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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 09:37 PM Oct 2014

'Homeless Valedictorian' Makes Transition to Georgetown

This girl is, in my book, is one STRONG Lady!

Published on Oct 9, 2014

With more homeless students now scattered across the nation than ever before, the NewsHour’s American Graduate team spent a day with Rashema Melson as she started classes at Georgetown University on a full academic scholarship. Melson lived for most of the last three years in a Washington D.C. shelter - nown as DC General - before graduating as valedictorian from Anacostia High School.

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'Homeless Valedictorian' Makes Transition to Georgetown (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 OP
Yes. Please help her, elleng Oct 2014 #1
do they still have academic scholarships? redruddyred Oct 2014 #2
Questbridge is one program MissB Oct 2014 #3
I hear that questbridge is only for minorities. redruddyred Oct 2014 #6
"you hear" wrong eShirl Oct 2014 #7
you mean my racist white family is racist? redruddyred Oct 2014 #8
she is on twitter!! yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #4
Yes! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #5

elleng

(129,798 posts)
1. Yes. Please help her,
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 09:42 PM
Oct 2014

and thanks for this, LFR.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1044487


Please help a deserving young woman.

from a friend of mine:

If you have not heard Rashema Melson's story, you must stop and take a moment to admire this ambitious college Freshman.

My father, Sam Ford, did a story about her a few months ago for ABC7 News. Rashema graduated Valedictorian from Anacostia High School in one of the roughest neighborhoods in D.C. In addition, she did it while living in a DC homeless shelter with her family.

While she is enjoying her full scholarship to Goergetown University, she lacks the necessities. I am asking you to come together and help provide her the simple things so she can consentrate on school and not where her winter clothes will come from or where to find pots and pans to make dinner.

Rashema has a promising future and, although she has already overcome so much, I ask that you pitch in to ensure she has a lighter load as she buckles down her Freshmen year.

For questions, Facebook me or email me at [email protected]

Gina

http://www.gofundme.com/fiu8z0

MissB

(15,799 posts)
3. Questbridge is one program
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 10:15 PM
Oct 2014

for low income kids. It give them a chance to break out of poverty by giving them full rides to top universities.

Kids still need help making the transition, because they are often in a world they aren't familiar with- so support is key.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
6. I hear that questbridge is only for minorities.
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 11:17 PM
Oct 2014

is this true?

I was looking at pictures of DC general and it actually looks nicer than my undergrad dorm. and I had to pay a couple thousand of dollars for the privilege to live there!

it's weird that we consider a liberal arts education at a top school the principle escape for getting out of poverty, when one considers how little one learns at these places. I attended a couple of what are considered to be very good schools, but in fact learned more from my dollah-and-a-half of late charges from my local public library.

 

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)
8. you mean my racist white family is racist?
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 01:42 AM
Oct 2014

didn't see that one coming.

more seriously, how are we sure that elite colleges are the right place for smart low-income students? the one I went to they were just there to pad out their numbers. no joke; all the resources went to the upper-middle class white kids from fancy prep schools.

also, I think it's weird that they base their decisions on gpa; a few months I was having a chat with some severely gifted woman a couple decades my senior, and we both agreed on how stupid we thought HS was, esp the competition for class rank; I personally slept thru all honors classes and still graduated with a reasonable gpa; not only was I bored out of my mind, but I felt that I had better things to do with my time. and I'm not even that smart, rather, my HS was that stupid. what do the REALLY smart kids do, I wonder?

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