http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/03/at_yes_failure_is_not_an_option/ the alumni magazine of Vanderbilt University Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:22:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/03/at_yes_failure_is_not_an_option/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Amber Wallin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:42:36 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/03/at-yes-failure-is-not-an-option/#comment-167 For too many students, they can see the better life they are told they can have, but never given the skills, experiences, or social network to make it happen. It's a glass wall. In researching what works to help students break out of poverty and pursue opportunities usually afforded only to the middle class, I am certainly going to highlight YES Prep. What an inspiring story! For too many students, they can see the better life they are told they can have, but never given the skills, experiences, or social network to make it happen. It’s a glass wall. In researching what works to help students break out of poverty and pursue opportunities usually afforded only to the middle class, I am certainly going to highlight YES Prep. What an inspiring story!

]]> http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/03/at_yes_failure_is_not_an_option/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Adrian Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:33:02 +0000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/03/at-yes-failure-is-not-an-option/#comment-12 I think it is a great story, one that should appear on Oprah. America needs to know that great things are happening amid the sadness we hear and see. I am proud to you. Keep doing what God would have otherwise been doing. I think it is a great story, one that should appear on Oprah. America needs to know that great things are happening amid the sadness we hear and see. I am proud to you. Keep doing what God would have otherwise been doing.

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