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Her troubled parents, plagued by poverty and drug abuse, had abandoned her, and Dawn was left homeless. She was forced to rely on the kindness of friends and school faculty for a place to stay. She got a job at her high school as a janitor to support herself and continued to apply herself in school. And it paid off: Loggins was accepted to Harvard University’s class of 2016. “If there is anybody at all who has a dream,” Dawn told a local TV station,”then they can definitely make it happen. There are no excuses. It depends on you and no one else.”
Dawn Loggins Overcomes Homelessness To Attend Harvard - The Frisky
Excerpt:
When this young lady finds herself, in a few years, within the top 1%, no one will be able to say that SHE didn't earn it. To me, this is the story of America- the land of opportunity. Hard work does pay off. She deserves the monetary fruit that a Harvard education will bring.
(I used the shorter, newer link above to comply with BN rules. Below is the longer version, dated May 1.)
Homeless girl makes it to Harvard | north, carolina, college - Gaston Gazette
Dawn Loggins Overcomes Homelessness To Attend Harvard - The Frisky
Excerpt:
When this young lady finds herself, in a few years, within the top 1%, no one will be able to say that SHE didn't earn it. To me, this is the story of America- the land of opportunity. Hard work does pay off. She deserves the monetary fruit that a Harvard education will bring.
(I used the shorter, newer link above to comply with BN rules. Below is the longer version, dated May 1.)
Homeless girl makes it to Harvard | north, carolina, college - Gaston Gazette
Great for her... but sucks to be the 99.9999999999999999999999% who did not make it because of poverty and other issues.
They should work harder, just like this girl, then.
Dawn Loggins Overcomes Homelessness To Attend Harvard - The Frisky
Excerpt:
When this young lady finds herself, in a few years, within the top 1%, no one will be able to say that SHE didn't earn it. To me, this is the story of America- the land of opportunity. Hard work does pay off. She deserves the monetary fruit that a Harvard education will bring.
(I used the shorter, newer link above to comply with BN rules. Below is the longer version, dated May 1.)
Homeless girl makes it to Harvard | north, carolina, college - Gaston Gazette
They should work harder, just like this girl, then.
It doesn't work for everyone. Some who work hard and have luck can make it through. Everyone who works hard cannot make it through. And as the system stands fewer and fewer folk can make it through. As such stories like the one you posted shall become increasingly infrequent.
I always like it when a public school student makes it, particularly when they have had a challenging life
Socialist policies save another child!!
I always like it when a public school student makes it, particularly when they have had a challenging life
Socialist policies save another child!!
It doesn't work for everyone. Some who work hard and have luck can make it through. Everyone who works hard cannot make it through. And as the system stands fewer and fewer folk can make it through. As such stories like the one you posted shall become increasingly infrequent.
Fishstyx said:If it is getting harder, its not the fault of the system but the youth entering it.
And liberals will use this story to tell us we should show more respect for the homeless.
So do a lot of people, and Harvard knows this, which is why they seek out a handful of charity applicants now and then and sprinkle them in. It's a good PR move to try to contrast its long history of giving preference the children of the elite.
Haha, you credit socialism for this? That's rich. No pun intended.
Dawn Loggins spent the summer before her senior year of high school at the prestigious North Carolina Governors School
She got a job at her high school
A modern day Samuel Smiles paraded about by a libertarian as proof of the greatness of the system that leaves everyone else behind.
If you are left behind, it is your own fault. Because YOU can always figure out how to fix YOUR situation. Or you can sit on your ass and make excuses about why you can't. Well, you CAN. You just WONT.
If you are left behind, it is your own fault. Because YOU can always figure out how to fix YOUR situation. Or you can sit on your ass and make excuses about why you can't. Well, you CAN. You just WONT.
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