Getting Latino Youth through High School [electronic resource] : Aspirations and Family Support Can Offset Obstacles. New Journalism on Latino Children / Carla Rivera.

From the 3rd grade to the 11th grade, Jorge Martinez walked out of his front door each day hating the prospect of going to school. For most of those days, Martinez, now 17, was a target of bullies. But that was only half of it. There was discord at home. He says he was lazy and unmotivated, preferri...

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