{"id":43,"date":"2011-11-08T14:26:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T22:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=43"},"modified":"2011-11-08T14:26:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T22:26:44","slug":"too-young-to-fail-just-listen-to-me-tavis-smiley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2011\/11\/08\/too-young-to-fail-just-listen-to-me-tavis-smiley\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Too Young To Fail: Just Listen To Me, Tavis Smiley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI really didn\u2019t like school until I came to Promise Academy,\u201d says Jamill Jackson, a student at the Roberts Vaux Promise Academy in Philadelphia. \u201cI really didn\u2019t wake up until high school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video of Jackson and his schoolmate Brandon Rose explaining why having teachers and school administrators who listen to them has made the difference in their education and in their lives.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"512\" height=\"328\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=2110646975&amp;player=viral&amp;end=0&amp;lr_admap=in:pbs:0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/video\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"512\" height=\"328\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/video\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=2110646975&amp;player=viral&amp;end=0&amp;lr_admap=in:pbs:0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #808080;margin-top: 5px;background: transparent;text-align: center;width: 512px\">Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/video\/2110646975\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Rose and Jamill Jackson<\/a> on PBS. 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