5/21/2023 0 Comments Tutored by allison whittenberg![]() ![]() Some kids struggle more than others regardless of race. As a teacher in a urban school, I see kids who are versions of Wendy and Hakiam everyday. Wendy and Hakiam are fairly stereotypical versions of the African American teen at opposite ends of the social class system. Opposites attract and eventually an awkward romance develops between them. They constantly annoy each and yet an invisible force draws them together. When Hakiam and Wendy meet, their distaste for each other is evident. Wendy only has one friend at school and feels separated from her true identity. She wants to attend a traditional all black college but her father is against it. Wendy is a star student living in an almost all white suburb and is tutoring teens in the "bad" part of town, much to her father's chagrin. ![]() Hakiam is two steps away from being homeless because Leesa is erratic. Hakiam wants a better life, he is unemployed, uneducated and down on his luck, living a day to day existence with the help of his cousin Leesa, who has a newborn baby. Two African American teens living two totally different lives cross paths in a GED center. ![]()
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