Success Story

When I went to college, I didn't know anything about _______________ matters.

I didn't have very much money. I wasn't working, so I didn't have a regular _______________.

I started to buy things online or that I saw on TV. If an ad came on to _____________ a new product, I just had to have it.

That way I could buy whatever I wanted without paying right away. Soon, I had a 25,000 credit card bill. When my parents found the bill, they were very upset. They offered to give me the ___________ I needed to pay it.

They didn't want to ______________ me, but told me I needed to be more responsible.

I finally repaid them, but it took a long time. Now I work for a bank and give talks to college students about managing their money. I try to ___________ the problems they can have if they can have if they owe a lot of money when they are in school.

I explain that I was not a good ____________.

The students in the ______________ are always interested in the topic.

They usually don't know that owing so much money can ____________ their future happiness.

We are going to ___________ a book soon about money and college students.