On 6/19/07, G Money wrote: > If they were able to graduate from high school with their mental illness, > they should probably be able to hold down a menial job. >
Generally speaking, most high schoolers live at home and have a pretty good support network. Last I checked, high school didn't exactly teach kids life skills. I think that's something that you've actually complained about in the past, in fact. High school doesn't teach you how to manage your money, how to pay rent on time, how to get your electricity turned on or your phone hooked up. It doesn't teach you which food pantry has the best stuff, or when to go to get the most choices. It doesn't teach you how to find the places to get free or cheap clothes. It doesn't teach you how to cook your own food, do your dishes, or clean your house. There's really no correlation between being successful in high school and being a fully-functioning independent adult. Do you personally know anyone that lives in poverty, for whatever reason? It's a rather eye-opening experience. I've gotten quite an education by being a foster parent. The creativity, determination, and perseverance that I've seen in my foster child's mom rivals that of any top-level executive. The things she does just to make it one day to the next make me tired just thinking about them. But, the mental illness makes holding even the most menial job impossible, apparently - and that's based on professional opinions, not my own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
