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Old 05-11-2006, 06:43 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alias
I never got a high priced education and my parents didn't help me either. I got my GED through a government grant and then I got an apprenticeship at a printing company when I was hired as a box boy and showed some initiative and there was an opening. Then as I got older and got a little better off in the printing business, I went to college part time for 2 years. Then I got older and the printing business was too hard for me and I got a home study course for medical transcription and now work at home with full benefits, paid vacations, paid holidays, sick pay, retirement plan, etc. No one helped me.
That is great. But realize a GED probably went a lot further in your time.

Are you a white male by chance?
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