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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders: Do you know why millions of our people are stressed out? [View all]redruddyred
(1,615 posts)unskilled laborers (ie students) are lucky if they can get one part-time job never mind two = 40 hours a week. still this is not enough to pay bills. and if you work, and let your job become anything but your priority, you're out of there.
I have done junior college and technical school, and am still waiting for this to materialize into an opportunity -- at least one which I couldn't have had already as a high school grad. meanwhile although my grades and test scores are excellent, I cannot go onto four-year university; even if tuition were covered (for me, perhaps it might be) I don't have enough time between being sick and studying to hold down a full-time job. or even a part-time job, as I was deemed ill enough for disablity payments.
medicare still requires copay. & premium. yes, this is the republicans' fault, but so are a lot of things.
the tuition situation is simply impossible now. even if I weren't ill in the first place, I would have completely ruined my health by now with the herculean effort required to study and support myself at the same time. most kids in my position don't even bother.