July 8,2010. “Students say financial problems and difficulty in school prompted them to look for a job instead of a college.”

South Florida Sun-Sentinel
By Scott Travis
July 5, 2010

Justin Kilburn spent most of his high school years focusing on girls and partying, and he had no clue what do once he received his diploma.

Guidance counselors had asked him what options might interest him, such as college, trade school or the military.

“I always used the excuse, ‘I’m too young. I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life,'” said Kilburn, 20, of Loxahatchee. He graduated from an online high school in 2008 and spent the next year working dead-end jobs in food service, construction and telemarketing.

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