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Crenshaw High graduates talk about the future, and they don't think it's bleak
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Jun 21, 2012
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Crenshaw High graduates talk about the future, and they don't think it's bleak
Crenshaw High graduates talked to contributor Tanya Jo Miller about the future, and they're outlook is refreshingly optimistic.
Chavin Hannah, a Crenshaw High graduate with a future ahead of her.
Chavin Hannah, a Crenshaw High graduate with a future ahead of her.
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Tanya Miller
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Crenshaw High graduates talked to contributor Tanya Jo Miller about the future, and they're outlook is refreshingly optimistic.

One’s writing a book about a war between Heaven and Hell … one’s joining the Marines as a computer tech … one’s off to study psych and business at UC-Irvine … another’s biggest fear is being a bum.

These aren't pampered West Side high school graduates.

These are kids who just graduated from Crenshaw High:

"My biggest fear is, sad to say, is to be a bum. That's my biggest fear right there. I just want to be successful. I see myself with a family, a wife, and everything."

"After graduation, I'm going to have ten days of leave before I go off to Marines boot camp. I'll be in Afghanistan or Iraq, but I won't be fighting. I'll be fixing computers."

"I'm leaving for Moscow University for college. I got a sports scholarship out there for rugby. I'll go to engineering school, too."

Good luck from Off-Ramp!