the white house initiatives on white house excellence for hispanics. latinos are the fastest growing group in america. and latino children are living in poverty more than any ethnic or racial groups. and they drop out of school and far too few finish college. as i ve seen in my foundation work, the only road out of poverty is education of that i m convinced. shakira knows that education can turn lives around. she explained she grew up being exposed to poverty and inequality in her native country of colombia. so, 15 years ago, at the age of 16, shakira launched a campaign to break the cycle of poverty. and working with kids who live in extreme poverty and who are very vulnerable to conflict.
two weeks after he gets released he s right back in that jungle. he changes. now it s like i can do good in school, it s just, i can t be free long enough to finish a semester or just complete a class. it s the unusual or maybe never case that someone would just go out and start committing crimes and having this great school record. but it s hard to be good if you ve already had a bet toward getting into trouble or all your friends are the type that are getting into trouble. and so it just becomes a way of life. in some neighborhoods it s almost like do unto others before they do it to you. i m going to finish college. and i m going to get my degree. probably go further than that and try to get my masters. my mom got her masters. she s going for her doctorate. so you know, got to do something like that.
factors that measure into why students do not perform as well. we believe that that s one of them. but, of course, you can give many examples, ali, of people like myself whose parents do not graduate from high school, but yet i had the opportunity to go on, finish college, and then also to graduate from law school. so there are opportunities, and we need to make those opportunities, and recognize what you get from that opportunity by your contribution into studying hard, this is what you can get. and that is a good job opportunity, but more importantly, the opportunity to provide for your family. pleasure to talk to you. thanks for the good work you re doing. and we look forward to talking to you again. ali, thank you very much. pleasure to be with you. ronnie mussgrove, former governor of mississippi. all right. honey and bourbon with a teasing trace of lemon. what have i got