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Did you also sniff the magic markers and WiteOut too?
No, it wasn't about getting a buzz, it was just a fun smell as a kid.
We recently had a friend, a former head nurse at a hospital that had a real problem with fumes form magic markers. She opened a new box, and one marker inside had leaked. She was overpowered by the fumes, and collapsed on the spot with a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, it happened in front of other nurses. The event permanently injured her, and she ended up with three surgeries because of it, one included a pacemaker. Somehow, it caused severe nerve damage that she was not able to come back from, and ended up leaving a promising, high-paying career at age 45.
I suspect that is because they don't have the network that urban welfare people have, to tell them what story to tell. People who are not sophisticated get screwed by a lot of agency people, whereas the people in the city know what kind of lies the various intake people want to hear.
I've talked to a few rural poor about getting help, like when a huge, very destructive windstorm came through. it was a lot of work, and a lot of money in gas and travel, only to find out they didn't fill out the forms right, or on time, and didn't get a dime, or got a loan that they could not afford to pay back.
It's a very bitter legacy that dies hard.
absolutely , you hit the nail right on the head
That is what I would like to change , teach them to be more savy and exploit resources /services to the max
So do you think, after this experience, that you can interview a potential tenant, and suss out whether or not they will be a good tenant?
It seems like it would be possible, but I don't know. I'm just curious.
Thanks
No.
Felons going to the Parole Board are well practiced at telling their plan to improve, how much they have changed, and how they are never going to do bad ever again.
Case workers would contact me, after the prisoner has completed a bunch of self-improvement classes, has been on work-release for a year, and the one last thing they still need before they can be released on parole is housing.
They can recite the classes they have attended and the support groups they are part of.
Your county library might have a literacy program. Sometimes there is a public legal support group or program. Your county health department might have programs for healthy lifestyles. If these resources do not exist, you could be the catalyst to get them started. If they do exist they could probably use your support and maybe volunteer efforts. Do you have a community college? Is there a student support or scholarship program. Is there adequate, low or no cost, child care?
You know, some of you may as well get it out of the way and just flat out say what you're dancing around-that people who live in rural areas are too stupid to know what's good for them.
That's because any program that starts today is the result of 5-10 years of cutting through redtape so by the time the program see's the light of day the world has moved on. and any changes to requisitions starts you back at square one, so you are forced to make do with the original proposal.
It doesn't have to be that way and I would guess that it isn't that way for many or most programs. If you are trying to install a Head Start or similar government program and get approved and funded, it might take some time. But you don't have to channel yourself into that process. If you have credibility and a good program concept, the bigger local employers or maybe the professional people will help fund it and maybe the church basement is where you start. You may not want a cookie-cutter program that doesn't fit your needs. I have a friend that volunteers in a citizenship readiness program that teaches English and some basic skills and tutors for the naturalization process and test. They operate on a shoestring out of a church basement but they see results when their graduates get citizenship. There is no significant budget and it is all volunteers.
It doesn't have to be that way and I would guess that it isn't that way for many or most programs. If you are trying to install a Head Start or similar government program and get approved and funded, it might take some time. But you don't have to channel yourself into that process. If you have credibility and a good program concept, the bigger local employers or maybe the professional people will help fund it and maybe the church basement is where you start. You may not want a cookie-cutter program that doesn't fit your needs. I have a friend that volunteers in a citizenship readiness program that teaches English and some basic skills and tutors for the naturalization process and test. They operate on a shoestring out of a church basement but they see results when their graduates get citizenship. There is no significant budget and it is all volunteers.
But what's being talked about generally is job retraining and work skills for those workers who've lost their jobs.
You mention the "bigger local employers". There are none (with a caveat) because those are the companies that shut down and created the unemployment. The caveat is that many locales have rebranded themselves as tourist areas with lots of the low paying dead end jobs that industry is famous for.
Local professionals? You mean one of the four lawyers, six doctors and lone CPA? Any town in those areas that doesn't have an equal number of bars and churches is a depressed area. Most of the bars have closed.
How about a handyman training program? I live rural, and finding young men to do the hard labor is getting very difficult these days. They all want to be IT professionals. If this keeps up, nobody is going to know how to install a toilet.
Just do little things like donate to the local food pantries. Our electric and water bill has a box you can check if you want to round your bill up to the next dollar amount and the extra will help someone who doesn't have the money to pay. Check at the pantry or other similar places around town to see what you could do to help. Sometimes they could use an extra volunteer or two. A local bank has an annual "Coats for Kids" program asking people to donate used coats for school aged kids whose parents may not be able to afford a warm coat this winter. This year they're also asking for kids' masks. Find something like that going on and buy a coat or three.
There's always plenty you could do if you just check around. Even some churches might know where you could help.
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