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title:Education
author:matt
tags:topics, bio
date:2025-04-28
time:12:00:00
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I should've graduated from high school in 2003, but due to a [violent home life](/topics/parents) and untreated mental illness, I didn't have enough credits to graduate. I got my high school equivalency degree in 2005. To escape the violence, I had to leave home and begin working full-time as soon as I turned 18. I'd love to go back to school, but I currently have no choice but to [work](/topics/work) to support myself and my spouse, and my [disability](/topics/neurodivergence) makes me unable to do coursework on top of 40-hour work weeks on top of self-care and home maintenance. I struggle with the latter two even without coursework on my plate.

I qualify for various grants and loans, but as far as I know, no resources are available that would cover my family's living expenses while I go back to school full-time. At my therapist and others' recommendation I've looked into various online school-like programs, and not only do they not cover living expenses either, but unsurprisingly they've [all turned out to be scams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Institute_of_Technology). Additionally, the US student loan system in its current form is also a [scam](/topics/scam), and undischargable lifelong debt with no guarantee of positive career movement would make my life considerably worse. I try to learn as much as I can on my own, but I hope I can somehow, someday enjoy a formal higher education.

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