There’s a Room for Improvement

My neighbor’s son had many things working against him—poverty, a broken home, a violent neighborhood. He skipped school often and was difficult. But when a friend was shot to death, he considered it a wake-up call. Determined to change his life, the boy worked hard to bring his grades from failing to top marks.
Yet the school counselor did not believe in him and told him that no college would accept
him. But the boy proved him wrong. He graduated from college and pursued a career in education.

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