The following remarks are excerpted from student letters. These highlight student circumstances and the powerful impact of Helping High.
Selected Excerpts
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- The coat will keep me warm
- Before the quarter ends
- Last school year grades
- Thinking back on the things
- The incentive program
- Mr. Hawley thank you
- My mom was abused
- I remember
- My mother passed
- I live
- I didn’t start
- I grew up
- I would like
- My dad and I
- I ended up running away
- I have two jobs
- My living situation
I ended up running away for about 2 weeks because my mom decided to put her hands on me again. I now live with my dad in a 3 bedroom trailer in Garden City. I love him to death, even though he drinks a case a night and smokes at least 2 packs of cigarettes a day. He only makes like $9.25 an hour. At the end of every 2 weeks we get about $600 and most goes to gas, food, and bills. My dad tries his best, but sometimes the best never works.