I went mainly to public grade schools, although I was fortunate enough to get into a 'magnet school'- Brooklyn 'Tech, when I was living in New York City. Otherwise, I would have wound up going to my 'zone' public school, which was full of gangs and drugs. I do not think I would have survived. I managed to get a BS degree from Berea College pretty much for free. Berea mainly accepts poor applicants, and all students recieve a financial hardship scholarship. The scholarship included room and board as well, although there were some pretty obsolete rules and regulations while living on campus. But, beggars can't be choosers. They do have a mandatory work-study program, that only paid $1.35/hour when I was there, but it kept me in pizza, so it wasn't too bad.
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