The Pact - Independent Reading Project by Gavin Peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe en-us 2016-11-11 02:27:26 UTC 2017-05-17 02:30:02 UTC hello@padlet.com The Pact by Liza Frazier and The Three Doctors gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136923764
]]> 2016-11-11 02:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136923764 Summary gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136923861 This story is about three young, black men: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt. They had to deal with racism and expectations of a bad future. All three of the men made a promise that they would graduate from college as doctors. They then receive a scholarship to Seton Hall University. The journey through college is filled with racism, obstacles and failure. They even considered quitting, but Carla Dickson, the guidance counselor, talks them out of quitting. After graduating from Seton Hall, they all then study to become doctors. The book ends with them passing and earning their medical degrees.]]> 2016-11-11 02:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136923861 Sampson Davis gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136925155
One of the three doctors, Sampson Davis lived in rough conditions with a fragmented family, but was a good student. His medical degree was from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is now an attending physician at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.


Quote: "Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you" (pg. 32)

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]]> 2016-11-11 02:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136925155 Video gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136925977 2016-11-11 03:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136925977 Rameck Hunt gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136926489
One of the three doctors, Rameck Hunt had several obstacles to success, but he pulled through. He had a gift for speaking. He earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is currently a board-certified internist at University Medical Center of Princeton and an Assistant Professor at RWJMS.

Quote: "I discovered early in my childhood that you don't need money or status to enrich another person's life. Anybody with passion and purpose can do so." (pg. 137)

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]]> 2016-11-11 03:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136926489 George Jenkins gavin_peters https://padlet.com/gavin_peters/l3ux6mtgduxe/wish/136927352
One of the three doctors, George Jenkins had an advantage over many others, he had a dream that would steer him away from the crime ridden streets. He earned his D.M.D from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.


Quote: "I'd have to say that the kinds of friends I chose--positive guys who wanted to do the right thing--made a huge difference in how my life turned out" (pg. 99)

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