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...black, wishes there were more like Hoard and thinks both black and white teachers at Webster must work harder to address the academic needs of African-American students. "The stuff about racial differences is built into American culture and is not particular to one place. It starts well before the kids get to high school. If there is not a high expectation and a channeling of a kid's interests, the kid will fall behind. If you go to our advanced classes you'll find only one or two black kids. Why? Because early on, these kids were not given...
Matt was a relatively well-adjusted teen until the summer of 1998, when his close friend Jeremy DeNeal died in a car accident. "There was no one to get me through Jeremy's funeral, so I had to do it alone," says Matt. "In school I started making comments like 'I'm going to kill myself'...I turned to heavy drugs so I'd be numb...
...Bobby is at an inflection point that will largely determine the course of his life. Right now he's got athletic talent and fame, and everyone wishes him well. But will he build on that, or will he peak as a senior in high school? He has applied to join the Navy, but still hopes for a football scholarship to college. One problem: his GPA is 1.6, and he has only seven months to pull that up to a 2.0 to be eligible for college sports and, more important, to get enough English credits to graduate. Another is that until...
...extremely grateful for the program's fruits. "If your teenager is going to be tied to some sort of group; if she comes out of it saying I don't drink, I don't smoke pot, I don't do this or that because I'm a Christian...well, that's O.K.," she says...
Campaigners do tend to be good students, well grounded, chaste and drug-free, although backsliding on drinking is not unknown. Through Campaigners, Club and their own considerable charisma, Herm and his wife Terri exert a major and wholesome influence on the entire student body. "I believe Young Life is a force in the school," says Herm. "I think it's increased school spirit...