Hey guys. I've been very busy here at Job Corps.
The program is very beneficial in the big scope of things. Free training, free food, free driver's ed, they offer a free college program at Valley college when you complete your trade, free living, you get a 100$ clothing allowance twice while you're here, free eye doctor visit and glasses, etc.
The people here are the downfall. Twenty-something year olds act like they're 16. Relationships that form within 2 days of being at the program and last just as long. Prison type hustling (selling cigarettes, noodles, honey buns, etc.). Drugs are scarce to non-existent. Security is super tight.
I've managed to drink alcohol multiple times on what is called "mall runs". A bus comes for us and drives us to Inland Center Mall and Walmart. They drop us off and pick us up in like 1.5 hours. So me and some friends get liquor or beer and buy gum, mints, food, etc. and have a good time and come back trying to be sober.
I smoked bud this last weekend which I said I wouldn't do for the entirety of the program. 3 blunts, edibles, and hits off a wax pen. Boy did I miss THC. Most especially that feeling at the tail end of the high where everything is perfectly trippy, I feel a comforting loneliness in my head, I mumble replies to people to more quickly return to the silent, peaceful state my mind is in. Then I go and listen to Flume and go to space. It was amazing.
They drug test you when you first get in. If you fail, you must re-test in 37 days, and if you fail THAT one, you are terminated from the program. If you pass the entry screening, you do not get drug tested again unless you are "blue carded".
The "blue card" system works based on suspicion. If you smell like weed, your eyes are red, or even someone anonymously snitches you out to security with a slip of paper, you can be blue carded. When you are blue carded you get drug tested. If you fail, you are terminated. If you come back smelling like alcohol, you are breathylized. The limit is 0.0. If you are over 0.0, you are terminated. NO alcohol is tolerated.
It's quite crazy to think that if I am caught for drinking I will be homeless on the streets of San Bernardino. And yet, I am drinking and will be drinking today actually. Funny how my impulsive mind works.
I will post more information tomorrow.
Please ask questions in the comments and I will reply. This blog is a way to communicate the ins of this program that I wish I had known going in. It is also a way for me to express myself. I enjoy writing and I need a friend who I can talk to. Even if it's just the internet. Even if no one reads this.
The program is very beneficial in the big scope of things. Free training, free food, free driver's ed, they offer a free college program at Valley college when you complete your trade, free living, you get a 100$ clothing allowance twice while you're here, free eye doctor visit and glasses, etc.
The people here are the downfall. Twenty-something year olds act like they're 16. Relationships that form within 2 days of being at the program and last just as long. Prison type hustling (selling cigarettes, noodles, honey buns, etc.). Drugs are scarce to non-existent. Security is super tight.
I've managed to drink alcohol multiple times on what is called "mall runs". A bus comes for us and drives us to Inland Center Mall and Walmart. They drop us off and pick us up in like 1.5 hours. So me and some friends get liquor or beer and buy gum, mints, food, etc. and have a good time and come back trying to be sober.
I smoked bud this last weekend which I said I wouldn't do for the entirety of the program. 3 blunts, edibles, and hits off a wax pen. Boy did I miss THC. Most especially that feeling at the tail end of the high where everything is perfectly trippy, I feel a comforting loneliness in my head, I mumble replies to people to more quickly return to the silent, peaceful state my mind is in. Then I go and listen to Flume and go to space. It was amazing.
They drug test you when you first get in. If you fail, you must re-test in 37 days, and if you fail THAT one, you are terminated from the program. If you pass the entry screening, you do not get drug tested again unless you are "blue carded".
The "blue card" system works based on suspicion. If you smell like weed, your eyes are red, or even someone anonymously snitches you out to security with a slip of paper, you can be blue carded. When you are blue carded you get drug tested. If you fail, you are terminated. If you come back smelling like alcohol, you are breathylized. The limit is 0.0. If you are over 0.0, you are terminated. NO alcohol is tolerated.
It's quite crazy to think that if I am caught for drinking I will be homeless on the streets of San Bernardino. And yet, I am drinking and will be drinking today actually. Funny how my impulsive mind works.
I will post more information tomorrow.
Please ask questions in the comments and I will reply. This blog is a way to communicate the ins of this program that I wish I had known going in. It is also a way for me to express myself. I enjoy writing and I need a friend who I can talk to. Even if it's just the internet. Even if no one reads this.
