Troubled Youth Becomes Rhodes Scholar, Helps Other Youths

This story in Christian Science Monitor tells the tale of a young man whose mother, exasperated with his poor grades and knack for getting in trouble, finally sent him to a private military school. After running away five times (in four days), the youth realized the hardships his mother was facing to put him through school and buckled down. He is now a Rhodes scholar and has developed a program he calls STAND (Students Taking A New Direction). The program teams other troubled youths with college students for tutoring and mentoring. For all the trouble young men are experiencing in education these days, it's good to see a story turn out like this.

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