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| Well its awful for college loans , I am not extremely poor but my son only
qualified for $2000.00 non-subsidized loan. Back when I was in school there
was many
work study programs that actually helped the country. I paid for most of my
graduate school by doing finite element analysis of a containment nuclear
plant, that was
being built near Chicago. For me being Iranian and the hostages being held
in Iran there were more job opportunities than my son an American, go
figure.
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"Sylv" <Sylv772003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Alex;
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> Exactly. I'm not making this up, but guns have been banned in the city
> of Chicago for almost 20 years. Less crime and violence? Don't bank
> on it! The gangs still have guns.
>
> What is the cause of the gang problem? I wish I knew. You touched on
> several theories, lack of strong families, poverty, no opportunities,
> and lack of plain old morals. I think all of these are contributing
> factors, but humans are "pack animals" by nature. We feel more secure
> with a group. . .look at what goes on in schools, from kindergarten on,
> we're forming groups. The gang is basically a group with an agenda:
> crime. Crime will get them money they otherwise would not have.
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> It must be very tempting; why work your butt off for minimum wage at a
> fast food joint when you can join a gang and make some real dough? The
> crappy jobs kids like me held were just a step to climb into college
> and a decent job; kids in a gang culture don't usually have that
> chance, though I was in an urban college with former gang members.
> What got them out of the gang? Several of them I met had lost brothers
> or close friends to gang warfare, and they wanted out of that life.
>
> How did they get into college? Over 20 years ago, there were
> government grants for low income kids; that has gone the way of a lot
> of government programs: cut, cut, cut. What it's like today, I don't
> know.
>
> Ok, thanks for use of the soapbox! Next?
>
> Sylvia
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