I have been eagerly awaiting word from a school here in my area that has an accelerated RN program for folks already in the medical field. I have been very nervous about it.
I did finally get word today. The school feels I would be a 'very good candidate'.... HOWEVER...
There are 2 'items' that came up on my record, one of them from back in 1995. They asked me to please obtain some type of documentation for dismissal of the charges, or of expungement... in order that they can accept me.
Well, I don't know if I can get this cleared up before Sept. 15th. I did a bit of running around all over creation today.... God, I HATE going back into courthouses!!!! .. and when I had gotten just about crazy enough running all over the state of Ohio, it hit me. I had, and still have, no recollection whatsoever of YEARS of my using life... God only knows what I did during those times, and I am darned lucky I did not end up on America's Most Wanted... lol
I have no idea how I got through shcool and actually landed a job in surgery in 2001 with these charges.. apparently they did not come up at the time...?? i questioned the lady in the clerk of courts office and she said, "Well, you did spend several days in jail on the charges, then they were dropped (on one of the two charges.) Amazing!! I do not ever remember being in the jail in the municipality where this occurred.... SCAREY STUFF.
Anyway, I have a bit of a road ahead of me. But boy, does this ever give me just one more reason to stay sober for just one more day. They say, "More will be revealed"... they weren't KIDDING!!!!!!
Anyway, to know that this school does value me, and is still giving me the opportunity to put my 'ducks in a row' so I can be accepted is a positive thing for me, and a good feeling. If it doesn't happen by Fall semester, than by Spring, right??
So I will just stay sober, and keep plugging along, and keep paying for those consequences, and try not to rack up any more!! Just for today, I have been through enough and I think it's time to relax and let God have this for the rest of the night.
I'm so thrilled that the school have said that you would be a 'very good candidate'. I have been thinking about you and wondering when you would hear back from them. Well done.
I really do hope that you will manage to get everything cleared up in time. But, I reckon that you will.
I hope that you have a relaxing rest of day. You certainly sound as if you have earned that today.
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
I can relate to your feelings with the court system. It's tough some days.
I'm sure you've read it a million and a half times, but what I was thinking as I read your post was that whole expectations bit at the end of the acceptance chapter. I had to practice that one today at work with my interview. Didn't get the job but had a really good conversation and learned some things that may help me down the road.
Things are looking a little bleak in the legal aspect today...
I say this with a very 'light grip' on the situation, because I KNOW how my Higher Power see His Will done regardless, sometimes things are not what they seem.
I know that just one foot in front of the other, and as Toni puts it, "Putting butt in chair at a meeting"... will get me through any joy, any heartache and any frustration, and sober.
So just for today, work on whatever is in front of me, and butt in chair tonight at a meeting. And then let today go.
Thanks for good thoughts and prayers from all my MIP buddies.
I got a DUI in 1995, I went and paid $60 to have it exponged from my record. I was told this only means you do not have to put this on applications and such. I tried to apply as a preschool teacher at a daycare and was told that they would not accept me with a DUI that came up on my fingerprinting. Has anyone ever heard this?
I have really been learning a lot about this stuff the last few days, let me tell you!!
It all dependes on how long ago it was filed, and whether the judge actually signed off on it.
There are also other things that happen, like I know some State Nursing Boards, and government agencies can still see expunged records. I wonder if perhaps because it is a school and involved in your local government, that they could still get ahold of that old charge.
