How Having A Degree Affected My Life

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A. A University education will affect my current family/personal situation by giving me the chance to have the opportunities my parents never had when it came to occupations and success in the workplace. I have seen the way my parents have struggled finding well paying jobs when they have found themselves out of work and how not having a college education has limited them to what they are able to do. I never want to have to worry about not being able to find a job just because I do not have a college education or having to settle and do a job that I do not enjoy just to make ends meet like I have seen both of my parents go through throughout my childhood.
A degree will impact my future through giving me the advantage of having a degree when

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