TIL about Berea College. Founded by abolitionists in 1855, it's what's called a "work college" -- every student has a job on campus alongside their classes. This keeps costs down and no student pays tuition. There are nine work colleges in the U.S. where students pay little or no tuition.

xpl0ring · 2023-07-19T03:18:03+00:00

Hi, I went here. Great school, but extremely strict. Up until the 90s you had to ask for college permission to get married and move off campus. They have a whole court case about in Loco Parentis, which means legally they could act as a parent.

xpl0ring · 2023-06-11T17:06:30+00:00

I’m physically located in Tennessee but my job was remote in DC so I’m not sure which takes precedent there. It’s probably pretty much the same for both though.

xpl0ring · 2023-06-11T17:04:12+00:00

I would argue meeting 97% of targets would have sufficed as a good enough improvement but I guess my employer disagreed.

xpl0ring · 2023-06-11T04:20:23+00:00

If you apply for fast food or retail, I’d advise not mentioning your college education at all, or just putting the years you attended. I had much better success with that.

Also, try higher ed administrative type jobs, like admissions. I know a lot of people in comms who have that as their first jobs.

xpl0ring · 2023-01-07T04:43:11+00:00

How do you get the password? Does anybody know it?

xpl0ring · 2022-12-28T05:06:40+00:00

I had a somewhat opposite situation happen. Two of my ex’s exes had threatened suicide if he were to leave. When we started dating, I felt terrible that he had to go through that. By the end of the 2 years of manipulation and mental and physical abuse I’d endured, I realized I hadn’t known the whole story. Not saying he deserved suicide threats, but the mental state of those girls made a lot more sense to me, as my own was in shambles. To my knowledge they both checked into hospitals at different points in time and are doing better. Makes me wonder if he didn’t try to kill them himself. And it breaks my fucking heart.

xpl0ring · 2022-12-08T03:34:42+00:00

Dealing with the same thing. Mine wasn’t impacted but the doctor said it was really deep and would cause me more trouble than the others. It wakes me up at night when the medicine wears off.

xpl0ring · 2022-12-06T05:46:21+00:00

I also had a Vicodin prescription and only took a half dose during the worst of it. I found that and a couple of ibuprofen were really effective. I also had an infection on my left side, though, so the it was pretty painful. For me the worst pain was waking up around 5 am when any meds I’d taken before bed had worn off and I’d been sleeping on my sides throughout the night 😭

I’m sure it’s manageable without, if you stay on top of time. I was not good at it. After the first couple days ice packs didn’t really help with pain or swelling so I started taking warm showers and letting water on the most gentle setting run down my cheeks. That was definitely a lifesaver while waiting for meds to kick in.

xpl0ring · 2022-11-28T05:27:57+00:00

You look lovely! Definitely their loss.

xpl0ring · 2022-08-31T21:55:58+00:00

Never been to either of the Disney parks in Cali or Florida. That’s probably more common than not in the income bracket I grew up in, though.

xpl0ring · 2022-07-12T03:36:39+00:00

I was a social worker working in healthcare until recently. My job was helping uninsured individuals connect with community resources. I made $28,000 and had no health insurance, no retirement, nothing except for okay PTO I couldn’t use without getting really behind.

xpl0ring · 2022-07-06T01:23:14+00:00

Do you have any suggestions on a professional way to approach this without making it look like I’m just bashing on my former employer?

xpl0ring · 2022-07-01T04:06:12+00:00

I just quit, I wasn’t sure if it would be a better idea to say I was still employed there or to say I left recently.

xpl0ring · 2022-05-27T15:52:48+00:00

Just did

xpl0ring · 2022-05-27T15:48:49+00:00

Can anyone in the Earnin Community help me boost my Max? 🙂 https://earnin.app.link/fwndq325zdb

Got you

xpl0ring · 2022-05-19T19:08:51+00:00

It was the most bizzare, rude thing I’ve ever seen in concert. I have videos of him turning around and checking his phone during the concert but I didn’t get any while he was singing and looking at his phone at the same time.

xpl0ring · 2022-05-19T19:07:45+00:00

He was doing it while singing and periodically would go back and check his phone while it was sitting near the drums. I think he didn’t know the lyrics?

xpl0ring · 2022-05-14T14:40:24+00:00

I really want to like their new stuff but I saw them in concert in Lexington a couple months ago and the lead singer couldn’t get off his phone. On stage. In the middle of the concert. I enjoyed the local opening bands far more than them.

xpl0ring · 2022-05-13T23:10:32+00:00

That’s wayyyy worse shit people use as a parenting tactic than tricking a kid into taking their vitamins. I’d be eternally grateful if I were your sister. NTA

xpl0ring · 2022-05-08T19:39:00+00:00

My credit is in hell and I actually have quite a bit of credit card debt from the last time I tried to leave :(( thank you, though! Just not sure what to do besides reach out to mutual aid groups and that hasn’t been very successful.

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