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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 9/4/2012 5:33:00 PM
POSTED IN crack the college code, college 101, In the News, Make more money
It's my freshman yr in hs and my parents got me a math tutor to come once a week. The girl is nice and I know her very well and I feel like se really is helping me. The only prob is we got our 1st test back today and I got my first D... I understand it's not a big deal and it's only one test grade but I am embarrassed and don't know how to tell my sweet tutor or my parents, who both keep asking... I'm not gonnna lie but I don't know what tO do...please help!!
by glamgal97 on 9/5/2012 5:16:03 PM
My parents dont plan on helping me either. Thats why I am going to community college for two years then going to study my Major at a University.
by Emiegal on 9/5/2012 12:01:17 PM
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by OMGabi on 9/5/2012 6:00:38 AM
i'm terrible at saving! ugh i'm a freshman (in highschool) and now i'm terrified!
by myfatsquirrel on 9/4/2012 6:49:03 PM
i wanna go to college for english. So i can become a teen novelist! I shall write dystopian/romance novels. My parent bought my brother's whole tuition. Dorm fee's and cafeteria fee's. Although my older step sister is very independent. She bought her tuition with her own money. She's an excellent role model. She works every day during school breaks and if she has extra time on the weekends...and all summer full time. She saves all her money up for college. Then at school she transfer's and has to commute each way which is in hour travel time and two hours is she goes to college and comes home. She spends her free time doing homework. And she does an internship a couple hours a day every weekday. She also pays for all her car insurance and gas. She works really hard and I want to be like her! But I am NOT commuting. I will save money as soon as I get a job at fifteen.
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