Derrius Quarles is an example of how we can overcome adversity and not allow our personal story to impact us negatively. It is possible to become more than your circumstances dictate if you desire more from life. As long as people are willing to work hard, study hard, play hard, and not allow temporary setbacks to become long term obstacles, people will have a very good chance to have the best life possible.
CBS did a story on this young man and they reported that he received $1,150,000 in college scholarship money to be exact. Quarles is a graduate of Kenwood High School who was offered $755,000 from nearly a dozen colleges, which he turned down. He accepted $355,000 in scholarships and will now attend Morehouse College. He earned all of this while being a ward of the state.
"My father was killed in this city when I was four years old and I was taken away from my mother shortly after that. My mother had a drug problem," he said.
To say he has succeeded against huge odds is almost an understatement. Quarles credits his success to his determination to go to college, his ability to accept his past, and not use it as an excuse. - Read Story
In life, there will always be exceptions from the norm. How to make this kind of story the norm instead of the exception is what Brothers Connected and its community is determined to figure out.
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