@leslie110 : Absolutely! It made me a strong person and a resolve to not stay in the hole I was in.

Everyone wants something better in life. Not everyone has the ability to go and do better. Some want others to do for them while others do everything they can to be better.Its not always the I did this or I did that. You had to be taught so the credit of I is lacking. Not everyone has that ability to teach when they haven't been taught themselves. One thing that is most important is Knowing God Jehovah. He is the cause and start to everything.

@tntrecycling : I belong to the church Jesus himself established so yes, I know God Jehovah.

I hope we all realize that the term FREE is being tossed about because it is supposed to irritate you.

@joepyeweed : It was. We lived on it and that spam-type meat for several years. I still remember meeting the commodity truck when it would come to Harrison Homes.

@pictureme1 : I use to unload them trucks. Just seemed like the cheese would never end.

i learned a lot from my mother. she was God awful with money and paying bills. i remember us not having utilities and running water for 2 months - from feb- to april. we almost never had a phone . cable was out of the question. new clothes-HA. i learned to stretch the almighty dollar and to sacrifice.

I think a lot of us had it hard, but we could work our way through college. And free college is not really reasonable. But I don't think it's fair for a young person to get a diploma and have a 5 or 6 figure debt before they even get a job, a car, a home or family.

"In 1979, it took a student working at minimum wage ($2.90 per hour) 385.5 hours to pay off one year of the average college tuition.
If a student worked a full-time job (40 hours a week) for an entire summer, he or she would have worked 480 hours.
Each year, the average student spends 1,020 hours studying and in class.
The average full-time American employee works 2,000 hours a year.
Today, it takes 2,229 hours working at the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) to pay off one year of the average college tuition."newrepublic.com/arti cle/122814/how-many- hours-would-it-take- you-work-todays

Watch Fail State, while its focus is on for profit technical colleges there is a great overview of how public funding has been diminished over the years.
failstatemovie.com/

immigrationforum.org /article/fact-sheet- immigrants-and-publi c-benefits/

@joepyeweed : First words in the first paragraph. "Generally no." So this means that on occasion ones are taken care of.It also states that...…….. Undocumented immigrants may be eligible for a handful of benefits that are deemed necessary to protect life or guarantee safety in dire situations, such as emergency Medicaid, access to treatment in hospital emergency rooms, or access to healthcare and nutrition programs under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)So you can say what you want but you just proved to everyone that they are taken care of by just coming to America.

My mom and dad never finished high school. I was lucky to be employed by two different employers who were willing to pay for me to take night and weekend classes at ICC, Bradley, and University of IL at ICC. Then, I was promoted to a management position at a very good company in Peoria, not CAT. I am so thankful for all that believed in me. Unfortunately, my ex-husband was not supportive of my efforts and divorced me while I was working full time, attending college, and raising our two sons. I just have to say - what a jerk. And, I'll add that I had great satisfaction knowing I ended up making more money then he did in his management position at CAT.

@Sonny76 : Yeah! HAHA!! I used to memorize notes while stocking GFS cans on delivery days in the kitchen where I worked. Kept them in my apron pocket!

@QuispnQuake : Love this!! Good for you!