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   **Emailed to the government.

Hi there.

Hope your having a good day. 

I am a proud Canadian but is losing trust in education and support very
quickly and I have my reasons for it.  I moved this country when I was
8 for a fresh start with my family after my father died of
complications in England.  I had always dreamed of going to University
and getting my degree to secure my future in a good paying job and
start a family, you could even say the Canadian dream.  With the
technology craze going in the late 90's I saw it as a sure fire
endeavour to get a degree that would encompass all of the attributes of
Business and Technology.  I opted to go to a school that would get in
and out in under 3 years with a degree.  Well this is now almost 6
years later and I have the debt for the degree, however I don't have
the degree or anything to show that I went to school.

At the age of 24 I finally decieded to take the plunge and go to the
school that fit my needs.  I started the course and worked hard to get
my place on the honor role, creating student council and organising
events for the students on top of all of the school work that goes
along with going to a dynamic school.  Unforturnatley, at the time I
was then diagnosed with Bi-Polar and I had to interruput my studies and
cut my chances at completing what I had planned for the school
envirionment short to take time to take care of myself.  Well at least
that is what I thought was going on.  After trying to get some support
for my condition that I couldn't find anyways, I went back to school
for a couple of semesters after a break of about 6 months.  Eveything
was going fine until I lost the house that I was renting with some
friends to horrific fire.  Not only did I lose my recidence but I also
lost 4 friends in the  tragedy.  

At this point in time I had to make a decision, either honor my friends
and go to the funeral or continue on with my education.  Well I had to
face facts, I would not be able to concentrate on anything if I where
to stay in school and not attend the 4 funerals that I wanted to go
to.  In retrospect I should have been selfish, even though that was not
an option.  When I got back to the school I found out that I would not
be able to attend school until the next semester, in about 10 weeks. 
Which was fine, however the catch was since I had interrupted my
studies once before I would have to go before a commity to decide if I
would be able to go back to my regular schedule.  At the time of the
decision I had no doubt that I wouldn't be let back in.  To my surprise
I was not allowed to come back in.

I was told that due to my metal condtion and personal problems I was
not going to be able to continue with my studies.  That was the last
time that I attended the school and am still trying to pay for it now. 
I find that I was discriminated against, lied to, and played to be a
fool now and then.  You see I am still paying for the education that is
useless to me, without that piece of paper I can't get anywhere upwards
and have to settle for the same jobs that I was working at when I was
13.  My diesease has progressed due to the stress of paying for
something that I did not recieve, and not allowed to recieve.  I am now
so close to the streets than before and had never thought of myself
being in this situation.  I can't believe that the Post Secondary
school that attended has done this, but also the govenment for turning
a shoulder and not seeing anything that I am the one to be left in a
debt that I can't handle and a stress that is getting worse.  I am now
unable to work which puts me in a very diffucult situation because with
paying for the education that I did not recieve I have had to rely on
credit cards, hoping for something good to happen.  Well it hasn't
happened and I have tried to break the surface but only to fail and
fall to the bottom again.  

I can't believe that my talents are being wasted on writing something
like this rather than helping someone else.  I find it a sick and
disgusting situation and would not wish it on my worst enemy even it I
got paid to do so.  I really don't know how you can help now, I am so
far gone that I don't know what to do anymore, all I can do is hope
that you care enough to read this horror story that is meant to be a
success story.

Thanks for your time, hope you enjoy your dream jobs.  If you would
like any other information on my story I am more than will to let you
know about more discriminatory situations against Mental Illness and
for students that think they have rights.

Nick R. Hatton

647-221-3772

RESPOND TO:  nickhatton@email.com, joatec@rescueteam.com

16 Chapel Street

Georgetown, ON.

L7G 2L9