By @Unk-p
Posted by @jeanne-mayell
How often do you read something in the main stream news and just know it's wrong but don't think to say it aloud or post your knowing? There is so much we don't know, but what about when you DO know and the media is saying otherwise
it happens a lot.
I knew that Darth Cheney and Rumsfield and other so-called Americans were somehow complicit in 9-11, even if it pisses off everyone, including the people on my side, to say that.
I knew that the war in Iraq was based on lies.
I know that Fukishima is still a catastrophe, even if the world pretends it is not.
I know that the whole idea of student loans is a dog-damned lie, there is no such thing.
I know that the real theft of an election happened in the year 2000, and 2004, and again in 2016, but not in 2020.
I know that the idea of liberal bias in the media is a big fat lie.
And i know that the same media tells more lies by the things they choose not to talk about, than the things that they do.-- Unk-P
"I know that the whole idea of student loans is a dog-damned lie, there is no such thing." - Unk-p
I don't get this one. I had several student loans, and believe me, they weren't lies.
@tgraf66 I would like to hear more on that too!!! My daughter and I are in 125k in debt from 5 years of college!! I say both of us because I was advised to take out parent plus loans for her. So they are in my name but she pays them. We'll never be able to own anything because of this debt and our income ratio! When I think real hard about it I want to blow something up. Lol!!!!
@impassionate I would describe it as a scam. I am so sorry you are locked into that kind of debt. I fully believe in education, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of your future. The way the interest accumulates, it is very hard to stay ahead as a student or parent. Our system needs to change.
You are probably on top of this issue but just in case news of loan forgiveness:
@raincloud unfortunately parent plus loans are a different animal entirely. They don't get deferred or reduced. They are there til I'm dead. Would LOVE that to change but not hopeful.
@impassionate which is wrong on so many levels. Just a huge scam ruining so many people’s lives. It can’t be discharged through bankruptcy either. I am not sure how much of this is explained when signing your life away either.
It is like a loan shark in many ways. This is not ethical.
This post is special on two counts. First, @streaminglight decided to step out of long-time lurker status for one reason -- to help one of our veteran bloggers, @traf66. Second, it's streaminglight's very first post and it is a doozy. Thank you, @streaminglight, for coming forward today and gracing us with your kindness and wisdom. THis post is from the topic: Help! I need a new job! https://jeannemayell.com/community/postid/66203/
"Tgraf66, Very long-time lurker here. But Jeanne’s invitation to share ideas on job loss caused me to respond. The jobs and the market have changed substantially since I was working, but the anxieties, and the mental, emotional and physical stress they produce, remain the same. I’m going to share my story with the hope that you know you are not alone in your struggle and that you will grow from it. In 1980 when the economy was in recession and unemployment was almost 8%, I was out of a job. Standing in very long lines with dozens of other overqualified people, I was willing to take anything just to pay the bills. After months of trying to find work, I hit that wall of depression you described. That was the day I could not get dressed only to be rejected one more time. I hit rock bottom. Then, a few weeks later, I saw a newspaper (yes!) ad looking for people to work in foodservice on the show floor of a major international convention center in my city. The temporary, minimum wage job was far beneath the $ of my previous position, but I felt that because it was such a simple job, I could pull myself together sufficiently to present for an interview. The most difficult thing I did that morning was to get dressed, open the fear-laden front door, move myself over the threshold, and step out into the world.
Then, I was on autopilot. Emotions suspended by having to navigate thru traffic until I reached the convention center, I arrived early and found myself at the front of a line that eventually extended out the door and around the corner. Although my degree was in education, that day, I became one of six people hired to sell food. Over the coming weeks, I found my fear of failure dissipating as I interacted with the many international customers who just came to me for food. As the days went by, I devised systems for customers to attain food service on the convention floor more easily. Within a few months, I was asked to join the sales staff as both a secretary and manager of the systems I’d created. A year later, I was tapped to be the assistant to the General Manager and then the Regional Manager. These advancements happened because I was present when the openings occurred, but also because I was in a state of mind I called, “open to the universe” — open to wherever it was leading me. Years later, when the foodservice company lost its contract at the convention center, I again lost my job. But I was so well known in the building that when a new Convention Marketing Director was looking for a secretary, I was recommended.
This position was actually very challenging since I had to learn everything about marketing from scratch. But, two years after I started the job, an interoffice memo dropped out of the universe and onto my desk. The convention center was about to start several community-based programs that would assist people in moving off welfare and into jobs. The memo said they were looking to fill the position of Manager of Training & Development. A huge bell rang through me! I remember the memo shaking in my hands as I realized this position would enable me to merge my education background with all I had learned about the hospitality industry over the past several years, and combine it with all I had experienced with job loss, and how I learned to open the door and cross the threshold into a new life.
For the next two decades, the Academy staff and I provided training, direction and job placement support for the community surrounding the convention center. Our students’ success inspired family members, friends and neighbors to apply. The Academy closed in 2010 when both the Director and I retired. But I’m very aware that none of it would have happened if I hadn’t opened the door that day and crossed the threshold. Those years taught me that when we break through our fears, when we walk right through them, we find a gift waiting on the other side.
Everything said by all the wonderful people on this site is exactly the right information. Get used to walking out the door by doing just that — exercise your body daily, release emotional stress by absorbing the sounds and sights in nature. Most of all, calm your mind by remembering that every human being has the seed of divinity within, and It’s looking for every possible opportunity to manifest through your creativity and in the loving kindness you express to others.
For a long-time lurker, I’ll close by suggesting you consider what Jeanne and others have suggested: Freely offering your services at a nearby food bank or thrift shop that assists those in need is a wonderful way to gently re-engage with the world. As was also suggested, before paying for professional job placement assistance, consider checking out the resources in your local library. And, although you have to use your discernment, YouTube might also offer some insight about the present job market. I’ve used YT to learn how to fix my toilet, grease the garage door, get grease out of the jeans I was wearing when I greased the garage door, how to self-publish a novel and much, much more — all for free! As a former job placement specialist, and someone who has been reading your posts on this site for years, I’m telling you, tgraf66, you’ve got this! All positive energy is surrounding you as you cross the threshold into your new life!"