while driving the cab my aunt told me of a five thousands dollar grant towards computers for under and unemployed. only four people showed up lol. on any given day you can see hundreds of black guys hanging around bodegas talking about how tough they are and how long they were in prison.
But only four people showed up to change their lives. ‘
I took 300 hours in Microsoft office and typing. Went on to working in presentations centers and making a very nice living.
I wanted a nice car a nice apartment. That’s what these guys don’t get.
And I would say maybe half or less of the people in the class were ever going to use those skills. A lot of drug addicts and delinquents.
I hope it id turn their lives around .
I was SO excited about learning that after my 12 hour cab shift I used to RUN to the train station I was so eager.
In the 80s, I enrolled in Control Data’s school to become a computer tech. The class was about 2/3s Aframs from Cleveland. The whole setup was a scam. All the Afram students took out govt. loans that were guaranteed to be payed off in full by the govt.. I paid by the Quarter, and Control Data didn’t like that! They wanted the guarantee of a full govt. backed payout. Guys would come in in the morning, sign in, and then disappear until time to sign out in the afternoon. But they were always there on Tuesdays, because that’s when the girl came around to give them their checks! That’s right! They were being paid to attend.