THREE YOUNG MEN MAKE A PROMISE AND FULFILL A DREAM

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• THREE YOUNG MEN MAKE A PROMISE AND FULFILL A DREAM

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Definition

• PACT A Formal agreement, or to agree upon
• Promise - Indication of future excellence or
  success.
• Dream -A condition or achievement that is longed
  for an aspiration.

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Characters

• George
• Sam
• Rameck

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Dreaming BigGeorge

• His mother, Ella Jenkins Mack was the dominant
  figure in his life.
• He was influenced by a dentists during a visit he
  had as a child which sparked his interest in
  dentistry.
• Grew up in Newark, in an apartment building in
  the ghetto.
• Life threatening situations as a child on a day
  to day basis.
• Part of a dysfunctional family without a
  constant male role model in the household.
• Found positive role models in strangers and other
  kids parents.
• Was blessed with people who told him positive
  things.
• He loved school he was motivated by his mother
  and teachers.
• Attended University High school taking advance
  placement courses.

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HomeSam

• His mother was the dominant figure in his life
  although she could not read, she supported the
  family.
• Part of a dysfunctional family without a
  constant male role model in the household.
• He really admired his mother for being strong and
  for all of the hard work put in to keep the
  family stable.
• Witnessed a classmate steal a vehicle and get
  into a car wreck down the street, he was no more
  than 12y/o.
• Fell into peer pressure and stole from a
  convenient store he was caught and scared
  straight.
• He was arrested and charged with shoplifting at
  the age of 13 one of his friends set him up.
• Took Kung Fu lessons, and found a role model in
  his instructor.
• His mom placed her dreams in him to excel he was
  selected for a chance to go to a better school.
  He passed the test and was accepted to University
  High where he met George.

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MaRemeck

• The dominant figure in his life is his Ma.
• Majority of his childhood he and his mother lived
  with his grandma (Ma). He had a very close
  relationship with his Ma.
• His actual mother developed drug addiction and
  could not function properly His father was a
  heroin addict and spent the majority of his time
  in jail for petty crimes.
• He was a smart kid and was enrolled in the
  gifted and talented program in elementary
  school.
• Despite his mothers drug use she always urged him
  to excel.
• Admires his grandmother for graduating college
  and becoming an RN.

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Rameck continued

• Was taught the importance of family.
• When he was 14 his father noticed that Rameck was
  headed down the wrong path. Hanging out with the
  wrong kids, acting like thugs, trying to define
  manhood by wild foolish behavior. His dads words
  touched him.
• Spending time in Juvenile detention set his
  perspective straight.
• He was in between his parents drug addictions and
  felt unprotected and unloved.
• Performed in many plays and wanted to a
  thespian.
• Although his mother feared that if she didnt
  take action he wouldnt attend college, so she
  enrolled him in University High School where he
  met George and Sam.

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Important EventsWho did what??

• Took Kung-Fu lessons for a while?
• Inspired by a dentist to take that profession?
• Stole an Icey from a convenient store?
• Did not grow up with a constant father figure?
• Wanted to become an actor?
• Supported by a drug addicted parent?
• Admired his mother for being strong?

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FACTS!

• During the 80s, it was a time of where the level
  of crime and violence would make it hard to
  imagine a child could survive in.
• only 30 of people who apply to US medical
  schools actually gain admissions. This means that
  70 of premeds who apply to medical schools do
  not get in.

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Applicants by Race and Ethnicity within Gender,
2002 and 2003

• Information taken from AAMC Association of
  American Medical Colleges.

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Quotations

• The lives of most impressionable young people
  are defined by their friends
• Each of us could have experienced friendships
  that could have destroyed our lives
• our story will also demonstrate that anyone
  with enough compassion has the power to transform
  and redirect someone elses troubled life.
• How can a mothers plea compete with the thrill
  of having wads of cashed handed to you when your
  pockets are empty and the pantry is bare?
• No matter what you do in life, its gonna be
  hard, so you might as well do something
  positive.
• I always longed to be with my father

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Reasons their PACT was successfulas we can see
so far.

• We provided one another with a kind of positive
  peer pressure.
• They all had dreams.
• Friendly competition with one another.
• Found mentors within others.

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Things to consider

• Growing up in an era where drug dealers would
  sell their drugs on every corner.
• The highest recorded amounts of muggings and
  robberies. Shootouts on the streets, near
  playgrounds and schools.
• Negative peer pressure all around them.
• Dysfunctional families which cause stress.
• Their families did not have much money.
• Its was the 1980s, a decade in turmoil without
  the guidance and support of a male figure at
  home.
• THEIR FATHERS!