Hello! Has anyone been present for a ROCA inspection, and if so how does it usually go? Is it mostly just a safety inspection or do they search all the student’s stuff too? And do they bring the dogs etc? Thank you guys in advance.
Pretty much everyone I know who has gone to job corps, or even considered it, are from low economic backgrounds. My family is upper middle class, and we live in the suburbs.
My parents make so much money in fact that I barely get anything in terms of aid from financial aid, so I’m forced to take out loans. I’m only considering jobcorp because in my area, the job opportunities are pretty lackluster and are being used up by everyone around me.
I’m just not sure if I should even use job corps, instead of letting the people around my age who are truly suffering use it. I’ve just been struggling to land any good jobs and I’m looking at trying everything until something sticks.
Yall I just got to job corps on the 18th (Monday) and these girls are WEEIRDDD!!! I came with my bf so we can both be in our respective trades and set ourselves up for success and it’s these two girls they’re so freaking weird bruh everytime I’m walking with my man they be staring at him like they like him or something and then they laugh like bro it’s no reason for yall to be mad it’s plenty of guys for them to fw and they choose to wanna fw my man and it’s just weird it’s just amazing that I have one of them in my trade too I’m not gonna fight them trust me but this is starting to piss me off they’ve been doing this since we got here
I’m an overweight fella looking to have a complete turnaround at job corp, (pine knot). I’m going for my welding certs and want to know when and what would be the best course of action to drop a lot of weight within my year of being there without killing my sleep schedule or falling behind in class.
I’ve never rlly received accommodations for my disabilities AuDHD + a learning disability bc I was diagnosed after graduating HS. I’ve never receieved proper help from anyone for that matter. What are reasonable accommodations I could ask for? I’ve been reading the reviews for the center I’m heading to and other disabled students are saying the staff is not helpful at all towards them. 🥲 I consider myself very disabled I need lots of guidance but due to a lack of it I don’t know what I should receive/ what I need. Also I don’t see any medical professional for my disorders bc there is little to no medical help for adults with my disabilities. I can’t have any medical professional sign off on my disorders I only have the letters that state my diagnosis; will that be a problem?
My background check came back last week and my admissions consoler said they will be calling today but I haven’t received a call .
And if you went to keystone how did you like it ?
Is it good/bad? How’s the area, food, and people?
I'm about to start in a few weeks, and I want to know if I'm getting anything out of this aside from my trades. I know about our allowances, but how does that work? Is it checks, cash, or direct deposit?
How about when you graduate or complete a trade? I'm going for three trades, and I'm graduating from high school next week. Does that affect anything?
Currently sitting in the medical room! Would anyone be interested in daily updates?
(Just a vent)
In Los Angeles, I've done the TABE test 8 fucking times and every single one has had the same exact score. How?! How TF does this shit happen?! I'm trying so hard to get the fuck out of this center, out of this cracked out and scummy city and out of this scummy ass state so I can do advanced training in a new state. I'm done with it. I'm done with this whole damn cycle.
It also doesn't help that I've been in my trade for the past 5 months and I haven't had adequate time to study. The trade is almost done, and once it finishes, I'm gonna be subject to this pointless cycle of failing TABE after TABE again and again. I personally feel the staff are intentionally doing this to make me feel like a complete idiot. I took a TABE once a few months back, and for a bit, I had actually celebrated because I had a 5, when I've been getting 4s this whole time, but then I find out a mistake was made and I got the wrong test, and my score means nothing. That is NOT a mistake. A mistake is stepping on someone's shoe by accident. This honestly feels intentional.
I'm done with this whole cycle, and I'm just...I'm done! I wanna end my time here at the center, in the city, and maybe...my own future. Maybe I should just give up on my future and my life.
I try so hard and it feels like nothing actually improves. I'm tempted to just resign and quit and end everything if I take one more TABE test and fail. I have accommodations and it's still not enough.
I guess I could ask to see if the center will let me waive it, but even then that feels like it won't work.
(Thanks for listening to me vent)
Erm wish me luck my interview is tmr!!! I have all my documents and stuff I’m pretty sure andddd yeah I’m
Nervous
When do I usually hear back? Or is it like I get a start date really quick? Or likeeee?
Hiii! You guys said you wanted daily updates so I will do them. A lot happened today! We did medical paperwork and shots/vitals/drug tests. Then we went to lunch. All the incoming students sat in their own little space and met with different staff who gave us an intro to job corps and the expectations. The food was actually pretty good, way better than what I was expecting. We went to our week one class, our instructor was VERY nice and respectful and answered all of our questions. After the class, we had accountability and then a dinner period. Then we were free to sort of do what we wanted to do. I just talked to a couple people and called my folks then headed to my dorm. Overall a very productive and great first start. Looking forward for tomorrow!
I recently graduated from the Abq job corps and here’s my opinions. Don’t go. We had some amazing staff around 8 of them that I personally experienced. Other than that the staff were horrible. Wellness refused to give me prescription medication, allowed a girl who miscarried to sit there a bleed for 4 hours, and overall bypassed many doctor notes. The drivers ed teacher was very rude telling students (including myself) we were “dumber than a box of rocks” or “are you that stupid” and other degrading comments. One of the Tape teachers was extremely racist towards Hispanic and African American students. They tell you that the food isn’t frozen and is cooked fresh…..They lie. I do recommend job corps but please get a different campus🙏🙏
Ask anything you’d like
They know, I know, you know that we all wake up at weird times that they expect us to. So when they serve breakfast at 630am to 730am realistically they’re gonna wake up a bit later and once they get there they’ll see you rushing and look at the clock and go well you just weren’t on time and close the door. Then wonder why some kids are hungry asking for snacks all the time or rush through the mini store we have. Or for dinner they might serve horrible dinner picks then wonder why barely anyone comes for dinner and wastes their money on door dash
Having second thoughts on the center i chose..
Any centers still do day passes? Just learned about them for other students. Apparently my center got rid of them a while back and wonder if that was the same for all of them.
Im all set with my docs for the jobcorps stuff but i was wondering what i should bring for it?
I asked them if razors were allowed and they said no, so the packing lists have changed i think!