TSUalum05
Well-Known Member
This has nothing to do with HBCU's but I think it's something that could be used as motivation.
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This week marks the start of high school graduation ceremonies across the Houston area. As the graduates receive their diplomas, a school administrator will call out their first and last names and not much more.
But each one has a story.
Among the class of 2010: the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador who will be the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college; a Galveston teen who still lives in a trailer two years after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home; and twins from Manvel High who ranked second and sixth in their class.
As the valedictorian of Willowridge High School, Amilda Medina, the first-generation college student, will deliver a speech to her fellow classmates.
“Never give up,†she plans to tell them. “Always follow your dreams. Never forget where you're coming from. And overcome every obstacle you're presented with.â€
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7027728.html
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This week marks the start of high school graduation ceremonies across the Houston area. As the graduates receive their diplomas, a school administrator will call out their first and last names and not much more.
But each one has a story.
Among the class of 2010: the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador who will be the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college; a Galveston teen who still lives in a trailer two years after Hurricane Ike destroyed his home; and twins from Manvel High who ranked second and sixth in their class.
As the valedictorian of Willowridge High School, Amilda Medina, the first-generation college student, will deliver a speech to her fellow classmates.
“Never give up,†she plans to tell them. “Always follow your dreams. Never forget where you're coming from. And overcome every obstacle you're presented with.â€
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7027728.html