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Re: Anyone familiar with Section 8 housing in S.C.
Posted by Mr. Smith on 2/09/08

    On 6/30/07, Mr. Roger's, get a grip wrote:
    > I believe this poster said "unless you have children to support or
    > are disabled get off the welfare." Obviously he/she put that out
    > there. I don't see why a master's degreed person needs section 8
    > either. I work for the state of S.C. and I visit chat boards as my
    > daughter is an aspiring teacher. There are more people on welfare,
    > sucking the system dry, so people who REALLY need it can't get it.
    > There are people like the disabled and laid-off people such as
    > yourself that also need assistance but if someone with a master's
    > degree is looking for public housing and free rent, then I'm thinking
    > someone is looking for a free ride considering they probably went to
    > school for free as well. Get your facts straight sir before you start
    > going off on a tangent. And another thing, children and adults are
    > treated differently, so I wouldn't go around comparing things people
    > say about adults to children.
    >
    I would like to say that I have a Bachelors Degree in English from the
    University of Georgia and I understand this person's situation. Because
    I do not have PhD., I cannot get a job teaching in a college. They will
    not hire you to be a professor if you do not have at least a PhD and
    even then they will start you out at part time hours which could only be
    20 hours a week. My degree is also not in English Education and I am not
    certified so therefore I cannot teach high school and I was told that I
    would have to go back to college 2 more years just to get certified.
    There is no way possible a person could afford this without a really
    good paying job. So you see it is possible for someone to have to go on
    welfare or section 8 even though they are educated. It is a myth for you
    to think that just because a person has a degree they will get a really
    wonderful, high paying job. This is certainly not true. At almost every
    job that I have applied for, I constantly have been told that I was over
    educated and over qualified to do regular entry level jobs. A lot of
    company's value experience over education, especially if you live in a
    rural area. So do not think that just because a person has a degree that
    they have more opportunities for better jobs. Because that is far from
    the truth. It also depends on what your degree is in. For example, If
    you got halfway through medical school and you almost have an MD, but
    because of finances you were unable to finish. Could you imagine someone
    that was almost a Physician applying for a job at Burger King. What kind
    of response do you think they will get? So before you judge someone you
    need to consider what type of situation they are in. I by the way have
    had to apply for welfare because the rural area in which I live
    unfortunately, does not have a lot of job opportunities for educated
    people with degrees. I did work for a large company and in 3 months I
    was laid off due to computers replacing the job I was doing. A Master's
    degree means nothing if there are no jobs available at the time. Welfare
    and Section 8 is not just for the disabled and uneducated. Something
    else you should know about section 8 is that it is not welfare. A family
    of 3 can get section 8 even if they make $50,000 a year. It goes by your
    income, the more you make the higher your payment, the less you make the
    less your payment will be. Until you do some research you should really
    not judge other people and you also need to get your facts straight. You
    should also learn what section 8 really is before you make false
    accusations. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, SECTION 8 IS NOT PUBLIC
    HOUSING. Research it for yourselves and you will see. It is possible for
    educated people to get in bad situations. They are not exempt from it.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 6/30/07, William Rogers wrote:
    >> On 6/25/07, get off the welfare wrote:
    >>> unless your disbaled or have a bunch of kids, get off the
    >>> welfare. If people with master's degrees are getting section 8
    >>> housing then you know this country is truly pathetic.
    >>>
    >> Well "get off the welfare" I can see parts of south carolina still
    >> has massive levels of ignorance and stupidity. Do you the person's
    >> situation? You know how much in cash they have to move to their
    >> job? I dare say, no you do not.
    >>
    >> Remember the verse - judge not, lest ye be judged." Why not be man
    >> or woman enough to put your name and e-mail on your note, as I
    >> shall do. I was laid off after 9-11, and I was forced on welfare. I
    >> hope to be off soon, in order to feed my two daughters, I am on
    >> welfare, living in public housing.
    >>
    >> You want to help someone, put your money where your mouth s, mail
    >> me $2,500 so I can move to my new job, and I will get off welfare
    >> within a week of getting the funds. Also, I will repay the money at
    >> the rate of $250 a month until I pay it back.
    >>
    >> I am sure the other teacher wants off welfare, but was forced to
    >> for reasons you and I don't know.
    >>
    >> Step up to the plate, or move along.NO teacher needs people who
    >> tear down, but the children need good quality teachers, no matter
    >> how the come to SC.
    >>
    >> Here's my address: wlr107 @ teacher.com (remove the spaces between
    >> the 7 and the @ sign.
    >>
    >> I had my moving money stolen while looking fo a place in Beaufort
    >> to live in...hence my need to the money.
    >>
    >> So are you going to pony up, or shut up?
    >>
    >> Let's see.
    >>
    >> William L. Rogers
    >>
    >> Latrobe, PA trying to move to the Lowcountry to teach

     
     

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