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Safety and Success
Arjee's Story
When Arjee arrived at Boys Town, he admits he was more of a class clown, a kid not really going anywhere. His grade point average was a 1.7, and he knew both his academics and behavior needed work. With the support and guidance of his teachers and coaches, he flipped the script, earning a 4.0 GPA, becoming a leader on campus, and excelling in athletics.
To this day, he shares both his struggles and successes with his former coach, a reminder of the lifelong support system Boys Town provides its students.
Arjee says the relationships he built at Boys Town changed the trajectory of his life, turning him into someone almost unrecognizable from the boy he once was.
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Well, Boys Town is one of the greatest opportunities I've had in my life. I'm a completely different person. Uh, I've kind of went from that class clown kid that wasn't really doing anything to that lead or role model person who you should be around. And when he got to BT, he knew that there was a few things academically, um, and behaviorally that he wanted to clean up, and that's exactly what he did.
I think my GPA was around 1.7. Uh, it was bad. While I was there at Boys Town, I managed a 4.0 the whole time I was there. Kind of helped my GPAI played football, I ran track and I wrestled as well. I got recruited to come to Hastings when I showed up on campus here I was 17. I was still a kid, so I've kind of like grown up in college.
His work ethic, what he's done both athletically and academically in high school and college is a strong indicator that wherever he goes, whatever he does, he's going to, he's going to be well suited to, to thrive and really do well. I would say my favorite thing at Boys Town is probably the people I met. I've come to realize like relationships are like a big thing in life.
Whenever anything bad happens, I text coach gruff, anything good happens. I text coach gruff. So I just kind of like keep him posted on what's going on in my Life. When our kids have connectivity to a lot of us adults, uh, who are on campus and then they stay connected for those 4, 8, 12, 15 years after BT we're a support system. We become that safety net for them.
And when that happens, I think our kids have a little bit more courage to go out into the real world and get after. It Kind of changed the trajectory in my life. Like if you look at me before Boys Town, everybody says they like can't recognize who the person is.
Now while you're there, it's because you need to be and you should like take that time to like look into the person in the mirror. Once you do that, you'll have a lot of success and probably go places you never thought you would.
