Beat the Streets: A Lesson Research Paper

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The Sisters did not fully apprehend what Rameck was struggling with -- he was the son of a drug-addicted single mother. He even gave his mother the money he had obtained to get acting headshots, although though he knew she would use the money for drugs (42). Seeing these early dreams dashed would have deterred some young men, but not Rameck.

The boys point to an accidental viewing of forty-five-minute presentation by Seton Hall about a free medical program for disadvantaged and minority youths at their school library as pointing them on their path to success. The program was designed to teach students to become doctors, not aides and orderlies.
All of the boys craved to become leaders in their heart of hearts. (96). The importance of funding such programs, and affirmative action is underlined by the clear motivating factor the Seton Hall program had in encouraging these young men to work hard. Another impetus was that the young men were together when they saw the presentation and resolved to realize their goal together. They created their own society of positive reinforcement, rather than negative reinforcement and the book's core message is that it was this sense of possibility and mission, and the determination not to let one another….....

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