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Real people’s stories of life beyond school

Kristen Furrow

Kristen grew up in Augusta and graduated from Cony High School in 2002. She then went on to the University of Maine where she studied psychology and graduated in 2006. She is currently employed as an educator at Saco Island School, an alternative high school for students struggling in public school.

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Video clips featuring Kristen Furrow

Sweating the small stuff and not the big stuff in high school

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What she WAS told but didn’t listen to

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Employers don’t seem to care which college she went to

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Complications transferring from UMO to USM

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Her problem in life

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Everything came before academics in high school

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Relationships were too high a priority

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A mistake getting an apartment too soon

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Big loans are hard to pay with low wages

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Transferring colleges meant taking more classes

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What she wishes she had considered

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