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How Care Can Help or Hurt Our Education
Sometimes Foster Care means the end of Education

I was in the 7th grade when my single mother died and I was put into foster care. Before then, I usually did very well in school, and this tragedy did not stop my good school performance. My friends, counselors and teachers used to tell me, "Wow, I'm really impressed with how you managed to keep your grades up!"...

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Feedback on the article "How Care Can Help or Hurt Our Education"
I got in foster care when I was 15 years old and I missed a lot of school because of that I lost a lot of credits thats why I'm still at school trying to get my last credit that I need to graduate. It is very hard being foster care because sometimes you feel like you dont have any control of your own life but I believe that kids in foster care can make a difference if they believe in their selve's and fight for their dreams to come true.
Latinspice, age 18, KS.

before i entered fostercare i wasnt do my schoolwork i was failing cause my parents didnt care about what i was doing and when i got in the system i was still doing bad but my foster parents helped me and my teachers helped me to get back om track and now im moving to the 8th grade everybody knew what i was going though and they tookthe time to help me and im doing great now.
HurricaneK, age 13, VA.

I KNOW SCHOOL IX VERY HARD WHEN U FIRST ENTER THE SYSTEM CUZ DER IZ SO MUCH GOIN ON WRITE NOW AND IT IZ HARD TO FOCAS ON YOUR SCHOOL WORK BUT ONCE U BEEN IN FOR A WILE IT WILL GET EASIER I PROMISE
DUVAL-BABY, age 15, TN.


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