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As A Kid Who Failed Out Of High School As A Freshman, I Know Firsthand And Personally That Sense Of Hopelessness And Just Being - Drifting In The Wrong Direction, Having Really No Hope. And Being Able To Harness That Frustration Was Incredibly Valuable In My Life. That's One Of The Reasons I Focus So Consistently On The Foundation Of Education, Because It Helps To Eviscerate Those Things That - Unemployment, High Jobless Rates, Poverty.

-Tim Scott

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As A Kid Who Failed Out Of

Tim Scott

As A Kid Who Failed Out Of High School As A Freshman, I Know Firsthand And Personally That Sense Of Hopelessness And Just Being - Drifting In The Wrong Direction, Having Really No Hope. And Being Able To Harness That Frustration Was Incredibly Valuable In My Life. That's One Of The Reasons I Focus So Consistently On The Foundation Of Education, Because It Helps To Eviscerate Those Things That - Unemployment, High Jobless Rates, Poverty.

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