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Matvari Our Voice

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MATVARI MAHARAJ

SENIOR AVID ICAP IB

STUDENTS OF COLOR

1 OF 4 STUDENTS OF COLOR

"YOU AREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT TO COLLEGE"

WASN'T RECOGNIZED

MY HARD WORK

THIRD LANGUAGE

TRY LEARNING A

WHY DO THE WORK WHEN

I ALREADY KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE WRONG?

WHY NOT?

ONE MORE WRONG ANSWER ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING

MY NON-HONORS CLASSES

THAT MENTALITY STARTED TO AFFECT ME IN

GIVE UP

IN ALL MY CLASSES ALTOGETHER

UNCOMFORTABLE

TO BE IN CLASS

DEFINITELY NOT

IN MY HONORS CLASSES

MY IDEAS WERE MAINSTREAM

5 HONORS CLASSES TO 2

I WENT FROM

DROP THE REMAINING TWO

I TOLD MS. MCCAHON TO

680 HOURS

56 HOURS A WEEK, 7 DAYS A WEEK
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THEM: 4.6 GPA 2400 SAT

ME: 3.1 GPA 1400SAT

6,572 APPLICANTS 225 ARE BEFORE ME NOW

3% ACCEPTANCE RATE

I AM MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER

IF I DON'T WANT TO LEARN,

THEN I WON'T

CAPABLE OF BEING IN AN HONORS CLASS

EVERY SINGLE STUDENT OF COLOR IS

SUPPORT AND MENTOR SYSTEM

OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A

ARE NOT MINE ALONE

THE STORIES

AFFECTED BY THIS

I AM DIRECTLY

TO EACH STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS

PLEASE PASS IT OUT

OUR VOICE

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