Homeless Student and Service Dog
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About 57,000 college students nationally identified themselves as homeless, a 75 percent increase over three years earlier. For now I am one whose physical and mental health are deteriorating due to my situation, its getting really bad.
I am living in a tent with my 10 year old newfi/lab service dog and it has been getting really nasty, I am extremely worried about him, he is 110 lbs of pure love and has enjoyed living in a home with climate control, he is not built for this weather and I don't think that I am either. He has been getting hotspots and mange, A riendly vet has seen him but our situation is what needs attention.
All I am trying to do is find shelter and pay for the last 12 credits that I need to complete the degree that I have been strivin toward for the past 5 years. Everything was in order for me to do so until I had a major coflict with te college which set me back, big.
I am not well in several ways. I have been here since Dec. I hade hoped to find normal accomidations by now but have failed. The summer is here, triple digits already and fall weather is brutal. The Implimentation of Bermellis principle into the structure where I dwell has failed me. Recent storms have caused collapse.Things are really bad, the humidity is causing my electronics to fail, my hygiene has gone to hell and I feel like I am going nuts at times. I stood up or my rights as a student/American should and have been crushed by the corporatized corrupt educational system and government. They have left me to die as I strugglr to hold on.
Since the mid century students have been brutalized into extreme complacency. Free thought is discouraged as we are corralled into the system. Most are to stupid to realize as they are mezmorized by the mighty dollar dangling, a lot are to scared to stand up. Because look at me this is what happens when you do. They will take everything you have. Squash you out in the open, and leave you to die. ree thinking is a thing of the past. There will never be another Einstein.
I moved to Georgia in 2008 to get sober, I succeeded. I lived on St. Simons by means of a lady who wanted to live somewhere nice, rented me a 2 bdrm condo for $400 a month. I met her while working at the humane Society, I was living in a halfway house, on my own will. I lived in that condo until about a year and a half ago, why I left had to do with the negligence of the college it is a long story but relevent, it is how I ended up here, living in a tent struggling to graduate living off of peanut butter.
At 5 years clean, I was selling appliances and could not not find comtentment in it. My sponsor recommended I go back to school, so I did. I took remedial Algebra, History and Bio 1101 where I met my mentor who changed my life, helped me find direction and oversaw my research or three years which I gladly funded being how we are not a research University, It had been said that I was pioneering it.
Everything was perfect, like a dream, a few of the professors helped me get a job there as an assistant lab coordinator, I flourished as a student, brought the 2.0 that I carried over from years ago up to a 3.4 and was well on my way toward a degree in biology, when I started intense research in the field of microbiology, I had isolated 63 species that break down to twelve symbiotic groups.
To sum it up, I was denied due process rights by the administration. I say something because I was never told but I appeared to be guilty, from the students to the janitors I heard the slander. (I grew up about 6 miles from Kent State, It's in my blood to stand up which is not the norm in the south.) My efforts were smothered in corruption, my advocacy took me to chancellor Huckabee and Governor Deal. I have 7 complaints filed with The DOE OCR which they have alegedly been invesigating for two years but I am not aware of any determination ever being made. I have heard that the USG pretty much owns The OCR atlanta.
The chancellor assured me help, he sent a lawyer, Kim Ballard arrogantly interrogated me and initiated passive retaliation against me. I tolerated it for about a year while they instructed my beloved professors to treat me with indifference, in preparation of a lawsuit that never happened.
After the incident I had with the college it all went to hell, my samples are in the deep freeze, my mentor barely acknowledges me and claims that he has not seen my specimens.
My mental health had deteriorated and I was forced to make a hardship withdraw in order to salvage my sanity. There is no decent help for financially challenged students in this part off Georgia so I packed it up and headed back to Ohio where I knew there was excellent assistance. I was diagnosed dyslexic long ago along with ADHD but after one visit with a good doctor I was diagnosed with PTSD. I am still being treated.
I put all of my belongings into storage and returned to georgia for the fall semester. I made it through I had to drop a class, I am not processing Mathematics well. I got a B in calculus when I was at100%.
I was staying with a friend that I grew up with, I had brought him down to get clean after I had couple of years. He did well for a few himself but fell off hard and lost it all. I tried to help him back up to no avail. He moved back to live with his parents In Ohio.
I stayed in some drug infested motels for a couple of months, it was expensive and not a safe place to be. In December, I came up with the idea to go live in a tent for the time being, until something came up.
I am an ecologist, it would be a great way to wrap up my undergrad career, so I thought. It made sense financially, $450 Vs. $800. Internet and electric are included at this place I found. It was really not bad until it started getting hot.
During the cool months, I constructed quite the monstrosity of a tent out of objects that I found in the marsh. The structure is based on Bermellis principle, I was preparing or warmer days, so I thought.
Three months ago, my sponsor died suddenly, I did not take it well, he was like my father/mentor, he taught me how to live. Nevertheless I just completed the semester with good marks.
I lost my job during that time, the classes I had to take conflicted with what they needed, there was no way to balance the two. I won an unemployment appeal and that is what I have been scraping by on. It has run out and I am finding it impossible to live in a tent, taking the last few classes that I need and finding a job that will cater to m y hours.58,000 College Students Are Affected by This Silent Epidemic
Last week somebody was shot in the head about 100 yards away from me. I am totally flipping out here and I do not have any family to turn to.
On top o everything, I am married to a woman who resides in Canada. She works at a college where I was trying to transfer there to complete my undergrad, it was the plan at least. After reviewing my transcript along with the descriptions and requested syllabi from some of them because the descriptions are so vague and just poorly written, they can't even make a proper comparison.
I will be able to attend grad school for basically free due to her position, if I can obtain these last credits. I have no choice but to finish at CCGA. Due to their bad recordkeeping, my degree does not transfer anyplace else unless completed.
The college told me that they are unable to provide what they are requesting. So, I have to obtain my degree from the college in order for the College in Canada. I have tried to keep positive in this horrible situation but……………………………………. its not easy, I worked my butt off, am over $50,0000 in debt and have nothing to show for it. The circumstances that led me to where I am in life altering for better and worse.
Thank you for your time,
God Bless
I am living in a tent with my 10 year old newfi/lab service dog and it has been getting really nasty, I am extremely worried about him, he is 110 lbs of pure love and has enjoyed living in a home with climate control, he is not built for this weather and I don't think that I am either. He has been getting hotspots and mange, A riendly vet has seen him but our situation is what needs attention.
All I am trying to do is find shelter and pay for the last 12 credits that I need to complete the degree that I have been strivin toward for the past 5 years. Everything was in order for me to do so until I had a major coflict with te college which set me back, big.
I am not well in several ways. I have been here since Dec. I hade hoped to find normal accomidations by now but have failed. The summer is here, triple digits already and fall weather is brutal. The Implimentation of Bermellis principle into the structure where I dwell has failed me. Recent storms have caused collapse.Things are really bad, the humidity is causing my electronics to fail, my hygiene has gone to hell and I feel like I am going nuts at times. I stood up or my rights as a student/American should and have been crushed by the corporatized corrupt educational system and government. They have left me to die as I strugglr to hold on.
Since the mid century students have been brutalized into extreme complacency. Free thought is discouraged as we are corralled into the system. Most are to stupid to realize as they are mezmorized by the mighty dollar dangling, a lot are to scared to stand up. Because look at me this is what happens when you do. They will take everything you have. Squash you out in the open, and leave you to die. ree thinking is a thing of the past. There will never be another Einstein.
I moved to Georgia in 2008 to get sober, I succeeded. I lived on St. Simons by means of a lady who wanted to live somewhere nice, rented me a 2 bdrm condo for $400 a month. I met her while working at the humane Society, I was living in a halfway house, on my own will. I lived in that condo until about a year and a half ago, why I left had to do with the negligence of the college it is a long story but relevent, it is how I ended up here, living in a tent struggling to graduate living off of peanut butter.
At 5 years clean, I was selling appliances and could not not find comtentment in it. My sponsor recommended I go back to school, so I did. I took remedial Algebra, History and Bio 1101 where I met my mentor who changed my life, helped me find direction and oversaw my research or three years which I gladly funded being how we are not a research University, It had been said that I was pioneering it.
Everything was perfect, like a dream, a few of the professors helped me get a job there as an assistant lab coordinator, I flourished as a student, brought the 2.0 that I carried over from years ago up to a 3.4 and was well on my way toward a degree in biology, when I started intense research in the field of microbiology, I had isolated 63 species that break down to twelve symbiotic groups.
To sum it up, I was denied due process rights by the administration. I say something because I was never told but I appeared to be guilty, from the students to the janitors I heard the slander. (I grew up about 6 miles from Kent State, It's in my blood to stand up which is not the norm in the south.) My efforts were smothered in corruption, my advocacy took me to chancellor Huckabee and Governor Deal. I have 7 complaints filed with The DOE OCR which they have alegedly been invesigating for two years but I am not aware of any determination ever being made. I have heard that the USG pretty much owns The OCR atlanta.
The chancellor assured me help, he sent a lawyer, Kim Ballard arrogantly interrogated me and initiated passive retaliation against me. I tolerated it for about a year while they instructed my beloved professors to treat me with indifference, in preparation of a lawsuit that never happened.
After the incident I had with the college it all went to hell, my samples are in the deep freeze, my mentor barely acknowledges me and claims that he has not seen my specimens.
My mental health had deteriorated and I was forced to make a hardship withdraw in order to salvage my sanity. There is no decent help for financially challenged students in this part off Georgia so I packed it up and headed back to Ohio where I knew there was excellent assistance. I was diagnosed dyslexic long ago along with ADHD but after one visit with a good doctor I was diagnosed with PTSD. I am still being treated.
I put all of my belongings into storage and returned to georgia for the fall semester. I made it through I had to drop a class, I am not processing Mathematics well. I got a B in calculus when I was at100%.
I was staying with a friend that I grew up with, I had brought him down to get clean after I had couple of years. He did well for a few himself but fell off hard and lost it all. I tried to help him back up to no avail. He moved back to live with his parents In Ohio.
I stayed in some drug infested motels for a couple of months, it was expensive and not a safe place to be. In December, I came up with the idea to go live in a tent for the time being, until something came up.
I am an ecologist, it would be a great way to wrap up my undergrad career, so I thought. It made sense financially, $450 Vs. $800. Internet and electric are included at this place I found. It was really not bad until it started getting hot.
During the cool months, I constructed quite the monstrosity of a tent out of objects that I found in the marsh. The structure is based on Bermellis principle, I was preparing or warmer days, so I thought.
Three months ago, my sponsor died suddenly, I did not take it well, he was like my father/mentor, he taught me how to live. Nevertheless I just completed the semester with good marks.
I lost my job during that time, the classes I had to take conflicted with what they needed, there was no way to balance the two. I won an unemployment appeal and that is what I have been scraping by on. It has run out and I am finding it impossible to live in a tent, taking the last few classes that I need and finding a job that will cater to m y hours.58,000 College Students Are Affected by This Silent Epidemic
Last week somebody was shot in the head about 100 yards away from me. I am totally flipping out here and I do not have any family to turn to.
On top o everything, I am married to a woman who resides in Canada. She works at a college where I was trying to transfer there to complete my undergrad, it was the plan at least. After reviewing my transcript along with the descriptions and requested syllabi from some of them because the descriptions are so vague and just poorly written, they can't even make a proper comparison.
I will be able to attend grad school for basically free due to her position, if I can obtain these last credits. I have no choice but to finish at CCGA. Due to their bad recordkeeping, my degree does not transfer anyplace else unless completed.
The college told me that they are unable to provide what they are requesting. So, I have to obtain my degree from the college in order for the College in Canada. I have tried to keep positive in this horrible situation but……………………………………. its not easy, I worked my butt off, am over $50,0000 in debt and have nothing to show for it. The circumstances that led me to where I am in life altering for better and worse.
Thank you for your time,
God Bless
Organizer
Jeremy Black
Organizer
Saint Simons, GA
