BEFORE WE KNOW IT -- BACK TO
SCHOOL WILL BE TIME FOR
COMMENCEMENT.AND WHEN IT COMES
TO SENIORS FIGURING OUT POST
HIGH SCHOOL PLANS...THERE'S A
LOT TO WEIGH.
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AS IT STANDS IN THE UNITED
STATES -- OUTSTANDING STUDENT
LOAN DEBT ROSE TO 1.4 TRILLION
DOLLARS -- MORE THAN ALL THE
CREDIT CARD DEBT IN THE
COUNTRY COMBINED - AND SECOND
ONLY TO MORTAGES.
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BETWEEN THE CRISIS OF MOUNTING
DEBT -- DAYBREAK WANTED TO
FIND OUT HOW AN AVERAGE SENIOR
IS WEIGHING A LIFETIME
DECISION -- THE DECISION OF
DEBT OR DON'T.
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09275203BAGGIE SAYS: HI PAUL,
HOW YA DOING?IN THE RECIPE OF
EDUCATION --09282313GABBIE
SAYS: DID YOU HAVE LIKE REALLY
GOOD FOOD?THE INGREDIENTS VARY
FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT.
09284917GABBIE SAYS: I LOVE
FRIED CHICKEN. SO GOOD.BUT THE
DISH IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
09285824GABBIE SAYS: AND BACON.
WHEN YOU GRADUATE -- WHAT
NEXT? IS THE MAIN COURSE.
09285924GABBIE SAYS: BACON'S
GOOD. WAS A SOPHOMORE WHEN SHE
STARTED WORKING AT BISHOP
HILLS.09363729GABBIE SAYS: I'M
GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR.BY
MAY, AT ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHE'LL BE ASKING -- WHAT NEXT?
A QUESTION THAT'S LONG BEEN ON
HER MIND.09381700GABBIE SAYS:
PROBABLY LIKE 8TH GRADE. I
STARTED TO WORRY ABOUT IT
EARLY. I WAS LIKE, OH GOD,
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?SHE
FOUND IT -- THROUGH WORK..
09182223GABBIE SAYS: THIS IS
THE LOVELY KITCHEN.SHE'S A
COOK FOR THE RESIDENTS - AND
LOVES THE IDEA OF TEACHING.
09422015GABBIE SAYS: I WANT TO
GOTO COLLEGE. I'M WILLING TO
SAVE UP AS MUCH MONEY AS I
CAN, DO AS MUCH WORK AS I CAN
TO GET THERE.THIS SUMMER SHE
HIT A GOAL OF MONEY SAVED.
09423115GABBIE SAYS: I FINALLY
REACHED $1,000.SHE LAUGHS --
THINKING ABOUT HOW IT PALES IN
COMPARISON TO WHAT SHE'LL NEED
FOR A DEGREE.09400925GABBIE
SAYS: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
A STRUGGLE. IT'S DEFINITELY
GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE BUT I'M
WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT.THIS
YEAR AS SHE SIFTS THROUGH THE
COUNTLESS COLLEGE BROCHURES
....09465323GABBIE SAYS: THIS
IS THE ONE RIGHT HERE. I CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I REALLY
LIKED THAT.IT'S THAT DIRECTION.
09384526GABBIE SAYS: COOKING.
I LOVE COOKING.AND
PREPAREDNESS -- FOR THE DEBT
AHEAD.09384526GABBIE SAYS: AND
TEACHING.THAT HAS GABBIE READY
TO DISH UP A FIVE-STAR FUTURE.
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TERESA:..
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