And if you find houses at those prices,
let us know. It is time.
Now for our three cents on
our feature topic of the day.
Is college the only pathway
to success? It
is an option for many,
but not the only way, right?
In order to answer that questio,
each person has have to ask to
have a clear understanding of
their individual idea of what?
Success is so
we know that college is not for everybody.
It all comes down to how you perceive
your upbringing and what you wat
for your future. Before we giveu
our three cents on this, we do want to
show you a story of an 18 year .
She used her college savings toy
a restaurant instead in her hometown.
Here's Brynn Caswell with her s.
How was your food today? Good.
Behind this long curly red hair and big smile
right now. This is so new.
This is my priority.
Our brains 5 days of the week.
I am in here most of the day
and it's not in here like
I'm back there doing prep.
The other two days I'm here,
but not in here.
I'm in the office
at Rosalie's off N Worcester St.
in Strasburg. 18 year old
Samantha Fry wears many hats.
Leanna, there's that oatmeal.
That's because. She owns the pl.
How did you decide?
I think I'm gonna purchase
this restaurant. If you told
me six months ago I would.
I was doing this.
I would have been.
You're crazy. I'm not.
There's no way I'm doing that.
Fry started working at
Rosalie's as a dishwasher at 16.
As the years passed,
she moved up in the ranks from
kitchen prep to line cook.
And as most high schoolers do these days,
they go off to college after graduation.
And so did Fry. First
it was business and the environmental
engineer, it changed a little b,
but that's what I went to Ohio
State for the half Manhattan.
But when she came in for a shift
during winter break, an idea spd
when the past owners told her ty
wanted to sell the restaurant.
And I was thinking I was like, ,
maybe there's something I might
want to do because I had a savis
because I was saving up for col.
So I had quite a bit of money set away.
And I was like.
I couldn't possibly do this and she did.
I'm the new owner.
It's nice to meet you guys.
She paid her down payment
and took ownership in April.
I'm glad you guys stop in. Awesome that she
was able to save her own money r
a down payment. That's, you kno,
I couldn't have done that.
Rosalie's is a staple in Strasb.
Definitely like a community of
these guys come in twice a day.
And this family almost every we.
Waitresses are awesome. The foos
good. Cakes. Blueberries. OK,
Fry is not only an inspiration o
her customers, but her staff. It
really thinks that, you know,
she's just a great example of, you know,
a young lady that's following hr
dreams and doing what she loves.
Fry doesn't want to change
the name of the restaurant,
blueberry pancakes or update mu,
but she hopes her story has one clear
message for her generation. You
don't need college to make a det
living, and I think that's what
a lot of people think nowadays.
You're welcome. Enjoy.
I'll bring you some. Well,
that is very impressive.
Hats off to her. That's incredi.
She saves money for college and decided
to do something else with it and pursue
her dream of owning that restaut
from high school up to be able
to even save for college.
That is a hard thing to do,
as we know. And you know,
she chose a different route.
I mean, I think it's been
ingrained in so many of us.
I know for me as a kid.
You have to go to college.
It was not even an option
that you're not going.
I think it's the industry.
So for to own a restaurant,
you may not need a college degr,
but if you want to be in a specc
industry specific job, even loo.
Indeed it'll say must have a college degree.
So if you're going after that,
you're going to need that degre.
But if your goals and your drea,
your aspirations don't necessary
require that this is a great op.
Well, and especially with the ct
of higher education at this poi,
you know so many people don't wt
to be leaving college at 22 wit.
$4,000,000 million
spend the rest of your life
paying it. I mean going into trade school,
there are a lot of people who fh
that and are making well over wt
colleges triple digits, plumber,
electricians. Yep. All those ths
and jobs that are in high development,
they are waiting for you to finish that
degree so they could swoop you right up.
So there are a lot of different
options I think than even when we were
graduating from high school for example.
6 figure pays. Yeah.
It doesn't have to be the traditional.
I think you're right though.
Back to the college thing they need to.
Start getting more realistic with how
much it costs for college so tht
it is more attainable for peoplo
get that degree and go on and m,
move on to their dreams. But you're right.
Yeah, 255 hundred $1000 in debt.
You're going to be working for e
1st 10 years of your job. Yeah.
To try to pay off that amount.
Yeah. And I will say, I mean,
I was a finance major in colleg.
I'm not using that necessarily except for
financial Neta coming through.
We finally got the payoff for your finance
degree and our three cents behind us.
Congratulations. But I will say
you know, you learn a lot stilly
going through the college experience.
That's true discipline.
Things like lifelong
make best friends. There are perks. That's
pretty cool for her.