revolutionizeed:

• Dr. Adam Saenz in this blog post recalls his early life as a troubled student from a single-parent, low-income home in a crime-filled Texas neighborhood. He describes how letters from two teachers prompted him to take the first step — a single college course — on the road to advanced degrees and a career as a counselor and consulting school psychologist. Saenz reminds teachers that among their students this year may be someone just like him — a student with potential who needs someone to believe in him.

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