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Get out i can teach my son a little more than what i didn't learn in school so i can be able to help him when he gets older. tell him, you know, daddy did have a couple downfalls, but i bettered myself. >> 180 over? >> yeah, awesome. let's make sure all triangles have 180 degrees. how many are in a right triangle. 90, right? >> 90. i'm trying to get my ged, go to any college, go to harvard, b.c., wherever. do something better. because streets ain't really -- streets is not where it's at, you know? almost the same. >> yeah. that's a pretty good definition. >> the tutoring program is not large e...

To help him when he gets older. tell him, you know, daddy did have a couple downfalls, but i bettered myself. >> 180 over? >> yeah, awesome. let's make sure all triangles have 180 degrees. how many are in a right triangle. 90, right? >> 90. i'm trying to get my ged, go to any college, go to harvard, b.c., wherever. do something better. because streets ain't really -- streets is not where it's at, you know? almost the same. >> yeah. that's a pretty good definition. >> the tutoring program is not large enough to accommodate everyone in the jail. so melissa allen has turned to another inmate, meg...

>> reporter: by bay he work in the bank. and two evenings after work he helps jordan with math. he discovered something priceless. >> working with the kids here is a fantastic opportunity. >> reporter: he works with big financial companies and for a part of the tutoring program for the jewish child's association. kids falling behind in math and english, are paired. >> many of our kids are of the first+kz ones to gohq# on to co >> reporter: it is 80 percent of the organization they are not all jewish. it is a principle meaning heal the world. >> i am so proud of all of you

>> he's more than 100 people working for big companies like jpmorgan and goldman sachs who are part of a tutoring program at the jewish child association. kids falling behind in math and other suspects is are paired with volunteer tutors. >> 100% of our kids graduated high school on time. and many of our kids, they're the first ones in their family to go on to college. >> volunteers say it's about investing in the future. >> we have kids in new york that need a little bit of help and we have tons of talent on wall street, some of the smartest people work here. and i think they have a lot the o...

To help high risk children. lori green has more from our new york city newsroom. tell us more about this. >> wall street sometimes gates bad rap for its ruthless pursuit of the almighty dollar. many working in high finance, defy thatz> if you look at your a frame, it's tim similar to what we say -- >> by day, he was a product specialist with deutsche bank, two eefrgs after work he helps 16-year-old jordan del toro with math. he discovered something priceless. >> it's a fantastic opportunity to have the direction with people that you don't come across well with. >> reporter: he's one of 100 peo...