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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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As a high-school player, she caught the eye of the Tennessee State track and field coach, who recognized her tremendous ability and began training her as a runner. Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott’s mentoring. This article was published in June 2009 and has been updated. At 16, she made the U.S.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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By Dyson’s side since they met at art school was Deirdre, an illustrator and graphic designer by training (she now custom-designs carpets ). James Dyson is one of Britain’s biggest stories Dyson’s mentoring extended beyond his own research and development department. That’s where the doggedness — and a supportive wife —comes in.

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