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THE COLLEGE QUESTION “When I was thinking about going to college,” Rheya says, “a college education wasn’t considered as important as it is today. College then was a way to get skills, not the only way to get skills.” As Rheya suggests, many people today do see college as the only way to find a stable, well-paying career. This is part of the reason that in 2016, nearly seven out of every ten students in the United States who graduated from high school went on to attend college, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Unfortunately, a college education isn’t necessarily a safe bet when it comes to finding a successful career. The Wall Street Journal reports that

students who graduated from college with debt (money owed to a person, company, or organization) had average debt of $37,712. This much debt takes more than ten years to pay off! Additionally, studies have shown that some college graduates cannot find a job that is a goodmatch for their degree or they can only find jobs that don’t require a college degree!

THE MOST POPULAR DOG BREEDS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2017

1. Labrador retrievers 2. German shepherds 3. Golden retrievers 4. French bulldogs

5. Bulldogs 6. Beagles 7. Poodles 8. Rottweilers 9. Yorkshire terriers 10. German shorthaired pointers Source: American Kennel Club

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