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my mother
In a cold pile of trash when I was 14
Jersey gave birth.
mother and i
I went through the streets of New York
Free meals and rummaging through trash
Hunger has been eliminated.
I don’t know anything
That’s how we raise them on the streets.
Cheap models and easy grounds for the homeless
It was very rare to find
Mostly cold streets and
In a smelly back alley
There are many cases of living there.
my home address is
Always a restaurant in some neighborhood in New York
It was a back alley.
So my name is
They have become ‘homeless’.
I study centrally.
I have nothing
In order to be like others
Read one more book
I chose to think about it one more time.
Homeless people gather in the rental zone
The two mother and daughter must bear this.
Trying to endure dangerous gazes
Desperately going to school.
While attending 12th grade
The names of as many as 12 schools
I want to walk around being right
I had to study.
But I can’t give up.
Read 5 books in a month
I read every newspaper in New York.
The street pavement is to me
There is no room for study that is the most spacious in the world.
The heels are sharp.
Go to college and take control of your own destiny
A dream of change.
Our family is no longer laughed at by others
Mixed looks
A dream you don’t have to receive
‘On the subject of homelessness
Don’t even dream of college:
People always said the same thing
Just so I don’t look like a homeless person
Always wear your hair neatly
Always wear clean clothes.
I gritted my teeth and studied.
When 11th grade comes to an end
Even if I move to my mother
I’m not changing schools anymore
Please.
to go to college
A teacher who knows me well
Because you need a letter of recommendation:
So, at 4 in the morning
wake up and go to school
I don’t come back until 1 o’clock at night.
I maintained a GPA close to 4.0.
Participating in discussion clubs,
Working on land, etc.
I also participated in various school activities.
There is no place for learning for everyone.
This change for me
It started to happen.
Welfare organizations provide scholarships
I started helping
There is no way any social organization can protect me.
There are people who believe in me.
I really did my best.
To change my life and destiny
I only looked ahead.
And I ended up
Brown, Columbia, Amhist, etc.
From over 20 universities across the United States
I received a notification of acceptance.
“If you don’t listen, I won’t let her pass.
You are as big as Obama, the second myth.
“You’re making the mistake of missing out.”
Khadijah Wallimes
I was homeless
I am currently on a four-year scholarship at Harvard.
“I think I’m smart.
Always have confidence.
People say, ‘It’s okay because I’m homeless.’
I hate talking so much
Poverty is never an excuse
I don’t think I’m good at it
My name is Khadijah Wallimes.
No more people jerk
We don’t call them homeless.
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