[shrugtheironteacup]

I almost went to Saint John's as well. Then they told me I could afford to pay them over $20,000 a year for the privilege. Eventually I stopped attending to the high school that bored me and my grades plummeted and I got a lot of talks about not living up to my potential.

My refusal to go into debt has led in large part to my listless blue collar existence.
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[shrugtheironteacup]

My sister took a few classes at Reed when she was still in high school.

This is my way of saying "hey, I'm in the Portland area myself, fancy that."

More on topic: I finished high school at a local community college in December, about a month before I turned eighteen. My job was barely enough to pay for my classes even when living at home, and then in a fit of youthful idiocy I quit said job rather abruptly at the beginning of June.

Then RECESSION.

With one job under my belt that I had probably pissed off I didn't have any success at finding work for about a year and a half. So I couldn't afford to go to school. I could barely afford bus fare to look for jobs. I hung out at the library a lot and felt guilty for mooching off my parents and making my girlfriend pay for everything she wanted to drag me to.

..then I got a full time job watching holes.

..then I got laid off one day and my girlfriend dumped me the next.

..then I couldn't find work again and I went to live in Washington with some friends for the summer.

..then I got a horrible job and worked through community college (which was a lot like high school, only with ash trays) but still had to live with my parents. I eventually "studied" welding. All my old academic credits expired. I became frustrated dealing with the incredibly obtuse way the welding department ran itself and how it led to my basic skills rusting while picking up random credits just to keep my health insurance.

Type 1 Diabetic UITB

Now listlessly blue collar, looking for something that fits my spotty manufacturing education.

...

Huh.
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