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Putting on a S.H.O.W. with Kanye West

By David Abrams
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Editor's note: ESPNHS is ESPNRISE.com's high school journalism program. My name is David Abrams. I just finished my sophomore year at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Ill., a suburb north of Chicago. December 2008 My mom and I heard a story on NPR about a student at Paul Robeson High School (Chicago) who did not do his homework, did not study for tests and ditched a lot of classes. His grades suffered. His mom offered him Lil Wayne concert tickets if he improved in school, so he s ...

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