🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Ted Rosenberg wrote:


> > I tried this once but was told I couldn't get the GED until after my
> > class had graduated. So my choice was ... wait until my class graduated
> > then go do the GED or finish with my class. There were no colleges
> > within commuting distance so I just finished it out.
> >
> 
> You can get your GED as soon as you are out of  school -drop out, graduate, just OUT
> any way you do it !  You do have to notify the LEA in writing that you are GONE
> before you can apply for a GED.  In some states you have to be 16 to leave school,
> Besides you don't NEED a GED.

Perhaps things have changed. I tried doing it in 1970 and was denied.

> 
> Where are you that there are no community colleges around?  McMurdo Sound ??   Big
> Dionamede Island ??? Fort Jefferson ??  Even THERE you can enroll in a distance
> learning program.
> 

Today I live in Las Vegas. When I was young and looking to get a head
start on things, I lived on a 40,000 working cattle ranch in the middle of
nowhere Oregon and 60 miles just from my high school. We didn't have phone
service or television, let alone "distance ed" opportunities. And in
the winter you either rode a horse or flew a plane in and out of the
ranch. We didn't have a plane. We had a relay of horses and pick-ups
on either end of the entrance/exit. I *really* lived in the sticks.


> > >
> > > ALSO, anyone who wants to teach elementary or secondary school instead of
> > > college can usually get a full scholarship by simply promising to teach for a
> > > number of years.
> > >
> >
> > In my experience, the way this works is:  If you teach in certain
> > (predefined) low income, economically stressed or disadvantaged
> > areas, so on and so forth, for a certain period of time, the government
> > will forgive certain government loans. I think this little goodie is
> > not well known. I certainly learned about it too late. Three new
> > teachers working with me my first year were all on the program.
> > I had no idea my home community was one that qualified. I could
> > have taken loans instead of paying cash and had those loans paid
> > off for me by the feds.  I don't know if the program still exists
> > or not.
> 
> GEE, you better actually do some research on the subject.  Most states will pay ALL
> tuition for ANYONE who agrees to be a teacher

Doubtful. I know that's not true for Nevada and Oregon (and Nevada is in
dire need of teachers, perhaps more so than any other place in the
nation). Perhaps you could provide us with some info.