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I do believe that Pika knows deep down that he was lucky to "escape" before 1) he had too many things tying him here and 2) things got as bad as they are now.
My ex was finally approved today for No Worker Left Behind funds... $10,000 to go back to school, even though he has an MBA in Finance. They originally told him only unskilled workers could qualify. He's thinking he's going to get his MSIS and go into IT auditing as a good fit with his accounting background. UNLESS he gets the job he is interviewing for on Monday, which I think sounds like a really good fit for him. Keeping fingers crossed. He has looked at truck driver school, which would cost around $3500 for a 3 week course, but they turned him down because he has bouts of vertigo. I must admit, the idea of him driving a semi and having a vertigo attack was a pretty scary thought. He talked to admissions counselors at several schools about an MSIS and about a teaching certificate. Given that every school district in the state is now laying off because of a drastic decrease in funding, he decided against the teaching certificate, which is good, because he is a grump and I think he'd be really grouchy toward the kids. He has taught at the University of Phoenix before and has applied for teaching jobs at all the community colleges in the area. Something along those lines may come up for Spring term. Because of the No Worker Left Behind funds, everybody and his uncle are going back to school and the community colleges had to close their admissions for the first time ever. Teaching at that level is a real possibility for him. None of these things happen immediately though. Although he's an accountant, he's not a tax accountant and he was laid off too close to tax season to do taxes this year, because the courses were already started when he was laid off. I just think it's presumptive to say that people aren't doing anything or being creative or thinking outside the box. He was seriously going to go to truck driving school. He's also applying for jobs out of state, in states where he has relatives he could live with, so he can still pay his mortgage here til he can sell his house. Which also means he would leave his children. Hardly an ideal situation, but he IS willing to do it if he has to.
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