Antiwork

I've been unemployed (without a steady job) for almost 10 years now. At my last job I was a sanitation technician for the gov't at 18 working 15$/hr I moved 1500km away from home and landed in a Statistically horrible city (murder capital). I was homeless for 2 of those years. I only found a place because I got on assistance. I've rented a small apartment that I have managed to keep throughout all that time, only because of the assistance. I don't have a GED. I've been back to school 6x since the age of 16 (clearly the school system doesn't work for me. But it's a catch-22 because you “supposedly” need the GED to even apply literally anywhere. I've been interviewed, but I know the minute I leave the store/office its “smile-and-wave-now, throw- his-application-in-the-shredder-when-he-isn't-looking” I've been at this for 10 years, and nothing changed. If anything the pool…

Thoughts?

Who has dealt with workers that somewhat new but they more hours than you ? I been there for 8, her 1. So how do I bring this up ?