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Sam Kenobi · **Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:55 pm WPA**

I was wondering if presently there is an equivalent of the WPA (and the like) or if the WPA is still around. (WPA is the Works Progress Administration the FDR started for people to get back into the working society during the Great Depression). Because today in my social issues class, we watch this documentary on these four women who were trying to get along after Clinton's welfare reform in 1996 and it just made me really mad that there's so many people out there who are suffering like that, you know, having to give up their kids and basically their whole lives. I mean, these are people who never graduated from high school and you're thinking... ok, well, you should have gone to high school, it's your own fault, but then you realize that they never really knew any better because they were born from a family that never taught them the value of an education. It makes me mad that there's really nothing we can do about all those people, here in our own country, who are living in such deep poverty.

So does anyone know? WPA? eh?

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:15 am**

I have no idea about that WPA you're talking about. What does WPA do anyway... (or maybe I should say did?)

And I agree, it's sad that they didn't went throw high school just because their parants didn't think they were worth it! That make's me angry. That's why education should be free!!! I mean paying just to go to school! The whole society gains if everyone goes to school!
Here education is free. God bless... sweden...
(why do god only bless america? I mean everyone say god bless america, I never heard anyone say sweden

ok whatever

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Thomas · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:39 am**

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:44 am**

collage... univeristy...

The lower grade is just... (i don't know what to say so I'll just do a smily)

Thomas · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:53 am**

Well, college is free here if you go there right after school, if that helps,

You can also stay on longer at school for free if you get 5 passes in the exams you take at 15/16 (which is easy if you want to do it). And there are special student loans for people who want to go to university. You only have to pay them back once you earn over a certain amount of money, and they just take it out of your pay automatically until it's paid off, so that's kind of cool...

If you never earn that much money, you never have to pay it back.

Sam Kenobi · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:11 am**

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:16 am**

^that sounds good, but why don't they have WPA now? (or maybe that was your question...

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Thomas · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:19 am**

No, it isn't,

And don't pretend that's the first time you've written "collage"; I've been watching you!

*But that's enough off-topic-ness from me*

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:27 am**

collage. Admitt it, it does look better

I think I'll keep doing it my way. MWAHAHA! (and no one will ever understand a word I'm saying...)

Five - seveN · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:59 pm**

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:31 pm**

I love the slogan: Coffee! You can sleep when you're dead

but I don't drink coffee... might start thou, so I can use this slogan for real

Sam Kenobi · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:00 pm**

Thomas · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:05 pm**

But I wasn't very persuasive, it seems, so any extra help is certainly welcome,

(I wonder if anyone knows anything that might be relevant to the topic,

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Sam Kenobi · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:06 pm**

(apparently not)

superwoman · **Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:29 pm**