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The truth
Letter by a Florida teacher.............A teacher speaks
This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have
adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens
and who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back
required) plus other federal grants to go to school?
One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't
want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she
was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting
a PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money
leftover.
She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for
gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program
(check it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all
sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I
just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US Citizen because
she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she
'loves HER country.'
I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US is giving her
and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it
doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!
I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you
ARE a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the
while, I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a
week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.
Something is wrong here.I am sorry but after hearing they want
to sing the National Anthem in Spanish enough is enough. Nowhere did
they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German or any other
language because of immigration. It was written by Francis Scott Key and
should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news
broadcasts even gave the translation not even close.
This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have
adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens
and who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back
required) plus other federal grants to go to school?
One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't
want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she
was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting
a PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money
leftover.
She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for
gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program
(check it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all
sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I
just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US Citizen because
she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she
'loves HER country.'
I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US is giving her
and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it
doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!
I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you
ARE a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the
while, I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a
week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.
Something is wrong here.I am sorry but after hearing they want
to sing the National Anthem in Spanish enough is enough. Nowhere did
they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German or any other
language because of immigration. It was written by Francis Scott Key and
should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news
broadcasts even gave the translation not even close.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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