04-01-2005 02:51									#31
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Yeah, it's pretty tricky...

	04-01-2005 03:02									#32
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Well, they don't hand them out in boxes of cereal like they do in the US! Seriously though, the main problem is money. f my dad were to put me on his insurance to learn to drive, that'd be £600. If I went for lessons, it'd be half my current weekly income every single time. If I hda the money I'd learn in a shot, but I dn't so I can't... Catch 22.

I don't care about moving out PH, I certainly don't wanna live with my dad for even one more day! I have been restricting myself t othe south-east in recent months, but the reason for that is now gone, so I can go whereever there is work. And yeah, I do use agencies...

	04-01-2005 03:04									#33
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Stay put, now I am in the South East I have very little intention of returning up North again...

	04-01-2005 03:13									#34
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Well, the SE iswhere I would lik to be in general. Most jobs thta aren't in this area seemt be in Newcastle and Scotland- but I have SOME standards

	04-01-2005 03:13									#35
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There are other parts of the country aside from the South and North you know. Well the West is one big welsh sounding write off, East Anglia has much to offer

	04-01-2005 03:17									#36
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Live in Nord-pas de Calais and commute to London. I'm tempted to do that when the King Cross Eurostar line finally get's completed.

	04-01-2005 03:18									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild East Anglia has much to offer

...to the discerning sheepshagger

	04-01-2005 03:19									#38
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And if you think I'm going all the way to North France for a pint, you've got another thing coming

At those prices you'd be able to get a palais in Calais

	04-01-2005 03:20									#39
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My God, I can rhyme in French, the talent I possess in this skull of mine

	04-01-2005 03:28									#40
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Quite. Letting us appreciate that talent more than surpasses the need to discuss Space05us current situational difficulties.

My advice, bring yourself out of yourself for a while. Get a temporary job, travel the other states for a while or something like that. Oh, but you can't get bar work can you? Do you have to be 21?

	04-01-2005 03:29									#41
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We can't just leave it in there- someone fetch a drill!

	04-01-2005 06:01									#42
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pack yourself in a capsel and take the oil pipeline south.

Seriously, what about public aid? What about financial aid to go to colloege?

	04-01-2005 06:04									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Gibsie Well, the SE iswhere I would lik to be in general. Most jobs thta aren't in this area seemt be in Newcastle and Scotland- but I have SOME standards

You could always become an accountant in Reading. I hear that is a growth field.

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	04-01-2005 06:08									#44
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Ok, here is the definative solution to your problem my friend. Get your GED or else everyone will thik you are a dumb ass for the rest of your life then apply for colleges down south (hopefully not in Alaska) and live on campus for your first year. Get a part time job and study hard in school so you can get financial aid so you can establish yourself in a place which isn't covered with ice 9 months out of the year.

	04-01-2005 07:25									#45
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What Oerdin said.

	04-01-2005 07:27									#46
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Yo dog you gotta get the f out of cold azz Barrow


Why you drivin a Ferrari when you can only go 10 miles an hour in it???

	04-01-2005 07:28									#47
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What about joining the Peace Corps, or Americorps? That would get you out of Alaska.

	04-01-2005 07:52									#48
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quote: and be sent out of the village down to anchorage

Theres gold in them thar hills.

	04-01-2005 08:59									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi What about joining the Peace Corps, or Americorps? That would get you out of Alaska.

Both require a college degree and he doesn't even have a GED or high school deploma.

	04-01-2005 09:01									#50
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He could go south for salmon canning season. It ain't great pay, and it ain't a great job, but if you save your money, you can make $5K. You'll have to stick it out 'till summer though, before you can go. If you camp through the summer, you can save a good portion of it. $5K will take you pretty much anywhere you wanna go and set you up for a few months.

	04-01-2005 09:07									#51
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He's 18 with nothing to do for 6 months so he needs to get his GED, take a few junior college classes, and do something creative unit summer. Maybe learn guitar like I will shortly be doing.

Once he has his GED he can apply to colleges in the lower 48, work in a cannery over the summer to get cash, then use the money to move south for college.

	04-01-2005 09:18									#52
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He should go to school in AK. Unlike the rest of the country, who have to pay an income tax, AK pays its citizens a dividend from the oil. I imagine college is about as cheap there as in CA.

	04-01-2005 09:44									#53
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California is pretty cheap for residents (CSU costs less then $3000 per year full time; UC around $5-6k depending upon schools) but out of staters get hosed to the tune of $5k extra in CSU and a full $20k in UC. I was thinking like Oregon or Washington maybe even one of the mountain states or Arizona State. It alll depends on his grades and if he can do well on the SATs or not.

	04-01-2005 09:51									#54
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Space, Tomorrow morning go down to the education office and see what it will take to get your GED ASAP. Do that full time and nothing else until you have your GED in hand then sign up for the SATs. Once you have your SAT results start applying for colleges; any good library will have a refrence guide which will list the average profile of each college's students. Find a school which you're grades and SAT scores would qualify for and then get the hell out of dodge.

If you don't qualify for squat then start junior college at the nearest junior college. Go to see a councilor and have them make a 2 year education plan for you and make sure you tell her you want to transfer to a four year school. Then study your ass off to make sure you pass your classes. Once you have 60 units transfer to the four year school.

If you go to school full time you can get 15 units per semister times two semisters plus 6-8 units in summer school. That's 36 units per year. You'll need the extra summer classes because there are always pre-recs and stuff you have to take which you forgot about.

	04-01-2005 09:58									#55
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at least you are not me.

'nuff said

	04-01-2005 09:59									#56
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Space you shithead, stop complaining. I'm paying 30,000 a year that I'll have to pay back once I graduate to take ACTING as a major. I'm a ****ing ACTING MAJOR...do you know where that will get me in life if I just give up like you did? No where at all.

But I'm not giving up. No sir, I will be paying back my loans as soon as I graduate. I hold two jobs right now just to pay rent and bills - do you think it will be any easier because I have a highschool diploma and a college education? No sir, it won't.

So I say stop ****ing around, get a job or two (I've worked since I was 15 to afford college). I'm 21 now, I'll be 23 when I graduate. If I don't make it into films or Broadway within a year, I'll have to make ends meet by taking 2 or 3 dead-end jobs.

Don't ****ing complain because you're 18 and don't know what the **** to do. Get off the couch and start working toward your future. And stop *****ing too - if we *****ed about every little thing that caused us suffereing, we wouldn't have time to work and make money that would allow us to alleivate said suffering.

In the mean time, until you shape up, I have no pity for you. Get out there and get a ****ing job, or sit on your ass and be nothing.

Its YOUR choice.

	04-01-2005 10:00									#57
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I see your taking a drama class at the moment.

	04-01-2005 10:04									#58
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So he's confused and acting sily. What 18 year old doesn't do the same?

	04-01-2005 10:07									#59
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he might want to consider a trade skill. If you don't mind blue collar work, it makes a decent living. And doesn't require college education. I recommend one of the "easier" ones. Like air conditioning and refrigeration. Yes even in Alaska, those fields are in demand.

	04-01-2005 10:07									#60
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quote: I see your taking a drama class at the moment.

Its called "Ensemble".

He started his thread "Why I hate my life". It only diserves a fair rebuttle.

Guess what - his life doesn't suck. He doesn't have to wonder where his next meal is coming. There's no worrying if he'll be able to make enough for his kids to have water. He doesn't have to choose between paying for groceries and paying for heat. He isn't going to question whether the cereal he's buying is cheap enough to afford him an extra loaf of bread. He won't have to question buying Doom 3 over putting food on his table this month.

Now I'm not faced with all of these problems either (although I am with some.) However, for him to say his life sucks SO MUCH that he's considering quitting is a slap in the face of all of us who actually WORK for what we WANT.

So I say, get a job banqueting or delivering food or washing dishes or delivering newspapers. At least you'll get enough money each week to be able to decide what to do not a week from now, but a month from now.