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College Readiness

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Road to College

College seems close but there are no colleges within 30 miles; so, distance is a problem.

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Felicia

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Even If I Had It

If all my other problems were solved, I would still be confused about what college to attend. We could use a class that just prepares us for college and helps narrow our choices for our major.

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Jamesha

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No Transportation

Some parents try to fix up a car for their children to drive to college but never finish.

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Tatyana

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More Money Than Ever Before

At the age of 18, I can work for Nissan Motor Company, where most jobs pay over $10/hour. Having a good paying job without a degree can stop me from going to college to make a better salary with benefits.

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Tyrick

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Financial Problems

Sometimes my family don't have enough money to put any of my family members in college.

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Tonisha

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Meeting with Dean Gomez

Caption by William, 12th Grade. In my photography class with Critical Exposure, we zeroed in on an issue that we all cared about, which was the budget for LAYC’s Upward Bound program. We all agreed that the summer component [during which time students stay in GWU's dorms] was a fun part of the program but also one of the more expensive ones. So we came up with solutions to try to cut back on the cost that we spend on the dorms. We made a proposal to one of the deans of GW to possibly get the dorm costs donated, so that we could have that $15,000 redistributed back into our budget. We worked hard. We had pictures that students took and we had a picture of GW’s website with some of the facts. I myself gave a short story about my experience in the program and we had three other students give longer stories about their experience. It was a great success. Dean Gomez committed to helping us raise money to not just cover the dorms for next year, but to cover the entire program if the federal funds run out. I think from the photos, showing the students actually at GW, enjoying the UB program, made it convincing for Dean Gomez that, yes, these students really do benefit and prosper from the program. I think that’s what made him agree to, 'I will help you all out.'

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Critical Exposure

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Portrait of Success

I think the photos that we took definitely made a change. The pictures made what we were saying more complex and deeper than it already was. When I was talking about how my sister graduated from Calvin Coolidge Senior High School [after completing Upward Bound], I had a picture of her holding her diploma in the living room of my house. And it was just, like, bam!

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Edward

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Building Stronger Communities

The goal of the class was to get two weeks of the residential component at GW donated for next year. Since we decided on that, we were taking pictures that would support reasons to back up donating to the LAYC program.

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Edward

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College Tour

Upward Bound takes 60 students from throughout the city and brings them together for a 4-year experience. They take college classes and have assistance going to college because not many students have that chance, or have assistance in general.

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Byron

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