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    Eli Manning stars in: Omaha! Omaha! Omaha!Gabrielle Bluestone
    12/16/13 11:25pm

    Poverty is a burning building, but instead of using the harrowing stories of those who managed to escape as motivation to prevent as few people as possible from ever having to go through that again in the future, we use their example as justification for not putting out the fire. After all, if they made it out, the others inside must have not wanted it as badly and deserve their fate.

    /still really, really, really happy for this family

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      lunchcomaEli Manning stars in: Omaha! Omaha! Omaha!
      12/16/13 11:48pm

      This is both beautiful and true.

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      thecreepingbamEli Manning stars in: Omaha! Omaha! Omaha!
      12/17/13 6:17am

      I have a totally different take on this story. It doesn't say to me, "see they can do it if they really want to." It says to me, "See what a little thoughtful attention can do to help people who are actually really talented and clever (contrary to a common stereotype of poor people) get over some of the hurdles they have no control over?"

      It says poor people have what it takes if we just treat them like effing human beings that are cared about!

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    VirilityUntoTheeGabrielle Bluestone
    12/16/13 11:11pm

    Look, if you're going to write a story, don't use Twitter. Almost any other medium online will do - Facebook, a forum and even the Gawker comment section. It doesn't really matter where because ANY PLACE OTHER THAN TWITTER WILL DO.

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      mnerdVirilityUntoThee
      12/16/13 11:23pm

      At least its #notfullofhashtags?

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      drunkapeVirilityUntoThee
      12/16/13 11:25pm

      There's nothing else to see here.

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    3nwfndlndGabrielle Bluestone
    12/16/13 11:26pm

    I'm sorry, but this is mawkish drivel. I'm happy for the kids and all, but he's telling us that 1) that kids need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps to get ahead (with the corollary that it's their own damn fault when they fail); 2) that the 'American dream' still exists, if you just work hard enough, when that's clearly been shown to be untrue; or 3) Asians are the model minority (I'm asian), which is ridiculous. Regardless, Boston Globe, stop trying to sell papers with this, and get back to reporting on why this family is getting only 1200 bucks/month in support for a family of three.

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      futsol3nwfndlnd
      12/17/13 12:42am

      Mawkish? I don't think so. This story is way more inspiring than all the other "kids with a dream" drivel that usually end in spontaneous charity drives. These boys worked hard, earned their spot and never asked once for a "look at me" moment. I could read stories like this every day.

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      frau meixia, twitter troll extraordinaire3nwfndlnd
      12/17/13 12:45am

      Yeah, I agree — I'm happy for them too, but I felt like there was too much of an underlying message here that if you just believe in yourself and work hard enough, you can achieve your dreams and be a superstar. In a competitive system (that so-called "American Dream"), there are many losers and few superstars, and most people will never become a superstar no matter how hard they try.

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    sui_generisGabrielle Bluestone
    12/17/13 3:13am

    Poor, a bad family situation, and left to fend for themselves, eh? Glad it turned out so much better than this one:

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      Namahottiesui_generis
      12/17/13 6:44am

      Great movie. +1 for mentioning it.

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      Kyo Soma Adamssui_generis
      12/17/13 10:17am

      DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT MOVIE. I cried for 2 damn hrs after seeing that film. The little panda shoes. Omg. Can't

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    OneViewHere3Gabrielle Bluestone
    12/16/13 11:41pm

    How ironic that these 2 Vietnamese kids celebrated at Walhburgers...owned by Mark Walhberg who once beat an old Vietnamese man so badly that man lost his eye.

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      RandomBurnerAccountOneViewHere3
      12/17/13 12:06am

      I think the old man was Korean...but I thought the exact same thing about the irony even before I read your post!

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      OneViewHere3RandomBurnerAccount
      12/17/13 12:18am

      ...just checked his Wikipedia page. It looks like he assaulted *two* Vietnamese men in 2 separate incidents:

      At 16, Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man on the street and, using a large wooden stick, knocked him unconscious (while calling him "Vietnam fucking shit"). He also attacked another Vietnamese man, leaving him permanently blind in one eye.

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    bluebluemondayGabrielle Bluestone
    12/16/13 11:11pm

    Is it that hard for boston.com to get this guy a blogging platform? Is it necessary to report a story in two dozen tweets?

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      PeteRRGabrielle Bluestone
      12/16/13 11:16pm

      So what's the excuse for the rest of these dumbasses who fill our high schools?

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        lilyPeteRR
        12/16/13 11:38pm

        immigrants take school seriously. They understand that education is a privilege and not an all day holding pen.

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        MilaxxPeteRR
        12/16/13 11:46pm

        There are many kids out there living hard lives and sadly sometimes life wins.

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      The Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabyStepsGabrielle Bluestone
      12/16/13 11:07pm

      Well it hasn't ended just yet. They are just at the beginning! I await more great news from these two.

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        kumfinemyyGabrielle Bluestone
        12/16/13 11:14pm

        We can't fix every kid, that's why we do our best to fix one kid. One kid at a time.

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          PetyrBaelishkumfinemyy
          12/16/13 11:25pm

          Thanks Bob. Oh you're talking about human beings? Oh, never mind then.

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          HiHoSilverkumfinemyy
          12/16/13 11:26pm

          That is the perfect response. Couldn't agree more.

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        ClioGabrielle Bluestone
        12/17/13 2:12am

        It's the emotions I experience when I read stories like this that remind me I might have aspergers.

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