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I decided to try community collegeI started working 40 hours a week at Chick-fil-A, and a few months later, I enrolled in a community college as a political science major again because I still wanted to make college work.
I went back and forth for eight years in that cycle and ultimately took out $25,000 in student loans but didn't graduate.
College is not the only optionI wish I had known when I graduated from high school that apprenticeships were an option.
I don't think I retained much of the classroom knowledge I learned in college, and I wish I had pursued an apprenticeship earlier.
Persons:
—, Janika Cook, I'm, It's, I've, you've, it's, could've
Organizations:
Service, Ohio University, Business, Intermountain
Locations:
Cleveland, Athens