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Parents gave me. >> you funded a charter school in east l.a.? >> i funded a charter school in east l.a. we are right now in the computer learning center and these kids, when they have the opportunity, they are graduating, they are going on to college. these kids in the oscar de la hoya high school, they are graduating with honors, they are moving on to college. it's incredible. if you compare to schools in the greater los angeles, where kids are dropping out of school, i believe the rate is 40, 50% of the kids are dropping out of school. right here in this school, because of the opportunities,...

Violence that can result from gangs? >> well, anderson, growing up in east los angeles, you're surrounded by gangs. you're surrounded sometimes by the crack houses that you hear that are on the streets selling drugs. but it all starts with family. it all starts at home. i had my parents who just taught me what was right from wrong. when they gave me the opportunity, when they gave me the choice, because i could have been a kid who could have been a gang member. i could have been one of those kids who was getting in trouble. but i had a choice. and the choice was to either take the right path o...

>> i funded a charter school in east l.a. we are right now in the computer learning center. and these kids, when they have the opportunity, they are graduating, they are going on to college. these kids here in the oscar de la hoya high school, they are graduating with honors. they are moving on to college. it's incredible. if you compare it to schools in the greater los angeles, where kids are dropping out of school, i believe the rate is 40, 50% of the kids are dropping out of school. right here in this school, because of the opportunities, because we care, these kids are graduating with flyi...