I'm hoping to bring her up a LOT more aware and clear about how to achieve her dreams and goals than I was brought up.

So MANY times...the Black mantra is "Just go to college and get a degree...I don't care WHERE you go, just as long as you go."

I think that's kinda lame in many respects.....

and yeah....for your typical lost in the sauce trying to figure out their life ass teenger of the Black persuasion....I'd readily push them towards the right HBCU in a heartbeat.

"Seasons may come and your luck just may run out, and all that you'll have is some memories..."