No way to sign up for an on-line puff-ball course and bridge the gap. Nothing says you can't graduate with too many credits...
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > [another rant] > > Just found out from school that because of the way my classes are structured > this semester, I won't qualify for my GI Bill living stipend. > > I have enough hours to be a full time student, but this is my co-op > semester. Half of my credits are in the first 8-week block and the other > half is the second 8-week block, when I have to perform my internship. You > have to complete both 8-week blocks successfully to get credit for either > one. > > Apparently, the VA sees that as meaning I'm not a full time student in > either 8-week block even though I am a full time student for the entire > semester. They're just going to with-hold the stipend during the 8-week > blocks when they don't consider me to be carrying a full time load, i.e. > both of them. > > Cuts my budget for this semester between 1/4 and 1/3. > > It's partly because I've already completed all of my non-major course > requirements. I had something like 170 transfer credit hours in > non-photography academic courses when I first applied here, so I only had to > take a minimum of non-photography classes (1 psychology, 1 sociology, 1 > math, and 1 elective). If I still had non-major academic requirements to > meet, I could take a course on-line that bridged the two 8-week blocks and > be "full time" during both. > > If I didn't have my retirement savings to draw from, I couldn't afford to > continue. I do, so I will. > > But, I don't know how the younger people who don't have my resources make it > through. I keep hearing how it's a national disgrace that so few of our > young people pursue higher education, yet we keep erecting new barriers to > prevent them from doing so. > > The department head has offered to write a letter to the VA explaining that > I am full time and have to complete both 8-week blocks in order to get > credit for either of them and for the semester. That might help. We'll see. > > Just to bring this semi-back-on-topic ... the trickle down effects will > limit my future buying power. Where I was planning on a new K3 next spring, > it's now more likely I'm going to have to look real closely at a used K7 or > K5 ... or maybe even keep using the K-20D. > > Only a drop in the bucket where Pentax sales are concerned, but still ... > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3391 - Release Date: 01/19/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
