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>> thats when all the stuff started to go down. >> roy choi is a second-generation korean-american. he lives in los angeles. hes the owner/operator of four groundbreaking and much-loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strange and terrible powers of social media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> this was the command post. from here, you know you could look and you could see if fires were going on. >> when the los angeles riots happened in 1992, roy was 22 years ol...

Powers of social media to alert second-generation korean-american. he lives in los angeles. hes the owner-operator of four groundbreaking and much-loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strange and terrible powers of social media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> this was the command post. from here, you know, you could look and you could see if fires were going on. >> when the los angeles riots happened in 1992, roy was 22 years old. and this plazas rooftop playe...

Middle-class, college-educated, hoping to make a lateral move into american society. but unless you have a medical or engineering degree, that turned out to be tough. they found work as merchants, store owners, opened liquor stores, groceries, massage studios, dry cleaners. they did that in an area that was, as its called, underserved, where major chains feared to tread, where others preferred to abandon, koreans moved in. so 1992 -- four l.a. police officers are on trial for what sure as hell l...

He lives in los angeles. hes the owner/operator of four groundbreaking and much-loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strange and terrible powers of social media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> this was the command post. from here, you know you could look and you could see if fires were going on. >> when the los angeles riots happened in 1992, roy was 22 years old. in this plazas rooftop played a central role for koreans defending their town. lets back up a bit...

He lives in los angeles. hes the owner/operator of four groundbreaking and much-loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strange and terrible powers of social media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> this was the command post. from here, you know you could look and you could see if fires were going on. >> when the los angeles riots happened in 1992, roy was 22 years old. in this plazas rooftop played a central role for koreans defending their town. lets back up a bit...

We see more of them are collecting paychecks. >> its a big relief getting a paycheck instead of working for minimum wage. can i actually do stuff now. >> jeff graduated from rutgers university with a degree in engineering. he was underemployed for a year before finding full-time work at flexline. >> we figured there was great potential there and an engineering degree and we grab him. >> young people like delorenzo are reaping the benefits of an committee thats adding jobs. 203,000 jobs were crea...

The november jobs report was one of the strongest of the year for the u.s. part of what made it so good was not just the number of jobs added but the types of jobs. >> were talking about high paying jobs, health care and construction. alexandra field is following that story. what are we looking at just past the number of jobs added? >> right, victor, certainly, those numbers show signs of improvement. one group seems to be benefitting in particular. since the recession hit, young people have str...

Potential there, and an engineering degree. and we grab them. >> reporter: young people like de lorenzo and the recently unemployed are reaping benefits from an economy adding jobs. its at a five-year low of 7%. 203,000 jobs were created in november. and more of them are in higher-paying sectors. >> we saw, you know, the predictable retail jobs and leisure and hospitality, bars and restaurants, because of the holidays, but we saw things like manufacturing, saw things like business, professional ...

Engineering degree and wed grab him. >> reporter: young people like delorenzo and the recently unemployed are reaping the benefits of an economy adding jobs. the latest jobs report puts the national unemployment rate at a five-year low of 7%. 203,000 jobs were created in november and more of them are in higher-paying sectors. >> we saw, you know, the predictable retail jobs and leisure and hospitality and bars and restaurants because of the holidays but we also saw things like manufacturing, we ...

And, thereby, you increase your risk of failing to get the degree you intended to get. if youre going to tackle a difficult subject like science and math, you should attend the school where you have the greatest chances of finishing in the top third. now, for some people, that is harvard. if youre a genius, fine. >> but does that mean in general that you find there is a surprising degree of success that comes out of people who have been big fish in small ponds? >> yeah, so theres some really fas...