 So community college for the first two years just makes a whole lot of sense. After two years, the kids can go have the four year experience. And Mauricio emails, I've been working on my college degree since 2007 when I graduated high school. My junior year of college in 2010, I had to start working full time to support the cost. That same year, my family lost our home due to the recession. I couldn't afford to go back to college on the salary I had.