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The students I teach are 90% Hispanic, with the remainder being African American, all of whom live in poverty or just above the poverty line. Many come from single parent homes, or from homes where parents don't work. They struggle to make ends meet and many kids in the neighborhood drop out before graduating from high school. The school is located in the inner city in an area that is full of drug use and gang violence. The children see this every day and are influenced by it. They see it and think it is the way to a better future. Many of our students want to do well and have big dreams but everyone constantly tells them they can't do it because of where they come from.

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The students I teach are 90% Hispanic, with the remainder being African American, all of whom live in poverty or just above the poverty line. Many come from single parent homes, or from homes where parents don't work. They struggle to make ends meet and many kids in the neighborhood drop out before graduating from high school. The school is located in the inner city in an area that is full of drug use and gang violence. The children see this every day and are influenced by it. They see it and think it is the way to a better future. Many of our students want to do well and have big dreams but everyone constantly tells them they can't do it because of where they come from.

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