Monday, February 22, 2010

I am not a robot

Emails are catching up after my last phone conversations with the college. Two emails one from the school that they would lose the money if they lost the voucher and the other from WorkForce1 stating that I have to go to the school to sign.

I wrote back that I am not a robot and to please return what I sent to the college by delivery confirmation. The college wrote they will lose the money if the voucher gets lost. LOL what money? They have not set me up with the course and I am therefore not taking the course. I haven't signed the second line and that is what this petty and non-intelligent conversation is about. I wrote them I do not believe the voucher will be lost. If it is I will send my entire WorkForce1 experience to interested Senators.

My $66 a week zero unemployment benefit plus my income tax return pays my $1100 rent, utilities and food and job hunting.

So they want to take at least $10.00 more of my money and over 3 hours of my time. I already paid $4.90 to mail the voucher. I allot myself $10 a week to eat. This last week I had to deduct the $4.90 and $4.50 for the round trip to WorkForce1 to sign and pickup the voucher. Yes it is a 1.5 hour roundtrip to WorkForce1 with pedestrian sidewalks that you can patch together for a somewhat safe trip.

They are asking me not to eat this week because of their mistakes. Sorry no can do.

I chose this college because the Gaitlin online course is nationally recognized. The program emphasizes research by giving Westlaw access from home and it follows up with free National paralegal certificate training (whether you are eligible to take the test or not).

There was only one other paralegal certificate offering and it was not from a college. It did not allow Westlaw access from home and it made you do the paralegal training manually, that is where the emphasis was. They slated you for working in an unautomated office. geez Additionally you were not getting the full course. You had to pay thousands out of your pocket to do so. They would accept $100 each week to place you in a paralegal internship. You would not be paid. Lol top of the line legal secretary with over 10 years experience who has won four pro se cases this year. Not a match. Who has already done litigation research with westlaw. I have already been trained in Westlaw and Pace.

I was glad to have gone through the WorkForce1 process. It is truly exploitive of the masses of workers.

Unfortunately all of the WorkForce1 paralegal certification training offerings are not American Bar Association recommended, a fact that I pointed out to them. If you want to get a job with a paralegal certificate, you sure better have certified from an American Bar Association. Answer. None. Ignored. I am not a robot.