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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,664 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:23 AM Jan 2019

Valedictorians: What became of Boston's brightest?

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

Of the Boston public high school valedictorians the @BostonGlobe tracked down, more became homeless than became doctors (the career 1/4 of them had said they aspired to).

Today, only 40% earn more than $50K a year, and 1 in 4 don't have a college degree.

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