Rapunzel
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Rather than removing people entirely from the realities of life, how about placing them in a supported environment where they continue to be responsible for themselves, and for others, and carry on with life's progression.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">I love what you have written here. One thing I learned as a teenager was that if I was sick enough, I would be hospitalized. Hospitals became a habit for me whenever life got to be too much. It was a way to escape the responsibilities of life for awhile. This was not a good lesson to learn at such a young age. I have remained hospital free for 15 years. A few times in the past few years, it has been suggested that I enter partial hospitalization, but I always refused. I was always afraid that I would say or do the wrong thing and end up being locked up.

Your job sounds great. I would enjoy a job like yours. But I still think it is not right that you have a degree and get paid $6 per hour. Those kids are worth more than that and so are you. And like you said the turnover is high because of the pay. It is too bad some of the good people couldn't stay at least part time.