PORTSMOUTH KID RECEIVES OVER 70,OOO WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS FROM HIS VOICE
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RAIQUAN THOMAS, FROM PORTSMOUTH, HAS BEAT THE ODDS OF ADVERSITY. WHY HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF HIM? ITS SIMPLE. PEOPLE IN OUR AREA PRAISE THE ATHLETICS. WITH THE LIKES OF TALENT RANGING FROM JUSTIN UPTON OF THE ATLANTA BRAVES TO PERCY HARVIN OF THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA IS KNOWN FOR THE ATHLETICS, AND NOT SO MUCH THE ARTS. WELL RAIQUAN THOMAS DESERVES PRAISE. AMONGST A CITY WHOSE GRADUATION RATE IS GIVE OR TAKE 50 PERCENT, HE HAS MANAGED TO FIND HIS OWN LANE AND BRIDGE THE GAP TO SUCCESS. BORN JANUARY 4TH, 1996 RAIQUAN IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF YOUR MODEL STUDENT ANY FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE. I QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS KID THAT I NEVER KNEW. WHATS MORE TOUCHING IS FINDING OUT HIS STORY OF HIS CHILDHOOD, THERE WAS PAIN HE EXPERIENCED THAT I CANT EVEN IMAGINE. WHEN I ASKED RAIQUAN ABOUT HIS PARENTS HE REPLIED WITH THIS. " My mother was very young when she had me . As a parent , she and my dad raised me with the help of my ...