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And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in the studio, i dont know who got the most out of it, you guys or the kids . Really. And it comes through here, and even as you are speaking now. And i told the kids, and i use the phrase a lot the world is bigger than the block. Yeah. The most important piece of it, is their academic diplomas that she can get is their passport and i mean, obviously, for me, history and culture is just the basis of who i am and what i do. And so but for you to take them actually there, i mean, that is greater than anything that they read in a book and you read in a book. So we are going to make it happen again, and you know, he has already kicked himse ....
Of the requirement because like i said one young lady after she got a passport and a ticket and everything come to find out she was not even in school. And we thought of her going now, she was going to school and have the gpa is over a 2. 0. And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in the studio, i dont know who got the most out of it, you guys or the kids . Really. And it comes through here, and even as you are speaking now. And i told the kids, and i use the phrase a lot the world is bigger than the block. Yeah. The most important piece of it, is their academic diplomas that she can get is their passport and i mean, obviously, for me, history and culture is just the basis of ....
Yeah. Jj. Officer johnson, chief, captain sullivan, you know, this is just such a lesson to me and i feel like in the time that i have known you on the commission, i have learned a lot and one of those things is that you have this bold idea where there is a million different points that you could just say that this is not going to work and whenever you are trying to do anything in the world and what i am just amazed by is that the level of difficulty in pulling this off. And you know, i sometimes i have to take the kids up to sacramento to testify before the assembly and i am panicked to have them in the car for 90 minutes and i am a mother of three. And so taking the leap, and bringing people into it and making them a part of this and then having just the kurage, and it is what you stand for, you stand for the future for these kids and they know that and you are a powerful stand for them and it is such a point of pride for this department, i cant, i cant tell you how proud i am to ser ....
And it is just a whole, it opens your behind to everything that you take for granted and makes you appreciate your family, having a roof over your head and having Running Water and just the Bare Necessities and essentials that we take for granted every day. So, if there is anything that i really took from this trip, it was, just appreciating my mother, you know, saying thank you. You know, just for a meal. Or having a great education, and being able to have a full scholarship to such an Amazing School and you know, really applying myself because i can think back to when i was in africa and i was sitting there looking at all of these students, who some of them, you know, are working early mornings and still walking miles to get to school. And you know, i complain about taking muni. I am in school and i am going to go to ....