if you just need a "job" any job, what the hell do u do?

Are you filling it out online?

YEAH, I have to wait for a email reply, i figured why not?


it was fafsa or whatever.



i dont even know what im doing. oh well, live and learn. i hope its not a huge issue if i cant get my parents tax info. im almost dreading walking into the office.

something always blocks me completely from moving forward and i have no control over it.

this reminds me of trying to get my drivers license. i had like 15 days before my permit expired and i talked my mom into letting me drive her car for a few days.

i go down there like yeah drivers test time!

"umm sir if your engine light is on we cant let you take the test"

that gimped me in the workforce so bad its not even funny. especailly in las vegas, this city is totally built for driving.(i lost 2 jobs to the shitty buses, i meant city busses)

i wonder what other obstacles await me in that there office...

When were you born?

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw0809/help/fftoc03k.htm

Well don't just lie down and take it.

Also, this is a pretty big country. If Vegas sucks, you can move. You are young, strong, and free. No jobs in Vegas? Go where there are some. There are community colleges almost everywhere.

Have you checked craigslist for jobs. Depending on where you live there can be a lot of different types of things you can get hired to do.

Look under the "gigs" section too, not just the jobs section.

omg guys, i was filling out forms, and my dad tells me "college is for idiots"

then he went on a mini rant about college being stupid. a scam



u see what i have to deal with? dear god im suprised i made it this far.

Onion, Ogio,

you have a major fly off the handle persona.

Many of us like you, while you try to antagonize as best you can, saying the worst things you can think of at some moment.



Regard yourself. I have no idea if you should take something to tampen down that belligerence. I'd prefer you stop that belligerence thing by yourself.

Belligerence is not useful and yet you seem to admire it a lot.

Hello?

your right.


too much pent up anger. enough for a few lifetimes over.


haha, i try to contain it as much as possible. ill try harder, just for you calling me out on it.

not enough people do that nowdays

I wish I had gone to college.

education is the key OG.

keep asking for help ask anyone and everyone. Go to a highschool and explain your problem. Ask for help.

Have you given any thought to online courses from colleges? You're in Las Vegas?

After leaving my job of nearly 20 years due to illness, I too have had trouble finding a job that I could physically do and be able to support myself. I'm overqualified or not qualified enough or not physically able. Thanks to my friendship with Sozobe here at A2K, and our common interest in the Obama campaign, I started volunteering my free time to do transcriptions for the Obama campaign and sharing them with Sozobe. A few months ago, with the opportunity from a couple of companies that noticed and liked the quality of my work, and a small amount of seed money from my family to obtain the equipment needed, that has turned into a business of my own that I am able to do from home and I'm very close to being able to support myself full time with it. I don't have high-priced commute costs and it's work I can continue to do for supplemental income if and when I do finally get hired by someone.


I do transcriptions for video captioning of online courses. One of my clients is an educational video transcription service dedicated to educators. Online college courses are becoming a vital service to the hearing impaired community because of the educational opportunity they offer with captioned videos. It also works for ESL people to help them understand and pronounce the language properly.

Many of the transcriptions I do are for videos that are a part of the online college curriculum, several of these colleges are right there in Las Vegas. They offer several variations of class structure from fully in-class courses, mixed in-class and online classes, and fully on-line courses to fit the various time and transportation constraints of their students.

Not having a college education myself, I'm having to do some online research on many of the topics to be able to understand and spell all the technical details I hear in the videos so I can transcribe them. I consider that the fun part of the work. As a side benefit I am getting a really good tease of what's out there, so I know there's something out there you will find of interest to you.

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about. Just from the few months of transcribing I've done so far I've been exposed to course topics including:

Trigonometry (one of the hardest series of classes I've ever had to transcribe. I now know more about trigonomic functions then I ever cared to know.)
Early childhood learning
Programming techniques for the new iPhone 3G Apps store
How to repair vehicle airbag systems using diagnostic tools
Elder care nursing home techniques
A history of cotton and the chemistry of cotton fabrics
Eating disorders and the healing role nutritionists play
A history of medieval Florence
Eskimos of the Canadian North Pole
A history of women in rodeo
Bull riding
A study of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption
The politics of the US constitution and abortion
African-American history and genealogy
The roots of western civilization
The history of American regional language dialects
User manuals for various software programs
The politics of human resources for small business owners
The psychology of conditioned response and marketing techniques
A tour of the geography and history of Tibetans along the spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash
A perspective on ethnic street art
The classic period of Mesoamerica and the pyramids of the Maya
Diabetes and the digestive system
and many of the CNET.com electronics industry video programs reviews


There's something out there for you. Find a way to inspire yourself to pursue the learning in whatever manner you can afford while waiting to earn enough for a more formal, traditional education.

You like working with animals. Are you willing to apprentice or volunteer for free to get your foot in the door? If so, there are lots of animal shelters that thrive only on the hard work of volunteers. Tell them your goal and ask them to expose you to as much as they can. Zoos too. Volunteers are the life blood of their animal husbandry departments. Do good work and they'll hire you in a hot second.

You're in Nevada, lots of ranches there. Find a working dude ranch and get some hard, hands-on experience on a cattle ranch or working with the over populated wild horses in Nevada.

Look for work in the growing pet industry at pet stores, groomers, and obedience schools and dog walking businesses. Many of the Vegas casinos and hotels have animal acts as part of their attractions. Might find some work there helping to care for the animals.

Go to the library and read every book on the animal husbandry shelf. Check out all the available books and videos there on all the subjects surrounding animals to find out which direction you want to head.

Combine both your interest in art and animals. Go to the neighborhood animal parks and do sketches of animals for practice. Focus on getting good enough at it to market your sketching service on a website.

That's wonderful news, Butrflynet!! While I had only the most tangential involvement that still makes me really happy. Good for you!!


I do like the online course idea -- my only concern is that my impression of Ogionik is that he needs to get OUT. He needs to physically move away from his current situation and get his head in a different place. Going to college would seem to solve that problem along with many others, which is why I like the idea so much.

Yeah, osso said something I was thinking, Ogionik (Ogi?). There are gonna be stumbling blocks! Life isn't going to come up to you and prostrate itself at your feet. There are things you are going to have to WORK at to get anywhere. And if you have no tolerance for work, you won't get anywhere.

I think you have that tolerance somewhere, and ability too, you're just way out of practice.

OGIONIK
OGIONIK, listen to my daughter, Butrflynet, advice. She's exceeding smart and is now making a new working life for herself within her physical capabilities. She has always self-educated herself and continues to do so. Like mother-like daughter.

You can do it yourself if you do the following:

Dump your "woe is me" attitude;

You don't have to inherit the stupid things your dad says;

You don't have to continue your "attack" style of communication; if you do it on A2K, chances are you do it in your real life. It's a loser attitude that shows you are insecure and defensive instead of positive, which is off-putting to people.

Butrflynet has giving you wonderful advice about getting started. Use the information and don't ever give up.

I never gave up on Butrflynet and look at what she has overcome and accomplished.

You are young and healthy. You can do if it you wise up!

BBB

Onion, you've found a place here where folks genuinely like you for the person you are underneath the negative bs. I think you've figured that out and feel comfortable enough here to listen to some of the feedback your getting with the knowledge that it's coming from people who care.

You don't have to take on the negative **** that surrounds you. You can look ahead, make a plan, get support, and succeed. You're smart. Be the smart person you are and let go of the blanket that it's the system, the world, your father, etc., that's holding you back.

Go for it! Full time, part time, on-line, evening division, weekend classes, whatever. Be the smart person you really are.

If it wasn't for things beyond my control, I'd most likely be dead.

Being in control of everything is your life is vastly overrated. When you let go of some of that control, who knows what wonderful things may come your way?



As far as work....sign up with some temp agencies, sign up with some day labor places....take whatever assignments you're given, shut your pie hole, do the work without bitching, and collect your pay.

As far as college, maybe you belong there, maybe you don't.

Perhaps you'd be happier learning a skill, and perhaps you'd make more money doing that.

If everyone went to college and got a white collar professional position, we'd be in a hell of a mess when our plumbing blows up or all the electricity on the street goes out.

funny ive already done most the things on here. not nagging, but just saying.
(temp agencies, casinos, newspaper classifieds..etc)

i do have to let go of trying to control things, its never did a damn bit of good, when **** happens it usually falls into my lap.

like my dog! best thing that ever happened to me. and i just found her outside my house.



i guess i have to believe in fate or destiny or something. everything usually takes a turn for the better, after i go thru a few weeks of complete and utter torture and loss, and borderline not surviving.

maybe, someone or something is merely testing me.

So you've already read all the books in the library on animal husbandry, volunteered at animal shelters, looked for work at pet shops, and groomers and already have perfected your sketching of animals and they're selling like hotcakes?

After all that research into the subject you say you've already done, which direction did you decide to head toward? "Working with animals" is a vast subject with lots of options and pathways.

If you live in Vegas and need a job, I would suggest driving a truck.
Most major companies (Schneider, JB Hunt, CR England, CFI, etc), all offer free training as long as you work for them.
Its a good honest job, its a good carreer, you can make decent money, and with a CDL you will never be out of work unless you want to be.

well, ive been the the animal hospitals around here..

i dont know where a close library is..


so far im focused on college, i need to wait for a reply..
u know what guys, this is weird. i JUST bought paper to draw with like literally 5 minutes ago..

the library is really not a bad idea, i love them. i just need to find the closest one.

thanks for the great replies!

i wish i could find customers for dogwalking, like 20 dollars for 30 minutes.

that would be the ****, but then i think i would run into irs trouble, they always get ya.

Onion, this is good advice as well.

I have fallen back on my CDL more than once to keep things rollin'...

i found a job nearby for taking care of dogs, feeding cleaning etc..

the guy said i wasnt what they were looking for,(no pro experience) but i AM what they are looking for, is this when im supposed to pester them?

i already tried 3 times, twice in person.

taking care of dogs is my THING.