What a tender's job is

There is this guy that I go to school who can be a total douche bag. He’s a good worker but he is just really fucking dense. Today we had a disagreement about what a tenders’ job is supposed to be. I wanted him to know that my job is not to hold his fucking ass up on a mid-water project! So every time I felt him take a strain I would give him one foot. I like to feel my divers at the end of my line/hose. He kept signaling me to take up his slack. Well on an older project that we had done that had meant to bring him up like an elevator. I got tired of bearing the brunt of his weight, and let him go. Arghhh… then he has the audacity to come out of the water and slap me. If I wasn’t at school and cared about my future here, I swear I would’ve punched him, if not pushed him back in the water. But that would’ve been highly dangerous for my career at the school. I have to deal with this fucker for the next four months….. This is my rant for now.

Second Guessing Myself

So there are a few of us at school that are a little miffed about the way the school handled the funding situation. Just to give you a little background on what transpired…

About two and a half weeks ago, the school apparently had all of our financial paperwork for the guaranteed government loans rejected, due to the wrong information entered on the applications. They promised the students more money than was actually going to be delivered. The majority of the class felt the sting of this error in various different ways. Ultimately we all have to cover this new and added expense/raise of tuition out of our pockets. Another student and I got together and discussed what had happened and came to a consensus that it was really shady in the manner that this was “resolved”. The original copies of our diving certificates will be withheld until we meet our financial obligation “per school policy”.

We would like to see the school take some of the responsibility of they’re mistake. The response about quoting school policy is just plain shady. So we have gotten together and decided to write a petition to the school expressing our dissatisfaction about this situation. I am a little nervous about doing this since I am the one that typed up the letter and chose the contents of it. After Googling it I came across some examples and I don’t feel my letter is strong enough. I know I’m just second guessing myself. I am happy about the way it sounds…. For someone that has never created one before, I believe it covers the important aspects of the situation and the grievances. I know I have the support of the majority of the class; they have to sign off on it.

Here is the contents of the letter, minus the school name. I just don’t trust you good ole internet savvy people.

 

“We the class of 106-06, come to you with a concern. Two and a half weeks ago it was brought to our attention that the financial numbers for funding have changed. Specifically the guaranteed government financing; we were promised more money than will be actually be delivered. The explanation that was given is that <School Name> financial aid officer had entered the wrong numbers; the numbers entered had been for the wrong calendar year. The 2007 numbers were entered into the application process and not the 2006 numbers. The financing that we had agreed to and signed on for before we had enrolled in <School Name> had changed in the middle of schooling, therefore creating a hardship on us, the students, throwing off the budgets that we had meticulously constructed and planned out, during which we put our lives on hold for the next seven months.  By attending <School Name> full time it makes it nearly impossible to work during the week while attending school and planning to succeed. The solution that was provided to us by the financial aid officer was less than satisfactory; it placed the burden of financial responsibility on the students for the error that was made in the financial paperwork. Also a part of the solution that was presented to us was that our original diving certificates would be with held until we meet our financial obligation, “per school policy”, while extending the time and amount of our financial obligation beyond the original contractual date that was agreed upon prior to enrollment and attendance of <School Name>. We come to you as a class with another solution. Have the burden of financial responsibility shifted to <School Name>, per the result of the errors in the financial paperwork having to be resubmitted.

 

Attached is a petition with the names of everyone who has read this letter and agreed to the solution, all of the students have also included an explanation on what hardship they had to endure so that they could continue to attend <School Name>. As always, your time and cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

 

Signed,

The Class of 106 – 06”

Taking Inititive on Petition

About two and half weeks ago, funding for school had changed by eight hundred and seventy five dollars in the schools favor. When you have twenty-two students that add up, I have become a little irked by that. The thing that irks me the most is by far the fact that the school is going to withhold my original diving certificates until I meet my financial obligations, “per school policy”. When the financial aid officer said that to me, it seemed to galvanize me into taking action, in this case it’s going to be a petition that the whole/majority of the class will agree on. I’m hoping that I left the petition letter open ended enough so that we can negotiate it if necessary. We’ll see. I start the circulation of the petition today. I’m starting to get a little nervous, because, I’ve never done this and it’s actually pretty exciting. Especially since I don’t really expect the school to do anything, however, I expect to raise a stink enough to let them know that the bullshit that they tried to shovel was just that. It’s about principal. Almost kinda personal because I truly believe that the school really underestimates the ability and/or motivation of most the students, plus the director of training is kinda a grade A asshole. Completely arrogant and hypocritical, but in reality, this change in funding has affected a lot of students. And I would like to know that they don’t get fucked. Money is money. I may be taking it a little more personally than I should, however, that can be a eschewed view, it’s passion,

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