At six he asked his stepfather how he was going to pay for college. His stepfather answered, “You’re going to pay for college.” That day, after his eyes returned to normal size, they went out to gather aluminum cans. In a month or so with chores, can money and birthday money, he had $100 and opened a savings account. Gathering cans wasn’t much fun, but he kept at it until he found other things that paid more.

       He saved his money and invested it in stocks and mutual funds. Later he got a paper route, worked at a fast food restaurant and started an internship program at his high school. By his Freshman year at Miami he had enough to buy a computer, pay for the school year and had investments left over. In fact he had investments of $16,000 in his Junior year, which he eventually built to $50,000, then desecrated to $5000, but that’s another story.

       He got several scholarships, worked summer internships and got loans. He did indeed pay for almost all of his college expenses and because he knew what it took to pay for his education his grades were much better than most of his friends. And now he is a CPA and looking into the future.