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August 27, 2015 The Moment That Changed A Boy's Life
"When I was younger, I always thought of school as something that was never needed for me to succeed in life. Then one day John took me to Skid row. Riding down in that depressing atmosphere, looking at all the drug addicts and homeless people, I asked John ‘Is this what you think of me?’ He said ‘absolutely not, but the road you’re heading down - this is where you could end up if you don’t make a change in your work ethic.’ It tore me apart thinking that I could end up like this. That very same day, knowing that I wanted to be a professional football player John introduced me to Clarence who was a professional football player in Canada. Clarence told me without grades, there is no football. It was that day that I knew everything had to change. It is because of that experience that I went from a straight F student, to a current straight A student."
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