One student was a physical therapist with a monthly salary of $5,000. Another was a member of the armed forces, earning $1,399 a month. By the end of the simulation, he had only $100 left, KAUZ reported.
Garret Box told KAUZ, "It makes you want to know what you need and what you want. I didn't have a pet or anything. I was riding a bike around. I was riding a bus and I didn't have a vehicle."
A junior who was given the job of a food-service manager, and a single mother, earned $2,400 a month. She said she had no idea what it cost to raise a child, paying for a child’s clothes, groceries and child care.
Avery Iles told KAUZ she now has a new appreciation for what her parents did for her family.
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