Blah blah blah. Don't even think of using that name mister. You have got enough trouble without me opening a can of whoop butt on Tennessee! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2014, at 9:13 PM, "Josh" <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you for bringing attention to this there Ms. Lynn *LOL*. > Hi Heaver > > From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heather H > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 8:21 PM > To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible > > Um, excuse me BethAnn, there was no call for my middle name. How rude! Hi > Josh and Tom! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:22 PM, "BethAnn LaPresta" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > (Redacted sender "bela28_02@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote: > > I didn't realize you were offering a good sized weekend getaway at your > expense...I would really love a vacation right about now. How about a trip > to Ohio to visit Heather Lynn? > > In all seriousness, you and I seem to attract knobheads there Joshie. You > with your schooling, me with doctors. Oy! > > > On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 2:45 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well, it looked a little fishy or at least sounded a little fishy when Amanda > was reading it. Sounded like he had budgeted for me to get it, but was not > going to be dispersing it to me unless I needed it. Well, you know what > happens to that kind of money a lot of times. Someone would be havinga good > size weekened get away at my expense. > > From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas McMahan > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 5:15 PM > To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [audio-pals] Re: FW: VR Counselor is Horrible > > Makes you wonder what all they are doing with the money budgeted to them > doesn’t it? I know in most States the budget allotment for rehab is on the > bottom, but it’s still pretty sizable, and at most it is frozen, not actually > cut. They are more likely to cut services. > > The biggest thing you’ve got on them is if you take it outside the agency. > They will listen to you then because they don’t want it outside. It’s been > that way my whole life, and I’ve been around for a little while. > > I think you can work out the rest for when it’s necessary. > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The VR counselor sent me an e-mail this morning including his supervisor and > he attempted to clarify what he didn’t say yesterday, but says I must have > misunderstood because he was including funding to cover my textbooks. > However, he didn’t touch the fact that they cover rent and dorm room expenses > for students as well as meal money. He only went on to say that if for some > reason the money does not come in, in a timely manner then they would > definitely reimburse me. He isn’t getting the fact that he is doing this > completely different from the previous two VR counselors and he refuses to > provide me with any documentation regarding any changes that may have taken > place. > Interesting enough I found out before my previous counselor left that due > to the pay that they were offering for VR counselors, my state agency, they > couldn’t get anyone of any quality to take the job. This seems to be evident > without her ever saying the first word. I hope and pray that he gets better > in time and isn’t just there for a paycheck which it is seeming that way > right now. The good news is, he thought he was being a rather smart guy by > including his supervisor, but now I know who she is and have her e-mail > address. So, now I will start discussing all these new apparent chages with > her and see what she has to say about it if things continue to go down hill. > I believe I could do his job without a degree or at least as good as he is > doing anyways. Perhaps I will talk to her about taking his job *LOL* j/k. > > From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 9:51 PM > To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [audio-pals] FW: VR Counselor is Horrible > > I have fought my VR counselor ever since he became my VR counselor. He has > requested documents that no other counselor has requested, he has made > incorrect statements regarding whether or not he will accept the university’s > recommendation for a lighter courseload, he has tried to shut down my > continuing education, and now he is messing with my money. I did gain some > ground though on the continuing education because when I first started VR I > told them I want to go to law school. Well, the VR counselor at the time told > me that I should probably go with a lighter load, so I did. I did make her > document somewhere though that I want to go to law school. I told my second > counselor the same thing and told her I may continue on with psychology. > Well, it gets to this guy who thinks he is all of that and a bag of *insert > your favorite chip here* *LOL* and I talked to him briefly once before > regarding continuing on and he said that they would have to see, but he > sounded doubtful. So, when I was talking to him seriously about it I asked > him if the department was going to pay for me to continue on with a higher > degree or if I am going to have to get representation to fight for it. He > didn’t answer me directly and we hung up. We started discussing it off and on > and he opened up the door for me to ask about law school again when he said > that they cannot tell me what to do. I took the window of opportunity. The > latest is I need to pick between law school and psychology and let him know > by Friday. Now, a new battle has popped its ugly head up and that is him not > giving me funding for my textbooks when they pay other people’s rent. He > wants me to go out and purchase the 5 or 600 dollars sometimes maybe even > $800 worth of textbooks each semester and then they will reimburse me for > supplies and textbooks. Um, no! This has never been done this way before so I > want answers as to why it is this way now other than the fact I pushed them > on one battle so now they are trying to come at me from a different angle. I > told them I fight enough battles on my own without having to fight the very > system that is there to help me by providing the funding I need to go to > school. I am hoping that I can get someone a lot better to handle this or at > least make him better through prayer. > For some reason though I thought when given the opportunity to go to law > school I would jump on it and run, but really and truthful I am having a hard > time choosing. I am actually leaning more toward mental health counselor > which is completely different from what I was looking at from the get go > because if I stayed with counseling and didn’t go for the law school then I > wanted to do family counseling, but now the mental health counseling is > appealing to me. So, now that I havea choice the turmoil has started *LOL*. > Do I go for a JD or do I go for an MA in counseling. > >