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WYM I'M UNQUALIFIED?! (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you expand on this? I'm curious what you find ableist about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

some people are just unable to go to college due to finances, physical/mental health, or other things like being a single parent. i was never able to go to college because i couldn't mentally handle the stress due to serious trauma of various kinds that i was just coming out of. i couldn't find a job to adequately support me and i had health issues and undiagnosed learning disabilities preventing me from having the energy or time to focus even on part time studies. i had no family, so no safety net. i tried taking college thru a work program but the college ended up being unaccredited.

and keep in mind some people have several/all of these things to deal with.

so to say that seeing someone went thru college shows they can stick to something, it's negating all the hidden struggles that the rest of us work every day to get thru. I'm on year 7 of my current job, so i can clearly commit. but saying that college is the measuring stick is kinda disrespectful for those who had a different path.