I am the divorced mother of five and am currently attending nursing school full-time. Since the divorce in July 2008, I've only found a couple temporary, part-time jobs and not been able to contribute much. Due to the economy, I've also been very unsuccessful at collecting child support.
I do qualify for financial aid, but after multiple medical emergencies with my mother this semester, I had to drop a class and that terminated my financial aid for next semester. I need $800 to pay for tuition, lab fees, and books for the summer semester and then I'll be able to get my financial aid back the following (fall) semester.