[quote author=Emma_85 link=board=13;threadid=457;start=0#4930 date=1061902613]<br />argg! where do you live? alabama? didn't know alabama was that bad!<br />wow, well i should consider myself lucky then, i suppose. there are loads of important and big libraries in speyer, one of them my school's library, which has some of the most valuable books in the state in its keeping. there are about 20 book shops in walking distance of my school (anything more than half a km is not walking distance

).<br />and speyer is considered to be a rural town!<br /><br />Oooh! I'm turning green...<br /><br />lol, now i understand why your parents choose to homeschool you. not much choice in the way of schools around where you live, then. and you said your local school was awful... <br /><br />Somewhat worse than awful, according to one of my sister's best friends, who teaches there. <br /><br />hmm... doesn't sound like there's much in the way of part time jobs on offer either... <br />looks like you will just have to save up then, unless you know someone who wouldn't mind going halfs on you (some one being homeschooled maybe and has the same interests?), or you know a professor for classics. but as you live in the middle of nowhere... all i can suggest is moving somewhere a bit more ...umm... populated

.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I don't really want to move somewhere more populated; I enjoy the isolation. The peace and quiet is good for my studies. (Horrible things-seriously! ;D) Getting the material to study...weeelll, that can be a little more tricky. ;D The Internet is not as economical as a used bookstore or a library would be :'(, but at least it's available.

And, as far as working goes, the nice thing about writing is that you can do it anywhere...even in a town with a population of about 200...<br /><br />Keesa