佚名/Anonymous
, , butitseemedimpossibletosave $64, 268, thecostfortheprivaterestitutionthatIdesperatelywantedtoattend.
NowletmetellyoutheamazingstoryofhowIearnedthissumofmoney.
ItallbeganwithapaperrouteinAnkeny, , butwasdeterminedtostickitoutforsixmonthsuntilmyfamilymovedtoWausau, , , thefallofmyjunioryearofhighschool, IbegantowaitressatDenny', butthemoneybegantorollinandthisjobpaidatleasttwiceasmuchmoneyperhour.
Bythetimemysenioryeararrived, , butIknewthatIwouldalsoneedsomehelp, , myfirstscholarshipoffercamein, $2, $14, 000ayear, $9,, Ihadenoughmoneyformyfirstyear!
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Finally, , , , , $650, itwasanexhaustingsummerandmademeanxioustoreturntomyrelativelyeasylifeatcollege.
Duringmysecondandthirdyearsofundergraduateschooling, $1,600moretogetthecreditsinIsrael.
AbouttwoweekslatermyMomcalledtotellmethatIhad $1,600inthebankthatIhadforgottenabout! Oneofmyconcernsaboutthistripwasnotonlythecost, butthelossoftimetomakemoney; however, .
Finally, mysenioryearofcollegewasuponmeandtokeepthingsinteresting, $4, 200.
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我永远也不会忘记高中一年级时发生的一件事。一天,我两手抱头坐在通往地下室的楼梯上,绝望地哭着对父母说,我永远也没有办法攒够读大学的费用了,我很想申请一所私立大学,学费是64268美元。父母试着安慰我,但是我似乎不可能攒够这笔钱。
我赚这笔钱的过程令人惊奇,下面让我讲给大家听。
整个故事是从在艾奥瓦州安可尼市送报纸开始的。这份工作,我坚持了六个月,尽管我很厌恶那条送报纸的路线,但还是决心干下去,直到我家搬到威斯康星州的沃索市。每次送报纸赚的几块钱,让我的存款逐渐多了起来。体育用品公司的电话客户服务代理,是我的第二份工作,然而存折上存款的数目增长得仍然很慢。后来,在高二那一年的秋天,我在丹尼斯餐馆当女侍者,每小时的薪水比先前的多出至少一倍,虽然很辛苦,却能赚到很多钱。
