Back in the day, I was in the CG educational system..not mongomery but VEAP ..it's been a long time.
Anyways they promised to pay 2 dollars to every onE i saved.
well later..close to the end of my career..as rocky as it was ,i decided to set my goals high..and uh become a truck driver
ok..well I checked into it and cdl classes were 3k heck ..i already had 3k of my own money/my part into the program.
so..i called the people incharge of dishing out the educational cash..real nice people..but i did,nt like the answers i was geting..they pay something like 300 dollars to you for every 30 days in class.
the cdl class was only 30 days to begin with
so...To make a long story short (to late I know) i cashed in veap and got my money back(without any interest
)...later around 96 i believe the montgumery gi bill came into effect for the CG that system does
NOT allow you to get your cash back..its either use it or lose it.
So i rather wisely(i believe) stayed away from it.
My generation was lead to believe you either go to college or you never get anywhere in life..the same ideal still carrys over through years..yet..there are lots of ed-U-ma-kayed folks out here in the sunshine state and probably your neck of the island..that can't find a job or are bus boys or waitresses and still have to pay back those loans for going to school.
Bill Gates never finish college..and perhaps you will disagree with me..but maybe college is overrated..perhaps tradeschool is ok ..umm better.
Anyways..sorry to bore you
..just trying to contribute to the conversation..i later got my cdl , they need school bus drivers desperately in my county ..and the class was
FREE ! ..i just had to pay for the test which is,nt too much more than getting your regular drivers license..oh..and i also had to get a passager endorsement.
no big deal..never drove a schoolbus since taking the class
..i have drove a cement truck(2nd job after leaving CG)..and then for the city (my present job)a garbage truck, knuckle boom truck..a dumptruck..and a roll off.
I needed the lincense to get the job i have now.
funny thing is i usally operate a backhoe or a john deer or a gravely ..no cdl required
Life is funny that way..as i heard on a country song once..if you want to make GOD laugh ..tell him your plans.
As far as the future service personnel go..my daughter talked to a AF recruiter then decided not to join at all.
My grandson who is now seven i am hoping will join the CG ..it was my best descission..not sure that i would have done anything to different..maybe i would have tried going HS instead of Rm in the beginning..but i may have fail that to and became a ss anyways..oh well
I am not doing bad for a old seacook
..i only have one bill ..my home which the bank owns 20 thousand of right now.
