"Every day when I go to school, to college, I see dead bodies on the street and ... destroyed houses and burnt cars and things like that, " Adel says.

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She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

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So when I was in college, that's when I had to decide whether I wanted to go on to graduate school, and I decided I would be a lawyer.

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And when it came time to go to college, we both chose Princeton (she was a senior when I was a freshman).

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It poses a difficult question for the family: 'Do I sell out of these accounts now and pay the tax, or do I keep money in there and use it for my child when they go to college?

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March is the time of year when I go into hiding because I don't want to annoy my friends by reminding them that college basketball bites.

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Then when I went to college at Southern Illinois University, just a few hours from Louisville, we used to go to the Kentucky Derby, and I got to see Secretariat and Riva Ridge win.

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