The Bus Ride That Sparked a Journey Out of Poverty and Into Yale
Perhaps the American Dream is more than just an ideal after all. Two years ago, Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker wrote the touching story of two young brothers working hard to lift themselves out of an impoverished background and, now, their story has developed: with hard work, academic drive and a little luck, it appears dreams do come true.
As reported by Baker in the original story, the two high school students, George and Johnny Huynh, grew up in the struggling neighborhood of Dorchester, which is just outside of Boston and plagued by violence. The brothers' parents divorced in 2008, the year their father committed suicide, and their mother's mental disabilities made her unable to hold a job outside the home to support the children. A Vietnamese immigrant, she spoke little English and, as Baker reported, they speak little Vietnamese.
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