was a kid.
I've always hated Christmas because my friends love doing Secret Santa each year. My upper middle class friends are all more wealthy than I am and can afford gifts that cost over $50. I'm too proud to tell them that my dad earns $35,000/year (before taxes) and my mom earns $15,000/year. They have to pay a $2,000 mortgage each month. I often have to work at McDonalds for 8+ hours so that I can buy a good present. I'd rather buy myself a present for Christmas because I rarely like presents that my friends give me. My parents rarely buy me anything. For my 16th birthday, I went to a Best Buy myself to purchase an iPod Touch with the money I'd earned working at McDonalds.
I hate giving and receiving gifts because I actually need to work on weekends to earn enough money to buy one of my friends a gift! And I'm rarely satisfied with the gift that I receive.|||No, I know several people like you.|||Not at all:
Blessed are those who give nothing, and ask for nothing in return.|||no i never got the idea either|||Reduce your carbon foot-print
end the "Santa Clause" fiasco!
Consumerism is NOT sustainable.
XMAS is only about consumerism it is NOT about
somekinda religious "WHOLLY DAY" or something ....
A! Kill a TREE 4 J.C. ....|||Why is this under politics?
I graduated high school a week ago.
On track to attend UCLA.
HOWEVER
I have no money
I have no car.
I have no inside connections for a job.
I applied to 37 businesses (i've been keeping track) starting from about 3 weeks ago. I regularly phone-call and visit the human resources/hiring office located in each store. I've received no calls or offers. I've applied to Mcdonalds, Dollar Tree, janitorial companies,...etc. heck i'd even work in the fields picking tomatoes like i heard Americans won't do (but haven't found anywhere hiring for that).
My family is too poor to pay for my college, and too rich to qualify for grants for college. I am a good student however, not outstanding enough to qualify for academic scholarships. Also, too Anglo-Saxon for athletic scholarships. Called the financial aid office but they won't adjust me for diddly squat and i only got $3000 of federal loans offered towards $30,000 tuition and fees.
What to do......
I don't have a lot of hope. If i couldn't find a job there'd be no way to pay for college. (Obviously not pay for it all, or atleast a good portion. but set a trend for me and get me atleast money to eat)
New Choices:
Join the military? Immigrate to a more prosperous country? Sell bone marrow?|||See if your local college accepts CLEP credits. If it does, then take the CLEP and test out of the requirements you are missing for your AA or AS from the community college. Then after you have your degree in hand, consider signing up for the Air Force. Put in your 20 years, and pursue your education. You can then retire from the armed forces and seek out your second career.|||No way! That sucks. If you have family in Australia you could stay over there . . Theirs plenty of jobs there. Some of my friends did that during the winter. Get a really good CV/resume. That's a major factor in getting a job. Don't give up! You should defiantly try to get to college. And ucla is good. Best of luck anyway!|||If you think going to college will bring you greater success in the future (which it most likely will), then why don't you take out a student loan? I know it sucks having to pay interest, but in the long haul, it'll most likely be worth it.|||I have a business opportunity for you that could help you out a lot. you may or may not be interested but I'd love for you to check it out. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in just shoot me an email. cshark2000@yahoo.com|||Go to college like you're planning, get free food at food drives, take the bus to college and focus on your college. Then you can continue applying for work, maybe try babysitting and you will succeed. You sound very bright.|||What about a cheaper school? Or even a vocational college?|||Yeah go to community college and it is much cheaper get an AA then transfer, its that simple do not be in debt until ur 40 going to college|||fastweb.com
apply to scholarships...there's a lot out there online.
Keep looking for jobs, I agree it's hard to find one these days, but it won't be good to give up now.
If the tuition is too much, then I would defer my admission or something and take community college classes that will transfer (talk to your academic advisor) and then go back next year.
It'll save you a ton of money, and you'll also be able to maybe work on the side.
Good luck to you.
Hi my name is Peyton rushing im 15 and in the 8th grade. I have a older brother named Zachariah. He’s 17 in the 12th grade. My mom is a crack-headed prostitute and my dad is working to make ends meet as a McDonald’s manager so we always have enough to eat. My brother goes to a private school because of his football scholarship. All the girls love him because he is light skinned, tall, muscular with a 6 pack, has waves, and is the captain of the football team. If they look past his appearance they would see a 17 year old doesn’t know a lick but, a sweet and kind big brother. Unlike my 5 year old brother syre. On the other hand go to one schools in the state; Patrick khamani jr. high. It’s full of ghetto, fake, and stupid kids, unfortunately I only have 2 friends; Dior and Carmen, but there the best besfrineds to have. I have a boyfriend named Robert. He has braids, money and sagging pants. As he walks up and says ‘hey mamacita”, and grabs my butt. He has a lot of groupies. So every girl is after him. They say “hey bobby” and “aloha papa”. I don’t pay attention to it because I know im going to get more aggravated. Bobby said if I ever think about breaking up with him he will beat me and my mom. Im walking into biology and as I do I see the fakes. Their names are alexia and mar’sha. They try to trip me when I walk in. I get called “freckle face” and “Dior lover”. Their whole clique laughs when I bump into the teacher and drop my books. I pick them up and run to my friends in the back of throom to see my friends. They always make me feel better. Dior is tall, smart, funny, and Hawaiian. He comes from the hood like me but has all his family. Carmen is short, country, rich and has braces. She is like my sister. I tell her everything. In biology my teacher, Mr. Washington talks about three different things every class. Today he is talking about how babies are born, eyeballs, and farts. He stops and says, “Ms. Rushing, do you know where babies come from.’ I say the only thing I know from TV. ‘When a man and a woman love each other very…..” he say “is that all.” I reply with a “yes.” “Well Ms. rushing you can write a 9 page paper on teen pregnancy. Alexia and mar’sha’ clique started laughing. Carmen slaps he hand to her face. Dior leans over and says “I will come over and help you.” I pretend to drop and pencil and laughed like crazy. Then finally the bell ringed. As we were leaving class I see Bobby slobbing down on selena and I see alxia whispering in dior’s ear and rubbing on his chest. I run to the bathroom with tears running down my face. Carmen is running behind me. When I run into the bathroom I see kill peyton, peyton the punk, I hate peyton, and other stuff that makes me cry even more. Carmen run’s in and says its going to be ok and calms me down. Next is swim class. It may be they only class I really hate other then biology. Mrs.Malone our gym teacher lets us change in her office after what happen last year. To make a long story short they got our clothes and put them on a flag pole. We went home that day on the bus in our bathing suits and almost got namonea. In swim we had to get with partners. Unfortunately my partner was mar’sha. I wanted to be partnered with dior or Carmen. Mar’sha told me Alexia was going to the graduation dance with Dior and that she was going to the dance with Bobby. We were playing seesaw and when it was my turn to go into the water Mar’sha was kicking me in my face and I nearly drowned. Dior saw me and pick me up out the water. Princeton shouted “She needs CPR!” Under his breathe Dior said “Here we go.” Alexia screamed “Let her die.” This wouldn’t technically count as my first kiss. Carmen said when Dior was done with the CPR I was smiling with a bloody nose. After swim was lunch. We get to leave school for this. We walked 2 blocks to the nearest McDonald’s.
To Be Continued….|||This is a lot to read so I'm not going to do it, but you need to post this in another section. It's not related to baby names.
Hi my name is Peyton rushing im 15 and in the 8th grade. I have a older brother named Zachariah. He’s 17 in the 12th grade. My mom is a crack-headed prostitute and my dad is working to make ends meet as a McDonald’s manager so we always have enough to eat. My brother goes to a private school because of his football scholarship. All the girls love him because he is light skinned, tall, muscular with a 6 pack, has waves, and is the captain of the football team. If they look past his appearance they would see a 17 year old doesn’t know a lick but, a sweet and kind big brother. Unlike my 5 year old brother syre. On the other hand go to one schools in the state; Patrick khamani jr. high. It’s full of ghetto, fake, and stupid kids, unfortunately I only have 2 friends; Dior and Carmen, but there the best besfrineds to have. I have a boyfriend named Robert. He has braids, money and sagging pants. As he walks up and says ‘hey mamacita”, and grabs my butt. He has a lot of groupies. So every girl is after him. They say “hey bobby” and “aloha papa”. I don’t pay attention to it because I know im going to get more aggravated. Bobby said if I ever think about breaking up with him he will beat me and my mom. Im walking into biology and as I do I see the fakes. Their names are alexia and mar’sha. They try to trip me when I walk in. I get called “freckle face” and “Dior lover”. Their whole clique laughs when I bump into the teacher and drop my books. I pick them up and run to my friends in the back of throom to see my friends. They always make me feel better. Dior is tall, smart, funny, and Hawaiian. He comes from the hood like me but has all his family. Carmen is short, country, rich and has braces. She is like my sister. I tell her everything. In biology my teacher, Mr. Washington talks about three different things every class. Today he is talking about how babies are born, eyeballs, and farts. He stops and says, “Ms. Rushing, do you know where babies come from.’ I say the only thing I know from TV. ‘When a man and a woman love each other very…..” he say “is that all.” I reply with a “yes.” “Well Ms. rushing you can write a 9 page paper on teen pregnancy. Alexia and mar’sha’ clique started laughing. Carmen slaps he hand to her face. Dior leans over and says “I will come over and help you.” I pretend to drop and pencil and laughed like crazy. Then finally the bell ringed. As we were leaving class I see Bobby slobbing down on selena and I see alxia whispering in dior’s ear and rubbing on his chest. I run to the bathroom with tears running down my face. Carmen is running behind me. When I run into the bathroom I see kill peyton, peyton the punk, I hate peyton, and other stuff that makes me cry even more. Carmen run’s in and says its going to be ok and calms me down. Next is swim class. It may be they only class I really hate other then biology. Mrs.Malone our gym teacher lets us change in her office after what happen last year. To make a long story short they got our clothes and put them on a flag pole. We went home that day on the bus in our bathing suits and almost got namonea. In swim we had to get with partners. Unfortunately my partner was mar’sha. I wanted to be partnered with dior or Carmen. Mar’sha told me Alexia was going to the graduation dance with Dior and that she was going to the dance with Bobby. We were playing seesaw and when it was my turn to go into the water Mar’sha was kicking me in my face and I nearly drowned. Dior saw me and pick me up out the water. Princeton shouted “She needs CPR!” Under his breathe Dior said “Here we go.” Alexia screamed “Let her die.” This wouldn’t technically count as my first kiss. Carmen said when Dior was done with the CPR I was smiling with a bloody nose. After swim was lunch. We get to leave school for this. We walked 2 blocks to the nearest McDonald’s.
To Be Continued….|||Unlike the others (rude), I think this story has very good potential. Now that you're older, however, you can start to elaborate more and maybe play around with sentence structure. Good luck! :)|||"asses?!?!" all i said was that his brother needs to be worked on a bit Report Abuse
|||This brother sounds too good to be true, nobody's perfect, remember that|||sounds amateur, like someone in fan fiction sites. sorry.
President Obama promises historic new rates of high-school and college graduation. Again, he seems to think the present problem is the absence of money — as if brilliant, gifted, and motivated young people are ending up at McDonald’s rather than doing quantum physics because the bogeymen “they” raised the bar and didn’t give them enough college scholarship support.
More banality. The truth is quite different. First, too many of contemporary minority youth — the growing Hispanic and African-American underclass that may well soon make up 40 percent of our nation’s student body — for a variety of reasons beyond the government’s control (e.g., from inordinate patterns of illegitimacy; greater absence of two-parent families; above-average parental drug use, incarceration rates, and felony convictions; and a pervasive ethic of machismo that disdains “acting white” with your nose in a book), simply are not as competitive as other students in grade and high schools. In reaction, the good-hearted state, at the 11th hour of college entry, seeks to ensure an equality of result through affirmative action, set-asides, de facto quotas, and government subsidies. When poorly prepped minority students subsequently do not graduate from college at rates commensurate with other groups, the Left cries “racism” — and we are again back to asking for more money rather than a radical change of heart.
President Obama apparently cannot say, “Americans — each time you have a child out of wedlock, each time you take an illicit drug, each time you break the law or go to jail, each time you romanticize brutality rather than honor scholarship, each time you allege the racism of the others rather than look into your own soul, you do your own small part in ensuring that we might not educate your child as we should — no matter how many thousands of dollars we lavish upon him.”
http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson0…|||My wife is a teacher at an inner city school. There are some kids that actually try to learn. But there are more kids that just don't care and are totally out of control. She can't do anything to discipline them because if she does she is called a racist by the kids parents. So I don't see how Obama is going to change these kids behavior. Or the parents behavior for that matter. You can't teach kids that don't care about learning. Especially if their parents don't care about their education.|||obomma is an ***, you just have to exept that there is a monkey as pressident. (when i say money i mean he looks like one! the ugliest man i've ever heard of!) look it his ears! the look monkeyish!|||This is for questions, not rants. Go blog somewhere else.|||i am very mad that in arizona the cut all the money for the schools next year!
ALL we cant even bye paper.
12 teachers at our school are getting fired.
they are cutting out fine arts!
no more ghior band or drama.|||When you are the pres.it must be o.k. to lie to the world.They've been doing it for years.Most of them usually wait a little longer after getting in office to start back though.Maybe obama thinks with all his new ones coming out,we'll forget about the ones he made during the campaign.Let's face it, it's up to us to see that our children are educated be it home school or whatever.When we see parents abusing and neglecting their children WE need to act on it.Call the dept.social services,continually if that is what it takes.We owe it to our youth to try to give them every opportunity we can. I wish I had a answer how to restore moral values to our youth ,but the problem is so bad,some of them will be lost to the drugs,prisons,racism,and death at early ages. We need to learn from this and not let it happen to the youth of tomorrow. That means working together be it if you're black,white,hispanic or from mars.if you're baptist,catholic,methodist,muslim,or atheists.whatever.When we can do that maybe the money the gov.likes to throw out thinking it will solve the problem can do some good.We can't depend on our pres.though. Maybe if he can quit lying to himself ,he might try to quit doing the same to us.Didn't mean to get so long but your question hit a raw spot that I have.Thanks|||Obama...
What he did was simply pander to the left and make promises he could not keep, he might have every intention of keeping them but in reality you just can't walk in, smile and ask real nice for things to happen.
The left is so naive they thought and still think he can do it. Education is very important, but so is having a good economy to fund it. Now that Obama is in power he prioritizing, and most unfortunately education will be lower on the the list than a lot of other things. I don't mean to say a republican would put it higher on the list, its just that a government's first responsibility is the safety and well being of it's people, and you can't create money out of thin air and just give it to the educational system.|||I live in the UK and his promises I've heard before. They came from the plastic socialist Blair. He is now a mega rich property magnet with a very substantial portfolio. Not bad for a man who's first address to those prepared to listen was education, education, education! You should now see the state of our school results. Good luck with Obama but nothing he says now or later, I haven't already heard before.
I'm a 16 year old girl and my family has always poor. My parents are immigrants and have always struggled to make ends meet. They don't have enough money to heat our house in the winter let alone have enough money to give me presents for Christmas.
I've always been diligent in school and I do really well on standardized tests (I got a 219 on the PSAT in October and I qualify for national merit scholarships). I also make my bed in the mornings and often cook for my dad. I think I'm the perfect child and many adults would have loved to adopt me when I was a kid.
I've always hated Christmas because my friends love doing Secret Santa each year. My upper middle class friends are all more wealthy than I am and can afford gifts that cost over $50. I'm too proud to tell them that my dad earns $35,000/year (before taxes) and my mom earns $15,000/year. They have to pay a $2,000 mortgage each month. I often have to work at McDonalds for 8+ hours so that I can buy a good present. I'd rather buy myself a present for Christmas because I rarely like presents that my friends give me. My parents rarely buy me anything. For my 16th birthday, I went to a Best Buy myself to purchase an iPod Touch with the money I'd earned working at McDonalds.
I hate giving and receiving gifts because I actually need to work on weekends to earn enough money to buy one of my friends a gift! And I'm rarely satisfied with the gift that I receive.|||Yep! It's probably a phobia!|||Your just not a gift person, there's nothing wrong with that|||u sound like a materilist..
im poor too, but that doestn means i would hate Christmass just for something stupid.
yes u r wierd|||no
Hi my name is Peyton rushing im 16and in the 10 grade. I have a older brother named Zachariah. He’s 17 in the 12th grade. My mom is a crack-headed prostitute and my dad is working to make ends meet as a McDonald’s manager so we always have enough to eat. My brother goes to a private school because of his football scholarship. All the girls love him because he is light skinned, tall, muscular with a 6 pack, has waves, and is the captain of the football team. If they look past his appearance they would see a 17 year old doesn’t know a lick but, a sweet and kind big brother. Unlike my 5 year old brother syre. On the other hand go to one schools in the state; Patrick khamani jr. high. It’s full of ghetto, fake, and stupid kids, unfortunately I only have 2 friends; Dior and Carmen, but there the best besfrineds to have. I have a boyfriend named Robert. He has braids, money and sagging pants. As he walks up and says ‘hey mamacita”, and grabs my butt. He has a lot of groupies. So every girl is after him. They say “hey bobby” and “aloha papa”. I don’t pay attention to it because I know im going to get more aggravated. Bobby said if I ever think about breaking up with him he will beat me and my mom. Im walking into biology and as I do I see the fakes. Their names are alexia and mar’sha. They try to trip me when I walk in. I get called “freckle face” and “Dior lover”. Their whole clique laughs when I bump into the teacher and drop my books. I pick them up and run to my friends in the back of throom to see my friends. They always make me feel better. Dior is tall, smart, funny, and Hawaiian. He comes from the hood like me but has all his family. Carmen is short, country, rich and has braces. She is like my sister. I tell her everything. In biology my teacher, Mr. Washington talks about three different things every class. Today he is talking about how babies are born, eyeballs, and farts. He stops and says, “Ms. Rushing, do you know where babies come from.’ I say the only thing I know from TV. ‘When a man and a woman love each other very…..” he say “is that all.” I reply with a “yes.” “Well Ms. rushing you can write a 9 page paper on teen pregnancy. Alexia and mar’sha’ clique started laughing. Carmen slaps he hand to her face. Dior leans over and says “I will come over and help you.” I pretend to drop and pencil and laughed like crazy. Then finally the bell ringed. As we were leaving class I see Bobby slobbing down on selena and I see alexa whispering in Dior’s ear and rubbing on his chest. I run to the bathroom with tears running down my face. Carmen is running behind me. When I run into the bathroom I see kill Peyton, Peyton the punk, I hate Peyton, and other stuff that makes me cry even more. Carmen run’s in and says it’s going to be ok and calms me down. Next is swim class. It may be they only class me really hate other then biology. Mrs. Malone our gym teacher lets us change in her office after what happen last year. To make a long story short they got our clothes and put them on a flag pole. We went home that day on the bus in our bathing suits and almost got namonea. In swim we had to get with partners. Unfortunately my partner was mar’sha. I wanted to be partnered with Dior or Carmen. Mar’sha told me Alexia was going to the graduation dance with Dior and that she was going to the dance with Bobby. We were playing seesaw and when it was my turn to go into the water Mar’sha was kicking me in my face and I nearly drowned. Dior saw me and picked me up out the water. Princeton shouted “She needs CPR!” Under his breathe Dior said “Here we go.” Alexia screamed “Let her die.” This wouldn’t technically count as my first kiss. Carmen said when Dior was done with the CPR I was smiling with a bloody nose. After swim was lunch. We get to leave school for this. We walked 2 blocks to the nearest McDonald’s were my dad worked. I ordered fries, salad, and a drink because I wasn’t that hungry, Carmen ordered a kids meal with chocolate milk, and Dior ordered just about everything on the menu. I told Carmen “He thinks he is king.” Carmen was being smart and said “King Dior and Queen Peyton.” My brother Zachariah was there with his girlfriend Diamond, who happens to be Alexa’s sister. Unlike Alexa Diamond isn’t messy or fake. Zachariah said “What’s up man.” to Dior and asked “Are you dating my baby sister?” I kicked him real hard. I know it hurted because he turned red. I realized if we didn’t leave now we would be late getting back to school. I kissed my brother on the check and said “Ice that leg.” I kissed my dad bye and asked “Can Dior come over?” He said “yes.” and that he loved me. When we got back to school we had 4 subjects left: Algebra, history, language, and technology. Finally school was over and I hadn’t seen Alexa, Mar’sha, or their clique since swim class. When I thought the ghost clear Alexa comes and knocks the books out of my hands and says “Have a good day Ms. Wanna be Clayton.” Clayton was Dior’s last name.|||The adventures of a teenaged girl
I graduated high school a week ago.
On track to attend UCLA.
I already have my AA in poli sci because i took classes at community during high school and classes are free for hs students.
HOWEVER
I have no substantial amount of money (about $150 for graduating)
I have no car.
I have no job.
I have no inside connections to get a job.
I applied to 37 businesses (i've been keeping track) starting from about 3 weeks ago. I regularly phone-call and visit the human resources/hiring office located in each store. I've received no calls or offers. I've applied to Mcdonalds, Dollar Tree, janitorial companies,...etc.
( I even applied with the UFW's Take our jobs campaign to get a farm labour job picking crops, but yet to hear back from them)
My family is too poor to pay for my college, and too rich to qualify for grants for college. I am a good student however, not outstanding enough to qualify for academic scholarships. Called the financial aid office but they won't adjust me for diddly squat and i only got $3000 of federal loans offered towards $30,000 tuition and fees. FAFSA says i can only take out $6000 worth of student loans and my parents have a horrible credit score and cannot takeout loans either. Parents cannot handle paying $21,000 for my college like the FAFSA said they have to.
What to do......
I don't have a lot of hope. If i couldn't find a job there'd be no way to pay for college. (Obviously not pay for it all, or atleast a good portion. but set a trend for me and get me atleast money to eat)
New Choices:
Join the military? Immigrate to a more prosperous country? Sell bone marrow? Spend all the rest of my money of lottery tickets? illicit activities?
Time is ticking and i'm losing hope, when you apply to Mcdonald's for a part-time position and go there once every two days to check on your application and in three weeks time you still haven't gotten anything back it doesn't help your self esteem.|||Try going to a community college first, just because usually they are not as expensive.
Also try the military. My daughter recently graduated with her Bachelors in History and graduated *** Laude all while working full time for the Air Force and taking classes full time.
I got my Bachelors in December 2008 and we took out small loans every semester to pay for my tuition and books. I drove 100 miles every week 2 to 4 times a week depending on my schedule. I lived at home with my husband and son at the time.
Where ther is a will, there is a way. If you want something bad enough - you will find a way to obtain it.
Also try just working for a while and take 1 or 2 classes at a time. It is slow going, but at least you are going to graduate. It took me a long, long time to graduate because I had 60 hours going in, stoppped and raised my family for 20 years and then finally graduated in 2008!!!!!!!!!!!|||I would say you have 4 options. In order of the preference I would do them:
1. Go to a less-prestigious school. You may not be qualified for merit scholarships at a top university like UCLA, but you might be at a smaller school with lower rankings. The only downside to this is that it's too late to apply elsewhere to start in fall.
2. Go to community college for 2 years and hope that you can find a part time job during that time to save up some money, then transfer to UCLA or wherever.
3. Join the military. If you're lucky, by the time you finish training, we'll be withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan and you won't see any combat.
4. Skip the university entirely and just go to community college or trade school.|||If you're 18 or over mark yourself as an independent. You should have a better shot at getting financial aid. I wouldn't do it until I talk to the financial aid department at UCLA and your parents. If that doesn't work you might have to take a year off to make some money some how. I would never suggest taking a year off but if there's no way you can pay then that might be the only course. Good luck.|||If you have an AA already, and this can be applied towards a Bachelor's degree, then you need to attend UCLA for only about two years, in which case a student loan burden of ~$40,000 is not excessive.
Just make sure you choose a Major with good earnings prospects after graduation.
The-n is a REALLY actually GREAT network for people of all ages. its mostly directed toward teens drama though. But i love the network some people haven't even heard of it.....if you didn't you should get it or look into it. Degrass(high school drama), Instant Star(the life of a girl after she wins an American Idol like contest), The Best Years(foster home girl that got a scholarship to college), South of Nowhere(gay/lesbian drama) are just some really good shows to name a few...........and for lifetime fans who are gonna watch Devil's Diary...Miriam McDonald and Alexz Johnson are from the-n shows. They are really good.|||o my gosh i so so so love all of the shows and yes i do watch the-n there is some prety good shows on there my fav is Degrass its good :0|||I watch the-n! I love Degrassi, it's one of my all-time favorite shows! The-n is a great channel.|||Excuse me I love The-N :D but then again I'm 16--
p.s. watching it now...for Sabrina though..wish Degrassi would come on..|||more people watch the-n than admit it. i love the-n.|||The-N is my ultimate favorite channel. Degrassi is like nominated for an emmy! go degrassi, and South Of Nowhere rocks especially the whole bisexual thing with Ashley. Also The Best Years i heating up more and ore and more.|||because it's canadian!!!|||because i dont get the N but if i did id be watching Sabrina 3 or 4 times a day.
is you haven't saw he video here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-gH2gAXjAw&feature=related
*PLEASE WATCH IT then answer my question if you haven't alreay seen it*
here's my opinion:
list of Michael Jackson's charity works:
AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation, Inc.
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
Michael Jackson has donated 300-500 millions of dollars to charity
don't let me not get started on awards Michael has won and records he broke...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE PETER KING?
(and don鈥檛 say ran for us house...your not even know out of the state of NY)
So Peter King when you've reached the HALF WAY mark of Michael Jackson's accomplishments MAYbe this video will be over looked and you will gain much respect and love from people...AND media coverage when you die, until then respect the legendary MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON!
RIP MICHAEL JACKSON|||He shouldnt say stuff like that about a dead man. It's just wrong. And i think pete forgot about all the loads of charity michael has done. He didnt even mention that in his video. That charity helped hundreds and is a huge sacrifice in itself. Michael has faced criticism all his life. Leave him alone now that he has died!
R.I.P Michael Jackson|||dont matter how much or how many things he did with money, it was money that got him out of his little boy butt playing perversion three times, when he should have been put in prison....nuff said!!!!|||None of which negates the fact that Jackson was a child molester and a pervert.|||Peter's momma is a hoe and he's a worthless *** hole
RIP MJ <3 ya|||what the hell|||i don't care
Let me clarify a little bit. Reverse-racism is where, to kind of apologize for the previous cruel racist status of white people, certain minorities get a huge bonus on their taxes and great scholarship opportunities.
I personally don't think this is right, because reverse-racism is actually being racist to while people now. I don't think the modern world should be "an eye for an eye".
I'm a believer that BET is a great channel for great comforts, but if there was a WET, it would but shut off after a day.
Here is an exact quote from somebody here on Yahoo "I mean we all know that most white people don't need scholarships like this because most of the time they already have money to pay for college but most blacks on the other hand have it harder because they just don't have the money so it makes sense that we have scholarships and you guys don't"
That does not make ANY sense to me. I have friends who have single parents, who work at stores like McDonald's and can't get a better job. They can't even pay for college. I know more white people like that than Blacks, or Hispanics.
My overall Opinion: make it actually EQUAL. Everybody in the world (well, usually) is a great mix of different races, where probably some in the mix were enslaved, mistreated, etc. I do not want a WET or anything, but why are we in the mindset that blacks can praise themselves but white people cannot? Trust us, we need the money.
Please tell me your opinion, even if its different from mine, so I can get a few ideas. I plan to go far with this.|||I do believe in reverse-discrimination when everything else is equal. Don't promote or hire to send to school the less qualified to fill the seats with whatever race. If I score X on an admissions test, and you score X on an admissions test, and you are the minority, the scholarship goes to you.
The problem is, most people don't see how endemic the problem of racism and discrimination is in this country. I've been in some office meetings that sound like they were taking place in Selma, AL. The language, thought and hireability of racism is still with us.Just because the slaves were "freed" after the Civil War, they weren't free. They had nothing. No clothes of their own, their religion taken away, families torn apart, no money and no education. You can't repair that in such a little time. It was in the '60's when George Wallace blocked the steps of Little Rock HS- the '60's! Not 200 years ago.
How do you build people up from degradation like that? How do you show them, OK, you're equal now when they know they're not? Worst schools for children that need them most. Worst neighborhoods. The economic sector has left the area, and folks can't catch public transportation to go where the jobs are.
If we start off on an equal footing, then the contest will be equal and let the best man win. But if the scales are tipped, best add something to even them out until they even out on their own.|||Because a high portion of the minority populace is poor. Its is demned equitable if more assistance goes that way. Is it right. . . No! equality is equality. But the squeaky wheel gets the grease. |||Utter rubbish. It will not better society. Look, you can take a bag of garbage, cover it in cream, strawberries and sprinkles it is still garbage. Affirmative action is a pathetic excuse and illogical. Why honestly hire someone less qualified to do something than someone else...? Why?|||Andrew, i see what you're saying. You are talking about affirmative action in essence. I do agree with you for the most part, but somehow a little bit I don't. I don't think people should be bending over backwards now to help minorities but on some levels I feel like sometimes they need a little extra help depending on the situation. While I was in sociology I learned that the average white male high school graduate makes more money in his life time than the Latina college graduate. That really isn't fair. I don't know, it is a really sticky issue. There was an affirmative action group on my college campus and all the member were hassling me to join just because I am black. When I said I didn't want to, I was looked down upon. So basically what I am I saying? I don't know. You do raise a very good point though. Life isn't fair. this is one of those occasions where life is more unfair and cruel to white people. Also I see what you're saying with BET. Black people created a channel like this (though it is now white owned) because there was little or no Black representation of our interest or desires in the media. The overall media and TV setup at the time, and for the most part currently, was catering to the Anglo-Saxon white majority. Now things are changing, and white people are not the majority in California but that still might not be represented in the media. I just want to say that I get what you're saying. I have white friends and they tell me the same thing. We get into friendly arguments because we don't agree but both parties can for the most part understand where the other is coming from. |||The term "reverse-racism" is, itself, racist because it implies that the definition of racism is: "A white person hating someone of another race". This assumption is absurd. I actually heard a black woman, who was a member of the NAACP ("NAACP" is also a racist acronym), who said that white people are genetically predisposed to racism! We're genetically racist?! Genetically racist! What the hell kind of f*cking ridiculous junk science is that?!?!
Lady Mala, ever heard of "40 acres and a mule"?
The Millennium-Issue of the "Guinness Book Of Records" names Michael as the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations. The following projects are supported by Michael Jackson:
AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Heal The World Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make A Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
Transafrica
United ***** College Fund
United ***** College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw
- He's done more peace in his life time, then Obama will ever do... even if Obama's life was extended by 200 years...
Bono gets nominated for doing S***!!
For those who say Michael touched children:
MICHAEL JACKSON DID TOUCH CHILDREN........
HE TOUCHED THEIR HEARTS!|||i ask this question every day...
MJJ 4eva!!!|||He should be awarded one posthumously. He never got recognition for his good works because he didn't seek publicity for it. It's time for the the kid who ruined Michael's life in 2005 come forward and admit his family made the whole thing up and free Jackson's legacy from the unfair accusation of being a pedophile.|||because the media only wants the bad news not the good news mj once said in an interview.so the media didn't film any of it maybe some people did, but that's a factor to why he didn't win the nobel peace prize. i wish he did he deserves it more. just look at that list|||For some reason Michael was not appreciated when he was alive.He did get some sort of recognition for his charity work....at his memorial service.I really think Michael was happy just to help though he did not expect anything in return that the sort of giving person I believe he was.|||Nobel is now proven to not be a serious thing. Would you like to see Michael winning such a joke?? I think that his best reward was the positive result of his work with such institutions and seeing the ill children being helped.|||i beleive in him no matter what i beleive that he did do lots of amazing things and he so should have won that prize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!鈥?br>
but he won my heart at least :-/
"faith" i love the way u put that they were great words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|||"Supported by Micheal Jackson"
In anotherwords, he had nothing to do with them..
Man, you people need to give it up already, haha.|||Your right he did touch children. Maybe thats why...
sorry if you think it's a little bit long, it explains the situation, it should only take a couple of minutes to read, I would greatly appreciate any advice please, hopefully you'll understand the situation I'm in, once again thanks
Hi,
I’m going to be a graduating high school senior this year and an incoming freshman to UCONN and was alarmed when I wasn’t given any type of scholarship money or financial need, absolutely nothing, not one penny. To be completely honest I’m scared out of mind because with what my parents are going to pay and the zero dollars I have received in scholarship awards I’m responsible for 10 grand a year and will be a total of 40 grand in debt when I graduate, most likely more. Now I understand that too many that may seem like nothing but I live in small town that has like five businesses that will hire some young kid like me. I can’t find a job any were and have never held one before; I was literally told on the national hiring of McDonald’s day that I was not a “qualified applicant” for whatever reason. So as you can imagine 40 grand of debt scares **** out of me when I can’t even get a job at McDonald’s. I mean just because I go to college does not mean I’m guarded a career and I will probably have to move back in after I graduate. Believe me I’m doing everything I can to save money, I’m not going to graduation, prom, senior outing, nothing, because I’m so scared of the debt that I’m about to go in and I have just over 2 grand of my own money, that’s it.
So I really don’t understand at all why I wasn’t given any money at all from the college. Although I may not be that great of a student nationally in my school I am. Last year there was one kid that took 5 AP classes in one year and he was looked at as a freak, so yah. But anyways in my school I’m like ranked 21st but I will graduate with AP World History, got a 3, Statistics, got a 4, Physics B, got a 4, Calculus AB, took this year, Biology, took this year, and Chemistry, took this year. I’m finishing off my 12th season of varsity sports, 4 seasons of varsity cross country, 4 seasons of varsity indoor track and field, and 3 seasons of varsity outdoor track and field, I’m currently finishing my fourth season. My times aren’t that great but ok I guess, my current PR in the 800 is 2:01:65. My SAT scores aren’t that great but ok, 520 in critical reading =(, 600 in writing, 690 in math. I’m going into engineering physics by the way. I’m finishing my fourth year of honors Latin, I had two take two years of it as an independent study before school even started. I also took PreCalculus High Honors last year as a independent study last year were I literally had to teach myself the whole thing basically. The majority of my core courses were taken at the high honors level with only like 3 at honors. I have like a 89.6 unweighted GPA. So like nationally I’m probably not that great of a student but at my school I’m considered a great student. Like I have heard of people taking 10 or even 11 AP classes in one year, but in a school where if you take 5 or more your considered a freak I am a good student at my school.
See the thing is that there were people who also got into UCONN who like got half tuition off at UCONN who are like 20 or 30 class rankings below me, but their parents bring in like 40 k a year each. See I’m a white male, CT resident, strongly middle class, my parents brought in roughly a total of 120 k last year, both my parents went to college, my parents are still together and are just under 50 years of age, I have a sister who’s a sophomore in high school who will also be paying for college soon.
So like I really don’t understand why I didn’t get a penny. Like I have said there are people who got like half tuition off in my school who are a FAR worse quality student than I am and haven’t participated in a single season of sports and well yah… There’s also this one girl who has minority status, her parents are immigrants, her parents didn’t go to college, she is female, and she gets FULL TUTION OFF, and she’s only like 6 or 8 class rankings ahead of me who participated in like three seasons of sports, and has roughly the same SAT scores… like dang I didn’t get a single penny… So did I fill out something wrong on my application or am I really not deservant of a single penny? As I’m extremely confused as to why I didn’t get one penny when students who are joke students compared to me get half tuition off and students who are not much greater of a student that I am get full tuition off… like I’m seriously considering switching to like CCSU or MCC if it’s not to late because my parents could pay for all of the costs, as 40 grand of debt scares the **** out of me when I can’t a ******* job at McDonald’s…
Thanks for any advice, do you think I did something wrong on the application, if so what and who should I talk to and what do I do|||Did you fill out a FAFSA form? even if you think you are ineligible cause your parents make too much money, sit down with them and apply anyway. Call the financial office of the school and try talking to them too! Can't hurt. I also wanted to go to UConn...but it was way too expensive (i'm from out of state) but i was still excited when i got accepted. Schools dont make those kinds of decisions on AP test scores though lol.
Ok so I'm 15 and I just started high school about 3 weeks ago and ever since then my mother has been pressuring me to graduate with honors.
One day I was doing my homework and she said "Better do good on that History test tomorrow or you won't graduate with honors."and then we were in the car today after she picked me up form school and I started talking about getting a part time job so I could get some money for college...her reply? "Well if you graduate with honors 9 times out of 10 they give you a scholarship."
Shes not the only one either!
I was sitting in McDonald's with my dad and my older sister,Mary and while Mary was up getting our food he leans over and goes "Are you gonna try to graduate with honors since Mary didn't?"
and then there is my grandmother...
she just won't quit talking about it!How proud she's gonna be and all that.
What happens if I don't graduate with honors?That thought scares me =/
What could I do to make them stop?I tried talking to them but they didn't listen =/ also what could I do to try to graduate with honors?study tips,books I could read etc.
thanks.|||Your family probably doesn't remember how hard school was for them. It is easily to tell someone else that they better do well, because they are not the ones who have to compete with all the other students.
They are probably thinking that if you graduate with honors, then you will be able to get a scholarship. Money may be tight for your parents.
Explain that you're doing the very best you can, and the excess pressure is detrimental to doing well in school.
By the way, what grades did your dad, you mom, and your grandmother get? Did they graduate with honors?|||Sit down with your parents and tell them honestly how stressful all this pressure to do well is affecting you.
Tell them that, although it is right they try to encourage you to do your best, they should also be aware that only you can choose your path and your decision is final. Assure them you will try your hardest, but that the pressure is putting a strain on your life. Your family only want what is best for you. All you can do is your best.
Good luck.|||Graduating with honors should´t just be a matter of saving parents some good money by getting a scholarship. The economic issue is important for them, but for you it has been shown by statistics (look in google) that the best students are not necessarily the most successful in life; but rather average ones. And part of the reason seems to be the more relaxed attitude toward life. Student life has many activities and studying (although important) is not the only one.
I'm a Hispanic male living in NYC
Unweighted GPA: 86
Weighted GPA: 89
I took all honors courses except one math. I also took AP Biology, AP English, and AP Spanish.
SAT: 1st time: Reading: 490 Math:550 Writing:500
2nd time: Reading: 600 Math: 590 Writing: 620
3rd time: I'm waiting for the scores to come in but focused on getting higher in math and reading.
-Wrote a good essay. (can't really tell how good it is but yeah..)
-I have 3 recommenders: my Master Sergeant (I'm in JROTC), the head of the forensic institute, and my chemistry teacher.
Extra curricular's:
-on a very demanding armed drill team for JROTC (3 hours everyday after school and 8 hour saturday practices) and won National Championship. #1 Armed drill team in the nation.
-Over 500 hours of community service: includes food drives, clothes drives, marching in various parades, volunteering at nursing homes and Ronald McDonald home, and park clean ups among other things.
-Won a full scholarship to attend Michigan Tech University for 2 weeks to study civil engineering during my summer after my sophomore year.
-In Aspira (Hispanic heritage club)
-in Arista (National Honor Society)
-Gateway (honors program for Hispanic and black students)
-in JROTC
-on my school newspaper (wrote articles for it)
schools I'm applying to:
Binghamton University
Stony Brook
U Albany
U Buffalo
Boston University
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
Pace
U at New Paltz
U at Old Westbury
Hunter College
Baruch College
Queens College
My top choice would be Binghamton. What do you think my chances are at these schools? Is there anything I could do at this point to improve my chances?|||Your a shoe in go ahead|||why do you even bother to go to university if you're so rich? just buy a country.|||lol Gotcha, good title!!! I was about to reply, "Your dad is the owner of the University, your in dummy!" Anyways, now that I see it's fake, and read your question, all I can say is your chances of going to to those universities are really high. =) Apply, and good luck in your acceptance letter!|||******* nerdy *** prep
I'm a Hispanic male living in NYC
Unweighted GPA: 86
Weighted GPA: 89
I took all honors courses except one math. I also took AP Biology, AP English, and AP Spanish.
SAT: 1st time: Reading: 490 Math:550 Writing:500
2nd time: Reading: 600 Math: 590 Writing: 620
3rd time: I'm waiting for the scores to come in but focused on getting higher in math and reading.
-Wrote a good essay. (can't really tell how good it is but yeah..)
-I have 3 recommenders: my Master Sergeant (I'm in JROTC), the head of the forensic institute, and my chemistry teacher.
Extra curricular's:
-on a very demanding armed drill team for JROTC (3 hours everyday after school and 8 hour saturday practices) and won National Championship. #1 Armed drill team in the nation.
-Over 500 hours of community service: includes food drives, clothes drives, marching in various parades, volunteering at nursing homes and Ronald McDonald home, and park clean ups among other things.
-Won a full scholarship to attend Michigan Tech University for 2 weeks to study civil engineering during my summer after my sophomore year.
-In Aspira (Hispanic heritage club)
-in Arista (National Honor Society)
-Gateway (honors program for Hispanic and black students)
-in JROTC
-on my school newspaper (wrote articles for it)
Other schools I'm applying to:
Stony Brook
U Albany
U Buffalo
Boston University
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
Pace
U at New Paltz
U at Old Westbury
Hunter College
Baruch College
Queens College
My top choice would be Binghamton. What do you think my chances are at these schools? Is there anything I could do at this point to improve my chances?|||i did 1 year at michigan tech, decent school. hard to get along with student body if you're not either super nerdy or have a deep love for mud and trucks. i transferred to university at buffalo and never looked back.
judging by your performance, you'll be accepted into any of those colleges you listed. i was accepted to some of the ones you have there, and i had far less extracurricular activities than you, and you outscored my SAT's except for math, and i had slightly higher marks in high school.
base your decision on what you want to major in. looking into alumni at each school with respect to your intended major is a big help.
I'm a Hispanic male living in NYC
Unweighted GPA: 86
Weighted GPA: 89
I took all honors courses except one math. I also took AP Biology, AP English, and AP Spanish.
SAT: 1st time: Reading: 490 Math:550 Writing:500
2nd time: Reading: 600 Math: 590 Writing: 620
3rd time: I'm waiting for the scores to come in but focused on getting higher in math and reading.
-Wrote a good essay. (can't really tell how good it is but yeah..)
-I have 3 recommenders: my Master Sergeant (I'm in JROTC), the head of the forensic institute, and my chemistry teacher.
Extra curricular's:
-on a very demanding armed drill team for JROTC (3 hours everyday after school and 8 hour saturday practices) and won National Championship. #1 Armed drill team in the nation.
-Over 500 hours of community service: includes food drives, clothes drives, marching in various parades, volunteering at nursing homes and Ronald McDonald home, and park clean ups among other things.
-Won a full scholarship to attend Michigan Tech University for 2 weeks to study civil engineering during my summer after my sophomore year.
-In Aspira (Hispanic heritage club)
-in Arista (National Honor Society)
-Gateway (honors program for Hispanic and black students)
-in JROTC
-on my school newspaper (wrote articles for it)
Other schools I'm applying to:
Stony Brook
U Albany
U Buffalo
Boston University
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
Pace
U at New Paltz
U at Old Westbury
Hunter College
Baruch College
Queens College
My top choice would be Binghamton. What do you think my chances are at these schools? Is there anything I could do at this point to improve my chances?|||yep, why go there tho? its not special?
I would say Baruch and Hunter are most competitive in NYC as public schools
go to collegeboard.com you will see admitted acceptance rate. its low.
So today I found out that my loan application for school got denied after they lied and told me that everything was fine and that I would get my money in a few days to pay for tuition/fees for college. So Im using another loan company and I will know within 24 hours whether or not my loan gets approved. They wouldnt tell me why it didnt get approved something about getting another cosigner. The loan company that Im waiting approval from now I got a loan from them last semester. So what if my application gets denied again? I dont have any way to pay for school for this semester. People always say get scholarships it takes 2 to 4 months to see if you even won any money. The financial aid office cant do anything because I already used my stafford loan to pay off some of my tuition. I cant join the military for medical reasons. How do I find some money to go to school? Any advice? So what am I supposeed to do work at McDonalds for the rest of my life?|||If you aren't able to pay for your education now, I don't know that you have many options for this semester. You'd have to try again for next semester. And if that didn't work out... I think you know where this is going.
It sounds, to me, as if your cosigner's credit is tapped. They have too much money out in loans in comparison to their income. If this second loan doesn't go through, you'd need to find a different person to cosign it.
If this doesn't work out for you, then your best bet may be to try to find a full time job with an employer that offers tuition reimbursement. You'd then work full time and attend school part time. They'd pay your tuition, usually up to a certain dollar limit per year.
Most major employers offer tuition reimbursement. Some employers that offer it, and that hire people without college degrees, are Starbucks, UPS, Fedex, most manufacturing companies, and all universities (at least for courses at their own school). So if worse comes to worst, this may be an option.
Is your current school quite expensive? Another option is to attend a less expensive school. Of course, you'd still need to find the money to pay for that, and you'd need to apply to transfer, but it may help a bit.|||I was on the same boat.
Get a part time job. It's what i did.|||That happened to me. I made arrangements with my school for financing my education. I asked the cashier if they school offered a flexible payment plan. And they did, they asked for 15% down up front, and rest to pay in installments every month until it was paid of in time for the next semester. It took me 4 months but I made sure I stayed in school.
I'm a Hispanic male living in NYC
Unweighted GPA: 86
Weighted GPA: 89
I took all honors courses except one math. I also took AP Biology, AP English, and AP Spanish.
SAT: 1st time: Reading: 490 Math:550 Writing:500
2nd time: Reading: 600 Math: 590 Writing: 620
3rd time: I'm waiting for the scores to come in but focused on getting higher in math and reading.
-Wrote a good essay. (can't really tell how good it is but yeah..)
-I have 3 recommenders: my Master Sergeant (I'm in JROTC), the head of the forensic institute, and my chemistry teacher.
Extra curricular's:
-on a very demanding armed drill team for JROTC (3 hours everyday after school and 8 hour saturday practices) and won National Championship. #1 Armed drill team in the nation.
-Over 500 hours of community service: includes food drives, clothes drives, marching in various parades, volunteering at nursing homes and Ronald McDonald home, and park clean ups among other things.
-Won a full scholarship to attend Michigan Tech University for 2 weeks to study civil engineering during my summer after my sophomore year.
-In Aspira (Hispanic heritage club)
-in Arista (National Honor Society)
-Gateway (honors program for Hispanic and black students)
-in JROTC
-on my school newspaper (wrote articles for it)
Other schools I'm applying to:
Stony Brook
U Albany
U Buffalo
Boston University
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
Pace
U at New Paltz
U at Old Westbury
Hunter College
Baruch College
Queens College
My top choice would be Binghamton. What do you think my chances are at these schools? Is there anything I could do at this point to improve my chances?|||Actually you have a pretty decent shot at all of them.
Your SAT isn't fantastic, but it qualifies.
You've also taken some challenging courses and have a couple significant ECs.
The only thing that didn't impress me is the fact that you are Hispanic and took AP Spanish lol.
Again, you're a little on the low side, but you do have a decent possibility at all of them!
Work on your essays (revise them, get someone to revise them, and revise them again), and that will boost your chance at admission.
Good luck! Hope you get in.|||I don't think your qualified for these specifications.
My high school counselors don't tell us anything about scholarships or really anything that pertains to our futures (they don't really do their jobs). I need help. I've Google'd and I've looked on cappex.com and careercruising.com. I've found a few, but I'm going to need more than a few =/.
I'm a good student, I have a 3.6 grade point average and I'm actively involved in National Honor Society. I play sports: cheerleading, bowling, and soccer. My parent's don't make a whole lot of money, so I'll be paying for the majority of my college experience. Realistically, if I don't find scholarships and grants I'm just not going to be able to go to college.. Please help me. I want to be a lawyer. I want to do so much with my life, not just making minimum wage at McDonald's forever.|||Apply to FAFSA.gov. That is where most people get their scholarships and loans.
hello i am going to have my honors thesis published in an undergraduate research journal later this month. i wondered how i can put down this acheivement onto my resume:
here's mine currently below:
Education
Case Western Reserve University- Class of 2008
Candidate B.A. in Spanish with honors- minors in Biology and Chemistry
Honors Thesis: “Nada es sencilla: un analisis de cinco peliculas Almodovareñas”
“Nothing is simple: an analysis of five Almodóvar films.”
Related Experience
Department of Pharmacology lab assistant; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine- (2005-2006); tasks included
• Sterilizing dishware and lab equipment
• Preparing solutions
Cleveland Clinic Foundation volunteer- Sub-acute unit (2004-2007); duties included
• Transporting patients to and from physical therapy
• Recording patient information for the dietitian
• Coordinating activities for the patients and their families
Case Western Reserve University Premedical Chapter of the American Medical Student Association- (2004-2006) public relations chair; (2006-2008) co-president and assistant coordinator; (2008-present) adviser
LGBT Health Action Committee of the American Medical Student Association- (2007-present) associate coordinator for health and education
Special Recognitions and Awards
Case Western Reserve University Merit Scholarship recipient
Cleveland Scholarship Program Huntington Award recipient
Ratner, Miller, and Shafran Foundation Scholarship recipient
Case Western Reserve University Student Leadership Award Nominee- 2006-07, 2007-08
Case Western Reserve University Deans High Honors recipient- 2007-08
Leadership
Health Care Justice Gathering- (2007) I was selected to attend this 5 day AMSA sponsored program at the Gesundheit Institute in West Virginia. Improvement of the healthcare delivery system will be discussed and involvement with innovative ways on how to ensure fair and just treatment for all patients.
Student Leadership Institute- (2006) I was selected to attend this day long event at the Region 4 AMSA Conference, held at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Participants chosen worked together to develop projects to enhance universal healthcare and talked about ways to improve the healthcare systems across the world.
Sigma Delta Pi member- (2006-2008) This is a national collegiate Hispanic honor society for Spanish majors who have equal to or higher than a 3.5 GPA within related courses.
Cleveland Scholarship Mentorship Program- (2006) served on a committee to start this program for incoming freshman that have received a scholarship from the Cleveland Scholarship Program.
SAGES Advisory Board- (2004-06) vice president
Carlton Complex Council- (2004-05) social coordinator for Michelson House
Other Employment
Call Center at Case Western Reserve University- student supervisor (2006-present)
Tutor for Education Student Support department at Case Western Reserve University- (2003-2004)
McDonald’s Restaurant- crew trainer (1999-2005)
|||Once it is published, place it under it's own heading (probably after education) titled "Publications" and cite the journal and issue in which it is published.
I would also seriously edit your related experience and achievements. For instance, just include: Sigma Delta Pi (member)-2006-2008 or Student Leadership Institute conference (2006).
If it's important to your recipient, they will know what it is....most employers want very simple appearing resumes. |||Under the mention of your thesis write soon to be published or to be published in December 2008.
China pledges Billions to Africa By JOE McDONALD, Associated Press Writer
Sat Nov 4, 4:42 PM ET
BEIJING - China launched a sweeping effort Saturday to expand its access to Africa's oil and markets, pledging billions of dollars in aid and loans as dozens of leaders from the world's poorest
continent opened a conference aimed at building economic ties.
President Hu Jintao pledged to double China's aid to Africa from its 2006 level by 2009. Speaking at the conference's opening ceremony, he promised $3 billion in loans, $2 billion in export credits and a $5 billion fund to encourage Chinese investment in Africa
China will train 15,000 African professionals, build schools, hospitals and anti-malaria clinics, send agriculture experts and youth volunteers to Africa and build a new conference center for the African Union, Hu said.
He said China would double the number of scholarships given to African students to 4,000 by 2009.
The US. Upstaged Again?|||Nigeria is the only nation that has any production going on at all.. The rest they are wasting their time/money if they want oil.
So today I found out that my loan application for school got denied after they lied and told me that everything was fine and that I would get my money in a few days to pay for tuition/fees for college. So Im using another loan company and I will know within 24 hours whether or not my loan gets approved. They wouldnt tell me why it didnt get approved something about getting another cosigner. The loan company that Im waiting approval from now I got a loan from them last semester. So what if my application gets denied again? I dont have any way to pay for school for this semester. People always say get scholarships it takes 2 to 4 months to see if you even won any money. The financial aid office cant do anything because I already used my stafford loan to pay off some of my tuition. I cant join the military for medical reasons. How do I find some money to go to school? Any advice? So what am I supposeed to do work at McDonalds for the rest of my life?|||Ok, what is your EFC, and are under-graduate or graduate student and what is the name of the school.? add more details and I can tell what to do. I just hope that you go to a private school.|||Have you filled out an application for government aid? If not, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and fill out the application. Hope that helps!|||Your financial aid office maybe able to help you find a lender that has a higher approval rating but this second application may just go through because they approved you before. I iwould definately fond out why you where denied as it is your right.
Heya!
I'm 17 and have been employed at McDonalds for about a month, but a couple weeks ago, my Dad and Mom told us that they were getting a divorce. There is obviously more to the divorce that I don't feel the need to share, but suffice it to say that I've been incredibly stressed about it. On top of that, I'm in the IB program with a heavy course load and am in the process of applying for college scholarships. I only work 10 hours/week at McDonalds, but it's still a fairly stressful job (I know, this is just the nature of the Fast Food Industry, but to be frank, I don't think I have the emotional capacity to deal with additional stress without falling into some kind of depression/pit of constant anxiety.) So my first question is: Should I quit McDonalds? I know it has only been a month, but I feel that my reasons are legitimate. I know I need to get used to handling additional responsibilities because I'm going to be in college soon, but ...I feel like I should also do things that make me a little happier.
This leads me into my second question. Recently, I applied to a local used book store (because I absolutely love reading and the atmosphere of that place!), but they said that they weren't hiring. I was a bit disappointed to say the least because I could handle a work atmosphere like that much better and even work more hours if I needed. With that in mind, would it be tacky of me to call them back and see if they've read over my application EVEN though they aren't hiring and I submitted my application only a couple days ago? Or should I wait a little longer? Or should I not call back at all?
I've thought that incessantly calling them would encourage them to look at my application and call me back first when they do start to hire again...
Thanks in advance for the answers!|||I'm going to be tough. First, grasp this golden opportunity to cope with all these competing causes of stress. "Divorce" yourself from your parents. Accept their decision and accept it. Get on with your life.
Work. Keep working at MacDonald's. Maybe cut back to six hours Accept answer from bookstore. Don't follow up.
Study. Be thoroughly organised. Use time when travelling to / from work to reinforce learning.
Seek counselling for your stress. Learn relaxing techniques.|||No don't call back because you will just irritate them
They told you they have no vacancies, so just leave it
Stick with the job you have, it's only 10 hours a week which is not much at all
Yes, you are going through an emotional time but maybe think what your parents are going through
it will be a whole lot tougher for them having to plan their future without each other
Talk to your parents, support them through this very tough time
Life is full of ups and downs, so this will be ahuge learnign curve for you
while you cope with it as a young adult.
Maybe also talk to other friends who have parents who have gone through a divorce, they can offfer support and advice probably
At least you are not going through exams just now
as this would make things a lot worse for you with all the additional pressure
Hello, I'm an American, and I'm kind of busy all the time. I spend most of the time talking on the phone with potential customers. I'm trying to build my own company, but it takes time and effort. I like to be entertained and stuff. Work is more than I can bear. I like animals and traveling around the globe. To cut the story short, I need a degree, so my friends can get jealous. I need it right away. I'm not interested in all the intricacies that a particular discipline or field has to offer. I just want to be paid, since people with an education get more income than those without an education. Isn't there like a McDonald's grant or a Disney Land scholarship? Please help. This is important. I want to be credited for being smart without going through all the pain of studying and preparing myself for a decent career or profession. Thanks!|||There are plenty of fake degrees out there you can waste your money on, but claiming them as a real degree is a felony in many states. Sorry, if you want a real degree, you're looking at at least 2 years of work.|||I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. Either way, it's stupid.
You can't get a degree in 2 days, and your motivations for obtaining one are misplaced.|||you're stupid, definitely not smart, and the reason you don't get credit for being smart is because you AREN'T.|||you can't. that's why you get paid more for having a degree, you spend years studying and learning.
Im a guy. Okay, so I've had two years of college in high school have my associates at 18. I am going to take calculus, biology, and organic chem before age 19. I am aiming for med school and will move out from western WA to clear across WA state university. I will need advanced schooling because a Bachelors in biochemistry doesnt pay the best and all the jobs are on the east coast. I still am not sure about what I want to do career/wise/passion w/ good money. I havent worked but Mcdonalds a few months and will need more scholarships and pay everything w/ >$10 hour. I plan to move next fall (age 19). I dont need entertainment Im a very boring guy, I dont drive but will get that underway I wont drive much. Whats the best advice? My school will be $18,000 more and need to pay for dorms w/ scholarships.
THANKS THANKS THANKS for answers
Oh and Im taking my cat dearest love w/ me|||get a student loan
get three jobs to pay for you living
its hard but you will learn more than those who depend on their parents...
I wish i was courageous like you
take me with you too.. <3
|||What do you want the advice about exactly?|||if youre going to med school, then the best job is a doctor of some specialty.
Dear Edward Jones and Associates,
I believe that anything is achievable as long as you set your mind to it. Life is full of various challenges and I have taken on a very exciting challenge! About one month ago, I was selected by
Vanbros and Associates Inc. to be a contestant in the Miss Teen Missouri Pageant on November 9-11 in Poplar Bluff. This pageant leads to the actual Miss Teen USA pageant hosted on NBC. I am really excited about being chosen to represent our area for Miss Teen Missouri.
But as everyone knows, all challenges come with obstacles. I have ran into a few for Miss Teen Missouri. I am writing to you today asking for sponsorship for this pageant, due to the fact that my parents cannot afford the fee without help. I am willing to accept any amount provided.
You are probably wondering why I want participate in this pageant. I asked myself that same question when I was filling my application out. I don't plan on having a career in modeling or fashion, because I plan on being a dentist, so that wasn't it. Everyone in the pageant is also guaranteed a scholarship, but that really wasn't my reason either. So I though more about it, and my real reason is to be a role model for teens my own age and also to promote my platform of world hunger and poverty. I know that all girls want to be role models, but when I say I want to be a role model, I take it to heart. I think that many teens in my community are going in the wrong direction if life due to drugs and violence. I feel like this pageant will help me promote my values on a bigger scale and many teens do listen to others their own age. My platform is also personal. My parents were born in poverty. The stories they tell my about how tough life was and how scarce food was from day to day really makes me realize that I am very lucky to have this life and that I should never take it for granite. I have come to realize that there are many people in life who are not as lucky. I know I can't change the world by myself, but I can convince others to join me.
I am currently a Junior at Warrenton High School. I participate in various school groups. I am member of Peer Helpers, National Honors Society, and the math team. I am also a Teen Spirit Advisor for the Missouri Department of Transportation which promotes safe driving habits, like buckle up and arrive alive. I am also involved in many community groups as well. I help in planning my communities yearly relay for life event, I volunteer at the Warrenton Nursing Home, and I help occasionally prepare food at the Ronald McDonald House.
I think over the years, I have given so much to my community, and I hope they can support my dreams of being in this pageant. I hope you consider sponsoring me for this pageant. If you do think about considering, I am willing to set up a time and date so we can discuss it more. Any amount you can provide is generously accepted. Please help my dreams become reality!|||You are leaving open a window for much discretion by not outlining your current financial "needs." - Try to pin-point your out of pocket expenses and costs on your path to reaching each progressive level in your competitions. %Saying "you are willing to accept any amount provided" leaves open this window to their discretion, which could be only a few dollars.
YOU NEED *BIG BUCKS* of support!!! - SAY SO in your letter.
Present this as an Employment application, saying that "you will expect payment of $xxxx.xx for your work (energies) by mentioning their company as a supporter in the competition."
Be RUTHLESS with your offer.
Build your offer as an Advertising campaign for their company. - This will catch the PR Director's attention.
Also, be very picky with using a spell-checker / grammar editor in your offer. I noticed a few grammatical errors that are so suttle that we overlook them by nature when we know better.
Apply the three transition-points in your offer; OPENING, BODY and CLOSE.
Open with a listing of what leads you to them,
in your BODY, mention what their help can provide
and in your Closing, re-list what leads you to them. Present your offer in full-circle.|||You have honed a wonderful childhood out of poverty...congratulations! I hope you win the pageant.
Only thing that jumped out at me was 3rd paragraph, near the end, instead of "granite" you take nothing for "granted."
Otherwise, it is beautiful and sincere.
Carpe diem!|||My goodness! I don't even know you and I'm proud of you!
Honey, you've got all your ducks in a row. The letter is amazing. My comments below are solely editorial.
"Dear Sirs:"
-----"Miss Teen Pageant that will be held this November"
-----"I am writing to you today to ask you to sponsor me, since my parents cannot afford to pay for the cost of my participation by themselves."
-----omit the part about accepting any amount
-----"I take it to heart because so many teens in my community have been influenced by drugs and violence, "
-----"never take it for granted"
-----"also a member"
-----"Relay For Life"
-----"discuss it further."
Be sure to let us all know how it all works out for you.
Good Luck, and God Bless|||"I am willing to accept any amount provided". don't put that. Say something like, I would appreciate any contribution that your organization could make.
"I think over the years, I have given so much to my community"
This statement lacks confidence. "I have given so much to my community over the years, so I hope they can support......
"I hope you consider sponsoring me for this pageant. If you do think about considering, I am willing to set up a time and date so we can discuss it more. Any amount you can provide is generously accepted." NO!!! Thank you for your consideration of sponsorship for this pageant. I look forward to setting up a meeting at your convenience to further solidify your decision. Don't mention the money again, you already did. they know what you want.
The rest looks pretty good, although you may want to consider starting fewer sentences with "I". For example: I am currently a junior at yada yada, WHERE I participate in various groups, SUCH AS blah blah blah. A well written letter will make you stand out over other applicants. Good luck.|||I've taken your ideas, re-worded some of your content, and shortened the length. Please read the things that I've advised you to insert. It will help the clarity and flow of the letter. Thanks for allowing me to give my imput.
In the upper left hand corner, type your full name, complete address, city, state, and complete zipcode. The complete date should appear in the upper middle OR right corner. Always put, after one space down, the reason for your letter. For example: Sally Jones
1234 Answer Place
Anytown, Missouri 33543-0074
Re: Sponsorship for the Miss Missouri
Teen Pageant is needed.
Double-space before typing "Dear...."
Dear Edward Jones and Associates:
I believe that anything is achieveable as long as you put your mind to it, and being a Miss Teen Missouri contestant is no exception. It takes more money than my parents and I have so, in the words of the old Uncle Sam poster, "I Want You" to help me.
Before I tell you my background in personal and academic achievement, my reasoning for entering the contest, compared to others who may seek your help, is multi-purposeful.
My parental background is one of poverty and food was sparce. Though my life has provided better provisions in these areas, their stories have inspired me to emphasize the need to help change the world's ideas and beliefs in this area.
Down-playing the need for drugs and violence in any community is also an area in which a voice is needed. With your help, I COULD BE THAT VOICE.
Currently a Junior at Warenton High School in (put the town, city, and state here), I'm a member of many high school groups which include: Peer Helpers, National Honor Society, and the Math Team.
Other areas of involvement include these special areas and community projects: Teen Spirit Advisor for the Missouri Department of Transportation, The Yearly Community Relay, Warrenton Nursing Home Volunteer, and an assistant in preparing an occassional meal at Ronald McDonald House in (city, state).
As I have helped support the dreams of others and those of my community, I hope they can help in supporting mine. Any time to talk with you regarding this matter is appreciated. I may be reached at (your phone number(s) and times).
Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my correspondence.
Respectfully,
Your Name
After typing "Respectfully," judge the amount of room your NORMAL signature will take. Don't ever make it appear that you were "cramped." 4 lines before your typed full name is usually enough. Double- space after that and type "Enclosure(s)" ONLY IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIAL TO INCLUDE BESIDES your letter in the immediate left corner (don't type it in the bottom left). Good luck to you!|||granted, not granite.|||wow great letter apart from granite instead of granted as someone else pointed out.
Your parents must be very proud, hope my son turns out that selfless.
Does anyone have questions about an idea for a job as a TEEN ? I went to college in Wisconsin , but want parents and teens to look at Caddying as a way to get that edge in applying for scholarships.
What is it about the Texas community that makes this job a hard sell to the Country Clubs? Do Parents want to make opportunities for thier kids or do they think that they will actually learn something at McDonalds ????|||How exactly does caddying give students an edge in getting scholarships? And, what does one learn as a caddy?
I do not live in Texas, but where I do live, the issues are:
transportation - how does the kid get to the country club? The McDonald's is in every community.
availability - how many caddying jobs are actually available?
physical requirements: what are the strength requirements? To work the counter at McD's you do not have to be strong or be able to stand all day long.
The Millennium-Issue of the "Guinness Book Of Records" names Michael as the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations. The following projects are supported by Michael Jackson:
AIDS Project L.A.
American Cancer Society
Angel Food
Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
BMI Foundation
Brotherhood Crusade
Brothman Burn Center
Camp Ronald McDonald
Childhelp U.S.A.
Children's Institute International
Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
Congressional Black Caucus
Dakar Foundation
Dreamstreet Kids
Dreams Come True Charity
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
Heal The World Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Love Match
Make A Wish Foundation
Minority Aids Project
Motown Museum
NAACP
National Rainbow Coalition
Rotary Club of Australia
Society of Singers
Starlight Foundation
The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
Transafrica
United ***** College Fund
United ***** College Fund Ladder's of Hope
Volunteers of America
Watts Summer Festival
Wish Granting
YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw|||you forgot the pedophile award !|||He should have. Man might not have seen his heart, but God did.
I don't believe he ever touched a child in a perverted way. I've watched everything of him on youtube. All his interviews. and if you have eyes to see, you can see his kind soul. All he was was just a big kid who wanted to laugh and be free. I can relate.|||Now in days, pedofilic skeletons get peace prizes.... Obama doesn't deserve one either. He is a communist and will send this country to hell.
- George Washington|||Why? because he was a "suspected" child molester. Even if that weren't the case, the "One" would have won it even if Jesus were in the running.|||his charity was disqualified for attempting to molest the Dreamstreet Kids organisation.|||Stupid is as stupid does & that's you for asking this stupid question.
FYI - That's not reflected towards Micheal either.|||Because there is no Nobel Prize for touching little children.|||Because the Nobel prize has become a farce. Everyone is too busy blowing Obama. Why? Because he's such a great leader. What makes him a great leader? Ummm... Umm well uhh... Because yeah!
The nomination deadline was in february. He had been in office like oh.... A few weeks? Honestly what did he accomplish in that time? Hell, what has he accomplished since? Nearly a year and really nothing to show for it.
Oh and that Michael Jackson touching little kids is immature. Besides, MJ was acquitted due to lack of evidence. How hard is that to understand? He deserved it soooooooo much more than Obama. Obama has literally done nothing to earn that prize. Then again neither did Gore or Carter.
To be brief, I'm 19 and a college flunk out. It's a very long story with a good reason, so please be easy with the judging.
McDonald's is an awesome place for me with many opportunities for advancement that I would love to take advantage of.
Because of the economy, I know too many people who have graduated college and can't find a job to pay off large amounts of debt.
McDonald's offers a $500 per semester scholarship to people who go to community college, and a $1,000 for university workers.
I will try to advance myself as high as possible in McDonald's while I take college slowly, four classes at a time in all subjects.
Note: I love McDonald's, but I also love travel, writing, and learning about new things.
What is your opinion on this?|||Personally, I think it's a good idea...McDonald's pays a $500.00 scholarship per semester to their employees. You can also get Federal Grants and Loans to help you.
It is NEVER a bad idea to continue your education.|||Sometimes it is better to get some life experience first and then you can finish college later. Not everyone is the same but if you really want college and you want a life too, then do what you are planning right now.|||$500 is way too little money for one semester. One semester costs a good $6,000 so you would still be in debt. Four classes is considered full time therefore you will not be going slowly.
I would say No.|||join the military and they'll pay 100% for your tuition.
I'm trying to get a scholarship's for college but I am only getting 7.50 an hour working part time at McDonald's and my mum isn't going to help me next year, Does this seem right or should I try for another job and if yes what job? I don't know what to do and my mum doesn't care!
I need money and this isn't getting me far! I can't go it alone with only 7.50 an hour! Help?|||Welcome to adulthood. Your mom said she won't help you out next year (I'm assuming she means when you turn 18) then deal. You can put in for a better job and just keep the McDonalds job until you get a new one that pays better. In the meantime file for FASFA to get pell grants for school. These are grants you don't have to pay back and help with living expenses. What your mom is doing is teaching you how to be a resourceful and successful adult. Eventually your mom won't be around, so you will just need to learn how to take care of yourslef.|||Next year you will be eighteen. You can work mostly anywhere that doesn't require a college degree. I would go with working in a store like AT&T, Verizon, ect. It's a good solid job.
Also, I don't know about your state, but where I live it doesn't matter who is supporting you. You still have to include your parents money information. You can't get a grant/financial based scholarship if your parents make too much money. Ex: Even if I move out of my house on the day I turn eighteen, I would have to include my parents info. No matter if they were helping me or not.
The only exception is if they are dead or if you are emancipated.
I hope I helped!
=)|||Get good grades, hopefully you have good grades to get more scholarship money. You can also apply for many different loans and grants. Make sure u fill out a fafsa to get financial aid. Many people work and go to college. Its easy to schedule your classes around work. If you are the slightest bit smart, which im sure you are, you can juggle school, working, and have a social life in college. Do as much as you can. College can be the funnest part of your life but also the most frustrating. You have to have the will to succeed despite adversities, stay strong.|||The STARTING wage at the McDonald's in my town is $11.50 an hour and McDonalds offers a scholarship program for their student employees.
I'd either be doing a little more homework about your employee benefits, or I'd be looking for another job.
If you're applying for colleges, speak with the financial adviser. You more than likely qualify for one or more of the following: Student loans, bursaries, scholarships, or a low interest student line of credit.
Is there any way you can get another part time job or get full time hours in your current job?|||Study hard and get a scholarship.
I went on scholarship, had a job, my own place, and had my own car. Nobody gave me a dime. I made it own my own. I worked my butt off. You could do it too, if you wanted too. Problem is, kids today want hand outs. The easy road.
Well, college and adulthood isn't easy. So get use to it honey.|||Scholarships have nothing to do with your income, those are awarded and supplied to you by a donation and usually applies to your academics, community input and other extracurricular activities such as sports.
However you may qualify for financial aid, It's something you could talk to your counselor about as they usually have ready available information for you as far as paying for college goes.|||thats great pay for a 17 year old. You're not going to find another employer that will be willing to give a high school student more than that.
Have you ever heard of something called a "Student Loan"? Most of us college graduates used those to afford college.|||Your not going to find a job at 17 that pays much more than 7.50 and hour. The economy is crap right now be thankful you have a job at all. If you want to get through school you can always get a student loan.|||You are 17 and making $7.50 an hour? People raise kids on that you know - you can too make it with that job.
Apply for financial aid for next years school -www.FAFSA.gov|||wait till you turn 18 there's alot of other jobs you can get then|||Umm def another job. As for what no idea
Best of luck|||Try and find a job with a higher pay|||i think you could baby sit too...teach kids something some music,computers?dont give up
GPA: 3.96
8 IB Classes
Top 5% of Class
SAT: 1780
SAT II: Math II - 620 ; Lit - 580
4 Year Varsity Track (Captain 2 Years)
4 Year Soccer (2 Year JV, 2 Year Varsity)
Community Hospital Volunteer (200+ Years)
Animal Shelter Volunteer (150 Hours)
Animal Foster Parent (Helped Find Homes for About 100 Dogs and Cats)
2nd Degree Black Belt
8 Years of Piano
Founded Recycling Club (Raised About $5000)
Competitive & Club Soccer Starter
Youth Soccer League Referee
McDonald's Crew Member
Coca-Cola Scholarship Semi-Finalist
Link Crew Leader|||From my experience with applying to colleges, I think you will get into all of those schools! You have all of your stuff together. You have extra currics, great grades, a good SAT score, sports, and community service. Good luck; I think you'll have much success.|||FAIL You'll work in mcdonalds for the rest of your life.
I'm 15 years old and live in Texas. I'd like to work at McDonald so that I can raise some money to help me with college and stuff in the future. So first off, does McDonald even employ 15 year old s in Texas? What will they probably pay me to start? How often, if ever, will i get a raise? I know that that last question depends on the quality of my work but can you give me any general outline? How long am I allowed to work per week at my age?
I've heard that they have very flexible hours, is that true at all? I'd prefer to work 8 hours Saturday and Sunday, and then maybe four hours Friday. Is it likely that I could work then or is that unpractical to expect?
Also I've heard that they offer scholarships to their employees, is that true? If so how much is the scholarship usually? I'm Hispanic so would that make any difference?
Lastly, in your opinion, what are the major down sides of working at McDonald?
Thanks so much in advance for your answers :).|||i got hired at a fast food restaurant at 15 so yes. and i am to latino. the scholarship is a yes also. my bro got 1 and is about $1,000. you will get paid $7.25 an hour. you will get a raise when you think you earned it or every year you are with them. i cant answer the how long you can work though, it depends if you work hard and how many people there are. i do what you are thinking of doing. and the down side is that your working at Mickey D's.|||-I am pretty sure the minimum age in restaurants in 16 years old
-But once you're 16, you will be able to get paid minimum wage.
-The flexible hour thing depends on who you work with. some may say they cannot work on sundays or saturdays and there you have an opportunity
-Visit the mcdonalds scholarship website for more info-
http://www.mcdonalds.com/contact/contact鈥?/a>|||with a work permit
some of them offer scholerships, call and ask.!
Downside would be lazy co-workers who call in sick, leaving you with more work|||Dude... **** work.. your 15 go have some fun ****.|||probably but why you come home smelling like crap|||I'm a GM for McDonald's. It was my first job when I was 14! McDonald's is a great place to work, because it offers a flexible schedule and many opportunities to grow. I became a store manager at 20! Although I did start at 14, that was 10 years ago. McDonald's now strays away from hiring under 16. 14 and 15 year olds are not allowed to do anything in the grill area or prepare fries. Since the economy is so bad and the hourly rate is the same regardless, we only hire those that are able to work any station. Minors can only work 18 hours per week and are never guaranteed those hours. Keep in mind, it is difficult to juggle school and work at a young age. You would have to be really dedicated. If you think you can handle it, be sure to apply when you're 16! To impress the hiring manager, bring a work permit with you! Good luck.
does anybody know of nay specific comanys or org that pffer scholarships? i already know about fastweb and such and i know that coke, mcdonalds, walmart offer them...do you know of any|||There are A LOT of schlarships that exist right now. To better help you (and you do not have to answer if you are uncomfortable), but what is your race, and financial status?
For example, I'm black and come from upper middle class, therefore there was a scholarship based just on that. I was able to get a 1000 scholarship every year that took care of my books (which I didn't need all that, and got to keep the rest) If you give a little more info about yourself and your interest, I can tell you what is avail. I have many students that I've helped with scholarships, essays, etc. and I don't mind helping you if you'd like.|||Lowe's home improvement, Bill Gates offers a scholarships called the Gates Millennium, American Association of University Women
Just turn on your TV to any Christian channel and you'll see something along these lines "For a love offering of $300, I will give you my book and a CD on how to kick Satan out of your life." or "For a gift of $49, you will receive a DVD on how to use prosperity in the Bible to get rich." Go to the lobby of any church, and you'll see similar items.
Sure, churches do nice things sometimes, but so do other corporations. McDonalds and Wal-Mart give large scholarships away, but that doesn't make them non-profit|||Most of the money from those type of things go to missionaries, missionaries who help people in poor countries. In other words, it mostly goes to charity.
Edit: Yes, never mind the fact that they provide food, water, clothes and education to those who need it. Case in point, the Christian Missionary Alliance.|||In my interpretation of the reason, the church is valuable to government in the fact it helps control the people. And riches do flow in faster, not being taxed.
Look up the word 'tithe', it means tax. And it is not commanded, yet I will say if someone can show the direct command to tithe......|||Atheism is a non-Prophet organization.|||I think we should tax the sh*t out of them
My birthday (April 7) is coming up and I'm going to be 12. Most adults think that that is the best time of your life, and I know I'm supposed to be happy and all, but I'm not. I feel empty. Nothing I or anybody else has done has helped me. I live in a poor family. Right now, we have about 12 pieces of real furniture and people at school always tease me about it. My mom is a smoker, and I know she won't live but about 3 more years. I don't have a family, or a dad who wants me. I feel that my life ahead leads up to working in Mcdonalds. I have no college money or scholarships. I feel like my life is just gone. I feel like my body is doing everything while I watch and just stand by. I have panic attacks alot and I know that I have depersonalization, and that I'm not very healthy. What can I do, or how can I change my life around?|||First off, kiddo, I worried about that at your age, too. Yes, it can make a child prone to getting depressed at such a young age. I've been there; been depressed, had a tough life growing up. My family wasn't as rich, either. I didn't have very many friends, but I still graduated high school and made it through life. Yes, it took me longer, but as long as I tried, I made it through the tough times. I've been to college and look... college isn't everything.. FIRST OFF.. worry about your H.S. education, THEN college, but I'll prepare you some to ease your worries. College is great. Better than middle school and especially better than high school. Well... from my experience, it was great.
You can always get grants from being low-income. Grants for getting good grades. Grants for African Americans and Hispanics (if you are one of these races). Grants for the major or what you want to study for in college. Federal grants. There are lots... LOTS of resources. You can talk to a school counselor and she can inform you about all this or you can drop me a line anytime at Luvs2Write16@aol.com.. I'll always be here to listen.. k? If not... it's all cool.. I wish you the best.
Michelle|||First of all being twelve is tough because of your hormones and your growing, then throw in alittle poverty into the mix and it really can get to you. But there has been so many many people that have made incrediable changes in their lives and they had nothing as children. I grew up with a father that was sexually abusive (thank Goodness he left) my mother was depressive and slept all day. We had our furniture ceased and put out on the street in front of all our neighbours. I hardly had any money for school clothes at your age. We ate Kraft dinner and hot dogs..and fruit well that was so special occassions..(it sounds like I made this up to tell my grandchildren,,when i was young I had nothing ;-) but it was true. I used to have asthmas attacks and basically no one took me to the hospital. I didnt have any toys just a slinky and a rubber doll. Well today I have a successful business and I decided that I would have a better life and I do. You are going to study hard and go for scholorships.. If I could do it YOU can do it...come on,,,be positive,,be strong,, you are going to be a strong woman one day...BELIEVE in yourself,,,pray to God you will make it..you will see...|||If your life sucks so much, and your poor, why do you have a computer?|||darlin, please find a way to get into therapy of some sort... if you can't talk with your mother, perhaps see the school counselor or an adult you trust for direction.
perhaps they can talk with your mother in your behalf.
there are funds available so that people who can't afford therapy are able to go... you will need to check to see if your county offers a mental health program. otherwise ask an adult to help.. i hope this adult will be your mom.
do this for YOU... you deserve to be happy.
i hope you have a nice birthday.|||First of all..You should be using every thing that you mentioned as motivation. Hold your head up high. You sound like you are a very intelligent girl. Work your butt off in school, and maybe you WILL receive a scholarship. If not that's what college fund loans are for. Set goals for yourself, and work hard to accomplish your goals. Use all the negative energy around you as motivation to achieve happiness.Trust me its hard, but it is completely possible. And to anyone who says you cant do it, tell them to kiss your *** and then watch you. Be strong, Your future is in your hands. Good luck to you, and don't forget to pray. Prayer really works.|||well nothing is wrong with you its just that alot of people have been made fun of for stupid thing and i know cause ive been through half of that all i can say is try to sit down and talk to your mom tell her how you feel and save up money that way soon you will have a college scholarships and at 12 alot of people dont have that well i hope that helps some!!!!! bye bye bye!!!!!|||Well, when you're 12 you're just starting really into puberty, and it's a tough time for any young girl. I went through that too, and it was hell. Also, sweetie, you really need to talk to your school counselor about the way you're feeling. Maybe they can help you see someone else about the panic attacks. If kids are making fun of you, because of things you have, or don't have then you don't need them, and really, you should pity them. I wouldn't take what they say to heart. There are all sorts of resources out there that will help you educate yourself when you're old enough for college... You can get grants. You realize that you're not very healthy, so from this day forward start doing things to better your health, research it, and talk to other people. I get the feeling that you're a very smart girl, or you wouldn't be on here trying to get help. Hang in there, and don't be afraid to ask for outside help. God speed to you!|||just dont have the negative additude like you do right now.
you'll get through this...
if you have a best friend or a sybling or even a teacher to talk to that you trust enough to talk about it...then you will feel better as time goes on.|||All those people that tease you either have no idea what you are going through, they have either had things handed to them on a silver platter, or are in the same situation and picking on you makes them feel better. There are a ton of government grants and such that you don't have to pay back. I am not sure if you are on the medical card through welfare or anything, but sometimes they will pay for you to go to school. Also there are some colledges around ohio atleast that are payed for by the government and they actually pay YOU every quarter. Honey, even if you do end up working at "McDonald's" you can do that. Save up money for a few months and you can get into technical schools. They usually aren't all that expensive to go to either. And alot of times they take you even if your highschool GPA. Wasn't that good. You can also go to them to get your GED and such, so I am sure it won't be that hard to get into. My best advice for you would be to just focus on school, not sure what your GPA is, but definently work on that and pay attention. Even going to a technical school you have to take an entrance exam. Good luck in all you do hun!! :D|||NOthing is wrong with you I fell the same way. I wear hand-me-downs and most of them have holes. My dad WAS a drunk my mom dosen't pay attention to me very often. I have an 18 year old sister with a child. I live in a house with 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom with a toilet that does not flush very offten. I have is friends that love me.|||First of all Happy Birthday, you are at a very critical age right now and from you question you seem fairly intelligent. I know it may seem like you don't have much but you can still have a great life. Start by concentrating on your education. The grades you make in the next few years can help you get a scholarship to college. Try getting involved in your community, it looks good on college applications and it will allow you to see outside of your own problems. Also try joining a youth organization or church group. You need to surround yourself with positive and successful people. Remember you are young and your whole life is ahead of you. What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger. Good luck.
I am fundraising to study for a semester in Germany, through the well-known nonprofit organization AFS. I've checked on a few websites like McDonald's, and they make donations to corporations but not individuals. Does anybody know of companies that make charitable donations to individuals, or hold scholarship/essay contests? Thanks so much. :)|||Well, in the first place, most German programs sponsor semesters abroad. They will not pay for everything, but will help you pay for a portion of your tuition and expenses.
Contact German companies like Siemens. Many of them offer work study programs and internships which will cover your travel expenses, housing, vehicle costs, and most of your educational expenses.
You can try to set up a fundraising page on pay it forward.org, or another charitable web site, but donations are mostly reserved for people with serious financial or medical need.
Beyond that, you can apply for small, private scholarships from websites like scholarships.com. There will be few available. You will be expected to pay the majority of your costs on your own.
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Well my family just moved to Australia for a year so im looking at schools. Im a dancer and a singer so i applied for performing arts schools the ones i applied for are Brent Street Studios, Mcdonalds Performing Arts and Australian International Performing Arts High School. I had an audition for all 3 and i got scholarships to all 3, if anyone knows about any of these schools which one would you recommend??
Thankyouu|||Ok, thats weird, Brent Street is by far the best of those 3 but I'm under the impression they dont give scholorships maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure I'll ask them tommorow.|||OK... That could be.
I am a 44 years old and I met this 21 year girl two years while she was working at McDonalds. We use to talk about three times a week for about six weeks until she went off to college on a softball scholarship. A couple of weeks ago, I send her a friend request on Facebook, which she accepted. Every time I message her she always responds. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a week. We had a bet in which she won. I asked her if she was going to be in town any time soon, if not I was probably going to be in her town to give her the cap she won. She said she probably would be in town (mine, which is her home town) but if not she would staying at the college for the next two weekends. She lives about 70 miles away. I responded by saying we would miss each other if we both when to each other's town. She said "ha, but I will be here at some point. I don't know her that well. Can I ask her if I can just bring her the cap because I am going to her town? Because of the age difference I don't know what to do. If she always responds, that means she does not feel uncomfortable, right|||arent you quite old for her?
I want to see if my reason for suing my school district is a legit reason, or would it be laughed out of the courts.
Recently my English teacher gave a prompt to write about in class like normal. She said these were our opinions and that they would be shared with NO ONE. (she never wrote that down on a official document, but all the classmates I talked to remember her saying it.) The topics that we wrote about were "how do you think war is like?" and "do you think it's honorable to die for your country?" I wrote how I felt but sort of in a goofy manner, thinking that these were opinions and that ONLY one person would read them.
For the first question I basically said that "war sucks and smells bad and alot of crap everywhere and alot of peoples heads in toilets", the toilet part was in reference to a form of waterboarding where they shove the POW's head in the toilet until he talks. On the second question I took a more sarcastic approach saying " that dying for your country is outrages, it's more honorable to die for your "gang brotha's" or maybe cause McDonalds ran out of fries. But dying for your country is just silly." Both of my answers had more in it, but nothing that would be considered offensives or obscene. Not only did she share this with other teachers but she called me out about it in front of my peers and quoted some things I put in front of them. Now I feel that some people may feel that I'm unpatriotic even though I was just being sarcastic with my opinion PLUS I was under the impression that no one else would see it. To make matters worse she's going to turn it over to the school administration, which means even more people will see it, and she wants to get me in trouble.
I have the highest grade in that class, and I have received scholarship opportunities from several different colleges. I'm even planning to go out of state to further my education next year. I think this mess can possibly ruin my plans, even though this should've been private. Ever since she confronted me about this it's been hard for me to sleep, and i'm deffiantly not eating as much as I did before this event. I already mentioned how I feel that my peers may look at me in a negative light due to this. Plus I've noiced that i'm more disrespectful to my other teachers now as a way to get some sort of revenge, and because I feel that the teaching staff has in a way betrayed me.
A major issue that is defiantly bothering me is another journal topic that we wrote earlier in the year. The topic was "Tell about something that really bothered you, that made you felt hopeless, like there was nothing you could do". With that topic coming a few days after a good friend of mine got raped, and that was the only thing going through my head I took that time to write about that. She also stated that time that NO ONE else would read these and you can't get in trouble for what you put. What if she also shared that story with other staff members or anyone? That topic had ALOT of personal stuff on it that I thought NO ONE else would see.
When I was told that I was going to get in trouble for my war opinions, that night I was up until 3:30am looking for the journal topic about my friends rape to see if she has given it back to me. I looked in my car, all my back packs that i've used this year, folders, and even my recycle box in my room, and I could'nt find it. I layed down until 7:00am (wake up time for me) just thinking what if she still had it. I'm really worried that she still has it, or someone else has it. The fact that I don't know where that really personal paper is at really has been eating me up ever since she confronted me about my opinions. I'm constantly freaking out, my work ethic at my job has dramatically dropped, and I even find myself giving away most of my shifts so I can just lay down at home and freak out. Plus, i'm to nervous, embarassed, or scared to go up to her and ask if she still has that journal topic, and if so can she give it back to me.
So my question is, is there legal action I can take to bring some sort of justice? First of all I don't see how we can get in trouble for our opinions, maybe at most an F on the assignment but not in serious trouble. Secondly, she broke her word when she told us that no one else would read these.
If my case does stand any chance what type of lawyer should I look into?
By the way, sorry for the bad grammar and spelling. I typed this on a Iphone so it always tries to predict what i'm going to type or what I meant to type, plus its hard to scroll back up and proof read all of this.|||You can sue anybody for anything. You can spit into the wind too.|||First of all, if you are not yet 18 years old, you do not get to sue anyone. Your parent or guardian may do so, but with this set of facts it seems unlikely that you would win.
If you are 18 or older, consult an attorney to see if there is a winnable case. (Again, it does not appear to be a good case.)
By the way, being against war is not at all unpatriotic. Persons from Mark Twain to Martin Luther King, Jr., to Senator John Kerry to Congressman Dennis Kucinch have opposed wars. If you love your country, you have a duty to oppose illegal wars or wars that are against the best interests of the United States.|||You would be laughed out of court. If you said something profound or noble that would be one thing, but you didn't. You wrote a bunch of juvenile garbage and I would have given you an F. And by the way, they don't shove people's heads in toilets for waterboarding. Not even close.|||You aren't being persecuted because of your opinions. If anything, you are facing ridicule because you behaved like an *** when confronted with a serious subject.
No, you do not have any cause for a lawsuit, even if minors could sue over something like this.
Monday, February 6, 2012
I've been dating a younger guy for 11 months now, and I've never liked him.
He's a complete baby. He thinks it's funny to run around at church and climb trees and things like that. He still think it's funny to drink a ton of energy drinks then get all 'hyper'. He talks like a baby 99% of the time. It's like HELLO WE'RE SENIORS. I'm studying for scholarship science.
He makes me do all of his homework, and you know what he got me for Christmas? A Mcdonalds toy. Birthday? Nothing because he had no money. He just spent $600 on a brand new cell phone. He has every fancy gadget you can imagine. PSP, IPad, you name it. Yet when we go on dates, he assumes I'm paying. I even had to pay his cellphone bill last month.
He also flirts with every girl he sees, sometimes ignores me for days at a time, and isn't capable of intelligent conversation.
I hate him and want to leave him, but I'm scared no one would ever want a science nerd like me, and I should just accept what I have.
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Please help. I can't do this for much longer.
Please help. I can't do this for much longer.
P.s. Sex life? Forget it. Never got to second base. Grr. He doesn't want to know.|||Leave him anyway. You'll eventually find someone way better and more compatible with you.|||Leave him. You deserve better than that. I know how you feel I was in a relationship with a guy who treated me like sh*t too, but I stayed with him for over a year because I was afraid I was too ugly and weird to have anyone else like me, but I finally left him and I'm glad I did. You are pretty hun and you will find someone else eventually, don't stay with a guy who's a jerk just because you're afraid you won't find anyone else.
not really, i just needed to get peoples' attention. since you clicked on this, i'm guessing it worked.
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if you don't vote....i'll be very sad and will most likely not be able to go to college someday, and will be stuck asking people if they'd like fries with that at McDonalds. :(
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She needs to get a damn job!!! When she was younger she had the chance to go to college and trade school and do something with her life but did she? No! She dropped out and messed up her scholarship and that pisses me off every day because there are people in this world who would kill to go to college and do something with their life but never get the chance because of financial issues.
To make things worse she still doesn't have a career and she talks about how she wants to go to school to be a nurse and how she doesn't want to work a minmum wage job! That is utter bulls**t. I haven't seen her lift a finget yet to apply for college. So what if you have to work at McDonalds? Do what you have to do to accomplish your goals. Talk means nothing!
Then what really makes me mad is she put my dad on child support while he's trying to get my grandmother's house fixed up. He didn't go to college either but he works hard everyday and does what he has to do to get by. Worse still the first thing she does when she gets the money is put it down on a car!!! Wtf!!!! That money could have gone to my college education!! It's a good thing I'm trying to find a job because I would never be able to go to college at this rate.
I'm 18 now so I'm glad that my dad is off child support so he can start getting my grandmother's house fixed instead of giving money to an idiot who is going to use it to pay bills because she's too much of a ***** to get a job instead of giving the money to the child (me) for her education.
I could see if my mom did have a job and she had to dip into the money now and again but she doesn't. And her stupid little boyfriend who is also helping with the bills isn't guarenteed to be around forever.
I hate my mom so much!! She just makes me mad with the stupid s**t that she does!!|||Telling your mother that you hate her is not going to help anyone. It's sounds to me like you are more frustrated with the situation and taking it out all on your mother. Has she told you of the circumstances in her past that caused her to drop our of college? Perhaps there was something going on that forced her to drop out and she just never got back on course.
If you want her to change her ways you need to approach her in a caring way. Having a daughter hate her will not help. It seems right now your mother is making some poor decisions. Maybe instead of hating her you should feel sorry for her. I'm sure she didn't plan to have her life end up like this. Talk to your mother in a caring way that you want her to succeed, but currently you're not seeing that happen. Tell her that if she decides to go to school to be a nurse that you will support her, but that the path to eventually being a nurse may require her to work a minimum wage job to pay the bills. No one wants to work a minimum wage job, but it would just be temporary. She needs your support not your hate.
As for money for your college education. Sure, it would be nice if she paid for your education but a lot of parents don't pay for their kids college. It's not something they have to do. You say you want your mother to work for her money, but right away you're saying she should pay for your education instead of you paying for it. Get a job and start paying for your education. Maybe if your mother sees your example she will start to reevaluate some of her choices.|||That's more like a rant not a question. Don't tell her you hate her. She is a human being too and it's her life, she can do what she wants with it. Just try telling her the things that bother you that she does.|||YOU got a big mouth!
College is not for everyone! It is very expensive!
You want to go, and you have the gall to complain??
Why don't you get your (Bleeping) butt into gear and
show respect to your mother!
Be thankful she managed to raise you!|||Instead of whining and complaining to us, why don't you get your own job and work your way through college? Maybe you'll learn to appreciate it instead of being a spoiled little ***** and ranting on Y!A.
Today, my mom and my step dad where asking me what my college plans are. I'm only in 8th grade. And they asked what college i want to go to. I know NOTHING about colleges. First thing that came to my mind was Stanford, UC Berkley, and all those famous names. Then i said "i don't know". But i DO plan to go to college. I mean, am i really supposed to be thinking about college at this time? Don't people usually start thinking about it in high school? Cuz, i have no idea what i want to do career wise, or what college to go to. I feel really pressured ever since they asked me that. I get okay grades right now. When high school comes, i plan to really buckle down and try my best. So far, middle school hasn't been going well because i haven't been focusing. But in high school (and the rest of 8th grade) i plan to start fresh and get the best grades i can. (1) Is it too late? (2) If i get straight A's (or really close to that) will i still be able to get a scholarship? (3) Or will it be too late? (4) Do i need straight A's all through out middle school AND high school? (5) When do i need to be possitive about my decision of where i want to go to college/ what i want to do as a career? (please answer those questions too) I'm so stressed right now, i can't stand it. I mean, i got 4 years of high school to think about it!! My parents were all like, "you need to really start thinking about it" and that most people start thinking about it in middle school.But, i'm already covered for college money-wise cuz my grandpa left me $50,000 for college money. I'm afraid if i don't choose now, i might make the wrong decision and screw up and go to the wrong college!!! And if i go to the wrong college and can't find a job, i'm going to be a hobo, or some homeless person like my real dad and i'm gonna die!! Or work at McDonalds!! AHH! My parents just put an unbelievable amount of stress on my shoulders. When i really didn't need it. As if i'm not already stressed out already, by being a teenager!! Gosh! This is making me cry..so, i'm gonna stop writing. Please answer this, thanks.|||Your 13. Don't stress yet. You've got until 10th grade to even start thinking about college (besides concentrating on getting good grades).
1. No! Absolutely not. They only care about high school grades. So anything you have messed up on in middle school you can quit worrying about.
2. Good grades (like i said, middle school grades DO NOT affect your gpa) and good SAT/ACT scores will certainly help in getting a scholarship. Try to aim for a 3.8 GPA and at least an 1800 SAT score or a 27 ACT score. Get into extra-curriculars and take challenging courses (AP or honors). BUT, scholarships are handed out for a variety of reasons from need-based to 6'5 tall and up to nationality to ethnicity. Just go on fastweb.com and see what I mean.
3. It's not too late. Quit worrying. You're fine. Talk to your councelers and your teachers to make sure your put in challenging courses next year though. Make sure they know that you really want a good high school education.
4. Almost strait A's in high school. Middle school grades DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. You can burn your report card and do a little dance because no college will EVER, and i repeat EVER look at your middle school grades.
5. Around your 10th grade year you should start thinking about college. By the end of your 11th grade year you should have a general idea of a few schools you want to apply to and what career you want to go to. By the end of the first semester of 12th grade, you should have already applied to all the colleges you want to go to. By May 1st of your senior year of high school you have to decide on which college you want to go to. By your sophomore year in college you need to decide on a major. YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
Most people don't think twice about college in middle school. Your already ahead of like 95% of all middle schoolers by thinking about this now.
Aim for a big school. One with lots of options. You don't have to go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford to get a good education. A big public university (UCLA, UGA, USC, UA, UF, AU... just to name a few random ones) will be your best option if you don't know what you want to go into because they have tons of majors to choose from.
In conclusion, relax. You have time. You need to see what subjects you excel in in high school to know what you want to do for the rest of your life.
Things You should do in high school:
Take alteast 4 AP courses.
Take plenty of honors courses.
Score above a 27 ACT or 1800 SAT.
Get mostly A's, but you'll be ok with a few B's.
Join clubs and do community service.
Things you should do now:
chill. focus on getting good grades next year in high school.
like you said, your "ONLY 13!!!!!!"|||first of all, they don't look at your middle school grades.
second of all, there is no need to stress.
i'm a junior in college and i don't know what i want to do with my life.
right now just focus on school, get in good work habits so in high school you do well. junior year is your most important year. take your sats a few times, and start looking at colleges the summer going into your junior year. don't stress at 13. your parents just want whats best for you, but you have plenty of time ahead of you.
you don't have to have straight a's for scholarships. they have tons of scholarships out there, including ones not grade related. plus, you can get grants from the school you choose, which is also free money.|||Don't worry, You have a lot of time to be thinking about college. I didn't consider colleges until my junior year. It's always helpful to have goals during high school though so it's good you want to buckle down.
1) It is definitely not to late as colleges don't even look at your middle school grades, only high school grades. So do well in high school.
2) You can possibly get a scholarship if you get very good grades, depends what school you go to.
3) Not too late, high school is the perfect place to start.
4) Middle school doesn't matter as much, because again, colleges don't look at the grades.
5) You don't need to be positive about what college you are going to until you apply to them which is not until your senior year in high school, so a lot of time. You don't have to be sure about your career until probably your second or third year in COLLEGE depending on your school. You can go in undecided.
Honestly, don't stress out you have A LOT of time. And it's not too big a deal, just deal with in when it comes. I think you should just do well in school and look at colleges in two years or so because what you want in a college will change by then.
Hope this helps=)|||If you're only 13, its a little early to be worried about all these things. Why don't you just do a little research every weekend and learn about the great colleges. Also work to get your grades up. You can't go to Stanford unless you have mostly A's as grades.|||No pressure there-lol.Tell them you need to research colleges and which career may be viable in the future.Some careers that were safe in the past aren't now.If they really push,say you want a green career and colleges will need time to come up with viable courses.Should buy you enough time to work out what you want to do in the future.Most important is,you should go to college.-D|||ok first calm down
youre right you have quite a few years to think about it you dont have to know all your plans for college right NOW you can think about the simple stuff like the possibilities and what you want to do what your passion is etc.
If your grades are okay then dont worry bout it you dont HAVE to have straight A's in middle school but it might be helpful if you want to get into a good high school. Besides, you dont have to go to college the moment you finish high school. You can wait like half a year or so and really think about what you want to do with your life now that your free from the worries of high school.
And dw bout working at mcdonalds there are still plenty of good paying jobs out there that dont require going to a good college
so take it easy and when the time comes you'll feel confident bout what you want to do in your future
hope i helped =]|||All of the advice from Nicoleee is correct except I'll go one step further and say that many people years out of college still don't know what they want to do or change directions and do something new after a few years of something else. Most people end up in occupations that have nothing to do with their college majors. None of this stuff is set in stone. There are no time limits. You can do a job all your life and then decide when you are forty that you want to start a whole new thing. Life is a journey, not a destination. Your parents sound like they are trying to infect you with their stress. DON'T LET THEM.|||I want you to first know that Im sure your parents didnt intend to get you this upset and worried. They just care about you and your future. It is most definitely NOT too late for you to start thinking about your college and career choice. I wouldnt start researching colleges all day everyday while in middle school, but try to focus on yourself, skills, talents, and abilities. Figure yourself out now and what you think you are good at and than connect those abilities with potential career choices. As for schools, you dont have to go to a big name school to get a great job. I suppose it helps a little; Its really about how well you present yourself and your knowledge.
If you do well in school and partake in some extracurricular activities in high school, this can contribute greatly to receiving a scholarship plus it will get you into a nicer college. Colleges do not look at middle school grades so dont worry about that. They look at your high school grades and attendance. Dont forget about that too. Dont worry if you are a senior and still dont know what you want to do. Thats perfectly fine! People go a good couple of years sometimes to really figure out what they are good at. Just like other things in life, it really is trial and error.
Another thing that should make you feel much better and keep you from worrying: The fact that you have money ready for a college. Im 22 and I have been struggling very very hard to pay for college. I have actually been out of college for 3 years now because I cant afford it and its going to take me longer to get my degree, (which I too am still not sure what that is!) You will be able to go to a good college with that kind of money and you wont have all these loans like I do. Please please feel blessed for that!!!!
Dont worry though. Gradually start finding out what you are good at, what you like and wouldnt mind doing as a career, than find yourself a college.
Good luck hun!|||i'm in the same situation too. my grades are not that good and i'm taking algebra and spanish which are high school classes so i don't know but they might look at that. after new years though i started getting pretty good grade and now i already almost have all high B's. i also once in a while look on sparknotes.com and look at the colleges in texas they have,just to get a general feel of them. at first i was worked up too but now i can get it together right before things start to really count:)|||I agree on Lanie on this one. Normally, the eighth grade is a good time to figure out what you want to to in your life in the future. I knew what I wanted to when I was in the 6th grade and when I was in the 3rd grade. Of course, you have to realize that getting into college is pretty much like getting a job. You can be the top student in your class with a high grade point average and a perfect score on the SAT. A robot disguised as a human can pull that off! But it's what you do outside of academics as far as extra curricular activities is normally what they look for in a student.
Trust me, they try to get the best of both worlds as a person when they look into a person who's enrolling in their school. Yeah, a teenage life can be troublesome, but it's better to plan ahead now because you only get to live this part of your life once.
And one more thing, Relax knucklehead! You can't think straight when your mind is in a chaotic state of mind! Just stop, take a breather, and relax! You're not the only person who's going through this.|||Wow!..that's a lot on your shoulders. I think you are right in that you have a long time to deceide. $50,000 sounds like a lot of money (and it is), but it will be spent very quicly on a college, and as you said, if you chose the wrong career, it will be disaterous. I made the mistake of getting a teaching degree..please don't make the same mistake. If I can find a job it doesn't pay well and I don't get any respect. I wish I had gone to school to do something in the medical field. Also, if you go overseas to a college, it's much, much cheaper, such as in the Philippines. Enjoy being a kid while you can. If you want to get your parents off your back, try talking to them and tell them how you feel. If they still don't listen just tell them what they want to hear. Just tell them you want to be a doctor or something so that they will get off your back. You can always change your mind later. Remember it's your life, not theirs.
I'm thinking about not continuing college after I complete my AA degree. An AA is 2 years of college (often at a community college, like in my case) and it's basically just general education like math, science, history, and enlish, with a few electives in a chosen career path. My electives don't follow any particular career path/major though, because I haven't been able to pick a career that requires a bachelor's degree, since I don't like any of those careers. So I'm thinking about not getting a bachelors (2 more years at a university which is more specialized in a certain career path).
Someone told me that employers will see people who only have an AA as college drop outs, but I am so sick of school. I hate it. I have a scholarship that pays for 75% of tuition to go to college to finish getting my bachelors but I am more interested in public service jobs like a flight attendant or a mail carrier. These jobs don't require college and I'll even have my AA so that is extra for a job like that, and so I don't see how the employer could view that as I dropped out of college.
I'm worried that society, my family, and friends will look down on me if I don't get my bachelor's and go to a university though.
I'm also worried that in the future I won't be able to marry someone with a college degree because I wonder if they would look down on me too. Do guys with college degrees and careers that reflect those degrees not want to marry girls who don't have college degrees?
I'm not like a gold digger or anything - that's not why I brought that up - it's just that I plan to be a stay-at-home mom, and I want to home-school my kids when I get married and have kids, so that would mean only one income, and usually these days that would require the one income to be from a career that requires degrees.
It's not like I'm quitting school to work at McDonalds though, I still want a valid career until I have kids, and a postal service or stewardess career is honest work, but I just don't know...
Please help!|||No, but check this out:
You have college paid for 75% for you. Take advantage, otherwise it shows that you are not smart enough to function in society. Also, you'd be surprised even at these "public service" jobs require a degree. Now, if you are happy making less than $40,000/year, then stop school and start your struggle. To give up a scholarship because you are being lazy is plain stupidity.
Also, how do you plan on being a stay at home mom when you aren't going to be able to earn a decent living?
I have an AA, trust me, it doesn't make you any more valuable than not having one, but it does get you further. A Bachelor's is even better. That's why I'm PAYING to go back to school - while working for a bum's wage, bringing up my family, and trying to make ends meet.
Nobody will look down on you , as you mean, but everyone will be looking down on you when you are on welfare sucking up public assistance. The postal service isn't going to hire you, and you really are dumb if you think they are hiring stewardesses right now. Turn off MTV and watch the news once in a while honey, your dream career is in jeapordy. Finish school, pick something interesting. I know...there are no interesting Bachelor's programs out there. There's only like 500 different Bachelor's degrees available. Don't be stupid with the opportunity that you have.
If you hate school so much, take a year off and go work in "public service" and see if you really think that's for you.
Also, as a guy, I'd tell you nothing is less sexy than a dumb broad looking to get hitched and make babies without supporting herself first. I'd much rather have a smart, educated, independent, woman than someone who throws out a scholarship opportunity so she can be a stewardess. At least be a stripper and make some money if that's what you want to do. GEEZ|||I think you have to do what makes you happy. If you don't love what you do then its not worth doing at all. I am currently going to be an RN and I recently decided not to go for my bachelors and get my associates as well because I am having the same problem as you with being tired of school. I really want to be a nurse though and this is why I'm sticking to it. I think if you want to be a flight attendent, postal worker, etc. that you should go for it. Do what makes you happy and you will find a guy that loves you for who you are not what job you have. It's your decision and no one elses and you should do what you think is best not what everyone else wants you to do. Trust me I have learned this the hard way from my experiences from college, but I think that I am on the right path now and I think you will figure it out too. Hope this helps :)|||Hey, sweetheart thank you for answering my question I really appreciate it.
I really think that you should actually think about what you want out of life and what makes YOU!!!! truly satisfied and contented. Furthermore, a man that truly loves you will love you
no matter what and it does not matter what study, qualification, or certificate you have. he should love you NO matter what as a result don鈥檛 stress over that and you shouldn鈥檛 feel like you should meet up to other people standards in life because you will never be happy and you will always feel stressed and worried.... look into your heart and go with what you want
when someone really loves you they will not care about that
Good luck and Hope I helped
but go with what you think will make you happy|||I think you would have more job opportunities, but if you don't want those types of jobs where you need a bachelor's degree, why bother? Just to make everyone else happy? I don't think anyone will judge you, and if a man doesn't like that you dropped out, he's not worth it. Just think about if you would care if someone in your family doesn't get their bachelor's degree. And if you don't get one of those extravagant jobs, you would be able to start your family quicker.
do whatever makes you happy|||Yella ! Erocker 1 and the others are right on the money and I wish I would have had the opportunity that you have right now.
Remember Yella " You will never be this young again" put some leather on and push through it..::)) Good Luck !!
Wow this is the first question I've asked where I didn't have to stop and figure out how to make it 20 characters....
Anyway, not the point.
So this is the situation I am in right now. I graduated high school 13 months ago tomorrow. My plan was to join the military, but it wasn't really what I wanted to do. I panicked, because I had no money, and didn't know what to do about college/university. I was living in Buffalo, NY at the time (I hate Buffalo) and the only halfway decent college in the area was WAY to expensive. Before doing anything, tho, I decided to take a year off to figure stuff out. In Feb. I moved to Victorville to live with my grandmother. It was there that I decided I couldn't join the military. I don't like the idea of someone else having that much control over my life, of not being able to have pets, or if I ever get married and have kids, not being able to spend much time with them... not being able to live where I wanted to....
So then I didn't know what do to. I already hated Victorville (the cities nickname is Victimville... if you've never been there that should give you an idea) and I missed trees... and rain. Tho I certainly didn't miss Buffalo. I had no money (I'd been applying just about everywhere I could think of since I was sixteen in three different cities, and have never even had a job interview), no friends, no drivers license (living in a big city, there was no reason for one, but now I'm taking my drivers test in about a week. I still have no car tho ><).
Finally, I decided I would do whatever it took to get into university. I decided I really REALLY wanted to go to Humboldt State University. Its near Eureka, CA, where I spent a lot of time as a kid. I LOVE Eureka, and that whole area, and remember going past the university as a kid and hoping I would go there someday... but when we moved across the country I didn't really think it was an option anymore.
So I've applied for a FAFSA, and have been applying to every scholarship and grant I can find, and looking at student loans. I have been applying to jobs in the Eureka area, and already have a place that likes my resume, and wants to interview me when I get to Eureka. I even have a friend of the family who might let me stay with her until I get my act together up there, and my grandmother has promised to drive me up there, so at least I have a way of getting up there, even though I don't have a car yet. I would hope to get a job, get a place of my own (I have pets, so I can't do university-housing). and start university in either Spring or Fall 2012.
But my grandmother (who I still live with at the moment) has been getting mad at me lately. She's mad that I don't have a job and that I have no social life. Plus, she's trying to convince me to stay in Victorville and do community college.
While I completely understand her being annoyed with me (I've been living off her support for the last 5-6 months), I don't know what to do about it. As I've said, I've applied just about everywhere with no luck, including four DIFFERENT McDonalds in walking distance, none of which even asked me to come in for an interview, or responded to my application in any way. I've tried as hard as I can to get a job, even trying for odd jobs in the neighborhood. I have no social life because I don't KNOW anyone here, and have no job and don't go to school, so its hard to meet anyone, especially since Victorville is really spread out, and I have no car. The only places in walking distance are a dollar store and a pet store. (both of which I've applied to numerous times, btw). And I hate the idea of community college, not only because I hate Victorville, but because I want to MAKE something of myself. I want to get a bachelors in psychology at HSU and then take the LSATs. : ) Make my parents proud.
So what should I do/what is your opinion??? I think I have a real shot in Eureka, especially since I actually have a place that wants to interview me (my first job interview!!!). But my grandmother is driving me crazy. She's so angry that I don't want to stay in Victorville and do community college, and thinks I've destroyed my life, despite the fact that I'm only 18, and do have a plan... D : Its not like its that uncommon for people to take a year off after HS.
ANYWAY. Sorry for the REALLY long question, and thank you to anyone who actually read my ramblings. Should I go to Eureka, or stay here?? How can I make friends? WHAT SHOULD I DO?|||You have a plan that makes sense, so go for it. It may not be easy, but it's YOUR PLAN and what YOU WANT to do. Your grandmother should understand that even if she wants you to stay where you are now.|||Your plans are seriously unrealistic.
Your first duty as an adult is to not become a parasite. So far, it seems nothing suits you for one bogus reason or another: Anything you do has to accommodate your pets. You refuse to take military discipline. You hate community college. You hate cheap and decent colleges in the Buffalo are that could give you marketable skills 鈥?eg SUNY鈥擝uffalo College. My guess is you're probably not presentable for any fast food work. Tattoos? Studs in your face? Purple hair? You did this to yourself...
In my view, your grandmother should have thrown you out a long time ago. As it is, she's just enabling your fantasies. Eureka College? ROFL!
PLEASE read the whole thing, I really need some advice! I'm sorry it's long :(
Ok so I go to an Early College, which means 2 FREE years of college & associates degree.
My stepdad and my mom claim that they can't find jobs (we live in NC) but I find this hard to believe since almost all of my friends (high schoolers) have jobs!
*my parents never went to college.
now, my stepdad CLAIMS that he has a job in New York and now we're moving there. There's no way we could stay in my house because my uncle owns it and wants it back.
My stepdad has a rep. for being a liar. So honestly I don't believe that he has a job up there, then where would we be?
Anyway they've made us move 6 times before eighth grade. We finally got to stay here for 3 years and they were the happiest for me.
The MAIN reason I do not want to move is because of the opportunities at my school- I'll have to take out half as much student loans. I'll also have an associates degree ALREADY when other people my age are just graduating high school...
My stepdad's argument is that there is a REGENTS SCHOLARSHIP in ny and if i do well enough I'll get it. However I looked it up and it said about 3 students out of all that apply!
So heres the reasons:
1. there is a ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CHANCE is will get my associates FOR FREE here in nc
2. I have friends and a boyfriend (i didnt mention him a lot because I know how people are about teenage girls claiming they're "in love") but I have been with him for a year and he's helped me with a lot of problems, especially family/financial stress.
3. I feel like my parent don't care. My mom's exact words: "I do feel bad. just not bad enough to change my mind."
NOW ONE THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. My parents haven't had a job in two years, they mooch of my grandparents. They say they are looking, but EVERYDAY I come home from school and they are sleeping, or on facebook, or just watching tv. To me it doesn't seem like they're trying AT ALL.
Ok so I've tried EVERYTHING to convince them to stay. There's a house right down the street that's available for move-in, which we could live in if they found a job.
AND THE WHOLE POINT: They weren't successful and didn't do what they had to do when it comes to education. Now they cant even get a job at McDonalds. My school will help me do better than them and give me an enormous advantage. I just feel like they should try the hardest for MY future, you know?
They're not trying because they don't like it here. THEY don't like it, It's too boring they say. Should it really matter what they like as long as their kids are getting a great education?
Thanks if you read the whole thing! :)|||Wow...no offense but sounds like you have 2 very lazy parents! If you are seeking your college education, then i dont see a need of having to follow them. it's not everyday that you get offered college education for free. If they want to move to another state let them, you should try staying in NC and living with roommates or friends for 2 yrs until you finish school.
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it's for a college scholarship i really need. i'll love you forever if you vote for me. (:
and, if your new year's resolution just so happens to be to be nicer or just be freaking awesome, i'd revere you if you set the link as your facebook status, or just shared it somewhere.
if you don't vote....i'll be very sad and will most likely not be able to go to college someday, and will be stuck asking people if they'd like fries with that at McDonalds. :(|||I voted! I hope you win! College is life changing, and everyone deserves a chance to succeed in life!
Good luck! =)|||I voted!(:|||Yes I just did.... Will you make this the best answer?|||i voted!
I've been dating a younger guy for 11 months now, and I've never liked him.
He's a complete baby. He thinks it's funny to run around at church and climb trees and things like that. He still think it's funny to drink a ton of energy drinks then get all 'hyper'. He talks like a baby 99% of the time. It's like HELLO WE'RE SENIORS. I'm studying for scholarship science.
He makes me do all of his homework, and you know what he got me for Christmas? A Mcdonalds toy. Birthday? Nothing because he had no money. He just spent $600 on a brand new cell phone. He has every fancy gadget you can imagine. PSP, IPad, you name it. Yet when we go on dates, he assumes I'm paying. I even had to pay his cellphone bill last month.
He also flirts with every girl he sees, sometimes ignores me for days at a time, and isn't capable of intelligent conversation.
I hate him and want to leave him, but I'm scared no one would ever want a science nerd like me, and I should just accept what I have.
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Please help. I can't do this for much longer.|||No, don't ever just "accept what you have" becuz you feel forced to inside. I'm in a way having the same problem your having (kinda). Being a science nerd doesn't mean anything about a guy wanting you. True beauty lies with in a women and I'm sure your personality is just fine too. You'll find a guy who will love you and cherish you. I've had lots of boyfriends and have been in your spot LOTS of times, and I'm not a pretty girl but I've found some guys that liked me for me and not what I looked like(some for what I looked like too) or how I acted, but for the real me, and you will find a guy who will do the same!
~ hoped this helped
Christina Heeter
Education: If i study in Australia and got a ATAR of 99.80 after Year 12
I play cricket for my state, i do debating and chess for my school, i am captain of my school and cricket club, i do community service, i am youth ambassador, i have work experience in a big company, i have work for Mcdonalds, i organised charity events, i run marathons, i have lots of friends, i write for my local newspaper, i do scouts/venturer, i won my local spelling bee and many more. will all that be enough if i was to put that in my resume and apply for a scholarship in Harvard?|||sounds like any school would be stupid not to admit you. i dont think you have much to worry about, but then again, alottttt of kids that did really well get denied admission to school like harvard. i would apply to some back up schools.
OK, I am Okie born & raised. Went to college with a kid in tow, so I qualified for "family housing". It was a 2 bedroom apartment ALL BILLS PAID for 250.00 a month. I was told I qualified and was put on a waiting list. After 9 months, I was called, and since I lived at home I wasn't in the middle of a lease and could move in. Once I got there, I noticed that in the 250 unit complex, there was only 3 (including mine) families that were "American". Most residents were Asian, then African (NOT black Americans), then Middle Eastern. The parking lot was FULL of Beamers, Mercedes and Camrys.
I was SICK!!! These people come here on a reduced tuition and or scholarship, breed, have an "anchor baby" and drive luxury cars while poor middle and lower class 2+generation Americans have to work at the Union and McDonalds, never see their kids and pay full tuition???
Anyone else think we NEED reform???|||We do need reform! The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2007, by Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA), would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate birthright citizenship.
Our current policy results in over 300,000 additional citizens from anchor babies each year. The demographic impact is far greater because their families stay and bring in additional relatives. Anchor babies are eligible to sponsor their illegal alien parents and other relatives when they turn 21. Moreover, taxpayers pick up the tab for the medical costs and subsequent welfare outlays because of the child's citizenship status.
The 14th Amendment, passed to guarantee the citizenship of freed slaves, grants citizenship to anyone born here and "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. HR 1940 acknowledges the right of birthright citizenship established by the 14th amendment to the Constitution, but says a person born in the United States is considered "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States only if one of the parents is a citizen, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent, or an alien performing active service in the armed forces.
http://capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?ale鈥?/a>|||Well, what the politicians call 'reform' is actually amnesty! No fun being a second class citizen in your own country, is it. We have been sold down the river.|||At least Oklahoma and Arizona is doing something about it.|||Something needs to be done I will agree...many abolishing the "anchor baby" as an automatic citizen would help..
I am a 44 years old and I met this 21 year girl two years while she was working at McDonalds. We use to talk briefly about three times a week for a couple of months until she went off to college on a softball scholarship. A couple of weeks ago, I send her a friend request on Facebook, which she accepted. Every time I message her she always responds. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a week. We had a bet in which she won. I asked her if she was going to be in town, which is her home town, any time soon, if not I was probably going to be in her town to give her the cap she won. She said she probably would be in town, but if not she would staying at the college for the next two weekends. I responded by saying we would miss each other if we both when to each other's town. She laughed said, but I will be here at some point. I don't know her that well. Can I ask her if I can just bring her the cap because I am going to her town? Because of the age difference I don't know what to do. If she always responds, that means she does not feel uncomfortable, right|||OMG 44-21 so doesnt work what are you doing with 21 year old college girls yuck!|||Probably being chatty and flirty. Look for something you can hold hands with and kiss.|||I think she was just being nice
I graduated from high school in 1990 with a full scholarship to a local community college. Because of social anxiety disorder, I dropped out of college. I used alcohol to cope and skipped around from job to job and sometimes went unemployed. I got married in 2003 and quit drinking in 2005. I have currently been employed at McDonalds for the past 3 1/2 years. Because of my social anxiety disorder, I only work in the grill area. Because S.A.D. limits the jobs I can apply for and my work history isn't the best, how would someone like me get a better job?|||you could start by looking in a local paper or on noticeboards for somthing more interesting. At this point do not hold too high expectations. you are not going to get a 'good' job just like that :) at this point its to simply get outta mac donalds as employers tend to look down on macdonalds employees, which is stupid but still. go for somthing that you would enjoy, and can work at.
you mentioned that you jumped around alot of jobs. in an interview you can turn this to your advantage by mentioning how it has given you alot of experiance at different types of work and will enable you to overcome any challenges you may encounter in the work place.
You graduated from school, so you obviously have certificates, however you also could look into getting enroled in courses for I.T or somthing, people who offer wordprocessing qualifications or spreadsheet knowledge will generally have a higher chance of getting a job than someone who hasnt.
where abouts do you live? some countries may have these courses offered for free.
You could also look and see if there was volunteer work, a couple of hours work at the weekend down your local charity shop or somthing will look good on your C.V and probably give you a few more connections.
just start to build up a little repitoire, assuming you are comfortable with doing these things. it will also help to stretch the boundaries that you have in relation to you SAD. it will take time but you will know you are in the right job when you feel comfortable enough.
hope this has given you some ideas :) best wishes|||This makes me sad =(
No one on Yahooanswers is going to make things better,
only you can....
either live with it, or get over it.
I know it is hard, but you have to face it.
To start out with, you should have never let it become who you are. Therefore, it's controlling you and not being able to not live your life.
I don't know what to tell you.
I think you should talk to a doctor or a therapist, get medication to soothe it down, get therapy, and take control.
Bless you.
Ok so i'm 16 and I'm a girl, i'm still in school but I hope to become a professional dancer. I know that the world of dance is extremely competitive so I work hard in school so that if I don't "make it" as a dancer I can go to university. I come from a large family and we don't have much
money, I work at McDonalds 4 nights per week from 10pm to 2am and on saturdays from 6pm to 12pm. I take ballet class before work and I work in the dancestore and clean the mirrors to help pay for my classes, for the rest of dance cost I have a scholarship.
My parents get everything I earn I don't even get pocket money or any form of allowance. For this reason, I asked my dance teacher for no money to be hand over in fear my parents would take it and I would get no dance classes. I think it's fair that they get a large portion of what I earn as I live in their home and the provide food and clothing for me, but it's annoying as I can't go out with friends without having to ask, when it's my money. It's also gonna be hard to by my dad a Birthday present without him knowing...
So all I'm asking is, is it right that I have no access to the money I earn because I live with my parents and brothers and sisters?|||It is absolutely WRONG!!! DO NOT GIVE your parents YOUR paycheck! YOU earned that money, and YOU should be able to decide what to do with it when YOU choose to do it.
Many people say the same thing you did in your question above. They say, well, my folks clothe me, put a roof over my head, buy food for me, etc etc etc. NEVER FORGET that the reason you exist in this world is because of THEM! They chose to have you, or if you're an accidental birth, THEY chose to have sex. NEVER blame yourself or justify bad parental behavior because of THEIR choices!! THEY are responsible for the number of kids they have, their bills, the house, the food and all other parental obligations. NONE of those are your fault or responsibility!
Now, you sound like a nice person who doesn't mind helping out and, IF it's TRULY YOUR CHOICE to contribute some of your pay to the family budget, that's fine because it would be YOUR choice. However, you need to stop the current situation IMMEDIATELY!!! You're working too hard and you're too dedicated to be treated this way. STAND UP for yourself and take back what's yours!
Hope this helps.|||talk to them and ask if you could give them 3/4 of your check and you keep 1/4 since it is your money and if they get mad say I earn this money just like you earn yours os I should have a say in whether I can have it or not, and if they say well we are a family and support eachother then say I don't mind giving you some of my check but that I want some money of my own as well for things I like to do as well. And I work at McDonalds as well and its hard work that you earn this money|||That's not right at all. My advice would b to start handling all money u earn urself. Get urself a bank account checking account or savings account and that way u keep track of what's urs. Ask ur parents how much ur paying bills like if u pay the water bill ask how much that is and jus give them that amount no more cuz they are taking advantage of u. If they are saving it for u then its ok but if they are jus spending it. I don't think its ok... u need to take control because its ur life and earnings...put ur foot down and show some balls so ur parents know ur ready to take life into ur own hands....|||It is your money and they cannot legally cash your check that you get from McD. From now on when you cash your check only give them part of it but not the whole check. What are they gonna do beat it out of you? It is your money not theirs. You do not have to give them any of it if you do not want. You think they will kick you out if you do not give them money. If you are under 18 that is against the law and it is also against the law to sign a check that is in someone else's name unless they sign it over to you. You can get your own bank account maybe not a checking account but you could get a savings account.
So I got hired at a McDonalds about 1 week and half ago but so far I've only gone to orientation and received my uniform; I have still not actually worked a shift there because they told me that they are getting new registers so they don't want to have to train me on the old ones and then train me again on the new ones a week later.
Now my dilemma: I was hoping on working there during the summer but at this condition I will only have three weeks of summer left to work there until school starts. I will be starting my first year of college and I will be living on campus (it is a 10 min trolley ride from campus and another 10 min walk to get to the restaurant). Do you think I will be able to balance both college (I take my grades very seriously) and a job? Or should I try to work it out so I only work fridays and weekends?
BTW the money is mainly so that I can have some spending money while in college i.e. food, clothes, etc. I am going to college on a full-ride scholarship so its not like I need the money to pay tuition...What do you think?|||If you can arrange your work & school hours to coincide, then keep the position; if not, then provide the customary 2 week notice|||well it depends what you're gonna do with your time when you quit. HONESTLY keep working to save up money for like a house after college or something but if you quit you could maybe take more hours of school or something?? idk but anyway working in mcdonalds is kind of a fail since you don't really need the money and they only pay you minimum wage an hour :/|||I would try to stick it out. If you find that you cannot, explain why to your boss and give a two week resignation notice. It's only fair. Listen, there are a lot of other great jobs around.
http://jobshiringnow.org/|||Keep working|||No do what you need to|||No|||Keep your job.-
I graduate high school on June 3rd. Finally turn 18 on June 16th.
I have straight A's, I take AP classes, don't drink/smoke/have sex. I'm a good kid
I have been looking for a job!!
In January, I lied on my resume. I said I had prior work experience as a server. It got me the job interview. The interview went great. But the interviewer ended it right then and there when she asked if I was 18. (She never said she had a minimum age requirement). I knew I would have had the job if I was 18.
Same thing with McDonalds. I built rapport with the interviewer and things were going great. She asked how old I was, and I could tell in her face that she was disappointed.
Why are GROWN people stealing high school jobs????
I am also SICK of seeing high school sophomores working part-time. What do they need that money for? Their smart phone? Gas for their SUV? The only reason they got the job in the first place because their mommy or daddy pulled some strings.
What am I going to do when it's time to start school?
I'll be going to school in NYC on a full tuition scholarship.
But I still need money for food, clothes (winter), metrocard for the subway, etc etc.
How am I going to live?
My mother cannot afford to help me. My father is not in the picture. I have no one. I have considered getting a sugardaddy, even though I'm a virgin in every sense. Maybe I will do stripping on the side.
I grew up below the poverty level. I have suffered from depression since I was 10 years old. I am very bitter. Angry. I feel like killing myself.
Why hasn't God provided me with a job when I have been praying for one???|||quit ******* whining. how about you do some research before you apply, or ask if it isnt there, about a minimum age. There are plenty of jobs that dont require you to be 18. and at this point, you might as well wait another three weeks. or, if you get an interview and they ask how old you are, say you'll be 18 in a few weeks. if youve done good on your interview, they will wait til youre 18 then give you another interview or hire you. besides, you'll need a new job when you move to NY. I live in Texas, which currently has one of the best economies in the united states. It took me 14 months to get a job, and I applied to over 18 places, some of them multiple times. If you havent noticed, the unemployment rate in America is right around 10%. You're not the only one without a job. Grow a pair. Go out and get a job, dont ask for one.
EDIT
Yeah, actually, I do. I was a minor when I got my job. I just turned 18 a few weeks ago. Does the term 14 months mean anything to you? Its ******* hard to get a job.
Ah, of course, a democrat asking for someone to do something for her rather than do it herself. How typical|||The only one who can give you a job is YOU. Looking for work can be hard work.|||i know exactly how u feel. i was in the same situation for a year or two and im done high school and i HATE seeing kids that still live with mommy spending money on crack and gas when ppl need to make a living off it but i got really lucky with a job fair at got my first job at mc d... better then nothin and like if i was u i probably wouldnt go to school and have no job cuz once u done its gonna hit u
btw God wont help you.|||Hold on to your purity! Once gone, you will never get it back! Also, I would not recommend lying on a resume. With your great qualities, you don't even need to. You might try going into restaurants and hotels to find summer work. Then, just act mature. They will probably hire you but maybe not as server, maybe as hostess. Then, just prove how outgoing you are and ask to be promoted to server. Good luck.
Im a 19 year old female, I live in an EXTREMELY small town. There is absolutly nobody hireing right now, and what jobs I do find they want someone with more experiance. Ive only had one job and it was a seasonal one at a halloween store for 3 months. I feel like im a failure because I still live with my parents, I cant find a job, I cant go to college (NO money without a job, and i cant get financial aid), And nobody that i know of with give me a scholarship to go to cosmetology school wich is pretty expensive, my dream is to become a makeup artist for someone such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry. people along those lines, or a makeup artist for photographers. Everyone around me is succeeding and im stuck in the same rut ive always been in. I guess what im asking for is some advice on how to keep my hopes up because i just feel like giving up. I mean even Mcdonalds turned me down :/. I have all the skills people would look for im great with computers, money, communication, im a nice person, im smart. I need some uplifting people!!!|||Well, generally, it's really hard for people the get jobs right now. There are many, many people that have lots of experience, college degrees, etc. that can't find work, so I certainly wouldn't consider myself a failure.
Just don't give up. Ask someone you know, a former teacher or something, to look at your resume and give you a mock interview. Ask them to tell you honestly how it looks. Learn anything you can from this.
And, whatever you do, don't give up. Edison tried many times to get the light bulb right before it actually worked, the Wright brothers tried a bunch of airplane designs before they flew...you get the idea ;)|||In your situation I think it would be best to ask for free work experience. Try at a local beauty place. Then you can get the work experience you need and learn on the job and be more able to find paid employment later on; the place you work for free at would probably hire you eventually as well. It's probably not what you wanted to hear but a lot of people work for free to gain the experience necessary to find paid employment.|||I don't know why people insist that its a person's qualities that matter. Its all about the people you know. Become friends with a manager, or someone working there, and then see if you can pull it off. Look at the bright side though, at least you're not homeless...
...So its true then.... he didn't die of a stroke. Then what the f**ck killed him? No wait... it can't... it can't be.....|||Dnt dream more it makes sad|||The best idea is to have your own source of transportation and something close by. If one of your family members has a good position in a job or owns a company,restaurant,etc., then maybe you can ask that family member to get you a job with them for experience, training, and whatever else you need so when its time for you to move on to your own job, you already have experience, and somebody to write on how you are doing. If you have no family member that can do that, than like I said, make sure you have good transportation and look for jobs in near-by towns. Jobs also look at grades from highschool.
Jobs also look at a workers appearance. If you have tattoos, thats a little on the down side. If you dress too casual or sloppy, thats definately on the down side. How about grammar? Do you use slang like, "Oh nah, I aint like that" or something of the sort?
Lastly, make sure your resume is GOOD. Reread it over and over, and even act like its not yours and read it and make sure its good enough. Get your parents to read it and see if thats good.
When you have done those, you are pretty much good to go. Have a firm handshake, a smile, but don't sound like you superly-duperly need the job. Well just be YOU and confident. And if you can't find the answer to a question right away, like if they ask you "Why do you want to have this job?" and you kind of freeze, just repeat the question going "Well, I want to have this job because _____..."
Remember, BE CONFIDENT! And hey, my brother is 19, and he still lives with me and my parents. Don't feel like a failure, sometimes its just easier to stick with your parents because its a free place to live while you are still getting ready to "take off" :)
Medical School is a bit scary to think of because of how selective it is, and I don't know much about the rosters of med schools, but would you be able to say if I would look like a promising candidate for med school?
I will be attending Kent State this fall as a freshman majoring in music. I have played piano and composed since I was young and auditioned as a piano major and got a great scholarship that was an acceptance into the Honors College. Now, though, I changed my mind and decided I want to be a doctor, so after my first year I will take up music as a minor and Biology as a major.
Here are some of my greatest assets and plans:
I will do an internship the summer going into my sophomore and/or junior year.
I play to volunteer at the local clinical center.
To fund my education I will have an on-campus job my first year, and continue to work at McDonalds afterwards (I work there now and like it. It would be great if I could get some medical-type of job though, or working in a lab.)
1 year of Calc and 1 year of O Chem
Several very interesting (to me!) biology electives which include mammalian physiology/lab, molecular biology/lab (which I plan to do an REU with), and Immunology.
Aside from freshman bio, I'll also be taking classes such as cell bio, genetics, animal physiology, and microbiology.
I'll continue taking piano lessons/piano studio class, music theory classes, and want to take counterpoint and orchestration sometime. I really love music and want to stick with it to use for the rest of my life.
I don't know if med schools will care, but I also love to run. I've ran several 10ks, and will run my first half-marathon this fall.
Now, during high school I had a 4.06 GPA. It was weighted with AP Chem (got a 5) and AP Calc (got a 3), so hopefully my hard work and organizational skills won't leave me in college. So I can't give you my college GPA or MCAT scores, but let's just say those are average/above average. I don't party or drink so I'll be spending most of my time running, with music, or studying, with an average 16-18 credit hours per semester.
Also, I live in Ohio, so do you think I would have a shot at the Ivy leagues, or should I be safe and stick to Ohio med schools?
I'm really excited to learn and college and would appreciate any advise you could give me =]|||You'll need to take two semesters of college physics. Physics is a topic on the MCAT, and it actually makes up a greater portion of the test than Organic Chemistry does. Obviously, you'll still need to take organic chem.
I hear that it's important to gain a recommendation from a doctor you shadowed; it's like an unnamed requirement to entrance. By shadowing a doctor, you've shown that you are aware of the daily grind of a physician and are certain that this is the line of work for you.
The hard work and organizational skills you exhibited in high school is vital in college. The key is organizing your time well and balancing work/extra-curriculars with stellar performance in your courses. The MCAT is no joke either, I'd perhaps devote a summer to preparing for that exam.
If you do everything you say you will do, I don't think you'll have a problem getting accepted. Good luck!!|||It's impossible to say right now because we don't know how college will go. You may find out that o-chem kills your GPA or that you only got a 28 on the MCAT or that you didn't get an internship. It totally depends on the future, which no one can predict.
Something that will go against you right away though is that you're not attending a university that has a med school. Med schools like take their own undergrads over others. For example, if I went to Iowa State and am applying to University of Iowa med school, I have less of a chance of getting in than a student who graduated from University of Iowa, all other things held constant.
If you keep your GPA up, like above 3.8, do very well on your MCAT, work or volunteer in the medical field during your 4 years, and get involved on campus, you'll have a fair shot.
Education: If i study in Australia and got a ATAR of 99.80 after Year 12
I play cricket for my state, i do debating and chess for my school, i am captain of my school and cricket club, i do community service, i am youth ambassador, i have work experience in a big company, i have work for Mcdonalds, i organised charity events, i run marathons, i have lots of friends, i write for my local newspaper, i play the violin and saxaphone, i do scouts/venturer, i won my local spelling bee and many more. will all that be enough if i was to put that in my resume and apply for a scholarship in Harvard?|||honestly, you would have to have a near perfect SAT as well.. or whatever significant college exam ur region provides.
have a mental breakdown?
ok, he doesn't have the best family history. his grandpa was schizo and he never knew any of his grandparents long enough to remember them. he never saw any of his family other than his mom, dad, and brother. he hates his brother and hasn't spoken to him in three years and his dad is kind of getting more and more nutty and is very mean to him. and his mom, well is bitchy but i think it's menopause, to be honest.
anyway, he lives with me and he's almost 19 and working like almost 50 hour weeks at mcdonalds (don't say anything, it was the only place hiring and he hates it)
it's a really stressful job for him because he works with a bunch of people who don't work, so he's doing all their work for them too. to add to that, he is already down, not depressed, just frustrated that when he graduated high school, his only chance of going to college was if he got a scholarship, and he didn't get one. so he's stuck in a dead end job and cannot afford college.
he comes home and is exhausted and moody more than usual (he is bipolar). nothing ever harmful, just keeps to himself and broody i guess....
i'm just worried because he's really little to begin with- like 5 foot 5 and one hundred pounds, if that. and he looks like he's lost more weight. and he's barely sleeping at night and has to wake up early to go to work.
i don't know, maybe i'm just worrying too much.|||The fact that he has a family history of mental illness increases his chances!
Its like having a family history of being alcoholic,my dad and almost everyone on his side of the family is an alcoholic,so my chances of being one increase a lot(hence why I don't drink)!
Thank god for the fact that my dad is 20 years sober,the rest of them are in denial about it!
Try to get your boyfriend an appointment with a shrink or some type of mental health specialist!|||Maybe you should take him to a doctor, get him checked out, and put him on some meds!|||Uncle Ben will be fine. Don't worry about it, Aunt Jemima.|||idk|||yes|||he needs to see a doctor
Shianne Griffin
address
Phone:
E-mail: @hotmail.com
Job Objective
路 To find a full-time position in your establishment
Education
路 E.L. Crossley Secondary School, June 2008
Finished Grade 11; honors throughout high school career
Work History
路 Builder. Galaxy Pallets, Smithville, ON. January 2008 to September 2008
Built pallets using a nail gun. Cleaned work area afterwards. Stacked Wood
路 Team Member. Pizza Hut and Wing Street, Hamilton, ON. June 2008 to August 2008.
Made dough, pizzas, chicken wings, etc. Cleaned work area. Took phone and walk in orders. Cashed out orders and drivers. Packed food. Performed closing duties.
路 Cashier, Drive-Thru and Grill. Mcdonalds Restaurant, Dunnville, ON. February 2006 to January 2008
Served customers and took their orders. Cooked food and prepared the sandwiches and fries. Packed food. Cleaned lobby and kitchen. Changed garbages and recycling.
路 Janitor. Attercliffe Variety Store and Restaurant, Dunnville, ON. April 2005 to September 2005
Cleaned grills, kitchen, bathroom, floors, lobby and lot. Changed garbages. During busy hours, helped serve ice cream.
Honors and Awards
路 Honors Math, 2007
路 Honors French, 2006
路 Honors, 2004-2008
路 DSBN Accounting Scholarship 2nd Place, 2008
References Available Upon Request
suggestions?|||Part of the problem will be having dropped out of high school. Many employers won't hire people who dropped out. Look into getting your GED or its Canadian equivalent.
Job objective doesn't say much. You could tailor it to each resume you send out. Should say what KIND of job you are looking for.
I'd put the education below the job history section, along with the honors
I suppose it's a silly question to ask why YOU are supporting your boyfriend, why HE doesn't have a job also.
Good luck|||Seeking an entry level position in ________ie Food Service or Retail Marketing might make it more specific. Keep it on computer file so you can change it for different prospects.
That would be under Objective.|||I would suggest that you build this as a skills based resume - i.e.
Qualifications:
Customer Service
Experienced in working in an environment when quick service is key.
Proficient in custodial arts.
Experienced in efficient quality control.
Etc....
You then list the places you've worked one on line below - i.e.
McDonalds, City, ON Date Range
Above that is education and below is accomplishments. For more examples, you can find this sort of resume anywhere online but it lays out your skills right there for HR so they don't read your most recent experience and put the resume aside.
|||Your academic honors are quite impressive. Highlight them in some way if you can. Maybe move them towards the top. Also, unless your objective is more interesting than "to get a job at your establishment" I would just skip it because it is obvious. Why else would you be sending in a resume?
EDIT
MS word has resume templates you can access through "help" and type in "templates" or just try this link, hope it works:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templa鈥?/a>
Hello, i have a dream for my brother i would love to see.
My brother was the best player in my high schools history, was a Mcdonalds high school athlete, Played in the michigan all-star game, and had a very successful highschool basketball career that resulted in him going to the Division 2 school Mercyhurst. When he arrived there, the head coach told him to transfer saying he did not have use for him anymore (after wasting a scholarship on him.). He liked the school so he stayed there, riding the pine most of the time. My brother is still a great player, is now in his senior college season, and i know that this is a pipedream, but id like to try to get him into the NBA developmental League, how can i go about doing this?|||my player on nba 2k10 got demoted to D League for playing like **** hehe|||After some research I got to this. Look at this link below:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2096391_tryout-n鈥?/a>|||Step 1: Be a great basketball player
Step 2: But not great enough for the NBA|||What?
I've been dating a younger guy for 11 months now, and I've never liked him.
He's a complete baby. He thinks it's funny to run around at church and climb trees and things like that. He still think it's funny to drink a ton of energy drinks then get all 'hyper'. He talks like a baby 99% of the time. It's like HELLO WE'RE SENIORS. I'm studying for scholarship science.
He makes me do all of his homework, and you know what he got me for Christmas? A Mcdonalds toy. Birthday? Nothing because he had no money. He just spent $600 on a brand new cell phone. He has every fancy gadget you can imagine. PSP, IPad, you name it. Yet when we go on dates, he assumes I'm paying. I even had to pay his cellphone bill last month.
He also flirts with every girl he sees, sometimes ignores me for days at a time, and isn't capable of intelligent conversation.
I hate him and want to leave him, but I'm scared no one would ever want a science nerd like me, and I should just accept what I have.
(For visuals, this is me, the one on the cellphone http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/a鈥?/a>
Please help. I can't do this for much longer.|||My personal opinion is that you have to love yourself before you can love someone else. I saw your picture, and with my eyes, you are very pretty...a young lady like you, even if you see yourself as a science nerd, could have any guy she wanted. But if you don't see yourself as beautiful, and you don't start to love the person that you are (no matter what anyone thinks), you will end up with a jerk like the infant you're seeing now! Do you want that for yourself? Okay then, Miss Beauty, dump this chump, keep up in school (as you obviously are doing now), realize all the beauty you have inside and out, and find someone who's worthy of you! You found Mr. Wrong...find the guy YOU WANT, a guy who will treat you with the respect and dignity you deserve...and go get him!|||If you know he is immature, then you must know deep down that it's also time to move on. There are plenty of intelligent, mature guys out there who are -looking- for a girl like you as opposed to some dumb bimbo whose most eventful day was a day of shopping for new Clinique lipstick at the mall.|||I see your problem. You find your world has been turned upside down, almost like you are standing on your head.
Well just put on your multicoloured dream boots and play the Nancy Sinatra song.
Nice cats.|||Men who are intimidated by intelligent women are probably not men you're going to be happy with. You're miserable with him. Is it really worse being alone for a while?|||Are you insane??? You are adorable and intelligent. Why on earth would you settle for an idiot like that??? Get some self esteem, and the great guys will come pouring in.|||He is using you. You would be better off with no one than with him. Don't worry. Someone else will come along.|||You must be desperate to have any type of male around -
WAKE UP AND DUMP THE JERK, DUMMY|||Why are you still with him? Break up with him (like now) and move on! You could do so much better.|||break up with him. your pretty and i think there are some other guys that wouldnt mind being with you|||dump his ***!|||>I even had to pay his cellphone bill last month.
That is going way too far. It sounds like he's just using you. That's pathetic and you shouldn't stand for it.
>I'm scared no one would ever want a science nerd like me
Trust me, there are a LOT of guys out there who would be more than happy with that. The question is more whether YOU would want any of THEM, for which I can give no guarantee.|||Man, does this take me back. Well, you seem very cute and lively. I don't think that you will have any trouble finding guys that want to date you. Put up with your guy until you have had enough, then go about your more important business. Many such relationships formed in high school do not survive high school. Let it go when the time comes. It will hurt some, maybe a lot, but don't try and force it into something it was never meant to be. Early relationships are learning experiences for more meaningful ones later. Good luck.|||Trust me. If you can get one boyfriend you can get another. Just get some confidence. If you want to know how e-mail me and I'll tell you the secret. Anyways. Would you rather spend your whole life with somebody you hate or searching for somebody you like? Think about it like that. You'll find another science geek. All the cute guys at my college were in the science department. Well, the art department as well. Anyways, you'll do fine.|||Don't just settle for someone like that. He is too immature and selfish and it sounds like he is just using you. I don't know if he or other have made you feel bad about yourself and told you lies that you do not deserve better, but you do. You are a lovely girl and you can and will do better.
You take care of him so he can stay a kid. Well this isn't good for you and really isn't good for him. Break up with him, don't let him manipulate you to take him back. Have your close friends remind you of all you are escaping if you get tempted to go back with him. It's best for you both. You need to be free of him selfishly taking advantage of you & he needs a shot of reality and may help him wake up and treat others better in the future. It's okay to be unattached for a while as long as you are free.
Time for you to move on. Get closer to God and he may help you find a guy who is trusting God in his life and will treat you the way God says he should. With respect, gentleness and understanding. He should be loving you as God does unselfishly wanting what is best for you.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. 鈥?(NIV)
Good Luck & God Bless you|||I think I understand the conflict of having someone in your life
vs. being probably super smart. I can only give you some
ideas, OK? And since I'm not you, I can't know very much
compared to you, OK? So, take what I give, run with
it, come to your own thoughts which likely will be
different because you're different. Don't dump him,
but become 'busy' and don't see him so much,
but don't make it very obvious. Don't notice the
strange, weird things he does. Forget to bring
money when you go out, other than busfare or
whatever you do. Here's where you likely won't
like what I have here for you: you likely won't
meet anybody worth knowing until you get
into your own milieu, your own 'group', your
own 'level', shall we say? So, it's a waiting game,
and just enjoying your life, your cute kittens,
enjoying...yourself. What's so wrong about
that anyway???|||First of all, you are a beautiful young girl. God has a good man for you, but this does not sound like the one. Guys mature a lot slower than girls.
Being good at science is a great strength. One day you will be successful and happy, and this guy is going to be working at McDonalds handing out happy meals. So don't worry. Get rid of this guy, and pray for God to give you a godly man that will treat you like the princess you are in God's eyes.
BTW, I prayed for a spouse, and God answered my prayers. We will be celebrating 9 years together on Wednesday!!! : )
Take Care,
The Prof|||<sigh> Science nerds. Love 'em!
Sadly, I am WAY too old for you! However, there are lots of guys out there that appreciate a smart girl.
I will not comment on your picture (me not wanting to be the "creepy old guy"), but, it seems in high school, girls don't want to be thought of as smart, or they will not have any guys. I'm not even sure that is true, but I do know that as you grow up a bit - say in college, or after, your being mature and smart and all that is going to be a real asset. It doesn't hurt if you are halfways cute too (guys are pretty much suckers that way), but, you seem to have a lot going for you, except that you are not in control of your own life. Well, you are old enough to handle this - dump him and move on!|||I'm not going to bad mouth him, but you are definitely at fault. By going against your intuition you have enabled him to use you.
Guys who do these things don't respect women or know how.
Just tell him that you are sorry things will not work out between you two. You don't have to get nasty but just let him knoe you are two different people and you have different priorities right now. Don't bother engaging in any conversation that would allow him to understand your point of view, unless you can do so without allowing him to convince you he is meant for you.
Just be silent and swift and end it soon.
My advice. A girl did that with me when I was 19 and it changed my perspective.|||dont put yourself down like that.there is always someone out there for someone.you listen to me when i say no one was born in this world to be alone.as a matter of fact i love science.i am what you could call i science geek.i want to major in biology and more particularly phytology.the study of plant life and basically botany.i want to change the world cure diseases, increase life span, increase metabolism and discover new things that can be done with plants.but anyway the question here is does he make you happy.are you happy when you are around him and are you happy when you think about him.if not then he is not the person for you and you need to end the relationship and leave him.trust me dont worry and dont listen to anything that guy says that may upset you.there is someone out there for you.and the more you get into a job in science you'll meet alot of people in science.also you look pretty.so dont worry about your looks or your personality or anything.just be you and just be patient.i hope you follow your heart and do what you think is right.|||The picture is upside down, I have a migraine, and I'm tired. I'm sure you are a perfectly normal looking teenage girl.
Here's the thing. In a few years you are going to realize that quality people make decisions about who they date and are interested in marrying based on things that have nothing to do with looks. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch, zero. No, they make decisions about who they are going to date based on things like personality, who they get along with, and who has the same taste in silly movies and what seems like a fun thing to do on a Saturday evening. Dump the idiot. He sounds moronic and you hate him. Stop wasting your time on him. Of course you'll meet someone else. You'll meet someone you actually like. And don't ever pay some loserly guy's cell phone bill again.
Go, go be smart and have fun.
Okay. my brother is 30 and im 14. there problems at home and my brother sympathizes with me because he went through the same thing growing up. its nothing bad like drugs or physical abuse. its more of mental abuse. It would be really hard to explain but my mom is crazy. Like my aunts understand this because they lived with my mom for some time. and my cousins understand this. and my brother's girlfriend has been around when my mom blew up.
but anyways. My brother has made plans for me to move into his apartment. It is still in the same town so i can still go to my school. The only problem is that Im afraid my mom wont agree. We would still go but knowing her. she will call the police and tell them that my brother kidnapped me. But can he get in trouble? because i am the one would be willing to go. its not like i was forced against my will.
Im actually forced against my will to live in my parent's home
and its not like Im a bad kid. I dont drink, dont party, dont do drugs, and im not sexually active so no worries for me getting wasted or high or pregnant. I am a sensable person and I get god grades. I have a 3.8 gpa and im involved with a lot of school clubs and sports. I volunteer on the weekends at a phsyical rehab center.
and same with my brother. He was just the same ^^ and he got into Penn State (partial scholarship) with a high GPA and 1570 /1600 SAT score!
my mom constantly "mentally abuses me" she always says that we are failures and we will never get into college. We will drop out of high school and work at McDonalds. She has said much worse to us but i prefer not to bring those memories back..
when my brother was little he would always go to shrinks (5 actually) and they all said that the source of the problem was my mom. she was the reason my brother was unhappy. and so am I. About 95% of the time i am not happy when I am around her because of what she said or did to me. and that 5% when she is in a good mood is the worse because you know that she will blow up soon.
My brother is 30 and he is still being abused by my mom.
so what Im trying to say is that i really need to move out. I doubt my mom will let me go but I will probably just get up and go anyways. I dont want my brother to get arrested for "kidnapping" tho.|||First of all I am sorry for what your mother is doing to you. She must be in a lot of pain. Seems like she is just striking back because of the pain she is in. Under no circumstance should you go live with your brother. Your mother could have him arrested and sent to jail. You need to talk with another adult that you trust. May be get social services involved. You should go through the court system and tell them how you feel. Best of luck to you.|||have your brother go to cps and tell them whats going on and they will step in and take action and he will be able to care for you if they see fit
Don't give me a lecture about it or tell me "no, you're going to end up on the streets and working at McDonalds when you're older" or any other crap, because its not true.
anyway..
Hello :)
Um..I'm 15 and I am able to drop out of school at 16 which is near the end of this year.
But I'm not so sure, its not that I hate school I mean I actually really like it because I get to see everyone and talk to them, but its just the work.
Its not real hard but I just don't like it, whatever I do its just sooo boring to me and I get tired of it.
I'm not exactly really smart or really dumb. I mean I'm average. I get average marks or higher and I do well in school. I've been trying really hard to do well this year so I can pass NCEA which is the system we have here for entering University in New Zealand.
I've stopped watching less tv and being on the computer less to do more work and asking more questions in class, studying after school and I've even changed the time I sleep from 12-3am to 9pm so that I can concentrate in school more and be less tired. But none of that has helped me.
Its also hard because when I try to study, the information doesn't stay in my head no matter how many times I read it, write it down, listen to it, do flashcards or any other way of trying to remember it. It just doesn't stay..I thought it was me not sleeping enough but I've changed the way I sleep and its still the same. Its not the way I eat either.
I can't concentrate in class because everyone is just always talking to everyone else or me and I can only do things in silence or with some music, but obviously I'm not allowed music in class because its against the rules and teachers will find out anyway. Also some of my teachers aren't even helpful because most of the time all they do is write things on the board or give us books that are just suppose to magically help us with our internals and externals. When I do have a good teacher they just end up leaving to go overseas or somewhere because their that good. Like my maths teacher, hes moving to America after term 2 of school because he got a scholarship to teach at Harvard..and it sucks because I was learning stuff with him.
I just don't know what to do, I mean I could keep on going. Stay at high school until I'm 18 and then go to Uni, but its just I'm suppose to be learning all the stuff at high school so its easier in Uni and the credits I need to enter Uni will be from High School. But how am I suppose to do that now when I don't know what I want to be. What Uni and what will I even do if I go to Uni? Nothing, because I don't know and its stupid to just take random subjects in Uni which don't lead to my job when I'm older.
But the reason I don't think school is for me is because, I don't think it will lead me into doing anything when I'm older, I don't know what I want to be and its harder because I'm not good at anything at all and there's nothing that I really like either. I don't have some kind of passion for anything, or something I really want to do. There really isn't ANYTHING I'm good at, not one thing at all. literally.
All I really wanna do is travel the world..but I can't do that without money and I need a way to earn that. But I guess if this helps..things I do like are music, helping others, talking to people, typing.., really just seeing people smile. But I want to be able to earn a fair amount of money as well..
There's nothing I can really do with music though because I'm horrible at singing, I don't play any instruments or know anything about it. All I really do is listen to it, I mean ALL the time. But I'm sure a lot of people do that and there's nothing really there..that can help me.
Can someone just please help me out or give me some advice on anything, I don't want ridiculous answers, serious ones only please..at least try to read all this just to know what your answering :/
Also I'm going to the careers person at school for some help, but I'm 99% sure that it won't do anything.
THANK YOU! if you answer seriously =]|||The option after dropping out would be working. The problem is that without a High School Diploma it can be very hard to get good jobs. There are exceptions of course, but they are few and far between. I've had coworkers who have dropped out of school. One was only 14 years old, not even the legal age of 16. I won't get into that fully right now, but she regretted dropping out, as she found it hard to support herself (because of the low wages) and daunting to go back to school.
It sounds like you are very frustrated in school, but try to stick it through. It'll be worth it in the end, and make things much easier in the end too. Don't worry about Uni yet. No everyone goes to, or wants to go to Uni, and High School isn't just to set you up for Uni. High School is a good base education, and Uni is something you may or may not choose after.
Work after High School, and/or work while you are in High School. Explore the things you are interested in. If you love music, why not try out an instrument, or try mixing tracks? If you like helping others you may like volunteering. You can also get good contacts through volunteering that may help you find jobs later on. You have strengths and it would be sad to downplay yourself.
As for traveling, you're definitely right about the money thing. Traveling the world is a great goal and dream. Work while you're in high school, and work after school for a year at least, and I bet you will have enough to travel the world backpacking style. Travel can really expand your awareness and confidence. And you tend to learn a lot about yourself in the process. I've got a big wanderlust myself.
You could even volunteer or go to school abroad. That would add a whole different experience to school, and get you traveling at the same time. Or you could volunteer abroad, it would combine your interest with helping people and travel together. One great website for this is Projects Abroad. I'm planning on volunteering through them in a year. They have 2 week high school summer programmes.
Here's a link for it:
http://www.projects-abroad.org/projects/鈥?/a>
So in the end, don't give up yet. School may be boring and frustrating at times, but if you persevere it will pay off in the end. If you do drop out, your next option would be to enter the work world. But I sincerely hope you continue in school, work, and reach your dream of traveling. It's doable. You can do it!|||I don't want to read all that|||I say stick with high school until you graduate. At least you'll have a diploma and that will help you tremendously. Since you don't know what you want to do, take a year or two off. Go travel the world, work, just do something until you feel like you're ready to go into higher education. Don't just go to college just to get a degree in something that you don't know how you're going to use it later or don't know what you want to do.
I'm an all american football player in highschool and i'm in the 10th grade im turning 15 in april and i'm all state mcdonalds basketball player espn has given me the 67 best running back in hs in the nation and i have been offered to go to this school that will really help me get a scholarship like 100% but i've been with my gf for 3 yrs. on dec. 8th and i love her i don't wanna leave her but i could have a chance at playing for top schools like usc, michigan, texas, and my most recent college visit was ohio state what should i do i have already been promised scholarships if i go to this school up here in pa and i have a 3.85 gpa what should i do leave my love for hopefully being on live tv espn in 3,4,5 yrs.?|||honestly..thinking about leavin the one that you love is going to be a hard thing..but in all reality you are only 15 and i kno at your age...and you dont want to hear it but i have been there too...you are young!...you are going to go thru so much more in your life before you find the one you are going to settle down with...you still are going to go thru so much that is going to change you as a person as much as you try not to change it is an inevitable and it will happen chances are you are not going to be with this girl for too much longer anyways..it's easy to stay with someone when you are you because you dont have the stress and the drama of a mature life.. I say go for you dreams go for your college career and get an education..what are your other options to stay there and more than likely regret it the rest of your life wondering WHAT IF? you still have 2 years before you need to make this finally decision so dont stress about it now.. enjoy your highschool years...they should be spent with friends having fun doing what you wanna do because when it does come time to make those decisions there are going to be soo many more to follow..so live it up now and dont stress it!
goodluck!|||First of all chill out, second of all if you and your girl are meant to be together, you can survive college long distance. If you want to marry her some day you'll want a solid career, and a lot more in your life depends on your education than your girlfriend.|||you have to do whats best for you in the long run which would be to go to the best school you can. Your Girlfriend will wait for you if she's worth it but opportunities like this will not wait.|||Sounds like you're getting ahead of yourself here... You're in 10th grade.. You have basically another year before you figure out where you want to apply... Then after you have all the results of where you have been accepted basically another year after that to figure out where you want to go. If you're still with her in another 2 years... THEN you can worry about all of this. Stressing yourself out now is only going to make you miss the good times. Your last couple years of high school are the best. Don't miss out on amazing memories because you were stressing about this.
okay so i got expelled from high school my sophmore year, and i decided to go back to school and got my high school diploma through g.e.d classes. This course was different because instead of it sayin g.e.d. i got my actual high school diploma. Im 16 and turn 17 in a couple days. Well i want to talk to someone who can help me decide what i want to do. But my plan is to go to technical school and get a skill in a certain job most likley construction (drawing blueprints or general contracting) or browse through careers till i find something i like. Now my reason for doing this is because i need a better paying job than mcdonalds. if i do this i can get more money because i need a car. But ive always wanted to go to college because i like to learn. I am going to need to get scholarships or financial aid because my family doesn't have any money and i will need to be supporting myself and getting money on my own. i would like to know if it is possible to get a scholarship/ loan to technical school, and to college. Keep in mind that i am going to need around a year to get my degree in the skill i chose maybe six months at least. I am just very confused and due to the fact that i was a jackass in high school, i have never gotten the chance to find out what careers/skills interest me. I would also like to know if i could even go to a university because if there is anyway possible to do that ill do it. i live in tampa, florida if that helps.|||Go to the local community college and check out the programs there. It will be a lot cheaper than a technical school and you can learn the same things. Check out the website for Hillsborough Community College. It offers Architectural Design and Building Construction.
http://www.hccfl.edu/dm/associate-in-sci鈥?/a>
you can meet with the financial aid people and find out if you qualify for a Pell grant. You will also be able to transfer those credits to a four year degree college. You can just take a certification course, which is a year or less and get a job and finish up the rest of the program to get an AA degree while you work. You can then continue at a four year school if you decide you want more. I know FSU, for example, has a degree in construction.|||You are talking about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafter
and to actually design a building, you will need to be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect
I've applied to countless scholarships of all different types, big and small, and am yet to win one; Of course I'll fill out FAFSA, but I would like to get scholarship money to make schooling easier, since I'll be in it for sooo long. I've even resorted to eating at McDonalds constantly to try and win Monopoly! lol. I have a 4.0, lots of extra curric, top ten percent, National Honors Society, National Honors Program, several awards and merits, financial need, but NOBODY wants to give me money!!! Help :(|||Looks like you are a very Intelligent woman. Might have to go the student loan road initially until you can show the school what you are made of for the scholarship. Is there a particular reason that you are being turned down for the scholarship money? It's hard to believe that there isn't someone out there willing to give you one with your grades and extra curricular activities. McDonald's probably adds weight, not money to your pockets. You have probably gone on line and searched for scholarships and funding. If you haven't try that. Be persistent and reapply to the schools that you want to attend. Send them a full packet of your qualifications (i.e. transcripts, awards, letters from teachers). I am sure someone out there will notice. Instead of sending the packet to administration, send it straight to the Dean of Students, they have more clout. Don't give up your dream or aspirations. You can't save time, so spend yours wisely. Only one life. Wish I could help out a little more but good luck on your quest for he elusive scholarship.|||Damn! You have a 4.0 and can't get a scholarship?? That's messed up! Ask your relatives if they can lend you some money for now and then do well in college, get a good job and pay them back 3 or 4 fold one day.|||Apply for a good job, borrow money from family or friends, get a loan. Good luck!|||Join the military, they pay your way....thats what i did :)
Become an officer... they dont go over seas alot and they dont fight in the war.
Get a job or something then :)
I am in college full time. If I continue on course, I will graduate in 2012 with a bachelors in education. As of right now, I work at McDonalds where I have been for two years. They are becoming increasingly hard to work with as far as scheduling goes (they outright refuse to put me on night shift when I have day classes. I wind up just taking a big cut in hours.) I only work three days a week at minimum wage with no chance of promotion or making more than $8/hour. Unfortunately, I also have two babies at home so I'm a full time mom. THeir dad works, too but he's in the same boat as me. He's got only 1 year left until he gets his bachelors. He works the same job for the same wages.
For two quarters I've kept up my A average and remained working as much as I'm allowed. Unfortunately, my grades are slipping because I keep missing class to work. McDonald's and my college scheduling conflicts have cut my income so bad I've had to accept food stamps just to survive on the less than $1000 a month combined income me and my husband have.
So, my question is this. Which is the better thing to do in my situation? Quit my job and focus on school? Increase my hours at work and just slide by with a C average when I know I can do As? I have to keep 12 credit hours to maintain financial aid and scholarship status. Help me decide, please?|||Maybe you should start looking for another job that will work with your schedule. Perhaps transfer to a different McDonalds. I know it may be hard but if you put your mind to it you can manage it all. I took 18 credit hours every semester, cheerleaded, was on dance team, in a sorority, in an honor society, two clubs, helped my single mon with my two siblings, worked full time AND parttime- all at once.
My suggestion to you is to find a job that will schedule around your classes, continue to work hard in school, and if you have a church, maybe get your kids involved into any free afterschool porgrams they may have so that you can study. It is hard, but the work will pay off!
Here's a story for Conservatives:
Once upon a time there were 2 people, John and Alex, and they both had EXACTLY the same wealth and income.
John received a full scholarship to a highly respected university, majored in finance and minored in computer science, received an MBA grad degree from George Mason University (GMU), obtained multiple licenses, published various textbooks, and worked long hours during college to pay off loans.....
he now lives very happily with his wife and they earn a family income of $35,000 and they give to charity and he works long hours....for the greater good of all humanity.
Alex is a different character altogether. Alex was a punk rocker in high school and dropped out of school at age 15, got caught up in marijuana and got drunk a lot.....he then joined hippie activists and they begged people to let them move into their homes and they'd watch a lot of TV and eat doritoes....then he started playing 4-string guitar like really badly but creatively sing poetic lyrics...
At age 23, Alex finally got a job at McDonalds and dreamed about being a rock musician and had a hard time getting girls because he didn't shower very often.
Alex then got overdosed and dropped out of McDonalds and went on Welfare from the Government, who offered him lifelong payments of $35,000 until he can replace the welfare with a job.
So both John and Alex would make EXACTLY the same amount of wealth and be happy in their own lives through a system of redistribution of wealth.
Why can't we implement this system across America? John and Alex would be in the same class of wealth and become friends.|||No, because if I were John, I'd be so furious at Alex it would take every ounce of energy I had not to strangle him for taking what he didn't work for.
Worse, Alex's choices are what put him where he is, so why should John be FORCED to pay for it?
Go live in the "communist utopia's" that already exist. I like living under the Constitution.|||Government doesn't produce anything, private enterprise does. Taking my money and giving to Joe down the street doesn't expand the economy, it simply transfers money between parties.
"The problem with Socialism is you eventually run out of someone else's money to spend."|||LOL.
Stealing is stealing|||you do realize overdose results in death right. And I don't believe anyone wants a complete redistribution of wealth. Just helping out those with less money.|||You didn't explain where the money comes from to pay each of the people in your imaginary two-person world. The academic would have to pay 100% income taxes for the junkie to get his welfare, so the academic would starve to death.|||Right up to the point where John decides to party with Alex and then there won't be any more money to distribute.|||You forget the part where alex founds "Guns and Roses" and becomes a multi-millionaire.|||well said|||I bet John doesn't invite Alex to his cook outs.
Redistribution of wealth simply tramps on the principles of hard work and self-reliance.|||And you're not afraid of Government legalized THEFT ? Amazing.....|||John has an MBA and all he makes is $35,000?|||Ok, nap time kids, put your story books away....|||Very funny now let me tell you a story
10 men decided to have a business lunch once a week. They always met in the same restaurant and the bill was always, $100.00, for all 10 men. If each man was responsible for his share of the bill that would be, $10.00, each. The men decided to divide the bill based upon their ability to pay. Using an agreed upon formula the following payment arraignment was worked out based upon income.
Men 1-4 who made the least amount of money paid nothing.
Man 5 paid $ 1.00
Man 6 paid $ 3.00
Man 7 paid $ 7.00
Man 8 paid $12.00
Man 9 paid $18.00
Man 10 paid $59.00
After several weeks the owner of the restaurant told the men that because they were such good customers he was reducing the bill by $20.00. Their delimina was how to divide up the, $20.00. If each person got the same amount then the first 4 men would be getting money back but they never paid anything for the dinners. After much discussion and no resolve the owner offered the following suggestion which they all agreed to.
Original Payment New Payment $ Amount Saved % Saved
Men 1-4 paid $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 0%
Man 5 paid $ 1.00 $ 0.00 $1.00 100%
Man 6 paid $ 3.00 $ 2.00 $1.00 33%
Man 7 paid $ 7.00 $ 5.00 $2.00 28%
Man 8 paid $12.00 $ 9.00 $3.00 25%
Man 9 paid $18.00 $14.00 $4.00 22%
Man 10 paid $59.00 $50.00 $9.00 15%
Once out side the men began to argue about the settlement. Man 5 said he only got, $1.00, while Man 10 received, $9.00. Men 1-4 were upset because the received nothing. They said that the cut only benefited the rich and the poor got nothing. They were upset so they beat up Man 10 and left him. The next week they met for lunch as usual except man 10 did not show up. When the new bill arrived the men discovered that between them they did not have enough money to pay even half of the bill.
80% of the taxes are paid by 20% of the people highest income people. Any time you have a tax cut the people who pay taxes are going to get the money. The next time you hear of a tax cut and the media tells you that the wealthy are getting all the money, remember they are paying the taxes.|||Well there just a few flaws in your logic.
John is working his butt off and will not remain happy or employed if he sees that he can be a f'up and have more time with his family.
When all the john's of the world stop working-VIOLA! you've run out of other people's money because John is no longer contributing to Alex's welfare.
You like the idea? Please send me $35,000.00 in cash.|||I hope this was a facetious question.|||Because it's Robbery. I want others to work hard like me not live off my success.
My parents think, and I agree, that I need to get my life in order. I'm 15 and a sophomore in high school, and my parents think that I need to get it together. Lately my parents have been fighting with me that its either I get my grades up or its either the Air Force or McDonalds. High grades have always been a high standard with my family, partially just because I've always been an intelligent kid. Right now I slipped pass the quarter with 4 A's 2 B's and one C. My parents FLIPPED out, I know my friends make ALOT better grades than I do, and it's really only the semester grades that count, but I'm scared.
-Most of grades are low because I don't turn in my work. I get whats going on in the class, I just don't turn it in. I know this happens, I've always done this. I either a) don't do it b) forget to do it c) don't get it done.
-On top of this, my room is a total mess. I have time to clean it, I just don't get it done. I'm always thinking about how to decorate it or style it etc. But it until I REALLY get tired of the messiness, it never stays clean.
-I never go to bed on time, lately I've been turning in at maybe 1am- 2am on a school night. I go to bed earlier on the weekends which is sad. And I know this is not healthy, I probably get maybe only 4-5 hours of sleep at night.
-Part of this is the reason I get up so late, and then it takes me forever to get ready. By the time I leave the house it's maybe 7:45-7:50 so then it turns into a rush, and then I have 5 minutes to get ready for the day and rush to class at the same time.
-It's even affecting the sports I play. I play both volleyball and basketball for school. And I've been told lately that I'm not "all there." It's embarrassing.
- The reason I go to bed late at night is because I do stupid stuff like talking to my friends or watching TV when i get home from practice, and then I wait until like 9 or 10pm to start my homework. It is so messed up.
-My parents also complain that I never do my own laundry like I use to, I never clean the bathroom, etc. Which I also agree with. Growing up, my parents never really made "chores" a big priority and I always felt guilty about that. They either just expected us to do them, asked us, or did it themselves.
This past two weeks I've been either sick or gone for a total of 4 out of 10 days of school, and I feel so overwhelmed!
I feel like a total loser, my parents keep reminding me that if I don't get a scholarship (which I have already been preparing for, been doing research and everything) or a grant to college that it's working at McDonalds. Or if I can just not get my life together, it's 'good luck in the Air Force hun'.
I don't have a problem with either of those, it's just not what I want to do. I know I've probably butchered my dream of attending Stanford. (my GPA is 3.6, I'm pretty sure it needs to be alot higher) Last year I received all A's on my transcripts. Only this year it looks shaky. I enrolled myself in AVID so I could take a hold on this procrastination problem and push myself harder.
I just feel really out of control, and off track. I have no idea where to start, and right now I am completely terrified of my future. Help me?!?!|||Whoa, slow down. Did something happen to make you feel and act like this? anything with friends, family, romantic relationships?
Try to take small steps at first, and try to wean yourself off of your habits. for example, start doing your homework half an hour or an hour earlier than you normally do, same with going to bed. then you gradually do that (at your own pace) until you have that sorted out. If you have trouble keeping on that track, try to set alarms on your cell phone or keep a scheduele somewhere. Practise self-discipline, and you'll keep getting better at it.
As for cleaning your room and chores- for cleaning your room, start simply by putting things in their proper place when you are finished with them. if you've got that down, just pick a few things up or straighten up a little bit whenever you have a spare minute or two. eventually, a lot of little things will add up to a lot more clean, open space in your room. if you watch television in your room, you could tidy up a tiny bit here and there during any commercial breaks. if you can find a bunch of spare boxes or containers to put random things in, that's a very good step to take.
And chores... I personally think that you should focus on the problems that pertain to you more personally first. Start with putting a few patches in YOUR life, then when you've got that a little more together, start doing a few chores here and there. It may be hard to start, especially when you have other things you want to do, but like I said, try to take things gradually and in small steps.
And, if you don't mind me saying, your parents seem a little bit hard on you...maybe you should let them know that, yes, you know you're not doing that great right now, but you're really trying to get back on track and you would really appreciate a bit of slack for a while?
Just try to relax a little bit. Don't worry too much about your future, you've still got time, trust me. You CAN turn this around. Maybe before you start this, you could try and relax a little bit and have a day just to you; perhaps a spa day, and/or watching a movie with popcorn and other snacks? Just try to relax a little, de-stress before you go right into it. It will make starting everything easier for you.
Best of luck.|||I suggest you have an evaluation done to diagnose your depression.|||If this is seriously ur problem....
then u seriously... SERIOUSLY have no idea what a f*cked up life is
U don't even realize how great u have it|||Can you maybe talk to a counselor/ psychologist? It seems like you are almost sort of setting yourself up to fail by staying up doing unimportant things and then never getting enough sleep, rushing off in the AM and being "not all there", not turning in work even though you could do it.....
Do you think something is going on that you partly are afraid of succeeding ? Or has something else happened in your life that is upsetting you and stopping you from concentrating on your goals? Or do you think you might actually have a problem like depressive disorder? some of what you are describing sounds similar to what I experienced. In my case a medication actually helped. but cognitive therapy might also be a good idea. I don't want to push that idea if you dont need it but I think at least you might consider talking to a school psychologist or counselor and if they thought you might be helped by a referral to another professional, it might be a good idea.
At 15 you can still get your grades back up and get into a good college. but what you've been doing isnt working so I think maybe you need to talk this over with some outside people who might be objective and might be able to help.
btw I hate to tell you this but the drawing that guy made is 枚f "pedobear" , it's like a pedophile cartoon some people apparently think is funny to make internet art with it molesting kids. ( Sorry to bum you out even more but I just wanted to warn you . Maybe this guy thinks it is a great joke to post it on questions asked by kids )|||I bet that you have never expressed exactly how you feel and what is going on in your life until now. If you take the next step and write down why you are acting out you will be that much closer to getting back on track. You know exactly what is distracting you. Now put Stanford back in front of you and get to work! It is so not too late.|||Sounds like your living without a dream or a goal. You should make a long term goal and strive for it. Ask yourself what you want out of life. Then ask how are you going to get there. Strive for independence and a good way to get out of your parents house. Good luck.
I'm in just a huge mess right now.. I've confirmed I'm depressed, yet I hide it well from family and friends. I started feeling this feel about 2 years ago, but it's gotten to the point where suicide is on my mind.
Yes, I'm your typical teenager, and maybe this is just a phase, but I'll give some details anyways.
I was born with an uncurable bone disease which makes me break my bones easily. For instance, tripping, or even just walking could leave me with a broken leg. 2 years ago, I had about my 10th surgery after breaking my femur, and my doctors said that should be one of my last surgeries ever. I was absolutely thrilled, since I've been through nearly 10 surgeries and 30+ broken bones in just 16 years. I was sick of the pain, medications, and hospital visits, so that was pretty much the greatest news I heard in a while. Well, towards the end of last year, I was told my spine was doing bad... It was curving to the "dangerous" point and would need to be operated on. Recently, we received more detail on the surgery itself, and my doctor said it'd be extremely risky, but he'd try his absolute best. I have the surgery in less than a month, but now, I don't know if it's worth it.
The very worst is going through my mind. Death, becoming paralyzed... especially on "my type". Besides having the fear of this surgery, I've lost faith in really my future. I've never had a boyfriend (friends that are guys, yes, but an actual boyfriend, no) and really had no huge desire for one, but I feel that I'll grow up alone.. I don't consider myself pretty at all, and it makes me extremely uncomfortable to be seen certain places, or in photos. I hate high school, and I hate the people in it.. Literally, I wake up everyday wanting to die, just not to go to high school. No I don't get bullied or anything.. I have quite a few friends that I really do love. But I feel that high school is hopeless for me, and there's no point in trying cuz nothing I do is ever good enough. I get yelled at for making high B's in my classes by my parents, getting told I'm a loser, I'll grow up as a failure and a nobody working at Mcdonalds. I'm forced to play the violin in hopes of getting a scholarship, because I'm unsure whether my parents can afford it now. I hate every second of it, but I have no way of getting out of it. I feel like my parents don't listen to me when I talk to them, and that it's useless to try. Besides the family issue, I just feel alone. I have friends, but I choose to spend my weekend doing my own thing, which recently led me into drinking. Not heavy drinking, just a couple drinks to get me "relaxed", but I have the urge to get more into drinking, getting high, what not. I'm trying not to fall into the wrong crowd, but I have a feeling my emotions will bring me there. No one knows how I feel, because I haven't shared it to anyone. I can't talk about this 1 on 1, face to face with another person... which is why I have no idea what to do. I want to talk to someone bad about it, in hopes of hearing "you're not alone" but at this point, I really do feel that way. My disease, my "unacceptable" grades, arguments, and just a sense of failure constantly is whats bringing me down. I had big goals for myself, to become a vet when I grew up.. go to college, grow up happy and healthy, and pray by then, a cure would be found. Now, reality struck me, and at times I find myself doubting I'll be smart enough to become a vet... which is the only thing I've wanted to do for 11 years. If I can't become one, I don't know what I'll do with my life.
Basically, I'm just, a mess... My mom had a feeling I was depressed, and asked me about it, but as much as I wanted to say I was, I didn't. I don't want my parents or friends knowing, because I don't want different treatment, or sympathy. I've grown to be an independent person, and the last thing I want is others feeling sorry or treating me differently.
Just in full honesty, what would you do in my case?
And I'm not looking for sympathy. I just need advice, because I truly feel hopeless..|||TUMBLR! :) Haha
But besides that.. I know you said no sympathy, but life has its ups and downs. I recommend finding a way to help people, or dedicating yourself to something like that.. Maybe start up a charity for research on your disease in your town? It can be nice to take the time and do something that benefits you and others, and it can help you meet people. It's something that I wish I had done in high school.
Don't worry about the kids at school either, they're all jerky because they don't know any better right now, but just you wait. :)
As for the boyfriend thing, just wait, a lot of girls want them out of the insecurity of not having one, they think they SHOULD have one and that it WILL make things better, relationships can cause sooo much stress and complication.
I also recommend talking to your mom about it, I went through depression before and it can go both ways.. Family can reject it, it can hurt them, but it can also cause them to help you, usually you get the help option, because it hurts them to see you hurting so badly.
You can do ANYTHING! :) It may take some extra work, but you CAN do it, and then you can write a book on how awesome you are and make tons of money! :)
Please don't ever give up on life. :) There is ALWAYS someone willing to talk to you and listen to you and help you. Sometimes, you just have to remember to be stronger than the disease.|||Its understandable that you feel like you do and hiding it is not the answer because you are allowing negative thoughts feelings and emotions to get the better of you that way. I too have a disability and its hard to do the things that need doing for me and I too could give in to negative thoughts feelings and emotions but instead I CHOOSE to over ride them and think happy thoughts and work with what I still can do and that has been my best decision because that together with prayer and walking close with God have rescued me from the pit of negativity. You must realize as I did that negative draws more negative to it and it begins with maybe something like rejection or hurt and then fear creeps in and with fear comes hopelessness and isolation, despair, depression, anger, frustration, eventually leading to thoughts on suicide and many other destructive things. Has any of that added anything to your life? No - it just eats away at it; so obviously that route doesn't work. If however you choose to over ride all thoughts feeling and emotions and CHOOSE to do what must be done and add to that positive thinking, (and that will take a good bit of practice to create a new habit) you WILL rise above it all and stand out among people as someone who let nothing get her down, no matter how difficult her situation is. This is not impossible. I have had to do this and it's working. I don't really care what people think - It is what I think that matters. I learned to love myself warts and all and to realize I am special,l even if I cannot be like other people. I still have a place in this world and a purpose and one of them is to take the focus of ME and rather to reach out to others like you who are distressed and need help.
Nothing is impossible. No matter what you have - be it a rare bone disease or even Multiple Sclerosis - the point is do not let it defeat you - you can control it. Its much the same with people in power - they feel powerful and then power overcomes them as opposed to them overcoming power and controlling power themselves. That is the real test of life. We have all got to live with things - some people have to live with faces full of acne - others have to live with blindness, deafness and all kinds of nasty things, yet they are able to do so and with great ease. Count your blessings and start thanking God for what you are capable of doing and praise him for it. He didn't make you that way - its probably something genetic that happened a gene that's faulty, whatever. My situation is like that. If I had to focus on that and allow it to grow a root of bitterness its not going to do me any good, so I accept that there is a problem. I will not allow it to overcome me - I will rather overcome it and I do. SO please if I can appeal to you to try rather looking at your cup as half full rather than half empty I would implore you to do so. Do what you can do best to the best of your ability. Be all that you can be and do not ever give in to negative. Yes treatments can be nasty and situations can be uncompromising but at least there is help out there for you. Read about positive things - read the bible too and you will find some wonderful great truths and mysteries and incredible wisdom and ask God to give you more understanding and wisdom too and he will. He loves you so much and cares so much about how you feel but he also wants you to be a victor not a victim. Reach out to him and let him help you along the way. Trust him for things that you need and remember see things as if they were and not as they are. That's a scripture in the bible. Keep your dream alive that God can heal you and ask him to. Thank him for it even if it doesn't happen immediately - anything is possible. Never lose hope. I don't. Carry on with life and master every challenge that you face with dignity and integrity and hope. You are not alone out there - there are many of us who have faced all kinds of things but we are making it through and so can you. God bless you and may you feel more encouraged. May he bring you healing from your hurt, healing physically, healing from negativeness and in every area of your life where you feel wounded. I will pray for you and believe God for a miracle for you. Now stand strong and never give in to this negative thinking again. You can and you must - do this for you!!!! You have to live with you for the rest of your life and you owe it to YOU!!!!|||well you have plenty to be depressed about - I would get myself to an AA meeting Al -a teen as there is hope there in the realness of people and its confidentiality you will meet the realest people that you could wish and see that holding everything in is a recipe for disaster.
I would also try writing my thoughts down and doodling pictures of how i feel each day.
I can sympathise with high school being **** my schooldays were not the happiest of my life - I think also try seeing your school counsellor and ask what is her confidentiality agreement with you - seriously you need to tell someone else,a real person what you are going through and really = Its no wonder - You might also try writing to your parents to say you need them to cut you a bit of slack - Also live in this moment you have enough worries without second guessing your future.
These are the things I would do - because these are the things I never did when I was somewhere like you but with crippled psyche & I made a whole lot of dubious decisions & I didnt tell.
If you can be this real here you really can be real in your life you just need boundaries to other who woill try to make it all abou them - Its your life no one elses.|||My email address is lauritth@gmail.com. I use that one most. Please email me if you will. I'm just a student not anything major. And in your case, I'd do only 1 thing. I'd start of slowly. Please do send me an email. I just feel you should.|||Its obvious that you're really smart because you seem to be very aware of yourself and your situation which is definitely a step up from the typical teenager. Your struggles have been a burden, yet they made you into the mature intelligent person you are now. Don't sell yourself short just because of your outlook for the future. You are still a full human being with dreams and goals and the potential to achieve them.
It might be a good idea to talk to your family, at least your mom and let them in on what you're going through. Like someone above mentioned, opening up could help you get the support you need to feel better about things. You could also join online support groups or seek counseling. And feeling sorry for someone is not the same as pity. Sympathizing helps people understand your situation and allows them to do what they can to make things easier for you. So most importantly, surround yourself with positive things and the people who make you happiest.
So, in your situation you should do what you feel is best for you. Only you can be your best advocate. If you don't like violin then look for other ways to get scholarships. There are even some scholarships for people with osteoporosis (if that's correct...) There are many options out there. As long as you try your best in school then only that should matter because in the end its your life, not your parents', friends, or any other loser who calls you names. Ultimately its YOURS and you can do what you want with it. So don't give up on yourself because you're worth everything this world has to offer!|||Print what you wrote and show it to your medical doctor. There could be a side effect to your meds making you feel this way or other medical issues causing this. Maybe you need counseling to talk to someone about your future fears. Print this and leave it for your mom to read, she wants to help you, and you deserve that kind of support. Peace be with you.|||You are a very strong women. Just don't give up. If life really ends beyond control, let it be.
Be very, very proud that you have done your very best for your life.|||i know exactly how you feel. my situation is almost excatly the same as yours about your friends and the boyfirend and your future. I dont really have that many friends but i do have a few that i love and ive never had a boyfriend and im 16 too and i really dont go out on the weekends by choice too and i hate high school!!! so dont worry your not alone i promise. My main advice is just not to give up i thought about it a few times and its just not worth cause if you can stay strong through this you can do anything seriously. I know this may sound stupid and it might be hard to do cause it was hard for me but try to replace a negative though with a positive one right hen the negative one comes to you and just try to look at things with a different perspective. I dont if this will help you at all i really hope it does cause i know how you feel but i promise you it will get better and high school doesnt last forever so dont worry and keep your dream about becoming a vet. Dont give up it will be all worth it later on!|||You don't necessarily have to talk to your parents or your friends about anything (although it helps to have that support network and I would encourage you to do so) but you should definitely go to a psychologist. This is not merely what I WOULD do if I were in your situation, but what I DID when I was in your situation- I have bipolar disorder, not depression, but treatment really can help and life really does get better, as hard as it may be to believe that right now. Don't give up on yourself- get help from someone who knows exactly HOW to help you :)
(I'm absolutely terrible with grammar, this is a short 600 word essay I had to write for a scholarship and I really want to get it, but I won't be able to with this atrocious grammar! Please help me!)
“What? She has cancer?” My mother’s eyes widened in horror, “I’m coming,”
Vacations are meant to be taken to escape—if not temporarily—from the repetitive ‘lifestyles’ we all experience in our lives: the perpetual job, dragging days at school, all too familiar faces. Rarely do any of us embark on a journey which heavily alters the way we ponder about the value of leading a healthy, normal life.
My mother and I took a trip to Pakistan in 2006, to bid farewell to a young aunt of mine. I roughly recall a day we spent in Dubai, U.A.E, on our way. We were provided for by family friends, who were truly supportive of my mother for being strong enough to travel across the world in the state of mind she inhabited. She hardly touched the food placed in front of her on the extensive flights. There were only three things my mother did on this trip: pray, pray and pray. That very evening, she had been glued to her prayer mat, a shawl tightly wrapped around her head as she feverishly rocked back and forth, muttering prayers with her eyelids closed. I was too young to discover the spiritual power of prayer; instead I stood by the window with the embroidered curtains pulled away. The image in front of me stood out like a ravishing artwork. I witnessed the sun slowly sinking beneath the emblazoned orange sphere above me. The light of it filtered through the tall, majestic palm trees—which were as regular in this city as lights in Las Vegas, Nevada. I caught the distant call to prayer, the muezzin’s words echoing throughout the voluminous sky. I was fascinated by this—by the magnificence of an omnipresent almighty, by the normalcy of traveling across seven seas and encountering a land of beings who worshipped as faithfully.
The first thing that welcomed me to Karachi, Pakistan was the unavoidable blast of sweltering heat. The second, however, were the towering golden arches of the freshly constructed McDonalds across from Quaid-E-Azam international airport. The importance of McDonalds in Karachi was extremely amusing. The folks here dramatically groomed themselves to perfection to ‘dine’. The women dressed in which would only be considered as party wear, and the men wore their thick, native black hair combed and gelled specifically to one favored side. Back home in Chicago, McDonald’s signified nothing more than a swift, hasty meal through the driveway after an exhausting day.
Finally, I stood before my aunt—but if it could have been delayed further, I wouldn’t have minded at all. The portrayal of her health brought nothing but pain and sympathy. The laughter had gone from her eyes, the once two gleaming marbles elaborately lined. Only a few strands remained of her once abundantly thick, curly mane of hair. It seemed as if something had sucked the air out of her cheeks, no longer fatty apples resting under her eyes. Her lips were pale, and the bones were finely defined against her skin.
A pool of questions swam through my mind, what would she give to stand in my place instead? Or rather, how grateful should the people standing around her be? Throughout our lives, why do we take the ability to rise like the sun and start our everyday lives for granted?
She passed away the following week, but left all of us with a valuable lesson.
“When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.”-Eleanor Roosevelt|||“What? She has cancer?” My mother’s eyes widened in horror, “I’m coming.”
Vacations are meant to be taken to escape, if not temporarily, from the repetitive ‘lifestyles’ we all experience in our lives: the monotonous job, dragging days at school, and all too familiar faces. Rarely do any of us embark on a journey which alters the way we Think about the value of leading a healthy normal life.
If you are not an English major I would consider going through and changing some of the words, mainly your adjectives. If you are using Microsoft WORD synonyms that is good, but if you use to many you can make your self look stupid. The words you use are related but don't really mean what they should in the context of the story. But that's just something to think about.
I would also consider rearranging the story to make more sense. Also what does the paragraph about McDonald's accomplish? Why is it there? If it is supposed to stress the differences in lifestyle that is good, maybe just say that to clear it up. I can see how it is in there to make everyone seem different but at the end of the story we are all the same. I would add some transitions or something to clear up that point.
I hope this helped I wasn't trying to be mean.
Ok I am 16 years old, I have 3 big brother and 2 younger sisters. Just over 18 months ago my mum was diagnosed with cancer and she was pretty much a single parent, my dad work on a boat and their relationship is on off. Anyway I never really got on well with my dad but he lost his job when my mum got ill, I never realised how much he drank and how violent he is. So our only income was from my two oldest brothers who are in the army.
I have full scholarship to private school and I hope to dance ballet professionally and to pay for class I work in the dance store and wash the mirrors in the studio. No money was ever handed over it's just an agreement between me and my teacher. In order to help with finances I have a part time job at McDonalds and my other brother is the same at a service station.
My mum is now improving and my dad has a job but he spends his wages on alcohol and my mum is now refusing to take any money from my 19 year old brother as he is going through a rough time out in Afghanistan and she doesn't want him to feel pressured into staying in the army because of us if he is still unhappy. So basically a full time position at McDonalds became available and my mum wants me to drop out of school and work full time. I do not get any money from what I earn, and so I will be stuck with no independence. And is it selfish of me to want more from my life than making greasy burgers in McDonalds? I want to dance and in case my dance career doesn't work I want to go to university I want to see the world. Is that selfish to put my future before my family? I think it's because i'm at private school and I see ambitious people doing so well with so many opportunities.
Am I wrong to want better in life? Please help
me, I want to do well in life! Is it my responsibility to provide for my family at 16 y/o???|||NO it is really not your responsibility to provide for your family but sometimes some people still have to do it. I didn't have to do it. My husband did though. His mom made him give up his paycheck at 17 to pay bills at their house...It's not fair I say....Anyway, sweetheart PLEASE don't drop out of school...Finish because you will have more money later by finishing school and having a degree. Working at McDonald's right now is okay but please don't make that your career. It will get you nowhere. Keep to your dreams and they will come true. Then at that time you will be able to help your parents out a lot and feel really good about it. They won't feel like they are using you either. As for your dad, he needs to grow up and be a real man. Also stop the abuse and the drinking...HE NEEDS HELP an intervention perhaps...|||Honestly i think ur mom is bein selfish, your friken 16 and she wants to stop school .... thats wrong, she got to finish y cant u , im sry that she has cancer but that gives her no reason for her to make u drop out, ur mom needs to relize u would make more money once u acually get a better job, the economy is stuff right now and theres not much we can do. So no u r not selfish :)|||No, you are not selfish or wrong. Your mom is wrong for letting her sorry husband do this. You need to better your life for yourself as well as your brothers. I understand your younger sisters and would help where I could but working at McDonald's is not providing you a future.|||I don't think you are being selfish. What you could do is drop out of private school and attend a state school, or any free one. Whatever you do don't go to McDonalds. The government are trying to stop things like this happening (they are ensuring full time education until the age of 18 (this is in the UK)). I'd stay at school and even go to collage. The situation may be a little different in a couple years time when you go to university. If you still have the same problem you could work full time then, do a gap year. "Childhood is an excellent gift, what a shame it's wasted on children," some person. What I'm saying is don't waste your childhood days working, you've only got a couple more years left. Before all the taxes, mortgages, insurance and that trouble.|||Id say the selfish one here is your mother. Theres no way you should drop school at 16. Thats crazy. Keep doing what youre doing and stay in school. If you drop out you'll be no better off when youre 30 than now when youre 16|||first lets drop the word selfish and consider you and your family as a whole. I wonder why mom don't take the job as the most important thing for all young people is to get a good education
You appear to have a good plan for you future and I will encourage you to stay with it.
Tell mom that the brother in the army can't spend his money over there and if he wants to help out he is in a better position than you to do so.|||At 16, you do NOT have the responsibility for taking care of your family; your parents have the responsibility of taking care of YOU (and your minor sibs).
Your mother should take your father to court to force him to pay child support -- if he refuses, she can have it taken out of his paychecks, so he can't just drink it all away.
The 19 year old could make a LOT better pay with a job, than in the military, assuming he can find work.
But you're right. Your job now is to prepare yourself for your future. You need to finish school, and go to college. Dropping out of school would greatly hurt your chances for a decent life.
I know this is not marriage/divorce but at least you aren't 13 year olds and I know most of you.
Let me tell you about an idea my husband had.
2 years ago he went to a high school in the poorest part of the area we lived in. He wanted to find a student who was driven to go to college in the sciences but was up the creek for money to do so. Not some kid who doesn't care about school, but someone who wanted a 4.0 GPA and get a scholarship. He offered his free services as a science tutor to a few students and asked the principal to nominate or put him in touch with them.
His intention was to help one student but ended up chosing 5 and he set up a study group to meet at a McDonalds (almost) every Saturday morning, with breakfast on him. Of those 5, 2 of them quit shortly after realizing he was not there to do their homework for them, but the other 3 held on and they finished out the term with hugely improved science grades. One of them landed a full scholarship and the other two got partial scholarships.
Although I realize most people don't have the time to do such a thing, most people have some skill they can do to help someone out, which is probably more useful than dropping a Barbie doll in a box or cutting a check for $50. If you're good with your hands, offer to fix someone's porch, window, etc. Or pay for their kids to go to the dentist. Something with a tangible benefit.
Have you any good ideas or stories?
Still feeling good from all the turkey :)
Allison|||My husband and I are always finding some way to help out someone with something other than money, even though that can and is very helpful as well. Just this morning I donated a rather decent amount to a local family that had just laid the husband to rest after he was killed in Iraq. Those stories always tug at my heartstrings since I know, being a military wife, I could very well be in that same position one day. The husband left behind a young wife, a set of 3 yr old twins and a one year old.
We both are heavily involved in charities that matter to us. I spend time at the humane society, taking care of animals. He is a "big brother" to a little boy that has no father figure in his life. We spend time fixing things for our elderly neighbors or mowing their lawn. I started a support group for spouses/families of deployed soldiers since the one on our base meets only once a month. I spend multiple nights/hours on the phone with fellow military spouses, helping them cope with the roller-coaster of emotions....because sometimes, they just need someone to listen. While the spouse is deployed, I not only send the deployed spouse a care package, but I also offer up babysitting services to the spouse at home so they can take a break. I offer to cook up dinner or take care of a few chores, since I know it is incredibly hard to adjust. And...of course, the most important....I offer up a night or two of babysitting so the mom and dad can get re-acquanted after deployment. |||That's a touching story. This year our company sent out many boxes of cards to soldiers in Iraq. Although this may not seem personal, or one on one, many of these soldiers are very thankful that they get a chance to send their loved ones cards for the holidays. I think that's great.
I have no real talents, but if I knew of somehow I could help someone this year, I certainly would do it.
I'm graduating a year early. I will be 17 when I graduate, and the college on the top of my list is Emory. Although, it will be a very expensive option since my brother is such an idiot. He received a 1050 on his SAT and goes to a T4 university called Prairie View A&M University. It's really ghetto and he couldn't even get a scholarship there. I kept asking my parents if I can just go take the ACT/SAT for him so he could get a scholarship but they told me no. So now I have to suffer. -.- ..... I'm not about to go to some crappy university just because my brother doesn't qualify for financial aid and is eating away my parents income. That's their fault. They should have forced him to retake his SAT rather than letting him do what he wants to do. You know, I have 8 years of education ahead of me and I'm not about to be in $300,000 of debt by the time I graduate medical school because of my brother (especially since he is an a**hole to me). So please tell me that I won't qualify and that my parents will have to get a loan, because I shouldn't have to be the one that pays for it....especially if my brother isn't paying sh*t.
I'm tired of being independent and giving my parents sooo much to brag about, but I get nothing in return. My dad wants me to go to Emory or Rice University as well. He won't force me, but I know he really wants me to go...but it makes me so angry, I'm like, "how am I going to go when you can't pay for it?! I don't want to drown in debt so you can brag..." Today I told him that if I do go to Emory... and I have to pay for everything, then don't brag about me or act like I'm your dependent. I told him to say, "My offspring goes to Emory." or "My son who is not dependent on me in any way goes to Emory." Or if I'm with him and someone asks where I go I will be like, "I go to Emory, but he doesn't pay anything, I had to take out loans...I'm not his dependent..." My brother is lazy too. I did his fafsa form and applied for scholarships for him yesterday. He wants to be an engineer and last semester was a complete waste because he didn't take anything on the engineering degree plan and ruined his gpa in the process (he has a 2.0). I think he's going to be in college forever too because he's not good in math (at all...he scored a 360 on that section of the SAT..)...I'm so embarrassed of him.....
And what also upsets me is that I'm so independent. I'm in dual credit and by the time I graduate I will have a year of college credit, on top of graduating early. I worked my butt off to get here and I might not be able to go to my dream school because of my brother...I paid for everything..my classes, my textbooks, my lab fees...everything for my dual credit classes...and my brother can't even pay for mcdonalds every now and then or just ONE textbook. He asks my parents for the money. It feels like he doesn't even want to be in college.
Anyways, sorry about this long speech...I just had to let it out..|||Well no you don't want to drown in debt. Go to a cheap public university and maybe instead of medical school, you can get a bachelor of science or something, because it is a lot cheaper. If you do ROTC, I think it pays a little tiny bit of money.|||don`t go to college.... or at least until you ghave enough money, so wait a while|||It cant be helped. Work even harder cause you know thats the only way. Get a whole free scholarship by working AS HARD AS YOU CAN(try to win an olympiad if u are so smart)|||Your parents are idiots to pay his way when he'll NEVER have a job of his own. He's lazy and stupid. he will continue to ride on them till they realize he won't change and kicks his *** to the curb.|||Honestly, you sound pretty ungrateful and a bit arrogant. You're mad at your brother because he isn't as intelligent as you? And your parents should take away his college tuition because you're the more intelligent child? That's absolutely ridiculous. Even if your parents "forced" him to retake his SAT's that doesn't necessarily mean he would have done any better. Some people just are not good with timed tests. Hell, the class valedictorian last year ended up doing bad on the SAT's, those tests do not accurately prove someone's intelligence and some people simply have trouble with them.
"My parents will have to get a loan, because I shouldn't have to be the one that pays for it."
"How am I going to go when you can't pay for it?!"
You pay for it yourself, like an adult. I'm 18 years old, in college and pay for my own education. I was raised by a single mother, we do not have a lot of money and I knew this. So what did I do? I worked hard in school, got scholarships, saved all my money and also applied for financial aid. I DIDN'T sit around whining and complaining about how bad I had it because my parents couldn't afford to send me to an extremely expensive school. Many parents do not pay for their kids to go to college because they simply can't afford it. And you're not complaining because you won't be able to go to college, you're complaining because it will not be your top choice. (Which is VERY expensive) Why don't you get a job, apply for scholarships and then pay for some of your education on your own? And maybe stop blaming your parents for not having a ton of money.
Edit: I do understand why you would be angry if your parents didn't give you a cent, while continuing to pay for your brother's schooling. That wouldn't be fair at all. If that were the case, I think they should give half of what they are giving to your brother, to you. That way both of you are getting some money and both of you will have to pay for some of your education on your own. However, if you're parents are giving you the same amount as they're giving your brother and won't take money away for him so that you can go to your dream school, then I really don't think you have a right to be mad. Even if you're brother isn't as intelligent, he still deserves to be able to go to college.
Edit: Yes, but are your parents still going to give you the same amount of money as they gave your brother and that just won't cover the tuition to the school you want to go to? Are are they going to give you nothing and still pay for your brother? I guess my opinion kind of depends on the answer to that question. But I do get why you'd be angry if you try your hardest in school while your brother just slips by without caring.
So I have been applying just about everywhere (from McDonalds to receptionist jobs, etc) for the last three years, with no luck. I have the first interview I've EVER been granted in a couple of weeks, which I'm excited about, but even if I get the job *crosses fingers* I need more money to attend college either in Spring 2012 or Fall 2012, depending on how much money I can get. I already filled out a FAFSA, which included an application for the Pell Grant.
I've joined about ten different scholarship websites, and all the scholarships I've found that I am eligible for either require you to be in high school still, or already enrolled in college (I took a year off of high school after graduating, so I am not currently a student). ARE there any scholarships non-students can apply for?? Where can I find grants for non-students? And how do I go about finding a good place to get a student loan?
Ideas?|||talk to the college about financial aid.. they may have scholarships offered by the departments, clubs, or from the profs themselves.. or you can go to dept of ed through your school and get loans.. also go to the library and ask them about books that list scholarships and financial aid..
I was diagnosed with depression years ago (like when I was 11)....I lived for many years in what for me was survival mode. I didn't think about what I wanted to do with my life. I don't know my dislikes...or likes. I work as a nurse but I don't really like it. I just went to nursing school because it was better than working at McDonald's. I feel like if I spend my life working at the place I work at now, I'll go crazy. Everyone tells me what a great job I have...blah blah blah. Plus I applied to go back to school thru a scholarship in work. I don't really want to be an RN but it's better than what I'm doing now. I'm almost hoping I don't get the scholarship because I don't really want to go back. I feel like that's how I make my choices and it sucks. I don't really have any dreams....wow this is sad. I like animals and I like to travel but what do you do with that??? Plus I messed things up for myself...food and spending money mad me feel happier so now I'm fat and broke|||Sounds to me like you both need a break and a change of scene!
Start saving now, really save a lot for 6-12 months. (It won't be so hard to stay where you are if you know it's temporary and you have a goal.) When you have saved enough, I suggest you get a secondhand camper or a car and tent and take off. Camping is cheap and you can eat cheap too, if you look for local markets, roadside stands and discount grocery stores. Just head off into the blue and wander as it suits you. Or choose a destination you've always wanted to see. Plan to be away for 6 months if you can. You can get temporary work while traveling if you need to. You can learn so much about yourselves and see so many new things this way.
Whatever you do, best of luck to you both.|||Train to Get a job being a tour guide for an animal sanctuary's, in Africa, the Amazon, Galapagos islands or travel the world as a specialist in animal behavior or medicine.
Then you'll be working with animals
Traveling
and
getting skinny cause your moving around alot
and you can use your "Nursing skills" and aptitude
Or you could Teach what you learn
Either way if your doing something you "love" and you feel passionate about you'll be less depressed and the $$ will follow
A link to start looking :
http://www.khake.com/page10.html|||it's not too late to find another career that you like maybe you'll be better as a sales person because they travel a lot.
im 14 and am wondering what i should be doing to prepare for college?? also what jobs can a 14 yr old have?? i am very responsible and mature and mcdonalds is way below me.. i already babysit and tutor occasionaly.. but i need way more money!! also, how do i apply for a scholarship?|||Well you have to start somewhere to build up your resume. McDonalds isn't a bad place to start at that age. Not many will hire you no matter how responsible you say that you are, so your only alternative is sales. Buy/Sell at your age you could melt a lot of older peoples hearts with this and get them to pay top dollar. Choosing the right merchandise to turn a profit on will be the problem. Depends on the area you live. Think it through, and you should be able to figure something out. Other than that don't know what to tell ya... Good luck...|||Don't..... you'd be better of using the money for drugs and concert tickets.
(Yeah I said it report me.)
Be a McDonald's All-American
Get invited to Adidias ABCD or Five-Star camps
Get a division I scholarship
when you go to a school that fluctuates from A to AA
our school usually wins disrtricts and we have a very good basketball program for my area.
I was just curious.|||It's easy if you work hard, and if you focus. God Bless, and good luck, and maybe one day I'll see you in the MCD's game...|||?|||Its ridiculously hard and your school will most likely need to be in states and/or you will have to average about 40 a game. My neighbor didn't make All-American but he got a D-1 Scholarship to Boston College and he was nasty at basketball. You might know him..Tyrese Rice. Well anyways hes probably gonna go pro and he wasnt on the McDonalds team.|||Theyre all pretty hard, ive had a friend that graduated 3 years ago named Joey Sikes. He got a invite to the five star camps and got a scholarship to a div II school. My schools won dist. for the last 5 years, to get to a Div I school you better be NBA worthy on a dist. winning team or a state champ team.
When I was 3 my mom used to take me to Florida. She would try to get me to learn how to swim so she threw me into the ocean. Luckily my father jumped in and saved me most of the time. But then he drowned when he was saving me. When I turned 5 I wanted to learn how to play the guitar. So my mom said, "First you must learn to BE a guitar." Then she went to a music museum and tied me to a guitar statue for hours. She got arrested for months and I was forced to be put into a foster home filled with fancy gangsters in tuxedos.
Finally, when I turned 8, my uncle adopted me after my mom was killed by explosives while she was in the army. We celebrated. A few days later though my uncle started treating me like a slave and whipped me when I didn't do what he said. When I was ten he got tired of me and tied me into a raft and I survived for 6 days on a bagel and a waterbottle.
A couple of elderly people finally discovered me and took me as their child. I didn't know where I was but it had a lot of gangs. I met my first friend there named Billy. We hung out alot but suddenly he was taken hostage by a gang member because Billy stepped on the gangster's toe. I watched him get mutilated, his eye gashed, and his body incinerated on a live video chat. For thirty more years I lived through minor disasters and lived by working in McDonalds. Finally I graduated on a scholarship. Then I visited the graveyard, and my father and mother came back to life. When I told my mom what happened throughout my childhood, she got scared, and said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Belair."
I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said FRESH and there was dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought naw, forget it, yo home to Bel-Air. I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I said to the cabby, "Yo home, smell ya later!" I looked at my kingdom I was finally there... to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
Isn't my life the worst?|||Thanks for making me laugh. I really needed that, after the teribble day I had.|||If your Telling your life story or any one else's for that matter it seems as if you started writing a book and just wrote the first Chapter. Get a Publisher or get a Chillaxitive.|||To much drama! Chill dude!|||I somehow knew there would be a belair tied in there!|||haha i really hope this is a joke cause this made me crack up
1993 honda civic ex coupe auto with a 1.6 engine vtech
bad: alarm goes off randomly, car turns off randomly as well, the interior is a 1 out of 10, and it leaks oil not alot though, salvage
good: new battery, fresh paint job, body work done to it as well new bumbers
i get a $1300 school check well two of those and a one $700 scholarship and i work at mcdonalds making around 300-400 per two weeks should i fix it or sell it?|||will if u love the EG then part it out keep the motor and buy a shell
you really dont want to let her go for so cheap after you put so much money and time into her .. thats what id do|||sell it. its to damn old an unreliable because of its age. i bet its high mileage..that car is not worth fixing. sell it and get something newer. you will be waisting you money|||Sell it.
In CA, those cars for young drivers to tinker with are popular. I would price it at $900, OBO.
If someone comes up to you and offers you $600, take it.|||It's almost 20 years old, salvaged, the interior is crap, and it needs mechanical work. $500|||Sell it. It has way too many bugs
He's my favorite player in baseball. He played 12 years in the minors and passed up a full football scholarship to university of texas. Do you know what team he plays for?|||I don't even have to look it up, I know he plays for the Boston Red Sox. Got an opportunity to play a lot with Ellsbury and Cameron's injuries.|||He's not that great of a player. He's actually pretty bad. He only plays because of all the Red Sox injuries. When the 9 injured players all come back he'll be sent back down to the minors.|||Yeah he played a season in Cincinnati. He plays in Boston now. Not bad for his value.|||He doesnt play baseball. He works at McDondalds. His father owns that place.|||He had an impressive start, but he's got a ways to go.
*|||Hes your favorite? wow. you have only known him for 2 months.
and he doesnt do much.
edit: .....
Okay so I'm a sophomore and I'm clueless about what financial aid is. I know I can't afford to pay for colleges and scholarship doesn't look like it's going to happen. I am probably a B+ average kid but ehh. So what other way can I pay for college? Loan? Financial aid (again, what is it)? Something? Or do I have to work at McDonalds? :/|||If you don't have parents that can afford college tution there will be financial aid for you.
These are loans that you don't have to pay back for 6 months after you graduate.
Do you have a few minutes?
Google Estimated Family Contribution Calculator
EFC calculator http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaid鈥?/a>
Scroll down.
This will show you how much your parents are expected to pay for your college.
The rest will come in loans
Kids are not expected to pay for college before they attend.
Parents are. If they can't - then you have loans.|||Go to the colleges financial aid office. ask about Pell Grants, and TAP funds. Ask where to apply for scholarships and Student Loans. At HOME check with Fire Depts, Lions Club, Elks Club, American Legion, and other professional organizations....many provide grants or scholarships...but you have to apply.
Friday, February 3, 2012
I am entering a t-shirt design competition for a scholarship for exchange. The theme is, 'Destination USA'.
Any suggestions?
Things like,
McDonald's
Hollywood
Monopoly
would be great, thanks!|||Freedom, strength, diversity, opportunity, liberty, welcoming, compassion, success, first line of defense and sacrifice.|||Liberty.|||Capitalism
greed
carelessness about energy saving
fat people
immoral people
big fat cars
I was working at Kmart and earn minimum wages.
I could afford a car, gas, and apartment rent and everything...
And I was living better than people who was living in ghetto.
Kmart gave me Health benefit.
Even McDonlds' provide Health Insurance for their employees.
Benefits
Hourly employees may enjoy one free meal per shift worked, a wage review every six months, training classes and McCrew Care Insurance. McDonald's employees are able to use the Gold Card Plus Program that offers discounts on car rents, shoes, clothes and movie tickets. Employees will also receive a 10 percent discount from Kinder Care, LaPetite Academy and Childtime Child Care, Inc. Employees are also eligible to apply for the McDonald's scholarship to pay for college expenses. Some benefits are restricted to full time employees, so be sure to ask for the benefits package when you apply
http://jobs.lovetoknow.com/How_Old_Do_Yo鈥?/a>
I don't believe that there are companies that won't provide health insurance benefit to the employees.
Obama is lying.|||Good points. People working RARELY make the true minimum wage. Most earn $1.00 above or more. This is an excellent starting wage. Most Americans need to live within their budgets. I pay entirely in cash for everything, such as houses, cars, boats, etc. |||Because there are objective standards for poverty. People making minimum wage generally are not going to meet or surpass that standard.
There's a difference between a young person working full time for minimum wage and supporting themselves, particularly in a less expensive area, AND someone trying to support a family. The cost of living in Janesville, Wisconsin or York, PA is not the same as the cost of living in Houston, TX or Boston, MA.
You can't assume your own experience is the only "valid" one. |||Could you have afforded an apartment "and everything" if you had children to support and needed a bigger apartment and more of "everything"?
Besides, McDonald's is a big company that is likely to get reviewed by the government. If anything, it is more likely to provide the employees with everything the law requires. It's the smaller, crummier, more out-of sight companies you should watch for.|||The reality is, the minimum wage is being used as a ploy by the Democrats and has been for years. The silliest argument they make is "how can you support a family of four on ________ (fill in the blank with the latest minimum wage amount).
In reality, no one ever claimed the minimum wage was inteneded to support a family of any size. It is the base starting point, the entry level for wage earners. One is not supposed to stay at the entry level nor is one supposed to begin having a family if one is only earning the base wage.
*|||I agree with Mike you need to jump in and really experience life to understand.
Any company who gives you college funds expects you to give service in return so while you have that shine new degree you are still working at McDonald's for another 4 to 8 years depending on the terms.
Also you must live in a cheaper area of the USA try living in California on minimum wage or New York.|||I see you've only dipped one toe into the real world so far and have yet to jump in. Try raising kids or buying a house making minimum wage. And yes, you probably will not find a big company that doesn't offer health beneifts, but there are plenty of small compaines that either don't offer any at all or have significantly cut them back. When you get into your 20's and 30s, you'll realize just how poor people making minimum wage really are. |||The standard of living one can afford depends on some things other than just their salary. House prices are much lower in rural areas than in urban and suburban areas. Same thing with real estate taxes. And it makes a big difference if you have a family that has money to help you get started.
Also, I doubt anyone making minimum wage is saving much for retirement.|||Maybe in your town one could afford all of those things off of a minimum wage salary. But where I live the average apartment goes for 1/1 $950,
2/2 $1200.00, then some people pay for student loans, car payments, car insurance, you get my point. How do you think that anyone could survive like that? You're foolish, my child.|||You are obviously smart enough to be able to live within your means and I applaud you for that. Many people run up credit cards, buy cars they can not afford or live in homes they can not afford. Then they complain that they are "poor".........doesn't make much sense to me.
Your parents obviously raised you well and instilled in you a wonderful work ethic. You should be very proud of yourself.|||I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. There are many many employers who do not provide health insurance for their employees, or who require the employee to pay all or a portion of the premium.
If you can support yourself and a family on a McJob, then I am truly impressed.|||I don't make a lot of money, I live with in my means. Even if I did make minimum wage I could still make it reach. It's a shame though, Barry will never know. And no it's not Patriotic to pay higher taxes.|||You asked a few questions earlier. I thought you said you were rich? What are you trying to prove? Are you Rich or do you work at K-Mart?|||Well, I am glad that you are doing so well. Now you keep that same crummy job and have some kids, we'll see. Ohh....maybe you havent a right to have any children because you only work at K'mart?|||Ty for setting the record straight.the fact is if more people will step forward we may be able to stop the fictitious rhetoric oozing form the left.|||
I have met the similiar problem before -- still a little bit annoy,here http://www.healthinsurance-onlinetips.info/health-insurance-for-free.htm is a good resource that help me out.
|||I bet if you had 3 kids and were a single parent you wouldn't be saying that. |||there are some people making minimum wage and you know it has to be hard on them, so they prob dont have as much|||you just don't get it, do you?|||What makes people on minimum wage poor is bad money management and bad lifestyle choices. I see people who are in that group who have relatively new cars, plasma TVs, they smoke and go out drinking every Saturday night. They eat out frequently and try to raise a family on that salary.
There are others who do very well on minimum wage.
It amazes me when I see people trying to live a lifestyle higher then their income. If you can't afford the way you are living, you have to make cuts somewhere. Share an apartment with others. Eat rice and beans most nights. Ride a bike to work.
One shouldn't live above their means then complain about not making enough money. Make the money first then live that lifestyle.|||What kind of car, how much petrol, where (and what size) is your apartment and what is this "everything" you speak of? Are you getting everything from your salary or do you claim tax credits or low-income benefits from the Government (OMG SOCIALISM!!!) or getting help from your family (in which case you're getting by on more than just minimum wage)
Where's the ghetto you talk about and how do they live?
In my country you can get by in your own apartment on the Dole (in fact the unemployed claim Housing Benefit to pay their rent and claim other benefits to raise children, it's not a lot, but it's not meant to be) and when working on the minimum wage over here the Government still pays out Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit etc...
McDonald's provide Health Insurance? Kmart gave you health benefit? How nice of them, but I'd rather NOT have to depend on my employer to provide my basic healthcare needs, largely because too many employers (agencies for example and small businesses who can't afford to provide such benefits) thankfully I don't have to as we have something called an NHS over here. |||why do you not work there anymore if they are so good ? I work for Kmart full time and make way more then minimum wage and it is still not enough. they suck and there insurance sucks . they treat people terrible cut there hours at the last minute. like after they are already there they send them home. sometime part time employees don't have hours for weeks at a time. then the very few full time people are expected to do there work. I work overnight and sometimes they expect three people to work a 2000 piece truck that's a lot of fright. Kmart's full time employees make 12 to 15 dollars an hour. but they put up with a lot of crap, stress , threats and aggravation. and buy the way I think your lying. if full time jobs were easy to find I would find another one.|||You are right from your side.
I know many companies that won't do anything for you.
The other week a friend got fired.
He worked for an air conditioner service and install company.
18 years he worked there with no benefits at all.
Some lady complained about him walking on her carpet and the boss needs to fire as many employees as possible because times are slow.
So he is fired and gets nothing.
I know mowers, and tree trimmers, and painters, and a myriad of other service folks who have no benefits. We have some chain restaurants and Walmart here. Everything else is some good ol boys just trying to hang on to their small businesses.|||They say they are the "working poor" because they are.Times are hard for most people. Now if you want to sit here on Y/A and pretend to be poor so you can act like a martyr for the republicans you go ahead and do it. It is very difficult to survive on min. wage in this country. We have millions of people who are uninsured, and for you to even make such a ridiculous statement means that you hae either never been poor or are not poor at this moment and have decided to become some sort of weird poverty uncle tom for the republicans <sic>|||Honey, I think you are not telling the whole truth here. Twenty years ago I worked for Mickey D's making minimum wage. Gas prices were still around a dollar and I had a car that I could fill up for $5 and that would last over a week. I could never have lived on my own even working full time. If Mickey D's gives out medical insurance now, I haven't heard of it. If they didn't back then, (only to store managers) how can they do it now when premiums for health insurance are at an all time high? Companies today will work employees 38 hours a week because that is considered part time and they don't have to offer health insurance until after 40. I think if you are going to try to make an argument about something, you better have your facts straight. |||You are right. They are the stair steps to a better job. Everyone must start somewhere. The problem lies within each of us to exceed in life. Goals help, but you must do it yourself.
The problem arises when others want the hard work done for them! American's have a problem with that. The truth of this election is NOT about RACISM; it's about Class Warfare! The rub of the lie is that poor people don't pay taxes....and get extra pay just for being poor. What more do ppl want from the backs of working people?
Its been really hard all my life on finding out what to do and how to do it and figuring out everything on my own. I dont know where to start where it come to getting money for college, my parents were born in another country so ive been on my own since beggining of high school. I been told you can get like pell grants from fafsa? like free college money?? are there any kind of scholarships i can look for?? or student loans i can get? i really would like to attend a univeristy, im 20 now and graduated high school 2 years ago, i really dont want to end up working as a assistant manager at a mcdonalds and goto school when im 35.... someone please please help me with ANY information|||Yes you can go to school!!!
Do just as the other person suggested... go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and apply for federal financial aid. Even if you don't qualify for grants, they will offer you student loans to help cover the costs of school. Are your parents in this country now? Depending on your circumstances and because of your age, you will probably have to put your parents income on your fafsa application. If your parents are in another country, there may be exceptions, I've never run across this actually so call the financial aid office of your school or call 1-800-4FED AID if this is the case.
One more note about loans: I always discourage people from taking out student loans unless they absolutely have to. And then I only recommend doing it the last two years of your bachelor's degree. By then, you know you are serious and will actually graduate. But if its a choice between not going or taking out the loan... take out the loan, and remember you MUST FINISH YOUR DEGREE... or you'll wind up still working at McDonalds as an assistant manager, just with an added burden of a student loan.
Spend a ton of time on the internet looking for scholarships, (it's too late for the fall semester for scholarships - most of these deadlines were up in March or April) but it's never too early to look for next year) you will have the best luck at the school you are going to attend. The scholarship search websites are okay, and I think you should still invest time in searching for them, but who knows how many thousands of people apply.
I worked at McDonalds for three years, and my mother was a store manager for years... I saw her work her a*** off with crappy and long hours. We went back to college together and both of us graduated. I wouldn't give up my time there, Honestly - I had a blast working there as a kid... but I knew I couldn't have the lifestyle or car I wanted on those wages.
Would you like fries with that at $3.35 an hour?
Good Luck!!|||First of all, I would like to commend you on your pursuit of education. It takes a lot of ambition to figure out how to fund college by yourself.
Financial aid is the overall, general term for all the avenues in which you can receive money towards your college education.
First, you鈥檝e got Scholarships. This is money awarded to you based on merit that will not have to be paid back. You can qualify for scholarships while you鈥檙e still in high school by putting in a little research. This may include talking to a guidance counselor, friends, family, or affiliated organizations. The web is also an incredible resource for finding scholarships that closely match your qualifications. Either way, apply early and don鈥檛 be afraid to ask for what you want. Remember, many scholarships go unused every year!
The next step in financial aid is Federal Grants. Grants differ from scholarships because they are awarded based on need, but are also similar in that grants do not have to be paid back. There are two types of federal grants: Pell Grants and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. In order to find out if you qualify for one of these grants, you must fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid Form, or FAFSA. Once again, the earlier the better. We鈥檙e talking any time after the first of the year, as these grants are awarded on a first-come first-served basis. Right now, the Pell Grant awards up to $4,050 a year, and the FSEOG awards up to $4,000 a year.
After you have added scholarships and grants up against your college鈥檚 tuition, there may still be a need for more financial aid. The best loan options are always Federal Loans. After you fill out a FAFSA form, the government will assess your need and send you an awards letter of the loans that are available to you. The Stafford Loan and Perkins Loan come with a multitude of benefits and safeguards for students to create an easier and more affordable college experience.
For more information on Financial Aid, please visit the source below. Good luck, I hope this helps!|||I sympathize with you because I was raised by a mom who was not from this country so I had to learn how to do everything on my own, including paying for college.
The best thing you can do is to apply for a federal government loan. Here's what you need to do:
1) Fill out the FAFSA. This will determine if you are eligible for financial aid. Go here:
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
2) Once you are eligible for aid, choose a government-based student loan. The best loan to get is a Federal Perkins Loan. These have low interest rates and the government will help you pay it back as long as you stay enrolled in school. You also don't need a cosigner or good credit for it. For more info go here:
http://www.studentfinancedomain.com/stud鈥?/a>
3) The next best loan to get is a Subsidized Stafford Loan. This has many of the same benefits as a Perkins Loan. Learn more here:
http://www.studentfinancedomain.com/stud鈥?/a>
There are also tons of grants and scholarships available to help you pay for tuition. The best thing about these are that they are free sources of money that you don't have to pay back. You can read about them here:
http://www.studentfinancedomain.com/fina鈥?/a>
And here are some sites that offer grants and scholarships:
http://www.fedmoney.org/
http://www.findtuition.com/scholarships/
http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss鈥?/a>
http://www.freegovmoney.net/
http://www.educationplanner.com/educatio鈥?/a>
http://www.studentawards.com/
http://www.college-scholarships.com/
I wish you the best of luck!|||Hi
You can apply for financial aid by going to this website to fill out your FAFSA: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Before you do this, you will need to get a PIN for your FAFSA. You can apply for it here: http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex鈥?/a>
When you are awarded financial aid, you may receive Pell Grants and/or loans. You do not have to pay back Pell grants. It will take a few days for you to get your PIN, maybe 3 - 5 days. I'm not really sure when you can find good information about scholarships because I have always received Pell grants. I did search on Google, and hopefully these websites will help you:
http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/
http://www.scholarships.com/
http://www.fastweb.com/
http://www.salliemae.com/before_college/鈥?/a>
http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/
When you are looking for scholarships, please be aware of any signs that an organization/business may be a fraud. These websites might help you:
http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/prote鈥?/a>
http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources鈥?/a>
http://school.familyeducation.com/colleg鈥?/a>
http://scholarship.lifetips.com/cat/6163鈥?/a>
You should also contact the schools you are interested in to check out their financial aid packages.|||You post your profile on this webiste and then lenders come to you. I recommend trying
http://www.creditloansonline.com|||The FAFSA is only a screening tool for all financial aid programs in the USA. What you may or not qualify for depends on the college, university and state you are living in and how much it costs to attend that school. Your parents must fill out a section on their incomes as well. Under age 25 it's more difficult to qualify FAFSA forms are available online in January each year. Most schools require applications plus aid applications are all submitted at least 1-2 semesters in advance of when you plan to attend school. Begin by taking SAT or ACT admissions tests and applying to local college of your choice.|||I completely understand. I did everything on my own and I am at a great university. I'm going to assume you have already applied and been accepted to the school of your choice. First apply for the fafsa. This will give you much needed aid such as Grants (which you don't pay back) and Federal Stafford and Perkins Loans (which offer a nonvariable interest rate after your done with school no interest accumulates while your in school full-time). You can also get private loans which you pay back after you get out of school. If your interested in scholarships go to fastweb.com. Also keep in mind that many schools offer their own scholarships to new students or transfer students. There is also the option of starting at a community college and then transferring. Contact the financial aid dept. of your school if you need additional info. Hope this helps!|||"SCAM ALERT" BEWARE OF THE ADVANCE FEE SCAM!! Never send $ to NIGERIA,ANY PART OF AFRICA,UK,CANADA in hopes of getting a loan(you won't).You will never see your loan or $ again if you do.If they want $ up front,IT'S A SCAM.100% of private internet lenders on yahoo answers are scam artists.Stay Away from private internet lenders(scam artists) wanting up front fees.Go to http://www.ripoffreport.com and http:www.scam.com for more details on internet scams.Report these frauds to the IC3 division of the FBI,ATTY. GENERALS office,FTC and sites listed above.Don't be a victim of internet scams."BEWARE,BEWARE,BEWARE"!!!!!
i really need money for college
it costs $60,000 a year
my parents are really really poor and on welfare
i got no scholarships at all
even though i applied for 300+
i've applied for every job i can think of
but no one wants to hire me
not even mcdonalds
the prostitutes in this area make lots of money
even the cheap ones
and i'm much prettier than them
girls would you do it?|||im so glad im not an american... :( that's so expensiv.. apply for alternative courses?? do u hav government supported adult colleges over there? here we can pay a few K a year n go to gov adult college.. and even apprenticeships
prostitution will drag u into the lifestyle forever.. and even if u get to the point when u'v fooled urself to believing its empowering and pays so well, u are sacrificing something that u cannot get back.. and that is ur soul.. im not being a tool its just tru.. when u sell your body, your company, your smile and put on a personality when u hav to work, its taxing on your emotions and your soul.. it drowns u of ur spirit.. u learn to manipulate, learn to "deal" with ppl's crap, n basically switch on n off your personality to suit work. instead of putting on a uniform, u put on another personality. and trust me u cannot just "be yourself" in the adult industry. you always hav to put up a mask. and that mask you wear? it will stick tighter and tighter.. until one day the secrets you keep from your friends family and the soul you'v lost consumes u and make yourself believ that u hav a great life, but as soon as u stop working, u'll feel like death. prostitution wil consume u.
lets not even mention the danger and disease factors. it is physically demanding. think about having sex for 8 hours. every day for 4 days in a week. normally u'd proly get an hour a day 3 times a week with a bf. try it with a guy. see if u can handle it. try it with a 64 year old guy. smell him. run ur fingers through his grey pubic hair. think about having to listen to some guy winging about his wife. go and pick an average guy off the street and sleep with him. see how that feels.
same goes with being a stripper. u hav to go n put on a smile and switch on and off for work. and that is emotionally and psychologically damaging.
its not worth the money.|||No dont do that! i would say be a stripper, my friend is a stripper and is paying for college with that ...they make just as much ands i legal, and if u get aressted bye bye furture jobs, most dont take ppl with criminal records...and u dont have to have sex with them. She also lives in her own apartment as well.|||no girl no no no!! as desperate as you are that is never the answer!! If you really need money that bad be like an exotic dancer (stripper) its so much safer and you can make a decent amount of money. Just have faith and pray that everything will turn out well. please don't sell yourself. You are much better than that.|||never. i would never become a prostitute because even though you become rich with the money or whatever, your life would be screwed. plus, you'll never know what guys you'll pick up in your area. you don't want to make your life even worse. please don't become a prostitute cos your parents won't be happy, and getting a future job would be a lot harder if they found out you were a prostitute. what you should do is keep trying and don't give up (i know it's lame and cliche, but seriously). why don't you try volunteering, and then asking for a permanent/ temporary job instead of becoming a volunteer. try babysitting, recycle stuff and get money in return. trust me, a lot of things will work out. good luck! and best wishes!|||No way in hell. Prostitution is dangerous, not only for your body, but for your soul. The physical dangers are obvious-- STDs, aids, unwanted pregnancies, physical scars from sexual acts, etc. The emotional dangers are far worse. Girls in the prostitution industry are more often than not left with emotional scars that last a lifetime. Most experience severe depression and the psychological pain that comes from being used, mistreated, and forced upon over and over and over again. Many prostitution situations become difficult or impossible to escape on an emotional and physical level. In other words, prostitution is closely linked to slavery.
Please. You HAVE other options. Do not do this for yourself. Do not feed into this vial, dangerous, and illegal industry.|||it all depends on you as a person, and you're mental state of mind and self-esteem. i personally do not believe it's wrong to use your body for money, people do that in every single occupation that is out there. however, prostitution is not for the weak-hearted, and it is a VERY big decision to come to. you need to emotionally detach yourself from your body during each and every expierence or "job" you go through. if you are comfortable in your ability to do that, then i suppose it's your choice. sexual intercourse is just as meaningful as it is to the people who are engaging in it. you will want to be wary of STDs though, and it may cause issues in future relationships. i don't think i'd ever be able to make that decision for myself, but it is up to you, and whatever your decision, stand by it, and don't let people hold it over you.
good luck. i'm sorry you are in this situation.
Ok so I'm going to the university of houston this fall and I was hoping somebody could clear things up for me. I got a scholarship [which was roughly 4,500 per semester] from the University of Houston. But I've also applied to their Natural Science and Mathematics scholarship since I will be majoring in computer science as well as for the rodeo scholarship and the ronald mcdonald scholarship, so my question is would this be sufficient enough to help cover most if not all of my necessities for my tuition? Also my fasfa EFC was 0000. So what could I expect to actually pay?
I'm sorry I'm asking soo many question I was just hoping someone could clear things up for me.|||Well, as a real person that isn't trying to spam you with crappy information, it's probably best to ask a counselor at the financial aid department at UH.
Getting your FAFSA as early as possible will definitely help when it comes to grants.
It seems like many people (quite understandably) bring up birth control when abortion is discussed. Pro-life people say "you should have used birth control," pro-choice people say "pro-lifers should make birth control more available."
But no birth control substance or device is 100% effective.
So what now? The man and woman were being "responsible," yet there is still an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.
Legally, what would people think should happen? MORALLY, what do people think?
Yes, there is a legal principle that no one - even a doctor who botched a vascectomy - is liable for damages if a live, healthy baby is born. But we could change that. Should Trojans set up a scholarship fund? Hey, McDonald's is being sued, so anything's possible.
Have fun with this one - I'm not sure I'd know how to answer myself, off the top of my head!|||hell no daddy better get your check book out babys aint cheap and they are your fault and responsibility only|||only if it can be proven that the error rate they reported was incorrect|||well they're not 100% effective and people know it, so I don't think there's any reason to sue them, unless it turned out that they were effective a lower percentage of the time than published, or if there was a faulty batch.
Morally, I think that for people who used birth control and ended up pregnant anyway, there should be an exception to any restrictions our society may eventually pass on abortion. I can't seem to see abortion in black and white, so for me this is one of the times it is appropriate to have an abortion. I think people have the right to have sex and to plan to have or not have a family.
About McDonald's lawsuits, it's another matter entirely... I think it's pretty much widely accepted that you have a one in a million chance of getting pregnant using birth control, but the fact is that until recently it was not commonly understood what trans-fats are and what they do to a human body. It IS a very serious health risk, and their use should be regulated or at least the people should be educated. I mean if everyone knows McDonald's is "fattening" but they don't really understand the science, they'll think it's OK as long as they get a little exercise or whatever, like the kinds of foods the human race has been eating for thousands of years, meat, milk, honey, things with sugar and fat, can be a problem but one that's easily compensated by exercise. Trans-fats and saturated fats are modern miracles which unfortunately will kill many people, and for this McDonald's has some level of responsibility, be it for using these products without making sure they are safe, or be it for using these products knowing they're not safe.|||How does McDonald's being sued have anything to do with birth control? Were they not handing out condoms with the happy meals?|||Sue your parents... if your dad would have shot you on the wall instead of in your mom, you wouldn't have been in a position to get someone pregnant.|||I think all pills, condoms, vasectomies, and Happy Meals now come with disclaimers that say stuff like "nothing put keeping your junk in your pants is 100% effecitve." So no I don't think any one should get sued for for antone else getting fatter.|||No, they aren't legally responsible. Each birth control method lists it's effectiveness. If you get pregnant, you're unfortunately a part of the 1% of the unlucky ones (when talking pills, anyway.) And the largest number of pregnancies with birth control happen due to human failure. The condom was too old, he wasn't hard enough when he put it on, she forgot her pill three days in a row, etc.|||Good question. I think it would be hard to make Trojan liable in the past, but now with the suits to McDonalds...|||No, because the manufacturers and independent tests have shown there is a small failure rate in all birth control products. It's up to the individual to take responsibility.
If kids were taught about birth control options in school, and were given birth control when they ask for it for free, there would be fewer unwanted pregnancies, and therefore fewer terminations. No-one WANTS people to have terminations, but most of us do want a woman to have control over her own body, and that includes having the choice to terminate.|||In my opinion, no the manufacturer is not responsible. As you said, no birth control is 100% effective and they make that very clear on the packaging and inserts. People are so sue-happy. I guess they were never taught to take responsibility for their own stupidity.|||Most of the time when birth control fails it is because of user error. If you fail to put the condom on before penetration or if the birth control pill users skips a day or doesn't take the pills at the same time each day, then I'd say no the manufacturer is not responsible. Morally I think that if you are told that the birth control method you are using is 80% effective or 99% effective then you know that there is a risk of pregnancy so if you absolutely do not want a baby, then you should not have sex. If you do you are taking the risk of becoming pregnant. We know that abstinence is the only 100% effective method of birth control, so if we choose one of the other methods it is our responsibility, not the manufacturers. I do think that if the doctor botches a vasectomy, then he should be liable for your medical expenses relating to the pregnancy.|||I can tell you for a a fact that people in the UK have been able to sue their doctors successfully when a failed birth control operation has resulted in the birth of a healthy baby. They have been awarded vast sums of money for the bringing up of that baby, something which I find it hard to reconcile myself to. What would be the effect on that child later on to discover that he or she was so unwelcome that the parents took the matter to court and were paid compensation for his or her existence? I dread to think. Meanwhile other people grieve because they can't have children. What a world we live in! http://www.parliament.the-stationery-off鈥?/a>|||You are wrong there is 1 form of birth control that is 100% effective it is called absentness. Now for a reality check that birth control is about 90% + effective that still doesn鈥檛 account for 2 million abortions per year.
Nice excuse but a failure of a drug means a death sentence for someone is still wrong.
I am in favor of sex education and giving the kids all the facts. That does include teaching them what likely will happen to them if they do get pregnant. As far as dropping out of school and making lower wages etc.
Give them real an effective rate of condemns, of birth control pills, and of absentness programs.
Introduce them to fetal devolvement show what a fetus looks like during each stage of pregnancy. So them the parts of the fetus after an abortion there is no need to hide all the facts and reality of what they are doing.
Maybe teach them personal responsibility and accountability would also be good.
Instead of them thinking they don鈥檛 have to face the consequences of their action.|||Fair question.
Generally product liability would make them liable for any damages their defective product causes.
If birth control is suppose to prevent birth and birth happens then they would be liable for damages.
However, since birth control is pretty common and has been around for many years, I am sure they have figured out a way to be pretty much judgment proof by now.
Besides there is not liability for every "defective product" usually just products that are defective beyond what is expected. Like if you buy a soda and it taste gross, you are just out of luck. But if you buy a soda and it taste gross because there is a mouse head in it you have a case (a real case). With birth control the fact that they all say on their packaging that they are only 99% or 89% or what ever on the side are there to protect them from litigation. I don't think any birth control says "This is a 100% sure fire way not to get pregnant."
Does this mean there is a no case to be made. No a case could be made, but it would be pretty hard to prove.|||really depends on its effectiveness. always read the fine print, it may say 99.9% accurate and then have an asterisk with the saying that results are different for everybody. because in that case i would say no
He was a really good athlete in high school and was a 2 time high school all american and was a really good football player. He was offered a full scholarship to University of texas to play football and baseball. He's not the best player ever but he's 31 and played 12 years in the minors before getting actually major league playing time. Do you think its cool Darnell Mcdonald could of played college football at a top 5 football school and they said he could of made the nfl?|||Tod Helton was a starting QB at Tennessee till he got hurt and was replaced Peyton Manning, who's father Archie played baseball at Ole Miss before he played Football.|||Did you know that Brett Favre would have gone to college to play baseball, but he decided on football. He recieved 5 varsity letters in baseball. I don't know how he got five in one sport, but his profile states that. He got many baseball scholarships, but only one football scholarship, which was to play defensive back. He took the football one and converted to a qaurterback.|||I didn't know that . I did know that he was a career minor league player. He has cooled off since he first came up. The Red Sox will have a tough decision to make later this week when Jeremy Hermida comes off the DL. Who goes back to Pawtucket, McDonald or Nava?|||I didn't know that, but that is really cool. It shows his dedication to the game of baseball. He must have wanted to stick with it so much :)|||Wow, you really like him, lol.|||No
Isn't it easier to get into College through Grants, Scholarships, or Military benefits? If so, then why do people still drop out of High School and wind up as Janitors or working at McDonald's? These days it is easier because you get a lot more help with paying for College. Loans is another option. Yet people find the Money to waste on gambling and Video gaming and even put their children's future education at risk. What does the future hold for America and it's citizens?|||Scholarships/grants are not always as easy as people tend to think. Yes, millions of dollars worth of scholarship money goes unclaimed every year, but a lot of it is based on the fact that no one applies because they believe it's not a possibility for them: Usually the requirements for the scholarship are so specific, whether if it's your race, G.P.A, your major, your extra curricular activities, or your location. Sometimes, it's all of those rolled into one.
Yes, loans are an option, but many are scared of that debt haunting them until well after their thirties. After college, whether you just get a bachelor's degree or go for your masters, you will still be thousands of dollars in debt by the time you finish. And in these trying times, debts are not a good idea to have.
America will move on: We will pick ourselves out of this slump. But if you can't afford to go to college, you can't afford to go. Poor excuse but... that's the way it is.|||Get your free scholarship here. Just register yourself for free and you will get your job done. Remember, anything in internet is free these days.
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Can someone please look at this? It's for a scholarship/low interest loan thing. They want to know why they should give me money pretty much. It can only be 1000 words, it's 940 now. Thanks!
Henry David Thoreau once said my favorite quote of all time, which is “live the life you've dreamed.” Whenever I think about giving up, or whenever I feel like I can’t accomplish something, I think of this quote. I have not had an easy life, and it seems like nothing has ever just been given to me. I have worked for everything, and it has been very challenging.
My mom was only eighteen years old when she gave birth to me. When I was a little girl my mother and my father separated. This was hard on me, and my mom. She was young and did not know how to take care of a child by herself. I went to live with my grandparents. I didn’t see my mom much when I was younger, and I haven’t seen my biological father since he left. My mother has since remarried and we are now happier; however, times are still hard. We are not a very wealthy family, but I try to make the best of it. I have learned that as long as you have family, you will have happiness in your life. Money is not everything. During my sophomore year in high school, I had to quit playing sports in order to get a job to help support myself. This was extremely frustrating for me because I have a passion for track and tennis. I was on both the varsity tennis and track teams when I had to quit and find a job. I knew that I had to do it to take some of the financial burden away from my mother. I got a job at the fast-food restaurant, McDonald’s. During my sophomore and junior years, I worked about twenty five hours a week and went to school full time. When my senior year came around, I realized that I needed to work more to keep up with my growing bills. I decided to take dual enrollment courses at Chesapeake College. This allowed me to work more while obtaining college credits. This year I have worked forty to fifty hours a week so that I could afford my car payment, insurance, phone bill and whatever other miscellaneous items that I had to pay for. I must say, over the past few years I have learned what hard work truly is. I have learned a lot about myself, and my values from working at McDonald’s. I absolutely love the people I work with, but working there has made me realize that I want something better for myself. I want to go to college and do well in life. My life has been so stressful, but I have managed to keep up with my grades, while working and trying to have a social life. I have learned to manage my time effectively. I pride myself in saying that I have never let my GPA slip below a 3.8 throughout my high school career, despite working so much. I am in the top ten percent of my class and have taken numerous Advanced Placement and honors courses during the past four years and succeeded in them. I am also a member of the National Honor Society and I anchor for our school television announcements in the morning. I also do many charity events from the Hospice run/walk to Relay for Life. I try to be involved and give back to the community as much as I can with my busy schedule.
Next year, I plan on attending Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. This is about an hour or so away from where I currently reside, so I can still be close to my family and some of my friends. I hope to be a Political Science major. I have a love of government and history. Politics fascinate me, I simply love them. I’m the girl that has the New York Times as her homepage on her computer. I’d even rather watch the news than some show on MTV. I have also received the score of a 4 on both the U.S. Government and U.S. History Advanced Placement exams. After I obtain my bachelors degree from Washington College, I hope to go to graduate school at American University. It is my goal to receive a PhD in Political Science from American University.
Despite all of the difficulty in my life, I would not trade it for anything. I love my family and friends. They are truly wonderful. I know that my parents would help me pay for college if they could, but they simply cannot afford to help me at all. My mother and stepfather have a ten year old son together, which consumes some of their funds. Within the last year, my stepfather has been on unemployment and moved from job to job. He also has child support to pay for his other daughter. With a Financial Aid Award from CSB, I would be able to work less in college and be more involved around campus. I would really like to be involved in a sorority and the school’s student government association next year. I know that this may not be possible if I have to work as much as I do now, and keep up with my college work. Neither of my parents, or grandparents have a college degree. I want nothing more than to make my family proud of me. I am going to succeed in life. I could really use any financial assistance that you are willing|||Edits are very frustrating via the Internet, plus Y!A limits the number of characters I can type ;) I will try to make a few suggestions, though.
Henry David Thoreau once said my favorite quote of all time, which is “live the life you've dreamed.”
--This sentence just doesn't sit well with me. "said my favorite quote" sounds redundant. If it were me I'd start the essay with the quote.
Whenever I think about giving up, or whenever I feel like I can’t accomplish something, I think of this quote. I have not had an easy life, and it seems like nothing has ever just been given to me. I have worked for everything, and it has been very challenging.
--The first sentence is a little repetitive. Try this: "Whenever I think about giving up, or whenever I feel I can't accomplish something, I remember this quote."
My mom was only eighteen years old when she gave birth to me. When I was a little girl my mother and my father separated. This was hard on me, and my mom. She was young and did not know how to take care of a child by herself. I went to live with my grandparents. I didn’t see my mom much when I was younger, and I haven’t seen my biological father since he left.
--"My mother was only eighteen years old when she gave birth to me. Shortly after, my mother and father separated. This was hard on me, as well as my mom. She was young and did not know how to take care of me on her own, so I went to live with my grandparents."
I know that my parents would help me pay for college if they could, but they simply cannot afford to help me at all.
--"I know my parents would help me pay for my education if they could, but they simply cannot afford it."
The rest of your essay sounds fine. Also, one thing I really liked was how you mentioned some of the activities you'd like to participate in once you get to college.
Best of luck to you :)
I have a major problem with blushing. I have Social Anxiety Disorder, and blushing is my major fear. Why do I get so nervous around people!? I had a full scholarship to a local University, but had to drop out. I am now working at McDonald's as a grill person ( the less contact with people, the better). Any suggestions? By the way I do see a psychiatrist who has me on 6 mg of Klonopin.|||You just need friends. Believe me.|||Maybe you should go to a therapist instead of a psychiatrist, and well i blush too whenever someone puts me like on the spot haha cause im very shy ... but idk it just comes naturally, sometimes just thinking about something else helps me!
Hi, there my name is Christian, I am a 19yr old broke *** College Student =( .. I am a Business Major, Currently Working on my BS/BM. I take the bus to school everyday since i can't afford a car. I usually eat from the McDonalds Dollar Menu Since that is all that i can afford. I currently work at Global Fitness Inc. where I get paid enough to make rent every month and eat. I am trying to save up money for this coming spring semester, but i doubt i will have enough to pay for my classes let alone pay for books. I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL DO TO LACK OF FUNDS. I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO LOOK SO I AM ASKING ANYONE OUT THERE TO PLEASE HELP ME OUT. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS, ANYTHING WILL HELP. I AM WILLING TO SHOW PROOF OF MY CURRENT STATUS AT SCHOOL.|||get in line|||You need to go to one of the counsellors at your school and find out about getting financial aid, scholarships, loans and whatnot. You are almost certainly eligible for something. Almost everyone is.|||If you live with your parents you can apply for grants. You can also apply for loans ( which everyone can get ) and pay them back after you graduate and start working.
Also, Harvard is free if you or your parents make under 60,000.00 a year.
I got grants and took out loans for school. I still owe 17,000.00 which I pay back 400.00 a month. Where there is a will , there is a way. Also, maybe if you switch jobs, you can find an employer to pay your tuition. Good luck to you. I know what you are going through.
I have worked at McDonald's for about a year and a half now. But in the fall I am planning on attending college. They have a scholarship, and for the scholarship I need to get a letter of recommendation. I am thinking of asking my boss because I feel she has the best idea of my skills and work ethic. However, I know she is a very busy person.
What is the best way to ask her for a recommendation letter?|||First, look at your relationship with your boss. Make sure you two are on good terms, and consider any problems you may have had in the past. Remember, someone can agree to write the recommendation letter, but it may not be positive.
No problems? Then asking your boss is a good idea. Next, you need to approach her. Since she is busy, ask her face-to-face when a good time to talk to her would be. Tell her briefly that it is about a recommendation, which will give her a chance to think it over, giving her a chance to possibly decide if she can even do it. If she can, work around HER schedule to meet up. Remember, this is about asking her for a favor, so you have to cater to her needs.
Finally, make sure you give a reasonable amount of notice to your boss. You want a good, well thought-out letter, so give her a convenient amount of time to work with. For a short letter, two weeks is okay, but to be truly professional, a month is better. Make sure to check back with her about a week or so before the scholarship application is due.
Best of luck!|||Ask her like this "Can I see you for a few minutes when you are on break, it's something important."
Then, she will remember you and be ready to answer your request properly.
When she is ready, you can ask her about how she/he feels her about her performance as a worker.
As a follow up, you should bring up about your future plan and ask him/her if she can write the recommendation letter for you.
Ask her respectfully step by step....|||Yes. You should ask your boss. She'd be the perfect person to ask. Just make time to talk to her in person one day and ask: "Hi boss, I'm applying for a scholarship and was wondering if you'd mind writing a letter of recommendation for me. I'd really appreciate it. It would be a big help."
I'm sure she would be delighted.|||Just ask here face to face.
If she know you are a good worker she will make the time.
Ask either after work or in the beginning of her shift.|||"Would you write me a letter of recommendation before I leave for college?"|||go to her and ask her or him nicely
I am a high school senior looking for national scholarships offered by big national companies. Can someone give me a list of possible companies to check? So far I've looked at Pepsi, Coca Cola, Walmart, KFC and McDonalds.|||Ask your guidance counselor, I'm sure they have a file cabinet full of such scholarships, that's their job.|||Much of the money that is offered for scholarships in big companies is given to employee and their children Do your parents work for a big company?
“Why I am a worthy candidate to receive a scholarship and how it will help me achieve my goals”
Why am I a worthy candidate to receive a scholarship? When a grown man of 33 years of age looks in to the future what does he see? Many beautiful houses, kids laughing as they ride there bikes down the street, families leaving on week long vacations, kids telling other kids that their mom is a doctor, and their father well has been layed off or is flipping Big Macs at the local McDonalds. I have a beautiful family, and a loving wife that supports me on the decision to return to college after being gone for 10 years.
My father after graduating from high school enlisted into the United States Navy, and served our country over in Vietnam. My mother after graduating high school started to work for Mr. Ralph Stolle. My parents never had the opportunity to go to college and receive a Degree, and the thought of finally being the first person in my family to receive a degree makes me proud, and would make my family proud. To have a career that my children, my wife and I can be proud of, and not afraid to say “My father or husband is a Medical Laboratory Technician is a proud and goose bump feeling to have.
I am worthy of a scholarship because I work hard for everything I have. I want to be able to support my family during hard economical times. Layoffs from major manufactures only depress, and put a financial burden on the family. I want to be able to do more than flip the big Macs at McDonalds for seven dollars per hour. When I go to a special event or even hang out with new friends sometimes its embarrassing to actually tell them what you do for a living. That is when the bad conscience takes hold and says to me “ Just tell them something like you’re a doctor or some kind of professional!” is what I would say but not all the time. I grew tired of saying that along time ago. Now I’m not getting any older and wiser I need and want to study hard and receive my degree and give back to people and my family what they have been missing from me for the past 15 years.
The scholarship that you are offering will help me to achieve my goals by supplying the money for tuition and books. My finances are wrapped up pretty tight in the web of this economic crunch. Family is very important to me and my wife and kids are all in school and now I want to go to school, work and receive my degree from Edison State Community College in Piqua, Ohio. When I look to the future pass the point of receiving my degree I dream of someday being able to teach other students like myself and give them the knowledge and strength to accomplish their dreams and aspirations just as I will teach and Inspire my children to believe they can accomplish anything they want if they are determined and want to work just a little harder.
This is why I deserve the scholarship and how it will help me achieve my goals.
|||Yeah....no....not too well written. I would guessed a 15 year old wrote it. Sorry.|||Tim-
Do not post a question and then not bother to resolve it yourself, especially when you are asking people to read over an essay, which takes time. Thanks to you, I am never reading any essays on this forum again- you suck and are a terrible writer! Report Abuse
|||Wow........
First of all you don't post essays on the Internet someone might steal them.
Second, wow.....|||I would suggest going to a tutor perhaps to help you with your writing. I know this is not the ideal situation, but honestly, your essay needs a lot of work. Try and see if there is an english or writing tutor in your area, or even at your school. I think the message of your essay is sweet, but the writing really needs a lot of work. |||Tim-
Please email me so that I may send you my edits. Yahoo Answers is not allowing me to post such a long response, but I spent too long on this to not have you read it/look over my suggestions.
Thanks
Hi can someone help me about the format of a resume?
Im planning to apply a job(more like scholarship) for mcdonalds on our university. they said i should make a resume
i have no experience, what should I put there? please dont give me websites. because they dont help at all.|||GCFLearnFree.org has free tutorials on how to write a resume: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/resumewritin鈥?/a> It includes instructional text, informational graphics, examples, and even interactives for you to practice what you've learned/actually apply what you've learned.
If you need additional help for things like writing a cover letter or how to prepare for an interview, there are tutorials for that as well: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/career
Hope it helps and Good Luck!|||1. Personal details - name, dob, address, contact details etc
2. Profile - a paragraph about you. Your personality, goals, work ethic etc.
3. Education - school results, current degree. Include a short paragraph about your degree - skills you've leant etc. if degree relevant to job include discussion about specific modules etc.
4. Employment - job title, company, dates of employment, duties etc
5. Hobbies and interests - team sports, notable personal achievements, play an instrument etc etc
6. Additional skills - any non-academic achievements, courses you've take (first aid, life saving etc). IT skills - include things like adobe, MS if you know how to use them.
7. References - I never include these on the initial application unless specifically requested - don't want to hand out referee details to anyone. Plus it will give you an indication of how well your application is going if employer later requests referees.
Make you resume look good. Format it using lines and bold fonts. Arial font looks good or Helvitica rather than times. Equalise paragraphs to get rid of jagged edges.
Good luck|||Easy CV question.
Please see the right hand column on the source page below. The first URl is one CV template.
So i have scholarships that are asking for my parent's tax forms. However, im a little concerned because my mom's tax forms have our social security numbers on it. One of the scholarships that are asking for copies of the 1040 forms is the mcdonald's scholarship. Should i cross out the social security numbers, or what? Thanks for all the answers!|||If you do so you should blank out all but the last four numbers. That way they can verify that these are really your parents.|||I wouldn't worry about the McD scholarship committee using the information improperly. Sometimes you just have to trust people. If they did anything wrong, you would be RICH from the settlement.
If you were applying for a small local scholarship, it might be wise to mark out the numbers but those don't usually require tax returns.|||Dont fret it. Just give them the info. They are not going to use her ss# for anything.
The amounts will vary, because while this is company sponsored program, the scholarships are raised and distributed through local chapters. Contact the local chapter near you if you want to see what amounts they have funded in the past. Go to the following site and follow the link for participating chapters:
http://rmhc.org/what-we-do/rmhc-u-s-scho鈥?/a>
I am 16 right now so I have around 2 years..what should I do if I want to go to Tokyo International University? I am thinking about working partime at mcdonalds and at Wal Mart but I also was thinking about spending my time raising my GPA in summerschool which is more important? I also heard that TIU does not give out scholarships.
http://www.tiu.ac.jp/jsp/links/index.html|||get a 4.0 and plenty of extracurricular activities
I have to support myself and it's so stressing, If you've ever received, know about any of this please give me info.
what else is out there? like pell grants &stuff
(i'm a junior by the way)
what do they look for, and does mcdonalds and big companies really give them, or ..??|||There are so many places you can get scholarships from... If you call (or go online) to the school of your choice's financial aid office they should have a list of some of the scholarships and the requirements, at my university you can apply once and be submitted to several. Depends on the scholarship but they look for basically a good student with extra curricular activities and set goals. Just apply for as many as you can. Also fill out your FAFSA around Jan your senior year, that is where you are awarded need based scholarships and grants|||Hey, I found out there are some scholarships you can apply for at http://www.scholarship-listings.com
I applied for all of them yesterday, and I'm hoping I get one! (:
Anyone regardless of what you are studying or what school you go to (as long as you are going or will be going to a college) can qualify. They range from $10k to $50k I think.
I received an e-mal from them. I don't know if it's correct.
Has anyone got the same e-mail?|||I got the same email!! I was wondering that too, plus the website is lagging:/|||Yea me too and I think there is a glitch in their website.|||I got the email too, and I am doing the general scholarship. I want to say it is extended due to the lag. I really hope it clears up, I want to win! Write back and tell us what happened!|||I got it too!! so till Jan 30th????|||I also received an email from the scholarship but in case, you should e-mail : contacts@applyists.com
but I emailed them and they have not e-mailed me back.
But i do think if many have gotten the same e-mail, it should be true.|||Please say they extended the deadline because I've been waiting for the website to load and it is taking forever. It is already 10:50 :(|||I got the same e-mail! the website stopped working right when I was saving the last thing I had to do :(|||OMG!!!!!!! so does it mean we are safe. HELL YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD|||ahhh! im so worried. i havent gotten that email. i did call but they said to keep trying! i hope the deadline was indeed extended =/|||please tell me it was cause i got the same email and the dam log in page wont even load...it kicked me out while i was submitting my essay and i didnt get to save it >.<|||i got it! But i am mailing all of my documents for HACER and can someone pleaseee tell me if the scholarship is done BEFORE jan 30th or if i can mail and submit my documents ON Jan 30th??
I've been working at McDonald's for almost 2 months now, and I'm a straight-A model student. I don't mind working there much, and I think I'm learning a lot there too (how to deal with tricky customers, etc). And I heard that one year of experience at McD's is worth a lot if you put it on your resume.
But all my friends are laughing at me now and telling me that McD is a place for highschool drop-outs to work at. Do you guys think I should change jobs? Are straight-A students not allowed to work there or something? What's with all this teasing?|||Tell your friends to F-off. McDonalds -surprisingly- contacts students schools and will fire you if your average is failing. Don't change jobs because your friends are acting like idiots. Tell them it's not there problem where you work.
If they were real friends, they wouldn't make such a big deal about were you work.|||Where are your friends working at? If you are a high school student , McD is a good place to work.|||Where are the kids who are teasing you working? McDonald's is one of the most successful companies on the globe. If you are still learning, and enjoy working there, then tell your "friends" to go jump in a lake.
On the other hand, if you know what you want to be when you grow up, then you might pursue a paid internship in your chosen profession. If Hotel and Restaurant Management is something you are interested in, then stay where you are. If you want to be an astronaut, then see if there are any aerospace engineering firms in your area where you could intern. Want to be a doctor? See if your local hospital has a Candy Striper program.
Good luck.|||Don't worry about it, its just a stereotype that a lot of people share about people who work in fast food. If you like working there then continue to do so, don't leave a job just because friends are skeptical about it. Its all about whats convenient to you, but I do suggest that you find different work after you get that year under your belt (Or if another position comes up before then). Mc Donald's is not a place for long term commitment if you have high goals in life. Which it appears you do.|||People, particularly "teenage dimbulbs" (as my old band teacher used to refer to us), seem to think that fast food is nothing but a dead end rather than a stepping stone to future success. If one plans to spend one's entire career slinging chow, well, then one heads to culinary school to improve the quality of the chow - I hope. However, you have the drive, skills, and time management ability to crank out straight A's, win scholarships, and hold down an outside job too!! I say "WELL DONE!!!!" It sounds like your pals are just jealous of your ability to get it all done, and done well.
You learn valuable skills working at McD's - teamwork, communication, maintaining the pace in the workplace, and especially dealing with difficult people. If you work there a full year, especially at your age, it turns into big brownie points on your resume because so many people **can't** hack it in high-volume, high turnover jobs. Working there now is providing you with more than a paycheck - what you learn there is absolutely priceless.
Stick to it - hone your skills, save your paychecks, and maybe ask for a transfer to a store near your future university - they might even have tuition assistance once you have a certain length of employment under your belt! And just remember - we're cheering for you!!!|||Okay, prepare for another long-winded answer.
Napoleon Hill once said that first an idea is mocked, then it is violently opposed, and then it is accepted as self-evident fact. Your friends see you doing something different (because the stereotype is that only dumb people work fast food), and they find it amusing. It's sort of like seeing a monkey riding an escalator... you just don't see it every day.
Hopefully the "violent opposition" phase won't be anything significant. But when you've been there a year, it won't mean anything to them.
Regarding actually working at a fast food place like McDonald's, it's a good way to get into the discipline of having a steady job, and dealing with the pressures that tend to come up. You seem to have a decent head on your shoulders. I bet you could actually get my order right...
McDonald's is especially good (I'm going to sound like a commercial for a few seconds) because its business model is exemplary, and it's among the world's most efficient and effective systems for satisfying a need (inexpensive, good-tasting, uniform food).
If you should decide to be an entrepreneur instead of an employee, think as much about the systems that facilitate an order going in and being fulfilled in a matter of minutes, as much as you think through the social skill development of it all. It's pretty fascinating.
Last thing, the reason the stereotype of the "dumb fast food worker" comes from two places:
1. It often takes an entire crew to FINALLY get an order right (I admit, I'm talking about Hardee's, where I've actually had a simple sandwich messed up four times during one visit), and for the fact that it's menial work. For a high-schooler, especially one who's working as much for knowledge as for fast cash, Mickey D's is _excellent_ for you.
2. People who work menial jobs as a major part of their lives (people who stay making $8 an hour for an entire career's worth of years, for instance) typically don't do so entirely out of stupidity. Often enough, it's just that they don't know what they really want, they don't know what they're really worth, and they're slogging through life until "their ship comes in." Frequently, they stay at a menial job until JUST before it starts being truly profitable... then they get tired of it, quit, and start the same self-destructive cycle all over again, at another place.
At some level, your friends have an image of you as a successful person. You also seem to have it (and it's good to have).
They see $6.00 an hour and a goofy uniform at a kiddie shrine to a clown who's probably had ten heart attacks.
You see a chance to learn... probably a lot. My crystal ball says you're going far in this life. Good luck.
Hope that helped.
p.s., My instincts say that you'd be a good person to associate with, whether as just a friend or whatever else it could turn into -- although, nothing personal, I don't hang out with under-age girls. Don't hesitate to message me when you turn 18, though.|||Doesn't McDonald's offer scholarships to their employees going on to college? Can your friends say that? I think they are jealous...do they have jobs? Do they get good grades? Don't listen to them.|||Yes...work your job, you will soon see thier are a lot of broke smart people in the world, you should always look for better but, working honestly is never something to be ashamed of
Hey guys I was wondering if anyone knows how to trade shifts or give them away. Ive been working there for about a week and Im gonna be busy this Saturday. I asked my manager if I could have saturday off, he told me that I could but I would have to ask someone else to take my shift. So now i need to know how I can "give them away". Also i wanna find out what a Mcdonalds scholarship is, if anyone knows it would be great to know. I heard my friend talking about it so I was interested.|||1. Find someone who is not working the day you want off and have them agree to work your entire shift.
2. Then you take one of their shifts from a day when you are originally off.
3. Check with the shift managers for the shifts in question, and you will all have to sign off on it. The managers will have to check that none of the shift trading will put any of you crew people into overtime.
BTW: the mcdonalds scholarship is $1000 and is given to one student in each state, then one of those students is chosen to be the "McScholar of the Year" and gets $5000. check out the website below for application info, etc.|||Most McDonald's restaurants post the weekly (or bi-weekly) schedule on a public bulletin board, near the staff room or office. You should look on the day you need to take off and find someone who isn't working, or anyone who may be working a very short shift. Ask them (in or outside of work) if they are willing to cover your shift. If they agree, let a manager know. Generally speaking, not only for McDonald's, you should try and give your manager and/or the person covering your shift as much of an advanced notice as possible.|||call people at work and ask them to cover your shift prett easy!
We all should know these providers. They can be Pepsi, Microsoft, McDonald's, and even colleges. But none of that matters as much as the scholarship essay? What are scholarship providers looking for in the essay?
If you know the answer, please explain.|||Life experiences, hardships, sad stories about how you are the first in your family to go to college. Reasons about why and how you plan to succeed in life, how you want to take care of your mom.|||sound smart and pick a subject that makes you sounds inteligent
Because I'm 18 and graduated last year, you know his it says you have to be 18-21 in what part of the country there are 21yr old seniors. If it is only for seniors.|||From the McD website:
"McDonalds Scholarship | who can Apply?
The college scholarships are available for US citizens where there is a local division of RMHC. People who wish to apply must be a high school senior, be under the age of 21, be a legal US resident and be able to attend a two-four year college or university with all aspects of the course studied. Applications must be submitted before the stated deadline with all the relevant documentation. Each McDonalds Scholarship may have slightly different criteria to meet. Enrollment each year must be verified to scholarship officials. There are four schemes available but a person can only apply for one and all applications are free."
"...18-21 in what part of the country there are 21yr old seniors. If it is only for seniors."
Some students start late, repeat grades due to academics or are delayed because of health problems, or may have a disability. As defined by federal law: “An individual with a disability means any person who: (i) has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity; (ii) has a record of such an impairment; or (iii) is regarded as having such an impairment” [34 C.F.R. §104.3(j)(1)].
You can apply for other grants and scholarships offered by companies and other organizations.
The limit say 2 page but i am confused on whether we need to do double space or not.|||Yes you have to double space...|||Well I would keep it single spaced. If it doesn't specify on there what to do. If you still have uncertainty about it I personally would talk to you English teacher about it. They would know best. And By the way good luck with that.|||That's a good question . I'm doing it too and i will probably double space just because that's standard MLA format. You could always call them.
Clarification: Are you asking about a scholarship awarded by the McDonald's Corporation, the fast food restaurant chain? If so . . .
The company offers Exceptional McDonald's Employees scholarships. One high school senior employee from each state and Washington, D.C. is selected for $2,500 scholarships, and 3 national winners are selected. The receive $5,000 scholarships.
Source:
http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/studen鈥?/a>
The McDonald's Corp. also offers the RMHC (Ronald McDonald House Charities) U.S. Scholarship. The minimum award is $1000.
Sources:
http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/studen鈥?/a>
http://apps.collegeboard.org/cbsearch_ss鈥?/a>
Some local McDonald's franchise chains offer their own scholarships that vary in value from local franchise company to local franchise company.
If your question is not referring to a scholarship from the McDonald's Corp., if you add Additional Details to your question, expanding on what your mean by "the mcdonalds scholarship," then perhaps I or someone else who sees your question can give you the information.
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my daughter applied and I would like to know when they announce the winners of the scholarships|||If your child isn't going to a Tier 1 school, check with the school that she plans to attend to see if they take ACE transcribed credits (American Council on Education). If she's ever worked for McDonalds she can get credits for the training there... Every bit helps.
I know that schools like University of Phoenix accept ACE credits, and people who've been there for a few years can satisfy a lot of their electives and interdisciplinary requirements. www.acenet.edu
You can find out where it is in the process by visiting www.scholarshipadministrators.net|||I don't have any information of that scholarship, but all I can say is that u can directly contact the office of Macdonalds near in ur location... I think they are the best person to inquire of that promotions.|||you may have to check this site
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/good/people鈥?/a>
So I've got this Iron Chef style cooking challenge I'm working on, and the ingredient to use is banana/plantains.
For the main dish, I've got this idea rolling around in my head. Kinda like a picadillo with some coarse chopped plantains, and baked in a banana leaf. Any opinions on what would work best or what would be good to add? I'm leaning towards ground beef, largely because I have about 3.5 hours to shop and make an appetizer, main dish, and dessert.
Appetizer will probably be something like fried plantains with a chimichurri. Dessert will probably be bananas foster with some ice cream. (I also had the idea of kinda combining bananas foster and creme brulee, basically using the burning alcohol to carmelize the sugar, but I don't think I have enough time for trial and error, especially since tomorrow is Sunday and I can't buy rum until noon, 30 minutes before deadline, here in Texas.
Yeah time starts in 10 hours so any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.|||Somehow wrap this in the leaf-
SWEET PLANTAIN AND PEPPER STUFFED CHICKEN
MARINADE
2 fresh lemons, juiced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano, crushed
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 whole 3 to 31/2 pound chicken
PLANTAIN AND PEPPER STUFFING (A.K.A. MOFONGO)
4 slices bacon, diced
1 large ripe plantain, peeled and cut into 1/2inch cubes
2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
1 small red pepper, seeded and chopped
1 Anaheim chile, seeded and chopped
1/2 bunch oregano, chopped
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 slices country bread, diced and dried
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup chicken stock
To make the marinade: In a small bowl, combine the juice of the lemons, garlic, dried oregano, olive oil, salt and pepper. Rub all over the chicken and allow it to set in the refrigerator 1 to 2 hours. To make the stuffing: Over mediumhigh heat, sautJ the bacon until crisp. Remove from the pan. Place the plantains to the pan and cook until lightly browned. Add the garlic, peppers and oregano and cook 2 to 3 minutes more. Pour in the chicken stock to deglaze the pan, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add the bread, salt and pepper. Stir gently to combine. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and stuff it with the plantain pepper mixture. Tie the legs together and place on a rack in a roasting pan, breast side down. Cook for 1/2 hour, turn the chicken breast side up and roast for another 1/2 hour or until the skin is golden brown and the chicken is cooked through.|||I have only heard/seen baked fish in a banana leaf. If you change your mind, here is a recipe:
http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com/2008/03/b鈥?/a>
Hope you do well in the challenge.
Almost every family I know has a few signature dishes that the cook(s) enjoys making and other people just know to be a great meal.
In my family, both my parents cooked and the house's specialties were chimichurri sauce and Chilean potato empanadas and veggie gazpacho from mom and onion soup, potato focaccia and minted zucchini salad from dad.
What are your family's specialties? And do you know how to cook them? Do you know the family's secret recipes?|||Mine is a Bacon, egg, cheese, pepper, and onion on Buttery toast.
My mom's is this really spicy soup with potatoes, mexican peppers, onions, meat, and other things. BUT IT'S SO GOOD.|||Meatballs, garlic burger patties, grilled panko chicken, London broil, and pasta (really soft because we like to overcook it).|||Scrambled eggs is my specialty
Hot wings is my mom's
There is an AMAZING Cuban restaurant in Louisville, Ky and they have a dish that is superb. Its Chimichurri Steak. It comes with a green sauce and a red sauce. I know the green sauce is a traditional Chimichurri sauce but I'm not sure about the red one. I'm looking for a similar recipe. I moved 1600 miles away and have found NOTHING like it. Any help would be amazing, websites are welcome as well.|||I couldn't find anything similar but you can try this..
Red Pepper Chimichurri
3 tablespoons kosher salt
1 cup warm water
2 bunches Italian flat leaf parsley
6 cloves garlic
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup roasted red peppers, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Whisk together the kosher salt and warm water until the salt dissolves, set aside and allow to cool to room temperature. This is called the salmuera.
Combine the flat leaf parsley, garlic, and olive oil in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse several times to chop up the parsley. Add the roasted red peppers, paprika, oregano, crushed red pepper, black pepper, cumin, white vinegar, and red wine vinegar. Continue to pulse the food processor until the ingredients are well combined, but still chunky.
Transfer the sauce into a large mixing bowl, and slowly stir in the cooled salmuera. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to allow the salt to mellow. Sauce can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 weeks.
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Marinated Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
cup A.1. Garlic & Herb Marinade
1 beef flank steak (2 lb.)
2 cups fresh parsley sprigs
1/3 cup olive oil
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. dried oregano leaves
POUR marinade over steak in shallow dish; turn to coat both sides of steak. Refrigerate 30 min. to marinate. Meanwhile, blend remaining ingredients in blender until smooth. Pour into bowl; refrigerate until ready to serve.
HEAT broiler. Remove steak from marinade; discard marinade. Place steak on rack of broiler pan sprayed with cooking spray.
BROIL, 4 inches from heat, 10 min. or until steak is medium doneness, turning after 5 min. Diagonally cut steak across the grain into thin slices. Serve with parsley mixture.
I'm looking for a fresh herb sauce that I haven't had the pleasure of discovering yet. Do you have a great recipe? Or maybe just know a name of a sauce that you order at a restaurant and don't know how to make it (that's how I found out about Chimichurri Sauce!). I'm particularly keen on unsual sauces from the Mediterranean/Middle East or South America.
thanks|||sherry and herb sauce- delicious
1/2 cup dry sherry
鈥?/4 cup honey
鈥?/4 cup fresh ginger, minced
鈥est from 1 lemon
鈥? tablespoon whole mustard seed
鈥? teaspoon fresh parsley, chopped
鈥? teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
鈥? teaspoon fresh basil, chopped
Preparation:
Combine sherry, ginger, honey, lemon zest, parsley, dill and basil over low heat in a small saucepan. Just before serving, add in mustard seed to sauce.|||I reckon a garlic and parsley butter sauce is a great addition to your herb sauce reportoire!
Perfect for seafood and (If you like them) snails. And steaks too!
More info below in the source. (or sauce)! ha ha|||Tzatsiki , is cucumber / yogurt and is good with curries to cool the down as a side sauce. (Greek)
Hummus ~ Chickpeas , chilli powder , tahini ( sesame seed paste) , lemon juice , garlic , salt (to taste) also Greek
Is there a recipe out there that uses a lot of this sauce? It's just me so there's no way I can use all of it on just steaks or chicken. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks.|||It should freeze well, if you like. Also, you can stir some into mayo and sour cream as a dip for veggies, crackers, etc. You can also thin it out with chicken or veggie stock, add some chopped meat, veggies, rice, etc and make a soup.
Good luck!|||Because of the high content of garlic, I don't think chimichurri will freeze well. I love to eat it on bread like a dip. You can also use it as dressing on potato salad -- add the chimichurri to warm boiled and cut potatoes. Eat warm or cold. So good|||Store it in the freezer for next time you want some.
Add it to a casserole.
.i would love to have a recipe for chimichurri sauce. possibly a little historical background or something that would prove its authenticity, but i would be happy for the just the recipe|||I found this recipe that sounds pretty authentic to me...here's what the author wrote:
"I grew up in Panama and one of my favorite restaraunts was 'La Estancia'. Their specialty was the famous Argentinean 'Churrascos' that were grilled on a fire pit and were served with Chimichurri. This recipe is the closest to what they served."
Chimichurri Sauce
2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley
4-5 garlic cloves
1 lemon, juice and zest of
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt (or to taste)
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)
Trim the parsley.
Peel garlic.
Process lightly in food processor.
Combine with rest of ingredients, using enough olive oil to make sauce liquid enough to be saucey but not runny.
Add hot sauce to preferred taste.|||It's an argentinan sauce used on meats!!
1 cup italian parsley
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup cilantro
2 garlic cloves peeled
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
puree all ingredients and let stand for an hour
I just had a great Argentinian style Fresh Parsley and Garlic sauce..... chimichurri. It's a recipe from Cook's Illustrated, but I don't have a membership.
Anyone know the recipe?|||Here it is.
For best results use flat-leaf parsley.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup packed fresh parsley leaves from one large bunch, washed and dried
5 medium cloves garlic , peeled
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup red onion , finely minced
1 teaspoon table salt
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Process parsley and garlic in workbowl of food processor fitted with steel blade, stopping as necessary to scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula, until garlic and parsley are chopped fine (20 one-second pulses); transfer to medium bowl. Whisk in remaining ingredients until thoroughly blended. Spoon about 2 tablespoons over each steak and serve. (Sauce tastes best when used fresh but can be refrigerated, with plastic wrap pressed directly on surface, up to 3 days.)|||Argentine Parsley Garlic Sauce
Chimichurri
Makes 2 cups
Argentina is home of a pesto-like pugilist called chimichurri. The sauce owes its freshness and bright green color to flat leaf parsley and its pungency to tongue-pounding doses of garlic. (Talk about ingenuity: Parsley is nature's mouthwash, so it helps counteract the breath-wilting fumes of the garlic.) Those are the basic ingredients, but there are as many variations as there are Argentinian grill jockeys. Some even enliven their chimichurri with grated carrot or red bell pepper; others kick up the heat with hot pepper flakes or fresh chilies.
1 large bunch of fresh flat leaf parsley,
washed, stemmed, and dried
8 cloves of garlic, peeled
3 tablespoons minced onion
5 tablespoons distilled white vinegar or more to taste
5 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon coarse salt (kosher or sea)
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
Finely chop the parsley and garlic in a food processor. Add the onion, vinegar, water, salt, oregano, pepper flakes, and black pepper and process in brief bursts until the salt crystals are dissolved. Add the oil in a thin stream. Do not over process; the chimichurri should be fairly coarse. Correct the seasoning, adding salt or vinegar to taste.
if this isnt right look threw the others there might be something closer or you might be able to tweek it untill you get it right..
...and easy.|||1 cup firmly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley, trimmed of thick stems 3-4 garlic cloves 2 Tbsps fresh oregano leaves (can sub 2 teaspoons dried oregano) 1/2 cup olive oil 2 Tbsp red or white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakesMethod Finely chop the parsley, fresh oregano, and garlic (or process in a food processor several pulses). Place in a small bowl.Stir in the olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Adjust seasonings.Serve immediately or refrigerate. If chilled, return to room temperature before serving. Can keep for a day or two.
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1 bunch flat leaf parsley 8 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 lemon wedge (juice of) 1 tablespoon diced red onion 1 teaspoon dried oregano (optional) 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt Change Measurements: US | Metric Directions:Prep Time: 30 minsTotal Time: 30 mins1 Pulse parsley in processor to chop. 2 Add remaining ingredients and blend. 3 Separate sauce into equal parts. 4 (Use half for basting or marinade). 5 (Use other half for table service).
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1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped 8 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup sherry wine vinegar 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Directions
In a blender or food processor, combine the parsley, garlic, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, ground black pepper and cayenne pepper. Mix well, but do not puree.|||1 bunch flat leaf parsley
8 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 lemon wedge (juice of)
1 tablespoon diced red onion
1 teaspoon dried oregano (optional)
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions:Prep Time: 30 minsTotal Time: 30 mins
1.Pulse parsley in processor to chop.
2.Add remaining ingredients and blend.
My husband goes to BA often and he would like to have chimichurri at home. How can I prepare it?|||If your husband often travels to Buenos Aires I recommend he buys chimichurri jars (vacuumed sealed) in the supermarket. It wont be as fresh as the one you can prepare at home but you may not find the correct ingredients. Anyway, here is my recipe:
- I cup finely chopped parsley
- 10 garlics (pieces)
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 red peppers super finely chopped
- 3 tomatoes super finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons of red vinager
- 1 to 1/2 cup olive oil
- a pinc of salt and a squeeze of lemon juice.|||1/2 cup supar
1 tbsp butter
3 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 a daschund
Bake at 400 degrees for 25 min
Season to taste.|||umm did you want the sauce?
Ingredients:
6-8 cloves garlic, minced
2 tightly packed cups parsley (preferably Italian)
1/2 cup tightly packed cilantro
3 teaspoons best quality dried oregano
2 teaspoons best quality dried thyme
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon whole black pepercorns
1/2-1 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
3/4 cup oregano-chile-garlick vinegar, or Mediterranean vinegar, or red wine vinegar plus 1 tablespoon water
3/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tespoon salt
Directions:
1) In a food processor or blender, grind the garlic and the herbs.
2) Grind the bay and the peppercorns in a spice grinder, and add to the herb mixture with the crushed red pepper and vinegar.
3) Add the olive oil and gently mix to blend; DO NOT OVERPROCESS. Sauce should be slightly thickened.
4) Let stand severl hours or refrigerate and serve at room temperature.
5) Drizzle over grilled or roasted meats, fish, or chicken. Also good on tomatoes or sandwiches.
Yeld 2 cups.
marinades :
1)tumeric powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne, garlic salt, sugar/maltose, coconut milk/powder, & lemongrass powder. i'd prefer using fresh lemongrass stalks during grill along w/sweet red onions.
OR
2)soy, ginger juice, garlic salt, pepper, any white wine & honey, hinge of sesame oil. u could cut up some fresh red/green peppers to grill along w/the chk hearts.
marinade for 2hours at least wrap those hearts in foil, grill on med. fire, remove foil, grill on high until those hearts look kinda slightly crisp burn, yummy to go !!
Chimichurri Sauce:
1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 bay leaves
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, finely chopped
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 1/2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Place the parsley, bay leaves, garlic, paprika, oregano, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a food processor. Pulse until combined. Put the sauce in a glass or plastic container, using as needed. Chimichurri will last for up to 1 month, refrigerated. Makes 2 1/2 cups.|||Chimichurri Sauce:
1 cup fresh parsley leaves
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice|||3/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/4 cup mint leaves
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth or fat free low-sodium beef broth
3 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3 garlic cloves
Combine parsely and remaining ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth
It's an Argentinian dish served with beef. Thanks!|||- 1 cup (packed) fresh Italian parsley
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup (packed) fresh cilantro
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 3/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Puree all ingredients in processor. Transfer to bowl. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)|||* 1 cup fresh parsley
* 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
* 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
* 2 tablespoons dried oregano
* 2 teaspoons ground cumin
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
* 1/2 tablespoon pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot庐)
Directions
1. Place the parsley, olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, cumin, salt, garlic and hot pepper sauce into the container of a blender or food processor. Blend for about 10 seconds on medium speed, or until ingredients are evenly blended.
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