Years ago, when I was living in new york city, for a few years I volunteered at an alternative high school 2 nights a week. This was sort of a last chance high school for a lot of kids, who had been kicked out of every regular high school in the city, the girls (at age 16 or so) might have had 2 kids or more, the boys might have spent some time in a juvenille facility for various infractions... but most of the kids were there because they finally got the importance of a high school diploma..
I taught math and history to these kids and did prep for the exams that were required to graduate from high school... Doing this really made me appreciate some of the kids and the really horrible conditions some of the lived in...
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