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The Documentary That Started It All…
May 7th, 2008
I thank the Rare Foundation of Troy, Michigan and the folks who nominated me for this prestigious award. It made my teaching career a dream career. It propelled my students to continue with their education. I told my students that we in the Southwest part of Detroit were going to be in a documentary and that the only difference between Hollywood and ours is that we are real and we have no script.
The Rare Foundation partners with the Detroit Free Press’ Newspaper in Education so that students can discover local mentors in their own community. They were concerned with the heavy emphasis on athletes and celebrities as role models, so they focused on everyday people.
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