Do you know that we have adult students at the school where I teach who are NOT U.S. citizens and who get the PELL Grant, which is a federal grant (no payback required) plus other federal grants to go to school?
One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting a PELL Grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money left over.
She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program (check it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I just mentioned told me she was not going to be a U.S. Citizen because she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she 'loves HER country.’
I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the U.S. is giving her and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!
I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you ARE a U.S. citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the while, I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.
Something is wrong here. I am sorry, but after hearing that they want to sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough. That's a real slap in the face. It was written by Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation -- not even close.
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This is only a very small part of what is wrong in our country. The list seems to never end. I'm a Disabled American Veteran that can't afford to attend college, but these people are just leeching away. I feel that I've earned the entitlement to attend college, but that'll never happen since I'm labeled as a has-been without a need for further education. That's funny since I'm too overqualified for jobs when I interview for them, yet I don't have a degree.
10:44 why aren't you using your VA benefits? Start out at a community college for the first two years.
8:58 I had to use my Montgomery G.I. Bill to live off of the stipend until my VA pension started. Once my pension started, I only received $200 per month until all $28K of my severance pay was paid back. I bet you didn't know that severance pay for vets has to be paid back. Anyway, I had to waste my MGIB since $200 per month isn't enough to live off of for my family of 6. The worst part is that being on the dean's list the entire time didn't make a difference when I was told that I couldn't use the rest of my MGIB to complete my degree. I was unsatisfactory in the timeline to complete the degree. I wasn't aware of this requirement as I was trying to recover from my injuries and be a full-time student. As for further VA benefits, there are none. You have 10 years to use all of your MGIB and Voc Rehab must also be used within that time period. I also don't qualify for a Pell grant because of my unsatisfactory completion percentage status at the college. I'm just out of luck in my situation, but if I wasn't a citizen, I could faill all my classes and still get to keep going. This is just not right.
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