Honor Student Thrown in Jail for Missing School to Support Family
May 26, 2012
An eleventh grader in Texas was thrown in jail – just for missing school. However, honour student Diane Tran, 17, is no lazy truant. In fact, she’s quite the opposite.
Since her parents divorced and left her and her two siblings, she has been the sole breadwinner and works two jobs to keep the family afloat.
Ms Tran said she works a full time job, a part-time job, and takes advancement and dual credit college level courses at Willis High School.
‘[I take] dual credit U.S. history, dual credit English literacy, college algebra, Spanish language AP,’ she says of her impressive academic workload.
However, the high-achiever cannot devote as much time as she would like to her schooling as she often misses an entire day.
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