http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/04/one-reason-why-i-care-about-personal-finance/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/04/one-reason-why-i-care-about-personal-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Unsacrificed Travel Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:03:19 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=197#comment-7037 [...] My absolutely wonderful teacher knew how I felt, so we cut a deal. My teacher asked me to pay as much as I could and to repay the rest I was asked simply to do something like this for someone else when I had the chance, hence my secret desire to create a scholarship at my high school, but again, I digress. I signed over every single one of my paychecks for a few months before the trip. At the time I was making about $5/hr taking care of kids in a latchkey kid program. Whenever I got a check, I endorsed over to my teacher. It never even hit my bank. At most I probably gave her about ~$700.00-900.00 of my own money. I think my parents might have given about another $500.00. My teacher figured out a budget for the trip and included one less than fully paid person into it. [...] [...] My absolutely wonderful teacher knew how I felt, so we cut a deal. My teacher asked me to pay as much as I could and to repay the rest I was asked simply to do something like this for someone else when I had the chance, hence my secret desire to create a scholarship at my high school, but again, I digress. I signed over every single one of my paychecks for a few months before the trip. At the time I was making about $5/hr taking care of kids in a latchkey kid program. Whenever I got a check, I endorsed over to my teacher. It never even hit my bank. At most I probably gave her about ~$700.00-900.00 of my own money. I think my parents might have given about another $500.00. My teacher figured out a budget for the trip and included one less than fully paid person into it. [...]

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/04/one-reason-why-i-care-about-personal-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-256 inagm Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=197#comment-256 Sounds like Phillips Academy in Andover. Sounds like a great school to attend - good job, future benefactor! Sounds like Phillips Academy in Andover. Sounds like a great school to attend – good job, future benefactor!

]]> http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/04/04/one-reason-why-i-care-about-personal-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Seattle Simplicity Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=197#comment-255 This is a fantastic post, mapgirl. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. This is a fantastic post, mapgirl. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

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