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what has Obama done?I love this question…. here’s a start:Education:* 1983 Foreign Policy Degree from Columbia,* 1991 Law Degree from Harvard, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, and he served as the President of the Harvard Law Review, one of the most prestigious student positions in the world.Community Organizer, 1985He sought to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment* Moved the Chicago Housing Authority to remove asbestos in housing* Established a job-training center* Worked in the streets on voter registration to help elect President Clinton* Registered 150,000 people to voteCivil Rights LawyerMiner, Barnhill & Galland: litigated employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and voting rights cases.* Protecting voters: seccessfully sued state of Illinois for failing to implement a federal voter-registration law.* Successfully defended a whistleblower who lost her job, for a $5 million settlementConstitutional Law professor/lecturer at the University of ChicagoIllinois State Senate 1996 - 2004* Welfare legislation* Created the Earned Income Tax Credit program that gave over $100 million in tax cuts for families throughout Illinois over 3 years.* Expanded early childhood education* Enlisted the support of law enforcement officials to draft legislation requiring the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.* He passed a law to monitor racial profiling by requiring police to record the race of drivers they stopped. The law was at first very controversial, but due to Obama’s skills as a negotiator and bipartisanships, he won the support of the police. During his 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate, he won the endorsement of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, whose president credited Obama for his active engagement with police organizations in enacting death penalty reforms. * Pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned most gifts from lobbyists. Worked with U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL), 1988. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.* Created a working, affordable health care plan in Illinois, that covers 70,000 kids and 84,000 adults, where all kids qualify for $40 per child. Obama sponsored and passed this legislation, working with Rod R. Blagojevich(IL Gov.) See All Kids http://www.allkids.com/ . It is a model for a workable, affordable national health care.Honors:* Outstanding Legislator Award* Campaign for Better Health Care and Illinois Primary Health Care Association, 1998* Best Freshman Legislator Award* Independent Voters of Illinois, 1997* Monarch Award for Outstanding Public Service, 1994* “40 Under 40” Award, Crain’s Chicago Business, 1993.* Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Spoken Word Recording for the audio version of his book, Dreams from My Father.US Senate, 2004 - presentHe is a member of several Senate Committees:* Committee on Foreign Relations, that plays a vital role in shaping US policy around the world.* Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that addresses, among other things, issues of immigration and our borders.* Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions: oversees our nation’s health care, schools, employment, and retirement programs* Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: focused on providing our brave veterans with the care and services they deserve.* 2005-2006: Environment and Public Works Committee, which safeguards our environment and provides funding for our highwaysThe NumbersObama sponsored 152 bills and resolutions brought before the 109th Congress in 2005 and 2006, and cosponsored another 427.Legislation Passed in US Senate* Lugar-Obama Act to decrease nuclear and conventional weapons proliferation around the world.* Coburn-Obama Transparency Act transparency in federal spending, found at httP://www.usaspending.gov* Cosponsored the Healthy Kids Act of 2007 and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 to ensure that more American children have affordable health care coverage.* Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.* As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Obama passed legislation to improve care and slash red tape for our wounded warriors recovering at places like Walter Reed. He passed laws to help homeless veterans and offered an innovative solution to prevent at-risk veterans from falling into homeI think that the people that have no substance, to my question and statement, are clearly racist.http://factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_finding.htmlthis one is about your barefooted moose sipping princess, that obviously don't know JACK about foreign affairs, or the bush doctrine. Keep sipping moose kool aid

If you ask people why they do the things they do in life, they will give you sensible sounding reasons which seem to explain their decisions. We like to believe that we exercise sound judgement, especially in the important decisions of our lives.I think that this is rarely true. I think that standard operating procedure for human decision making is to do what feels right to you at the time, and then to give logical sounding justifications for what you were already going to do anyway, whether you had justifications or not.So, if you are pregnant, and want to get an abortion, you will be able to give any number of reasonable sounding explanations why this is the right decision. You're not ready to be a parent, or you need to finish your education or get to a better point in your career, or you don't have enough money, etc. If instead you want to keep the baby, you will explain how even though you will have some extra difficulties due to the lack of money or whatever, you will certainly be up to the challenge to make your life work with the baby, how being a parent will be good for you, what a great parent you'll make, how it will bring you and the father closer together, and so on. In either case, none of these will be the real reason for your decision. The real reason for your decision will always be, "I did it because I wanted to do it".This method of decision making may have worked fine earlier in human history. However, in a highly complex technological society, the inevitable result of this is that people behave in extremely stupid ways.For example, the average American household now has $8000 in credit card debt, on which they pay an average of 19% interest. Is there any good reason to be running an $8000 debt? No. Did these people all run into major life crises which forced them to run up huge debts or else become homeless? No, they spent it on furniture, clothing, televisions, etc. Is it logical to spend $1500 a year in credit card interest? Clearly not. People do this because there isn't extra money in the bank, but there is something they want to buy, and the positive feeling they get from the idea of having this item is stronger than the negative feeling they get at the idea of their monthly payment going up by another $20.For example, marijuana is illegal in most of the world, while alcohol is legal, despite the fact that alcohol is a far more dangerous drug than marijuana in every way. People consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug, while they think of alcohol as being a fun beverage. They consider those who sell marijuana to be drug dealers, the scourge of society who should be hunted down and imprisoned, while those who sell alcohol (wine makers, grocery stores) are of course not placed in the same category.Logically speaking, it should be the other way around. Alcohol tends to make many people aggressive, leading to a variety of violent crimes, while marijuana does not. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, and leads to a serious loss of coordination and motor skills. At larger doses, alcohol renders one completely unconscious. Drunk drivers cause enormous numbers of automobile accidents and deaths. Marijuana is not a central nervous system depressant, and while one probably shouldn't drive while intoxicated on anything, it simply does not cause anywhere near the loss of motor control that alcohol does, and is only a fraction as dangerous as alcohol in terms of driving. And, a large enough dose of alcohol can and will kill you, while the same is not true of marijuana.But people are looking at this based on their feelings. Marijuana feels like a drug to them. It's illegal, isn't it? Alcohol feels like a fun beverage. It's legal, and socially acceptable, so it feels ok, so it must be ok.All of this is illogical and stupid, and typically human. And I could give countless other examples of this, but I'm sure you can think these up yourself. Just look at how people behave in terms of politics and religion.And, I think that when you see ridiculous and idiotic behavior and decision making in other people(or in yourself), you have to consider it to be the inevitable result of the nature of the human psyche."The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity." - VoltaireWhy cant we change altogether?

Title: The American DreamChasing the American dream and obtaining possessions, still is a dream that shatters into millions of particles. Living the American dream is a long lasting journey to a successful life and having the opportunities to achieve goals. Every enchanted fairytales always have a happily every ending, but not the American Dream. The American Dream it’s like a thousand miles of volcanoes ashes rushing down the mountain of raucous corruption. The life of succeeding has started to fading away as economic, technology, and debt begins to maintain a higher financial problem in the United States. Every day in people life struggling through hardship and trying to break the barriers of depression can led to difficulty. The article called Wealth gap swallows up American Dream by Noelle Knox, a man name Ezequiel Quiroz, a twenty-seven year old tow truck driver says “Sometimes it bothers me that a lot of rich people look at you like you're nothing because you're not driving a BMW or expensive car. They make you feel like you're nothing." The inequity experience Quiroz has indicated the American society has been classified through sexism, judgmental, status, and racial discrimination. The reality of living in the American Dream takes big step to achieve every solution. If I want to earn big I have to work hard in what I do. I hate to say the American dream have to do with money. No matter where you go and what you want. Money can only resolve in the American Dream society. People believe fulfilling the American dream concludes with living like royalty. Our society has lost all of its moral values and the American dream has withered away into a greedy self fulfilling prophecy. Therefore in the U.S. Constitution, it says the Americans are entitled to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". I incessantly see people to pursuit of material prosperity than living a simple life. Yet today people tell me the American Dream is gone because of terrorist threats, political party in fighting, lack of health care, the cost of college tuition, the corporation of government, George Bush, investment, and bank scandals. We are rich in things, but poor in happiness. The dream has becoming a nightmare for us to succeed. I think you have to be asleep to believe the American Dream as the ideal lifestyle. In the article called Two Thirds Feel American Dream Harder to Achieve, by Robert Longley. “Two-thirds of the American people say the American Dream is becoming harder to achieve, especially for young families, and they point to financial insecurity and poor quality public education as the most significant barriers.” People today focus too much of striving themselves to fulfills their duties instead they have forgotten the American Dream have started to fade away. Furthermore poverty have a huge significant issues in the American Dream because it harder for those to achieve mobility. Included, workers are not having an average wages to earn above the official poverty line. The growing gap between the society and the American Dream has become separated for people to reach because of the entire tragic economic and the political issues. The vision of the American Dream needs to manage a better view for people to realize a dream takes decades to form an equal positive living. We have not reach the standard of what makes up the American Dream yet, but we hope the American Dream can set a new beginning for people to step up and take the opportunity to accomplish every purpose. In addition, we still dream on for the next generation and hope to prevent outcomes in the United States. Lastly, the American Dream needs to determine the meaning of life and succeeding the dream of stability.

Ok, I've always wanted to be a truck driver simply because I love to drive and to be on my own. I teach, and I'm getting tired of it. I would like to know if there are college educated truck drivers out there since I know that truck driving requires very little education. Is it worth it? Is the money good? Compare to teaching. I need all the advice I can get before I broaden my horizons from teaching to truck driving.

Would just admit how PHISSED they will be if McCain/Palin win in 32 days, regardless of all the coverage, all of their mean comments, all the $17,0000 a plate dinner/fund raisers, concerts, celebrity support and backing....if in the end, THE PEOPLE get to pick the president and its not who THEY picked - won't it tickle you a little? I get so tired of hearing about how today "this super celebrity" is going to come out of the wood work and have a special concert or watching David Letterman over step his bounds as a (over) paid celebrity, feel he has the right or the know how, to tell America how to vote - THIS when he got on TV and said (I quote) "i just don't think we should change drivers in the middle of an accident" YES, that was David Lettermans advice during the 2004 election....no! he no longer has any right to discuss politics on his talk show - after his stupid pet tricks segment or his discussion about the weather.i mostly want to see this country really come out and say "thanks, but no thanks, low life celebrity coc heads, who spends your days sleeping, your nights drunk driving, having your rep's drop you off at rehab, make you eat a sandwich or give you a shot of adrenanline to restart your heart after ODing on a speedball.'No thanks to people who can't decide which sex they are attracted to, whether they "really" believe in God...most of whom don't even have a college education, they they don't know what it's like to not have enough money to pay their bills, they consider it a contribution to the world to drive a $26k Toyotal Prius instead of $100K whipped out Escalade (gee thanks!)....won't you be interested (every NORMAL person - regardless of who your backing) in what these celeb's will do if Mccain win's... who do you think will OD first and then blame it on their depression over the election...or move to Germany and live next door to brad and angelina.

I just posed a question this morning a question about this but i still need more infor so can some one help me out about thisi found this website to take the online class of driver ed just for 20 buckshttp://www.driveredtogo.com/Is this trustful ?and one more questionwhen i finished the online course can I just like go to the other driving school to learn driving ?so the 20 bucks is just for the certificate right ?because all the people say that i need to pay like 200 - $700 to take only the permit not include lisense( learning driving), so i just very curious about this.so i hope someone can help methank you !!!!!

anything in the sprectrum of driver's education and driving

Ok, I have been talking to this guy for a couple of months now and he is very nice to me. In fact, he is a little too nice to me lol. (I hope i havent been scorned lol). Anyway, he is very generous, he makes me laugh, he is ready to have a WIFE which is very important to me,we practice the same faith and our personalities compliment each other and we have a lot of fun when we are together...But............(Always a but)1)He has a job that does not support him very well and he has to ask me to take up the slack more times than I am comfortable with. He isnt stable right now, he doesnt even have a drivers license so I have to drive everywhere. Dont get me wrong, I love to share with my mate 50/50 but where do you draw the line?2) I am an optimist, and he is one of those people who are just content with being comfortable. I like nice things, (they dont matter to him) and I dream of being very successful with my own company. He wants a business too but he has no college education and has no skills other than what he learned in the navy. I dont want to seem uppity or anything but he is very very fond of me and i like the type of personality he has but we are not on the same levels when it comes to life ordeals. Is he a deadbeat in disguise?? Am i being blind? I have to teach him alot of things but I want someone who can show me things too.Can someone help who has maybe been in the same situation?

1. Evaluate and use order of operations.25-2(15 divided by 3)A.-5/3 B.-2 C.15 D.115 2. Evaluate and use order of operations.3^2 +5(27-5^2)A.9B.19C.91D.1193. Which expression matches the phrase?five less than twice the sum of a and bA.2(a + b) - 5B.5 - 2(a + b)C.2a + b - 5D.(a + b) - 5(2)4. Evaluate the following expression when x = 3, y = 4, and z = -5. 2xy + zA.-24B.19C.24D.295. Evaluate the following expression when x = 3.x^2- 3x+6A.3B.6C.9D.246. For the past four years, the French Club has sold candy bars as a fundraiser. Their sales are summarized in the table below. If the pattern continues, how many boxes should be ordered for the 2007 school year? Year- 2002 2004 2005 2006Number of boxes- 50 53 58 65A.68 boxesB.70 boxesC.74 boxesD.78 boxes7. The squirrels are ruining the tulip display at the Green Thumb Nursery that originally contained 4050 bulbs. Each year only 1/3 of the previous year's bulbs remain. If the planting is not maintained and no new bulbs are added, how many tulips will be left to bloom the fourth year?A.50B.150C.1200D.13508. The first 5 terms of a sequence are as shown in the table below. Which of the following expressions represents the value of the nth term of the sequence?Term # Term value 1 *------* 42 ----- 133 ----- 284 ------ 495 ----- 76n ----- ?A.n^2 +3 B.2n+2 C.3n+1 D.3n^2 +1 9. Emma is in driver's education class. Everyday that she practices her maneuverability, Emma knocks down only 25% of the number of cones she knocked down the day before. The first day she knocked the cones down 256 times. She will be ready to take her driving test when she knocks down no more than one cone per practice session. How many days will she need to practice?A.4B.5C.10D.1410. On his first day of school, Luke's family planted a tree in the front yard. Each year on the first day of school, they measure the height of the tree in inches. Their measurements are recorded in the table below. If the tree's growth continues to follow the pattern, how tall would the tree be when Luke begins his sixth grade year?Grade Height(inches)k *------* 961 ------ 1002 ------ 1063 ------ 1144 ------- 124A.136 inchesB.144 inchesC.150 inchesD.156 inchescolumns are seperated by *-----*

Im taking drivers ed in my homeschooling class. If i take this class can i get my license without having to take the test in Alabama?

i am taking a driving education class, today they gave me my certificate, now i need my birth certificate, social security #, VOE form, and Application form signed by parent and notary. My mom dosen't have a license, but my stepdad does except his is cancelled. Can he still go with me to the dps to sign. Or no? Also When i go to the notary how much is it going to cost me for them to sign the paper? please help, i wanted to take the test tomorrow.

*R indicates REGULARS*H indicates HONORS*AP indicates ADVANCED PLACEMENTAt my school, some classes such as strands and electives do not have the option of being honors or advanced placement.FRESHMEN YEAR:H BIOLOGYR SPANISH 1R PHYSICAL EDUCATIONH ALGEBRAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYH WORLD STUDIESH SURVEY LITERATURESOPHMORE YEAR:H US HISTORYR COMPUTER SCIENCE 1H AMERICAN LITERATUREH GEOMETRYR DRIVERS ED/PHYSICAL EDUCATIONR SPANISH 2H CHEMISTRY(CURRENT) JUNIOR YEAR:R ADVANCED ALGEBRA/TRIGAP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITIONH COMPUTER SCIENCE 2H SPANISH 3AP BIOLOGY (CLASS)AP BIOLOGY (SCIENCE LAB)H PHYSICS

i heard that there is going to be a change to the drivers education age requirements in mass. it is normally 16 to get a permit, 16 1/2 to get jol and 17 to get the real thing. is it true that 1993 birthdays have to wait another year on everything?! if thats true then it sucks cuz im in mass and have a 93 bday so wtf. somebody tell me if they know anything...thx

for illegals in California. Do even legal immigrants feel illegals have gone too far in this country? Do you believe Arnold even knows they are a strain on the economy?Ahnold did two great things today, he vetoed Driver's licenses for illegals (SB 60 Gil Cedillo) and the Dream Act for illegal aliens (SB 1301 Gil Cedillo). Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the California DREAM Act Tuesday night for the second time in two years, once again shutting out undocumented students from state financial aid. The act would have granted undocumented students access to financial aid administered by the UC system, the CSU system and the state's community colleges, including grant, scholarship, work-study and loan programs. Schwarzenegger vetoed an earlier version of the DREAM Act last October. It was first introduced in February by State Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles. In his veto message on Tuesday, the governor wrote that it was not appropriate to pass the bill given the condition of the state's economy. "I share the author's goal of making affordable education available to all California students, but given the precarious fiscal condition the state faces at this time, it would not be prudent to place additional demands on our limited financial aid resources as specified in this bill," he stated. http://www.dailycal.org/article/102873/governor_vetoes_california_dream_act

I need information for a speech I am giving, but cannot find the information anywhere? Where can I find this information? I need citations also. Thanks in advance.

know this is really long but please take 5 to read. i really need help, i am so confused!!!!some things that this person did that made me think that he likes me.1st: i would look up in english class and find this person looking at me and when he saw me look up he would look away really quick2nd: he came to talk to me on a few occasions just out of the blue for no reason whatsoever. now, that could have just been him being nice, but judging from the conversations(which were never longer than a minute) it seemed like probably not.3rd: he was in my drivers education class with me. we both had our own group of friends but one day on the driving range my "driving buddy" was not there and i said i would be just fine driving alone but he offered to drive with me. i found this weird because he had plenty of other friends he could have gone with but chose to come and drive with me. when we were in the car he said, "you're a really good driver, i have been watching you and noticed". after about three seconds of silence he said, "nevermind i have not been watching you that is creepy". BUT, i had seen him looking at me so i did not doubt that he had noticed my driving skills and that him taking back what he said was a lie. Now, i may be overanalizing this whole situation but not knowing if these incidents means he likes me, is driving me crazy and i NEED to know. i like this person, just to clarify. i would ask him right out if he likes me or not but i have not seen him in two months and we are not exactly friends. we are more aquantances than friends and i dont want to scare him away by being to forward. i am not sure why i like him so much. it is not very normal to like someone you dont know very well but for some reason i do and i cant explain it. it is just one of those things, sort of like love at first sight. the only problem is he has not replied any of my messages over myspace where i ask how he is doing and how things are going so i dont know if he likes me or not. is he just too shy to reply?? also the other day i walked by him in the hall and he poked my arm and said, "hey,(my name) i have not talked to you in a while" but we were walking opposite directions so i didnt reply the two of us just walked on. does this mean anything or is it just a casual hello. i am confused about this as well because with all the things that have happened i dont know how to tell whether it is casual or him liking me and making an effort to approach me. he has not said one word to me for a month until the other day when (what i just described) happened. he keeps sending me these little messages i cant read and i need HELP!!!! PLEASE!!! the answers to my questions may be obvious and i am just being stupid but i need a second opinion. please help me figure this out!!!

In alabama if i take drivers education do i still have to take the drivers test?

I never thought I would ever make a message like this, but here I go.Lately, I've been feeling really depressed, and have been for a couple months now. I wish I had someone to talk to, but I don't. My girlfriend of 1 year doesn't really want much to do with me, she's content sleeping all day, or on the computer playing games online. Any form of intimacy left the relationship about 8 months ago, if not more. I sometimes try to tell her that I'd like to feel wanted in my relationship, but she never really tries to do anything that makes me feel wanted by her. She would make up excuses or find ways to get out of cuddling with me or something, like telling me to look at how cute our dog is, which is just laying there or something, or getting up to tend to the needs of the ferrets half empty water container, then when she's done, she just goes back to the computer or something. She doesn't work, never really has (she used to work 3 hours a day at a fast food restaurant for a little while, but quit) and never cleans, never makes dinner, never runs errands (doesn't have a drivers license or anything) and she's perfectly content while I struggle to pay bills, and pay her parents a very generous amount for rent. When I mean struggle, I mean, I work hard fabricating cabinet door out of raw steel in 110 degree factory. Which kind of brings me to my next "rut," my job is starting to kill me. I'm allergic to the oil on the steel, it makes my skin flare up really bad and I get a super bad rash that bleeds and stuff, but there's nothing I can really do about it because I dropped out of school when I was 15, so I only have a 9th grade education which is my fault because I was lazy in school and I think I have ADHD because I could never focus, but nobody really knows that, I just tell everyone I got my G.E.D. when I actually didn't and every time I lie about my education I feel depressed. I'm sore all of the time from lifting and 12 hour days and I dropped a piece of raw sheet steel on my leg and cut it pretty bad so it hurts when I walk but wont be so bad when it heals I think. My diet is really bad because I can't afford real meals, and I don't really have the time to make myself stuff ahead of time. So, I've started gaining weight which makes me look weird since I have a small frame and a pot belly now, I don't really eat much but stuff such as ramen and whatever else is cheap, but I'm still always pretty hungry. I really want to go to school because everyone at my local college (University of Iowa) all look really happy and stuff and are probably going to have good jobs once they graduate. I don't think 21 (my current age) is too old to go back to school, but I don't have the time to go to take the classes needed to pass the G.E.D. because if I miss more than 3 days a month of work, I lose my job. Plus, I really don't know what I want to go to school for. I don't even know if I could get any student loans because my credit is pretty bad from all of the small things I couldn't ever pay off, like doctors visits. My family doesn't really keep in contact with me, everyone moved and I don't have their new numbers or where they live and stuff. Even my younger brother (19 this Oct. 3rd) whom I thought was pretty close to me didnt even tell me he was moving until after he did and hasn't talked to me sense, and even when he was on the phone with me he was just talking to everyone in the background. I'm just sad all the time now, and I try to keep my head up and hope its going to get better, but it never does. I got pulled over twice in one day for having expired temp tags on a new car while in another state, and when I went to court (in Scottsdale, AZ) and made a plea of hardship, I was just told to grow and start living in the real world. Now that I live back in IA, and there isn't any decent form of transportation where I live such as a taxi or bus (we have a bus, but I work 2nd shift and it doesn't go on a route that I can use), I always have to walk back and forth to work, and to get groceries, pay bills, etc and I owe my state like 1200 in fines, I even had to do a weekend in jail while I was sick because I didn't show up to court after I got a ticket for violating curfew walking back from work, I didn't know I had court, so I owe money for that too. I absolutely can not find a new job, I've tried so much and I've had a couple interviews, even the local staffing agencies (Temp, and Team Staffing) won't even work with me because I don't have a way to get to and from work. Sometimes I cry, which could be the most unmanly thing ever, but I always feel like I'm being punished for something I did wrong and I don't have a way to correct. I never really feel like killing myself or anything, but sometimes while I'm working I can't help but think that Im just.. dying anyways, and laying in the ground isn't so scary. No, I don't do drugs or drink or anything like that.I'm sorry for my long story, I just wanted to get it out oIf someone could point me in a general direction or something on how to "improve" - that would be good, because I don't know what to do.

Obtaining Your Drivers License pg 1-181. How old must you be to get your driver’s license in VA? _______________2. How old must you be to get your learner’s permit in VA? ______________3. You must drive at least _________ hours; _________ of the forty must be completed after ______________ to get your license in VA.4. when driving on your permit you must be accompanied by a person at least ________ years old or by a _______________________ 18 years or older. The person you are driving with must have a valid VA ___________________________ and be ______________. 5. Your parents must also certify that you have driven _________ hours; ________ hours must be completed after sunset. 6. You must hold your permit for ________ months before you are eligible to get your license. 7. You must be in the classroom for ____________ class periods or hours to complete the driver’s education classroom portion of your state requirements.8. Behind the Wheel is a _____________ hour in car course that can be completed in _________ class periods. 9. When applying for your license/permit males under 26 usually must register with ____________________. 10. What is the rule for VA drivers on cell phones and cellular devices if they are under the age of 18. 11. When you are under the age of 18 and have a learner’s permit or driver’s license you many not drive between the hours of ____________ to ________________.12. If you are under the age of 18 you many not hold more than __________ passenger under 18. The only passengers that are not restricted are ______________. 13. True or False: The court has the right to suspend or deny driving privilege for person under 18 if a person has been found delinquent by a court.14. What is organ and tissue donation? 15. If you wish to become an organ or tissue donor you must be at least _____________ years old or obtain you parent consent if you wish to make this decision prior to age 18. 16. Why might someone choose to be an organ donor? List 3. 17. What is a CDL?18. Do you have to take a special licensure test to become a bus driver?19. What steps must you do if you wish to obtain a motorcycle license? 20. what is an international driver’s license? 21. When applying for your permit or license you must show ____ proofs of ____________, Proof of your_________________ number, proof of _______________ presence, and photo copies are _______________ allowed. 22. You must take a _______________ test to ensure that eyesight and peripheral vision meet VA safety standards. 23. True or False: You may wear eye glasses or contacts to take your vision test at the DMV. 24. The written test consist of a ___________ part knowledge exam. The first is a signs test that consist of ___________ signs. You must get a ___________ to pass. The second part is a general knowledge exam. This is a __________ question test. You must get at least ________ to pass. 25. If you fail the written test you must wait ___________ days to retest and pay ___________. 26. If needed the test can be taken in _______________ or an audio version can be used to assist with testing. 27. Fill in the payment chart:TestCostLearner’s PermitDriver’s LicenseReplacement LicenseRe–examination Fee28. When you get your first driver’s license what will it look like? Draw below.29. When you turn 21 your license will change. Draw what it will look like below30. A driver’s license is good for 3-5 years and will expire when you reach an age that is divisible by _________ for example 20, 25, 30.31. if you change your name or address you must contact the DMV within _________ days. 32. If needed you may obtain a copy of your driving record at a cost of ____________. A certified record will cost _____________. If you lose your permit it may be necessary to get a copy of you driving record to show the date that you originally had your permit issued to be able to obtain your driver’s license on time. 33. Any time you drive you must carry your ______________________. Any misuse of your driver’s license is a ___________________. You could be fined, sentenced to jail, or your license could be suspended. 34. If you are not able to follow VA traffic and safety laws you license may be ______________ or ________________. 35. If you are 18 or 19 after your first demerit point you must attend a __________________________. Before you Get Behind The Wheel pg 19- 391. What must have to be assured that your vehicle is properly registered in the state of VA? _________________________________________ ________________2. Your car should be in good condition to insure your safety before driving- true or false. 3. Hand should be placed at _______ and _______ on the steering wheel4. Hold the steering wheel with the __________ and ______________, never use your ___________.5. You must have auto insurance or pay ______________ dollars per yea

i know this is really long but please take 5 to read. i really need help!!!!some things that this person did that made me think that he likes me.1st: i would look up in english class and find this person looking at me and when he saw me look up he would look away really quick2nd: he came to talk to me on a few occasions just out of the blue for no reason whatsoever. now, that could have just been him being nice, but judging from the conversations(which were never longer than a minute) it seemed like probably not.3rd: he was in my drivers education class with me. we both had our own group of friends but one day on the driving range my "driving buddy" was not there and i said i would be just fine driving alone but he offered to drive with me. i found this weird because he had plenty of other friends he could have gone with but chose to come and drive with me. when we were in the car he said, "you're a really good driver, i have been watching you and noticed". after about three seconds of silence he said, "nevermind i have not been watching you that is creepy". BUT, i had seen him looking at me so i did not doubt that he had noticed my driving skills and that him taking back what he said was a lie. Now, i may be overanalizing this whole situation but not knowing if these incidents means he likes me, is driving me crazy and i NEED to know. i like this person, just to clarify. i would ask him right out if he likes me or not but i have not seen him in two months and we are not exactly friends. we are more aquantances than friends and i dont want to scare him away by being to forward. i am not sure why i like him so much. it is not very normal to like someone you dont know very well but for some reason i do and i cant explain it. it is just one of those things, sort of like love at first sight. the only problem is he has not replied any of my messages over myspace where i ask how he is doing and how things are going so i dont know if he likes me or not. is he just too shy to reply??the answers to my questions may be obvious and i am just being stupid but i need a second opinion. please help me figure this out!!!

My dilemma is this: My 17th birthday was on June 20th 2008 (the June that just passed) and I was not able to take my school’s driver’s education course the second half of the school year before my birthday. So now, it has been 6 months since I received my permit, and I am trying to find a class that will enable me to get a full driver’s license NOT A JUNIOR LICENSE and will give me the same benefits as the driver’s education program that my school offers. However… I preferably do not want to spend half of the year taking driver’s education classes. Especially since I’ve already missed the sign-ups for my school’s fall driver’s ed program.As for experience driving, I have taken the 5 hour class at a driving school and I have had 2 private lessons prior to a road test. Though I did not pass my first road test, I am planning to take it again in a month, yet, I am afraid to schedule another road test without taking a course enabling me to get my full license.My school’s assistant principal suggested I take an intensive/defensive driving course of some sort, but I’m not quite sure how that works. I think my real question is... Will the "Defensive Driving Course" give me my FULL license? (After i pass my road test of course)Please, send me some advice. Thank you very much.

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the Emergency room right away.Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees on Sign Idiot Backroomdesigns Jokes the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. When they took it for a float on the river, a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them surprised them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon which activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing.Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet, the paint might run.A true story out of San Francisco: A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag."While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen himMS Word Version Idiot write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America.Looking somewhat defeated, the man said "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway.A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later he received a letter in the mail, which contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his fine money.Another sign (though this guy might be onto something worth thinking about)!Guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in as well, but he refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21"The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over, and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot.The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.Remind me to have more signs printed up. Give this guy his!A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted,Asha for education India "Nobody move!"When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.This guy doesn't need a sign, he probably figured it out himself.Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape.Oh, that smarts. Give him his sign!

I remember years ago there was a game downloaded to my computer that you could drive like in real life. Are there any games like that?

My main options are masseuse, writer, or teacher. Which one would be the better choice of the three and why? Are there other similar careers that are more realistic? I'm in tenth grade and get decent grades, usually over a B- with occasional C's. I'm not physically fit and don't have enough money to go to college without a decent sized scholarship. I work at a library right now at 7.25 an hour, four hours a week (only Sundays) and get paid once a month. I also have to pay for car insurance soon, as well as drivers education, and already pay for clothes and toiletries.I already know solely as a writer I'd die. That's why I figured some form of writing on the side would be good... and I'm 15, working on getting in better shape, but I'm healthy, just fat. I walk a lot and exercise at least 4 days a week, though it's hard because my homework load this year has at least trippled, if not quadrupeled. My spelling is a little bit terrible, sorry.

on the DMV sitehttp://www.dmv.ca.gov/dl/dl_info.htm#MINORMCsays that for one of the requirements i would haveTo submit proof you have completed both driving education and driver training. (DL 387, DL 388, DL 388A, OL 237, or OL 238)is that driving education specific to motorbikes or is that the same as any online classroom drivers ed?

some things that this person did that made me think that he likes me.1st: i would look up in english class and find this person looking at me and when he saw me look up he would look away really quick2nd: he came to talk to me on a few occasions just out of the blue for no reason whatsoever. now, that could have just been him being nice, but judging from the conversations(which were never longer than a minute) it seemed like probably not.3rd: he was in my drivers education class with me. we both had our own group of friends but one day on the driving range my "driving buddy" was not there and i said i would be just fine driving alone but he offered to drive with me. i found this weird because he had plenty of other friends he could have gone with but chose to come and drive with me. when we were in the car he said, "you're a really good driver, i have been watching you and noticed". after about three seconds of silence he said, "nevermind i have not been watching you that is creepy". BUT, i had seen him looking at me so i did not doubt that he had noticed my driving skills and that him taking back what he said was a lie. Now, i may be overanalizing this whole situation but not knowing if these incidents means he likes me, is driving me crazy and i NEED to know. i like this person, just to clarify. i would ask him right out if he likes me or not but i have not seen him in two months and we are not exactly friends. we are more aquantances than friends and i dont want to scare him away by being to forward. i am not sure why i like him so much. it is not very normal to like someone you dont know very well but for some reason i do and i cant explain it. it is just one of those things, sort of like love at first sight. the only problem is he has not replied any of my messages over myspace where i ask how he is doing and how things are going so i dont know if he likes me or not. is he just too shy to reply??the answers to my questions may be obvious and i am just being stupid but i need a second opinion. please help me figure this out!!!

It says I will get 10% reduction of insurance if i do it online. I want to know if it will be the same as if i did it in person? If not, how much more?

i know this is really long but please take 5 to read. i really need help!!!!some things that this person did that made me think that he likes me.1st: i would look up in english class and find this person looking at me and when he saw me look up he would look away really quick2nd: he came to talk to me on a few occasions just out of the blue for no reason whatsoever. now, that could have just been him being nice, but judging from the conversations(which were never longer than a minute) it seemed like probably not.3rd: he was in my drivers education class with me. we both had our own group of friends but one day on the driving range my "driving buddy" was not there and i said i would be just fine driving alone but he offered to drive with me. i found this weird because he had plenty of other friends he could have gone with but chose to come and drive with me. when we were in the car he said, "you're a really good driver, i have been watching you and noticed". after about three seconds of silence he said, "nevermind i have not been watching you that is creepy". BUT, i had seen him looking at me so i did not doubt that he had noticed my driving skills and that him taking back what he said was a lie. Now, i may be overanalizing this whole situation but not knowing if these incidents means he likes me, is driving me crazy and i NEED to know. i like this person, just to clarify. i would ask him right out if he likes me or not but i have not seen him in two months and we are not exactly friends. we are more aquantances than friends and i dont want to scare him away by being to forward. i am not sure why i like him so much. it is not very normal to like someone you dont know very well but for some reason i do and i cant explain it. it is just one of those things, sort of like love at first sight. the only problem is he has not replied any of my messages over myspace where i ask how he is doing and how things are going so i dont know if he likes me or not. is he just too shy to reply??the answers to my questions may be obvious and i am just being stupid but i need a second opinion. please help me figure this out!!!

This is from the Course Information:"The Basic RiderCourse is aimed at beginning riders of all ages 15 1/2 or older. To take this course, you must present a valid driver’s license, learner’s permit, or a CERTIFICATE SHOWING COMPLETION OF CLASSROOM PORTION OF DRIVER"S EDUCATION. If under 18, a waiver must be signed by a parent or guardian."So I could register even if I only have the CERTIFICATE SHOWING COMPLETION OF CLASSROOM PORTION OF DRIVER"S EDUCATION? Right?

?I live in virginia, so idk...

is this is true i really want to know ?

Ok. i did the parent taught drivers education. and i have had my permit for 6 months. and i am supposed to get my license on the 8th of this month. do i just go to my txdps office and get my license or do i have to take anymore test to get my license.?

hiim 16 yrs old and i want to take the driver permit at DMV but i got the question that my friend told me i need to take the driver education, and I now know what it is and i got all the things but what i don't know here is what is the price, how much it cost for a driver online education if I want to take it online, my friends say it cost like some hundred dollars but when I search from the website it just about $29.99 - $70 for CA state so I don't know what happen and how it going ?can someone help me ?P.S: I am just need to take the permit test, i don't need to drive. I mean i just need driver education to help me can take the permit at DMV cause they require me to take driver ed, i don't need they to help me on driving because I can learn myself with my parents.i know so how much it cost if i need to take driver coursei can't wait half yrs and take it myself ?and i found a website that just cost 20 bucks for the driver edwww.driveredtogo.comcheck it out

I know that once you're emancipated, in Michigan, you're legally considered an adult. I also know that once you're 18 (an adult) you can apply to take the driver's test and get your license without the driver's training courses.Do these laws also apply to an emancipated minor?

*EDIT* I have lived in places where the drinking age is lower than in the U.S., if this applies to your country, please refrain from answering the question. I do not want it to encourage young Americans from doing something they shouldn't be doing.If young Americans fight and die for their country they should have the right to drink / purchase alcohol. (That's what many of you think but not me. Since the Vietnam War, there has NOT been a "draft", those soldiers who have enlisted in the U.S. army are volunteers. Meaning they have volunteered to put their lives on the line.I respect those soldiers in the U.S. Army, don't get me wrong. More and more people in America are critical of the wars being waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the conditions they fight under are, from what I have hard, less than perfect.But if you lower the drinking age to 18, then you're going to have 14 and 15 year old's trying to get fake IDs. And considering that one can get a driver's license at 16, and considering the rowdyness of many teenagers, whether sober or drunk, it would increase the risk of accidents significantly. College students 18 - 21 should focus on their education which improves their future. Not booze it up and put their lives on the line as well as those of others.When drunk in moderation, alcohol can relax someone, can complement food. But there are many negative side effects.Your thoughts?ps. I did drink while underage and am not proud of it. But if nothing else I saw the destructive behavior that comes about.Great feedback so far, covers much of what I was going to add ..Goodey that's an excellent point because many underage drinkers "binge drink", taking advantage of the lack of adult supervision.Eye : couldn't agree more. I feel that both drinking, and driving (seperately obviously) are things one EARNS the right to do. Not like "you're 18, go get your license" and "you're 21, go get drunk"Brew : 20-21 might not be enough. But as we know there are irresponsible drivers at any age.Adrienne : so was I, as both my parents have lived in several European countries.

Do people really think in this day and age that a person should have their life ruined simply for possessing and using marijuana? 70% of Americans don't think so. An End to Marijuana ProhibitionThe Drive To Legalize Picks UpBy Ethan Nadelmann. National Review, July 12, 2004. Pp. 28-30.NEVER before have so many Americans supported decriminalizing and even legalizing marijuana. Seventy-two percent say that for simple marijuana possession, people should not be incarcerated but fined: the generally accepted definition of "decriminalization." Even more Americans support making marijuana legal for medical purposes. Support for broader legalization ranges between 25 and 42 percent, depending on how one asks the question. Two of every five Americans-according to a 2003 Zogby poll-say "the government should treat marijuana more or less the same way it treats alcohol: It should regulate it, control it, tax it, and only make it illegal for children."Close to 100 million Americans-including more than half of those between the ages of 18 and 50-have tried marijuana at least once. Military and police recruiters often have no choice but to ignore past marijuana use by job seekers. The public apparently feels the same way about presidential and other political candidates. Al Gore, Bill Bradley, and John Kerry all say they smoked pot in days past. So did Bill Clinton, with his notorious caveat. George W. Bush won’t deny he did. And ever more political, business, religious, intellectual, and other leaders plead guilty as well.The debate over ending marijuana prohibition simmers just below the surface of mainstream politics, crossing ideological and partisan boundaries. Marijuana is no longer the symbol of Sixties rebellion and Seventies permissiveness, and it’s not just liberals and libertarians who say it should be legal, as William F. Buckley Jr. has demonstrated better than anyone. As director of the country’s leading drug-policy-reform organization, I’ve had countless conversations with police and prosecutors, judges and politicians, and hundreds of others who quietly agree that the criminalization of marijuana is costly, foolish, and destructive. What’s most needed now is principled conservative leadership. Buckley has led the way, and New Mexico’s former governor, Gary Johnson, spoke out courageously while in office. How about others?A SYSTEMIC OVERREACTIONMarijuana prohibition is unique among American criminal laws. No other law is both enforced so widely and harshly and yet deemed unnecessary by such a substantial portion of the populace.Police make about 700,000 arrests per year for marijuana offenses. That’s almost the same number as are arrested each year for cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Ecstasy, and all other illicit drugs combined. Roughly 600,000, or 87 percent, of marijuana arrests are for nothing more than possession of small amounts. Millions of Americans have never been arrested or convicted of any criminal offense except this. Enforcing marijuana laws costs an estimated $10-15 billion in direct costs alone.Punishments range widely across the country, from modest fines to a few days in jail to many years in prison. Prosecutors often contend that no one goes to prison for simple possession-but tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of people on probation and parole are locked up each year because their urine tested positive for marijuana or because they were picked up in possession of a joint. Alabama currently locks up people convicted three times of marijuana possession for 15 years to life. There are probably-no firm estimates exist-100,000 Americans behind bars tonight for one marijuana offense or another. And even for those who don’t lose their freedom, simply being arrested can be traumatic and costly. A parent’s marijuana use can be the basis for taking away her children and putting them in foster care.Foreign-born residents of the U.S. can be deported for a marijuana offense no matter how long they have lived in this country, no matter if their children are U.S. citizens, and no matter how long they have been legally employed. More than half the states revoke or suspend driver’s licenses of people arrested for marijuana possession even though they were not driving at the time of arrest. The federal Higher Education Act prohibits student loans to young people convicted of any drug offense; all other criminal offenders remain eligible.This is clearly an overreaction on the part of government. No drug is perfectly safe, and every psychoactive drug can be used in ways that are problematic. The federal government has spent billions of dollars on advertisements and anti-drug programs that preach the dangers of marijuana-that it’s a gateway drug, and addictive in its own right, and dramatically more potent than it used to be, and responsible for all sorts of physical and social diseases as well as international terrorism. But the government has yet to repudiate Read the entire article; The Drive To Legalize Picks UpBy Ethan Nadelmann. National Review, July 12, 2004. Pp. 28-30.Typical conservative scare tactics, cantcu, lol. Like I'm an idiot and couldn't tell if it was "laced". This is what the conservative feed on, ignorance, and they promote it at every opportunity!Chris S, Maybe your friends should take control of their lives and stop blaming weed for their situation, tell them to assert their will, and quit pot if it is so bad for them. I have asserted my will and quit tobacco and alcohol because they have done me no good!Yes Chris S, I am much like you in that respect. You personally know several marijuana addicts so i assumed they were your friends. Willpower works if you have it , but if you are weak and can't take control of your life then you need help. I am not trying to insult anyone , just expressing my opinion like everyone else here."Dope smokers" continue to smoke "it" because the benefits outweigh the risks.Beside that it is the peoples will that is being ignored by the federal government, see http://www.mayflowerunlimited.com/marijuana.htmhttp://www.mpp.org/news/press-releases/barney-frank-introduces-bold-r.html

Im taking my permit test on Monday and the people that work at the driver's license thing said that I should go to this web site www.tea.state.tx.us/safedriver/parent101.htmland I don't understand they want my mom to teach me a course and I don't know. Please help me out?

know this is really long but please take 5 to read. i really need help, i am so confused!!!!some things that this person did that made me think that he likes me.1st: i would look up in english class and find this person looking at me and when he saw me look up he would look away really quick2nd: he came to talk to me on a few occasions just out of the blue for no reason whatsoever. now, that could have just been him being nice, but judging from the conversations(which were never longer than a minute) it seemed like probably not.3rd: he was in my drivers education class with me. we both had our own group of friends but one day on the driving range my "driving buddy" was not there and i said i would be just fine driving alone but he offered to drive with me. i found this weird because he had plenty of other friends he could have gone with but chose to come and drive with me. when we were in the car he said, "you're a really good driver, i have been watching you and noticed". after about three seconds of silence he said, "nevermind i have not been watching you that is creepy". BUT, i had seen him looking at me so i did not doubt that he had noticed my driving skills and that him taking back what he said was a lie. Now, i may be overanalizing this whole situation but not knowing if these incidents means he likes me, is driving me crazy and i NEED to know. i like this person, just to clarify. i would ask him right out if he likes me or not but i have not seen him in two months and we are not exactly friends. we are more aquantances than friends and i dont want to scare him away by being to forward. i am not sure why i like him so much. it is not very normal to like someone you dont know very well but for some reason i do and i cant explain it. it is just one of those things, sort of like love at first sight. the only problem is he has not replied any of my messages over myspace where i ask how he is doing and how things are going so i dont know if he likes me or not. is he just too shy to reply?? also the other day i walked by him in the hall and he poked my arm and said, "hey,(my name) i have not talked to you in a while" but we were walking opposite directions so i didnt reply the two of us just walked on. does this mean anything or is it just a casual hello. i am confused about this as well because with all the things that have happened i dont know how to tell whether it is casual or him liking me and making an effort to approach me. he has not said one word to me for a month until the other day when (what i just described) happened. he keeps sending me these little messages i cant read and i need HELP!!!! PLEASE!!! the answers to my questions may be obvious and i am just being stupid but i need a second opinion. please help me figure this out!!!

I am 16 years old and i want to get my permit. I have failed my permit test 3 times. The DMV say I have to take a Driver Education Class before taking the test again. I took drivers ed at school and i got a certificate. Does that count? Help? What is the best way to study? Before i wouldn't study at all and fail.....

I am 16 years old and i want to get my permit. I have failed my permit test 3 times. The DMV say I have to take a Driver Education Class before taking the test again. I took drivers ed at school and i got a certificate. Does that count? Help?

I am new to all of this but I have a serious question to ask. My son is going to be 16 in 2 months and of course is beginning to drive. I am on the flip side of most of these questions because I am the mother and his father is the primary custodian. We divorced 10 years ago and I have paid my child support all of those years with out ever missing a beat. During this time I have also paid half of all medical expenses, offered to add my son to my medical insurance because I have lower premiums as well as lower deductibles, and co-pays. My ex-husband refused to change him to my insurance, therefore we continue to pay more than we need too for medical costs. Recently my son had surgery and the bills just came in and I had to pay over $300.00 in medical bills. If my son had been on my insurance the entire cost of the surgery would have been $25.00 for each of us. No co-pays or anything. Now to get to my real question at hand. Over the years I have coughed up money for camp, soccer, baseball, tennis, piano lessons, day care and so much more I can't even think. I had remarried and was able to help out with these expenses. I recently got divorced for the second time, no children in this marriage, and now live alone and solely provide for myself as well as pay the allotted amount ordered by the court. Times are tight and fuel costs are astronomical. I work at an ok job with good benefits but the pay isn't great. I make ends meet barely and most of the time don't even have food in my own home! Just yesterday I received an email from my son's father telling me that my son will soon be enrolled in Driver's Education. The cost for this is $500.00. He told me he needs me to pay for half of this by October 20th. Then in the next sentence he told me that he also needs to add my son to his vehicle insurance policy and wants me to pay him another $165.00 per year for that. I also need to add my son to my policy for him to drive when he is with me. Shouldn't my child support payments cover these costs? Please I really need some help with this. I am at my witts end. I just can't keep paying like this anymore if I am going to continue to be able to live.

I'm about to turn 15 and i was wondering if that would qualify me to start taking drivers education classes. I know in WI you have to be 15 1/2 to get your learners permit. Once i turn 15 (in january) can i start right away?

My job is really bothering me. I'm part of management, but not a manager and I see so much mismanagement it's driving me crazy. There is absolutely no discipline. None! No attendance policy enforced, no break times enforced. I see people hanging out all day stealing OT. Drivers taking 10 hours for 3 stops. Another driver takes 12 hours every day regardless if he has 5 or 15 stops. Guys are at their house, the gym, etc. None of these people ever get confronted about anything they do. It's been going on for years. The managers do nothing about it. It's like a free for all. Everyone just takes and does what every they want without any recourse. Several supervisors have come in, but soon leave because if this situation. I can't leave because it's my job. Should I shoot random emails or snail mail to the regional managers? I'm a college graduate and none of the managers are. I don't think that they know what they are doing. Isn't it supposed to be a business? People actually by shares of my company on the NYSE. I'm embarrassed to be a part of this debacle. Everyone says they all deserve to lose their jobs, so they fired the operations manager and brought in a new guy with no education and he doesn't have a clue. How does a guy with no education get a 100,000 dollar job? I'm taking any and all advice. Should I just join the party and steal OT as well, like everyone else? No one would ever say a word to me. Help.

I've graduated high school, and I'll be 17 in December. I'm really good with computers and graphic design (I use Adobe Photoshop 6.0).I have an anxiety disorder which prevents me from being able to function normally at a job.I tried working at a family restaurant, but broke down into tears in 2 hours.I've recently purchased a car, under the circumstances that I find a job in 10 days or less after I get my driver's license.I have my permit, and I'm in driver's ed.I'm worried that I'm not going to be able to find a job and will have ruined my dad's credit and trust (he can't afford the payments alone).I'm going to take some college courses and earn my Associates' Degree in Graphic Design.Do you think it's a stupid idea to go ahead and try to get started making money without all of the education?-- I have viewed a few portfolios of some designers, and actually think I could do a better job.Plus, there are tons of tutorials online.I apologize for so many details, but I'm just trying to figure this out. I would GREATLY appreciate *any* suggestions or opinions. Thank you so much.

My 6 yr old son has always been a real "handful". The past 2 years, though, have been a total nightmare. He is now in grade 1, and in the 2 yrs of kindergarden classes, I cannot even begin to count the # of times he was sent home because of disruptiveness, fighting, inability to sit still... We have been keeping a list of things we have noticed about our son. I have a day planner I use to jot down everytime he has a "freak out" (our term for a total meltdown and rage incident).Here are some of the things we have noticed. very easily frustrated-Has trouble with friendships because he NEEDS to be in control-Highly emotional- cries if you even look at him "wrong"-Says he thinks he's an a-s-s hole, stupid, and that he thinks everyone thinks he's an idiot-Really argumentative- if you say the s