I'm unsure of what I should do at the moment. Should I continue finding topics to blog about in hopes of helping me get the Blogging for Progress scholarship, move on and fill out other scholarships, attempt to get a loan on my own, or work on the two chapters I need to know by tomorrow for a quiz in my introduction to marketing class. Is there really a point to any of those tasks? Lately I feel like I've just been running into brick wall after brick wall with everything I've been doing. Is there really a point to keep fighting for something clearly the world doesn't want me to have, a college education? I'm tired of the bull everyone keeps telling me, "don't worry things will work out, they always do." Explain to me how everything is supposed to work out in my favor when I can't seem to be able to collect money to pay for college. Please someone explain this to me. I thought the point of me going to college, other than the obvious reason of getting a degree to boost my creditability in the Interior Design field, was so I could break the cycle of having a job, not having a job and constantly worrying about money and I also thought there was supposed to be a large amount of help for those who desperately need help, or am I just one of those people who apparently isn't in desperate need for help to pay for my education? I don't see how I could be one of those people who isn't categorized as in desperate need when I have no job, my mother has no job and we can barely pay for our bills, so why has no one decided when I come to them looking for help to actually help me out? It's not like I don't tell them about my financial situation or my huge career goals that I've had for years. I find it sad that the system that is supposed to help those in need isn't doing it's job.
no idea what to do
By bura - Posted on August 2nd, 2009
Considering that we aren't currently offering a scholarship, I definitely think that you should look for other scholarships, though we do appreciate you blogging :)
~C
Check out the latest entry in the Between The Lines column!
Want the highest rated list to change? RATE those blogs, then!
...They plan to get the scholarship up and running once the funds are available. So if you blog now, and someone reads these blogs when we are in a contest period, you'll still get points for that. Not too shabby, right?
About the "don't worry, things will work out" saying. That can be both a good thing to say and a bad thing. By no means should you simply give up and "see what happens", because then nothing will get done.
My first semester of college, I got a letter saying that if I didn't pay $6,000 within the next week, I would be kicked out of the dorms and then out of the college entirely. I freaked. I ended up going to the Financial Aid office, and one of the workers helped me through it, found me the grants and loans for me, and simplified the FAFSA process. That is one way that things can work out, but you still have to put in that effort.
Good luck. And make sure you catch up on that homework. :)
Another cliche for you: Nothing worth having is ever easy. The world isn't dead set against you having a college education, but that doesn't mean it won't fall in your lap. My advice is to work on things in order of priority. Presumably, start with your homework. Loans vs. scholarships is up to you, but as was already pointed out, there is currently no contest here so blogging should be a last priority.
Like what you've read? Well, then here's more:
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/tricia0711