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Because being under-employed is just as dangerous...
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So my family has gone through the welfare system
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when it was jobs-central;
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in the mid-80sI came through
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the job training partnership program
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here at jobs central and I went to a secretary school.
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Years later I'm the executive assistant
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to the president of the agency.
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Interesting.
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My mother used to tell me all the time,
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"Why do you always go for the underdog?
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It was because the underdog is who needed me.
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The people who don't have anything,
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that's who I have to fight for
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and that's who I've fought for my entire life.
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I started taking my children and telling my children
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the military is a good option;
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I can't afford to have you go to college,
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I can't pay your way, financial aid will not help you,
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so I as a mother started teaching my children
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about the options that the military could do...
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They would take them around the world,
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they would see all of the things
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that I as a mother could not let them see,
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they would pay for their education
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as I as their mother and their father could not pay for.
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The military is a good option for kids in Flint.
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The military is an excellent option
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for people in the city of Flint.
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How many of you have a friend
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or a family member in the service?
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Anybody currently serving overseas?
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There's like an army or navy recruiter
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that's up there almost every week.
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It's in the lunchroom, recruiting students
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from the lunchroom.