Hi Force:

I talked to a friend who's a therapist, she said one of her relative has similar situation like you 20 years ago, he finally chose to be a Physical Therapist and he's been working in the same profession ever since. He really enjoy this field not only he can get his daily exercises but also get a sense of achievement on helping others to recovery. In this field there's a lot of demands especially for Man can do heavy lifting like you.

I thank all of you for the continued advice. I think that akc814ilv summed up what I have to do in this excerpt:

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"Some people complain about the system. The system is not good, so they can't do anything. It's an excuse. Freedom is in your heart." (Jin Xing)

Well, probably the easiest way to pay for college (at least for the student) is see if dad or unc or gramps will pay. LOL. If that's not a possibility, you could look into scholarships, grants, work-study programs, and student loans. Federally sponsored student aid programs can be applied for at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov . Private scholarships can be found at http://www.fastweb.com . One can also locate scholarship books through http://www.amazon.com . Also, check with the Financial Aid Office of any schools you plan on applying to in order to find any internal scholarships (financial aid provided directly by the college/university). The Financial Aid Office can also help you with external sources of financial aid. In terms of federal student aid, there are fewer scholarships at graduate school level, so there is more of an emphasis on student loans here. However, at the graduate level, teaching assistantships (handling freshman classes) enter the range of possibilities for internal financial aid and research grants become a possibility for private student aid sources. In the event that pursuing your studies by full-time day classes becomes out of the question, one might try part-time classes either by night school or online.

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Theodore Lamar Heiks
BA, History/Political Science, Western State College of Colorado, 1984
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Marketing, City University of Seattle, 1993

Thank you very much. That is extremely helpful. It is worth noting that, because I scored well on the GED, I got a hand-signed letter from someone at the community college that my mother speculated was a hint that the school wants me as a student.

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"Some people complain about the system. The system is not good, so they can't do anything. It's an excuse. Freedom is in your heart." (Jin Xing)

Cool!

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Theodore Lamar Heiks
BA, History/Political Science, Western State College of Colorado, 1984
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Marketing, City University of Seattle, 1993

No idea. But in the mean time, heres something you might want to consider....

www.peacecorps.gov

www.americorps.gov

Doing volunteer work at some far off corner of the world sounds like an interesting adventure for an intelligent young man such as Force'O.


btw, PeaceCorps is for international whereas AmeriCorps is local/national.