[midas]

Mike - The best advice I can give for your students is to meet regular role models who have left the inner city without a lottery ticket (sports, music, etc) and have been successful through brains and hard work. Bring these people into your class to talk to the kids.

Also, I think the worst ball and chain is to have a kid before you can can support yourself. But if you taught this in class you would probably be wacked.