Cobey1

Cobey1 t1_j98yd9j wrote

When people don’t mind their business, it most certainly does impact me. That was the point of me commenting but that went over your head. If I’m sitting on the side of the road, out of your way, why do you care about what I’m doing? Worry about picking your people up, how you are driving, what music you’re playing, whatever. Don’t question what I’m up to.

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Cobey1 t1_j6p7ehp wrote

Thanks for the tips. I have worked for a legal firm for 1.5 years and gained experience in civil law as a paralegal and I really enjoyed the convos/relations with lawyers, clients, etc. it’s something I would love to continue to do as an attorney, but I’m also a big believer in financial freedom and I have obtained that currently. Went to community college first and transferred to an accepted 4 yr uni. Graduated undergrad with virtually zero debt and I have a lot of financial freedom as a result and idk if I am okay with being broke again for 4-6 years as I try to get through law school. It’s really hard to put yourself back into the trenches once you have moved up, you know? That’s where my conflict lies :/

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Cobey1 t1_j6ovghb wrote

Imagine delivering a child on Monday and being expected to teach a lesson or grade 80 papers by Friday EOD. The audacity. I have been following TUGSA for the last several months and TU has also threatened their international grad students with deportations and housing security if they gotten involved in the strike.

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Cobey1 t1_j6oonuo wrote

Oh yeah, you’re definitely white 😂 it’s alright, no hard feelings. Just try to learn how to share your opinions without coming across as condescending or talking down to POC. Let people tell you how they feel, vs you trying to tell people what their issues are. A lot of our dreams and aspirations have constantly been put down by folks in the spaces we are trying to enter. 4.5% of all lawyers in the US are Black.

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Cobey1 t1_j6oixiv wrote

Costs ain’t the issue, quitting my job to study full time is lol public service work covers legal costs and stops the payments but you have to invest 10 years of your life to get student loans forgiven. It’s something I’m contemplating. Haven’t decided to commit to anything yet

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Cobey1 t1_j6o9ap2 wrote

I think there’s gotta be a balance between education and a person’s finances, and it comes down to making a really tough decision. Ideally, I would have loved to go to law school right out of undergrad, but I just had/still have bills to pay and I can’t afford to leave my current career to study full time as a law student. It sucks that life is like this but I had to choose work experience over academia and my pockets and living situation are a lot better now, but now I’m missing out on grad programs/law school. It’s not too late to go back but I would have to give up my pay check. It’s a really tough decision to make for low income and middle class folks — being confined by class barriers

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Cobey1 t1_j6o6zkn wrote

Facts. Personally, I would have owned this. Take it to the chin, be very transparent about going to meet contractors who rented the space out, not the Union league board members. Talk about how I’m trying to connect with the trades to ‘build’ a better Philadelphia, etc. I wouldn’t have apologized for meeting some of the largest contractor groups in the city/east coast. Elected officials need to coordinate and work with these groups of people. 110% Every candidate running for office in Philly would’ve been there if it was any other venue in the city. She’s ballsy if you ask me lol

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Cobey1 t1_j6o3vti wrote

I agree, but that is an entirely different convo within higher ed. Putting yourself into more debt on top of undergrad debt with zero work experience in your field of study is insane to me. I have some friends and family who went right into grad programs and their resumes are all sh*t as a result.

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Cobey1 t1_j6nubl3 wrote

This is such a lousy attack. She went to meet with global contractors, not the board of the Union league. How else does a Mayoral candidate get to meet 30+ business owners in one night? Sucks that the venue was the Union league but she’s trying to run an entire city here. Meeting 30+ businesses and going office to office isn’t efficient, especially when there’s an even that is hosting all of them in one night

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