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Keith 5 points ago +5 / -0

That's nice and all.

1)But imagine being one of five black kids with a single mom growing up in baltimore. Imagine trying to walk through gangs on your way to work every day, hopping on the train or the bus to go make minimum wage when you could just work the corner at night selling crack and making what you make in 3 months in one night.

2)Imagine trying to graduate high school when 1.0 GPA is in the top 25% of your class. System is often broken not always the kids.

  1. This one is doable.
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Cacciali_Via 2 points ago +2 / -0

If you leave for work in the morning as most people do, the dregs of humanity are still in bed.

Its almost impossible not to graduate high school in a poor part of town. They know they have to push the kids through for the money.

Remember the huge cheating scandal in Philly where the teachers were cheating for the students?