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Staying 1up. For the 18 year old or The Teenager Preparing for HS Graduation

Posted by Saye Taryor on Wednesday, March 30, 2011,

Before you get a student loan to attend a college you can not afford, please read this article first.

Does it make sense to be in college if you are going to be paying off debt and working for someone else for the next 20 years after your graduation?

How will attending college improve your life and the lives of the people around you?

Your credit rating is very important. Do you know when to reject student loans?

While you’re in college, where and how can you gain valuable work experience...

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About Me

Brother Saye

Atlanta

Brother Saye (Saye Menlekeh Taryor) is an author, critical thinking education & social entrepreneur activist, founder of 1up Entertainment/Consulting and the leading voice for “The 1up Movement.” The Atlanta/Liberian native graduated from Piney Woods Country Life School (a historically black boarding school, located in central Mississippi) in 1992. Soon after, he enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi, where he pursued a journalism degree. After realizing his true calling was to illuminate young men and women about the importance of social entrepreneurship and critical thinking education, he attended Georgia State University to learn more about critical thinking education and public speaking. Brother Saye has been active with “Generation Y” leadership workshops, which he first hosted with Linda A. Brooks in 2009. As an activist, he currently promotes his 1up programs and workshops, and is the "Atlanta Travel" writer for the Examiner.com. Brothers Saye’s most recent book entitled, “Overstanding With a 1up Vision, The Critical Thinking Approach to Liberation” has received praise throughout the conscious community. Other published works include, Child development and the importance of critical thinking education, Critical thinking approach to voting, Part II, “The 2009 1up Entertainment Music Guide and Directory, Vol. 1,” “Country Life School,” "What Do You Think?" and, “A Fathers Burden.”