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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

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Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. But that doesn’t mean you know how to stay out of credit trouble using it!

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. I liked seeing money accumulate and grow, and that has continued into adulthood! This especially was very important to my husband growing up.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

Tell us a little about yourself! My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. Our two goats I’m planning to milk next year We also have a big garden, fruit trees, a medicinal herb garden and grow some cut flowers. Here’s Gretchen: 1.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

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The proverbial saying ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’ is used by many a parent in denying some wished for item to their children. Well, kids, your parents lied to you – money does grow on trees. A money tree starts out growing slowly, so small at first that you don’t even think it is there.

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Start Saving Early for Retirement: Tips for Young People Just Starting Out

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They might have a part-time job to help pay their way through school or they may have started full-time employment for the first time. Even very small amounts from each pay packet, invested in a savings account, can grow to a healthy retirement income. The key is the length of time and the regularity of savings.

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What Should I Look for in a Business School?

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For those who can’t afford to drop everything, however, a part-time degree program might be a better fit. And then there’s the fully online degree—convenient, certainly, as you can study at the times that work best for you and at a pace that’s suited to your own learning needs.

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Let’s Talk about Employment

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I also teach college part-time in addition to working on my freelance writing career. I think it’s safe to say I’m pretty confused about what I want to be when I grow up. Through those situations, I’ve picked up a lot of useful information that I hope will help make your career, whatever phase it’s in, smoother than mine.