Amy

Amy asked Jeff Hobbs:

Hi Jeff. I just finished your book and I can already tell that it's going to be one that stays with me. I thank you for your commitment in telling a story so personal and yet so universal - the mystery of why and how we make choices and why and how circumstances both shape them and play a part in their consequences. Do you think colleges like Yale need to do more than just encourage poor students academically?

Jeff Hobbs Hi and thank you for your very kind words. Yale and many other schools, I believe, have been investing a great deal into providing more than just encouragement over the last decade. It's very heartening. The difficult aspect is how, even with all the resources available in schools (writing tutors, career services, counseling, etc), those resources are mainly available to students who ask for them. And the students most inclined to ask are those who, from the day they were born, were led to believe that adults existed to help them. Someone like Rob, who from a very young age was forced to see himself as a functioning adult, was always loathe to ask. Best, Jeff

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Martha Han

Martha Han asked Jeff Hobbs:

Just wanted to say that your book is phenomenal, and I was deeply impressed by the thousands of hours you must have put in to be able to draw such a complete portrait of this man. I hope you write more non-fiction, if you find another subject that inspires this passion. Thanks also for a glimpse of a side of Yale (a minority-heavy side) that I never saw. Goodreads requires question marks, so here's mine?

Scott

Scott asked Jeff Hobbs:

Hey Jeff we are reading your book in class right now and we have been wondering if you have donated any money to st. Benedicts or to Jackie peace from the earnings of the book? Thank you Scott

Bhumik Shah

Bhumik Shah asked Jeff Hobbs:

Great Book. I listened to it on audible. 1.Do you foresee it being turned into a movie? 2. Did Rob selling drugs through your dorm room and apartment ever create a conflict between him and you or ty. Did you never worry about a blemish on your records if he was caught by the Police? 4. Did Jackie Peace really never had any suspicion that his son was dealing drugs, or was using them as much as he was?

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