This diary is an appeal for assistance to raise tuition and living expenses for my ongoing Teaching Credential education at CSUMB. If you are not interested in this sort of diary, you may pass on now. Thank you.
O’hai.
I will begin by posting the sum total I’m asking for September.
After that, I will justify my ask.
This Month’s Ask for Tuition & Living Expenses: $2200.00
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This is my justification:
Last month I was $540 short of the goal for living expenses due to no work during summer break for substitute teaching. I paid my housing and utilities, but the tuition was short.
In addition, I had an unexpected expense of $470 when Salinas City Animal Control became aware I had four unlicensed doggos in my house and I got a notice to get them vaxed and licensed or they would be taken away. My critters have been about the only thing that has kept me sane and functional over the past few years of constant exentitial crises following the death of my Dad, so I could not take a chance on losing them. I am not sure how I would go on if they had been seized by the city, so I took almost all the cash I had on hand to get them vaxed and licensed, and I took a day off from substitute teaching to do it.
I had a tuition payment of $875 due on September 1, which I missed, and now I have an additional $20 late fee. I need to make that tuition payment and make another tuition payment of $875 on October 1 or I will be dropped from the program and all I’ve been going through will come to a crashing halt.
While I have been working this month as a substitute teacher, it was still a short month due to the end of Summer break. Finances were made a bit tighter by my need to take a day off for the doggos, and I figure I will need about $300 in bills and other living expenses.
Add all that together and rounded it comes to $2200.
Right now the tuition for September is the critical item, with October 1 tuition being next most important goal.
THE FUTURE:
Once I get past October, barring any unexpected expenses or loss of income (accident, illness, cosmic intervention, etc), I should be OK until December when I will likely need a fundraiser for November’s winter break as well as Spring Semester tuition, assuming I am taking a class in the spring, which is yet to be determined. Since I don’t have an internship now and may not have one until next fall, I may be able to take a leave of absence for one semester as it is unclear if there are any more classes I can take without being assigned to an elementary school classroom.
The internship route is a two-year program where I would be paid as though a regular teacher. I would be the “teacher of record”. Another option is that I go the “student-teacher” route, which is a one year program but is unpaid, but much more likely I could get into a classroom that way. I would need to raise enough not only for tuition but for living expenses for a year. That may be difficult, but may not be impossible, and I have some ideas on that that I will present in a future diary.
After that, there is Spring break and Summer Break needs, and potentially what may be the last fundraiser during mid-next-summer for tuition.
Thank you if you read all that. And Thank you for your support.
#jtg
Thursday, Sep 12, 2019 · 2:00:51 AM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1080.00
Remainder: $1120.00
I have housing for September paid, still need to pay utilities and October 1 teaching credential tuition of $875.
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Sunday, Sep 22, 2019 · 4:59:13 PM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1180.00
Remainder: $1020.00
There have been no new contributions in awhile.
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1 for my teaching credential tuition. I also need to pay utilities, power, phone, water overdue …
Matching Grants Welcome:
Please KOSmail me.
Thursday, Sep 26, 2019 · 12:55:50 AM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1300.00
Remainder: $900.00
There have been no new contributions in awhile.
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1. If I don’t pay by that day, I will be disenrolled and I will not get a refund for what I’ve paid already, and it will essentially be the end of my teaching credential, so this is getting quite urgent.
I also need to pay utilities, power, phone, water overdue …
Thursday, Sep 26, 2019 · 2:07:47 PM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1400.00
Remainder: $800.00
There have been no new contributions in awhile.
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so this is getting quite urgent.
I also need to pay utilities, power, phone, water overdue …
Friday, Sep 27, 2019 · 3:25:11 AM +00:00
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jtg
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1400.00
Remainder: $800.00
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so this is getting quite urgent. (I misread an email and initially thought I would be disenrolled if I missed that date and I made a panic post yesterday, but it turns out I just have a hold on my University account and will get a $20 late fee.)
I also need to pay utilities, power, phone, water bills overdue …
Friday, Sep 27, 2019 · 3:51:42 PM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1375.00
Remainder: $725.00
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so this is getting quite urgent. (I misread an email and initially thought I would be disenrolled if I missed that date and I made a panic post yesterday, but it turns out I just have a hold on my University account and will get a $20 late fee.)
I also need to pay utilities, power, phone, water bills overdue …
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Sunday, Sep 29, 2019 · 2:50:12 PM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1375.00
Remainder: $725.00
I have an upcoming tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so this is getting quite urgent. I currently have a hold on my University account and will get a $20 late fee. I need about $500 more to make that payment, with the rest for unpaid utilities … power, phone, water bills overdue …
LINKS:
PayPal (James -at- JamesThomasGreen.com)
GoFundMe • Ko-Fi
Kosmail for postal address
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019 · 9:20:06 PM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1375.00
Remainder: $725.00
I missed the tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so I have a hold on my University account and a $20 late fee. I need about $500 more to make that payment, with the rest for unpaid utilities … power, phone, water bills overdue … I will be posting an updated needs diary on Saturday, October 6, the amount of which will depend in part on how much is raised between now and then.
LINKS:
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Kosmail for postal address
Thursday, Oct 3, 2019 · 4:26:43 AM +00:00
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jtg
RUNNING TOTAL:
Goal: $2200.00
Raised: $1395.00
Remainder: $705.00
I missed the tuition payment of $875 due on October 1, so I have a hold on my University account and a $20 late fee. I need about $500 more to make that payment, with the rest for unpaid utilities … power, phone, water bills overdue … I will be posting an updated needs diary on Saturday, October 6, the amount of which will depend in part on how much is raised between now and then.
LINKS:
PayPal (James -at- JamesThomasGreen.com)
GoFundMe • Ko-Fi
Kosmail for postal address