Friday, 07 August 2009

• Paying for my Education

  One of the things that I never wanted to do when I went to college was to get a student loan.  Now, that might sound like quite a feat, but in my case, my parents were not going to be able to help me financially, and I just didn’t want a large debt load when I came out of college.  I vowed to myself at fourteen that I would go to school without having a dime of debt when I was done.

  Once I realized the financial commitment that I was making to myself, I started to wonder if I could do it.  Sure, at the time I mowed lawns in the summer and shoveled snow in the winter, but could a young kid like myself do it?

  Well, it took some time, but I figured out how to make enough money to pay for college.  You see, I was a bit of an artist with wood, and I made some of the nicest college diploma frames that you have ever seen.  For me, making a graduation picture frame took less than two hours, and I could usually make forty or fifty dollars profit.

  Once I realized the potential of selling my frames, I made sure to let everyone in town know that I made them.  In fact, I was able to focus solely on making frames, and so far it has paid for my education.  If you ask me, that is something to be proud of.

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