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Have 2 Degrees, but no income

Gatlin McPherson
2 min readMar 9, 2022

I have received two college, I still have no income other than my SSI, which is $845.00. In 2007, I started working on my Associate Degree in Media Technologies with a concertation in Web Technologies. I went to Pellissippi State Community College to earn my degree. The why I went into that major was because I wanted to learn how to develop websites. Before I could take any web design courses, I had to take developmental math which was pre - algebra, that was very difficult since I couldn’t use my hands due to my disability. There were times where I wanted and give up. It nearly took me two years to complete it, but I did it, because I wanted to get a job. For the english part was a breeze. When I was taking English 101, the professor used my papers as examples. After I Received an associate degree, I went to worked for East Tennessee Public Broadcasting Service, After six months they let me go because I asked for a promotion. Then I decided to work on getting my Bachelor Degree in Communications. General Psychical was the hardest course I ever taken at the University of Tennessee. Here I am writing on Medium and hoping to make an income! I never ask for any handouts because I am disabled! Medium paid me three pennies, that’s a start!!!

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Gatlin McPherson
Gatlin McPherson

Written by Gatlin McPherson

Content Writer and Social Media Guru

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