UJessica Hoppe ungumhlanganyeli wesiko le-In The Know. Mlandele I-Instagram futhi Twitter ukuze uthole okwengeziwe.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngaqala ishabhu yami yokuqala yokubhala efulethini laseGreenwich Village likaprofesa owaziwayo eNew York City. Ngakhokha amaRandi angamakhulu amahlanu amasonto amahlanu okufundisa umlilo osheshayo ngenkathi ngihlezi esihlalweni esigoqayo phakathi kwe-accountant ethathe umhlalaphansi eyayishicilelwe kabili I-Wall Street Journal kanye nomphathi wakwa-HR owayebhale indaba edume kakhulu yothando lwesimanje I-New York Times umlando wekholomu. Lapho ngathola isabelo sami sokuqala: indaba yokuthotshiswa.
Lapho ngineminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesithupha ubudala, ngemva kokuphazanyiswa komsebenzi wemfashini kanye nesikhashana nje ngingumhleli wendlela yokuphila, ngangisebenza njengomsizi omkhulu enkampanini yezezimali - isifiso sami sokubhala sehliselwe emsebenzini wokuzilibazisa ngesidingo. Ukube ukululazeka bekuyisimo esibucayi embonini yokushicilela, ngangingeke ngiphelelwe izinto, ngazitshela.
Noma kunjalo, kwakunemfihlo ehlazisayo engabhala ngayo ngaleso sikhathi kodwa engakaze ngiyishicilele, futhi angizange ngizame, ngoba nganginamahloni ngeqhaza lami esikweletini sezwe manje esenyuka ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.6 - umthwalo engawuthatha ukuze ngithole amathuba enqubekelaphambili yokukhiqiza. kanye nokuzinza kwezezimali, kanye nelungelo lokufeza umsebenzi.
Njengendodakazi yesithathu yabafuduki ababili baseLatinx abancishwa ukukhetha kwabo imfundo, akuzange kube umbuzo ukuthi ngizothola iziqu zasekolishi. Ngafaneleka ukuthola izibonelelo ezithile futhi ngaklonyeliswa ngemifundaze emincane, nokho izifundo zami eziningi zaminyaka yonke eNyuvesi yaseNyakatho-mpumalanga zazikhokhwa ngemalimboleko yabafundi. Ngangingumfundi ophazamisekile, ngiphoqeleka ukuba ngipakishe isimiso sami sezifundo zibe isonto lezinsuku ezintathu ukuze ezinye izinsuku ezimbili, ngaphezu kwempelasonto, ngisebenze njengoweta lapho ngangihola khona imali eyanele yokukhokhela izindleko zokuphila.
Ukuya ekolishi kwangibiza u-0,000, okungikweleta ku-Navient, owayenguSallie Mae, ngekusasa elibonakalayo. Lesi sibopho sezezimali, esenziwa lapho ngithweswa iziqu esikoleni samabanga aphezulu ngaphambi kokuba ngibe ne-akhawunti yami yokuqala yokuhlola, kwabonakala kuwukuphela kwendlela yokubalekela ubumpofu bomndeni wami. Ngethemba lokuphuma esigabeni sabasebenzi ngingene emkhakheni wochwepheshe, ngasayina isikweletu sokuphila konke.
Isikweletu semalimboleko yabafundi sinobudlelwano obuqinile nokungalingani kwezinhlanga futhi ikakhulukazi igebe lomcebo wobuhlanga, uSuzanne Kahn, umqondisi eRoosevelt Institute utshele. I-ZORA . Ngenxa yokuthi abafundi abaNsundu nabaBrown ngokuvamile banomnotho omncane womndeni abangasebenzisa kuwo lapho beqala isikole, bathatha imali ebolekiwe emikhulu; lapho abafundi abamnyama nabaBrown bethweswa iziqu, babhekana nokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga emiholweni nasekufakweni kwemisebenzi okwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukukhokha izikweletu zabo.
Ukwesulwa kwezikweletu zabafundi kuwudaba lobulungiswa bezinhlanga.
- Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) Novemba 16, 2020
Ngachitha iminyaka emine eNyakatho-mpumalanga, ngathola iziqu ngo-2005. Ngahlela ukufaka isicelo esikoleni somthetho, ngaze ngakhethwa ukuba ngifundele umsebenzi ophakeme - nakuba ngingakhokhelwanga eRalph Lauren eNew York, engawuxhasa ngemali ebolekiwe yabafundi. Ngamanye amazwi, ngikhokhele, futhi ngisakhokha, ngenxa yelungelo lokubasebenzela.
Lapho ukuqoqwa kwesikweletu sami kuqala ngemuva kokuthweswa iziqu, izinkokhelo zanyanga zonke zazingakwazi ukuzikhokhela. Iningi lemisebenzi yezinga lokungena engosini yezemfashini ibingakhokhiwe, futhi leyo eyayiholwa yayinikeza umholo owawungatholakali kalula ngaphandle koxhaso lwabazali - into wonke umuntu eqenjini lami okwakubonakala sengathi unayo ngaphandle kwami. Ngamukela izinhlelo zokuhlehlisa nezokubekezelela kwaze kwaba yilapho zonke izinketho seziphelile, ngaphindaphinda ibhalansi yesikweletu sami nenzalo. Njengoba ikusasa lami lezezimali liphazamisekile njengamaphuzu ami esikweletu, ngagcina ngiphoqelekile esikhundleni sokuphatha ukuze ngizinzise iholo lami, okwakuhlanganisa ukuhambisa cishe ingxenye yomholo wami wanyanga zonke kuleyo minyaka emine enzima yokufunda ngibheke emsebenzini engingakaze ngiwulandele.
Ngenxa yenkinga yobhubhane, izinkokhelo zemalimboleko yabafundi zikahulumeni zimisiwe kuze kube nguDisemba 31, 2020. Izinkokhelo zami zemalimboleko yangasese zibuyiselwe ngenani elilawulekayo - 4 uma kuqhathaniswa no-0 evamile - futhi, ngokokuqala ngqa, ngiye ngezwa amandla omholo wami. Ngiyakwazi ukukhokha isikweletu sekhadi lesikweletu, ngithathe izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze ngilondoloze impilo yami, futhi ngibeke isikhathi nemali kuthando lwami - ukuguqula uhlangothi lwami lube umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele.
Umongameli okhethiwe u-Joe Biden uhlole imibono eyahlukene mayelana nokusulwa kwezikweletu zabafundi: ukuncishiswa ngokushesha kwama- $ 10,000 umuntu ngamunye ngenxa yobunzima obuhlobene ne-COVID, futhi mhlawumbe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi athethelele zonke izikweletu zabafundi abangaphansi kweziqu eziphathelene nokufunda kusukela kwababili nabane unyaka wamakolishi omphakathi namanyuvesi abanikazi bezikweletu abahola kuze kufike ku-5,000.
Manje kunanini ngaphambili, impumuzo ibonakala ingenzeka.
Ubuwazi ukuthi uma nobabili nishada, uzodla ifa lesikweletu sakho semalimboleko yabafundi? umngane wami watshela mina nozakwethu ngesikhathi sokudla kwasemini njengoba sasixoxa ngemibono yokuqedwa kwezikweletu. Salihleka iqiniso ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngangingakwazi ukulibamba ihlazo elaligeleza emithanjeni yami.
Umkhankaso wokubhekana nenkinga yezikweletu zabafundi ubizwa ngokuthi ukuxolelwa kwezikweletu zabafundi. Ukuthethelelwa kusho isono noma isiphambeko — ulimi lulodwa luletha ihlazo, ukumema ukwahlulela kwabaphikisi abaphikisana nesiphakamiso . Ukungazi lutho izindlela ezidlayo izikimu zokubolekwa kwabafundi , ngazibeka icala ngobuso bami iminyaka eminingi.
Kuthiwani uma esikhundleni sokukholelwa enganekwaneni yokuthi sinecala? U-Astra Taylor wabhala ku-New Yorker , sazibona nathi njengabakweletwayo—njengabantu abanelungelo lokuphila okuhloniphekile, okulondekile nokuchumayo? Kuthiwani uma imiphakathi yethu isikweleta sonke ukuphila ngokulinganayo?
Ubaba akazange athole ngaphezu kwemfundo yesikole samabanga aphansi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-10, uyise wamkhipha esikoleni ukuze asebenze njengomthengisi ophatha izimpahla ezinkulu ezifana nelayisi, ufulawa nezithelo e-Ecuador. Wangifundisa ubuciko bokuxoxa indaba esebenzisa isiko elidluliselwa ngomlomo - nakuba ayebheka ukubhala njengomsebenzi njengelungelo esasingenakulikhokhela.
Ukuthi umthetho wokuthethelela isikweletu somfundi uyaphasisa noma cha, ngizinike wona. Imfundo iyilungelo lomuntu - kanye nabantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-45, ukuphishekela ukufinyelela kuyo nganoma iyiphi indlela edingekayo akudingi ncazelo noma ukuxolisa, kudinga isisombululo nendlela elinganayo yabo bonke.
Uma usijabulele lesi sihloko, bheka Ukugqama kukaJessica Hoppe ku-Sad Girls Club .
