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People may know by now I am a softie when it comes to chick flicks, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and really anything else that has to do with anything, ever. But I am going to go out there and say this is one of the greatest rags to riches stories ever told, LITTERALLY. Do you think Matt Damon and his terrible Boston accent knew this kid was going to be something at age one so they produced Good Will Hunting.. I am currently crying for joy at my desk.
From CNN:
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Kenneth Chancey, 17, walks down the littered streets of Skid Row, one of the roughest areas of Los Angeles. Drug deals are made around him. A man screams at his girlfriend. The stench of the place is overwhelming.
Kenneth Chancey, 17, is a homeless honors student who hopes to eventually attend Harvard University.
But Chancey is on another journey too, one that not many of his friends know about. An honors student and star football player, he hopes to go from being homeless to becoming a Harvard grad.
“I would love to be able to say that I graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in medicine and be able to share my story,” he says. “I have to dream because obviously my reality is horrible.” 
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Chancey has just finished his junior year at Hollywood’s Helen Bernstein High School, where he was named best overall academic student. He’s student body president and, not surprisingly, one of the most popular kids.
He’s the starting running back on the football team, cutting and dashing his way past his opponents.
But when classes and practices end, Chancey begins the arduous journey home with his sister, a trek that takes over an hour. He lives at Skid Row with his father and sister, at the Union Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter.
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