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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-09-07 06:49 PM
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60. Recent case in point:
Jeremy Hernandez, the young man who rescued the children after the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, had started learning auto mechanics at Dunwoody Institute (a venerable and highly regarded vocational school) but had been forced to drop out because of not being able to afford the tuition.

After he appeared on the news, the administration of Dunwoody got some alumni to pool their resources to pay his tuition.

A heartwarming story.

However, how many equally deserving young people from poor families are denied the opportunity to learn a skilled trade because of lack of money?
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