1). Zuckerburg said he'd commit 99% of their Facebook stock to causes such as fighting disease, improving education, and "building strong communities."
2). To lower class sizes, to improve teacher quality, and to encourage the state to fund full-day Pre-K.
3). The Independent will be 58 stories. It would end up being the tallest building in Austin, and the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River.
4). David Price will make $217 million in the next seven years.
5). I would not eat Texas Trash, mainly because I don't like nuts, or pretzels.
6). Homeboy Industries is an organization that works to give second chances to those just out of prison and to former gang members who want to change their lives.
This was definitely a compelling story--reading about Medina's life, in particular, and how he was determined to move on from his old life was kind of inspiring, and I could see it giving hope to a lot of people.
When I first starting reading, I had thought it would be like all the other stories I'd heard like this, but none of the others had given a story--only an explanation. Putting Medina's story in there, including his transition into Homeboy Industries and getting comfortable there, made the story compelling and convinced me that Homeboy was a good, well-working place.
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