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Raising Wes Moore Analysis
5. Watch the following video: Raising Wes Moore
How did each mother approach/react to single motherhood? To Poverty?

There were many similarities between the two mothers but there were also a few significant differences. One important difference between the two is that once the other Wes Moore dropped out of school, his mother basically gave up. She saw school as one of the few places where Wes could not be involved with drugs, to an extent. Unlike Mary, Joy sent Wes Moore off to a prep military academy when she thought she might be losing him to the streets. At first, he hated the place and tried to escape but he failed and his mother told him to stick it out. "Wes you are not going anywhere... Too many people have sacrificed in order for

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