As adults, we all work hard to make our monthly income cover the necessities and still have a little left over at the end of the month. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have had a “trial run” at adult spending decisions while we were still young and able to choose our future career? That was the idea behind inviting forty-one students to participate in Real Money, Real World, a program supported by Clermont 20/20, Inc. and OSU Extension. For the second year in a row, students who are enrolled in Clermont 20/20’s High School Mentoring Program which is offered under the Clermont Educational Opportunities college access program traveled to UC Clermont College on Tuesday April 15, 2008 to take part in this simulation. The purpose was to promote postsecondary education by getting the students onto a college campus and provide an interactive financial simulation of a life scenario. Several students commented that this was a real eye opener and they definitely learned the value of a dollar. It also solidified their ideas of graduating from high school and pursuing higher education after graduation.