[goodnesswins]

article says it’s a “slent epidemic”.....don’t believe it...unless kids are just running away, which SHE did not. She sounds like an intelligent, motivated young woman....too bad she’s starting a Non-Profit.....

[saganite]

Harvard? That’s too bad. I suspect she deserves better.

[ClearCase_guy]

Back where I come from, we have an expression: "The apple doesn't fall from from the tree".

This young woman may triumph over her past, and over the poor examples of her parents, and over the trauma of her life so far ...

... but there is a good chance that she will be a -- and not the first -- Harvard graduate to live her life out on the street, with nothing to show for her sheepskin except a failed life. I do not begrudge her the chance, but I do suspect that the deck is stacked against her and she holds a losing hand while someone with far less baggage was turned down by Harvard Admissions because their life story wasn't "interesting".

[July4]

I want to believe this story, but I’m struggling. Among other things, I have a problem with NC Social Services allowing a 14 year old girl live from pillar to post on her own — a relative here, the parent of a friend there, working as a janitor to support herself, etc. I really want to believe this Cinderella story, but....

[ThePatriotsFlag]

All he has to do is say he was born in Keyna and they’ll let him like they did that other guy.

[martin_fierro]

My great-great-great grandmother was homeless. You can tell from my cheekbones.

I figure Harvard owes me a tenured teaching position.

[Exton1]

If this story is true as presented than 1. She shows that people do not need Government, 2. That programs we think are out there and paying for do not work, and 3. Sometimes all one needs is determination and spirit. God Bless her.

[ex91B10]

I'd like to see someone dig into this story; I'm willing to bet it's not what it seems, esp. since "Hahvad" is involved:

Student’s Novel Faces Plagiarism Controversy Will Harvard Law School Condemn Elizabeth Warren for Pow Wow Chow Plagiarism?

Every week or so we have a 'remarkable' or 'heartwarming' story about someone, only to find later on that it was all BS [ie: James Frey &Oprah Obama].

It just smells bad.

[KC Burke]

Tom Sowell was a homeless high school drop-out that spent some time at Harvard as I recall. Hard work and intelligence is almost unstoppable if you have a fearless soul.