Article 6NA3N Homelessness taught me ‘people do want to help’, says US high school grad

Homelessness taught me ‘people do want to help’, says US high school grad

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Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Zaylin Washington, who earned a full college scholarship after also enduring bullying, says I wanted to prove [doubters] wrong'

A newly minted high school graduate from Texas who endured a period of homelessness, bullying and other adversities before earning a full college scholarship says his experience so far has taught him that people do want to help you".

It's not you versus the world," Zaylin Washington told the Dallas-Fort Worth news station KTVT.

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