Rick Orozco's Story of Discrimination

A man named Rick Orozco experienced intellectual discrimination when he was in fifth grade. At a parent teacher conference his teacher told his parents that Rick would grow up to be at the most an average student, and that he should not keep continuing to pursue an education because in the end it will lead to failure. “It made me wonder if (the negative thoughts) really had anything to do with me and the color of my skin or my background.” Thankfully, Rick did not listen to his fifth grade teacher, worked hard, and ended up becoming a brain surgeon, which I consider to be far from a failure.