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there are no excuses in life!!
Published Jul. 2, 2009Views: 770
My daughter has a friend that is very unique. She came to the U.S.A when she was 6 and her parents could barely speak english. Her mother died when she was 9 years old and her father was murdered when she was 12. She was raised by her grandmother and she passed away 2 years later. She promised herself that no matter what happened in her life she is not going to let the myths come true. While living with her aunt and uncle she said she will never make less than a A in school ever again.Two weeks ago she received a four year scholarship to Stanford university!! She was over here earlier and she was very emotional talking about where she came from. She is the first Hispanic in that school to finish top her of class!
Like I said.......
THERE ARE NO EXCUSES! THIS IS A CHILD FROM MEXICO THAT SOME SAY WILL BE A NOTHING AND SHE PROVED EVERYONE WRONG!
CONGRATULATIONS MARISOL!!
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I have nothing but admiration for the foreign students that are studying in this country.
Is their English perfect? No. But it’s one heck of a lot better than my Hindi, or Mandarin, or whatever ....
I only wish more young AMERICANS would take advantage of what’s being offered at our LOCAL universities. It’s fairly obvious to me that, in the fairly near future, we, as a Nation, are going to be severely tasked because of the overall laziness of our youth.
My hat’s off to Marisol !
I wish her the best of success as she furthers her education.
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(I had a student leave rural Iowa with a full scholarship to Duke. She really struggled to fit in that first year.)
Congratulations!!
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