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'Cause I've already gone to classes & mom insists I can't
go back. I have no way of getting myself anywhere. There
are places near me, it's a matter of getting there. I can't.

I use that a lot... "I can't"... maybe that's why she calls me helpless.

I have no way of getting myself anywhere. There are places near me, it's a matter of getting there. I can't.

Hopefully this will change in the near future.

Take the tests for GED if you want to, otherwise, forget it.

Go straight to college. Find a Community College that offers courses near you and take some classes. Doesn't matter what.

Once you're a college student, who cares if you have a High-School Diploma?

When my wife and I were first married, a couple-friend had a young girl who stayed with them to help with the couple's young children. The current word for this seems to be "Au pair."

We called her Cathy. As in, "We really ought to get ourselves a Cathy." She played with the children, helped with meals, relieved the mother of much tedium as well as boredom. She also learned a lot for herself about kids and the responsibilities of adulthood.

Eventually, we got us a Cathy, only her name was Christine, and she ended up marrying my wife's brother. But she did for us what Cathy had been doing, and everybody involved has turned out better for all of it.

I'm inclined to think it should be a National Program.

People who get stuck in institutions, even though they shouldn't be, learn to behave like the others. It isn't healthy. Learned dependency. They can even forget how to tie shoelaces.

Some Volunteer Healthwatch agencies call around to elderly and invalid people living at home, on a daily basis. This serves to make sure the people are getting their medicines and such, and that they are not in trouble.

I'm sure they could use help with the program. It might even offer some reimbursement. Eventually, you might be able to help with the transportation vans which deliver these same people to medical appointments.

If you made yourself available to them, I am sure that they would in turn, assist you in getting certificates, drivers license, study materials, and so forth.

If you are interested in helping others, and willing to do so, it becomes much easier to find the things you need as well.