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...brick house on a treelined street in Newark, N.J., is impeccable: the iron fence gleams with fresh black paint; the emerald grass looks newly mowed. Inside, the carefully arranged furnishings glow as if purchased yesterday. Everything in the Paliz family home is a reflection of hard work and pride in accomplishment, especially the Palizes themselves...
Bismarck Jonathan Paliz, 17, has watched his immigrant parents struggle and sacrifice to make a life for the family. His father, born in Ecuador, slowly built up a real estate business. His Puerto Rican-born mother Wadette, an administrative assistant, began working at 18 as an office clerk, taking courses to improve her skills and minimal time off for the birth of each of her three children. The family suffered major setbacks when their home was badly damaged twice by fire. Watching his parents rebuild, Bismarck, the eldest child, learned the value of persistence. "My parents have always been fighters...
...students tend to be competitive, but getting the grades is not what drives them. For students like Stephen George, Bismarck Paliz, Enjolique Aytch or Tyler Emerson, the goal is internal: to do their personal best. "A lot of the time I'm competing against myself," says Stephen. "I'm setting goals and trying to reach them...
...most good students crack their books the minute they get home? Are the Williams-family rules the way to success? Not necessarily. Bismarck Paliz likes to work late at night. "I've had projects due the next day, and I've had to stay up till 5 a.m.," he says. His multimedia work style horrifies his mother: "He has the TV on, the headphones on his ears, and he's doing his homework on the computer," says Wadette Paliz with a shudder. But she doesn't argue with success. Stephen George has also been known to do homework with...
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