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Should I try to get my driver's license next month for jobs or save up a little & wait until May?

• I receive SSI & Social Security. I'm 25 with a BA in Spanish/Liberal Arts, but still not fluent (working on it) because all they taught was ancient literature, & I didn't find out until AFTER I graduated college, that a BA in Spanish, emphasizing on literature wouldn't get me fluent, & the only career in that field is to teach it, which I don't want to do. I want my long-term career to be a translator. Right now, I'm trying to focus on improving my Spanish skills & computer skills, since those will be the things I need to take the test to try to get into the NYU continuing ed program & get a translation certificate, taking the course online. The program is like $595 per course, per semester, I think. I admit that the test is really hard. I'm not as fluent as I thought I was, & my mental illness is preventing me from concentrating & focusing, studying independently @ home. I live in TX. Even though I have a degree, I don't have much work experience. I need to work full-time to pay my student loans off. If I work under 30 hrs. a week, I don't have to pay them back. There are certain work incentives through the SSA program, where I can work & still keep my benefits. I don't have a car. I HAD a car, but because of financially struggling with Hurricane Katrina aftermath, I was struggling financially & been struggling ever since. No one wants to hire me because employers assume that I look mentally retarded. People think I'm retarded, but I'm not. I HAD a VALID driver's license, but I had a household crisis with roommates in New York (long story), & my brother sent for me to come down here. I don't have a bad driving record. They said here in Texas, new residents have to take the test ALL over again. I passed the written part, but I just need to take the driving part. Almost ALL jobs, even minimum wage jobs require you to have an unrestricted license before you get a job. I haven't driven any kind of vehicle in over a yr. I have some worries. If I pay $144 for the practice and using the driver's ed company car to take the test, & she doesn't think I'm ready for the test, or if I take the road test & fail it, then I will be broke & LITERALLY penniless for the month of April. But whether I pass or fail, I'll be penniless after paying for the test. & I feel like, what if I don't get hired for a job in April, even IF I have my license? Another sticky situation is, they are hiring for Summer & Fall jobs NOW, & tomorrow is the last day for seasonal Summer employment-working with kids with recreation, so that's out the question because I won't have my license @ time of job application TOMORROW. They pay $9/hr. & I need a FULL license, even though it's a non-driving job. I'm just trying to get anything I can lay my hands on, temporarily while studying to try to become fluent & work on computer skills, so I can save up to take those classes FOR my CAREER-later on. & while I take the courses online, I can continue working & saving up to take the online classes & learn other languages, & apply my translation skills to those. I was highly advised to become fluent in 1 language 1st before moving on to the next, so I won't get confused. I want to learn more languages, & I also want to write fiction & translate them in other languages, myself, in my future career. & I'd like to travel a LOT! Sorry, so long, but I really needed this to be detailed so you can understand my situation. So, should I play Russian roulette & take a gamble on next month or stay unemployed without a license for another month, working intensively on my Spanish & combine the April AND May $$ I saved up? What would you do if you were in this predicament?

• Answer:

  I think you should just stay unemployed for another month, work on your Spanish and combine your money.