Few working at Staples make a living wage.

[Honeycombe8]

138. Well, my my my. There is absolutely NO answer for anyone to get ahead besides someone giving

the person money, is that what you're saying?

Do you realize that no matter what solution someone comes up with, you knock it down?

Where the heck do you live that life is that hard? MOVE! It's not that hard in most of the country. My niece signed up for nursing curriculum, paid her $ (grants), and went to class. It was that easy. No waiting list. She will NEVER know what it means to be unemployed. She will get paid well.

RN is a 4 year degree. Last I heard, LPN was two years. No waiting lists in Louisiana. Or here in TX, that I know of. And there are jobs waiting for you, when you get out. COME ON DOWN, as Bob Barker would say.

A person can either do something about her situation, or stay in the situation, not do anything, and complain and get depressed.

Two years of math & biology? Didn't you take that in high school? Yes, you have to take science classes for a SCIENCE degree like nursing (duh). If that's not your thing, become a lab technician or something.

LPN...I had checked into it years ago. Piece o'cake. Two years, you're out, you get a job quickly that pays decently. Lots of demand for LPNs and RNs. Hospitals, doctors offices, clinics, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, etc. I didn't go that route because I don't like the environment of ill people.

Unless I have a terminal illness, I do not accept that my circumstances cannot get better, if I don't work on improving them. But I don't expect people to give me money because I don't want to take math classes to better my situation. And that's a good thing, 'cause no one is going to.

A job pays what it pays, folks. You don't get paid more than your co-worker because your mortgage costs more than your co-worker's. It's the job that determines the wages. You determine your vocation. It's hard work. It takes a plan. And it takes time and risk.