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Today's post can be considered as Part 2 of yesterday's. After calling EDD ALL DAY yesterday and first thing this morning, I decided to go to my local "One Stop Career Center" and actually speak to someone IN PERSON. They actually have EDD personnel in house. So I check-in and tell the woman at the desk what my issue is. I tell her that I've recently gone back to school and answered "yes" to the question on the claim form where it asks about school. She gasped as if I had just told her that I had 3 arms. She shook her head and said to me in a whisper, "You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't tell them that you're in school. They cut you right off when you do that." Are you FRICKIN' kidding me?!? So I should've LIED is what she's telling me. Shut the front door!!! I proceed to fill out the forms that they require and wait my turn to meet with the EDD rep. I tell her my situation and although she didn't tell me that I should have lied, she did confirm that the benefits STOP when one goes back to school until EDD can schedule a phone interview and determine my continued eligibility. That should happen in 10 days. Rent is due in 6. It's just so frustrating! I do the RIGHT thing and I'm penalized for it. Had I done the WRONG thing, none would be the wiser (except for my conscience). What has happened to society. When did right become wrong and wrong become right? When did we begin living in a "backwards society?" I don't have the answers to any of those questions. What I do know is that I can't change who I am. I have to go with what I know and what I know is that I have to be honest. Unfortunately, honesty tends to come at a high cost. C'est la vie Let the DIALOGUE begin: Have you ever been penalized for being honest? Talk to me! Til next time...