washingtonpoststyle:

“One would become a doctor. One would become a cellist. One would become a  UPS driver. One would kill herself. One would kill his father.”
In 1988, two wealthy businessmen offered free college tuition to a classroom of underprivileged kids in Washington. In a three-part series, Paul Schwartzman finds out what happened to the fifth graders from Seat Pleasant Elementary School. 
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

washingtonpoststyle:

“One would become a doctor. One would become a cellist. One would become a UPS driver. One would kill herself. One would kill his father.”

In 1988, two wealthy businessmen offered free college tuition to a classroom of underprivileged kids in Washington. In a three-part series, Paul Schwartzman finds out what happened to the fifth graders from Seat Pleasant Elementary School.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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