So here’s the thing: I just turned nineteen last week, I’m no longer going to college, I have two part-time jobs. If I were still in college I’d be under my mother’s insurance but that’s not the case. And it’s the law in Massachusetts (where I live) for every adult to have H. Insurance. So I’m in the process of quitting one of my part-time jobs. And the other doesn’t give me benefits ’cause I’m part-time or whatever. So in the mean time I’m looking online, in newspapers, everywhere like crazy to find a good job that’s full-time and gives me benefits that includes H.Insurance. So my question is what would be my best bet….Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pilgrims, what?! It has to be something affordable too right? ‘Cause I’m no rich bank here. Please help.

My name is ——-, I am an Junior ——-student at Bridgewater State College. I have just received a letter from the Financial Aid Office stating that I am not making satisfactory academic progress, meaning that I am not eligible for any financial aid during the 2009-2010 year. I understand your standards for awarding financial help to students as you want to help people that will succeed. For this reason, I would like to explain my self and the reason why you see a collapse in my grades during the spring semester of 2007.

First I would like to let you know who I am and why I believe that you should given me the chance to further my education. I came to this country 7 years ago to stay with my daughter’s father’s step mother. This woman rapidly became very abusive towards my daughter an infant at the time. I did not know anyone else in this country. I could not speak English, preventing me from finding a place to stay. My doctor forced me to go to a teen shelter in Brockton to prevent her from hurting my newborn baby.
While living in the shelter I went to —– High school. I studied hard trying to learn English and was told I was required to pass the MCAS to graduate. The class of 2003 was the first class in Massachusetts to be required to pass the MCAS as a graduation requirement. I worked really hard caring for my daughter, trying to learn a new language and studying for the MCAS. I struggled, but I overcame that barrier.

After graduating from ——– High School in 2003 still living in a shelter I was told that I was not eligible for any financial help or loans because I did not have a green card in my hands. I started working two jobs that summer and caring for my daughter still a baby with chronic asthma. I saved everything I could and in the fall of 2003 I paid my way in to ——–Community College. I was still working two jobs and caring for my baby while I took as many classes as possible at ——–community college. My life was not easy, I could barely sleep or rest and I was still able to pass my classes. My daughter gave me the strength necessary to keep me going.

In the fall of 2006 I transferred to ——- State College still paying for classes myself. I did ok in the first semester but I was already exhausted working and studying non-stop since 2003 with no time to rest my health declined. This was the beginning of the worse to come. At the end of the fall I started a new relationship, my first relationship since I left my daughter’s father in 2000. He was extremely jealous and quickly became abusive. Having one more pressure in my life made it impossible for me to continue my education. I tried really hard that spring. I was working really hard, trying to manage an abusive relationship and caring for my daughter with no family or friends’ support. I first had to drop the Research Methods political Science class and if you look at the schedule for that class I was taking it during my lunch break Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. I could not do it anymore. I continued to take the ——: Constitutional Convention class which was on my lunch break on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have worked out a deal with my boss so I could still take some classes and work enough to pay all my expenses. Although I was going through hell I pushed my self to complete it. I was almost there when on the day of the final I was physically abused. I felt physically and mentally destroyed. I did not go to the hospital or the police because I was ashamed of myself. I could not think of anything else other than finding a safe place. I never imagined that this would have came back to hunt me after years. I was so humiliated, never envisioned that I would have to share this with anyone, but this is the only reason why I got an F in that class. You can probably verify from Professor ——–that the reason why I received an F is because I never went to complete the final.

Considering what happened to me, it took me some time to recover. I could not go back to school after that night mare. Subsequent to that horrible relationship, I started dating my husband a wonderful single father that was going to school at ——. We bought a house together in February of last year and in August we went to Brazil to get married where my family could be part of the most important day of my life which used any savings we had. Today I have a house with a mortgage, two children with childcare expenses, my husband’s school loans and credit cards. I am a program coordinator for a program called ———-. I work to ———in Brockton. I have a nice job, but I still want to finish my education.

With our finances I can’t pay for school without getting loans and that is why for the first time in my life I have applied for financial Aid. I feel so close to the finish line. I know you do not have to help me, I know I am not a genius with all (A)s but I am asking you to give me another chance to fulfill my dream. The reaso

I’m in the process of getting my bachelors for psychology. I want to pursue an education in child developmental psychology after, but I just have a few questions. When i go for my master do u get a master in psychology or can it be specific, or does that not come until the phd part.

How may years in total is all the schooling? I heard it’s 8 or more but I’m not sure. Also, are there any jobs after you get a bachelors in psychology. I’ve been told you can try social worker but I don’t really know the details on what they do.

Finally how hard is it to get a job as a child developmental psychologist. I live in the U.S. in massachusetts if that helps.
any answers would be very helpful and thank you very much for taking the time to give me an answer. it’s greatly appreciated.

I just finished my junior year of high school, and I am stuck on whether I will get into my choice colleges or not. My GPA isn’t great, right now it is at about a 2.7 because freshman and sophomore year I did not think about how selective college can be. I have taken honors classes all though high school, which included honors English, history, and a foreign language class. I have gotten A’s and B’s through my junior year, which was an improvement from the years before, but my SAT scores weren’t so hot. I plan on taking them again, but they were a 400 for math, 410 for critical reading, and 490 for writing. For extracurricular activities, I was on the crew team my sophomore year, and have been a part of DECA for 3 years, which will include an officer position my senior year. I have had many jobs which include working at a peace conference, circuit city for 9 months, and currently an ice cream shop. For community service I have done the walk for hunger and plan on working at the school store during summer school.
I have tried to narrow down my choices based on my GPA and SAT scores, but I’m having trouble. I am looking specifically for schools around the Massachusetts area, and so far I have chosen:
Bridge water State
West field State
Framingham state
MCLA (Massachusetts college of liberal arts)
Mount Ida College
Franklin Pierce University
Fitchberg State

I would prefer to go to a state school because of a scholarship I will receive in the fall, but they seem to get more and more competitive to get into.
Any suggestions on schools in MA or New Hampshire that would be a good match or safety choice based on my situation? Are these schools good choices for me? I need MAJOR help!
I am also certain I will get good letters of recommendation, I choose two teachers that know me very well that have also seen my improvement this year.
+ my senior year I am taking 4 honors classes and an AP course, if that helps.

A textbook case of piracy
By Alex Beam
Globe Columnist / September 9, 2008
I was heartened to learn that college kids are wielding the same Internet piracy tools they used to bring down the recording industry to download textbooks. Although the textbook oligopolists are fighting back mightily – the Association of American Publishers uses Covington & Burling, a take-no-prisoners law firm in Washington, D.C., to hunt down malefactors – there are at least two sites still around offering books: Textbook Torrents tends to be shut down, and moves around the Web, but the last time I checked, thepiratebay.org was offering such books as – well, you’ll see.

As a writer, how can I support this? I should be an absolutist on copyright protection for all books, magazines, and newspapers. But I’m not. The publishers have disgraced themselves, and they are paying the price. Three-hundred-dollar textbooks in the hard sciences are not unusual, and the companies are selling to a captive audience. Hundred-dollar add-ons, masquerading as digital workbooks, or problem-solving sets, are not uncommon.

Publishers love to put out bogus “new” editions to drive a stake though the heart of the used textbook market, which was gaining its second wind at online auction sites. It’s not as if calculus changed since Newton invented it, is the rallying cry you hear from student activists.

How do I know textbook publishers are nothing but pirates in pin-striped suits? Because when the fast-buck artists take over a company like Houghton Mifflin, they never talk about how proud they are to be publishing Philip Roth and J.R.R. Tolkien. They know they are going to make a killing in the profit-choked textbook division, which gorges on the goodwill of parents who want their children to be properly equipped for college courses.

Now most textbook publishers are going digital, and Amazon is promising a larger-format Kindle reader for the student market. The publishers say that iTexts, which often cost less than $100, save students money. But their opponents, led by a coalition of Student Public Interest Research Groups, point out that the password-protected digi-texts put the sword to the used-book market so despised by the publishers.

Congress has gotten into the act, legislating more “transparency” in textbook pricing in the just-passed Higher Education Opportunity Act. It looks like a jumble of half-measures to me. If it had any teeth, the publishers would be squawking madly.

A young Northeastern University student named Shawn Fanning wrung billions of dollars of excess profits from the record companies when he invented Napster. Yes, it’s true that recording “artists” now gouge young people 10 times more aggressively at the concert turnstiles than they ever did at Tower Records stores, which no longer exist around here. But Steve Jobs found the right price point for music at iTunes. Between the pirates and the publishers, we’ll find our way to the right price point for textbooks, too.

Now it’s time to arbitrage . . . tuition.

Don’t steal this book
Inevitably, a reviewer will call John Hanson Mitchell, author of “The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston,” a latter-day Henry David Thoreau, not necessarily a compliment. Call him what you will – in real life, he edits the Massachusetts Audubon Society magazine Sanctuary – he is a smart guy, walking around, paying attention. I’d name his genre nostalgic realism; Mitchell certainly knows where this city and its many peculiar institutions come from, and he understands modernity as well.

I love that his brother owns a boat named after Richard Henry Dana, and that it doesn’t have an engine – there’s Boston in a nutshell. I think this book will take its place next to Walter Muir Whitehill’s “Boston,” with engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka, as one of the treasured Hub tomes of our time.

Able was I . . .
Ere I saw Alaska? Send in your Sarah Palin-dromes! A palindrome is a phrase that makes sense read forward and backward – e.g., “Madam, I’m Adam.” I think there’s a lot to work with here: Is Levi vile? Close, but no cigar. I’ll buy the winner a used copy of the kind of book that Governor Palin wanted to keep out of her local library – “Huckleberry Finn,” perhaps.

Alex Beam is a Globe columnist. His e-dress is beam@globe.com.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/09/09/a_textbook_case_of_piracy/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+–+Living+%2F+Arts+News

The Southern Colonies developed an economy based on?
a.manufacturing b.fishing c.agriculture d.shipbuilding

Bacon’s Rebellion convinced many wealthy planters to?
a.allow free men to vote b.build new forts along the frontier
c.have land available for farmers d.provide more jobs for tenant farmers

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by?
a.refusing to sell goods to Britain b.refusing to buy goods from Britain
c.dumping tea into the Boston Harbor d.dissolving the Massachusetts assembly

The British brought temporary peace to the colonies after the Boston Massacre by repealing most of the?
a.Stamp Act b.Townshend Acts c.Sugar Act d.Quartering Acts

The revival of religious feeling in the 1700′s was called?
a.the Enlightenment b.the Glorious Revolution c.the Great Awakening
d.the Bloodless Revolution

the first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because?
a.the French organized Native American attacks on Frontier settlements.
b.both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River valley.
c.the French ambushed a British detachment near Quebec City.
d.both the French and the British claimed Louisiana.

John Locke asserted that all people were born with the right to?
a.life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
b.life, liberty, and self-government
c.life, liberty, and property
d.life and self-government
Thanks For The Help=]

my wife was let go from her job over seven weeks ago and filed for unemployment, she as yet to here anything, she has called unemployment and was only able to leave a voice mail with her case worker but was told to stop calling or it would delay it more. i was wondering if there was any way of making it happen faster, with her being out of work it been vary hard financially, she has been looking for work but cory reports take forever, we live in massachusetts and not sure what to do next. thanks

Hi. I am 17 years old and I live in Massachusetts. I will be turning 18 on May 5th, 2008. I am a Junior in high school. My best friend and I are planning on getting our own place in Orlando, Florida in June. I will be attending my Senior year of high school in Orlando. Right now, I take 7 classes a day, and I get A’s and B’s. My GPA is about a 3.1 and I was wondering, do I qualify for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship? Also, since I will be living on my own, do they have the FASFA plan for colleges in Florida? I am planning on going to the University of Central Florida or Valencia Community College. How much money would you recommend saving up to move down there? Right now I have about $11,000. I am currently working 2 jobs as a Lifeguard, and I am going to get a job doing Lifeguarding when I get down there, and I know I will have no trouble finding a job.

well, long story short, my parents are getting divorced & im living with my mother and we cant afford my house which is pretty big, by ourselves. so, were either gunna move into a duplexe in Palmer, Massachusetts. Were not moving out of Palmer so dont suggest anything outside of it. I need some help finding these, can anyone help? thanks ;]

zip code: 01069
oh, apartment is fine 2. also with pets please!
i have a dog, cat, & chinchillas.
& 3+ more rooms.
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I recently attended a “summer program” at the Massachusetts State Police Academy. I loved every moment of it.

However, even though I liked it, I realize that getting a job as a Police Officer is difficult.

I’m college bound and was wondering what makes you a marketable candidate. Your answers will help me make a choice on which college I will go to.

One college will allow me to graduate with a Masters, another a Bachelors (In Criminal Justice).

As an afterthought, is job sourcing something to think about as well? I.E. Students from that school are known to be exceptional officers, therefore hire from that school’s pool before looking at other pools.
My state has the Quinn Bill which provides pay rate increases based on degree levels, thus implying that the state wants more qualified officers.

In MA legislature, it seems education is valued over experience, although I have no doubt from an employer standpoint, being with the USMC or any other branch is a biggie.