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Dallas ISD student whose family immigrated from Cameroon going to Harvard on full-ride scholarship
Fox 4 News (DFW) ^ | 05/24/2023 | Alex Boyer

Posted on 05/25/2023 10:30:28 AM PDT by DFG

Whether she's walking the halls at Hillcrest High School in Dallas, or catching up with the other athletes on the basketball court, Andrea Tchinda exudes star quality.

Wednesday was her first time back on campus since the graduating senior found out she was named valedictorian.

Proud principal T.J. Florie called to give her the news.

"It was just a moment that made me emotional," Florie said. "That means a lot for somebody that looks like her to look up to her and say, ‘She can do this, I can do this.’"

It's another crowning achievement for a girl who was born and raised in Cameroon, and only moved to the United States at age 13.

"I was mad, I was like, ‘Why are we moving? I want to stay with my friends. I don't want to leave,’" Tchinda recalled.

Her parents moved to Dallas, on a visa, to give their five daughters a better life.

She didn't speak any English when she enrolled in Dallas ISD.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox4news.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: cameroon; disd; hillcrest; invasion; tchinda

1 posted on 05/25/2023 10:30:28 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG
Dallas ISD student whose family immigrated from Cameroon going to Harvard on full-ride scholarship

Well, good for her, I guess - but she'd get a better education with less political and social indoctrination at many other universities.
2 posted on 05/25/2023 10:32:59 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

This sounds like another article supporting unlimited illegal immigration.

See? See how a bright young smart educated girl can become someone? Oh. And let’s just ignore the tens of millions of immigrants who are bankrupting our country.


3 posted on 05/25/2023 10:36:31 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: DFG

If she did this solely on merit, more power to her. If she was given grade inflation to vault her above other students so teachers and administrators could gush over a “compelling life story,” then the award is a fraud and other students were cheated.


4 posted on 05/25/2023 10:43:30 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: DFG

FTA: Proud principal T.J. Florie called to give her the news.

“It was just a moment that made me emotional,” Florie said. “That means a lot for somebody that looks like her to look up to her and say, ‘She can do this, I can do this.’”

^^^^^

Why do her looks matter?


5 posted on 05/25/2023 10:48:39 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

Having a degree from Harvard today is a CURSE, it is not even close to what it used to be!!


6 posted on 05/25/2023 10:51:07 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Bigg Red

Immigrants from Nigeria have the highest education/income level of any discrete ethnicity in the U.S. Cameroonians aren’t doing bad, either: I know a couple of families in my church, and they’re well educated and well-off.

Now, if American black people were to adopt the habits of African immigrants - “She can do this, I can do this,” as Principal Florie said - that would be a very good outcome for everyone.


7 posted on 05/25/2023 10:53:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Toda la creacion pregona la grandeza del Senor.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Her parents came over here from Cameroon and had her work hard to get good grades in high school so she could go to college. That is great for her. But now she is going to Harvard. So, in four years she will come home with a hatred for her family, America, and probably all men (if she is not already transitioning to male). Going to Harvard used to be something to be proud of. Now it is a mark of poor-quality education and ill temperament.


8 posted on 05/25/2023 10:53:38 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: DFG

Florie is a racist


9 posted on 05/25/2023 11:05:43 AM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: SharpRightTurn; DFG

“If she did this solely on merit, more power to her. If she was given grade inflation to vault her above other students so teachers and administrators could gush over a “compelling life story,” then the award is a fraud and other students were cheated.”

Yep. In today’s world of preferential treatment, affirmative action and desire to promote black success, you have to take every story like this with a pound of salt.

But I hope she truly earned it and that she will do good in life.


10 posted on 05/25/2023 11:43:17 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: SharpRightTurn
All the soft peddling that gets you in the door is no help once you are sitting in a classroom full of cut-throat competitive fellow students. If you are not up to that level of academic excellence, you'll have a problem even finishing the first semester/quarter. The full ride scholarship might prejudice the academic performance standards in favor of pocketing the money. If that is in play, she will be allowed to "slide" through finishing with "gentleman's grades" to get the degree from Harvard. It is that sort of practice that has cheapened the value of a Harvard degree.
11 posted on 05/25/2023 12:09:34 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: DFG

not part of the “we be owed” crowd, knows one has to work for what you get.


12 posted on 05/25/2023 1:48:29 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’ll take here over most of the hoodrats that were lucky to be born here.


13 posted on 05/25/2023 1:49:28 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

I hope you’re wrong, but it’s a distinct possibility, sad to say.


14 posted on 05/25/2023 1:50:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

I remember when natural Born Citizens had dreams


15 posted on 05/25/2023 7:25:21 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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