Back In The Game…

Okay, folks. I am back in the game, as far as my student loans are concerned. A while back, I wrote a post about how I cried because I misunderstood something and that something cost me more than $13,000- the money from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.

Let me explain. Firstly, I thought that I could participate in two AmeriCorps program for four years with a grand total of $18,900 earned. I was, however, woefully wrong. I found out that the correct amount of times that I could participate in an AmeriCorps programs was for 2 years with the total amount of money earned $9,450. Secondly, I thought that having received the AmeriCorps money, that I was ineligible for any Teacher Forgiveness Loan money. That is also not so.

I clicked on a link @ the T.E.A.M.S. AmeriCorps site and was so compelled to try to find a loophole. I knew that there just had to be another way. I need and want that extra money. So, I took another looksee and found that “other” way that I’d been looking for. I read the fine print and found out that as long as I didn’t receive the AmeriCorps money for my teaching service, then I was okay.

Yaaaaaay! I did not receive AmeriCorps money as a teacher! I received it as an assistant. Now, I can gracefully bow out of my T.E.A.M.S. AmeriCorps program, so that I can get that Teacher Forgiveness Loan money; which as it turns out is about $13,000 more than the AmeriCorps money that I would have received this year.

Hallelujah and Thank you Jesus. I am soooooooooo happy that everything will work out. Once I receive that money, I will have almost all of my loans paid for.

Here is the link if you want to find out more information, click here.

Hey Black Child by Eugene Useni Perkins

This is one of my favorite poems.

Hey Black Child

Hey Black Child,

Do you know who you are?

Who you really are?

Do you know you can be

What you want to be?

If you try to be

what you can be.

Hey Black Child,

Do you know where you’re going?

Where you’re really going?

Do you know you can learn

What you want to learn?

If you try to learn

What you can learn?

Hey Black Child,

Do you know you are strong?

I mean really strong?

Do you know you can do

What you want to do?

If you try to do

What you can do?

Hey Black Child,

Be what you can be

Learn what you must learn

Do what you can do

And tomorrow your nation will be what you want it to be.