When I was preparing to go to university, my divorced parents each gave me $5,000. That was their contribution to my education. The rest was up to me.

I remember starting part-time work in high school at $7 an hour, slowly building my savings one shift at a time. It wasn’t glamorous. It often meant late nights, missing out on social time with friends, and learning how long it really takes to save for something as big as an education. But those years shaped me. I learned how to stretch a dollar, how to budget with intention, and how to say no to overspending because I knew every dollar had a purpose.

That experience made me resilient — but it also taught me that education planning is about so much more than we are taught by financial institutions.

Read the full blog post here: https://www.moderncents.ca/post/is-put-in-2-500-and-call-it-a-day-really-an-education-funding-plan