was relentless in her attempts
to destroy her children. Their
father passed away when he
was 8. Hunter had no father
figure in his life to support him
or encourage him in any future
he might have
dreams of
achieving.
Paul began
looking at his
family history
concerning
education and
having made
the choice to
not receive
his mother’s
words spoken
over him, he
used those
negative words
to drive his
passion to be the first in his
family to graduate college.
Paul Hunter is the first to
have graduated from college
with a Bachelor of Science
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Degree from Upper Iowa
University. He says, “I was
counted out but, I counted
myself in.” Additionally he
received influence from many
areas of his life but the major
influence in his
life was the local
church as well as
following pastors
from across the
United States.
Paul, has
released his
book “No Love,
No Charity: the
Success of the
19th Child”. An
“at-risk” student
is generally
described as one
who, by virtue
of his or her
circumstances, is statistically
more likely than others to fail
academically. The criteria of
at-risk status often focuses on
ethnic minorities, those who