Thomas, the mother of two, is not working and said that by the time she enrolls in school, she will have to drop out to have her baby. She is, however, in a twice-a-week literacy program working toward her GED. Watching from a second floor window, Pamela Shanks said that she, her daughter and two grandchildren might end up on the streets.
"I can't get a computer job or work as a secretary," said Shanks, 40. "The only work I can do is in a warehouse or in housekeeping, and I can't even get that. And now these folks want to kick my family out on the streets."
See how many things wrong you can spot in just the above brief paragraphs.
"We believe, fundamentally that human potential is unlimited," Glover said. "The worst thing you can do is set expectations at a lower level. I am expecting positive outcomes."
Bravo.
where be da menfolk?
Looks like a busload of liberals are going to have to find somebody else to sponge off of.
Right. We have 10 MILLION illegal aliens in the United States because there are no jobs.
How about instead of making babies, she went out and received an education and subsequent employment.
No pity from me for this woman and the others being evicted. Of course, whether the evictions actually happen is another matter. Too many bleeding hearts will probably put pressure on to quash the evictions.
I have worked with that population in the past. Many have no clue as to what the world of work is all about. They are 3rd generation on welfare.
There is a reason you don't see many companies going into the cities. It is the work(?)force. Illegals usually want to work and will work hard. Many of these folks won't. It is that simple. They are used to hand-out programs and getting paid to reproduce. It isn't pretty, but it is so true.
I am in favor of long term supports ONLY for the elderly and disabled. The rest of us have to slug it out to work for a living. (The exception, as always, the independently wealthy....guess what, life is not fair!)
So much for the 'great society' and urban social planning. Time for some tough love.
First comment: One doesn't have to have a job, one can be in work force training or school.
Second comment: She can be in work force training, or perhaps a school that can meet her work requirements i.e. an online thing.
Third: Who says you need a computer job or a job as a secretary? Anybody can get a job in housekeeping. If you can't, go to school, or get the training you need to get a computer job.
A good reporter would at the very least comment on the fact that the tenants don't understand the rules.
Friday only starts the eviction process...that is going to buy the social leeches...er...tenants a few more months.
She can't read but she can have babies. I think I see the problem here.
Latisha Thomas has no job but is on her way to adding one more mouth to her already two on the ground for the tax payer to clothe, feed and house. Welfare, as Strom Thurman stated, cripples rather than helps...Latisha is the problem.
1. She doesn't have time for work, but managed to find time to do the hokey pokey
2. No men in sight while several generations of females are sucking on the gubmint teat
3. I can't do what I want to do, so I just ain't gonna do nothin'
(Side-note - Mama sweated her arse off in warehouses for over 20 years 'cause it paid BETTER that flippin' burgers or secretarial work)
Did I find them all, Turbo? Do I get a prize?
Gubermint cheese perhaps?
:)
Another fine example of social engineering. Total failure and zillions spent. Gooberment at it's finest. Thanks alot.:(
What about my gubmint cheese? Who gets my gubmint cheese!
How about work farms - dormitories or similar housing, and farm work, so they can grow their own food? It could even be private charities that do this. Of course, no drugs or alcohol.
That way the people who are off the scale would not be homeless, they would learn basic work skills, and be at least somewhat responsible for their own upkeep.
If the gov't spent less on lose-lose projects, people would have more of their own money to spend and donate to charities as they see fit. Non-profit charities would be able to have more money and get creative with actually helping people, not just maintaining them in their hopelessness. Which is what most gov't funded programs do.
I teach Computer Science classes at a local community college. The college has in place a program to get those on public assistance into school and, eventually I assume, into the work force. So every semester that I teach the core requirement computer intro class (I have NEVER seen on of these students in an upper level class), I have at least one of these students. I know beacuse I have to fill out special forms so those in charge of the program can track these students' preformance.
I have as yet to have any of these students actually complete my class. Most of them have children and cannot make it to class because the child is sick, or the baby sitter did't so up or _______ (you can fill in the blank). Most rarely make it to more than 10% of the classes and those who do either come in late, or for some reason unknown to me, feel that after 45 minutes, they can get up and walk out, even when I'm in the middle of the lecture!!
Many, though not all, of them have the ability to do the coursework, but none have the maturity and/or motivation to actually complete my class. Now, I do not dumb down my classes. I also teach at a local university and I teach all my classes in the same way. Students have to work for points which translate into their final grade. And everything the students do, ie attendance, homework, quizzes, exam, must be done to get enough points for a passing grade. My classes are tough, but I feel that they are fair, you work, you earn.
A perfect example form this last semester. One young lady in this program came to class for a total of 3 weeks. I did not see her after March 1st and class ended May 9th!!! The only reason why I even gave her a grade at all, an Incomplete - not really even a grade, for the class was beacuse she dropped off the majority of the course homework, in my mailbox, on the last day of class. Never took any tests or exams, but I figured that I would leave the door open and if she wanted to, she could contact me and I would let her take the test (yes, I tend to be way too generous)
What I got from her was a scathing e-mail ranting about how dare I not give her a real grade, she had done the homework and felt that that was enough for a grade, and all her other teachers had given her a grade and it was going to be my fault if she lost her financial aid and didn't I know she was a single parent!!
I don't know what got me more upset, the fact that she actually expected me to give her a grade, or the fact that the other instructors had!!!
The "I want something for nothing mentality" floors me, even after teaching for years!
Oh I wish they would do this here in Philadelphia...
Please Please Please