#georgetown university
Well we know one is in the White house. To read more, clickhere.
These are the Wizards’ new city edition uniforms that they will wear 12 times this season! What do you think?
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Rashema Melson during her graduation.
The problem of inner-city schools is well known: inadequate facilities and supplies, absenteeism from students caring for struggling families, violence, drugs, and pregnancy the norm, and poor performance by students and teachers. Success in such an environment is difficult already, but only worsened when a student has a shaky home life, or no home at all.
When Indianapolis teen Syretha Shirley was six months old, her mother left her with her grandmother with an empty promise to ‘return soon.’ When Syretha was 11, her grandmother developed severe Alzheimers and Syretha was left to fend for herself. She has lived in 11 homes in 2 different states and gone to 8 schools. Her next is Indiana State University, where she plans on studying social work. “If I do not graduate and if I give up now, I will have to depend on other people. And that’s the one this I hate the most…because that’s something I’ve had to do my whole life,” she said. “That’s something I was forced to do, asking people, 'Can I stay with you? Can I please,’ please this and that. So going through this made me stronger and made me want to do this for myself.”
Rashema Melson lived in a D.C. shelter with 300 adults and 500 children but managed to graduate as valedictorian and get a full ride to Georgetown University, where she plans on studying forensic pathology. "Life is not fair, but despite that harsh reality, you must keep striving for success through the pain, tears and feeling of lost hope,“ she said in her commencement address at graduation. When asked if she had advice for other homeless youth, she said, "Because you live in a shelter that’s not who you are, that’s just where you reside at for the moment.”
“Never be afraid to go after your dreams, and regardless of the negative forecast that has been predicted upon us, beat the odds and let the sun shine,” Rashema said. "Each step we take is paved with possibilities. Now go unlock the door to your future.“
Okay…This is going to be a weird request but bear with me.
I’m a HS Senior looking to apply to… Well, I have a huge list of schools. So…
Sell me. Tell me why your school is the best. Tell me what you love about the campus and its people. Convince me why I should consider this school higher than the rest.
Seriously, help me out here. Please and thank you!
