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Obama for America
Obama for America
"Letters
to the President: Tanisha's Story" +
1:54 web video from May 23, 2012.
Tanisha
Elliot:
Dear Mr. President,
I was getting ready to embark on a new
journey, start my adult life, and go to college. Then at seventeen I
was involved in a tragic car accident. I was told I would never walk
again. I realized I had a decision to make. I could either succumb to
my injury or I could succeed in spite of my injury. Since then I've
graduated from college magna cum laude and I was accepted into law
school. Although my father did not attend college himself, he was a
hard worker, he always told me: "Go get a good education because if you
lose everything no one can ever take your knowledge or degree away from
you."
The steps you have taken to make college more affordable
will ensure that families like mine will be able to send their children
to college as well. I will always support you because middle class
families like mine need to have a leader like you standing up for the
issues that matter most.
Sincerely,
Tanisha Elliott
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