For the wia i owe a grant i got from college like 1500 would that hurt me?

 

Naw man i don't think that it would effect you at all just check it out or call a trucking school nearst you and they should know what you are talking about and they should be able to point you in the right direction

 

Man i want ot be a trucker so bad. Like though if trucking isnt for me i will still have my cdl and could drive somthing diffrent htat requires cdl's. I just got to get rid off the small fear of driving a semi since i neve have before shouldnt be that hard. The safty and the safe driving is prolly most important.

 

So a convicted felon can get truck driving school paid for after five years? But a person with no criminal record can ever hope to get a hand up and not a hand out? What is this world coming to?

 

Welcome to America :?

 

So i guess what you are saying Hooser is crime pays?.....go figure.
As far as Indiana.....I dont think the burglary charge will hold you back too much. Its non violent and non drug related. One problem that might. When companies say no felonies for the last 5 years or whenever....they mean 5 years from the last prison time, probation or parole. So if you just got out of prison 5 years ago and you had another 5 years of parole it would still be another 5 years before a lot of places would hire you

 

I thought that these companies would look at the date of conviction. I suppose they want to see that you are serious about turning your life around. :?

 

A lot of those rules I'm sure are company policies. I wouldn't be surprised if putting on some Dockers, button down shirt and a short haircut and shave would increase your chances if you got the chance to get an interview. Sometimes putting your best foot forward goes a long way.

 

So your saying people that has made mistakes are inferior to thoughs that haven't? I never did anything to hurt anyone never wanted to. Just at one part of my life i didn't care about myself or what I did? Everyone in the world has done something wrong I just got caught. And you know what I'm glad I did because if I didn't I prolly would of did something worse or been dead right now. Not many people get out and stay out especially after 5 years. If being a criminal is a disease I would of been back in jail(excluding sexual crimes which i believe to be a disease, and to a less effect drug addiction and alcohol addiction which is a different issue to me) Unless the drug addiction and alcohol offense involved a serious crime like murder or what not,But if its just use of drugs and alcohol I believe prison time shouldn't be a issue,(Its easy to get drugs in jail and prisons) Sorry kinda went off topic there.
Its not a hand out If the person uses it to better his or her life. I can understand If the person uses it for ill gains. But i have met people who never spent a day in jail and are worse than people I have met in my time in prison.
I Knew a guy who was at the end of a 15 year sentence. He was in the because he seriously attacked the person that molested his kid, He walked in on the act happening. 15 years of his life wasted. Sorry but i wouldn't of just beat the dude harming my kid.
But i can also see your point to, But there is always a way. I tryed to go to school in 2002 but my financial aid fell through i was even at the school for almost a week before they told me. And its still a long shot for me now. Most applications ask the date of the conviction for me its 10 years not 5.
I made the best of my prison time. I got my GED and a associate degree while i was in there i didn't sit there idle. They even offer prison time cuts for getting a college degree. I didn't get that because by the time i got my degree i had one month left and it takes about a month for the time cut to take affect. I knew this before i started. I didn't do it for the time cut i did it for the better of myself. And they do offer the same grants even for thous not locked up. As long as you didn't have a drug trafficking charge.
Though i admit most people get out and go back to a life of waste which hurts people like me that want to just live my life and raise my daughter and just have fun doing it.[/quote]

 

IndianaGuy said: "So your saying people that has made mistakes are inferior to thoughs that haven't?"

No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm sorry if you got that impression. What I meant was (and I know it's not a hand up) that "I" couldn't access truck driving school through unemployment insurance (like I had the right to) and they told me they don't give handouts. I wasn't asking for a handout. I was asking for a hand up, which I was entitled to due to our laws. But they said that I had a job to go back to when I was laid off, so I couldn't get it. Never mind the fact that my job is not one that one can live off of and I get laid off a couple times a year. That was my point; I can't get that help but someone with a criminal record can.

Someone said "Welcome to America". :lol: