**HE FLAKED** Alison Diploma for My Disabled Friend?

That is the way I will look at it then. I do not have anything in my resume on project management accept experience, and to get the certification as a PMP I need some education. Not saying that this will fit the entire bill BUT it's a start in the right direction, AND it is free.

I am in the middle of that diploma class now!

Thanks again.

 

I agree. Go for it and let us know how it works out.

 

Update: I GIVE UP!! I got my disabled friend enrolled in an A+ certification prep course at our local community college. He attended about 10 days and then dropped out! He said it was too hard. So I just flushed $110 down the toilet because I paid for it. ARGGG. I have done my duty and tried to help him get a foothold in a career. I am done.

 

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You know what they say about money between friends.....if it's wasted or not re-paid, it's money well-spent to be rid of them.

 

You've planted seeds. Some may not sprout this season, but enrich the soil and help other seeds sprout in the future.

 

Thank you for the apt words well spoken.

 

He is a nice young man and I don't want to be rid of him, but I'm done helping him. He gets his Social Security check each month and while it is very meager, it seems like he would rather sit around and collect that rather than do something hard. Looks like he is destined to live off of our tax dollars, so sad. I think so many welfare people are that way in our country, satisfied to live a marginal life so they don't have to expend effort.

 

Surf D -

Many poor people have lowered/no expectations, and do not know how to study. They may not even have a stable home environment in which to learn.

I was never on welfare, but I was very poor when I was young. I lived in the housing projects for much of my childhood. I always felt, when going into nice department stores, that I was not entitled to be there. My parents did not encourage me to go to college, nor did they provide a stable home life in which to study, but someone dangled hope in front of me, and I took it. That someone was LtCol Lyle Rader, Sr. of the Salvation Army, who, as an itinerant preacher of sorts, encouraged me to go to Asbury College. He also encouraged young people to think outside the box with his sermons on the wonders of science (One of his sons became General of the Salvation Army and later, president of Asbury College).

I took out a national defense student loan and graduated. I paid it back in full after I left the Air Force. My grades were not stellar, since I had very poor to no study habits. It was not until I was in my late 40's did I learn how to study properly in Grad School.

So, cut your friend some slack. He may not feel that he is smart enough or good enough to crawl out of his safety net. Not all of the poor are chiseling weasels. Yes, some of the poor are content to live off the government, but that is all they know. Some reinforcement (positive or negative) is needed here.

 

Although discrimination is illegal, let's look at reality. He would have to be a demonstrably better candidate to obtain or to maintain employment over a similarly-prepared candidate without disabilities. His disabilities appear to have a negative impact on his ability to perform work, and his lack of experience would hurt him as well.

I say save your money. You aren't going to be able to give him the necessary motivation to be the kind of attractive candidate that businesses are going to want to hire. He may find that motivation one day, but you can't force him to find it, despite your honorable intentions.

 

This is a sad story. I do understand why he dropped out though. Some of us get terrible anxiety when we have trouble learning something. It happens to me sometimes and I almost have trouble breathing.

The only way around it for me is to overstudy and spend more time doing pre-studying before I commit to a college course.
This is why CLEP tests are so great. There is no pressure and I don't flake out.

 

Very good post!

 

As someone who runs a state department of rehabilitation, people quit all the time and return. State Voc Rehab is still his best option. Even if he quit he can return and reapply...its the law. He can even have several chances. Encourage him to go back to them with a plan because they can also help him get a job when he completes school. They can help with the required technology and assist him in many ways inlcuding making specifc plans for his education and work that will match his interests and his limitations.