FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Jul 27, 2006 ยท 21 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Fri, 04 August 2006 at 5:24 AM
Quote - So you're going straight from banging your head against the wall to learning how to do things properly? Isn't that like...er.....cheating?
Well.... yeah.
But hey, this course isn't going to cost me anything and as it's residential will probably save me money - certainly in food costs.
I only just recently even found out I was eligible for this course, because of health problems with spine, knees and shoulders I get onto it under the disabilities scheme - these are not severe enough to stop me walking and moving about normally - just if I do a job with constant standing, heavy lifting or repeated climbing of stairs - mostly discovered in my last full time job when I was working at the prison - a very boring job!
It was pure chance I found out about it and really thanks to the prison - since without that job I'd never have put restrictions on my details when applying for jobseekers, never had discovered I was eligible for contribution based jobseekers allowance nor have found out about these DEA courses, so much though I really got to hate working at the prison, I guess I should be thankful for it.
Ain't life odd?
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)