He Led His Class. Then Financial Hardship Pulled Him Away.

Nine-year-old Noor stood at the front of his third grade classroom, gripping his grade report with trembling hands. Number one. Yet again. His educator grinned with joy. His peers applauded. For a short, precious moment, the 9-year-old boy thought his hopes of being a soldier—of serving his country, of rendering his parents proud—were attainabl

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