Can't Stop it From Unraveling

[cornerofmadness]

Life that is. Every time I think I've hit bottom I find a new level of down. I got a nice threatening letter from my loan company about my medical school loans that I'm trying to get discharged because of my injury. It's like nearly 2,000$ a month to pay them for about 15 years. Well they're threatening to take my medical license and malpractice. Go ahead I no longer have either hence me being medically retired.

THen I think can they take the teaching license I don't have (because keepin me from working is an EXCELLENT scheme for making it easier for me to pay them). I lie awake all night thinking about that because soon if I pass my orals (looking less likely all the time. I'm too depressed to study. I can't remember anything as a result) then I'm out of school. That means THESE loans come due because the workmen's comp people said no, to retraining me even though they originally said yes and the lawyers said there is nothing I can do about it. A hand injury isn't worthy of retraining someone.

And I have no job. I didn't get the job in Utah. I was turned down flat for an interview in Wisconsin. It looks more and more like I'll have to teach high school. I don't want to. Maybe I can get a job there though. It would actually, ironically, pay more than community college but it's more aggravation. I don't see alternatives. I don't even see hope.

Comments

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Does the US have an equivelant of the Citizen's Advice Bureau? Somewhere you can get free legal advice? If so, they should be able to at least tell you if the loan people can prevent you from teaching. If they have something like that, id ask about the retraining, as an injury is an injury, that sounds fairly dodgy that they're refusing.

Its still early days on the job front, and even if you do need to get a job in a high school, it doesnt need to be forever. I taught kids for a while, although much younger ones, and while I thought id hate it, I actually ended up enjoying it, so you never know, you might like it, and if you dont, you can quit when something better comes along.

Um, am I helping or making it worse?

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

They have specialty high school programs now, at least up here. We have a health & medicine-type school that focuses on the core classes needed to get into the doctoral, nursing, medic, etc. programs at the universities.

Maybe that wouldn't be as painful? At least the students would be specifically interested in being there, and not just pissed at another required class they won't use...

Just a thought. Optimism...

:)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that. Really? Do you have ANY idea how to look into that?

Half of the school district that just forced my aunt to retire back home needs replenishing, she's gonna talk to them too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I've been talking for three years but that's the thing here in the states each state is different and in the state where I was injured a hand counts for 10% of the body, hence your salary hence no one is interested because tehy can't make money off of you.

Better. Yeah at least teaching high school would give me experience to go back to the college jobs later.

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

Seems our school board website has the information about the "acadamies." And they have two vacancies for vocational health instructors at Gainesville High School (i went there, not a bad place at all).

http://www.sbac.edu/~ivjobs/jobvac.pdf

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

http://www.sbac.edu/~wpops/highschool/ihp.html

This is the actual information page about the Health program at Gainesville High School.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks for this too

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

I hope it helps. If you need anything else, don't hesitate.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

All I can do is send you a hug. Sometimes it seems life gangs up on you, I'm hoping it gets bettr sooner rather than later.

I'm always available for venting, if you have a need.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I appreciate it.

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

When ever you tell this story, I say to myself 'What the hell am I missing'?

I guess if someone collected garbage for a living, a hand wouldn't necessarily be worth as much as someone who, oh say did foot surgery!

Really, this kind of sounds like the sort of thing lawyers would stand in line to get, no? At least, that's what you'd think!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm thinking. WHo knows, maybe i'll like high school.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Really. You know if it caused me to go nuts I'd be set for life...which is all seriousness, I ought to just give in let the psychiatrist do their thing and THEN go back to the lawyers

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

Register a domain name like www.suefordana.com, put your entire story up there, then spam it out to every lawyer you can find!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Hmm now there's a thought. I should have you help.

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

I'll provide the webspace! :)

Oh! Here's another idea. Start an Ebay Auction! Tell your story and auction off to any attorney who can litigate in Florida the opportunity to represent you. If nothing else, you'll get noticed.

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

The only problem with you suing for going nuts is that you can't sue for a PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Don't make me come down there. Your wife just invited me.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

heh, there's an idea.

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

Please don't harm me, crazy lady. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

only if you beg nicely.

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

Now there's an image. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

A fun image

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

Oh, you'd like that wouldn't you. Anubi Don't Beg. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I think there's several people here who'd like to see it

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

Oh, no doubt. That doesn't change the fact however, that Anubi Dont Beg.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Oh we could probably change that.

[psychic-warrior.livejournal.com]

Nope. Sorry. No Begging.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hmm must formulate plan

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: I hope things pick up... and high school kids aren't too bad... really... uhm... *runs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks and yeah sure...actually if I could teach AP that'd be fine (the advanced students in other words) but in most schools you can't. The thing is I have no training in teaching the more remedial kids. That takes a special touch and I don't have it. wrose I don't have the patience for it.

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

Ooh, let me and Penguin Boy help! :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

But of course.

[adeliedreams.livejournal.com]

[grin] I'll bring the wire.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

good man